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How megalodon's teeth evolved into the 'ultimate cutting tools'
Phys.org ^
| March 4, 2019
| Natalie Van Hoose, Florida Museum of Natural History
Posted on 03/04/2019 10:06:00 AM PST by ETL
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posted on
03/04/2019 10:06:00 AM PST
by
ETL
To: ETL
....known only from its gigantic bladelike teeth, which can be more than 7 inches long....
Oh. Great. Another AOC thread.
Reads more of the article.
Ooops. Never mind.
To: ETL
To: Responsibility2nd
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03/04/2019 10:23:05 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: All
"REAL or FAKE?"
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FcQdWAOOtxw/maxresdefault.jpg)
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posted on
03/04/2019 10:26:00 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: PetroniusMaximus
Shared common ancestor
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posted on
03/04/2019 10:28:25 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
Real or Fake, you said?
They look really Real to me. Yes they do.
To: Responsibility2nd
I didn’t notice a megalodon tooth in 5?
what we talking about again?
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posted on
03/04/2019 10:36:04 AM PST
by
Reily
To: ETL
I just read an article describing the impossibility of evolution of any imagined first life form. If you can't get to first base who cares about sharks.
Another interesting discussion is the idea of some mammal evolving into a whale in the limited time required.
But again, try proving a protein can evolve from amino acids. A protein is to a bacterium what a bolt is to an F-150.
https://evolutionnews.org/2012/12/top_five_probl/
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posted on
03/04/2019 10:44:45 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(Believing lies gets you killed by a lion {God} in the bible.)
To: DungeonMaster
Yes, as with the origin of the universe, many mysteries remain and may never be resolved.
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posted on
03/04/2019 10:57:32 AM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
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posted on
03/04/2019 11:11:33 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: ETL
A larger version of its relative the great white shark. It was an apex predator and an awesome killing machine.
It was the terror of the deep.
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posted on
03/04/2019 12:05:22 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: DungeonMaster
“If you can’t get to first base who cares about sharks.”
After seeing #5, my question is “Can a shark help me get to first base?”
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03/04/2019 12:28:17 PM PST
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: ETL
“But these teeth, described by some scientists as the “ultimate cutting tools,” “
No, sorry, they’ve been replaced by the Ginsu Knife.
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03/04/2019 12:29:04 PM PST
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: DungeonMaster; ETL; SunkenCiv
Technically speaking, I see (again!) in this writeup a detailed “Intelligent Designer” who “looked at what was the problem (teeth decay, particles getting stuck in the cusps, a different/better way of chewing pieces of living meat from whales) and “deciding” to change the tooth to make it work better.
Rather, if “evolution” is correct, the changes were accidental and random, were only rarely successful at creating a new function or a more efficient shark or a better-fed shark, and all of the “failures” were never seen again. But, of course, “successful mutations” that were killed off by a different failure (good teeth but born with a short tail or no eyes) never got evolved either.
And that is the problem: The requirement that every successful random change be filtered out from the millions of simultaneous unsuccessful changes, and be kept in place through successive generations after randomly popping up fro nothing and not lost again, and that random changes actually improve things. NO item “evolves” to “do something” - It only happens.
Good photo’s - as always! Thank you ETL.
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03/04/2019 1:10:20 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: Ancesthntr
You can get to first base with a shark.
Having a shark with you while trying to get to first base may not make your effort successful with the one who owns first base, second base, and home.
Once on first base with a shark, the shark will likely help you stay on first base.
Be careful of those who welcome the shark home. Yo may not want them to let you get to first base, second base, or home.
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03/04/2019 1:13:21 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: ETL
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posted on
03/04/2019 2:16:59 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: Robert A Cook PE; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Robert A Cook PE for the ping.
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posted on
03/04/2019 2:17:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv
Lol! That truck has some _____!
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posted on
03/04/2019 2:19:11 PM PST
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: ETL
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03/04/2019 2:20:29 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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