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Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich'
BBC ^
| June 11, 2020
| Jonathan Amos
Posted on 06/12/2020 8:00:59 AM PDT by C19fan
Scientists have been stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles might have moved around on two feet. The evidence comes from beautifully preserved fossil tracks in South Korea. Nearly a hundred of these 18-24cm-long indentations were left in what were likely the muddy sediments that surrounded a lake in the Early Cretaceous, 110-120 million years ago. The international team behind the discovery says it will probably challenge our perception of crocodiles.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crocodiles; cryptobiology; dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:00:59 AM PDT
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C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:03:48 AM PDT
by
z3n
To: z3n
So they were a cross between crocs and dinos. 8>)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:13:44 AM PDT
by
Flatus I. Maximus
(Guns don't kill people. Planned Parenthood does.)
To: Robert DeLong
I would rather tangle with antifa and BLM than this thank you :-)
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:18:01 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The very future of tis she the onehe Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
To: C19fan
According to this historical document, you had ostriches, and crocodiles carrying hippos. Obviously, at some point the ostriches carried the crocodiles.
Science!
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:18:56 AM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: Flatus I. Maximus
Dang! You beat me to it!
But you left out the ostriches.
Want to share the Nobel Prize?
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:20:17 AM PDT
by
Rinnwald
To: C19fan
You get just one shot. Make it a good one.
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:22:05 AM PDT
by
deadrock
To: C19fan
Wonder if it knew the Stinky Lullaby...
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:23:48 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: Robert DeLong
Two-legged, four-legged... Nightmare on a stick it you ask me.
To: LibWhacker
All I see is a nice set of luggage, new boots and a belt.
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:37:56 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: LibWhacker
I don’t know - she looks alright to me.
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posted on
06/12/2020 8:41:04 AM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: Robert DeLong
I learned from Korean baseball telecasts that a Wyvern is a two-legged dragon.
Apparently they found a fossil for one of these bad boys.
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posted on
06/12/2020 9:33:39 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: C19fan
Wish I could come back in a few thousand years and have a good laugh at what the experts were wrong about.
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posted on
06/12/2020 10:02:40 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: C19fan
How do they know it wasn’t actually an Ostrich wearing Crocs?
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posted on
06/12/2020 10:10:03 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks C19fan.
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posted on
06/12/2020 11:04:43 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I think a wyvern has two legs, and two membranous wings, scales and no feathers. Can anyone confirm? I’ve never actually seen one m’self...
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posted on
06/12/2020 11:41:35 AM PDT
by
null and void
(If this is a representitive democracy, why don't I feel represented?)
To: bgill
Wish I could come back in a few thousand years and have a good laugh at what the experts were wrong about. Speaking of which...
Are there any brick makers on FR?
It you are, or anyone you know on FR is, please FReep mail me...
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posted on
06/12/2020 11:49:52 AM PDT
by
null and void
(If this is a representitive democracy, why don't I feel represented?)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/12/2020 12:14:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of And justfact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
There are times I’ve done a thought experiment about where I would go if I could travel back in time. The time when these creatures lived is not one of them.
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