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Giant fossil bird found on 'hobbit' island of Flores
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| December 7, 2010
| Emma Brennand
Posted on 12/07/2010 2:39:20 PM PST by decimon
A giant marabou stork has been discovered on an island once home to human-like 'hobbits'.
Fossils of the bird were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores, a place previously famed for the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a small hominin species closely related to modern humans.
The stork may have been capable of hunting and eating juvenile members of this hominin species, say researchers who made the discovery, though there is no direct evidence the birds did so.
The finding, reported in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, also helps explain how prehistoric wildlife adapted to living on islands.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: flores; godsgravesglyphs; hobbits; homofloresiensis; indonesia; maraboustork; storks
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To: decimon
If I had to bet it my money’s on the stork....
To: Chuzzlewit
that guy in the picture, doesnt have any junk ! Sure he does!
He just took a look at that bird, and it crawled up inside him for safety, is all.
One doesn't want to have any dangling participles in a conversation like that.
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12/07/2010 6:20:02 PM PST
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ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: 21twelve
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12/07/2010 6:23:10 PM PST
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Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum)
To: wendy1946
If I had to bet it my moneys on the stork....Wouldn't be a pretty sight, either.
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12/07/2010 6:24:44 PM PST
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decimon
To: 3niner
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12/07/2010 6:55:50 PM PST
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Pharmboy
(What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
To: Fred Nerks; SunkenCiv
Never, never never rattle the wattles of a cassowary!
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12/07/2010 9:47:11 PM PST
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ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: Chuzzlewit; All
Yes, but the “guy” in the picture does have boobs.
To: ApplegateRanch
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12/08/2010 10:20:40 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: dayglored
If so, that's one FUGLY woman. We're not talking about a human here. These "hobbits" are believed to be hominids, but not homo sapiens.
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12/09/2010 10:18:40 AM PST
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3niner
(When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
To: decimon; Chuzzlewit
that guy in the picture, doesnt have any junk !But does have breasts. What's to be made of this?
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12/09/2010 11:21:26 PM PST
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IYellAtMyTV
(Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
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