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Best paleontology fails
Topic Started: Jan 11 2014, 01:18 PM (42,479 Views)
CyborgIguana
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Oh my god, my kids won't be miserable zombies with no true interests or free will of their own! How awful!
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jan 18 2014, 02:38 AM.
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Meerkatmatt2
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Scroll down to the comments, soon enough you will find a very funny argument( the deviation is also hilarious)
http://camelid.deviantart.com/art/So-you-like-cats-huh-379526761
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CyborgIguana
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That guy's been watching the Smilodon episode of WWB way too many times! Yes, Smilodon did live 1 million years ago in South America, but it also survived up until 10,000 years ago in North America! Plus "humans never lived in South America"? There are several South American members here who could say otherwise!
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Similis
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Ermahgerd, new argument material! *Jumps onto the link*
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CyborgIguana
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He seems to have long ago admitted defeat on this argument, but your comments are always epic anyway, MrGorsh! xD The major flaw in this guy's arguments is that he seems to be under the impression that the Smilodon genus represents a single species, when it actually contains at least 3 different species that lived in different habitats and time periods, the earliest members of the genus appearing in the late Pliocene and surviving up until the end of the Pleistocene.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jan 22 2014, 07:47 AM.
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Similis
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Shhh, arguing is always enjoyable. ._.
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CyborgIguana
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True. Very true. :P

EDIT: On another topic, the claims that large azhdarchid pterosaurs couldn't fly have always seemed laughable to me (it's not Peters this time either). Even at the 450-500 pounds they weighed, their wings were still large enough and powerful enough to launch their bodies off the ground. Not to mention that their skeletal anatomy shows the same adaptations for flight as other pterosaurs. To a lesser extent, the fact that most books give a weight of only 200 pounds for Quetzalcoatlus. Was it made of paper or something?
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jan 22 2014, 07:18 PM.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

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New research on the Pterosaur lineage indicates a close kinship with papyrus, animals were likely covered in a thin papery integument. An entire bodily covering of these fibers is of course entirely speculative until further research is performed.
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Jules
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo

>:(
I do origami dinosaurs.
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CyborgIguana
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You know what's curious? You guys know that half-scale Quetzy ornithopter that was built in the 80's, right? Well, shortly after I posted my ridicule on the flightless azhdarchid theory, I found out on the Wikipedia discussion page for Quetzalcoatlus that contrary to the usual claims that it flew successfully, it actually just glided straight back to a crash landing after they launched it. However, that could probably be explained by the fact that this was before much was known about azhdarchid anatomy, so it's possible that the reason it didn't fly so well was because of incorrect proportions.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jan 22 2014, 10:19 PM.
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Jules
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo

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He's back.
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Similis
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Considering the amount of bullshit present on youtube, he nicely fits in the general picture.
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CyborgIguana
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The very fact that comments are disabled on most videos of this type just proves to me that those who posted them fear questioning of their views so much that they've gone ahead and censored those who might oppose them.
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CyborgIguana
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Sorry about the double post, but (while the main post itself isn't too bad) you guys HAVE to read some of the comments replying to THIS.
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