Maybe their ability to go to the bathroom without making any noise was the inspiration?
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bloopernova@programming.dev 9 months ago
Reminds me of a pterosaur somehow.
Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
grue@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Considering that splitting supersonic shockwaves in the air is kind of analogous to splitting the water when plunge-diving for fish (which at least some pterosaurids are hypothesized to have done), that makes sense.