What Was The Biggest Flying Animal Ever?

Million of years ago the largest animals that ever took to the skies lived alongside the dinosaurs. These were the azhdarchid pterosaurs, including Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx, Arambourgiania, Cryodrakon and more!

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0:00 - Introduction
1:10 - Azhdarchid research history
5:17 - Azhdarchid anatomy
14:34 - Azhdarchid size estimates
20:23 - Dracula the pterosaur
23:47 - Azhdarchid mass estimates
26:12 - The largest flying bird?
28:06 - The largest bat?
30:00 - The largest flying insect?
31:11 - Prehistoric animal models! (WONDER Artistic Models)