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Prehistoric mammal swung tail like baseball bat
Discovery News ^
| Aug 25, 2009
| Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 08/26/2009 3:56:50 AM PDT by decimon
Enormous prehistoric armored mammals called glyptodonts swung their spiked tails just as athletes swing tennis rackets and baseball bats, according to a new study.
These massive animals even had a "sweet spot" on their tails right where the biggest, sharpest spike was situated.
The findings about glyptodonts — which looked like a cross between an armadillo and a Volkswagen beetle car — apply to dinosaurs that also had spiked tails, the team of researchers believes.
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; science
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posted on
08/26/2009 3:56:50 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/26/2009 3:57:59 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Why is this considered news? This was common knowledge decades ago.
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posted on
08/26/2009 4:03:19 AM PDT
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Islander7
Why is this considered news? This was common knowledge decades ago.That's news to me.
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posted on
08/26/2009 4:09:08 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
That’s news to me....”
LOL! Touche’
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posted on
08/26/2009 4:10:14 AM PDT
by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: Islander7
A sense of humor so early in the morning? You are yourself of an extinct breed.
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posted on
08/26/2009 4:15:43 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Fossil got back!
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posted on
08/26/2009 4:20:22 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: decimon
Prehistoric mammal swung tail like baseball bat It must have been from the Peanut Butter Jelly Era.
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posted on
08/26/2009 4:52:06 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Green jobs for Pookie!)
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
08/26/2009 5:50:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: decimon
Odd; doesn't look like it could possibly grab its tail with both paws, let alone swing.
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posted on
08/26/2009 6:16:46 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
To: ApplegateRanch
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posted on
08/26/2009 6:22:30 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
I question the validity of this study.
While they do state, "going extinct 8,000 years ago, possibly due to hunting by humans," there is absolutely no mention of Global Warming nor Cliamte Change. How is anyone supposed to take this seriously, under those conditions?
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posted on
08/26/2009 6:23:57 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
To: decimon
Went extinct 8,000 years ago? I suppose that technically qualifies as "prehistoric" but it's hardly an animal that walked with dinosaurs.
Doesn't look like the kind of thing that would be at the top of a human hunter's wish list unless it tasted really, really good.
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:50:40 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Martha's Vineyard is great! Hey, honey, let's take a drive . . . .)
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