tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2085124260607184657..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: Sinornithosaurus, the bird-lizard with venomous fangs.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14153116987756275442009-12-25T16:06:17.588-06:002009-12-25T16:06:17.588-06:00a.k.a. Nancy Pelosia.k.a. Nancy Pelosikentuckylizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110491371985845560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61041146281044753312009-12-24T10:00:58.777-06:002009-12-24T10:00:58.777-06:00Sinornithosaurus, the bird-lizard with venomous fa...Sinornithosaurus, the bird-lizard with venomous fangs.<br />"You wouldn't have seen it coming... It would have swooped down behind you from a low-hanging tree branch and attacked from the back. It wanted to get its jaws around you. Once the teeth were embedded in your skin the venom could seep into the wound. The prey would rapidly go into shock, but it would still be living, and it might have seen itself being slowly devoured by this raptor."<br /><br /><br />Sounds like a metaphor for my in-laws visiting over the holidays.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you too!<br /><br />Lol. Sounds likechuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44231284646057574612009-12-24T09:13:51.714-06:002009-12-24T09:13:51.714-06:00Ya mean Pigasaurus found polluting the environs in...<i>Ya mean Pigasaurus found polluting the environs in Jerkassa Park, DC?</i><br /><br />It's descendant is still around those environs. Pelosisaurus. Ooh, the fangs.vbspurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992013640447117624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87447007210479459462009-12-24T09:10:32.158-06:002009-12-24T09:10:32.158-06:00Ya mean Pigasaurus found polluting the environs in...Ya mean Pigasaurus found polluting the environs in Jerkassa Park, DC?bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18997894861898975302009-12-24T08:38:04.264-06:002009-12-24T08:38:04.264-06:00The Jurassic period had all the coolest carnivores...<i>The Jurassic period had all the coolest carnivores. All we got is the octopus</i>.<br /><br />Well, <i>Tyrannosuarus Rex</i>, and its close cousins like the Tarbosaurs, Albertosaurs, and Daspletosurs, lived in the Cretaceous period, which came after the Jurassic. At 40 feet long, 7+ tons, and running speeds estimated somewhere between 25 and 45 mph, they were pretty cool predators.<br /><br />But when it comes to predators, by far and away the most deadly lives today.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81266640931966683682009-12-24T08:24:35.612-06:002009-12-24T08:24:35.612-06:00Poisonous geese, restrained by electric fence.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/4209641442/sizes/o/" rel="nofollow">Poisonous geese</a>, restrained by electric fence.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13787767589595221212009-12-24T06:20:43.548-06:002009-12-24T06:20:43.548-06:00The Jurassic period had all the coolest carnivores...<i>The Jurassic period had all the coolest carnivores. All we got is the octopus.</i> <br /><br /><a href="http://newsitemstoday.today.com/files/2009/03/komodo_dragon.jpg" rel="nofollow"> Komodo Dragon</a> ain't no slouch and there is no need to diss a survivor of the Jurassic period, the estimable <a href="http://www.solarnavigator.net/animal_kingdom/animal_images/crocodile_fishing_fish_in_mouth.jpg" rel="nofollow">crocodile.</a>bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65947348801716656422009-12-24T03:44:30.460-06:002009-12-24T03:44:30.460-06:00Terror Birds? Florida? Damn, we better build a wal...Terror Birds? Florida? Damn, we better build a wall.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3064609296040290452009-12-23T22:56:18.166-06:002009-12-23T22:56:18.166-06:00That Jimmy Cammeron, ripping off the fossile recor...That Jimmy Cammeron, ripping off the fossile record! <br /><br />Off topic, but <a href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/23/christmas-back-on-build-a-bear-surrenders-and-pulls-alarmist-videos/" rel="nofollow">here's a present. Yes, this is not a parody.</a> The comments are pure gold. Enjoy!Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58365042461425315532009-12-23T22:15:32.654-06:002009-12-23T22:15:32.654-06:00The Jurassic period had all the coolest carnivores...<i>The Jurassic period had all the coolest carnivores. All we got is the octopus.</i> <br /><br />Not so. The so-called “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_birds" rel="nofollow">terror birds</a>” (Phorusrhacidae) of South America (giant up to 10 ft. tall birds with enormous jagged beaks, who chased down their prey) lived long after the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, surviving late enough to be contemporaneous with early human ancestors, vanishing only after volcanism raised the isthmus of Panama connecting South with North America, after which northern mammalian predators like wolves and great cats moved down into South America — and after a period of intense struggle (during which one of the largest terror bird species <i>Titanis walleri</i> actually managed to invade North America for a time, getting as far as Florida), they disappeared around 1.8 million years ago.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007336342718478839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11908137783478131922009-12-23T22:11:51.161-06:002009-12-23T22:11:51.161-06:00The Chinese see the closing of the fossil gap with...The Chinese see the closing of the fossil gap with the US to be in their national interest ;)Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16769686027868560572009-12-23T22:10:49.677-06:002009-12-23T22:10:49.677-06:00"And for some reason, Australia is the home o..."And for some reason, Australia is the home of the most poisonous "everything"<br /><br />That's only because Canada chose to loosen its borders.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66072992173540988502009-12-23T21:53:50.181-06:002009-12-23T21:53:50.181-06:00You wouldn't have seen it coming... It would h...<i>You wouldn't have seen it coming... It would have swooped down behind you from a low-hanging tree branch and attacked from the back. It wanted to get its jaws around you. Once the teeth were embedded in your skin the venom could seep into the wound.</i><br /><br />Here's an actual photo of the <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/X-Z4cwEKtid/Demaris+Meyer+Press+Conference+Regarding+Morgan/-Uv5qtxf3lq/Gloria+Allred" rel="nofollow">Sinornithosaurus</a> feeding on its prey in its natural habitat.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9722332523246724582009-12-23T20:47:25.269-06:002009-12-23T20:47:25.269-06:00"Rialby said...
