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To: ex-Texan

Sabre-toothed tiger (Smilodon fatalis)

Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)

Short-faced bear (Arctodus simus)

Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

Glyptodon (Doedicurus clavicaudatus)

Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Giant ground sloth (Megatherium americanum)

Moa (Dinornis robustus)

Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus)

Giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis)

Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) [almost extinct, they say]

Typical. 11 or 12 beasties in the 10 beast list...


27 posted on 01/09/2009 10:36:41 AM PST by null and void (Amendment 28: Islam is not recognized as an established religion in the United States. ~ farmer18th)
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To: null and void

I would most definitely take out the Neanderthal for ethical reasons, and would substitute it with the passenger pigeon.

Frankly, if they’re going to give do-overs to some species, it should be those that we killed off, not those that disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago.


50 posted on 01/09/2009 11:04:19 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (Fred Thompson appears human-sized because he is actually standing a million miles away.)
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To: null and void

They were added as earmarked earmarks.


77 posted on 01/09/2009 3:13:39 PM PST by Battle Axe (Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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