"Venomous Dino" Topic
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| Hrothgar Berserk | 23 Dec 2009 4:48 p.m. PST |
link An interesting discovery. Terror of turkey town |
| The Dozing Dragon | 23 Dec 2009 8:56 p.m. PST |
Ever since I read an article about a couple being eaten alive by a bear in recent years – the bear apparently immbilises the prey and starts eating from the buttocks etc so the thought of being eaten alive fills me with dread – this was apparently captured on video which the couple were using at the time as they believed they had befriended the bears…….the screams lasted for hours. |
| Hrothgar Berserk | 23 Dec 2009 9:18 p.m. PST |
The Dozing Dragon,
I'm sure you're talking about the 'Grizzley Man' who was killed and eaten along with his girlfriend. I think they managed to capture there own demise on audio. Makes crocs sound merciful! |
| Cacique Caribe | 23 Dec 2009 9:37 p.m. PST |
Ooo, I love that. Seeing how Komodos and other monitors, the Gila Monster and the Beaded Lizard seem to have toxic bites, it really does not sound far fetched that dinos would have poisonous bites. New Guinea has 3 known poisonous birds, "the Hooded Pitohui, and its two close relatives, the Variable Pitohui and the Brown Pitohui, who were the first documented poisonous birds. A neurotoxin . . . found in the birds' skin and feathers, causes numbness and tingling in those touching the bird."
link Very cool! Dan |
| CeruLucifus | 23 Dec 2009 10:15 p.m. PST |
I heard a news story about this on public radio. Presenting both sides, first they explained the new theory that this dino had poison sacs in its jaws and grooved teeth to deliver the toxin. Then they interviewed a dissenting paleontologist who said (I'm paraphrasing), "why that's an interesting theory but really, these void spaces in the jaw don't have to be for poison glands, they could just as easily be air spaces for cooling the jaws, lots of dinosaurs have those, and as for the grooves, plenty of dinosaurs are known to have had grooved teeth" and the story ended there. I couldn't help but think, gee, lots of dinos had void spaces in their jaws and grooved teeth, maybe ALL of those species were poisonous? |
| nycjadie | 24 Dec 2009 4:08 a.m. PST |
Of course, at that size, they probably have all the stamina of a turkey as well. In the Catskill Mountains, you see flocks of dead turkeys on the road every spring. Steve
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