Soft Tissue Discovered In T-Rex Bone

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Soft Tissue Discovered In T-Rex Bone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday October 1, 2006 @06:28AM from the tastes-like-ostrich dept.

kubla2000 writes, "Paleontologists have discovered soft tissue inside the fossilized thigh bone of a T-Rex. The tissue included blood vessels, bone cells, and perhaps even blood cells." From the article: "When paleontologists find fossilized dinosaur bones during a dig, they usually do everything in their power to protect them, using tools like toothbrushes to carefully unearth the bones without inflicting any damage. However, when scientists found a massive Tyrannosaurus rex thigh bone in a remote region of Montana a few months ago, they were forced to break the bone in two in order to fit it into the transport helicopter. This act of necessity revealed a startling surprise: soft tissue that had seemingly resisted fossilization still existed inside the bone. This tissue... was so well preserved that it was still stretchy and flexible."

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PLEASE don't tell Michael Chrichton! by solitas · 2006-10-01 06:32 · Score: 5, Funny

The. Movies. Must. End. Here.

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duh by nih · 2006-10-01 06:32 · Score: 5, Funny

god put that bone there to test our faith!

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Re:OLD Repost! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-01 06:51 · Score: 5, Funny

This story has in fact been posted twice before:

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/2 4/2116258
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/2 4/2012256

I'm looking forward to future news stories about the impending release of Windows 95 and the announcement of the Apple Mac's shift to the PPC platform from the m68k.
Re:Welcome back! by Cold-NiTe · 2006-10-01 06:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Meme's aside, rather than welcoming the usual overlords, I'm just going to say that I welcome the opportunity to add Tyrannosaur meat to my next barbecue. Let's start cloning these things soon, guys. Dinner's waiting.

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It depends on how it died.... by EmbeddedJanitor · 2006-10-01 07:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Further lab analysis shows that this TRex died by rolling in breadcrumbs and jumping into a pool of boiling oil. Either that or a some one on the excatvation site dropped a chicken McNugget.

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Re:OLD Repost! by Criceratops · 2006-10-01 07:10 · Score: 5, Funny

In other news:

Fossilized Slashdot Headlines Presented As Fresh News

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Re:wow, youre under arrest! by Korin43 · 2006-10-01 07:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Only terrorists want the president eaten by fictional dinosaurs!
Re:OLD Repost! by gangien · 2006-10-01 08:39 · Score: 5, Funny

and this guy

http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=198539 &cid=16267925
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=143626 &cid=12041797

get's to use the exact same joke twice!
Re:Welcome back! by BlindFate · 2006-10-01 11:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Do not let them put a rack of T-Rex ribs on your car, it'll tip over.