Duckasaurus

Duckasaurus
A duckasaurus as a horn from "The Birthday Party".
Characteristics
Body type	Anseriform
Body size	Medium
Ecology
Habitat	Lakes and rivers
Diet	Omnivorous
Locomotion	Flotation and Flight

Duckasauruses (also known as Rock-Ducks or simply Ducks) are a species of birds which existed during the Stone Age and featured in the franchise of The Flintstones.

Background

Duckasauruses were medium winged birds with orange bills, orange webbed feet and colored feathers in their heads and necks and variously colored feathers in their tails and wings (including white, yellow, green or bluish-gray). Some usually had a pterodactyl-like crest on the top of their heads.

Uses

According to the franchise of The Flintstones and unlike other birds that were commonly used including pterodactyls, Duckasauruses were used such as horns which they were used in cavemobiles with their tails pulled or their bodies squeezed by cavepeople to make honking sounds with their bills.

Culinary Uses

Unlike pterodactyls that were commonly used for food, Duckasauruses were rarely used specifically for their meat including one from an October 26, 1963 comic strip.

Appearances

• The Flintstones
  • "In the Dough"
  • "The Birthday Party"
  • "Groom Gloom"
  • "Time Machine"
  • "Fred Meets Hercurock"
  • "The Long, Long, Long Weekend"
• The Flintstones (comic strips)
  • January 4, 1963
  • October 26, 1963
• "The Flying Fools" and "Hair Scare" (The Flintstone Comedy Hour)
• "It's Not Their Bag" and "The Bad Luck Genie" (The New Fred and Barney Show)
• "Pretty Kitty" and "Country Clubbed" (The Flintstone Comedy Show)
• "Captain Caveman's Super Cold" and "Philo's D-feat" (The Flintstone Kids)

Gallery

Barney with a duckasaurus horn from "In the Dough".

Betty with a duckasaurus horn from "Groom Gloom".

Two white duckasauruses in an arcade game from "Time Machine".

Three yellow duckasaurus horns from "Fred Meets Hercurock".

Two duckasauruses in "The Flying Fools" from The Flintstone Comedy Hour.

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm with a duckasaurus horn in his cave buggy in "Hair Scare" from The Flintstone Comedy Hour.

Duckasaurus decoys from "It's Not Their Bag".

A mother duckasaurus and her three baby duckasauruses in "Pretty Kitty" from The Flintstone Comedy Show.

Two duckasauruses from "Country Clubbed".

Captain Caveman and Cavey Jr. with a Sea Serpent tube and a Rubber Duckasaurus in "Captain Caveman's Super Cold" from The Flintstone Kids.

Philo's Philo-Bot and a white duckasaurus from "Philo's D-feat".

Fred and Wilma with four sick duckasauruses from a January 4, 1963 comic strip.

A pre-cooked duckasaurus (known as rock duck) from a October 26, 1963 comic strip.

A purple duckasaurus from The Illustrated Flintstone Dictionary.

Notes/Trivia

• One of Hanna-Barbera's later shows, Atom Ant, featured a prehistoric duck of its own called a "Pteroducktyl".