Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed
2. Comment #427348 by TIKI AL on October 27, 2009 at 5:12 pm
"It could take a T-Rex in one gulp." Oh really?3. Comment #427355 by Muetze on October 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm
4. Comment #427356 by mordacious1 on October 27, 2009 at 5:21 pm
5. Comment #427358 by mordacious1 on October 27, 2009 at 5:25 pm
6. Comment #427364 by Fuzzy Duck on October 27, 2009 at 5:42 pm
7. Comment #427367 by TIKI AL on October 27, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Fuzzy Duck @ 6: I know that feeling. Like when I was cleaning the garage and stumbled on my Elvis 45 of "Hound Dog" that went missing a half century ago.8. Comment #427369 by Sciros on October 27, 2009 at 6:17 pm
9. Comment #427371 by Alan C. on October 27, 2009 at 6:19 pm
It could have taken a human in one gulp
10. Comment #427378 by Apathy personified on October 27, 2009 at 6:45 pm
In a land battle my money is on Mr T.Indeed, I pity the fool who thinks otherwise.
11. Comment #427395 by bamboospitfire on October 27, 2009 at 7:59 pm
12. Comment #427398 by Prankster on October 27, 2009 at 8:06 pm
13. Comment #427401 by Degsy on October 27, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Am I mistaken, but was there not a contrary idea posited about the ferocious carnivorous nature of the T. Rex some years ago. The idea was that, far from being the malevolent hunting machine we imagined it to be, the true nature of this beast was that of an opportune scavenger.14. Comment #427405 by TIKI AL on October 27, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Apathy @ 10: Good one. And if Mr. T stumbled onto one of these he might say: "Hey, you with the teeth..."15. Comment #427407 by elise97 on October 27, 2009 at 8:37 pm
16. Comment #427420 by mordacious1 on October 27, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Am I mistaken, but was there not a contrary idea posited about the ferocious carnivorous nature of the T. Rex some years ago. The idea was that, far from being the malevolent hunting machine we imagined it to be, the true nature of this beast was that of an opportune scavenger.
17. Comment #427429 by Graeme on October 27, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Interestingly enough, this was found not that far along the same beach in Charmouth (my home village), that Richard visited with some school children to look for fossils while filming for "The genius of Charles Darwin"..,,18. Comment #427435 by Southpaw on October 27, 2009 at 10:18 pm
"In a land battle my money is on Mr T."19. Comment #427441 by Jos Gibbons on October 27, 2009 at 10:34 pm
This creature may not have the size of a certain largely krill-munching filter feeder, but I know which would scare me more if I was in the sea. Jaws has nothing on a creature like ... wait, is this pliosaur actually named in the article? (Skim-reads again) No. Damn! I guess some science reporters thinking "it's a monster" is a more useful description than a bit of Latin.20. Comment #427442 by TIKI AL on October 27, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Southpaw @ 18: You mean the Chuck Norris that said during the Obama election, "If I was president, I would tattoo an American flag on the forehead of every atheist in America"?21. Comment #427451 by j.mills on October 27, 2009 at 10:59 pm
22. Comment #427452 by Border Collie on October 27, 2009 at 10:59 pm
23. Comment #427464 by mordacious1 on October 28, 2009 at 12:22 am
24. Comment #427466 by Alternative Carpark on October 28, 2009 at 12:27 am
25. Comment #427475 by j.mills on October 28, 2009 at 12:57 am
26. Comment #427481 by Laurie Fraser on October 28, 2009 at 1:20 am
27. Comment #427491 by j.mills on October 28, 2009 at 1:43 am
28. Comment #427493 by Fall\'s Profit on October 28, 2009 at 1:45 am
I've forgotten, was it Yahweh or Satan who buried these to test our faith?
29. Comment #427510 by weavehole on October 28, 2009 at 4:03 am
I bet in two hundred million years the post-human civilisation equivalent of the BBC will be pitching fossilised tigers against fossilised great white sharks in imaginary battles.
30. Comment #427572 by Peacebeuponme on October 28, 2009 at 11:35 am
WeaveholeWasnt this in a Simpson's/Family Guy episode?I belive Bart managed to secure peace between religions and subsequently became a prophet. Thousands of years later we hear a conversation between two warring factions which said something like:
31. Comment #427922 by Degsy on October 29, 2009 at 12:22 pm
mordacious1@ 16- Thanks for the link. Very interesting.32. Comment #427932 by weavehole on October 29, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Peacebeuponme
1. Comment #427344 by Sally Luxmoore on October 27, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Wow!
I have been fossil hunting in this area, and was ridiculously pleased with my little ammonites and belemnites... They sort of pale into insignificance next to this...
This is the area where Mary Anning found her fossils, many of which are now prize specimens in the Natural History Museum in London.
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