Ua wehewehe ʻia: ʻO Quetzalcatlus ka holoholona lele nui loa ma ka Honua.

E kamaʻilio ana no ka holoholona nui loa i ola ma ka honua, ʻike nā mea a pau ʻo ia ke kohola polū, akā pehea lā ka holoholona lele nui loa? E noʻonoʻo i kahi mea kupaianaha a weliweli hoʻi e holoholo ana ma ka ʻāina wai ma kahi o 70 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, he Pterosauria kokoke i 4 mika ke kiʻekiʻe i ʻike ʻia ʻo Quetzalcatlus, nona ka ʻohana Azhdarchidae. Hiki i kona mau ʻēheu ke piʻi i 12 mika ka lōʻihi, a he waha ʻekolu mika ka lōʻihi. He hapalua tona kona kaumaha. ʻAe, ʻo Quetzalcatlus ka holoholona lele nui loa i ʻike ʻia e ka honua.

ʻO ka inoa o ke ʻanoʻO QuetzalcatlusUa hele mai ʻo Quetzalcoatl, ke Akua o ka nahesa huluhulu i ka moʻomeheu Aztec.

He ola ikaika loa ʻo Quetzalcatlus i kēlā manawa. ʻO ke kumu, ʻaʻohe kūʻē iki o ka Tyrannosaurus Rex ʻōpio i kona hālāwai ʻana me ka Quetzalcatlus. He wikiwiki ko lākou metabolism a pono e ʻai mau. No ka mea, ua maʻalahi kona kino, pono ia i ka nui o ka protein no ka ikehu. Hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he ʻai na kahi Tyrannosaurus rex liʻiliʻi e kaumaha ana ma lalo o 300 paona. He mau ʻēheu nui ko kēia Pterosauria, kahi i kūpono ai no ka holo ʻana i kahi mamao loa.

Ua ʻike ʻia ke kuamoʻo mua o Quetzalcatlus ma Big Bend National Park ma Texas i ka makahiki 1971 e Douglas A. Lawson. Ua komo pū kēia ʻāpana i kahi ʻēheu hapa (me kahi lālā mua me kahi manamana lima ʻehā i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia), kahi i manaʻo ʻia ai ʻoi aku ka laulā o nā ʻēheu ma mua o 10 mika. ʻO Pterosauria nā holoholona mua i hoʻomohala i ka hiki ke lele ma hope o nā pepeke. He sternum nui ko Quetzalcatlus, kahi i hoʻopili ʻia ai nā ʻiʻo no ka lele, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā ʻiʻo o nā manu a me nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa. No laila, ʻaʻohe kānalua he "aviator" maikaʻi loa lākou.

Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia nei ka palena kiʻekiʻe loa o ka laulā ʻēheu o ka Quetzalcatlus, a ua hoʻāla pū ia i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka palena kiʻekiʻe loa o ke ʻano o ka lele ʻana o nā holoholona.

Nui nā manaʻo like ʻole e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke ola o ka Quetzalcatlus. Ma muli o kona mau iwi kuamoʻo lōʻihi a me nā ʻāwae niho ʻole, ua hahai paha ia i nā iʻa ma ke ʻano e like me ka heron, ka ʻiʻo make e like me ka stork ʻōhule, a i ʻole kahi gull ʻūpā hou.

Ua manaʻo ʻia e lele aku ʻo Quetzalcatlus ma lalo o kona mana ponoʻī, akā i ka wā e lele ai i ka lewa, hiki iā ia ke hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa.

Ua noho ʻo Quetzalcatlus i ka wā Cretaceous hope loa, ma kahi o 70 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei a i 65.5 miliona mau makahiki i hala. Ua pau pū lākou me nā dinosaur i ka hanana hoʻopau ʻana o Cretaceous-Tertiary.

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