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Vikings probably hunted Iceland's walruses to extinction for ivory
New Scientist ^ | 16 September 2019 | Colin Barras

Posted on 09/24/2019 12:52:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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TV programme Vikings depicts the exploits of raiding warriors [AF archive / Alamy]

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1 posted on 09/24/2019 12:52:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Koo koo kachoo.


2 posted on 09/24/2019 12:56:16 AM PDT by rfp1234 (Obscured by Clods)
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To: SunkenCiv

I wish to state for the record that no walruses were harmed in the creation of my Free Republic account.


3 posted on 09/24/2019 12:56:23 AM PDT by Viking2002
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To: rfp1234
I just got curious enough about that odd phrase ("I am the Eggman") to look up its origin. And, wow.

4 posted on 09/24/2019 12:58:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Viking2002
That is a relief. :^) Of course, if some had been harmed, the most likely response from your fellow FReepers would have been "tusk, tusk".

5 posted on 09/24/2019 12:59:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

And my retort would have been, “ Has anyone gotten the coals hot yet? This fresh blubber ain’t gonna cook itself, ya know........!”


6 posted on 09/24/2019 1:19:08 AM PDT by Viking2002
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To: SunkenCiv

So Viking raiding parties included cute blonde chicks. I did not know that.


7 posted on 09/24/2019 1:34:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Greta is not amused.


8 posted on 09/24/2019 1:41:48 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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Walrus is delicious, but it’s a pain to knead the dough to make the oversized buns for the walrus sandwiches.


9 posted on 09/24/2019 1:46:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Viking2002

Odds are that you shared some electrons that came from walruses when you set up your account, you beast.


10 posted on 09/24/2019 1:46:42 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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Game of Thrones has rekindled interest in the imaginary version of the sword-swingin' berserkin' crazies of the Middle Ages.

11 posted on 09/24/2019 1:50:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Yeah, but they at least made cool chess pieces out of them.


12 posted on 09/24/2019 3:05:25 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (“They are openly stating that they intend to murder you. Prep if you want to live.”)
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To: rfp1234

Dig them up and charge them with poaching


13 posted on 09/24/2019 3:12:15 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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Yeah, but they at least made cool chess pieces out of them.<<

Chess is sooooooo Racists!....White against Black and White ALWAYS get to move 1st!....

It should be banned world-wide and all Govt’s should have a mandatory buy-back on chess pieces......../s

14 posted on 09/24/2019 3:40:23 AM PDT by M-cubed
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To: ronnie raygun

Force the Vikings football team to pay reparations to someone. Close enough.


15 posted on 09/24/2019 4:19:57 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Evil humans for being at the top of the food chain.


16 posted on 09/24/2019 4:22:28 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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"Has anyone gotten the coals hot yet? This fresh blubber ain’t gonna cook itself, ya know........!"

LMAO! Thanks.

17 posted on 09/24/2019 4:25:55 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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"Walrus is delicious, but it’s a pain to knead the dough to make the oversized buns for the walrus sandwiches."

Simple fix: Flame broiled the meat, chop it up, and put in a Caesar Salad.

18 posted on 09/24/2019 4:33:07 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Typical hate eyes from a typical socialist/commie these days. Again, how do they get out of bed in the morn with the first thing on their minds is HATE? What an awful existence.


19 posted on 09/24/2019 4:38:21 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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Vikings probably hunted Iceland’s walruses to extinction for ivory

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Yeah, they wouldnt eat them...


20 posted on 09/24/2019 4:55:43 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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