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News & ArtsThursday, December 16, 2010
Dinosaurs / Science / Nerd Today's Dinosaur News
Posted by Mary Traverse on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:05 AM
First of all, the latest discovery in Utah makes 2010 a record-breaking year for new dino discoveries in the state: 8 new species this year! And this one sounds awesome:
Had Utah’s newest dinosaur not gone extinct, it might have evolved into a highly intelligent creature, scientists speculate.“Its skull is six times larger than other dinosaurs’,” said Scott Foss, regional paleontologist with the Bureau of Land Management.
But Geminiraptor suarezarum’s large brain case is not its only unique feature. It had an inflatable upper jaw bone and feathers on its arms and legs, and, as Utah’s eighth new dinosaur species of the year, it’s a record breaker, too, for the number of Utah-native species named in one year.
Clever girl! (You can see a photo of its skull here.)
The actor - who plays the Time Lord in the BBC One sci-fi series - explained if money were no object his dream storyline would be for his character to travel back in time in his TARDIS to visit the pre-historic creatures.
Best. Doctor Who. EVER.
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They already did do a Dinosaur episode, 1974. Yes it was cheesy FX.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of…
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Mary, thank you so much for keeping us informed of Dino news. These posts make me ridiculously happy. (also, I wanted to test out my new Strangercrombie badge. ohhhhh, ahhhhh)
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@1, that is one hell of a plot summary. The closing moral is kind of dusty:
The Doctor reflects that people like Grover may have had good motivations in wanting to fight pollution and environmental degradation, but they took their schemes too far and endangered all mankind and its civilisation.
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Just for the record, since Venomlash hasn't mentioned it yet, the Doctor isn't technically a dinosaur.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9P4Sxtph…
Following David Tennant would be hard for any actor, but I think Matt Smith is doing a really good job at it.
Following David Tennant would be hard for any actor, but I think Matt Smith is doing a really good job at it.
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@6
Except that Tom Baker was a raging alcoholic. Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) I think wrote a book about it.
Except that Tom Baker was a raging alcoholic. Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) I think wrote a book about it.
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I'd kill for a series of episodes featuring Matt Smith's Doctor with Wilf as his companion doing a time travel version of the Grumpy Old Men.
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