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Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths

CNN has an article pointing out that, though King Kong may be a little extreme, evolutionary gigantism is not out of the question on remote islands. From the article: "There are many examples of what biologists term 'gigantism' on islands. These include the Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards which can be 10 feet long or more and weigh up to 500 pounds. Found on a few small Indonesian islands, the Komodo -- a recorded man-eater -- is in many ways as chilling as anything from Jackson's fertile imagination."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:Leave Jackson out of this! by KiloByte · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, screwing up a movie so much that only the main characters have similar names _does_ require a good deal of imagination. If I tell you that the Galadhrimm should never appear at Helm's Deep as they had a shoot-on-sight-if-you-come-to-our-lands relation with Rohan, you can call me a Tolkien geek. But if I point at fluorescent Minas Morgul, there is no other explanation than P.J. having had some seriously bad shrooms.

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  3. JACKSON'S imagination? by TomServo_1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey now, let's leave Tito and his Neverland Ranch fantasties out of this.

  4. Re:Leave Jackson out of this! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I'm an Australian. I call a spade a bloody shovel.

    Is that before or after you kill with it?

  5. I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...welcome our new giant lizard overlords!