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Ancient Penguins Were Giant, Colorful Beasts, New Fossils Reveal
foxnews.com ^
| September 30, 2010
| Stephanie Pappas
Posted on 10/01/2010 5:05:40 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:07:44 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: ilovesarah2012
I don’t know why, but the idea of a 5 ft tall bird scares the hell out of me.
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:11:03 AM PDT
by
nolongerademocrat
("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
To: ilovesarah2012
“Imprints of feathers in the rock around the bones...”
From an imprint of feathers they speculate the penguin was colorful? Wonder if they ever considered that the feathers were from the buzzards that ate the carcass or maybe the penguin died while dressed up for a village people lip sync contest? Sometimes you just have to wonder about archaeologists.
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:11:07 AM PDT
by
bitterohiogunclinger
(Proudly casting a heavy carbon footprint as I clean my guns ---)
To: ilovesarah2012
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:13:01 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(There's only one cure for Obamarrhea......)
To: ilovesarah2012
I wonder if penguin is tasty....
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:15:19 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: ilovesarah2012
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10/01/2010 5:16:39 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Obama, Pelosi and Reid - the Trio of Twits)
To: nolongerademocrat
"..the idea of a 5 ft tall bird scares the hell out of me." How about one of these..
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:18:48 AM PDT
by
Jaxter
("Pro Aris et Focis")
To: central_va
Tastes like chicken. Fat, blubbery chicken.
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:19:33 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
To: Jaxter
Yeah, I’m not going to sleep for a couple of days over that - thanks;)
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:25:26 AM PDT
by
nolongerademocrat
("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: ilovesarah2012
Now you know you were wrong for that.... LOL!
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:29:04 AM PDT
by
nolongerademocrat
("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
To: ilovesarah2012
Article: “Stranger still, the ancient penguin’s melanosomes didn’t match modern penguins’ and instead looked like the melanosomes of other modern birds.”
So then why would they assume that it is even a penguin? There are a lot of “probably”s in this article. I don’t see any carbon dating results on how they got the figure 36 million years, either. Lots of supposition here.
I liked the quote, “ “I think there will be more to the story of this penguin’s feathering.” which I translated to mean, “We are full of crap.”
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10/01/2010 5:39:20 AM PDT
by
deltaromeo11
("I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." Jn18)
To: ilovesarah2012
To: ilovesarah2012
So......Scott of the Antarctic could have fought a giant penguin - with blood spurting out everywhere!
To: nolongerademocrat
Yep, pretty scary..........
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posted on
10/01/2010 5:58:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: central_va
Tastes like chicken-of-the-sea..................
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:00:05 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: deltaromeo11
Carbon dating is useful only for items less than 50k years............like Helen Thomas............
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posted on
10/01/2010 6:02:08 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: bitterohiogunclinger
Paleontologists (not archaeologists). Yes, you are right about deducing the color of feathers from a fossil: generally, the fossil is colored by the minerals in the rock as it turned to stone, not by the color of the original feather
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