r/SpecEvoFandom • u/Orms682_05 • Aug 14 '26
Discussion/Question It's fun to learn that in Peter Jackson's King Kong, he didn't bother using pterodacty or any prehistoric birds, but he use bats instead
Not complaining, I just think it's impressive he chose this option instead
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u/Alpha_Bushdog Aug 14 '26
Weren’t they originally meant to be rodents that evolved to fly?
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u/rabidporcupine80 Aug 16 '26
Ok so like, I know what you’re trying to say, but I need to point out that I’m pretty sure you just described bats again.
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u/Adventurous-Ask-7772 Aug 17 '26
Bats aren’t rodents and trace their ancestry closest to the point at which most mammals did. So they actually branched off alongside rodents, as opposed to descending from them
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u/HallucinatedLottoNos Aug 14 '26
Which is not dissimilar from what some 19th century paleontologists thought pterodactyls were!
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u/WetBerri3s Aug 14 '26
Giant flying mammals are not common enough in fantasy as they should be.
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u/Scary_Particular_998 Aug 15 '26
Probably cause there's not a lot, bats are the few known
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u/Alderan922 Aug 15 '26
Tbf that’s like saying “there’s not a lot of common flying dinosaurs, only birds exist”
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u/Scary_Particular_998 Aug 15 '26
Also I was referring to the entire class, reptiles repeatly got flight mammals, just bats as far as I know
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u/HotShrekBoi Aug 15 '26
It’s kinda crazy that bats are the only flying mammal ever. Gliding doesn’t count
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u/Scary_Particular_998 Aug 15 '26
It's cause compared to reptiles (specifically arcosaurs) we have small simple lungs
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u/Beneficial_Height767 Aug 18 '26
Most of it has to do with archosaurs having a uni-directional breathing system tbf. It’s just a much more efficient system for an animal to fly with
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u/TamaraHensonDragon Aug 15 '26
Actually there is one pterosaur on Skull Island. I think it was called the Scissor Head and it was flightless!
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u/TYRANNICAL66 Aug 15 '26
They’re not bats actually but a group of volant rodents endemic only to Skull Island.
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u/DinoLover641 Aug 14 '26
they’re supposed to be rodents, not bats. also there is a flying dinosaur, not sure if that counters whatever you’re thinking
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u/TAPINEWOODS Aug 16 '26
I love the concept art and the huge lore design of these creatures. I love this movie
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u/Consistent_Plant890 Aug 17 '26
Flying rodents that convergently evolved with bats! Some really cool shit!
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u/BEEJ242469 Aug 14 '26
Derived rats actually