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Randy
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USA
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 Posted - 02/04/2009 : 15:56:28
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Fossilized remains of mammoth snake discovered.
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Randy
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 02/04/2009 : 16:11:45 [Permalink]
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Thanks anyway, but I've already dug as deep as I could on this one. Now I'm waiting for further info, mainly as represented by skull fragments. Decent serpent fossils are only slightly more common than moustashs on eggs, so this is a spectacular find.
Talk about megafauna, eh?! 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"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
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 02/04/2009 : 16:11:49 [Permalink]
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| I saw this and 'high tailed' it over here to tell filthy too. Pretty cool! |
If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 02/04/2009 : 16:39:49 [Permalink]
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Heh, fact is that Hawks beat both of y'all to it, and I'd already found it elsewhare, anyway.
But once again thanks for the heads-up!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"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
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2009 : 18:35:38 [Permalink]
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I learn something new every day. Looks like the main limiting factor on boa snake size is ambient environmental temperature. These guys must be looking forward to global warming.
(I wish they'd name titanoboa with the Greek or Latin translation of "Big Gulp.")
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 02/04/2009 18:37:16 |
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Filthy, this one's for you!
