Cool Evolutionary Discovery
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Topic: Cool Evolutionary Discovery
Posted By: Peter Parker
Subject: Cool Evolutionary Discovery
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:09pm
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'Tis the year of Darwin, and scientists are continuing their work to uncover the secrets of the past and the future.
Now they think they might be able to determine what colors dinosaurs really were: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/science/01feath.html?_r=1&hpw - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/science/01feath.html?_r=1&hpw
Maybe in a few years we will watch Jurassic Park and think how silly it is: "Everybody knows T-Rex was yellow. Duh."
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:20pm
| Awesome! But for some reason I have doubt that dinosaurs were as colorful as fish... They were probably about the same color as current reptiles (brownish green). |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:21pm
Dinosaur expert here. ------------- 
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WGP guy2 wrote:Posted By: Peter Parker
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:25pm
Don't crush my dreams, man... I'm pulling for polkadots.
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Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:36pm
| I HAVE EXTREMELY SHORT ARMS AND PRETTY POLKA DOTS |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 5:45pm
I am actually waiting for "Look how silly that is, electric fences keep them in just fine now" ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 7:09pm
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Why don't you just ask Jesus?
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 7:26pm
| Did anyone here have that computer game when you were a little kid where you could decorate your own dinosaur and it would say funny things? |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 11:54pm
Computer game? Sounds like your parents just fed you certain types of mushrooms..... ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 01 September 2009 at 1:16am
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Found it! |
Posted By: BradNowell
Date Posted: 01 September 2009 at 1:21am
holy nostalgia! that open sequence used to scare the crap out of me! ------------- "When I travel through mountainous areas or places of questionable hillbilly population, I usually keep a gun in the vehicle" -Da Hui |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 01 September 2009 at 1:26am
Oh yeah for sure. Little Whale couldn't play that game with the lights off. |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 9:13am
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Can I get appropriate DUN DUN DUN! music here please?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090825/sc_afp/canadascienceresearchpaleontologyoffbeat - MAD CANADIAN SCIENTIST
And isn't it ironic that a Canadian scientist will end up destroying the world? KBK |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 9:35am
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I dunno.....the epic badassery of certain notable carnivores might be somewhat lessened if it turns out they were purple with nice white polka dots.
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 11:31am
When I think of Little Whale I still see the caterpillar eyebrows and lumberjack beard. ------------- 
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 12:03pm
What if they had skulls and flames? |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 12:34pm
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 25 September 2009 at 1:07pm
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1215998/Feathered-fossils-prove-birds-evolved-dinosaurs-say-Chinese-scientists.html?ITO=1490 - Scientists in China discover feathered dino
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Posted By: Dunbar
Date Posted: 25 September 2009 at 2:16pm
what if they resurect this monstrosity?
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