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[Zazzerka]

Australia will be alright.

 

I'm picturing a bogan cracking open a Victoria Bitter while his mangy mutt pisses on the corpse of the Reaper that keeled over and died on his lawn after being bitten by a spider.

 

God bless.

 

Sauropods were also related to theropods, they were both saurischians, at least they were likely spared the indignity due to not needed feathers

 

Speaking of the sauropods, they didn't lift their heads anywhere near as high as first thought. Hearts were too small to maintain the blood pressure needed.

[Steelcan]

Speaking of the sauropods, they didn't lift their heads anywhere near as high as first thought. Hearts were too small to maintain the blood pressure needed.

A few species such as Brachiasaurs had their necks lifted high, and its theorized that they had a pseudo heart higher up in their neck in order too keep pumping blood, but you are right, the majority were grazers rarely lifting their heads higher than their spine

[rekn2]

lolnope

 

The K-Pg extinction event wiped out every warm-blooded animal larger than a house cat. It took millions of years for life to recover, but even that is a sneeze compared to what happened at the end of the Permian period. Life has been knocked down, picked up the pieces and risen to new heights, and been knocked down again. If it survived a region the size of Australia turning into a plain of lava, it'll survive us.

whats this "us" im talking about the ****** reapers.

 

who cares if earth makes it if HUMANS arent there. ffs man, THE REAPERS ALREADY WON. do i have to say the same thing 10x again? wtf are you even arguing about?

[DeinonSlayer]

Speaking of the sauropods, they didn't lift their heads anywhere near as high as first thought. Hearts were too small to maintain the blood pressure needed.

Yep, most were built more like a suspension bridge. Theropods didn't drag their tails on the ground, either (annoys the hell out of me how my local museum has their allosaurus constructed).
 

whats this "us" im talking about the ****** reapers.

who cares if earth makes it if HUMANS arent there. ffs man, THE REAPERS ALREADY WON. do i have to say the same thing 10x again? wtf are you even arguing about?

Shh. We're talking about dinosaurs here.

 

Really, though, even if every human on Earth died out in the MEU, there are more than enough off-world to keep the species alive.

[Steelcan]

Yep, most were built more like a suspension bridge. Theropods didn't drag their tails on the ground, either (annoys the hell out of me how my local museum has their allosaurus constructed).

 

Those famous iguanadons from Belgium had to have their tails broken to get them in that position >_>

 

and the British Museum of Natural History has a diplodocus in the lobby that used to have its tail dragging, it was changed some years ago iirc

[Zazzerka]

who cares if earth makes it if HUMANS arent there.

 

Humanity's successors. Jesus, man, don't you care about them?

[rekn2]

Humanity's successors. Jesus, man, don't you care about them?

obviously not

[DeinonSlayer]

Those famous iguanadons from Belgium had to have their tails broken to get them in that position >_>

...That probably should've been their first clue that they were doing it wrong.

[Zazzerka]

obviously not

 

How very small-minded of you.

 

...That probably should've been their first clue that they were doing it wrong.

 

I guess the rule of cool exists outside of TV and video games.

[Steelcan]

...That probably should've been their first clue that they were doing it wrong.

http://www.willgoto.... Sciences--.jpg

 

its plainly obvious which makes it that much worse

 

 

almost as bad as sticking a plesiousaur's head on the wrong end..

[DeinonSlayer]

http://www.willgoto.... Sciences--.jpg

 

its plainly obvious which makes it that much worse

 

 

almost as bad as sticking a plesiousaur's head on the wrong end..

Just makes you sick to see it...

 

When I first heard about Cope and Marsh destroying fossils that waited tens of millions of years to be discovered, just to keep the other guy from getting credit for the discovery, I couldn't help visualizing two apes throwing s*** at each other from opposite sides of a stream. How far we've evolved...

[Steelcan]

Just makes you sick to see it...

 

When I first heard about Cope and Marsh destroying fossils that waited tens of millions of years to be discovered, just to keep the other guy from getting credit for the discovery, I couldn't help visualizing two apes throwing s*** at each other from opposite sides of a stream. How far we've evolved...

 

Why be petty over menial things?  Why not use your grudge to destroy nearly priceless new discoveries?

 

Then on the other hand you have Roy Chapman Andrews being Indiana Jones in Mongolia

[DeinonSlayer]

Why be petty over menial things?  Why not use your grudge to destroy nearly priceless new discoveries?

 

Then on the other hand you have Roy Chapman Andrews being Indiana Jones in Mongolia

As I understand it (and I may be wrong), archaeology is an extremely destructive science. They thoroughly document what they see, then they dig through it to find what's underneath it. Not a field I've really read into as much.

