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General => Science => Topic started by: Tank on July 21, 2011, 01:57:50 PM

Title: Read this, and make it snappy!
Post by: Tank on July 21, 2011, 01:57:50 PM
Prehistoric Crocodile Terminonaris Was Texas Native, Fossil Suggests (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142350.htm)

QuoteScienceDaily (July 20, 2011) — Making its first appearance in Texas, a prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe now appears to have been a native of the Lone Star State.

The switch in origins for the genus known as Terminonaris is based on the identification of a well-preserved, narrow fossil snout that was discovered along the shoreline of a lake near Dallas.

The 96-million-year-old fossil from Texas is the oldest prehistoric crocodile of its kind in the world, according to paleontologist Thomas L. Adams at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, who identified the reptile...


Ancient crocodile resurrects an ancient joke  ;D
Title: Re: Read this, and make it snappy!
Post by: Rizuidad on July 21, 2011, 05:05:04 PM
What's the joke?  ???
Title: Re: Read this, and make it snappy!
Post by: Tank on July 21, 2011, 05:09:03 PM
Quote from: Rizuidad on July 21, 2011, 05:05:04 PM
What's the joke?  ???

Waiter! Get me a crocodile sandwich and make it snappy!

You did ask!  :D
Title: Re: Read this, and make it snappy!
Post by: The Magic Pudding on July 22, 2011, 03:59:53 AM
I think these things look better as shoes.

(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresources2.news.com.au%2Fimages%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2F1226092%2F916742-brutus-the-monster-croc.gif&hash=8ea7451d3f37a6900ff1b458681ee1d5adec2069)
Title: Re: Read this, and make it snappy!
Post by: Tank on July 22, 2011, 09:54:42 AM
^ Well given that animal has lost his/her front right leg they could well also be partly stuck on somebody's wall!