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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	News thread Jul 14, 2020 0:40:39 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 14, 2020 0:40:39 GMT 5 Kaputar rock skink might be close to extinction. theconversation.com/a-few-months-ago-science-gave-this-rare-lizard-a-name-and-it-may-already-be-headed-for-extinction-140356
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	News thread Aug 10, 2020 4:38:30 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Aug 10, 2020 4:38:30 GMT 5 Moved the Tanystropheus article to news, since this is a news article. But very interesting nonetheless.
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News thread Sept 13, 2020 2:33:55 GMT 5 elosha11 likes this

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Supposed cave bear found preserved in permafrost. An acquaintance of mine expressed some doubts as to whether it really was a cave bear as opposed to a brown bear, but interesting find nevertheless.

siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/first-ever-preserved-grown-up-cave-bear-even-its-nose-is-intact-unearthed-on-the-arctic-island/

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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	News thread Oct 9, 2020 17:56:16 GMT 5 Ceratodromeus likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Oct 9, 2020 17:56:16 GMT 5 Basking sharks can breach. www.newscientist.com/article/2179238-peaceful-basking-sharks-can-leap-just-as-powerfully-as-great-whites/
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News thread Oct 17, 2020 19:59:00 GMT 5

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The Hawaiian crow is, unfortunately, extinct in the wild again. Scientists had to bring the five survivors (out of 30 reintroduced in 2016) back to the sanctuary where they were raised.

www.audubon.org/news/the-hawaiian-crow-once-again-extinct-wild

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Ceratodromeus Senior Member Rank 1 Crotalinae & Varanidae Posts: 1,544	News thread Oct 22, 2020 21:53:12 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Ceratodromeus on Oct 22, 2020 21:53:12 GMT 5 The northern white rhinoceros is functionally extinct but not all hope is lost: www.livescience.com/two-northern-white-rhinos-remain-both-female.html

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News thread Oct 23, 2020 6:34:13 GMT 5 Ceratodromeus likes this

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I moved two of Ceratodromeus' posts here to the news thread (the embryonic tyrannosaurs and shark nursery).

Protected areas help waterbirds deal with climate change: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021130132.htm

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News thread Nov 2, 2020 20:06:33 GMT 5

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The platypus is even weirder than we thought. It has biofluorescent fur!

www.sciencealert.com/the-australian-platypus-is-the-latest-mammal-discovered-with-fluorescent-fur?fbclid=IwAR2-5YzsToOu_W7-yuGetHLbAES3Yslw_2yyAkzZyVoSrwvuCXKmhlHgVZE

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News thread Nov 3, 2020 0:30:56 GMT 5 Infinity Blade likes this

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Nov 2, 2020 20:06:33 GMT 5 Infinity Blade said:

Perry the platypus?!?

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News thread Nov 5, 2020 4:48:07 GMT 5

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At least in the ancient Andes, hunting may have been gender neutral.

www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/woman-hunter-ancient-andean-remains-challenge-old-ideas-who-speared-big-game?fbclid=IwAR085j75L-mSaZkjq8jnq7XwzDGo7FvOPsKGo6PgijJWZZghrJ65EA_XIkc

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News thread Nov 28, 2020 2:11:06 GMT 5 Infinity Blade likes this

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Someone just sent me this:
pendect.com/categories/science/animals/galapagos-now-has-another-inhabitant-a-white-penguin
The Daily Mail, of all newspapers, has one of the more detailed reports on this suspiciously white penguin.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8992819/Extremely-rare-WHITE-penguin-spotted-Galapagos-Islands.html

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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	News thread Nov 30, 2020 18:29:27 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Nov 30, 2020 18:29:27 GMT 5 Subfossil Byrde's whale skeleton found in Thailand. It's thought to be between 3,000 and 5,000 years old, although, proper radiocarbon dating results are expected in December. www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55097088
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Supercommunist Senior Member Rank 1 Posts: 1,847	News thread Dec 9, 2020 11:22:39 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Supercommunist on Dec 9, 2020 11:22:39 GMT 5 There is a species of fish that apparently has "domesticated" shrimp. www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19958-5
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	News thread Dec 10, 2020 3:05:15 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Dec 10, 2020 3:05:15 GMT 5 New species of beaked whale. www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/americas/new-whale-species-mexico-scli-intl-scn/index.html
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,840	News thread Dec 16, 2020 1:37:55 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Dec 16, 2020 1:37:55 GMT 5 New theory on the Venus figurines: news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/cu-anschutz-researcher-offers-new-theory-on-venus-figurines
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theropod: Yes. Shit. I don’t think the free world had any real plan B or contingency for the worst case scenario that has apparently ended up happening. Things were bad enough as it is, and nobody really has any capacity left to deal with it getting even shittier. Nov 6, 2024 19:38:01 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: I imagine tyrannosaurs having finesse through their premaxillary teeth. We know they could delicately scrape meat off of bones with those if they wanted to. Aug 28, 2024 1:29:55 GMT 5

Supercommunist: Anyone find it kind of weird how some people portay gigantosaurus as a finese predator compared to a tyrannosaurus? Given that tyrannosaurus had the smaller gape and the duller teeth, wouldn't it require more precision? Aug 27, 2024 23:49:00 GMT 5