Chickens are T. Rex's closest living kin

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 04/25/08 | John Noble Wilford

[Jim W N]

Protein analysis confirms modern birds descended from huge predatory dinosaur, study finds. In the first analysis of proteins extracted from dinosaur bones, scientists say they have established more firmly than ever that the closest living relatives of the mighty predator Tyrannosaurus rex are modern birds. The research, being published today in...

[Soliton]

So there should be lots of fossil remains of all the (thousands?) of animals in between the two.

Yes there are. good point!

[Red Badger]

BUT DID HE taste like chicken?......

[garyhope]

I thought Marc Bolen and T.Rex were a pretty good band and not chicken at all.

[Man50D]

That maybe but it would be hard to grill dinosaur on the barbecue.

[allmendream]

That is a hilarious image. A T-Rex strutting and ba-gawking. LOL!

I used the rural colloquialism “Mad as a wet hen.” and my ex said “is a wet hen mad? How can you tell?”.

It is all in the sound of the ba-gawk! And yes, quite mad!

[garyhope]

Damn, beat me to it. I shudda been just a bit faster, but your’s was better. Excellent.

I was googling to get the correct spelling of Bolan.

[LRS]

[Jim W N]

Correct. The Theory (read Myth) of Evolution (the indoctrination of which is a rite of passage in public schools) has more holes in it than Swiss cheese whereas Intelligent Design is almost unassailable.

[Dick Vomer]

So that’s what the song was about...

Well, you’re dirty and sweet

Clad in black, don’t look back,

You’re dirty and sweet, oh yeah

Well, you’re slim and you’re weak

You got the teeth of the hydra upon you

You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl

get it on, bang a gong, etc......

[Dysart]

You’re on the right track. Just remember: Practice, dedication, and perseverance. You’ll be getting those images in first in no time.

[lakeman]

grew up on a chicken ranch. if an egg is broken while being picked up and gets on a chicken the other hens will peck the chicken with egg on his face to death. Watch them or guineas kill a snake.

[mnehring]

Just wait until Skynet gets ahold of them.

[CarrotAndStick]

You mean, like this one?

[DBrow]

There’s an, um, adult recreational facility in Mercury NV by that name too.

No, I mean the feathers-and-chicken-poop-all-over kind with a brazillion birds running around.

Although the one you mentioned sounds more appealing. Closest I’ve got is Texas Loosey’s where the girls wear chaps and leather vests and frilly panties.

[Jim W N]

I'm over 45 and I didn't get it. Looks like a big gong like a giant dinner bell for things like King Kong and giant chickens?

[zipper]

I have spent time at chicken ranches.

It’s true.

You can see it in their eyes when they look at you.

I don't think they meant "chicken ranch" Las Vegas-style.

[zipper]

This puts a whole new twist on Rev. Wright’s comments

[windsorknot]

T. Rexxxxx has come home to rooooossssttttt.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[Sopater]

Is anyone even asking the question as to how soft tissues and protiens managed to survive for 68 million years?

Excepert from a Fox News story on the same subject:

It seems some 68 million years ago, a teenage T. rex died and left behind a drumstick-shaped femur bone that today still contains intact soft tissue and the oldest preserved proteins discovered to date.

Though no genetic material was preserved, researchers were able to extract the proteins from the collagen tissues.