It’s a fact that many prehistoric animals are surprisingly prevalent in our culture – images of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, Dimetrodon, sabre-toothed cats and mammoths are readily encountered via cartoons, movies, advertising and the products of the toy and entertainment industry. The result is that there are a great many people who have some concept of what a pterodactyl is, yet are stunningly naive as goes the living animals that live on their own doorstep.
