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'Supersize' lions roamed Britain
bbc.co ^
| 31 March 2009
Posted on 03/31/2009 11:38:03 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Giant lions were roaming around Britain, Europe and North America up to 13,000 years ago, scientists from Oxford University have found. Remains of giant cats previously discovered were thought to be a species of jaguar or tiger but after DNA analysis they were proved to be lions.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; cats; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; lions; paleontology
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It is thought the ancient lions would not have had manes
To: JoeProBono
why didn't they evolve into larger lions ?
because they are lazy and sleep all day ?
or could it be that evolurion is a fairy tale ?
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:42:15 PM PDT
by
KTM rider
(socialism is tyranny, it robs the soul of a nation)
To: JoeProBono
I hope she didn’t strain her back.
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:45:23 PM PDT
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: KTM rider
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:46:19 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
You’d better hope the FR evolutionists dont see that.
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:52:55 PM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: JoeProBono
Hey! I LIKE that!
I’ll probably steal it and all......
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:56:13 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
( PRAY! Pray for the U.S. Pray for Israel.)
To: valkyry1
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:56:36 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I hear that if you super-size your lions you can die prematurely from heart failure directly related to high cholesterol.
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:57:53 PM PDT
by
Tempest
(The Republican party, racing to lose 2010)
To: Tempest
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posted on
03/31/2009 11:59:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Brad's Gramma
Do animals go extinct or do they “evolve” into other species?
Supposedly dinosaurs changed into birds. That means they're
dinosaurs are not extinct. I guess the meteor whacking the earth theory is a bunch of junk!
To: Mr. Right Now
Hey, I’m OLD but I’m not THAT old!!!!
My guess? They go extinct.
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posted on
04/01/2009 12:04:59 AM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
( PRAY! Pray for the U.S. Pray for Israel.)
To: Mr. Right Now
No, not all, but *SOME* dinosaurs.
Big difference, there.
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posted on
04/01/2009 1:13:26 AM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: KTM rider
Evolution is a fairy tale?
No, let’s all accept the truth about this one man and his incestuous family, his partner made out of his rib, and that talking snake. Only that can be the truth. No fairy tale, this!
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posted on
04/01/2009 1:14:51 AM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: JoeProBono
Damn, that’s a BIG cat. Supersized fur sure...
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posted on
04/01/2009 1:41:44 AM PDT
by
Cyropaedia
("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
To: Slings and Arrows
This is one large cat.
Ping!
To: KTM rider
The evolutionist would say that conditions might not favor the larger lion over the smaller ones. In the theory of evolution, species differentiation is the expected result of different conditions and different roles. Big cats eat hooved prey, little cats eat mice and voles.
With changes in conditions, like an ice age or a meteoric catacylism, an adaptation that was favorable in one era becomes an impedement in another. Evolution would not predict or require all animals evolve towards giantism or any other extreme trait, rather the most successful species would be those that balance competing requirements.
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posted on
04/01/2009 4:07:53 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
To: KTM rider
why didn't they evolve into larger lions ? Large lions need a lot of prey in order to get enough to eat. You only need to be large if there are large prey animals that can only be brought down by a large predator.
I'm guessing that packs of humans armed with spears and arrows killed off the larger prey animals, and the lions starved. Evidence exists that the same happened in the Americans, with the extinction of large American animals happening about the same time that humans crossed over from Asia.
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posted on
04/01/2009 4:13:21 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
To: PapaBear3625
Socialized medicine killed the lions.
To: siamesecats; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
WARNING: Thread has turned into a CreVo thread.
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posted on
04/01/2009 7:59:09 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
To: Slings and Arrows
Thanks for the warning.......
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posted on
04/01/2009 8:18:40 AM PDT
by
Fawn
(http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=v8320y&s=5)
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