# Is there any proof that Quetzalcoatlus' flew **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 27, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-proof-that-quetzalcoatlus-flew/802825 "2017-11-27T00:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-proof-that-quetzalcoatlus-flew/802825/1 "2017-11-27T00:53:22Z")
Because it seems pretty implausible to me. Bigger than a giraffe, comically large head and folding leather wings doesn’t scream aerodynamic. This article even gives the altitude at which they “glided” around. I’m no expert on aerodynamics or dinosaurs but with as much as a 36 foot wingspan I don’t see how it could go through a complete flap motion on the ground without the wing tips slapping on the earth. Just because it had “wings” do we assume it must have flown or is there other proof I’m not seeing? > **[QUETZALCOATLUS: The flying dinosaur taller than a giraffe](https://halfeatenmind.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/quetzalcoatlus-the-flying-dinosaur-taller-than-a-giraffe/)** > > One of the largest pterosaurs, or flying reptiles, ever to flutter above the prehistoric skies was the Quetzalcoatlus. When resting, this giant of the clouds was taller than a modern-day giraffe, a… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-proof-that-quetzalcoatlus-flew/802825/2 "2017-11-27T04:44:33Z")
[The flight of the Quetzalcoatlus, explained.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus#Flight)