1 posted on
03/27/2008 7:23:11 PM PDT by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
03/27/2008 7:23:30 PM PDT by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Did someone say Mega Herb? Roll me a fatty. 3 posted on
03/27/2008 7:30:35 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
4 posted on
03/27/2008 7:39:38 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: blam
The plant itself looks quite interesting. I used to move lots of material when I used to work at a nursery and these would sell...hmmm wonder what it would take. :)
Intriguing.
5 posted on
03/27/2008 8:02:12 PM PDT by
eldoradude
(Think for yourself!)
To: blam
Oh, I get it. The Earth’s temperature needs to raise significantly to return to normal.
9 posted on
03/27/2008 10:11:35 PM PDT by
freedomfiter2
(It's too bad I've already promised myself to never vote for McCain.)
To: blam
What with the ice shelves breaking off Antarctica should be
back to its balmy self in no time with lush fields of megaherbs.
The penguins can retire those silly black and white jump suits in favor of flip-flops and Speedos before long and don the winter gear only when the tourist trade shows up.
By the way, I have the purple flower concession locked up.
10 posted on
03/27/2008 11:37:54 PM PDT by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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Thanks blam.
"This is very definitely a case of hopping across long distances of ocean." Exactly how the plants travelled north from Antarctica isn't clear, the authors say. It may be that wind carried their seeds, or that ocean birds transported them from island to island. "Perhaps the seeds get caught up in the feathers of these birds when they're nesting and then get carried off and dumped somewhere else," Quinn says.
Maybe the 2+ million year old beech tree fossils found in Antarctica -- but carried by the winds from elsewhere -- dislodged the seeds upon impact, and they hurtled across the sea.
12 posted on
03/28/2008 8:08:12 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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13 posted on
03/28/2008 8:09:06 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: blam
Giant flowers found on Australia and New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands are probably survivors of lush forests that covered Antarctica before the beginning of the last ice age nearly 2 million years ago, scientists say. Maybe I missed something along the way, but 2 million years ago???
19 posted on
03/28/2008 1:30:18 PM PDT by
ForGod'sSake
(ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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