“He’ll Never Be Able To Fly”

Time for another classic rage comic. Quetzalcoatlus northropi, named after the Aztec feathered serpent god, was one of the largest animals ever to fly. This flying reptile stood as tall as a giraffe and had wings spanning a small plane, yet at around 250 kilograms, the Quetzalcoatlus was strong and light enough to fly for great distances, though it spent part of its time on the ground, stalking the plains like a stork for little dinosaurs to snap up with its enormous beak. Indeed, Quetzalcoatlus appeared to be so majestically ridiculous that some claimed that it was all too much for the huge pterosaur to fly at all, instead just an entirely grounded flightless stalker, like the ratite of the pterosaur tree. However, tonnes of supported studies have come to show that it could not only fly, but also that it could fly very efficiently with its great wings, perhaps even able to travel the world. This meme might be irrelevantly simple, but it’s just to show the incredible truth of such a sight.

Quetzalcoatlus northropi compared to a modern giraffe. By Mark Witton.