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Gigantic dinosaur-eating plane-size reptile discovered in Mongolia
FoxNews: Science ^
| Nov 2, 2017
Posted on 11/04/2017 7:12:50 PM PDT by ETL
A monstrous, meat-eating flying reptile that had a wingspan of a small airplane, could walk on all fours and stalked its prey on land has been found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.
Fortunately for us humans, who would have made for a delightful midday snack, this pterosaur is dead. Long dead. Seventy million years dead.
With an approximately 36-foot wingspan, It might have been this quite robust, formidable predator, Mark Witton, an expert on pterosaurs at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K., told National Geographic. They seem to be feeding on things on the ground and are generalist in their ability to grab basically whatever they can fit in their beaks.
Thankfully, that didnt include humans, who werent around at the time. Scientists think this pterosaur had to settle for a diet of little dinosaurs. ..."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; pterosaurs
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To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:00:37 PM PDT
by
ForYourChildren
(Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
To: ETL; All
That is pretty amazing with Earth only being about 4,000 years old and flat and all.
And while I don’t doubt that there used to be monsters stalking Earth prior to Martians landing here and colonizing Earth and cloning the Martian version of George Washington, et al, this stuff still makes my head hurt.
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:03:36 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
To: Kirkwood
Another Caddis Fly hatch on the Missouri.
Takes a real man to cast a fly like that.
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:05:47 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: ETL
Good drawing of Vin Diesel!
To: ETL
If I had to guess I’d say warm blooded.
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:08:08 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Beowulf9
Yes, it’s an excellent introduction to geologic time.
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:18:05 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:22:22 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: ETL
Good find! You are on a roll with these graphics.
To: PrairieLady2
Yeah, interesting thought! :)
To: Redcitizen; PrairieLady2
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:50:10 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: Redcitizen; PrairieLady2
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:53:56 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: RightGeek
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:56:55 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: ETL
The question is....white meat, or dark?
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:10:55 PM PDT
by
Tailback
To: Tailback
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:17:50 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
Well you can tell the way I use my walk...
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:28:28 PM PDT
by
fatez
(Ya, well, you know, that's just your opinion man...)
To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:29:24 PM PDT
by
Tailback
To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:36:45 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Are you tired of winning yet?)
To: ETL; PrairieLady2
LOL. Only on free republic do we see such things.
Truly spectacular.
To: fatez
Well you can tell the way I use my walk...
Lol! Took me a moment, but I figured it out!
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:44:19 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: Slyfox
Lol! Love that! I’ve had a smaller version of it that I’ve posted on FR a bunch of times. Think I’ll steal this one for the future! :) That is, unless it’s yours?
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posted on
11/04/2017 9:46:55 PM PDT
by
ETL
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