A plane in Brazil was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird smashed into its nose ... and, from the size of the damage, many might wonder if they're breeding pterodactyls in the country.

As such, a flight in Brazil was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday after colliding with a bird in mid-air, which caused some pretty jaw-dropping damage to the nose of the plane. And there are shocking photos to prove it.

Startling images show an airplane’s nose completely smashed in and smeared in blood from a bird strike. Latam flight LA3367 had just taken off from Rio de Janeiro heading to São Paulo in Brazil on Thursday when it was struck by birds,