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\nCheck out Extra Credits' video: The Origin of Dragons We ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons and our YouTube members....\nCheck out Extra Credits' video: The Origin of Dragons We ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons and our YouTube members. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Tetrapods: four-limbed (with a few exceptions, such as snakes which have vestigial limbs) animals constituting the superclass Tetrapoda. ___________________________________________ If you liked this week’s video, you might also like: What Happened to Smaug's Other Legs? 'Hobbit' FX Expert Explains How to fly your dragon, Journal of Physics Special topics _________________________________________ Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube Support us on Patreon And visit our website Say hello on Facebook And Twitter And download our videos on itunes ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer, Editor and Video Narrator: Julián Gustavo Gómez (@thejuliangomez) Video Illustrators: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) and Arcadi Garcia (@garirius) Video Director: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Kate Yoshida, Peter Reich, David Goldenberg, Julián Gómez, Sarah Berman, Arcadi Garcia Rius Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder ___________________________________________ References: Tennekes, H. (2009). The simple science of flight: from insects to jumbo jets. MIT press. Azuma, A., Azuma, S., Watanabe, I., & Furuta, T. (1985). Flight mechanics of a dragonfly. Journal of experimental biology, 116(1), 79-107. Habib, M. (2013). Constraining the air giants: limits on size in flying animals as an example of constraint-based biomechanical theories of form. Biological Theory, 8(3), 245-252.\n
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12th - Higher Ed
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2019
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