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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. "
Maybe the designer wasn't so intelligent after all, seeing as how he kept changing his mind.
After all, I am strangely colored.
The next time somebody waxes on about the virtues of the Atkin's Diet I can tell them that even the dinosaurs got sick of it.
Making the moon less necessary since 1998.
I didn't know PETA has been around that long...
Am I the only one that saw the headline and thought of a new FBI internet tap with a friendly plant-like image?
The way I look at it, I'm a vegetarian, but cows are part of my extended digestive tract.
XML causes global warming.
Obviously, Falcarius utahensis got a girlfriend.
Tomato and spinach pizza, wtf.
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Pandas...Nature's koalas