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T. rex and Quetzalcoatlus

A T. rex squaring up with the giraffe-sized Queztalcoatlus.
A T. rex squaring up with the giraffe-sized Queztalcoatlus. Image: Apple TV+

One season two scene depicts a standoff between two very different creatures, both terrifying in their own way. On the left: the familiar visage of Tyrannosaurus rex, an apex predator of the Late Cretaceous. At right: the slightly less-famous profile of Quetzalcoatlus northopi, the largest flying creature to ever live (as far as we know); it was a pterosaur that stood as tall as a giraffe and had a 40-foot wingspan, roughly equivalent to that of some fighter jets.

Okay, yeah, they’re definitely not friends.
Okay, yeah, they’re definitely not friends. Image: Apple TV+