Posted on 09/07/2005 4:17:22 AM PDT by genefromjersey
That’s a CROC !!
A French-sponsored 12 member Peruvian exploration team has discovered the fossil remains of a 46 foot crocodile – deep in the Amazon jungle.
It is believed the entire Amazon Basin was once an inland sea – stretching from Atlantic to Pacific, and inhabited by creatures such as this monster and a relatively demure and petite giant armadillo – whose fossil was also found nearby.
The crocodile fossil, which included skeleton, jaws, and very large teeth , indicates the creature may have had a head measuring four feet across ; and it probably weighed “about 9 tons “.
(Pace that distance off , and try to visualize 46 ‘ of hungry crocodile. Keep reminding yourself: “ It’s only a fossil ! It’s only an old fossil !! “)
Waterford Twp., Michigan – Speaking of “old timers ” , Mr. Rolla Zuck, will be 100 years old on September 20th , and still drives a car to the bowling alley every week - where he maintains a respectable 155 average in the Senior League.
In May, he bowled two 200 games, and a 170 ,for an average of 190.
( He might be old, but he’s no fossil ! )
Moscow: Now that we’re on the topic , a young man, who had gotten “fossilized” on WAY too much vodka decided to sleep it off – on a railway track bed – between the rails of a commuter line.
The engineer of an oncoming passenger train saw him lying there, and applied the brakes-but the train rolled right over the sleeping man.
Rescuers tried to pull the man out, but failed; so the train was inched forward until it had passed over him completely, and he was in the clear.
The drunk never woke up ! He was still snoring happily as crew members pulled him out of the track bed and hauled him to safety .
( Somehow I doubt this fellow is going to live long enough to worry about Senior Bowling averages ! )
In that pile of rocks, did the French find their backbone?
Speaking of the French, did you hear that they're offering Katrina aid? Tents and tarps from Martinique.
I wonder who was responsible for the global warming that turned the entire Amazon basin into an inland sea... and how did they cool the planet down afterward...
I wonder...
Among the very largest crocs to ever live, Sarcosuchus imperator, nicknamed SuperCroc, stretched out to reach as long as 40 feet (12 meters), the length of a city bus. Its weight was about ten times that of today's croc. The crocodilian was not a dinosaur, but it lived alongside them—and possibly made dinner out of them.
Arrrrrrrr, chomp chomp
He looks so friendly. What a nice smile.
Err....Bush did it?
i knew they wouldn't give what they dont have.....soap,toothpaste ,etc.
Leviathan ??
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I get the impression that the remains of the giant armadillo were the remains of giant arma-dinner.
Either that, or some sort of neolithic speed bump...
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