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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 04/20/2009 : 13:02:32
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An interesting new pliosaur discovery and if you swallow the hype, the most ferocious marine animal ever. The skull of the predator was excavated in mid-2008 in Svalbard, near the Arctic, by a Norwegian team.[1] It is claimed by researchers to be the "most fearsome animal ever to swim in the oceans."[2]
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Well, I suppose that'll play in Pretoria. 
That aside, I am looking forward to some more on this magnificent carnivore.
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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
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2009 : 15:04:27 [Permalink]
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Predator X...not to be confused with Racer X.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2009 : 16:30:03 [Permalink]
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I hope the first artist's rendering will show plenty of big, ferocious teeth. Maybe show it bloodily eating a Megalodon-type shark whole. It's important for this critter to get a good start on its PR.
Edit: Oh, wait, here's a glimpse:
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2009 : 20:20:16 [Permalink]
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Here I added a bit of imagined conversation:
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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. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 04/21/2009 : 06:48:08 [Permalink]
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How quickly they forget, 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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Predator X
