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Ancient Reptile Had Wings Like a Fighter Jet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mother-nature-did-it-first dept.

anthemaniac writes "A reptile that lived 225 million years ago had triangular-shaped wings like the delta-wings of some jets. At least that's what a new computer model suggests. Researcher have generated several possible shapes for the wings of Sharovipteryx mirabili before, so this is just the latest guess (based on one fossil). Last fall NatGeo reported that the first biplane configuration was on a dinosaur. Maybe airplane designers should delve into the fossil record a little more."

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  1. Re:Hello... by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    read it yourself.

    "This is a discussion of transcription of 'YHWH'. For the deity these letters represent, see Yahweh."

    "Many sacred name ministries who believe that YHWH consists of four vowels pronounce these four vowels as "ee-ah-oo-eh" and believe that indicates God's name was either "Yahweh" or "Yahuweh"."

    but I guess if you had decent comprehension skills you wouldn't be a fundamentalist. or maybe you just didn't RTFBible in the first place.

  2. Re:Hello... by RsG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If by "god" you mean "the flying spaghetti monster" (praised be his noodly appendage), then yes. Ramen, brother!

    Also, the FSM won't bless Dubya as long as he refuses to wear the full pirate regalia when preaching the FSM-inspired ID theory.

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    Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.