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Adventurer
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: Sea reptile is biggest on record |
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Sea reptile is biggest on record
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News
A fossilised "sea monster" unearthed on an Arctic island is the largest marine reptile known to science, Norwegian scientists have announced.
The 150 million-year-old specimen was found on Spitspergen, in the Arctic island chain of Svalbard, in 2006.
The Jurassic-era leviathan is one of 40 sea reptiles from a fossil "treasure trove" uncovered on the island.
Nicknamed "The Monster", the immense creature would have measured 15m (50ft) from nose to tail.
A large pliosaur was big enough to pick up a small car in its jaws and bite it in half
Richard Forrest, plesiosaur palaeontologist
And during the last field expedition, scientists discovered the remains of another so-called pliosaur which is thought to belong to the same species as The Monster - and may have been just as colossal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7264856.stm |
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Junior
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: Re: Sea reptile is biggest on record |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
A large pliosaur was big enough to pick up a small car in its jaws and bite it in half |
But of course they didn't have cars in Jonah's day. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: Re: Sea reptile is biggest on record |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Adventurer wrote: |
A large pliosaur was big enough to pick up a small car in its jaws and bite it in half |
But of course they didn't have cars in Jonah's day. |
Or pliosaurs either... |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: ... |
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The part I find most interesting is how the creature has friendly stomach acid that doesn't digest people.
Not. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: Re: Sea reptile is biggest on record |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Adventurer wrote: |
A large pliosaur was big enough to pick up a small car in its jaws and bite it in half |
But of course they didn't have cars in Jonah's day. |
Perhaps you missed it:
"The 150 million-year-old specimen was found on Spitspergen"
There were no humans 150 million years ago. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
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Well, that may be the prevalent view of science, but that's not the Vedic view - there have always been intelligent humans in at least some parts of the universe.
It might even be that most dinosaurs on earth were sea monsters when the earth was completely submerged in water ... |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
Well, that may be the prevalent view of science, but that's not the Vedic view - there have always been intelligent humans in at least some parts of the universe.
It might even be that most dinosaurs on earth were sea monsters when the earth was completely submerged in water ... |
I doubt Brontosaurus was a adept swimmer. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
Well, that may be the prevalent view of science, but that's not the Vedic view - there have always been intelligent humans in at least some parts of the universe.
It might even be that most dinosaurs on earth were sea monsters when the earth was completely submerged in water ... |
Yeah but you know there are views based on evidence, views with real evidence to support them (say radiometric dating and fossil evidence) and then there are views based on a promise if you swallow x koolaid you'll get to heaven. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| One of the guys quoted, Richard Forrest, is a semi regular poster on a forum I used to particpate in. That guy really knows his stuff when it comes to ancient marine reptiles. It's funny how Creationists can just oh so easily discount all this expertise in favor of stories their Mummy and Daddy told them. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Sea reptile is biggest on record |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
| Adventurer wrote: |
A large pliosaur was big enough to pick up a small car in its jaws and bite it in half |
But of course they didn't have cars in Jonah's day. |
Perhaps you missed it:
"The 150 million-year-old specimen was found on Spitspergen"
There were no humans 150 million years ago. |
....and the next words out your mouth are " soft tissue easilly survives 150 million years"?.
The 150 M tag is no more than evolutionist conjecture.
To be discarded when we have solid written accounts of such sea monsters in the bible. or numerous accounts describing such creatures in ancient folklore worldwide. |
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Justin Hale
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