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Description: PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY ↓ More info and sources below ↓ 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. Special thanks: Michael Habib, Ph.D. twitter.com/aeroevo Matthew Brown/University of Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collection References: sites.google.com/view/giant-pterosaurs-references/home SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► bit.ly/iotbs_sub Special thanks to our Brain Trust Patrons: AlecZero Diego Lombeida Dustin Ernesto Silva George Gladding Jay Stephens Marcus Tuepker Megan K Bradshaw Peter Ehrnstrom Ron Kakar vincbis Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter twitter.com/DrJoeHanson twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram instagram.com/DrJoeHanson instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs