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Dinosaurs!!!
This thread is for general discussion of the dinosaurs. Debate involving their extinction is welcome. Conversation about various species or digs is welcome
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And something like that could possible explain the multi-cultural, multi-national phenomena known as dragons.
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If I saw a sixty foot wingspan reptile soaring toward me, I certainly would think, "dragon!" before anything else
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It is an impressive . . . coincidence? . . . that our "mythological" dragons so closely resemble in size, proportions and other qualities, the creatures from our ancient past.
I personally don't think it was a coincidence, because I think that there was a time when dinosaurs and people lived together- a time that the Book of Genesis actually references once. According to the Bible, the fact that serpents crawl on their bellies now is a curse of God, and in the past they used to stand upright! That sounds to me like dinosaurs ![]() ![]() That textual, ancient evidence alone is not conclusive, but it is worth something. The widespread tales of reptilian beasts that stood on their hind legs and flew through the air also indicate that ancient thought had definitely not forgotten the creatures of our past. If all they knew was ancient mammals, one would think that they would be describing enormous carnivorous lions, or something like that. Instead, they vividly capture a snapshot of creatures that supposedly wandered our globe 60 million years ago, and no sooner.
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I have a great kid's book called "oh my oh my oh dinosaurs!" by Sandra Boynton, that really funny illustrator. All I can remember now is "dinosaurs early, dinosaurs later, dinosaurs stuck in an elevator!"
I'll have to find it and share that great literary gem with you guys!
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Maybe dinosaurs DID have something to do with dragons. Hmm, dinosaurs & dragons. I'm gonna have fun dreams tonight! ![]()
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Perhaps you've been there, Lotesse? I was so into dinosaurs. The horde of them in one of my toy bins testifies to it ![]() Quote:
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You People must love The Dinosaur Discovery Channel (me and mum call it that cause whenever we flip to that channel, by Jove, if there isn't a dinosaur-program on.)
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I suggest the title be changed to Dinosaurs and extinct reptlies or similar because technically, pterosaurs and pleisosaurs (flying and swimming reptiles) aren't dinosaurs
![]() Now that discovery of the flying reptile in America with an 18-metre-wingspan is really fascinating. That's a lot bigger than a Cessna plane! It's amazing that such a big thing could be light enough to leave the ground!
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Yeah, really. Perhaps they lived primarily on cliffs?
I wonder what the thing ate. I have a tough time imagine something that big filling itself entirely on little fishies ![]()
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I have a pet snake, and used to subscribe to Herpology magazine, where I read an article about legless lizards. Apparently, they exist. They're still around today and are somehow quite different from snakes. I forget the jist of the article, but I remember that not much is known about their evolution. Maybe they were beginning to lose their legs at around the time Genesis was written. Intriguing... I'll have to dig up that article. I never even imagined the "flyers" being so big. (Anyone else love the first Land Before Time? ![]() ![]() My favorite is the stegosaurus. There's something to be said about an animal that could kill a gargantuan predator, which gives kids nightmares 60 million years later, with its butt.
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If humans lived long ages, other animals probably did too. One difference between reptiles and mammals is that reptiles never stop growing, throughout their lives. If a reptile can live hundreds of years, it would grow incredibly large, and probably would have a highly different physical appearance than it did when it was younger. So that some snakes have bones that in the past would have been arms fits in hand and glove with that theory. (Goes off and tells Dad) Yep, he finds it interesting ![]()
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[QUOTE=Lief Erikson]It is an impressive . . . coincidence? . . . that our "mythological" dragons so closely resemble in size, proportions and other qualities, the creatures from our ancient past. QUOTE]
I don't think that can be a mere coincidence either... So many myths from all over the world, describing basically the same creature, that must be an ancient memory of humanity. And I can't help it, my country's folk stories keep going on in my mind ![]() ![]()
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this was an interesting story (i thought) i have always been fascinated with nessie and sea monsters and dinosaurs being alive would be awesome (just so long jurassic park doesn't come true
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Cool links; thanx man! It definitely would be something else, if a real live dinosaur still actually roams this planet. If Nessie exists... hmmmm.
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