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Contact: Lindsey Bird
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University of Sheffield
Caption: Physical and theoretical models show that pterosaurs (Thalassodromeus, right) could not meet the energy requirements of skimming, a rare feeding strategy practiced habitually by just a few extant Rynchops species(black skimmer, left).
Credit: Mark Witton, University of Portsmouth
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