In the three fields of sea, land and air, land is the main scope of our human activities, if we practice, human beings can barely flutter in the sea for a while, but human beings have no way to fly in the sky, after all, no matter how hard we try, it is impossible to grow a pair of wings out of thin air.
If humans want to fly into the sky, they need to rely on the help of external forces, which is probably two ways, one is to make a manned flying machine by themselves, and the other is to domesticate a certain flying animal into a mount.
Today, humans have built all kinds of manned aerial vehicles, but unfortunately, humans have never had flying mounts, for the simple reason that humans are too heavy to be carried by all the flying animals on earth.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the largest known flying animal on Earth, the Aeolian Pterodactyl</h1>
Aeolian pterosaurs lived between 65 million and 84 million years ago, and in 1975, paleontologist Lawson first discovered fossils of Aeolian pterosaurs, and according to researchers' estimates, Aeolian pterosaurs weighed up to 500 pounds and had a wingspan of up to 12 meters, and when they spread their huge wings, their size was almost the same as that of a small aircraft.
On the current earth, the Aeolian Pterodactyl has long been extinct, but it has to be said that this kind of flying animal with such a large size is really imaginative, so the question is, if the Aeolian Pterodactyl is not extinct, can they be domesticated into mounts by humans? Let's discuss it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > How did the Aeolian Pterodactyl fly? </h1>
The wings of the Aeolian pterosaur evolved from the forearm, their wings have no feathers, mainly composed of a special skin composed of "wing membrane", "wing membrane" by the arm bone, wing bone and evolved by their fourth finger (equivalent to our "ring finger") evolved "wing finger" together support, their body is streamlined, the wings as a whole are leaf-shaped, scientists believe that this shape has aerodynamic properties, beneficial to long-term gliding.
On the "wing membrane" of the Aeolian pterosaur, a large number of slender muscle fibers extend from its front to the rear, forming a series of support structures, which allowed them to pull or fold the "wing membrane" tightly, thus playing a role in adjusting the tension and shape of the wings.
From this we can see that these characteristics of the Aeolian pterosaur can indicate that they are a flying animal. It is generally believed that due to the heavy weight of Aeolian pterosaurs, they cannot take off at any time like birds, so they will first run a short distance, or jump from a high place, and then open their huge wings and complete the take-off with the help of air currents.
It is worth mentioning that recent studies have shown that the joint structure of the shoulders, forearms and hind limbs of Aeolian pterosaurs is very suitable for muscle attachment, suggesting that Aeolian pterosaurs are likely to have strong muscles. Scientists speculate that when needed, Aeolian pterosaurs can also use their forearms as a fulcrum, and then pedal off the ground with force, and after successfully entering the air, they can use the lift generated by the wings to complete the take-off (as shown in the figure below).
Although the wingspan of the Aeolian pterosaur could reach 12 meters, its weight could also weigh up to 500 pounds, so it was impossible for them to fly for a long time with the swing of the wings alone, in this case, the Aeolian pterosaur would actively look for updraft most of the time, such as the air current that was lifted by the windward side of a hillside or cliff, or the thermal updraft generated by the sun hitting the earth's surface, thus flying in the sky in a gliding manner.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > can Aeolian pterosaurs fly manned? </h1>
Although flying animals are very sensitive to their own weight, they still have a certain amount of additional weight-bearing capacity, after all, their empty stomach and full stomach weight is a certain gap, and flying animals need much higher energy than other animals, in order to obtain enough energy, they must eat a lot of food at once.
Usually, it is no problem for Aeolian pterosaurs to eat food equivalent to 10% of their own body weight at a time, in other words, in the case of an empty stomach, a 500-pound Aeolus pterosaur can easily carry 50 pounds.
Obviously, this does not meet the conditions of manned flight, but through the above introduction we can know that the flight of the Aeolus pterosaur is mainly based on gliding, so when they glide in the air, if there is a strong enough updraft support, it is also possible for them to carry another 30 to 50 pounds.
That is to say, in theory, the Wind God Pterodactyl carrying a very light weight person should be barely OK, but when carrying people, the take-off of the Wind God Pterodactyl is a big problem, perhaps they can only complete the take-off action by jumping down from a high place.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > can Aeolian pterosaurs be domesticated by humans? </h1>
In fact, this is the most difficult, first of all is the IQ of the Wind God Pterodactyl, the Wind God Pterodactyl belongs to the lizard class, the double hole subclass, the pterosaur order, to put it bluntly, they are a kind of flying large lizard, as for how high the IQ of the lizard is, everyone should be relatively clear.
The second is that Aeolian pterosaurs are a ferocious carnivore, and related studies have shown that they usually feed on small dinosaurs, and even the Tyrannosaurus rex that has not yet grown up is on their "menu", which is undoubtedly dangerous for humans.
So we can think that even if the Aeolian pterosaurs were not extinct and had the ability to fly manned, it would be basically impossible for us humans to domesticate this large, low-IQ carnivore into a mount.
Well, today we will talk about this first, welcome to pay attention to us, we will see you next time.
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