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by **Keyser** » Fri May 04, 2018 9:33 pm

Singing Toadfish and a rather nice new Pterosaur exhibition - I love the wooden Quetzalcoatlus model. :cuppaT:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... on-oceans/

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/n ... st-oregon/

by **Keyser** » Mon May 07, 2018 11:07 pm

A few of the Carboniferous period's giant insects.

A Griffinfly (Meganeura monyi), a Palaeodictyopteran (Homoioptera gigantea) and a large modern insect related to mayflies.

by **Keyser** » Mon May 07, 2018 11:25 pm

New Brazilian Spinosaurid.

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/b ... inosaurus/

by **Keyser** » Tue May 08, 2018 11:29 am

Kim the spider is a clever little cutie :wubbers:

and a few other articles that may be of interest to some. :cuppaT:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43996959

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-scientist ... nimal.html

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-years-fos ... cture.html

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-sun-dies.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithson ... 180968981/

by **Guest** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:15 pm

Just had a quick look through your thread. Very interesting. :thumbsup:

I love looking at any Great Barrier Reef pics etc......so beautiful. :smilin:

by **Guest** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:18 pm

I'm looking at you looking at me. :gigglesnshit:

by **Keyser** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:19 pm

Guest wrote:Just had a quick look through your thread. Very interesting.

I love looking at any Great Barrier Reef pics etc......so beautiful.

Thanks guesty and that is a lovely photo. :smilin:

by **Kiki** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:21 pm

That was me just posted those last 2 pics. Didn't realise I wasn't logged in. :oops:

lol

I wondered what all that shit was about having to wait for a mod to approve them. :gigglesnshit:

by **Keyser** » Tue May 08, 2018 12:23 pm

Kiki wrote:That was me just posted those last 2 pics. Didn't realise I wasn't logged in. lol

I wondered what all that shit was about having to wait for a mod to approve them.

Lol!

Thanks for the photos Kiki! :cuppaT:

by **Keyser** » Wed May 09, 2018 12:08 am

Ye another species of titanic Azhdarchid pterosaur from Romania, the migration of the Whale shark and an exo-planet that has been directly imaged. :cuppaT:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... y-science/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithson ... 180969019/

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dutch-ast ... hance.html

by **Gerst** » Thu May 10, 2018 7:22 pm

Here's half a dozen more spring pics from the park near me.

Fox-tail Grass, (Meadow Fox-tail, I think.)

Ivy and Red Campion.

Dandelion seed head.

by **Gerst** » Thu May 10, 2018 7:24 pm

Bluebells.

Peacock butterfly. There are quite a few of these out at the moment, along with Orange-tips, and Speckled Woods.

Close up.

by **Keyser** » Thu May 10, 2018 7:43 pm

Beautiful photos - especially the Peacock butterfly! :cuppaT:

by **Keyser** » Fri May 11, 2018 12:47 am

The most massive objects in the universe, a toothy ancient whale and giant swimming sloths. :smilin:

https://www.livescience.com/62530-bigge ... verse.html

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-ancient-s ... whale.html

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/t ... n-the-sea/

by **Keyser** » Fri May 11, 2018 9:19 am

Very nice megafauna size chart.

A few caveats the Livyatan is slightly too large and the Colossal squid is far too big but other than that very nice.

Animals shown.

Triceratops Horridus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Argentinosaurus Huinculensis, Ankylosaurus Magniventris, Stegosaurus Armatus, Titanoboa Cerrejonensis, Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus, Brachiosaurus Altithorax, Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, Paraceratherium Transouralicum and African Elephant.

Great White Shark, Blue Whale, Southern Right Whale, Whale Shark, Orca, Colossal Squid, Sperm Whale, Deinosuchus riograndensis, Livyatan Melville, Carcharocles Megalodon, Pliosaurus Funkei and Mosasaurus Hoffmani. :cuppaT:

https://pre00.deviantart.net/baf5/th/pr ... cb54cl.jpg

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