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Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Fossil
douglips writes "Reuters is running a story about a shocking development in paleontology: A T-Rex thigh bone fossil was reluctantly broken to fit in a transport helicopter, and inside soft tissue was found. It appears to include blood vessels and bone cells. Scientists hope to isolate proteins, and perhaps even DNA."
Insert Juraasic Park DNA comment here!
Intersting!
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud
Now we will know if it tastes like chicken!
Anyone remember what happened to Jeff Goldblum in that movie? I'd like to keep it that way. In the movie. I like my legs.
Don't forget the other important lesson from that movie: Never hide in the outhouse.
You may have to go, and can argue that the outhouse is the appropriate place to be in the event of a T-Rex attack, but don't do it! Bad things will happen!!
It was the BABY!!! Hell have no fury like a T-Rex mother scorned... That helicopter is gonna get it's arsed kicked, and get mauled around like it is a toy and pushed down a cliff in really heavy down pour, but WAIT... it gets caught in power cables *sparks*, and most of the world's lights goes out... ... ...
1. Clone dinosaur
2. Make theme park on deserted island
3. ?
4. Profit!
The explanation comes after further research. Of course, one of the explanations could be it might not be an actual dinosaur bone, but that one can probably be ruled out pretty quickly if the researchers have any idea what they're doing.
Another, and more interesting (to me anyway) explanation would be if it was a dinosaur bone, and it wasn't 70 million years old.
This dino has been around for 65M+ years!
So what you're saying is, rather than running directly to the shitter, the shitter will be running directly down my leg?
Oh yeah, but in Soviet Australia, the T-Rex clones you!