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Quetzalcoatlus lives by its own rules.
風神翼龍有著自己的生存準則。
Most meat eaters keep their distance from the hatchlings of an apex predator, but not this reptile.
大多數肉食動物都會遠離頂級捕食者的幼崽，風神翼龍則不然。
There probably weren't many animals in the Cretaceous that would dare to try to grab a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex.
在白堊紀，大概沒多少動物敢動雷克斯霸王龍的幼崽。
A Quetzalcoatlus could probably manage it.
風神翼龍就敢。
These big pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus were probably eating baby dinosaurs right and left,
這種大型翼龍很可能逮住小恐龍大快朵頤，
and then when they want to, boom, they push down, they spring into the air, and they flap away.
然后只要它們想走，就隨時一躍沖上天空，縱身飛走。
For Quetzalcoatlus, the key to snapping up baby dinosaurs is a quick getaway.
對于風神翼龍而言成功吃掉小恐龍，關鍵還要迅速撤離。
But escape is no problem for a reptile that can pull 2.5 G's on takeoff,
而逃跑根本不是問題，尤其對這樣一個能以2.5倍重力加速度起飛
reaching 30 miles per hour in less than a second.
瞬間達到三十英里時速飛行的爬行動物來說。
If you're a Quetzalcoatlus and you live in a land full of Tyrannosaurs in the latest Cretaceous,
如果你是只風神翼龍，生活在到處是雷克斯霸王龍的白堊紀末期，
you need to take off in a hurry sometimes.
你就得迅速起飛。
Quetzalcoatlus is unlike any other dinosaur in the Cretaceous.
風神翼龍不同于白堊紀時期的其他任何恐龍。
Speed, agility, and sophisticated biology allow it to survive for millions of years in a brutal environment.
迅速，敏捷和復雜的生理結構使它在殘酷惡劣的環境下生存了幾百萬年。
But this is a world inhabited by the most-advanced predators nature has ever produced.
但這是一個由自然界中頂級食肉動物占據的世界。
Even prehistoric killers like Deinonychus and Tyrannosaurus Rex know that no matter how many tools they have at the exposal,
甚至史前最兇猛的恐爪龍以及雷克斯霸王龍都知道，無論它們準備了多少狩獵工具，
attacking plant eaters is hugely risky.
襲擊食草動物還是有很大風險的。
Every hunt might be your last.
每一次捕獵都可能是最后一次。
