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Primeval Giant Among Giants (African Scientist find skull of 18,000 pound Dinosaur eating Crocodile)
International Herald Tribune and The Journal 'Science' ^ | October 27, 2001 | Guy Gugliotta

Posted on 10/29/2001 11:47:01 AM PST by umbra

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This makes the movie 'Lake Placid' realistic then?
1 posted on 10/29/2001 11:47:02 AM PST by umbra
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To: umbra
You've got to wonder why so invincible an animal is now extinct. Did he run out things big enough to eat? Were the compact models more adaptable?
2 posted on 10/29/2001 11:49:55 AM PST by wretchard
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To: umbra
...and when the team broke ground on the remains, they heard this:

"...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...."

3 posted on 10/29/2001 11:50:53 AM PST by RichInOC
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To: wretchard
No...what happened is the croc' ran into my mother-in-law. The rest is history.
4 posted on 10/29/2001 11:52:40 AM PST by Cyber Liberty
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To: umbra
Ah, A pair of crocodile low-heel pumps for hitlery.
5 posted on 10/29/2001 11:54:25 AM PST by Inge_CAV
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To: umbra
Kriky, mate!
6 posted on 10/29/2001 11:54:47 AM PST by TADSLOS
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The crocodile was a silent stalker, as long as a school bus and weighing almost 18,000 pounds.

That thing would have had to displace over two thousand gallons of water to float. Is that reasonable for something as small as a school bus? Something sounds fishy here (no pun intended).

I suppose it could have depended upon power to get to the surface and been unable to float. I don't know anything about the math to calculate what kinds of forces would be required. It probably wouldn't be silent.

Shalom.

7 posted on 10/29/2001 11:56:29 AM PST by ArGee
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The article says they had found another croc comparable in size in North America.
8 posted on 10/29/2001 12:07:28 PM PST by umbra
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To: wretchard
My guess is that the dinos went down after a big asteriod and with it so did the croc food source.

Sounds like this dude could eat anything..how do you defend against a school bus size croc with body armor, five foot jaws and a natural advantage momentum wise- being so low to the groud.

9 posted on 10/29/2001 12:10:06 PM PST by umbra
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To: TADSLOS
Send out the croc hunter and a couple of buddies for this one!
10 posted on 10/29/2001 12:12:06 PM PST by umbra
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I just knew the Hillary reference was coming.
11 posted on 10/29/2001 12:12:43 PM PST by umbra
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To: umbra
Wow! No Crock?
12 posted on 10/29/2001 12:12:47 PM PST by rightofrush
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To: umbra
Time for tactical nukes, eh? :-)
13 posted on 10/29/2001 12:13:17 PM PST by Coolidge75
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Send a few of these babies at Osama!
14 posted on 10/29/2001 12:14:25 PM PST by umbra
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To: TADSLOS
"Kriky?"

"Mate?"

Aussie?

Eh?

Avagoodweekend,Mate -- [Don'tforgettheaeroguard!]

15 posted on 10/29/2001 12:15:35 PM PST by Brian Allen
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To: umbra
Son of a gun !! The original Hildebeastus Primordialus !! Wonder if the critter wore a black pantsuit ???????
16 posted on 10/29/2001 12:19:50 PM PST by genefromjersey
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weighing almost 18,000 pounds.......five feet in diameter.......... four foot jaws

Calculating the approximate surface area results in a creature with an approximate yield of 2,500 pairs of 'gator boots or 5,000 regular pair of shoes.

Good argument for cloning.

17 posted on 10/29/2001 12:24:15 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum
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He was Gee-eye-ANT and a REaul BEE-oooh-tee. Luv to clone his DNA so I could wrastle wit um mate. Would realee bring me rating's up yaknow! The Missus wud luv it. Luv those killa beasts don't you sweet!
18 posted on 10/29/2001 12:27:52 PM PST by Chuck N
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Ahh you mean Hildebeast Imperatour, she lures the Democratic prey to the waterline and sucks them into the water never to be found again..kind of like Vince Foster, Lani Guinear, White House Travel office and Webb Hubbell.
19 posted on 10/29/2001 12:29:50 PM PST by umbra
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To: Cyber Liberty
No it was my mudda-in-law
20 posted on 10/29/2001 12:35:06 PM PST by STD
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