简介：　　Forthousandsofyears,humanshavebelievedthattherewereonceflyingmonsters.Butdidtheyreallyexistbeyondournightmares?220millionyearsagodinosaurswerebeginningtheirdominationofEarth.Butanothergroupofreptileswasabouttomakeanextraordinaryleap:pterosaursweretakingcontroloftheskies.Thestoryofhowandwhythesemysteriouscreaturestooktotheairismorefantasticalthananyfiction.InFlyingMonsters,DavidAttenboroughtheworldsleadingnaturalist,setsouttouncoverthetruthabouttheenigmaticpterosaurs,whosewingspansofupto40feetwereequaltothatofamoderndayjetplane.Attenboroughworkswithscientiststounderstandtheincrediblestoryoftheevolutionofthepterosaurs,astorythatunfoldsinsuchstunninglocationsasNewMexico,theJurassicCoastofLymeRegisinBritain,anancientpterosaurlandingsiteinSouthernFranceandafossilpitinGermanywherenearperfectpterosaurspecimenshavebeenfound.Thecentralquestionandoneofthegreatestmysteriesinpalaeontologyis:howandwhydidpterosaursfly?Howdidlizardsthesizeofgiraffesdefygravityandsoarthroughprehistoricskies?Drivenbytheinformationhefindsasheattemptstoanswerthesequestions,Attenboroughstartstounraveloneofsciencesmoreenduringmysteries,discoveringthatthemarvelofpterosaurflighthasevolutionaryechoesthatresonateeventoday.FlyingMonstersisagroundbreakingfilmthatusescutting-edge3DtechnologyandCGItobringthestoryofgiantflyingmonstersandtheirprehistoricworldtolife.Audiencesofallageswillbeinaweastheyentertheworldandexperience,asneverbefore,REALFlyingMonstersinHD.