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[GIF ID: A paper animation that shows a pterosaurus from the genre Jeholopterus that then pans to Quetzalcoatlus Northropi being behind it. The size difference is ridiculously big. A speech bubble appears showing the word "Howdy" as being said by the Quetzalcoatlus | End ID]

HOWDY

[GIF ID: A paper animation of the pterosaur species Quetzalcoatlus Northropi. It's head is being scaled up until it gets so big that the pterosaus flops and lands on its neck in a ragdoll-like manner with its hindlimbs dangling in the air]

Me when I come home from my nine to five job

[GIF ID: A paper animation that shows a speculative way that the pterosaur species Quetzalcoatlus Northopi might have fed. The animation has very few frames and shows the prehistoric animal spotting and its prey, wich is represented by a little red ball, raising the prey up with its beak to swallow it and returning to its neutral position in a very fast paced way.]

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This is the Video btw, 100% recommended to all of the paleontology nerds:

"Azhdarchids need controversy to be azhdarchid. To be the place where the flying wing meets the walking stick."

A quick piece I did after Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong's update video on Dilophosaurus.

The crests are based largely on those of helmeted guineafowl. The blue around the eyes is somewhat common among living dinosaurs with head ornamentation. I kept the dewlap small because a large dewlap could interfere with hunting (since it seemed to use it head to grab at prey). The protofeathers only cover the upper regions because of size, though I'm not sure how Dilophosaurus's size would have affected its thermoregulatory and insulative needs. Just to avoid any confusion I will point out that the protofeathers are not much more than filaments and what looks like an advanced feather shape is just the clumping that happens to hair (see this, this, this and this picture).

I think that they're really good quality and are particularly good at explaining things in a non-jargony way that still uses scientific language, because the diagrams that they use make a really good visual explanation! I'd absolutely recommend giving them a look if you haven't already.

"Life is a writhing, messy, iterative, beautiful experiment and we need to appreciate the results of that experimentation on their own merits, as well as the insights they can give us"

I mean, pretty much all three. But I want to point out how super gay I am for Steve Bellettini.