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A baby dragon, or a bad joke?
Electronic Telegraph ^
| 24/01/2004
| Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Posted on 01/28/2004 10:15:18 AM PST by aculeus
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To: cripplecreek
oh my god!!! is it real?Obviously. Whether it is a real dragon or a real fake dragon remains in question though.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:35:59 AM PST
by
templar
To: BibChr
Nice fake! It certainly looks as good or better than the prop used in "Alien Autopsy". Somebody should remove it from the jar and try to determine how, when, and by whom it was made.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:37:12 AM PST
by
katana
To: eastforker
Good point, it would have almost certainly been hatched in an egg, thus no umbilical cord. But if it's a hoax, someone did a really good job of creating a fake dragon, especially consider the time - 1890s - when it was thought to have been made.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:37:15 AM PST
by
tdadams
To: aculeus
A Baby Dragon = an English version of a Jackalope.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:37:15 AM PST
by
hattend
(Are we there, yet?)
To: SengirV
I hate it when stories like this have no photo's. I know it's not your fault.The Telegraph had a photo a few days ago but it's not there now. See number 6 for the picture they deleted.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:38:28 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: aruanan
embryonic chicks have umbilical cords True, but the mystery is how the dragon has both wings and forearms. Not of the animal kingdom.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:40:26 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Hatteras
You don't need me to tell you which is the scarier picture.
(c;
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:41:43 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: aculeus
At the time, scientists were the equivalent of today's pop stars. The majority of scientists I know still believe they are. One in particular is so obnoxious that I told my boss it is everything I can do to put on the brakes when I see him cross the parking lot, we have threatened to give another a "swishy" (putting them head first in the toilet and flush the stool), LOL!
To: RightWhale
So, it must be a demon then. One wonders how ancient sculptors and artist depicted demons and such.Then again, they also depicted UFO's and such, go figure.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:46:57 AM PST
by
eastforker
(The color of justice is green,just ask Johny Cochran!)
To: eastforker
I don't think dragons would have umbilical cords but hey, what do I know about mythical creatures.Note the neat hands, complete with thumbs.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:48:20 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: Hatteras
Remarkable!
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:48:23 AM PST
by
null and void
(It's the JOBS, Dubya)
To: aculeus
Your remarks, sir, are an insult to Piltdown Man, Nessie, and Crop Circles.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:49:52 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(Cat: The other white meat.)
To: tdadams
someone did a really good job of creating a fake dragon, especially consider the time - 1890s - when it was thought to have been made. Far out. Possible conclusions:
1. If made in 1890, it's real.
2. If made after, a gifted "artist" created it.
My guess? Fake, else the owner would be tripping over themselves to get it to a scientist or lab for their own curiosity, which has not happened. Nor would an organic being have been preserved in such a pristine state in an above ground, unprotected, evaporating solution of anything for 100 years.
Fake fake fake. Move along before it comes to life and reproduces since dragons are supposed to live forever according to the song.
BWA HAHAHA!!
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:50:08 AM PST
by
Indie
(KILL EM ALL AND LET ALLAH SORT EM OUT!!!!!)
To: RightWhale
True, but the mystery is how the dragon has both wings and forearms. Not of the animal kingdom. Yes, a wyvern is a far more probable creature...
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:50:44 AM PST
by
null and void
(It's the JOBS, Dubya)
To: BibChr
:-(
It's not just pickled! It's my friend! :-(
To: aculeus
But seriously...
It is interesting to note that most cultures have stories of dragons or are familiar with the concept of such creatures.
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:51:56 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(Cat: The other white meat.)
To: RightWhale
True, but the mystery is how the dragon has both wings and forearms. Not of the animal kingdom.
It was something that happened with a hox gene. The hox gene is indispensable for the invertebrate body plan (Evolutionary biology: Hox genes drive insect body plan, www.nature.com/nature/links/020221/020221-1.html). hox C gene clusters are also required for the mouse body plan (Dev Biol. 2000 Apr 15; 220(2): 333-42). We all know how close a mouse is to a shrewlike insectivore and that a shrewlike insectivore was antecedent to the bat, so why not something reptilian/avian with a throwback to a six appendage ancestor?
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:53:51 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: trebb
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posted on
01/28/2004 10:55:42 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: Hatteras
The one on left is prettier.
To: BibChr
Nice... even if fake, I'd love to buy one. Who's going to market them next year?
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