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Congo's mystery killer could be a new type of ape
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| October 7, 2004
| By David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent
Posted on 10/07/2004 1:15:07 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: judywillow
Are you saying they can't shoot worth a darn?
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posted on
10/07/2004 12:23:51 PM PDT
by
SBprone
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
62
posted on
10/07/2004 2:28:10 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmändø (EMØØK))
To: beezdotcom
You know what double coyote is?
63
posted on
10/07/2004 2:31:47 PM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(God Bless Zell Miller.)
To: aculeus
I dunno.....but it seems to me to parallel the evolution of Dem's.
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posted on
10/07/2004 2:33:36 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Hillary's heart is darker than the devil's riding boots....................)
To: aculeus
One of these apes was recently captured. It has proved to be a complicated specimen to study.
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posted on
10/07/2004 3:05:54 PM PDT
by
Ghengis
To: wordsofearnest
Where you chew one arm off to get away, and chew the other one off so you NEVER make that mistake again...
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posted on
10/07/2004 6:13:36 PM PDT
by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong...)
To: Darksheare
RED HOT DEVIL BUNNIES! I SNORT THE NOSE, LUCIFER!
BANANA!! BANANA!!
67
posted on
10/07/2004 6:15:25 PM PDT
by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong...)
To: beezdotcom
LOL!
"I thump my foot and wiggle my floppy ears at thine person!"
*Poster denies being a bunny.*
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posted on
10/07/2004 6:16:32 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
("I helped the VietCong win the war, I'll help Al-Qeada too." -John Kerry promises a sensitive war.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican; hole_n_one
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posted on
10/07/2004 6:18:35 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life.........)
To: Darksheare
Incidentally, I've noticed that almost nowhere else do I see the "RED HOT" attached to the "DEVIL BUNNIES". I wonder why that is.
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posted on
10/07/2004 6:27:05 PM PDT
by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong...)
To: aculeus
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posted on
10/07/2004 6:47:35 PM PDT
by
LRS
To: Grut
Yes. Three subspecies of lion are native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This story isn't news per se; apparently, these primates first were documented early in the 20th century but have been forgotten. But placing the villages associated with these lions has proven difficult. It appears that they are on the northern frontier of eastern Congo, presumably north of the dense swampy tropical jungles but still within the Congolese war zone. The largest Bondo on MSN map lies on a river at 3.8°N.
Even Bangassou, Central African Republic (4.8°N, longitude similar to Bondo) has a tropical savanna climate because of its notable "winter" dry season. The trees probably aren't dense enough and the ground not wet enough to prohibit these huge creatures from moving across vast tracts of tropical savanna (albeit rather lacking in tree-free space). The dense, swampy rain forests and jungles, which, like most of America today, have no dry season, are relatively tightly constrained to the Equator--including Kisangani.
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posted on
10/07/2004 9:07:18 PM PDT
by
dufekin
(President Kerry would have our enemies partying like it's 1969, when Kerry first committed treason.)
To: Tweaker
Answered. See post #72.
There are three subspecies of lion in the Democratic Republic. One lives on the savannas of Katanga around Lubumbashi in the south. Another lives in the African Rift Valley, including the far eastern Congo. The subspecies of lion involved in this story lives in the far north of Orientale province (eastern Congo), along the frontier with the Central African Republic (roughly 4 °N).
Lions do not live in the dense tropical rain forests and jungles of equatorial Congo because the extensive vegetation impedes the movement of the lion necessary for hunting. But these rain forests are constrained fairly tightly around the Equator; not all of the Congo is as swampy as Kisangani.
Much of the Congo has a significant winter dry season typical of continental climates, even a few degrees latitude removed from the Equator. These areas do not support rain forests, which require an ample year-round supply of moisture. Tropical savannas, mixing forested areas with significant grasslands, instead occur in these wet-season/dry-season climates. Lions and their prey can roam such savannas with ease. Much of Africa has this type of climate.
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posted on
10/07/2004 10:04:55 PM PDT
by
dufekin
(President Kerry would have our enemies partying like it's 1969, when Kerry first committed treason.)
To: PatrickHenry
Man, what a funny thread! The comments are hysterical.
Now for my 2 cents.
"There is no doubt from the measurements that this is the skull of a chimp, although the crest is strange."
So we have skulls? We have DNA then? It either is, or isn't a chimp. The crest of the skull is "strange" meaning what? It ain't a chimp? Make up your mind.
It either is/or it isn't different from the species of "chimp." I can't tell if this is baloney or not, but it wouldn't surprise me for there to be another species out there. The world is still a big place.
Maybe it is the "missing link." Imagine that.
To: LogicWings
Maybe it is the "missing link." I think when the missing link is discovered, it will be found along with the holy grail, Blackbeard's treasure, and Hoffa's body. All in one big cave.
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posted on
10/08/2004 6:44:45 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: Ghengis
To: PatrickHenry
I think when the missing link is discovered, it will be found along with the holy grail, Blackbeard's treasure, and Hoffa's body. All in one big cave. You're up early. Oh, but it is early here, morning there. Good morning.
Ahh, the mysteries of life. The missing link, the holy grail. (I don't consider Hoffa a mystery. . . He's just dead somewhere. . . My wife loves to read crime stuff. . . Makes me very aware of how many people have been murdered throughout the years. . . Hoffa is just one more . . . A small one at that . . . )
I did a Google recently on "transitional species" and my what a plethora of articles that brought up. Lost a whole day researching that. The ID-ers want to pretend all this doesn't exist, but it does.
Wonder where the missing link is. Could it be Kerry? He's definitely not human.
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posted on
10/08/2004 7:05:54 AM PDT
by
LogicWings
(Give me liberty or give me - - - (what was it?))
To: LogicWings
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posted on
10/08/2004 8:14:21 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
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