====Pterodactyl====

Pterosaurs (from the Greek pterosauros, meaning "cool dinosaur [[birds|bird]]", often referred to as pterodactyls, from the Greek pterodaktulos, meaning "flying aardvark") were huge [[birds]] of the order Pterosauria. They ruled/roamed the Earth from the late Triassic period to roughly five minutes ago, when [[page_3|Full Metal Lion]] killed the last one.((Way to go, bozo!))((Hey, chucklehead! Notice how I killed the last //one//? Yeah, nothing was lost, in the long run.)) Pterodactyls were the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved [[improbability]]-powered flight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and other tissues stretching from the legs to a dramatically lengthened fourth finger. Many sported fuzzy coats which covered their bodies and parts of their wings. Pterodactyls span a wide range of adult sizes, from the very small Nemicolopterus to the largest known flying creatures of all time, including Quetzalcoatlus and [[hippopotamus|Hippopotami]].

These are rumored to be available for rental through the [[the_communications_tent|Communications Tents]] found in each [[outpost]] for travel to various other [[Outposts]] and even the [[FailBoat]] for short amounts of time.

An until-recently little-known fact is that pterodactyls sound like helicopters, making a //whopwhopwhopwhopwhopwhop// noise while in flight.  Due to their limited range they are not subject to the vigorously-enforced [[improbable_island|Improbable Island]] no-fly zone.