简介：Forthousandsofyears,humanshavebelievedthattherewereonceflyingmonsters.Butdidtheyreallyexistbeyondournightmares?220millionyearsagodinosaurswerebeginningtheirdominationofEarth.Butanothergroupofreptileswasabouttomakeanextraordinaryleap:pterosaursweretakingcontroloftheskies.Thestoryofhowandwhythesemysteriouscreaturestooktotheairismorefantasticalthananyfiction.InFlyingMonsters,DavidAttenboroughtheworldsleadingnaturalist,setsouttouncoverthetruthabouttheenigmaticpterosaurs,whosewingspansofupto40feetwereequaltothatofamoderndayjetplane.Attenboroughworkswithscientiststounderstandtheincrediblestoryoftheevolutionofthepterosaurs,astorythatunfoldsinsuchstunninglocationsasNewMexico,theJurassicCoastofLymeRegisinBritain,anancientpterosaurlandingsiteinSouthernFranceandafossilpitinGermanywherenearperfectpterosaurspecimenshavebeenfound.Thecentralquestionandoneofthegreatestmysteriesinpalaeontologyis:howandwhydidpterosaursfly?Howdidlizardsthesizeofgiraffesdefygravityandsoarthroughprehistoricskies?Drivenbyth