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by **Keyser** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:15 pm

A lovely article on Mosasaurs. :thumbsup:

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/m ... -reptiles/

by **Keyser** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:25 pm

Life's shit and then you die.

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural- ... ther-side/

by **charlie** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:07 pm

Keyser wrote:A lovely article on Mosasaurs.

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/m ... -reptiles/

I can honestly say, that I can't begin to understand these species and how they lived when they existed all those millions of years ago - but I can still be fascinated by reading about them. :smilin:

by **Keyser** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:59 am

charlie wrote:
Keyser wrote:A lovely article on Mosasaurs.

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/m ... -reptiles/

I can honestly say, that I can't begin to understand these species and how they lived when they existed all those millions of years ago - but I can still be fascinated by reading about them.

Thanks Charlie - it's nice to know people read and enjoy this thread. :canny:

by **Keyser** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:11 am

Human gene editing - the facts.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... h-science/

Bioluminescent aliens?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n ... 180964261/

Weird worm lizard, the horrifying Devil's Finger fungus and incredibly rare conjoined bat twins. :cool:

https://www.livescience.com/60006-two-l ... ghted.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... s-science/

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/ra ... -in-brazil

by **Keyser** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:18 am

Squeaky bum time! :laughing:

by **charlie** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:57 pm

Keyser wrote:Squeaky bum time!

"If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise...."

Those babies were more scary than their big old mama! :laughing:

Were they grizzlies, btw?

by **Keyser** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:21 pm

charlie wrote:
Keyser wrote:Squeaky bum time!

"If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise...."

Those babies were more scary than their big old mama!

Were they grizzlies, btw?

Yes Grizzlies Charlie - here an article on the encounter. :cuppaT:

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural- ... -remember/

by **Keyser** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:33 am

A shitload of stories on possible reddish countershading in the exceptionally preserved fossil of the nodosaur Borealopelta markmitchelli - probably because of having to hide from giant theropods like the massive 6 ton + Acrocanthosaurus. :cool:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... n-science/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magaz ... ons/#intro

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arc ... ue/535782/

https://www.inverse.com/article/35020-r ... kmitchelli

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/ex ... camouflage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40815935

https://phys.org/news/2017-08-heavy-arm ... ators.html

by **Keyser** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:49 pm

A couple of nice illustrations of the largest shark (Megalodon) and bony fish (Leedsichthys) in history - this is the sort of stuff I should be doing.

by **Keyser** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:02 pm

Size difference between some South American theraphosids.

Pumpkin Patch tarantula v (recently deceased) Goliath Birdeater.

by **charlie** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:18 pm

Keyser wrote:A couple of nice illustrations of the largest shark (Megalodon) and bony fish (Leedsichthys) in history - this is the sort of stuff I should be doing.

One a carnivore, the other a plankton feeder - yet they're comparatively the same size - and Leedsichthys was a fish as was the Megalodon.

I suppose, you can only compare that fish to the plankton feeding marine mammals we have today such as Whale Sharks, Blue Whales etc that I can only assume grow to their lengths due to the amount of plankton they feed on?

I suppose it's all down to physiology? :wubbers:

by **Keyser** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:07 am

charlie wrote:
Keyser wrote:A couple of nice illustrations of the largest shark (Megalodon) and bony fish (Leedsichthys) in history - this is the sort of stuff I should be doing.

One a carnivore, the other a plankton feeder - yet they're comparatively the same size - and Leedsichthys was a fish as was the Megalodon.

I suppose, you can only compare that fish to the plankton feeding marine mammals we have today such as Whale Sharks, Blue Whales etc that I can only assume grow to their lengths due to the amount of plankton they feed on?

I suppose it's all down to physiology?

Are you saying that bigger is better? :leer: