Photo by Robert R. Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLet’s find out a little more about this unusual animal, shall we?\u00a0 Plesiosaurs had a broad body with a short tail and ranged in length from 2.5 to 14 m (8 to 46 feet).\u00a0 Their limbs evolved into large flippers and usually had small heads with long necks.\u00a0 Although, some large headed, small necked Plesiosaurs were discovered as well. It is believed that despite the large flippers these sea creatures were actually slow swimmers who cruised just below the surface of the water.\u00a0 They would use their long necks to quickly snap up any fish that was swimming by.\u00a0 So what is the point of the large flippers if they didn’t use them to swim fast?\u00a0 Well it is believed that these flippers gave them ultimate maneuverability which helped them rotate their body quickly to catch escaping prey.\u00a0 I for one would not be caught dead swimming in the ocean with this top predator swimming around.<\/p>\n
Plesiosaur Fast Fact <\/strong>– Although many pictures show the Plesiosaur raising its head and neck out of the water (as in the picture above) it is believed that this would have been impossible for these large creatures.\u00a0 They were actually unable to bend their head up to that degree and even if they could gravity would have tipped them over.\u00a0 That cursed gravity always ruins everything.<\/p>\nUnfortunately that does it for Wild Facts – Extinction.\u00a0 Thanks for reading and be sure to join me next week for some animal facts on living species.\u00a0 Have a great weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am kind of sad that this is the end of Wild Facts – Extinction.\u00a0 I had a ton of fun writing about the animals of the past and I am super excited to finish out the week talking about the Plesiosaur.\u00a0 For those paying attention to previous Wild Facts, you might be surprised that you didn’t see a Fact on the Dodo Bird this week but don’t worry as it will show up when you least expect it.\u00a0 Until then let’s enjoy learning about this gigantic, carnivorous, aquatic, reptile.\u00a0 Just writing those adjectives gets me all fired up for <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1202,1200,1201,4025,1199,1203],"yoast_head":"\n
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