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Demon Ducks of Doom?

Posted by michael on from the drop-croc dept.

prester writes "The BBC has an article on an Australian exhibit on its way to the UK about the nasty creatures of prehistoric Australia. Among them the 3m high carnivorous "Demon Duck of Doom" and the "drop croc," a crocodile that was believe to drop out of trees on its victims. And there were people living there at the same time as these things. Yikes!"

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  1. Pictures of the beast! by jeblucas · · Score: 2, Funny
    A model of the creature features in the exhibition and shows it to have the fur of a wombat, the nose of a koala and claws like meat cleavers.
    When I found out this creature coexisted with humans, I demanded to know more--they sent me a picture of the beast!
    (sorry bout the iDisk thing--waaaay behind a closed FTP port here)
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    blarg.
    1. Re:Pictures of the beast! by macdaddy357 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's not the demon duck of doom! Here's a picture of the Demon Duck of Doom! run for your life!

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      How ya like dat?
  2. Re:Notice they're all dead by rushiferu · · Score: 2, Funny

    "and laughed at those stupid enough to walk underneath trees with crocs in them."

    Maybe they just learned to walk with their spears pointed up...