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From Carnivore to Herbivore
smooth wombat wrote in to mention an a recent discovery in the field of evolutionary biology. From the article: "A surprising discovery in Utah has paleontologists scratching their heads and asking: Why would a carnivore evolve a herbivorous diet? The species, christened Falcarius utahensis, belongs to a dinosaur group called the therizinosauroids. These are mostly thought to have been plant eaters. But the recently discovered fossil, the most primitive therizinosauroid found so far, seems to have survived on a mixed diet of meat and vegtables...The switch to vegetarianism is surprising, says Paul Barrett, who studies dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum in London. The therizinosauroids belong to a larger group of dinosaurs known as theropods, and many of these are known to have been excellent at catching a meaty meal. "
Thanks captain science. In next week's episode, maybe you can explain the relevence of your post.
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jonathan barket
So mark me troll. So mark me flamebait. I still think this needs to be said.
I don't know about you americans, but as a non-bible-belt non-american, I'm seriously sick and tired of all these references to religious fanatics refusing to accept common sense. I fail to see how this is "news for nerds", or even "stuff that matters" (unless you are one of them brainwashed fanatics, in case I suspect your sick fantasy sees it as some kind of confirmation of whatever you are brainwashed to believe).
Why can't we just leave the portion of the american population that are fanatics alone, instead of mentioning them on slashdot EVERY BLOODY DAY and thereby give their miserable existance even the tiniest credibility? Just like UBL or GWB they simply can't be made to neither change their mind nor understand logic - at least not without deprogramming them as needs to be done for most previous sect members.
Once that's done, can slahsdot editors either PLEASE stop pushing this crap down the throat on us non-brainwashed people, or clearly state "WE HAVE MOVED TO UTAH, AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU ALL INTO CHRISTIAN RIGHT-WING ZOMIES! BWAHAHAHAHA!". What's next? Jesus invented computers, and Jehova invented internet? That MS Word is the creation of GOD?
Perhaps you could hire someone muslim fanatics from the arabic middle-east to provide some counter-weight to these religious right-wing christian fanatics? Add some jews too, and you have a recipie for the thirld world war, so if you do, please make that a separate domain, because such juvenile fanatic pie-throwing contests does NOT belong on slashdot - at least not with its current motto.