How Did Giant Pterosaurs Fly?

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The largest pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus were closer in size to airplanes than birds. No flying animal alive today comes close to their huge size. So did giant pterosaurs actually fly? I went to see the fossil bones of the largest pterosaur that ever lived so I could learn how these winged giants actually took to the skies.

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Matthew Brown/University of Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

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