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Post by starcruiser on Apr 10, 2018 18:19:19 GMT -7
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Post by rabid on Apr 11, 2018 22:13:00 GMT -7
Natgeo is why I'm a font of mostly useless knowledge. that's a hell of a big sea monster but there's nothing fishy about it.
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Post by starcruiser on Apr 12, 2018 7:08:21 GMT -7
No, more "reptiley" than fishy!
I kinda doubt it's as heavy as a Blue Whale, though it might be a bit longer.
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Post by rabid on Apr 13, 2018 9:23:02 GMT -7
Lol you saw what I did there.
The aquatic reptiles were always my favorite...mososaurs in particular, they just look cool.
Ichthyosaurs are one of those examples that help prove evolution...in a lot of examples, you can see that animals that occupy the same ecological strata have similar morphology,. I.e thecodonts resemble family Carnivora, and within that group the marsupial predators share basic morphology with dogs and wolves.
Each successive animal group arrived at the same "answer" to the problem of efficiently catching prey!
So mid level ocean predators who aren't fish, I.e ichthyosaurs, dolphins and whales sort of look the same. The environment shaped the genome in the same direction, perhaps because each of them lived under similar ecological selection pressures. The redundancy of 'design' proves the reliability of DNA and mutation through selection, hence proving evolution.
I keep wanting to write a white paper on it but who has the time...
Have to paint FASA minis this week.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 13:21:07 GMT -7
If ONLY we had a forum member who was an expert in Prehistoric Aquatic Critters... That would really make for a fascinating and educational discussion...
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Post by starcruiser on Apr 13, 2018 14:19:14 GMT -7
^ And who - pray tell - could that be?
Aquatic ceremonies ... I mean reptiles are an interesting much.
Including, of course, Nessie the Plesiosaur that apparently still lives in Loch Ness (of course it's true, why would anyone lie about that?).
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