Fossilized Dinosaur Vomit

FortKnox writes: "Yeah, I didn't believe it either, but British scientists believe they have found fossilized vomit from a marine dinosaur. Its from a Jurassic period dinosaur. Apparently, fossilized vomit has been found before, but this is the oldest. So, next time you vomit, imagine who might find it in the far distant future...."

Comments

Look for the jurassic worm

[Unknown Poltroon]

from the tequela.

Gross

[Anonymous Coward]

Nothing worse than a dinosaur-sized hangover.

undigestible bits

[tchdab1]

>>Doyle said it was unlikely the shells passed through the ichthyosaur's intestines because they would have damaged the soft tissue.

>>``The only alternative is that the shells were vomited out, in much the same way that modern-day sperm whales regurgitate the indigestible beaks of squid they have eaten,'' he said.

So the reaction I get when I eat at Taco Bell, I have evolution to thank for that?

Spinal Tap

[Deanasc]

Yeah the dinosaur was a drummer for Tap. He died choking on vomit, not his own.

couldn't help myself

This reminds me of Shawshank Redemtion...

[jonistron]

Remember that part where they are looking for rocks? scientist 1: "I've found a new species of dinosaur that must have lived totally in a larval state!!" scientist 2: "Why, thats thats just vomit, Bill."

Re:Humans are the only species disgusted by vomit.

[rjamestaylor]

Sigh. The closests (and only) parking space available outside the escrow office this morning had a freshly made pile of driver side vomit that was slowly drifting downhill. I drove around the lot *twice* before settling on that spot. No one else would park there either -- other people doubleparked or stopped in tow-away zones instead.

Thanks to your post, I know why.

What they also found

[Tickenest]

Just a few feet away, the scientists discovered the world's first elementary school cafeteria.