There probably were minimum Quetzalcoatlus that were dare to try to grab a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex.

很可能有个别披羽蛇翼龙敢于捕食霸王龙幼崽。

Quetzalcoatlus would make all other animals in the Late Cretaceous stare.

披羽蛇翼龙能让白垩纪晚期的其他动物汗毛倒立。

Quetzalcoatlus is a flying reptile as large as a giraffe.

披羽蛇翼龙是一种和长颈鹿一样大的会飞的爬行动物。

And I walked in and they have a Quetzalcoatlus skeleton, a cast standing to full height.

我走进去，发现他们有一具风神翼龙的骨架，一个全高站立的石膏。

For Quetzalcoatlus, the key to snapping up baby dinosaurs is a quick getaway.

对于风神翼龙而言成功吃掉小恐龙，关键还要迅速撤离。

Quetzalcoatlus is unlike any other dinosaur in the Cretaceous.

风神翼龙不同于白垩纪时期的其他任何恐龙。

A Quetzalcoatlus wing is covered with millions of tiny hairlike sensors.

它的翅膀上布满了上百万个细如发丝的感应器。

But pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus reached at least 11 meters!

但是像风神翼龙这样的翼龙至少达到了11米！

And Quetzalcoatlus still may hold the record for flight duration. Probably stay aloft for a week.

而风神翼龙仍是最长飞行时间的纪录保持者。也许能持续飞行一周。

But recent research suggests that Quetzalcoatlus could fly -- and do so under its own power.

但最近的研究表明，羽蛇神可以飞翔——而且是靠自己的力量飞翔。

Quetzalcoatlus has to have those instruments built in.

风神翼龙则将这些设备都装进了身体里。

And when Quetzalcoatlus stood on the ground, it would've been about 5 meters tall, as big as a giraffe.

当风神蛇站在地上时，它大约有 5 米高，和长颈鹿一样大。

But there's no indication that Quetzalcoatlus lived around lots of tall, convenient cliffs that it could jump from.

但没有迹象表明风神风神生活在许多它可以从中跳跃的高大、方便的悬崖周围。

Big pterosaur like Quetzalcoatlus... giraffe height on all fours, and it's got to get up into the air.

风神翼龙这种庞大的翼龙...四脚着地时与长颈鹿高度相仿，而且还要能够起飞。

Maybe Quetzalcoatlus used what experts call the quad-launch.

也许 Quetzalcoatlus 使用了专家所说的四次发射。

A Quetzalcoatlus is 10 times the weight of the largest flying bird today.

风神翼龙有现今最大飞鸟的十倍重。

Picture a living plane, and that gives you a sense of what Quetzalcoatlus would look like in life.

把它想象成一只活的飞机，你就能体会到风神翼龙在真实情况下是什么样了。

The question, then, is: How did Quetzalcoatlus -- and other large pterosaurs -- get airborne?

那么，问题是：风神翼龙和其他大型翼龙是如何飞到空中的？

So, even though it seems to push the limits of biomechanics, Quetzalcoatlus was probably capable of true powered flight.

因此， 尽管它似乎突破了生物力学的极限，但羽蛇神可能具备真正的动力飞行能力。

Quetzalcoatlus is one of the most unusual and terrifying carnivores to inhabit the earth.

风神翼龙是地球上最独特、最危险的食肉动物之一。