Not gonna lie, when I first watched the fight between the two Quetzalcoatlus, I instantly pictured them each trading shouts of “BITCH!” and “SLUT!” at each other XD
Theres this paleoartist that made some beautiful quetzalcoatlus statues and art with very different, much more lively skin patterns. Like meshing a vulture and a seagull together (exposed skin on neck, white wings with some dark blue and black kinda thing). It was beautiful, but I see why they took this approach as well.
one thing I don't agree with in prehistorc planet is the large pterosaur nesting in a forest, yes is provides coverage, but in the event of a predator finding them the trees could easily stop the parents from getting to safety, and in a world where its kill or be killed, the arent surviving to make more babies is more important than a single clutch
This does seem like it would be a problem, but quetzalcoatlus is as tall as a giraffe and possess a huge spear-like beak, it’s not like it wouldn’t try to fight off predators. It’s also not nearly as frail or clumsy as it looks, the show even states in a previous episode that tethysdraco, which is an azhdarchid pterosaur like quetz, has no problem moving on land as their quadrupedal stance pretty negates the drawbacks of such huge wings. Their hollow bones are also much stronger than the term hollow suggests as it is really more of a honeycomb structure, with many tiny air pockets riddling the insides of their bones that not only reduce their weight but also retain and even improve their strength. Predators also often choose not to attack an animal even if they are in a vulnerable position because of how likely they are themselves to be fatally wounded and even when grounded, a quetzalcoatlus that chooses to stand and fight is more than likely going to get at least a few good hits in against even large theropods. Sometimes, a meal just isn’t going to be worth the trouble. Compare it to crocodilian parenting, and it sounds very plausible as a mother croc will fiercely defend her nest even though she must leave the water to do so. On land a saltwater crocodile is less mobile but like the quetz, it’s still definitely not a pushover and can easily kill anything dumb enough to attack. We may never actually know for sure if this truly was how quetz nested though as so far we haven’t found any nesting sites that are definitively quetz or it’s close relatives to prove it. Until then, all we have is speculation based on modern archosaurs (crocodilian and avian) behaviour, and healthy scientific debate.
@@fuzzywyverns8561 well you clearly know your stuff, but while we can't be 100% sure, thinking about it they could have nested on islands far out into the water, allowing them to avoid most land based predators, many shorebirds nest on islands so it's not out of the question to assume it possible, if not likely, as well as allowing a safe area for the chicks to practice flying in relative safety
@@fuzzywyverns8561 Quetzalcoatlus has actually been discovered to be the size of an adult male human, with hatzegopteryx being the one which is giraffe sized.
