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Jaws and teeth of a shrew discovered in a deposit in Gran Dolina de Atapuerca, in Burgos, have shown this to be a new species (Dolinasorex glyphodon). (Credit: J. Trueba)

Fossil Of Giant Shrew Nearly One Million Years Old Found In Spain

1 posted on 05/28/2009 1:09:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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‘Bizarre’ New Mammal Discovered
BBC | 2-1-2008 | Rebecca Morelle
Posted on 02/01/2008 1:54:59 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1963456/posts


2 posted on 05/28/2009 1:09:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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3 posted on 05/28/2009 1:10:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

Giant shrew?

I have a friend who was married to one of those once.


5 posted on 05/28/2009 1:11:19 PM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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7 posted on 05/28/2009 1:11:42 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: SunkenCiv

Another missing link, maybe ???


8 posted on 05/28/2009 1:11:49 PM PDT by kickonly88
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"Do I look tame to you?"

9 posted on 05/28/2009 1:12:02 PM PDT by theDentist (qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: SunkenCiv

And here she is!

10 posted on 05/28/2009 1:12:25 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholics voted based upon the teachings of the church, there would be no abortion and no Obomba.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That has to be the missing link between monkeys and humans!!!! /sarcasm


11 posted on 05/28/2009 1:12:42 PM PDT by A. Patriot (CZ 52's ROCK)
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To: SunkenCiv

"MOMMA!!!"

13 posted on 05/28/2009 1:15:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
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To: Revolting cat!

If the shrew fits, wear it.


15 posted on 05/28/2009 1:16:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Justice is blind. Sonia Sotomayor is not even qualified to sit on an IMPARTIAL jury.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The Killer Shrews (1959)

They couldn't find any giant shrews, so they just put dogs in costumes.

16 posted on 05/28/2009 1:16:56 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (No free man bows to a foreign king.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Any giant hedgehogs??? .......”DINSDALE!!!”


43 posted on 05/28/2009 1:49:37 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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I should know better than to look again through any topic where those are even a *possibility*. ;’)


46 posted on 05/28/2009 1:54:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

They found my ex-wife’s genetic ancestor?


50 posted on 05/28/2009 2:12:33 PM PDT by wildbill ( The reason you're so jealous is that the voices talk only to me.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That can’t be. She’s right here in the US...she’s our Secretary of State.


51 posted on 05/28/2009 2:18:54 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: SunkenCiv

60 grams is about 2 ounces. Obviously not something you’d want to encounter on a dark alley. Mammalia’s answer to the tyrannosaurids.


53 posted on 05/28/2009 2:29:27 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv

I didn’t know that Hillary was there at this time.


60 posted on 05/28/2009 3:51:42 PM PDT by dforest
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