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Science Queeries

28 Jul 2025

Pterrific Flyers and Dino Diners

Animals, Archaeology, Biology, Geoscience, Natural Sciences, Science & Medicine

Pterrific Flyers and Dino Diners

Pterosaurs once ruled the skies with flap-tastic flair. Palaeontologist Adele Pentland takes us into raptors (read: raptures), digging up the world of Australian pterosaurs. She and Dr Cat also discuss dino-diets, based on a recent news story on what an Australian sauropod (a diamantinasaurus) ate as its last meal.

Adele is a final-year PhD candidate in the Western Australian Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre at Curtin University, has named two pterosaur species, and is an absolute Superstar of STEM. From demon pelicans to iron dragons, we soar through time and discover that the skies of ancient Australia were anything but empty.

This episode originally aired 22nd July, 2025.

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