Bobbing their heads at every step. How ridiculous must have that looked if it was the case.

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    5 months ago

    What I’ve never been able to wrap my head around is how did they use their tiny arms, and for what?

    Only thing I can think of is that they might have used them to brace themselves on the ground while leaning down past their balance point to eat. Doesn’t seem like a very useful thing to have arms just for that though

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      5 months ago

      They weren’t actually tiny, they were about a metre long. But they do seem out of proportion.

      They were very muscular and ended in very sharp talons, so pretty deadly.

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      5 months ago

      I had thought the recent understanding was they were likely small wings, like emus or ostriches, to help with balance. Angled back instead of forward.