Antarctica mystery: Melting ice uncovers huge remains of 'ancient creature' on Google Maps

Express (U.K.) ^ | Sat, Jan 16, 2021 | Oli Smith

[nickcarraway]

[Jonty30]

I know what the creature is. It’s rather obvious to my inexpert eyes.

It’s eaten.

[SauronOfMordor]

Seals do have back legs. That's what their back flippers are.

Seal skeletons

[jacknhoo]

Not so mysterious, eh.

[Steve Van Doorn]

mysterious skeleton .. of a seal
click bait...

[momincombatboots]

Lol.. how anyone could believe the earth is billions of years is astounding with all the evidence against it. This is more evidence of rapid burial during a worldwide catastrophic flood. Just like the sea fossils in the Himalayas.
But people would rather be categorized as a higher ape so they can act like animals.

[Adder]

But but but Global Warming!

The ICE is MELTING!
How DARE you.

Kwik, FUJoe! Spend billions! Before more seals are esposed!

/s

RIP, seal...

[Dixie Yooper]

There is not melting ice or snow involved. This is a dry, desert valley in Antarctica. There hasn’t been snow cover or ice in that valley for thousands of years. The seal was in pictures that I saw 10 years ago, when I first learned about the dry area.

[Viking2002]

[caww]

I was actually viewing the various carcasses that have been found in Russia......fascinating to see these finds of animals from the dinosaur years.

[Nateman]

....how anyone could believe the earth is billions of years old...

Do you know where Plutonium is mined? I believe a very old Earth is the greater story. Having a patient God waiting all that time for men to appear displays an interest much bigger than just working 7 days on the project.

[Jewbacca]

You’ve slipped a zero or do there.

The mega fauna in Russia is a couple thousand (like 10 to 20 thousand).

And they are mammals. Not dinos. And not from the time of dinos.

[HighSierra5]

Bingo.

[caww]

Well I’ve only this week to show any interest in these type of discoveries...so I’m truly ‘green’ regarding the topic. Still, it was interesting to see what they’ve taken out of the snow and ice there. I’m more interested in artifacts rather than old flesh and bones.

[Jewbacca]

“ Do you know where Plutonium is mined?”

Plutonium is not mined anywhere. In fact it’s not found in nature in anything but trace amounts.

Pu is created by controlled nuclear reaction.

This was the major push of the Manhattan Project.

[Nateman]

...Plutonium is not mined anywhere...

Exactly right! The longest lived isotope of Plutonium is 80 million years. There may have been some on Earth in the beginning but it has long since decayed away did to the great length of time that has since past.

[I-ambush]

Yes, but you apparently overlooked Noah’s Ark in the background of the photo.

[Nateman]

Did=due $#@_& auto correct!!!

[Thumper1960]

Looks like a seal to me.

[mad_as_he$$]

Another “amateur” paleontologist trying to gin up “news”.