"Mummified" Dinosaur Discovered In Montana (pics included)

National Geographic News ^

[chance33_98]

Pingosaurus!

[PoorMuttly]

Lenny, they found you !

Can I have his collar back? It has sentimental value.

[thedilg]

Does anyone believe that the dinosaur could still have soft tissue and undigested food in its stomach after 77 million years? Even with the most modern embalming methods and a completely dry atmosphere (i.e. Egypt) it would still only last thousands of years.

Scientists would have to do alot of explaining before I'll buy into that age.

Godspeed, The Dilg

[thedilg]

Does anyone believe that the dinosaur could still have soft tissue and undigested food in its stomach after 77 million years? Even with the most modern embalming methods and a completely dry atmosphere (i.e. Egypt)it would still only last thousands of years.

Scientists would have to do alot of explaining before I'll buy into that age.

Godspeed, The Dilg

[Persuasion]

That's no, Dinosaur! That's Mike Taylor!

[csvset]

That's Helen Thomas' pet dog. Her parents brought it home on her 7th birthday.

[Persuasion]

Agh! You outdid me ;). But are you quite sure that's not
Helen herself in there?

[thedilg]

Thanks for the most interesting article.

To have found actual dinosaur blood and DNA strands and then to tell us thar it is over 65 million years old is the height of absurdity.

Godsapeed, The Dilg

[Junior]

Does anyone believe that the dinosaur could still have soft tissue and undigested food in its stomach after 77 million years?

Yes. It's rare but possible; soft tissue does fossilize under the right conditions. And that is what this is -- fossilized soft tissue. We have examples of such going back to the Vendian.

[Elenya]

When do they start the cloning?...

[johnny7]

I agree. I think it is the father of senator Robert Byrd.

Scalely, reptilian and a pork-eater. A true coward that survives by hiding in the large ferns.

Duck-bill fits him to a tee.

[whipitgood]

Wait 'till they find one of these guys running around in the woods! THEN ask how it's ancestors all died out 65 million years ago!

[Lion Den Dan]

In Montana and North Dakota, things keep well and time passes at a different pace than in the rest of the world.

[ASA Vet]

Thank you for the informative science posting.
You know of course that science is frowned upon by many here on FR?
Please don't let them deter you from future such postings.

[justsomedude]

When do they start the cloning?...

Wow, really, I never thought of that..imagine the twisted arguments...

[Dan Day]

Doesn't leave much time for "evolution", does it? Apparently the whole world outside of evolutionist circles knows that fresh dinosaur bones along with blood cells have been found.

Creationists get all a-twitter about such claims and pass them around as gospel (cough), but they're dishonestly overblown.

"Fresh dinosaur bones" have not been found. Period. What has been found is portions of bone which have not been entirely replaced by infiltrating minerals, and which contain some of the original bone mineralization (bone, itself, is a mineral substance, and quite hardy). A fossil wherein some of the material is original is hardly a "fresh" bone.

Likewise, "blood cells" have not been found. Period. What has been found is circular cavities in fossils which represent a "cast" of the now long-gone blood cells, and in these cavities are rarely found heme fragments (heme is an iron compound which is a component of blood cells -- and again, this natural mineral substance is quite hardy), and what appears to be fragmentary protein residue (although even that is under dispute and may be latter contamination).

So stop lying in order to falsely boost your claims, please.

[RWG]

from a horse and buggy to a steam combustion engine...what is a steam combustion engine?

[Dan Day]

Wait 'till they find one of these guys running around in the woods! THEN ask how it's ancestors all died out 65 million years ago!

All my ancestors are dead now, but I'm still here.

Why do you consider that a difficult question?