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2006-12-12 Science & Technology

Bones of baby plesiosaur found in Antarctic

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Posted by .com 2006-12-12 03:36|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Of course Antartica wasn't at the south pole 70M years ago. Nice graphic here.

Posted by phil_b 2006-12-12 04:18|| 2006-12-12 04:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Shhhh! I wuz having fun! Lol.

Posted by .com 2006-12-12 04:38|| 2006-12-12 04:38|| Front Page Top

#3 .com, I know (you knew this), but ignorance is so pervasive in the modern world that large numbers of people wouldn't know.

Posted by phil_b 2006-12-12 05:13|| 2006-12-12 05:13|| Front Page Top

#4 The main reason we have been getting this cyclical ice ages is down to Antarctica sitting where it is at the moment. That plus its disconnect from what is now South America mean we have a giant refrigerator commanding the "bottom" of the planet.

Still, I am delighted to learn we can resolve this supposed global warming trend through a quick nuclear exchange between "Iran" and "Saudi" Arabia. Nothing like American know-how to get the job done.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-12 10:45|| 2006-12-12 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 If there were 110km/hr winds, then I think they also should have printed the name of the helicopter pilot.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2006-12-12 12:49|| 2006-12-12 12:49|| Front Page Top

#6 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Museum of Geology

It's in Rapid City, SD.

Used to play in there as a child in the early 70s while my dad fooled around in the computer room working on his masters. He was a launch officer in the Minuteman silos. With nothing to do down there other than drills (thank goodness) the AF encourage them to go to graduate school and study.

Very nice little museum. At the time they had the only complete T-Rex skeleton in the world.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2006-12-12 14:25|| 2006-12-12 14:25|| Front Page Top

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