The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone,
Allen West, and
Simon Warwick-Smith
Posted on 09/17/2008 10:33:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Among the stag moose remains Bob Glotzhober is studying is this fossilized jaw bone. The teeth indicate that the animal was probably 4 or 5 years old...
In August, Tyler Underwood was digging clay in Medina County when he unearthed remains of a stag moose, a mammal that became extinct 10,000 years ago. In all, 34 pieces were recovered. Most of the other stag-moose remains found in Ohio consist of one or two bones... a humerus, a long forelimb bone... [has] a hole on one side and grooves on the other...
"If we can show the marks on this bone are from a short-faced bear, it would be the second record of the animal in Ohio," said Bob Glotzhober, senior curator of natural history at the Ohio Historical Society. Other suspects include the dire wolf as well as wolves and bears like those we see today...
Stag moose, or Cervalces scotti, stood slightly taller and had longer legs than today's moose. Their heads resembled elks' and their antlers could have been a cross between the two. This is the ninth time stag moose remains have been found in Ohio, and the second-most-complete set of bones...
the antlers tell Glotzhober the stag moose died during a warm month...
And its teeth say it was 4 or 5 years old...
Glotzhober's quietly hoping the damage to this bone doesn't match animals from today but was caused by a larger, ancient animal, perhaps the short-faced bear.
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes:
Flood, Fire, and Famine
in the History of Civilization
by Richard Firestone,
Allen West, and
Simon Warwick-Smith
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“...became extinct 10,000 years ago.”
A few MSM outlets have picked up this story and they are reporting that this poor little fellow’s demise was directly related to evil republicans who drilled an oil well in its habitat.
Bullwinkle.
A moose once bit my sister.
Sorry, had to be done.
Sarah Palin round-house kicked Chuck Norris into a coma, and used the resulting space-time paradox rift to go back in time to stare the moose to death. She was practicing for her upcoming conferences with Putin, Chavez and the Saudis.
From the article it sounds like your sister bit it back. ;-)
Customer: “Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?”
Wenslydale: “Not *today*, sir, no.”
Must be the wrong hat.
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