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More Antarctic Dinosaurs
RockDoctor writes "The highly respected palaeontology journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica has published its December number for free access on the Web, with the headline paper concerning new discoveries of dinosaurs from Antarctica. (Paper here, PDF.) The first major part of these discoveries was made in 1991, when isolated bones of a sauropod (a relative of the Apatosaurus, formerly known as Brontosaurus) were found associated with a theropod (ancestor or cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex). The sauropod has been named Glacialisaurus hammeri (the reason for the genus name is obvious, and Professor Hammer led the field expeditions under 'extremely difficult conditions'). The herbivore was some 25 ft. long and weighed 4 to 6 tons; at the time of life, the area was between 55 and 65 degrees south, suggesting a climate similar to the Falkland Islands or Tierra del Fuego."
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Nothing can live in the antarctic.
So that's where Jesus hid them all!
I'm ready to be modded down, now.
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find their privates are on the Internet.
Why did they change the name of the brontosaurus? I liked that name better.
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Dinosaur bones in Antarctica, shellfish on Everest. Congratulations, you found the remains of something that died a while back. Good job. I personally found the remains of a Nintendo in my storage shed the week before last... I intend to publish my findings sometime early next March. I'll keep you posted.
I'm waiting for a "-1 somepeoplejustshouldn'tgetmodprivileges" meta-moderation.
Hm, Dinosaurs ... in the Antarctic. Kinda throws a big ol' monkey wrench in the THEORY of evolution ... wouldn't you say?
When & why did we stop calling a brontosaurus a brontosaurus?
Next thing you'll tell me we only have 8 planets!
There is an image of the thing on this blog if you are interested. http://thedragonstales.blogspot.com/2007/12/hail-glacialisaurus-hammeri.html
watch for dino DNA in the bones. it's not that long ago
Researchers have still to uncover this creature's habitat, but they did find the petrified parts of a corpse belonging to a rather large creature, which is referred to more commonly by its Latin name, Nix Quintis, as well as remains of another animal known as Distriae Berkeleyus; the latter was known to have been wiped out approximately sixteen million years ago due to the Netcraft epidemics, which gives us a rough idea as to how old Minix is.
A lean predator, Minix was known to be a vicious and somewhat egotistical creature, prone to fits of foaming anger and long diatribes, with which it used as a means to kill its prey.
While we do not yet know the full extent of Minix, it is well studied by previously found fragments, and today's discovery should present a far clearer picture in the years to come as it reveals its secrets.
Meanwhile, paradoxically, no trace has yet to be found of the species known as Bloatasaurus, or Vista Microsoftae. A large, slow-moving creature, this dinosaur was well known to have been a common victim of predatory attacks, and yet very few have been found. Archaeologist Steve Ballmer is heading the team searching for Bloatasaurus, though his peers still doubt his claims that "They're everywhere! It was the most popular friggin' beast alive!" Whether this creature actually existed still remains in doubt among some.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
Imagine 4 to 6 ton dinosaur on arctic ice...
I prefer the traditional name for that Dino, thanks.
The name Brontosaurus strikes an image of a colossal behemoth that would crush you to paste if you got in its way.
Apatosaurus sounds like it should be serving you tea cakes.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
so there were herbivores in the Antarctic.
did Al Gore predict this?
Call them sauropods and theropods, but we know Elder Things and shoggoths when we hear about them...
Hammeri Time
My, my, my, my dino hits me so hard
Makes me say oh my word
Thank you for proving me
With a mind to dig and two cold feet
Feels good when you know you're down
A superdope therapod from the oldtown
And I'm known
as such
And this is a beat uh you can touch
The sauropod has been named Glacialisaurus hammeri (the reason for the genus name is obvious, and Professor Hammer led the field expeditions under 'extremely difficult conditions')
Ave Molech Setting
I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic--with its vast fossil hunt and its wholesale boring and melting of the ancient ice caps. And I am the more reluctant because my warning may be in vain.
Doubt of the real facts, as I must reveal them, is inevitable; yet, if I suppressed what will seem extravagant and incredible there would be nothing left. The hitherto withheld photographs, both ordinary and aërial, will count in my favor, for they are damnably vivid and graphic. Still, they will be doubted because of the great lengths to which clever fakery can be carried. The ink drawings, of course, will be jeered at as obvious impostures, notwithstanding a strangeness of technique which art experts ought to remark and puzzle over.
In the end I must rely on the judgement and standing of the few scientific leaders who have, on the other hand, sufficient independence of thought to weigh my data on its own hideously convincing merits or in the light of certain primordial and highly baffling myth cycles; and on the other hand, sufficient influence to deter the exploring world in general from any rash and over ambitious program in the region of those mountains of madness. It is an unfortunate fact that relatively obscure men like myself and my associates, connected only with a small university, have little chance of making an impression where matters of a wildly bizarre or highly controversial nature are concerned.
