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Madagascar marvel: Divers find fossils of extinct giant lemurs
CNN ^ | March 23, 2015 | Daisy Carrington

Posted on 03/23/2015 10:27:01 AM PDT by McGruff

Around 5,000 years ago, the island of Madagascar would have resembled a Sci-Fi novel.

Strange, prickly forests, gorilla-sized lemurs, pygmy hippopotamuses, horned crocodile and elephant birds whose eggs were 180 times the size of what you'd find in your fridge today, all called the African island home -- that was until the humans arrived.

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TOPICS: History; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: africa; borneo; chevrons; elephantbird; fenambosychevrons; fossils; giantlemur; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; hornedcrocodile; indonesia; lemur; lemurs; madagascar; paleontology; pygmyhippopotamus

How does it feel to be on the bottom end of the food chain human?

1 posted on 03/23/2015 10:27:01 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Larry Lucido; F15Eagle

I heard Newman can climb a tree like a ringtail lemur.


2 posted on 03/23/2015 10:31:58 AM PDT by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval officer.)
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To: McGruff
Strange, prickly forests, gorilla-sized lemurs, pygmy hippopotamuses, horned crocodile and elephant birds whose eggs were 180 times the size of what you'd find in your fridge today, all called the African island home -- that was until the humans arrived.

Thank God we came along and killed these freakish menaces.

3 posted on 03/23/2015 10:35:40 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Roman 13:12)
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To: Gamecock

Newman!


4 posted on 03/23/2015 10:48:02 AM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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To: McGruff

***and elephant birds ***

So, HORTON really did hatch the egg!


5 posted on 03/23/2015 11:03:32 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: McGruff

“eggs were 180 times the size of what you’d find in your fridge today”
Hmmmm..Big Omelette


6 posted on 03/23/2015 11:54:24 AM PDT by Hurricane
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To: McGruff

GIANT LEMURS!!!!??? Quick run for the hills! Bar the doors! Nail boards at irregular angles across the windows!! We’re DOOMED!!


7 posted on 03/23/2015 11:58:27 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

8 posted on 03/23/2015 6:05:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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Life on the edge: Inside the world’s largest STONE forest, where tropical rain has eroded rocks...
Daily Mail / Nat Geog | Sunday, April 8, 2012 | Chris Parsons
Posted on 04/10/2012 7:41:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2870550/posts


9 posted on 03/23/2015 6:18:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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10 posted on 03/23/2015 6:19:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Heck, that’s nuthin’...

Super-salamander with ‘toilet-seat’ head terrorised Earth 200 million years ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/dinosaurs/11489733/Super-salamander-with-toilet-seat-head-terrorised-Earth-200-million-years-ago.html


11 posted on 03/23/2015 6:28:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.a)
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To: Hurricane


12 posted on 03/24/2015 2:31:09 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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