We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in s.b.p. is familiarsupported by a long, bony strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs, and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying lemurs,"
"flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals.
It would be a shame if *Yi* *qi* became widely known only for being
the creature with the shortest scientific name.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats, birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a skeleton in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
Excerpt:
It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger, that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also
[end of excerpt]
On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 12:17:53 PM UTC-4, Peter Nyikos wrote:supported by a long, bony strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs, and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in s.b.p. is familiar
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying lemurs,"
"flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals.
It would be a shame if *Yi* *qi* became widely known only for being
the creature with the shortest scientific name.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats, birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a skeleton >> in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
Excerpt:
It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger, that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also
[end of excerpt]
I posted a little bit on Yi in the comments section of a YouTube video of an ornithopter.
Unlike the drones with which almost everyone is familiar by now, this flew around like a bird
or bat, flapping its wings in a way that could easily fool someone into thinking it was an animal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXg-qoRN0co
Another commenter said that the Ukrainians might be able to make good use of such an
ornithopter. The only problem with that it was a very small one, and so not much use
for carrying bombs. It may be possible for it to carry out reconnaisance, though.
My comment went:
Pausing the video at 1:02 reveals a strut in each wing right about where a finger is in a bat's wing. I could not make out more than one in each wing, which may make these wings even more like those of the extinct non-avian dinosaur YiQi [*sic*]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
I don't like to brag, but I think the following may be likened to a one-eyed man being
king in the land of the blind, so I hope readers will bear with me as I say that
after 8 months it is first on the list sorted by top comments, out of 1548 comments.
What makes this especially remarkable is that the first runner-up got 617 upvotes
and 38 comments while I got 0 upvotes and 0 comments.
What do readers make of that?
On 7/28/23 7:08 PM, Peter Nyikos wrote:supported by a long, bony strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs, and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 12:17:53 PM UTC-4, Peter Nyikos wrote:
We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in s.b.p. is familiar
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying lemurs,"
"flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals.
It would be a shame if *Yi* *qi* became widely known only for being
the creature with the shortest scientific name.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats, birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a skeleton
in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
Excerpt:
It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger, that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also
[end of excerpt]
I posted a little bit on Yi in the comments section of a YouTube video of an ornithopter.
Unlike the drones with which almost everyone is familiar by now, this flew around like a bird
or bat, flapping its wings in a way that could easily fool someone into thinking it was an animal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXg-qoRN0co
Another commenter said that the Ukrainians might be able to make good use of such an
ornithopter. The only problem with that it was a very small one, and so not much use
for carrying bombs. It may be possible for it to carry out reconnaisance, though.
My comment went:
Pausing the video at 1:02 reveals a strut in each wing right about where a finger is in a bat's wing. I could not make out more than one in each wing, which may make these wings even more like those of the extinct non-avian dinosaur YiQi [*sic*]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
I don't like to brag, but I think the following may be likened to a one-eyed man being
king in the land of the blind, so I hope readers will bear with me as I say that
after 8 months it is first on the list sorted by top comments, out of 1548 comments.
What makes this especially remarkable is that the first runner-up got 617 upvotes
and 38 comments while I got 0 upvotes and 0 comments.
What do readers make of that?
I think you need to figure out what algorithm makes yours the top
comment with numbers like that.
We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in s.b.p. is familiarsupported by a long, bony strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs, and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying lemurs," "flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals.
It would be a shame if *Yi* *qi* became widely known only for being
the creature with the shortest scientific name.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats, birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a skeleton in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
Excerpt:
It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger, that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also
[end of excerpt]
The reconstruction of *Ambopteryx* on its own Wiki page is much
less detailed, but you can still make out some of the structure of the wings.
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 12:01:50 AM UTC-4, John Harshman wrote:supported by a long, bony strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs, and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
On 7/28/23 7:08 PM, Peter Nyikos wrote:
On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 12:17:53 PM UTC-4, Peter Nyikos wrote:
We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in s.b.p. is familiar
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying lemurs,"
"flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals. >>>>
It would be a shame if *Yi* *qi* became widely known only for being
the creature with the shortest scientific name.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats, birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a skeleton >>>> in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
Excerpt:
It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger, that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also
[end of excerpt]
I posted a little bit on Yi in the comments section of a YouTube video of an ornithopter.
Unlike the drones with which almost everyone is familiar by now, this flew around like a bird
or bat, flapping its wings in a way that could easily fool someone into thinking it was an animal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXg-qoRN0co
Another commenter said that the Ukrainians might be able to make good use of such an
ornithopter. The only problem with that it was a very small one, and so not much use
for carrying bombs. It may be possible for it to carry out reconnaisance, though.
My comment went:
Pausing the video at 1:02 reveals a strut in each wing right about where a finger is in a bat's wing. I could not make out more than one in each wing, which may make these wings even more like those of the extinct non-avian dinosaur YiQi [*sic*]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
I don't like to brag, but I think the following may be likened to a one-eyed man being
king in the land of the blind, so I hope readers will bear with me as I say that
after 8 months it is first on the list sorted by top comments, out of 1548 comments.
What makes this especially remarkable is that the first runner-up got 617 upvotes
and 38 comments while I got 0 upvotes and 0 comments.
What do readers make of that?
I think you need to figure out what algorithm makes yours the top
comment with numbers like that.
What makes you think it was due to an algorithm, as opposed to a decision
by a human being?
On 7/28/23 7:08 PM, Peter Nyikos wrote:
On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 12:17:53 PM UTC-4, Peter Nyikos wrote:
We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in
s.b.p. is familiar
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying
lemurs,"
"flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals.
It would be a shame if *Yi* *qi* became widely known only for being
the creature with the shortest scientific name.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats,
birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a
skeleton
in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
Excerpt:
It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other
scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger,
that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane
made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also supported by a long, bony
strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and
membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs, and might
have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
[end of excerpt]
I posted a little bit on Yi in the comments section of a YouTube video
of an ornithopter.
Unlike the drones with which almost everyone is familiar by now, this
flew around like a bird
or bat, flapping its wings in a way that could easily fool someone
into thinking it was an animal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXg-qoRN0co
Another commenter said that the Ukrainians might be able to make good
use of such an
ornithopter. The only problem with that it was a very small one, and
so not much use
for carrying bombs. It may be possible for it to carry out
reconnaisance, though.
My comment went:
Pausing the video at 1:02 reveals a strut in each wing right about
where a finger is in a bat's wing. I could not make out more than one
in each wing, which may make these wings even more like those of the
extinct non-avian dinosaur YiQi [*sic*]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
I don't like to brag, but I think the following may be likened to a
one-eyed man being
king in the land of the blind, so I hope readers will bear with me as
I say that
after 8 months it is first on the list sorted by top comments, out of
1548 comments.
What makes this especially remarkable is that the first runner-up got
617 upvotes
and 38 comments while I got 0 upvotes and 0 comments.
What do readers make of that?
I think you need to figure out what algorithm makes yours the top
comment with numbers like that.
We are all familiar with birds and bats, and I assume everyone in s.b.p. is familiar
with pterosaurs. But how many know of the non-avian flying dinosaurs,
*Yi* *qi* and its close relative *Ambopteryx*?
They were apparently true fliers, unlike "flying squirrels," "flying lemurs," "flying phalangers" "flying fish," and other misnamed gliding animals.
Its wing structure had bones very differently arranged than in bats, birds, or pterosaurs.
The following webpage has two "life reconstructions" and one of a skeleton
in white and the wing membranes in black.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_(dinosaur)
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