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Oldest fossil 'rabbit' unearthed (55 million years ago)
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| Thursday, 17 February, 2005
Posted on 02/17/2005 7:46:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
HOP HOP HOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:29:18 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(“I know a great deal about the Middle East because I’ve been raising Arabian horses" Patrick Swazey)
To: nickcarraway; Conspiracy Guy
I have no idea what you're talking about.
So here's a gomphos with a pancake on his head.
To: gnosys
Like.."Night of the Lupus"...one of the funniest "serious" S.F. out there. *grin*
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:33:10 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: gnosys
Like.."Night of the Lupus"...one of the funniest "serious" S.F. out there. *grin*
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posted on
02/17/2005 8:33:13 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: nickcarraway
I do understand what you are saying, but here is a rabbit with pancakes on his head anyway.
He's Oolong and has his own website. http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~sokaisha/rabbit/rabbit.htm
To: nickcarraway
The common ancestry of both rabbits and rodents lends scientific weight to my calling rats dumpster bunnies. Since I am not a scientist I had always thought of rabbits emerging as a separate line the late Eocene rather then in the early part. Does Gomphos refer to the large fixed teeth?
To: nickcarraway
...ever see the old film, "Night of the Lepus" (or something like that)? It was about giant, carnivorous rabbits who attacked and ate people, IIRC.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:09:25 PM PST
by
familyop
("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
To: KarlInOhio
Not exactly the one I had in mind, but very very close. Thanks.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:13:45 PM PST
by
dangus
To: balch3
55 million? I highly doubt it. If I recall correctly, the Christian creation story has God creating the Earth by Himself; I don't remember Him consulting any Christians on advice for how to best bring about complex lifeforms. The story certainly doesn't have Him creating the Earth by committee.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:19:33 PM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: nickcarraway
Another old fossil was found wearing a petrified pant suit. But I digress.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:20:47 PM PST
by
Rocky
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:27:20 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: nickcarraway
They should make this "rabbit" fossil the mascot for the soon to be launched Attack Submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter. Seems appropriate somehow.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:51:39 PM PST
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: nickcarraway
"Gomphos gives us valuable information about the anatomy of early rabbits - it tells us what they looked like.Surprisingly they looked like rabbits.
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posted on
02/17/2005 10:00:35 PM PST
by
AndrewC
(Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, but did it "taste just like chicken"?
To: martin_fierro
Hmmmm on the same day the USN Jimmah Carter is launched ?!?!?!
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posted on
02/17/2005 10:33:21 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: nickcarraway
They also found the skeleton of a prehistoric duck. In between the two of them was a stone tablet. On it was written the following:
"Rabbit season!"
"Duck season!"
"Rabbit season, fire!"
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posted on
02/17/2005 10:42:26 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like.")
To: nickcarraway
Did the rabbit have "Teef like `dis!" ?
\/~~\/
Mark
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posted on
02/17/2005 11:00:22 PM PST
by
MarkL
(That which does not kill me, has made the last mistake it will ever make!)
To: FairOpinion; freedom44
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Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
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posted on
02/18/2005 1:28:48 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("Are you an over due book? Because you've got FINE written all over you!")
To: familyop
That's the one, "Night of the Lepus (or Lupas)" starred Staurt Whitman and Janet Leigh (1972 :)
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posted on
02/18/2005 3:19:31 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: Darkwolf377
Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits!
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posted on
02/18/2005 4:51:35 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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