Random Act of Anatomy - tour of in-progress skeletons

[@valentinfejes]

It's always a good day when a new episode of "Random Act of Anatomy" come out! 🤩 Thanks again, Larry! Oh...! Poor albatross! Why did it consume so much plastic? Also, do we have direct evidence for hunting by diving among pterosaurs? Some similar traits like in the case of a gannet? "Prehistoric Planet" represented some of them hunting like gannets, that's why I'm curious. Crocs are tough as usual. 🐊 Can't wait for the turtle episode! 🐢

[@witmerlab]

Yeah, it’s crazy how so many birds are attracted to our trash. Lots of birds use flashy things in their environment-colored stones, flowers, shells, etc.-in various ways, from nesting/courtship to simply exploration of their world. Not sure we know what attracts albatross to plastic pieces. Not many birds are plunge divers like gannets. Other birds, like pelicans, plunge-dive, but gannets are extreme. Hard to say that some pterosaurs couldn’t be plunge divers…I’m sure some were. I don’t recall the PP scene, but I’ll try to catch it!