dinosaurs?

[KALIND]

myth?

[jaypasco]

also ghost? anyone ever see a ghost?

[KALIND]

Originally Posted by jaypasco

also ghost? anyone ever see a ghost?

they are extinct now

[BigFratDaddy]

Originally Posted by KALIND

myth?

fossils

[KALIND]

Originally Posted by BigFratDaddy

fossils

? just have some douters you know?

[Henry09]

What u talkin bout Willis?

[Dolphins813]

Originally Posted by jaypasco

also ghost? anyone ever see a ghost?

I have, but it was a cat, believe it or not..... If that counts?

4 or 5 people seen it that day when we were about 10, damn thing ran straight thorugh the wall... Freaky sh*t that I will NEVER forget!!

[jonnyblaze]

Only religous freaks say dinosaurs are a myth. Generally, all the brightest archeologist say dinosaurs lived and roamed the earth.

[TigerCat_Tania]

Enormous Meat-Loving Dinosaur Found
By Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News

April 18, 2006— Remains of an enormous species of carnivorous dinosaur, which was longer than all other previously identified meat-eating dinos, have been found in western Patagonia, according to a news conference held there on Monday.

Researchers announced that the newly discovered meat muncher, Mapusaurus roseae, belongs to a group of gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs called carcharodontosaurids. This group includes Giganotosaurus, the largest meat-eating dinosaur to ever walk the earth.

The discovery is published in the latest issue of the journal Geodiversitas.

Paleontologists say Mapusaurus exceeded 41 feet in length and had a shinbone that was longer than that of Giganotosaurus. The current record-holder, however, retains its "largest" title because Giganotosaurus would have been wider and heavier than Mapusaurus.

Nevertheless, the new dino would have been an intimidating creature, especially when it was part of a group. Researchers found hundreds of Mapusaurus bones dating to 100 million years ago together in a pack that would have included 18-foot-long juveniles and the over 40-foot-long adults.

"This is arguably the nastiest thing ever found, as it is the first pack found for giant meat-eating dinosaurs," said "Dino" Don Lessem, who participated in the Patagonian dig and helped to fund it.

Lessem, a dinosaur expert who served as a consultant on the film "Jurassic Park," told Discovery News that Mapusaurus would have been contemporaneous to the largest animal that ever lived, Argentinosaurus, which was a 125-feet-long, plant-eating dino.

"In a pack, (Mapusaurus) could take down this herbivore despite its weight — 10 times (more than) even this largest of meat eaters," he said.

Philip Currie, who also worked on the excavation and is a professor of biological sciences at the University of Alberta, told Discovery News that the new dino somewhat resembled Tyrannosaurus rex.

"Mapusaurus looked something like T. rex but had a longer, narrower skull," Currie explained. "Its teeth were shorter and more blade-like. The teeth and long skull were better adapted to biting big chunks of meat out of sauropod dinosaurs. T. rex, on the other hand, had longer, thicker teeth for biting through the bones of its prey."

The paleontologists therefore think the newly discovered carnivore both scavenged and hunted for meat.

Rodolfo Coria, who also worked on the excavation and is a paleontologist at the Carmen Funes Museum in Argentina, told Discovery News that Mapusaurus may have been unique among carnivores in that it seemed to live a more social life, since it was found in a pack. T. rex and virtually all other carnivorous dinos usually are solitary specimens, suggesting they mostly lived and hunted alone.

Coria said it is possible the big meat eaters evolved different habits for each species, and Mapusaurus simply may have been more social. The pack even appears to have passed away together in a mass die-off.

Michael Ryan, curator and head of vertebrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, recently examined the dinosaur bones on a recent trip to Patagonia. He agrees with the other paleontologists.

"This new discovery helps us better understand the diversity of giant carnivorous dinosaurs," said Ryan. "Even more interesting is the fact that the find contains the remains of multiple individuals of different sizes and ages."


http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs...tdino_din.html

[mrwho]

dinosaurs- government conspiracy theory to scare the normal everyday people.

[jonnyblaze]

Originally Posted by MrWho

dinosaurs- government conspiracy theory to scare the normal everyday people.

[mrwho]

Originally Posted by jonnyblaze

Werent you the one saying I didnt know sarcasm?

[jonnyblaze]

Originally Posted by MrWho

Werent you the one saying I didnt know sarcasm?

Good one

I like you Who

[mrwho]

Originally Posted by jonnyblaze

Good one

I like you Who

[Hoosiercatdaddy]

Originally Posted by jonnyblaze

Good one

I like you Who

"not that theres anything wrong with it"