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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 Jun 10, 2022 14:39:50 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 10, 2022 14:39:50 GMT 5 Older news, but piranhas did not drive the evolution of arapaima scales. www.wku.edu/agriculture/news/index.php?view=article&articleid=9288
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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 Jun 15, 2022 3:18:24 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 15, 2022 3:18:24 GMT 5 A mastodon's migratory patterns deduced from studying its tusk. phys.org/news/2022-06-mastodon-tusk-chemical-analysis-reveals.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 Jun 28, 2022 2:20:32 GMT 5 elosha11 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 28, 2022 2:20:32 GMT 5 Woolly mammoth calf found in Yukon permafrost. www.sci-news.com/paleontology/nun-cho-ga-woolly-mammoth-calf-10941.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 Jul 2, 2022 22:45:18 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 2, 2022 22:45:18 GMT 5 Feathers may have helped dinosaurs survive the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. www.scientificamerican.com/article/feathers-may-have-helped-dinosaurs-survive-their-first-apocalypse/
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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 17, 2022 14:25:17 GMT 5 Life and elosha11 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 17, 2022 14:25:17 GMT 5 Some recent news on a seemingly white humpback whale washing up on shore. www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-17/dead-white-whale-mallacoota-migaloo/101245298
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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 30, 2022 13:48:38 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 30, 2022 13:48:38 GMT 5 Crayfish thought to be extinct turns up alive in a cave! scitechdaily.com/rare-crustacean-thought-to-be-extinct-found-in-a-2500-foot-long-cave/amp/
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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 30, 2022 22:26:55 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 30, 2022 22:26:55 GMT 5 Ice age children played in mud puddles made by ground sloth footprints. www.livescience.com/ice-age-children-splash-sloth-footprints
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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 31, 2022 4:57:21 GMT 5 Life likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Jul 31, 2022 4:57:21 GMT 5 Dinosaur footprints accidentally found in Chinese restaurant. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/07/30/dinosaur-footprint-accidental-discovery/
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News thread Aug 11, 2022 6:39:52 GMT 5 spartan likes this

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A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (rarest and most endangered sea turtle in the world) has laid eggs on a new beach in Galveston.

www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/World-s-rarest-sea-turtle-lays-eggs-on-new-17359977.php

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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 Sept 7, 2022 20:34:51 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Sept 7, 2022 20:34:51 GMT 5 Introducing Enhydriodon omoensis. A lion-sized otter that hunted prey on land. news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/09/06/in-ethiopia-a-fossil-otter-the-size-of-a-lion/
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News thread Sept 15, 2022 20:47:06 GMT 5

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Fossil walrus skull with both tusks intact found.

www.postandcourier.com/environment/palmetto-fossil-excursions-team-uncovers-rare-walrus-skull-with-tusks-in-ridgeville/article_9d37a426-1e58-11ed-9876-037e5d7d6a5e.html?fbclid=IwAR1pzV8k8QuaXmVg1Hn1XO3jIKmk8eH6MEB3SoPBgIhFiHdUzaSnRuwfNUA

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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 Sept 19, 2022 16:46:02 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Sept 19, 2022 16:46:02 GMT 5 Dryptosaurus and fossil bowfin found in Peabody Museum fossil collection. www.ctpost.com/news/article/dinosaurs-fossils-peabody-museum-yale-17439293.php
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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 12, 2022 21:21:04 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Oct 12, 2022 21:21:04 GMT 5 New toxic frog species named after Seth MacFarlane. news.mongabay.com/2022/10/toxic-new-frog-species-from-ecuador-named-after-family-guys-seth-macfarlane/
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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 1, 2022 19:51:23 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Nov 1, 2022 19:51:23 GMT 5 Mosquito larvae launch their heads at their prey like harpoons. www.livescience.com/harpoon-headed-mosquito-larvae
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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 12, 2022 5:02:39 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Nov 12, 2022 5:02:39 GMT 5 Strike a pose: Yale’s iconic dinosaur skeletons get a new look news.yale.edu/2022/11/11/strike-pose-yales-iconic-dinosaur-skeletons-get-new-look
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Supercommunist: They found a mummified homotherium cub. Nov 15, 2024 1:21:50 GMT 5

theropod: Well lol, my government announced it was breaking up on the very same day. Nov 7, 2024 5:57:05 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: We failed you. Nov 6, 2024 23:20:59 GMT 5

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

Supercommunist: Trump won. Was already pretty pessimistic about climate change but I think I am now in full doomer mode. Nov 6, 2024 12:39:53 GMT 5

Exalt: And the giga not having as wide of a skull Sept 6, 2024 23:05:23 GMT 5

Exalt: I would think that it's because of T.rex striking with power Sept 6, 2024 23:02:54 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

Infinity Blade: Maybe Aug 15, 2024 5:02:01 GMT 5

Exalt: Could that be an anti-prefator adaptation, or? Aug 14, 2024 20:32:23 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: I've read that in birds sex only lasts a few seconds, so maybe the fact that intercourse is very brief is an advantage. Aug 12, 2024 7:26:21 GMT 5

Supercommunist: So I can't help but think that cloacas are more prone to STDS and infection that an animal that separates its poop hole and genitals. Are there any real big advantages of having a cloaca? Aug 11, 2024 12:37:19 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: Dinosaur Revolution depicted Gigantoraptor like a bird of paradise, using colors, an inflatable throat sac, and dancing to court a mate. Jul 22, 2024 18:42:46 GMT 5

Exalt: Some birds are known for extravagant courtship displays. Has anyone depicted non-avian dinosaurs doing such a thing? Presumably theropods. Jul 11, 2024 6:31:19 GMT 5

Supercommunist: Cool thanks, Infinity. Jul 6, 2024 9:38:31 GMT 5

razor45dino: 1.2 tonnes is probably a large underestimate or is not representative of a 13 meter individual Jul 6, 2024 7:39:16 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: Assuming the Kaatedocus is 13 m and 1.2 tonnes, however, only gets you ~7.5 tonnes, which is unreasonable. Jul 6, 2024 7:26:59 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: Supercommunist If you scale a 13 m 1.9 t Kaatedocus to Diplodocus' length (24 m), it comes out to be ~12 t. This lines up pretty well with a Diplodocus' body mass at that length. Jul 6, 2024 7:24:20 GMT 5

Supercommunist: I've noticed that baboons seem to gang up on predators far quicker than other social animals. Jul 6, 2024 2:18:30 GMT 5