Do any poisonous birds still..."Rialby said... <br />Do any poisonous birds still exist?"<br /><br />Funny, but no.<br />Just about every other type of animal has some kin within the clade that are venom producers, but not birds.<br /><br />And for some reason, Australia is the home of the most poisonous "everything: - except perhaps most venomous amphibian.<br />The most toxic mollusk, coral, ant, jellyfish, reptile, shellfish, mammal, spider, fish, worm, wasp,shrimp all hail from Australia or Australian waters.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67312282069670621032009-12-23T20:34:02.030-06:002009-12-23T20:34:02.030-06:00Blogger Rialby said...
Do any poisonous birds stil...Blogger Rialby said...<br />Do any poisonous birds still exist?<br /><br />There are poisonous birds in Papua New Guinea:<br /><br />http://birds.suite101.com/article.cfm/poisonous_birds<br /><br />However, there are no living venomous birds like those described in the article.<br /><br />As for those commentators who assume that the paleontologists must be making some facts up (such as speculating how the Sinornithosaurus's venom delivery system would have worked): the article notes that the venom system of the Sinornithosaurus is similar to that of several rear-fanged snakes.<br /><br />Given that some of these rear-fanged snakes (like the South African boomslang) are arboreal and bird-hunting, the hypothesis isn't surprising- the scientists assume that similar physical traits under similar environmental conditions express themselves similarly in different species. This hypothesis (convergent evolution) happens often enough to be a mainstay of evolutionary theory.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310984787170712436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54294542521477240712009-12-23T20:29:38.097-06:002009-12-23T20:29:38.097-06:00Poisonous birds are almost too cool to exist.Poisonous birds are almost too cool to exist.JohnAnnArborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440105287714668965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36492836700126626402009-12-23T20:05:11.019-06:002009-12-23T20:05:11.019-06:00I have clients like that ...I have clients like that ...Tarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472104751888958606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67374836249542178362009-12-23T19:46:26.771-06:002009-12-23T19:46:26.771-06:00Do any poisonous birds still exist?Do any poisonous birds still exist?Rialbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776533305191250327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89706915952292042302009-12-23T18:41:41.235-06:002009-12-23T18:41:41.235-06:00Gore is hellbent on nature, and how fantastic it a...Gore is hellbent on nature, and how fantastic it all is, and how we ought to save it, but green is red, in more ways than one.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64404737859695874732009-12-23T18:35:47.977-06:002009-12-23T18:35:47.977-06:00"Every one of those 30 minute meals would'..."Every one of those 30 minute meals would've been improved with a coupla squirts of tabasco sauce."<br /><br />And a recipe!<br /><br />I thought Chip was setting up a cute little way to access thirty fast, yet tasty meals.<br /><br />Expectations...ALWAYS a bitch.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72014935281790399182009-12-23T17:53:16.238-06:002009-12-23T17:53:16.238-06:00Wow. Nearly 5 hours and no argument about gay mar...Wow. Nearly 5 hours and no argument about gay marriage.<br /><br />Unless there is a metaphor I've missed in Althouse's post.DaddyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554017567828897832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58774821824967099252009-12-23T17:16:00.423-06:002009-12-23T17:16:00.423-06:00Every one of those 30 minute meals would've be...Every one of those 30 minute meals would've been improved with a coupla squirts of tabasco sauce.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84488877768372316962009-12-23T16:58:48.994-06:002009-12-23T16:58:48.994-06:00Made me think of Jurassic Park and what happened t...Made me think of Jurassic Park and what happened to the evil geek who turns off the security system to loot the place...and fantasize about what is going to happen to our shameless political rascals....Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9078810540649625622009-12-23T16:36:41.754-06:002009-12-23T16:36:41.754-06:00That thing was awful! Boy,I sure am glad that'...That thing was awful! Boy,I sure am glad that's not around anymore. <br /><br />⚡⚡⚡ THE FEAR ⚡⚡⚡ causes me to go off and create a <a href="http://thingsimadethenate.blogspot.com/2009/12/30-minute-meals.html" rel="nofollow">composite of 30 minute meals.</a>Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79881910291264845652009-12-23T16:34:44.192-06:002009-12-23T16:34:44.192-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.com