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Title: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: josephpalazzo on May 17, 2014, 03:10:19 PM
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27441156

QuoteBy measuring the length and circumference of the largest femur (thigh bone), they calculated the animal weighed 77 tonnes.

"Given the size of these bones, which surpass any of the previously known giant animals, the new dinosaur is the largest animal known that walked on Earth," the researchers told BBC News.

"Its length, from its head to the tip of its tail, was 40m.

"Standing with its neck up, it was about 20m high - equal to a seven-storey building."
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on May 17, 2014, 04:26:44 PM
Is it dead?
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on May 17, 2014, 05:09:18 PM
Call out the army! (In Japanese on a 1 second delay dubbed over with English) ^ I'm guessing it's you know who. ^ *cough cough*
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on May 17, 2014, 07:22:58 PM
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on May 17, 2014, 05:09:18 PM
Call out the army! (In Japanese on a 1 second delay dubbed over with English) ^ I'm guessing it's you know who. ^ *cough cough*
I have an alibi.

And anyway
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Mandingo on May 17, 2014, 07:26:38 PM
QuoteBy measuring the length and circumference of the largest femur (thigh bone), they calculated the animal weighed 77 tonnes.

That makes it less than half the volume/weight of the blue finn whale â€" 150 to 200 tonnes. The largest animal that ever lived. Which still lives today. Even if barely.
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on May 17, 2014, 09:15:16 PM
Quote from: Mandingo on May 17, 2014, 07:26:38 PM
That makes it less than half the volume/weight of the blue finn whale â€" 150 to 200 tonnes. The largest animal that ever lived. Which still lives today. Even if barely.
They probably should have said "land animal".
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: aitm on May 17, 2014, 10:38:26 PM
Quoteis the largest animal known that walked on Earth,

:whistle:
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Hydra009 on May 17, 2014, 10:57:35 PM
(http://swtor.gamingfeeds.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/5/files/HLIC/0ae172c4e5584507b72c3553af0340b7.jpg)
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on May 17, 2014, 11:15:51 PM
You see, this is why we have offspring who lose teeth so the tooth fairy can grind them up to manufacture dinosaur bones. This one took several generations of kids. :snooty:
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: SGOS on May 18, 2014, 05:42:46 AM
Yeah, but where's the missing link?
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on May 18, 2014, 06:50:28 AM
Quote from: SGOS on May 18, 2014, 05:42:46 AM
Yeah, but where's the missing link?
(http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2013/2/22/badd79b0-a666-4e57-ad22-c555c282288e.jpg)
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Berati on May 19, 2014, 09:54:20 PM
Quote from: josephpalazzo on May 17, 2014, 03:10:19 PM
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27441156

Just another skeleton god buried to test our faith.
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Hijiri Byakuren on May 20, 2014, 10:34:08 AM
Quote from: Berati on May 19, 2014, 09:54:20 PM
Just another skeleton god buried to test our faith.
PRAIZ DA LAWD!
Title: Re: 'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Post by: Gawdzilla Sama on May 20, 2014, 10:46:26 AM
I sent the link to my fundie cousins. Two of them will be adding that 'tube to their home schooling. I guess any future family reunions will have to be at McDonalds.