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When they sleep, they still dream of flying.
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~theDMG177 Jun 2, 2013  New member Hobbyist General Artist
Cute...
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!Deaddo Jan 8, 2012  Student General Artist
this is an AWESOME creature... I like how it doesn't have to have scales, horns, fangs, a tail, or to overcompensate in any way to be just as fascinating... in fact, it's the strange lack of features that gives this such an eerie humanness... creepy, but fascinating. I want to meet one, LOL.
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~nemo-ramjet Jan 10, 2012
Thank you - the way you describe it is exactly how I wanted this to be - not a frilly monster, but a "real" and functional creature.
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!Deaddo Jan 10, 2012  Student General Artist
I love functional! I mean, we all "ooh-ahh" the embellished things, but this is refreshing. :) You are welcome.
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~starspawn07 Mar 19, 2011
even when looking at illustrations of real Azhdarchids, I was astonished by how large their heads were compared to the rest of the body, and how tall they could grow compared to humans.
It's hard to believe that they never evolved to super-intelligence :/
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~nemo-ramjet Mar 21, 2011
Real life azhdarchids had a lot of hollow spaces in their heads, plus the head was very narrow laterally...
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~indigomagpie Mar 7, 2010
Ooh, clever!

What do they eat? Are they oviparous or viviparous? What's their sexual dimorphism like?

I wonder: What about a sapient flying azhdarchid?
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~nemo-ramjet Mar 8, 2010
They reproduce by laying leathery eggs. The males have a bigger crest on their foreheads, much like a rooster's crown.

Flying sophonrs: A tricky one, but by no means impossible. How would they manipulate objects, though? Feet? Beaks?
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!JohnFaa Mar 11, 2010  Student Writer
I've always imagine sentient pterosaurs as volant. As for other flying sophonts, crows and parrots aren't terribly hard to imagine, and would certainly work as still volant
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~indigomagpie Mar 8, 2010
I'd assume they'd still use the front paws, like your flightless one. With pterosaur wing design, it should be possible to get manipulative ability and flight out of the same limb (admittedly, not at the same time).
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