The tricky take-off manoeuvres of the Quetzalcoatlus might be a con as well when pulling a sleigh.
Reindeer Alternatives
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sunoc@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
#Pegasus
Pro: good flier, hella stylish
Con: fictional
#Capybaras
Pro: chilliest creatures known to reality pr fiction, rad as FUCK
Con: can’t fly
#Humans
Pro: gullible and thus easy to manipulate
Con: most of them suck
M137@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Reindeer
Pro: look a bit like the fictional creatures you already use.
Cons: Can’t fly, doesn’t have glowing noses.
mmmac@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Huh thats like two letters off from the main Aztec diety Quetzalcoatl, I wonder if there’s a reason for that
lobut@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Reminds me of David Mitchell’s Rant Against Christmas (Christmasland Rant): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeDQv4lE-o
Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 days ago
Albatross for the long haul flight capability. Carrying two falcons on its back. The falcons can fly the presents to each house.
msage@programming.dev 4 days ago
Sure, Anglerfish can’t fly, it’s such a downgrade from reindeers, the best aviators nature produced.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Other than pigs, of course
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Let us not forget to consider the noble house spider, which takes to the skies for a week every October