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Prehistoric rhino reveals secrets
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| 12-6-2012
| Matt Walker
Posted on 12/08/2012 2:19:44 PM PST by Renfield
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:20:17 PM PST
by
Renfield
To: Renfield
What secrets could John McCain have?
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:21:02 PM PST
by
Viennacon
To: Renfield
“Grazed mainly on cereals” - Frosted Flakes?
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:22:33 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Viennacon
I thought this was an Alan Simpson thread.
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:22:56 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Renfield
“The animal was a herbivore” - ohhhh......they were gay.
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:24:46 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Renfield
To: Renfield
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:25:38 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Renfield
...due to its inability to wade through deeper blankets of snow, which became more common as the climate changed, say scientists. Those dang velociraptors and their SUVs.
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:27:15 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Don't tax me bro! Tax that guy over there!)
To: Renfield
They call it a “giant animal” and then write that it probably died off because it was too short to plow through the snow. I guess everyone else had snowmobiles.
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:28:51 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Renfield
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:32:27 PM PST
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: Renfield
As the late Pleistocene gave way to the early Holocene, climate warming and moistening created deeper layers of snow in winter................. That's a load of hog wash. We all know climate warming didn't start until the introduction of the internal combustion engine, coal fired power plants and the back yard bar-b-que, so sayeth Swami Algore!!!
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:36:38 PM PST
by
varon
(Given a choice, I'll take the Mafia over the Feds anytime)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Not likely. The face looks like a snow plow.
To: Renfield
It looks a bit like a wild boar.
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posted on
12/08/2012 2:58:46 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: blueunicorn6
“Frosted Flakes”
Good one.
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posted on
12/08/2012 3:03:40 PM PST
by
MCF
To: Renfield
...was likely driven to extinction in part due to its inability to wade through deeper blankets of snow,... Strange. It's about the size and build of a modern American bison which existed in staggering numbers on the Great Plains precisely because it dealt so well with intense blizzard conditions. Hmm.
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posted on
12/08/2012 3:39:04 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: TigersEye
Bison evolved to deal with such conditions, specifically a large square head to plow under snow to search for food. But the major strategy they used to survive winter was to migrate south as winter arrived, and then move north as grasses began to sprout in the spring. It should also be noted, that although winter on the Great Plains can be bitterly cold, it really doesn’t snow much - drifts may be deep, but that’s about it. About 60 miles from where I sit on the other hand, it really snows - Mt Baker has had 6 and half feet this week alone. It averages about 55 feet a year, and a few years back they ended up with 95 feet of snowfall. It that case, it doesn’t matter how long your legs are...
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posted on
12/08/2012 3:54:13 PM PST
by
stormer
To: SunkenCiv
Ping
I should know better than to post something about Rhinos here...
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posted on
12/08/2012 4:04:49 PM PST
by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: stormer
So why didn’t rhinos evolve to deal with it? That big horn would be as good of or a better plow than a bison’s head. Bison did not migrate south in any particular pattern. The Canadian Woods Buffalo lives around the Arctic Circle. The Mountain Buffalo lived in the high country of the Rocky Mountains.
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posted on
12/08/2012 4:10:16 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: stormer
Thank goodness it doesn't snow much on the Great Plains.
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posted on
12/08/2012 4:16:40 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who is John Galt?)
To: TigersEye
"...So why didnt rhinos evolve to deal with it? ..." Sometimes punctuated-equilibrium doesn't "punctuate".
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posted on
12/08/2012 4:20:04 PM PST
by
Does so
(Dims don't think ... they PLOT!)
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