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Chippewa
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USA
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 Posted - 10/24/2006 : 15:54:47
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Just a little news item from CNN - might be of interest to some folks here. Scientists discover prehistoric parasite tracks in dinosaur fossil.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/24/dinosaurs.guts.reut/index.html
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 16:18:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Chippewa
Just a little news item from CNN - might be of interest to some folks here. Scientists discover prehistoric parasite tracks in dinosaur fossil.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/24/dinosaurs.guts.reut/index.html
The remarkable part is not that the animal had paresites, that goes without saying, but that the evidence of them was found.
Thanks, Chip!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 19:24:24 [Permalink]
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Thanks! And to think, just a few years ago, there were virtually no known fossils of soft tissue from dinosaurs. Now there's evidence enough to deduce the kinds of gut-worms that infested them! Incredible progress!
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2006 : 01:15:57 [Permalink]
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This was interesting. I remember years ago when I was just a kid visiting the Museum of Natural History in New York, among the extremely impressive giant reconstructed dinosaur skeletons there was an small exhibit of stone-like slabs that were in fact, impressions of actual dinosaur skin. I remember being in awe of the textures and patterns of the mineralized flesh of what was once a large, living, exotic animal that breathed and ran, hunted and eat.  |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 10/25/2006 : 02:51:56 [Permalink]
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Neat, the skin impressions. Makes one wonder about the colors.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/25/2006 : 03:09:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Neat, the skin impressions. Makes one wonder about the colors.
If the reptiles of today are any indication, they were vivid. No way to know for sure, though.
My kingdom for a time machine!
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 10/25/2006 : 07:58:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Neat, the skin impressions. Makes one wonder about the colors.
If the reptiles of today are any indication, they were vivid. No way to know for sure, though.
My kingdom for a time machine!
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2006 : 08:22:22 [Permalink]
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My kingdom for a time machine!
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Hear, hear! I'd love one too.
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