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Bachelor party makes impressive fossil discovery in Elephant Butte
KRQE Via Yahoo Odd News ^
| 6/11/14
| Will Lerner
Posted on 06/11/2014 2:45:14 PM PDT by Kartographer
Elephant Butte is a small city in New Mexico that calls itself the “Diamond in the Desert.” As KRQE News 13 reports, it was in this scenic location that a group of friends celebrating a bachelor party made an astonishing find – a giant fossil of the tusk and skull of what’s believed to be a Stegomastodon. According to the University of Nebraska State Museum, Stegomastodons were, “the last surviving member of a lineage of primitive tuskers called ‘gomphotheres’ which first entered North America 15 million years ago.”
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: elephantbutte; godsgravesglyphs; gomphotheres; newmexico; paleontology; stegomastodon
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posted on
06/11/2014 2:46:17 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Sounds like a really old and fat stripper.
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posted on
06/11/2014 2:48:03 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: Kartographer
It’s the symbol of the NM GOP when John Dendahl was in charge.
To: Kartographer
The found an elephant butt in Elephant Butte !
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posted on
06/11/2014 2:54:05 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: Kartographer
I’ve seen some butts that are beauts!
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posted on
06/11/2014 2:56:15 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Kartographer
The jokes just write themselves.
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posted on
06/11/2014 2:56:21 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: Kartographer
The groom didn’t know the bride was invited.
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posted on
06/11/2014 3:00:24 PM PDT
by
Dexter Morgan
(Everyone hides who they are.)
To: Huskrrrr
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posted on
06/11/2014 3:12:54 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: struggle
I wish FR had a “LIKE” button! LOL! That is so cool!
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posted on
06/11/2014 3:20:05 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I'm honestly convinced that women don't pass gas. They just hold it in and it comes out as DRAMA!)
To: Kartographer
Very cool. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
06/11/2014 3:47:10 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Kartographer
It’s time for a new name. Wasn’t there a Beaver College that finally let go of the great name of Beaver and switched to something less giggle-inducing?
To: Kartographer
Worst.Bachelor.Party.Ever
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posted on
06/11/2014 4:46:07 PM PDT
by
Daus
To: lee martell
Students at Beaver College were renowned for the diligence of their pursuits of personal edification. They worked like ———— !
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posted on
06/11/2014 4:53:55 PM PDT
by
Elsiejay
To: Kartographer
What were they doing in an elephant’s butte in the first place? Not very sanity and has little light with which to see.
To: Kartographer
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:10:27 PM PDT
by
LaybackLenny
(Sarah Palin - Last Man Standing (Ironic, ain't it?))
To: Kartographer
Okay, what were they doing loooking up the elephant’s...oh, never mind.
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posted on
06/11/2014 11:18:43 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Kartographer
Cool!
Thanks for the ping.
I’ve found many common invertebrate fossils in that area, but nothing this neat or significant.
To: SunkenCiv
Hard to believe you have not been pinged to THIS!
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posted on
06/12/2014 1:13:32 PM PDT
by
houeto
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: Slings and Arrows
Hold muh beer and watch this fossilized elephant butte...
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posted on
06/13/2014 8:41:32 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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