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A Really, Really Ex-Parrot

Posted by kdawson on from the joining-the-choir-invisible dept.

gyrogeerloose writes "According to a National Geographic News story, what may be the fossilized wing bone of an ancient parrot has been dubbed by its discoverers 'The Danish Blue' in honor of the famous Dead Parrot Sketch. If the 54 million year old bone did in fact belong to a parrot, it would be 'the oldest and most northerly remains of a parrot ever discovered.' There is some dispute among paleontologists about whether the bone was indeed that of a parrot. If it turns out to be so, however, it never had a chance to pine for the fjords — they were not carved out until an ice age millions of years after the bird lived."

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  1. Berift of life, it rested in peace by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...until you dug it up, you insensitive clods!

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    1. Re:Berift of life, it rested in peace by JCSoRocks · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just want to know if they found it under a nice patch of daises.

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  2. Obligatory by Born2bwire · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not dead, it's resting!

  3. Even Better... by d3ac0n · · Score: 3, Funny

    The particular fossil they found was of the "Humerus" bone.

    *rimshot*

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  4. Intelligent design response. by dreemernj · · Score: 4, Funny

    I discovered the only reason that it appears to be 54 million years old in the first place was that God had NAILED it there.

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  5. Those pirates 54 million years ago by Woundweavr · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...were vicious with their domesticated parrots.

    1. Re:Those pirates 54 million years ago by zippthorne · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, keep in mind that there were no navies 54 million years ago, so it stands to reason that, having the run of the seas, pirates would be quite prolific.

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  6. Yaaaaaaaawn by BlueParrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man do I need to remember to set the alarm clock...

  7. Right, that does it. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't want to be a Slashdotter anyway..

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    1. Re:Right, that does it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh so now you're a lumberjack? I guess that's ok.

    2. Re:Right, that does it. by Tatisimo · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's all okay until he starts cross dressing and hanging out in bars. Nobody expects that kind of thing!

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    3. Re:Right, that does it. by MBGMorden · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nobody expects that kind of thing! Nor the Spanish Inquisition, or so I'm told.
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  8. Re: Danish Blue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Besides, Danish Blue is a type of cheese, and Danes sure as hell don't have any fjords.

    Excuse me, is this the right room for the cheese shop sketch?

  9. Polly is a pain to take care of by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some have speculated that birds are descended from dinosaurs. I used to think this was a bunch of crap until I owned an African Congo Grey parrot. I don't know who is the closest direct bird descendant of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but after my experience I'm pretty sure it must be a Congo Gray named Max.

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  10. Re: Danish Blue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the cheese shop is in 12a, this is abuse

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  11. Re:Danish fjords by mooingyak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once rented a Fjord Fjocus.

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  12. 54 Million years by RealGrouchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you mean I can't return it?? A warranty that doesn't last at least 55 million years isn't worth the paper it's written on!

    - RG>

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  13. So whenever a T-Rex are something new... by Woundweavr · · Score: 2, Funny

    He would remark, "Tastes like me"?

  14. Re:Danish fjords by mfnickster · · Score: 4, Funny

    A møøse once bit my sister...

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  15. Re:Danish fjords by mfnickster · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...

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