![]() And while banshee has only vestigial legs, the great leonopteryx legs are not vestigial at all! ![]() Their wings were a mixture of bird and bat wings. Skin of both the banshee and the great leonopteryx has a wide range of complex color schemes based on Earth animals, like poison dart frogs and monarch butterflies. But the most unique feature of the banshee was the articulation and mechanics of its mouth and teeth. While sea-creature biology informed the profiles and bodies of the flying creatures, their aerodynamic and hydrodynamic characteristics incorporated the most current thinking of the way extinct species such as plesiosaurs and pterosaurs moved through water and air. The references and inspiration for the banshee (and the giant leonopteryx, too) came from sea creatures such as manta rays, skates and the great white shark. Both creatures were conceived as bird-like four-winged aerial predators, extremely colorful and very bright. The concept of lower gravity on Pandora was the justifcation for the evolution of giant fliers like banshee or the great leonopteryx.
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