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Chickens are T. Rex's closest living kin
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 04/25/08 | John Noble Wilford

Posted on 04/25/2008 12:26:24 PM PDT by 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...

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To: CarrotAndStick
That could be it if it was close to the 40 feet long and 10,000 pounds of a T-Rex.
41 posted on 04/25/2008 1:03:01 PM PDT by Prokopton
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To: Jim 0216

“Protein analysis confirms...”

According to the article I read yesterday, this same analysis gave some flawed results as well, showing one reptile had more in common with mammals than other reptiles, an admitted bad result. There is absoloutely no proof this is accurate.


42 posted on 04/25/2008 1:03:18 PM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: lakeman

I worked many years on a chicken farm in South Jersey growing up. Chickens are cannibals. When we slaughtered and cleaned chickens for the freezer we threw the entrails in the coop. Looked like night of the living hen in there.


43 posted on 04/25/2008 1:06:21 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (I miss Ronnie!!!!!)
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To: Prokopton

Would it suffice if fossils of a species of T-rex midgets are found?

Besides, the article does not say that chickens descended from T-rex’s; it merely states that they are related.


44 posted on 04/25/2008 1:08:05 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: L98Fiero
There is absoloutely no proof this is accurate.

No, but some of T Rex's chicken-brain relatives will soon add it to the curriculum in elementary school, or maybe college...

45 posted on 04/25/2008 1:08:22 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Imagine that, we could replicate them and solve the World’s hunger crisis. Only problem is, what to feed them.....


46 posted on 04/25/2008 1:15:07 PM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
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To: Jim 0216
Now chickens are the carriers of the scary H5N1 virus that has killed hundreds in Asia and could mutate and cause a world-wide pandemic. Should we call it the revenge of T. Rex if hundreds of millions of humans die from the pandemic?

The Gummint has already bought 120 million doses of Tamiflu anti-virus medicine at a mere $7.4 Billion of our tax money. All the pols at every level have got the medicine already to be used if they get the flu symptoms. Have you? It's more than probable that you will not get it. Our State Legislature voted against buying the product, but none of them turned down the freebie medicine.

47 posted on 04/25/2008 1:15:17 PM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: DBrow

`You can see it in their eyes...’

Yes, they have beady eyes.
I don’t trust them either.


48 posted on 04/25/2008 1:26:53 PM PDT by tumblindice (A Rhode Island REd bit mY siSter)
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To: Jim 0216

One hell of a drumstick...


49 posted on 04/25/2008 1:30:48 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: 4yearlurker

LOL night of the living hen indeed!!! We had 7000 layers ato one time and you wouldn’t want to pass out an be bleeding in the laying house lol.

Quint cut his teeth catching chickens before he got scared and moved to shark.

Sometimes that Chicken he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a Chicken... he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be living... until he pecks ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’


50 posted on 04/25/2008 1:38:25 PM PDT by lakeman
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To: buck jarret

Some time ago there was a proposal to name a certain dinosaur, known from fossils, as Maryland’s official state dinosaur. The trouble was, the state already had an official dinosaur—the Baltimore oriole.


51 posted on 04/25/2008 1:38:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: LRS

Phororachos supposedly 12 feet tall but 9 feet tall when reconstructed. Still a big one.


52 posted on 04/25/2008 1:44:02 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Imagine that, we could replicate them and solve the World’s hunger crisis. Only problem is, what to feed them.....

"I have no food on me..."

53 posted on 04/25/2008 1:49:21 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: CarrotAndStick

Looks like a bird to me. :::shrug:::


54 posted on 04/25/2008 1:56:10 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: Jim 0216

T-Rex vs. Colonel Sanders! Smackdown Raw!


55 posted on 04/25/2008 2:00:26 PM PDT by DesertSapper (God, Family, Country . . . . . . . . . . and dead terrorists!!!)
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To: DBrow
I have spent time at chicken ranches. It’s true. You can see it in their eyes when they look at you.

Oh great. Thanks! Now I'll be creeped-out when I visit my in-laws' farm.

56 posted on 04/25/2008 2:02:22 PM PDT by DesertSapper (God, Family, Country . . . . . . . . . . and dead terrorists!!!)
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To: lakeman

The farm where I worked had about 42 thousand hens. My boss told me if I got hurt in there and couldn’t move the chickens would eventually attack me. A couple of times we had ice storms that knocked out the power and the feeder chain that ran through the coops was down. I would feed the chickens with a scoop from a 5 gallon bucket. They would fly at me and swarm me to get to the food. I had to boot a few to calm them down. Good thing their beaks are burnt flat!


57 posted on 04/25/2008 2:13:33 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (I miss Ronnie!!!!!)
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To: Jim 0216

Science has spoken! But somewhere inside my common sense says BS.


58 posted on 04/25/2008 2:20:01 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Zack Attack
Science has spoken! But somewhere inside my common sense says BS.

Your common sense and true science are on the same page. These pseudo-scientific whack-theories are not true science. 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.

59 posted on 04/25/2008 2:29:42 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Zack Attack

Something tells me these proteins have a lot in common with a whole bunch of other proteins. I’m not ready to buy into the dinosaurs evolved into birds 400 million years ago story, either.


60 posted on 04/25/2008 2:30:23 PM PDT by Nachoman (My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
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