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Stegosaur Plates And Spikes For Looks Only
Science Daily ^
| 5/17/05
| University of California - Berkeley - Press Release
Posted on 05/17/2005 11:53:21 AM PDT by doc30
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To: Verginius Rufus
Yes, from the late Thag Simmons....
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posted on
05/17/2005 1:42:50 PM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: ASA Vet
You are getting technical while I jest a little.
OK here goes. You get vitamin D from sunlight, higher latitudes have less sunlight, lighter complexion absorbs more. Lower latitudes darker complexion protects from too much UV.
Man lost most of his hair when he manipulated the genes of blackberries to make the thorns smaller. And I just learned how to spell complexion correctly.
To: doc30
Berkeley - The bizarre plates and spikes that lined the backbones of the long-extinct stegosaurs were
probably extreme examples of the often elaborate and colorful displays developed by animals to recognize fellow members of their species, according to an international team of paleontologists.
In Berkeley.. probably.. can assume astronomical credibility as fact.. All of evolution is based in that word.. probably.. This probably happened, that probably happened..
If a bullfrog had wings he probably wouldn't bump his ass.. Bumping ass in the San Fransisco area is a queer phenomenon in the first place.. and not looked down upon unless your the bumper.. And thats probably an accurate assessment..
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05/17/2005 1:49:55 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: Modernman
To: Jim_Curtis Name some "neutral traits". There are not a lot of superfluous features found in nature that I can see. In humans? Hair color. Detached versus attached earlobes. Eye color. Varying thickness of body hair. So when scientists remark that a purpose of a trait is for identification, they are actually saying that they have no idea what the purpose of the trait is. Obviously, any trait, neutral or not, would make itself part of the animal's identification.
To: Jim_Curtis
Obviously, any trait, neutral or not, would make itself part of the animal's identification. I think that's correct. Differing triceratopsoid horns might serve both defensive and identification purposes.
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posted on
05/17/2005 1:55:44 PM PDT
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Modernman
("Work is the curse of the drinking classes." -Oscar Wilde)
To: Cold Heart
Wisdom teeth.
The vermiform appendix.
Oh, and my uncle has 6 toes on one foot. All it does for him is make him have to buy extra wide shoes.
To: doc30
Berkeley - The bizarre plates and spikes that lined the backbones of the long-extinct stegosaurs were probably extreme examples of the often elaborate and colorful displays developed by animals to recognize fellow members of their species, according to an international team of paleontologists
"Long-extinct" they say?
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posted on
05/17/2005 2:06:31 PM PDT
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: Antonello
Are you guys starting to give me homework?
To: doc30
elaborate horny displays of stegosaurs...
Sounds like they were more evolved then we thought.
To: Junior
My coat isn't strong enough to serve as armour either but it gives me a better shot against a serious injury from a nasty dog pouncing on me.
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05/18/2005 5:22:15 AM PDT
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Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
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