With a wingspan stretching up to 7 meters (23 feet), this prehistoric bird once soared over South America around 6 million years ago. It likely used thermal air currents to glide effortlessly for miles, scanning the plains below for carrion. Imagining something this size taking flight is both awe-inspiring and a little terrifying, true majesty of evolution’s design.
triple7freak1 on
That‘s Rodan lol
oysterperso on
Replica being the operative word?
Esliquiroga on
That’s not a fossil that’s a flex. Dr. Campbell casually chilling with 77 million years of street cred.
Kitsunegari_Blu on
It’s hard to think that it’d be cheaper to Jurassic Park an Argentavis back to life, than it is to buy a dozen Galus Galus Domesticus eggs.
CanvasFanatic on
“Replica.” 😉
NowWhoCouldThatBe on
I’d rather see a murder of those flying around than a mammoth
SeparateCzechs on
The size difference makes the human about the scale of a squirrel to today’s birds
cd1f3b41f6fd3140f99c on
El pájaro más grande con el nombre del más grande paÃs, como debe ser. Another coronación de gloria.Â
RiseDelicious3556 on
Fred Flinstone had one of these in a cage I believe.
CatNTats44 on
Slightly off topic…but…Honestly, I’d wager to think that early humans who found skeletons of these birds are probably more likely what created the myth of dragons than dinosaurs themselves who lacked the same wings.
Unable to discern if they’re looking at a large reptile or a large bird, maybe due to a lack of complete skeletons…the wings alone would be enough for a human to start attaching mental imagery to.
Wouldn’t take long for that to turn into the dragons of myth we know today.
camphorous on
What an unacceptably large bird.
crimmy121 on
Imagine going outside and this thing just casually flying above you
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With a wingspan stretching up to 7 meters (23 feet), this prehistoric bird once soared over South America around 6 million years ago. It likely used thermal air currents to glide effortlessly for miles, scanning the plains below for carrion. Imagining something this size taking flight is both awe-inspiring and a little terrifying, true majesty of evolution’s design.
That‘s Rodan lol
Replica being the operative word?
That’s not a fossil that’s a flex. Dr. Campbell casually chilling with 77 million years of street cred.
It’s hard to think that it’d be cheaper to Jurassic Park an Argentavis back to life, than it is to buy a dozen Galus Galus Domesticus eggs.
“Replica.” 😉
I’d rather see a murder of those flying around than a mammoth
The size difference makes the human about the scale of a squirrel to today’s birds
El pájaro más grande con el nombre del más grande paÃs, como debe ser. Another coronación de gloria.Â
Fred Flinstone had one of these in a cage I believe.
Slightly off topic…but…Honestly, I’d wager to think that early humans who found skeletons of these birds are probably more likely what created the myth of dragons than dinosaurs themselves who lacked the same wings.
Unable to discern if they’re looking at a large reptile or a large bird, maybe due to a lack of complete skeletons…the wings alone would be enough for a human to start attaching mental imagery to.
Wouldn’t take long for that to turn into the dragons of myth we know today.
What an unacceptably large bird.
Imagine going outside and this thing just casually flying above you
That’s batman’s new costume, not a bird
https://preview.redd.it/9agpdxq7fxtf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=955d8893cd211b5e6f29e6f0083751169278fa81
It could do this to a human
Could IT deliver the ring to the fire of Mt.Doom?!
That bird definitely ate people.
It’s hard to believe something that big could actually fly 😲