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KingsOfEvilArt — Terrordactyl IV, Ropen
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Published: 2016-07-03 17:40:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 3764; Favourites: 83; Downloads: 21
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One of the more stupid cryptids and perfect opportunity to draw a pterosaur dragon for me.
(not the last one for sure. xD) This was made for Trey the Explainer video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvBjC…
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Thanks! I think lights in the sky are a phenomenon attributed to various things all over the world, but a pterosaur is probably one of the most hilarious ones lol
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Thank you. I have drawn a bunch more of those old school "terrordactyls", this one is actually one I am less fond of, so I encourage you to check the rest out
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This thing is most likely a hoax but it would be awesome if some Paleontologist dug up a new pterosaur species that looked exactly like this
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American fighter pilot Duane Hodgkinson saw one of these in Papua New Guinea in 1944.
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I don't think this one would be physically possible, but I agree that it would be awesome xD All those Frazetta's pterosaur dragons would suddenly become accuarate xD
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who says it has to be a big pterosaur?.....it could be a small or mid size pterosaur.
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Such a long tail, would be impossible even on a small one, I think.
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well then, shorten the tail then.
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you should check out harpactognathus (I think I spelled it right )it's somewhat close to what you have in mind.
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This might just be my least favorite cryptid, I mean people being honestly ignorant and buying into misinformation, tall tales and faulty evidence is one thing, but when the main reason for a cryptids "existence" is it being a minor side effect of creationist propaganda, then..... sigh
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True, as a cryptid it sucks ass, but I've always been fond of those 70's styled "pterodactyl" dragons 70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/81… Those creationists could have done a bit better research though, maybe some science books instead of comics for a start.
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Yep, and that`s what makes creationists such a laughable bunch, they wan`t to "disprove" evolution and yet they can`t even be bothered to fully learn how evolution is supposed to work (not all dinosaurs morphing into birds over night), they can`t even bother to pay attention to basic anatomy and biology (pterosaurs are mythical flying serpents).
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Yeah, when I heard how modern it is I thought "Guys.. you had one job" One can excuse Kongamato, which was reported in 1920s and 1930s But this? XXI century? Did they put any effort into it at all?
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Thanks. There will be always more pterosaur themed things...
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BY the way, you mentioned part two, I might provide some more drawings for it as this one somewhat gave me mood for drawing ptero-dragons.
Speaking of part two I have some theory I'd like to share with you. the grave robbery part might seem strange and unrealistic but I believe this might actually be grain of truth in the whole story. Just as like with Ataka carcass vs sea swine, this has already happened at least once, in ancient middle east where grave robbing habits of some scavengers would lead to conviction that Ghouls, tribe of evil Djinni would feast on the dead in graveyards. Description of Ropen's feeding habit is so unlikely for a flying animal I kinda doubt it would be completely fabricated by modern ropen believers. Instead, I believe something similar to Ghul cases must have really happened there, just obviously never investigated as nothing could make superstious people go to the graveyard at night. This might be a bit wild speculation (but as we have no proper data, it's okay I guess 
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There's one problem with this: there's nothing stopping a scavenger from smelling a body in a shallow grave and eating it.
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Unless it's anatomy prevents it from digging it out. Some plague with massive amounts of bodies unburied could enable it (i read this was sometimes the case of man eater tigers) but there was nothing like that mentioned here.
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Pterosaurs walked on all fours, didn't they? And the soil of a fresh grave is usually pretty loose - even if an animal isn't adapted specifically for something, it doesn't mean that they won't do it. Goats climbing trees are a good example.
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Bear in mind that original ropen depictions have those puny limbs of oldschool pterosaurs, they would probably have hard time walking on, not to mention digging. I guess goats, descending from wild mountain goats are quite closely related to animals who did a lot of climbing, so that isn't so weird...
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Wait, do the ropen and kongamato legends ever specify how they move on the ground?
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I am no expert on Ropen nor Kongamato legends. However that depiction speaks for itself, I think. 1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q-JSg53A3nM…
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That's just one depiction of it, though.
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Always happy to help.
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My spec idea is that bioluminescent algae clings to the pycnofibres on the pterosaur's body, like algae on sloth fur. They use the lights to lure fish to the surface.
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That's a posibility.
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There's nothing that really says that ropens only eat human corpses; stories just say that they will eat them.
