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To: SunkenCiv

Yep....actually, I like to see articles about dinos, etc. I used to love building models of them as a boy. But back then, they were simpler to remember.

Now it seems every PhD candidate and professor wants to redefine them into a vast array of obscure distinctly different categories. It’s to much for my old fart brain to keep up with now.

I fully expect T-Rex to be redefined to a category of dinosaur that is/was physically challenged because of the short arms, whereas PETA will be rioting against Hollywood when one is depicted as a bloodthirsty critter instead of the physically challenged, misunderstood regal animals they were.


5 posted on 12/26/2014 7:38:11 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Dinosaurs were identified in just the past two centuries, although in antiquity such fossils were perceived as the bones of giants, titans, and the like. Mammoths were interpreted as cyclops. As more varieties are discovered, there’s bound to be a change in classifications. But I know what you mean about trying to keep track of these changes as one gets older, it’s challenging at best. :’)


9 posted on 12/26/2014 7:58:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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