Giant real animals from our past (& present)
Giant venus flytrap of the seas
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090118/sc ... 0118041452
We could use use an oversized one for the Sea of Sorrows . . . .
We could use use an oversized one for the Sea of Sorrows . . . .
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Titanoboa, the 45 ft, 1 ton, all consuming snake
Titanoboa, the 45 ft, 1 ton, all consuming snake
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 45910.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 45910.html
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Sea monster identified as having an unprecedently vicious bite:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/sc_ ... seamonster
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/sc_ ... seamonster
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Eh. Creepy, but not that bad. Sounds like the snake had been able to make use of the limb, and had managed to survive in the wild OK.Griselda wrote:Nightmare fodder
Now, if it had been a throwback to a somewhat more recent ancestor, it might have sported a flipper rather than a lizard leg. That would be the closest we'd ever come to getting a look at a living mosasaur...
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Back reading through this whole thread made me realize there are lots of people in these forums that have a rather-more-than-average understanding of biology, in some cases professional knowledge, really.
I'd actually be interested in knowing if there's a higher than average population of biologists around. It would be groovy if that turned out to be the case, as I would immediately consider to which point this could be considered some 'Mordenheim effect' or so.
As for me, thought I like many things, Biology has seldom been one of them.
I'd actually be interested in knowing if there's a higher than average population of biologists around. It would be groovy if that turned out to be the case, as I would immediately consider to which point this could be considered some 'Mordenheim effect' or so.
As for me, thought I like many things, Biology has seldom been one of them.
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Fossilised skull of 'sea monster' pliosaur found on Dorset coast:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/ ... rset-coast
PS I'm not a biologist, although I am fond of the subject.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/ ... rset-coast
PS I'm not a biologist, although I am fond of the subject.
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15 more horrors to savour: http://listverse.com/2010/03/30/15-terr ... -monsters/
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Super-sized killer whale: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ ... 0-14-27-14
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