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Well, eating only human corpses is, like Trey says, a stupid adaptation that makes pretty much no sense. Being a fisher as well as a terrestrial opportunist (like an Antarctic giant Kestrel) makes more sense.
The animal probably doesn't exist either way.
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Yeah, opportunism makes sense but the alleged digging out corpses is so specialised I doubt it would even count as opportunism. XD
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Yeah, but human corpses are neither a consistent food source nor have been around long enough for an animal to suffienctly evolve to eat them. A general scavenger makes more sense.
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you are completely right. Still I think that defiling of graves is such anaction that makes great impact on people, even bigger on superstisious ones. Therefore if some animal would only occsionally dug out bodies probably folk tales would have blown that aspec out of proportion.
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Yup....probably should try and take a crack at it sometime. I'm thinking and Ornithocherid.
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Ten rysunek bardzo przypomina mi lizardmeńskiego terradona z którejś z bardzo starych edycji warhammera fantasy, kiedy te figurki były jeszcze odlewane z metalu (obecnie produkują chyba trzecią generację tych terradonów, która wygląda zupełnie inaczej).
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Faktycznie.
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Do najnowszych próbowali wmieszać trochę cech banshee z avatara (ząbkowany brzeg skrzydeł, jak niby pióra). To do nich zupełnie moim zdaniem nie pasuje mimo iż figurka jest oczywiście znacznie ładniej zrobiona niż te starsze.
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Ja tam jestem zwolennikiem ząbkowanych brzegów skrzydeł, ale jednak wolę jak przypomina to piłę bardziej niż pióra.
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I wasn't too surprised with that video, besides I felt really talked down to in this. We audience members may not be intelligent but we know when we know something is up with how somebody is presenting their presentation. Besides the quote from Garth Guessman in MonsterQuest's episode I find what I feel about most of these scientists and skeptics. " I think a lot of cryptozoological creatures, mystery creatures aren't found it's because they are not looked for and they just don't expect to find them or don't even bother paying attention to people that report them. They just dismiss them as some anomaly or obviously something else. Anything what they are obviously telling us what it is." In other words, scientists sometimes make jackasses out of themselves. I know your going to call this absolute bull-crap on me because obviously it's mistaking it for something else, that he is a creationist that supported this "made up" creature or are just "Seeing what they want to see," but this is how I feel about this.
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I also don't think it is logical to believe every eyewitness. Believing someone's word over actual evidence has prevent thousands of years of progress.
I think before we believe any of these claims of cryptids 100% we should find physical evidence.
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I don't think that's the case with the Ropen; I agree, as scientists and skeptics, we shouldn't just assumed the most illogical conclusion shouldn't be investigated and I never condone just assuming I'm right and these people are wrong. I am open to new evidence and if new evidence is discovered concerning the Ropen I will happily admit I was wrong.
The Ropen is a case where someone is trying to prove their already inaccurate religious beliefs via a Cryptid instead of trying to discover an undiscovered organism to benefit knowledge; I don't think cryptozoology should be conducted with that mindset.
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Well how should be cryptozoology be better understood and better tested?
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Well here's my thoughts:
-Don't always believe eyewitnesses 100%, if anything expect them to be lying, hoaxing, delusional, misunderstanding, ect. before taking them 100% seriously. Like how police don't rely solely on eyewitness reports, Cryptzoologists shouldn't either. People need to understand that eyewitnesses are extremely unreliable.
-keep religion out of it. I think I don't need to explain the reasoning behind that one.
- require strong physical evidence before you purpose that any of it is true. (That's just science for you, if you can't show it, it might as well not exist)
-look to at pop culture at the time of the alleged events; pop culture and media will often show if a cryptid is true or inspired by movies, books, past outdated knowledge, ect.
-don't assume something is prehistoric, I'm tired of the baseless prehistoric explanation.
-don't assume something is alien, we have no evidence to even say aliens exist; just blaming it on aliens and saying "there's no evidence because aliens" is not a logical or reasonable explanation.
I think the most important thing above all else is to require evidence before even suggesting anything is truthful.
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You probably did say it best. Besides the only creature that has some circumstantial evidence would be Bigfoot and some of his relatives. Sure it's still not enough to prove it exists but it's somewhat close.
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Thank you
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