 

*consults wikipedia*

 

HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS GUY?

[Steelcan]

As I understand it (and I may be wrong), archaeology is an extremely destructive science. They thoroughly document what they see, then they dig through it to find what's underneath it. Not a field I've really read into as much.

depends

 

the dig I was on in NC was incredibly meticulous taking care to not disturb anything not in the immediate dig zone.

 

 

However there wasn't really anything under it so there wouldn't be much point in digging through.. 

 

Other sites that may be buried under sites are much harder, there may be an old Anglo-Saxon village sitting ontop of a roman fort, and that can cause issues

[DeinonSlayer]

Good to hear. I'm sure it depends a lot on who's managing it.

 

I know they don't want "amateur paleontologists" trying to extract fossils because we're liable to cause damage to them. I've never been on a dig myself, but I want to.

[Steelcan]

Good to hear. I'm sure it depends a lot on who's managing it.

 

I know they don't want "amateur paleontologists" trying to extract fossils because we're liable to cause damage to them. I've never been on a dig myself, but I want to.

 

What I've heard from most paleontologists (and archaeologists) is if you can't reach down and pick it up, or dig less than two inches to do so, leave it where it is

 

 

Mind you, you aren't supposed to remove anything without the permission of the land owner

[ImaginaryMatter]

Well this has been one of the more informative BSN posts I've ever read.

[shodiswe]

I'd like to think that the Reapers, having annihilated the immediate threats and taken control of the major population areas, they turn to the rest of the planet. Eventually they reach Scotland. 
 
Just like the Romans many years before, they send a legion of scouts, who are simply never heard from again. And any more attempts at invasion end in disaster. Cause Scotland.
 
OK, I embellish a bit, but in my deluded little mind, the Reapers are defeated because the Scots challenged them to a drinking contest. Or a 'who can eat the weirdest thing fried in batter' contest. Or a 'who can be the most passive aggressive' contest. There's more, but I'll stop.
 
Also, I embrace cultural stereotypes.

Are you saying you would challenge a "Canibal" to an Eating contest of eating weird things?

[rekn2]

Well this has been one of the more informative BSN posts I've ever read.

and its from both of them misunderstanding my post. not going to make a 10 page rebuttal saying the same thing over and over like i did last time.

[Farangbaa]

Australia will be alright.

 

I'm picturing a bogan cracking open a Victoria Bitter while his mangy mutt pisses on the corpse of the Reaper that keeled over and died on his lawn after being bitten by a spider.

 

It will not. By the time ME is set Australia will be dead. It's already an ecological disaster right now. Mix in some global warming, disastrous species introduction (in the past) and the fact that Australians still, to this day, prefer ruining their topsoil over just importing food from elsewhere (Australians should stop aggriculturural farming, right now. They should also stop herding sheep, cows and all those things. If they want to do anything farmer-ish, their only options are Kangaroo-farms. Cause you know.. Kangaroo's were made for the Australian environment. Everything else Australians farm is NOT and is ruining the environment), and there's very little hope for Australia.

 

And no, the fact that stuff is from 'somewhere else' isn't necessarily what's killing Australia. The fact that Australia has always, even before it was settled by Europeans... hell, even before the Aboriginals settled, had the weakest environment of all continents and what the Australians are doing to it is what's killing Australia.

 

/rant

[Steelcan]

and its from both of them misunderstanding my post. not going to make a 10 page rebuttal saying the same thing over and over like i did last time.

We stopped caring a long time ago

[rekn2]

We stopped caring a long time ago

same here

[Zazzerka]

It will not. By the time ME is set Australia will be dead. It's already an ecological disaster right now. Mix in some global warming, disastrous species introduction (in the past) and the fact that Australians still, to this day, prefer ruining their topsoil over just importing food from elsewhere (Australians should stop aggriculturural farming, right now. They should also stop herding sheep, cows and all those things. If they want to do anything farmer-ish, their only options are Kangaroo-farms. Cause you know.. Kangaroo's were made for the Australian environment. Everything else Australians farm is NOT and is ruining the environment), and there's very little hope for Australia.

 

And no, the fact that stuff is from 'somewhere else' isn't necessarily what's killing Australia. The fact that Australia has always, even before it was settled by Europeans... hell, even before the Aboriginals settled, had the weakest environment of all continents and what the Australians are doing to it is what's killing Australia.

 

/rant

 

As an Australian, I don't even have a rebuttal, since not giving a shit is kind of our thing.

 

This does sound awfully personal, however. Did an Australian kill your family?

[Zazzerka]

Besides, Adelaide still exists (briefly) in 2186, so nyar nyar nyar nyar.

[von uber]

Nah he's right, water is an especial problem there.