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Post by theropod on Aug 7, 2013 15:51:05 GMT 5
They all gave very impartial responses. Somewhat appropriate in this case, and undoubtedly preferrable, but unlikely had they known whom they were talking to...
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Post by theropod on Aug 8, 2013 0:41:23 GMT 5
This made me laugh!
"even venous snakes can tough them!!!"
A heron was included on that list, but not a harpy (or any other but a sea eagle for that matter)!
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Derdadort
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Excavating rocks and watching birds
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Post by Derdadort on Aug 8, 2013 15:15:29 GMT 5
"Don't mess with this bird! And they will defend their eggs on all costs" - Well, geese, too... And the very best: "They can pick you, if they get pissed of" This guy never visited a chicken house... But hey, he mentioned the cassowary.
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Post by theropod on Aug 8, 2013 15:28:03 GMT 5
^At least that, would have been really sad if he hadn't. But everyone will tell you to be wary of roosters and swans, not herons.
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Post by creature386 on Aug 8, 2013 23:55:39 GMT 5
I don't believe we need to post YouTube videos, most people know not to trust them, he even disabled the votes. BTW, this isn't his worst video, this one is quite bad as well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Ir6KS4POUThe ranking looks completely random.
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Fragillimus335
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Aug 9, 2013 1:13:02 GMT 5
The theory that no sauropods could lift their necks.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 9, 2013 2:24:00 GMT 5
My school biology book (one made by national geographic) is filled with mistakes in the reptile secetion. Just off of the top of my head, they labeled an alligator a crocodile and a specticaled caiman an american alligator.
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Fragillimus335
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Aug 9, 2013 5:41:37 GMT 5
My school biology book (one made by national geographic) is filled with mistakes in the reptile secetion. Just off of the top of my head, they labeled an alligator a crocodile and a specticaled caiman an american alligator. Even my college paleontology book had a Mamenchisaurus labeled "Brachiosaurus", and said Stegosaurus lived in the Cretaceous! :/
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 9, 2013 5:46:33 GMT 5
My school biology book (one made by national geographic) is filled with mistakes in the reptile secetion. Just off of the top of my head, they labeled an alligator a crocodile and a specticaled caiman an american alligator. Even my college paleontology book had a Mamenchisaurus labeled "Brachiosaurus", and said Stegosaurus lived in the Cretaceous! :/ Its sad when educational books are so obviously wrong.
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Post by creature386 on Aug 9, 2013 22:40:10 GMT 5
It's sad that biology books rarely get updatedÂ…
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Post by theropod on Aug 9, 2013 23:14:23 GMT 5
It's sad popular books are still so extremely shitty when it comes to dinosaurs, misinforming the general public even tough we do know far better.
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Post by theropod on Aug 9, 2013 23:30:28 GMT 5
All those entirely hypothetised figures of 30m Parahelicoprion. Needless to mention 25m Liopleurodon. Chapter 12 in here is pretty laughable too, but the rest of the book is intriguing. It would be interesting to make a more rigorous estimate for Parahelicoprion based on some related taxa, since the teeth seem similar in proportions to Helicoprion, as well as find a bit more on these strange early chondrichthyan lineages in general, and determine whether they were the biggest predators of the paleozoic. It's strange we have so little scientific work on this animal. Surely that would help to clear up some myths.
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Post by creature386 on Aug 10, 2013 13:44:12 GMT 5
The chapter 12 is indeed quite bad, we already talked about that, when I asked for the book's reliability.
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Post by theropod on Aug 10, 2013 14:46:54 GMT 5
The "terror index"... And T. rex had the same value as Megalodon, not to mention the hogwash claimed about the four theropods adressed in there (4t Spinosaurus!).
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Post by creature386 on Aug 10, 2013 15:29:05 GMT 5
For some reason, I can't access the chapter in the preview.
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