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Officials say beaver teeth are 7 million years old
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| 09-19-2011
| Staff
Posted on 09/19/2011 2:00:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Bureau of Land Management says a fossil found by employees on federal land represents the earliest record of living beavers in North America.
The pair of teeth was found on BLM land in northeast Oregon.
The Albany Democrat-Herald reports the teeth come from the Rattlesnake Formation and are 7 to 7.3 million years old.
The BLM says the earliest beavers were found in Germany 10 to 12 million years ago and the animals spread across Asia, eventually crossing the Bering Land Bridge to North America.
The previous earliest known records of living beavers in North America, from about 5 million years ago, were from Nebraska, California, and northern Oregon.
The fossils will be displayed at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; US: Alaska; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: animals; beaver; fossil; godsgravesglyphs; napl
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To: Hot Tabasco
I hate when they use their teeth.
Wait, what were we talking about?
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:24:28 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
To: Hot Tabasco
Do beavers have baby teeth that they shed? Maybe the unlucky beaver ended up as some bear’s lunch, and the bear spit out the teeth?
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:25:15 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: Lazlo in PA
Stop being so hard on the beaver, Ward.
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:26:13 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:27:23 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(Obama & Holder LLP, Procurers of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords (202) 456-1414)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:28:16 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Hot Tabasco
Well, c’mon! Can you blame us? Shoot...some things are just too damned easy! I have a million -—— but I won’t.....
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:28:49 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Red Badger
I’m still trying to figure out the physical workings behind the Bering Land Bridge.
During an Ice Age, sea levels would drop because of all the water locked up in the enormous ice layer. But wouldn’t the Bering Strait, since it is so far north, be right in the worst possible spot and therefore deeply buried under the ice? So much for that theory, unless we assume the ice cap made a detour around the green and inviting Bering Strait region. Umm ....
But between Ice Ages, the sea level would be much higher, so the Bering Land Bridge would be deeply under water. Strike two.
Anybody know how this thing was actually supposed to work?
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:32:09 PM PDT
by
DNME
(We need new Sons of Liberty and their knack for civil disobedience.)
To: Red Badger
Gee, Wally, our dentist said they should have fallen out by the time I was 6 million...
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:33:25 PM PDT
by
TexasCajun
(Fast & Furious , Solyndra & :Light Squared would be enough to impeach any White President !!)
To: null and void
Hmm. I guess we learned to pet them until they were happy, or maybe feed them until they were full.
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:37:01 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
To: Red Badger
I’m sure these can’t be real because it ignores evolution. the beaver can’s be evolved to such a high state that it stops evolving for 7 million years. What beaver wouldn’t benifit from being able to flap it’s fury wings and fly to a new pond. These teeth are just random shapes that happen to look like teeth but have nothing to do with beavers.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:45:06 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: Allegra
Exhibit A
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:49:19 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:58:08 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
To: Red Badger
hummm...
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posted on
09/19/2011 2:59:37 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Red Badger
"Nice Beaver!"
"Thank you, I just had it stuffed."
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posted on
09/19/2011 3:25:36 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
To: Beelzebubba
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posted on
09/19/2011 3:26:57 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
To: martin_fierro; Red Badger; OSHA; Slings and Arrows
How many leaves would a beaver cleave, if a beaver could cleave leaves?
A beaver would cleave all leaves not leaved, if a beaver could cleave leaves.
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posted on
09/19/2011 3:28:35 PM PDT
by
ken in texas
(Can't Afford a Tagline... send money.)
To: DNME
Yes, there was NO Bering Land Bridge 5.1 million years ago ~ or even before that. Just didn't happen. Maybe there were some big ole trees that fell in the ocean on the Asian side and some beavers hitched a ride to the other side.
Remember, beavers can swim!
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posted on
09/19/2011 3:46:18 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Allegra
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posted on
09/19/2011 3:46:41 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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