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3-D Fossils Found in Canada

Posted by michael on from the rocky-road dept.

smooth wombat writes "The BBC has a story with pictures of fossils found in Canada which are three dimensional. Even more interesting is that scientists consider the creatures, called rangemorphs, to be neither animal nor vegetable. In a related matter, geologists added the Ediacaran Period, in which these fossils lived, to their official history of Earth, the first new period to be added in 120 years."

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  1. Prior fossils by metamatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    No wonder all those dinosaurs died out, if they were 2-dimensional. I mean, how would they eat 3D plants?

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  2. neither animal nor vegetable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe it's a fruit?

  3. Seeing them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you need special glasses to see them?

    1. Re:Seeing them by iggymanz · · Score: 2, Funny

      yes, but there are side effects to wearing the special glasses. Besides headaches, everything will look monochrome, and billboards will only have "OBEY" and "MARRY AND REPRODUCE" written on them. Your money will read "THIS IS YOUR GOD" Some people will look like hideous space aliens, and will speak into their watches about you, "he can SEE!".