They had the name first for their Brontosaurus Burgers. They sent a guy named Barney around to rough up some professors till they changed it.
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Sure, it is easy to understand that Antarctica might have been closer to the equator and moved, but if the atmosphere etc was the same as todays (or similar) then surely the global climate would have been similar to todays and the polar bits (that have moved out of the way now) would have been frozen, as they are today.
So the big question: what is so different bad then that allows such sweeping statements to be made?
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Ok, if scientists are allowed to dig for dinosaurs, I'd like go set myself up with an oil well for, ummm, "research purposes"...
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Because I can not resolve in my own mind how anyone can claim to believe in global "warming", yet have no clue as to what represents a "normal" temperature. According to the article, Antarctica was once much warmer than it is today -- so why not establish that period of time as representative of earth's "normal" temperature? That would show we are in a period of global cooling and any rise in temperature would mean we were moving back towards normal. Who the hell is to say that the last 100 or 1000 years should represent the normal temperature of earth and totally ignore a couple billion years. Simply because someone likes the idea of keeping their beach house in the family doesn't mean this is the normal temperature of the earth. It wasn't so long ago that most of North America was completely underwater -- is that "normal" ? Why not?
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Global warming is not only not man made, it hasn't gotten warmer in the last 5 years. The only global warming anyone can actually point to is a bunch of erred NASA reports from the 80's and statistical analysis by computers of the errorous data. I'm sure everyone here on slashdot appreciates the inaccuracy of any analytical computer program predicticting the outcome of anything in the real world. These computer climate models, while entertaining, have absolutely nothing to do with reality, it's a kin to a gigantic magic 8 ball. The best proof that global warming is a crock of shit is how defencive proponents are of any skeptics : http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=c9554887-802a-23ad-4303-68f67ebd151c . This global warming farce and gone on long enough! It's time for the halfway intelligent people to say "Enough politics in science!"
Ah! Thats where I left my Apato-burger (formerly known as Bronto-burger).
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It's called "Jurassic Park"
It has velociraptors
Eating lawyers in the dark
I'd like to watch it every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
"'cause Steven Spielberg has a way
With fossil dino D.N.A!"
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The earth is what? Like hundreds of millions of years old? Only 10 million, okay, whatever...
The point is the same. Many upon many catastrophic events (HUGE earthquakes, volcanic events, great floods even, recorded by every civilization of the world) change lots of stuff. Plates in the earth move. Sometimes a lot. Antarctica is a moving target on a geological time scale.
I, for one, would like to welcome our new ancient ice-covered reptilian overlords. Probably a step up from the current administration....
at the time of life, the area was between 55 and 65 degrees south, suggesting a climate similar to the Falkland Islands or Tierra del Fuego.
At that time the climate in the area between 55 and 65 degrees south was not that of today's Falkland Islands. The world was several degrees warmer.
Oh, go look it up already.
... is that it was narrow at one end, big in the middle and narrow at the other end.
That is the theory which is mine. It is my theory, belonging to me.
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Now we just need for the scientist to find the aliens that were stored down there in ancient times by the alien predators. Then we can harness them as a military weapon to defeat the terrorist.
Of course, they will get loose just as the predator aliens are returning for a hunting expedition. Then we will need Sigorny Weaver AND Arnold Schwarzennager to defeat them and stop them from turning the entire human population into baby food.
Aah, change is good. -- Rafiki
Yeah, but it ain't easy. -- Simba
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I might be feeding a troll, but Antarctica has not always been at the South Pole. In fact, there have been times when it has been located (as best as I can remember) near or at the equator.
There where found rests of fossilized parachute pants over their bones... Ahh, I can imagine a rampage of dozens of parachute-pants-wearing dinosaurs singing: "Stop! Hammeri time!"
So, yes, this find does indicate that either these dinosaurs were able to thrive in much cooler climates that previously given credit for, or that the global climate was much warmer, for at least one extended period in the past, than Global Warming(TM) activists are willing to admit.
Gotta love those dino bones. First they kick the crap out of Creationism, now they do the same for Global Warming. What other anthropocentric delusion will be next?
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or that the global climate was much warmer, for at least one extended period in the past, than Global Warming(TM) activists are willing to admit.
WTF? Every idiot knows the earth was once much warmer. This has nothing to do with the global warming debate. Guess what? The earth didn't always support life. Does that make it "ok" with you if I sterilize the planet? Who give a flying stink if the earth was once warmer or colder. The question is, how will it effect humans?
But a less moderate (and I daresay more common) position would insist that you also care about how this affects all living things (or at least the cute and useful ones) and not just humans. Careful, you may not be a part of the universal GW "consensus" I keep hearing about.
Even if the angle was the same (eg end on), the same would still hold true.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
these days if I can't torrent it in audio or convert it to .pdb onto my treo for consumption on mass transit I don't read it. at least Open Office has that as a save-as option
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