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Dinosaur Mummy Found
sckienle writes "Although the dig was a year ago, MSNBC has an article about a very rare dinosaur find. It starts off with "A mummified dinosaur, unwrapped from the rocks of Montana, has revealed how the creature looked and how it lived 77 million years ago -- down to the texture of its skin and the contents of its stomach, scientists say." Unfortunately, the details are mostly missing in the article. This isn't the first mummified dinosaur found but it is the first in a long time."
Well with a dinosaurs tiny brain, at least the imbalmers didnt have to spend too much time taking the brain out through the nose.
I wonder if they'll find that lawyer from Jurrasic Park in it's stomach?
Are you saying that the aliens who built the pyramids were actually DINOSAURS?
Dinosaurs had prior art.
Nowhere in the article does it say how they know it's 23 foot long.
I'm assuming they go by some sort of measuring tape. What I'm asking all the geeks here is this: when scientists spout off numbers like this, what scientific means are they utilizing to back them up and how accurate are they?
I don't doubt the thing could very well *be* that long. I just wonder: how do they know?
Rocks are very easy to date
But people look at you funny if you take a rock out for dinner!
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Even better, he's the only one who can HUNT them (being that he was frozen in ice for a couple thousand years). Also, somewhere during the movie, Pauly Shore, who tried to bring him up to speed on the modern world, gets eaten by Raptors.
So we've got Encino Man, The Mummy, and Jurassic Park all in one movie. Outstanding!
Mod me down and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
Don't you realize that (we) geeks are largely unsuccessful at dating.