tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post4234814591263942172..comments2024-03-29T08:49:16.357+00:00Comments on Retro-Forteana: Out-of-place PterodactylAndrew Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-77352980250563922362016-07-15T18:20:38.583+01:002016-07-15T18:20:38.583+01:00Thanks Michael - I didn't get the reference at...Thanks Michael - I didn't get the reference at first, but I was quickly put straight by Wikipedia which has a whole article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_a_Duck%3F" rel="nofollow">Why A duck?</a><br /><br />... and that really is a great anecdote, Colin!Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-52130606043833318582016-07-15T14:13:24.134+01:002016-07-15T14:13:24.134+01:00There's a great anecdote from David Attenborou...There's a great anecdote from David Attenborough about the time he was filming a model pteranodon for a TV programme. Later that day he went to a party and the hostess asked him what he'd been doing lately. "I've been filming a pteranodon" said Attenborough. The hostess replied "Oh, they're so lovely aren't they". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-60153251360016479532016-07-15T01:59:01.562+01:002016-07-15T01:59:01.562+01:00"Why a duck?" - Chico Marx"Why a duck?" - Chico MarxMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104188687798295252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-7312854573972330012016-07-13T08:00:08.488+01:002016-07-13T08:00:08.488+01:00Thanks for the interesting suggestion. I hadn'...Thanks for the interesting suggestion. I hadn't thought of that, but it certainly seems possible.Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-67801595810903962192016-07-12T23:19:47.063+01:002016-07-12T23:19:47.063+01:00Since the old fashioned view of a pterydactyl was ...Since the old fashioned view of a pterydactyl was of a collection of bones with rubbery or leathery skin stretched over them, perhaps this resemblance to the early aircraft - themselves "skin" stretched over wooden or aluminium bones etc. - is the source of the armorial depiction?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04355521785297533930noreply@blogger.com