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Climate change could shrink animals, warn scientists
Telegraph.co.uk ^
| March 15, 2017
| by Sarah Krapton
Posted on 03/15/2017 12:50:39 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Animals could start shrinking because of global warming, scientists have predicted, after discovering that mammals became dwarfed in a similar episode of climate change 50 million years ago.
Paleontologists discovered the fossil teeth belonging to an early ancestor of modern horses as well as a rabbit-sized hoofed mammal.
Dwarfing appears to be a common evolutionary response of some mammals during past global warming events, and the extent of dwarfing seems related to the magnitude of the event, said lead author Dr Abigail Ambrosia, of the University of New Hampshire.
Abrupt perturbations of the global carbon cycle during the early Eocene are associated with rapid global warming events, which are analogous in many ways to present greenhouse warming.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climategate; fakescience; globalwarming; hoax; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So, where are we gonna get all our hamburger in 3 million years? This is kinda scary!
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:52:17 PM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Could” is the keyword. No proof or evidence but hey, gotta keep those government grants coming in.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:52:46 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I guess Toy Poodles will become Micro Poodles.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:52:47 PM PDT
by
euram
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Because Elephants live in warm climate and they are so small ya see....
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:53:27 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I don’t know about animals but it has definitely shrunk my pants - could barely squeeze into a suit today.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:55:33 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Mr. Douglas
"So, where are we gonna get all our hamburger in 3 million years?"
From the herd of cows that you are raising in your bathtub ...
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:55:56 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
let’s put the scientist in the desert for 10 years and see if they shrink first as a beta test..jus sayin from an engineering point of view
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:56:11 PM PDT
by
aces
(Got Jesus?)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
There’s your proof! Compare a wooly mammoth to today’s elephant!
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:56:54 PM PDT
by
mazda77
To: Oldeconomybuyer
It can start with Michael Moore.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:58:18 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
re: “Abrupt perturbations of the global carbon cycle during the early Eocene are associated with rapid global warming events, which are analogous in many ways to present greenhouse warming.
Sounds like a LOT of conjecture, built on conjecture, and based on still more conjecture.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Then there are pythons, anacondas, and boa constructors, all noted for their small sizes.
To: Mr. Douglas
From a test-tube?
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:59:33 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Good. I can’t find a doggie door big enough for my pet elephant.
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:00:32 PM PDT
by
AmusedBystander
(The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
To: BlueLancer
From the herd of cows that you are raising in your bathtub ...
Hey! Hamburgers could be like spider sushi. Instead of a burger, it’s a whole cow!
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:00:33 PM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: euram
Cute little mini animals. So adorables!
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:01:17 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS!!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought COLD temperatures caused shrinkage.
To: rusty schucklefurd
Abrupt perturbations of the global carbon cycle during the early Eocene are associated with rapid global warming events, which are analogous in many ways to present greenhouse warming.
Imagine, and all before there were SUVs!@!!
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:02:40 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
tiny little chicken breasts
To: Mr. Douglas
"Instead of a burger, its a whole cow!"
Well, it gives a whole new slant on "Have a Black Cow Sucker" ...
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:04:39 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
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