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Community => General Discussion => Topic farted by: RobClock on August 03, 2010, 08:41:08 PM

Title: The Triceratops Never Existed?
Post by: RobClock on August 03, 2010, 08:41:08 PM
So say the scientists!
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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/08/the-triceratops-never-existed/

Personally i think it's a little bullshitty for scientists to suddenly say that dinosaurs skulls morphed while aging, but hey, who am i to argue with the speculation of a bunch of crockity old wankers?
Title: The Triceratops Never Existed?
Post by: whatever on August 03, 2010, 08:49:21 PM
wow no!!! john mccain is a triceratops
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Post by: Slurpee on August 03, 2010, 08:50:50 PM
dinosaur scientists probably know more about dinosaurs than you do, robclock.
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Post by: PowerGloveClock on August 03, 2010, 08:53:58 PM
fucckkkkkk, triceratops was one of my favorites
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Post by: pop-tart on August 03, 2010, 09:00:00 PM
If I understand correctly... they said the opposite... that Torosaurus didn't exist and was just an aged Triceratops...

Maybe I heard wrong though...
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Post by: Topcatyo on August 03, 2010, 09:04:53 PM
Quote from: has a bad username;1774423fucckkkkkk, triceratops was one of my favorites
Same here.  Also brontosaurus never existed either so I hope that wasn't another one of your favorites like it was for me.
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Post by: Silly Putty Clock on August 03, 2010, 09:09:34 PM
Quote from: topcatyo;1774428Same here.  Also brontosaurus never existed either so I hope that wasn't another one of your favorites like it was for me.

Brontosaurus existed, it was just renamed apatosaurus.
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Post by: pop-tart on August 03, 2010, 09:24:09 PM
Clam's right. It's the equivalent of saying historians have concluded that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene... Just because a couple of researchers propose a theory... doesn't mean the books are being rewritten.

Not that anyone gives a fuck. Pluto is still a planet to me and Triceratops will always be a zord that Billy drives.
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Post by: PowerGloveClock on August 03, 2010, 09:28:20 PM
Quote from: topcatyo;1774428Same here.  Also brontosaurus never existed either so I hope that wasn't another one of your favorites like it was for me.
IT WAS, FUCK
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Post by: AlbinoClock on August 03, 2010, 10:18:01 PM
Guys, both triceratops and torosaurs existed, they were just the same thing. Brontosaurs, on the other hand, are a misplaced head.
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Post by: joliet_jane on August 03, 2010, 10:24:56 PM
Scientists, why do you have to ruin The Land before Time? :(
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Post by: AlbinoClock on August 03, 2010, 10:27:23 PM
Y'all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed.
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Post by: buttplug on August 03, 2010, 10:42:25 PM
It probably means that in the past there was some kind of dinosaur that had horns like that. I mean they don't just grow horns then loose them for no reason. Most likely just left over genetic code.
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Post by: Thor on August 03, 2010, 10:48:53 PM
I hate it when the media distorts a scientific theory to word it in the most shocking way possible.

Some scientists someplace have a theory that one animal has been misidentified as two different animals with different names. One of those names is likely to be abandoned if it is true.

That's not really that interesting.


Quote from: Bulba;1774470It probably means that in the past there was some kind of dinosaur that had horns like that. I mean they don't just grow horns then loose them for no reason. Most likely just left over genetic code.
Many modern day animals shed horns, such as deer. It's not so strange.
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Post by: GearBoxClock on August 03, 2010, 11:14:57 PM
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Post by: AnkhClock on August 03, 2010, 11:18:50 PM
Quote from: clammo;1774431edit: i googled one of their names, and apparently he is a doctoral student doing his PhD in triceratops, so i guess he is a little more credible than a goofball scientist. still this is two researchers conclusions and yet to be accept as definitive fact.

Wouldn't a doctoral student be less credible than an actual scientist with a PhD and experience?
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Post by: RenegadeClock on August 04, 2010, 06:23:23 PM
Quote from: Bulba;1774470It probably means that in the past there was some kind of dinosaur that had horns like that. I mean they don't just grow horns then loose them for no reason. Most likely just left over genetic code.

Wtf? Did you even bother to look up Torosaurus? It still has the horns.

Torosaurus was discovered two years after the Triceratops, so if any name is going to be dropped it's more likely that Torosaurus will.
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Post by: DWARFINATORclock on August 04, 2010, 06:54:44 PM
Next thing you know they will tell us we've been at war with Eastasia all along.
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Post by: MentosClock on August 04, 2010, 09:52:45 PM
I like how the headline does not reflect the article. This is a sign of great journalism.
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Post by: TequilaClock on August 05, 2010, 12:34:13 AM
Everytime I hear or read about brontosaurus, I imagine Fred Flinstone ordering one of those over sized rib platters.
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Post by: Thor on August 05, 2010, 12:46:45 AM
Quote from: DWARFINATOR;1774684Next thing you know they will tell us we've been at war with Eastasia all along.

What are you talking about, Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
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Post by: Soup Clock on August 05, 2010, 01:08:04 AM
I'm sensing a Plutoesque protest.
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Post by: Marlin Clock on August 05, 2010, 02:06:59 AM
That just seems strange though, what other vertebrate's skull goes through that much change?
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Post by: Soup Clock on August 05, 2010, 02:56:51 AM
Quote from: Marlin Clock;1774857That just seems strange though, what other vertebrate's skull goes through that much change?

Animorphs.
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Post by: AmberArachnidClock on August 05, 2010, 03:36:58 AM
Slowly all of the Littlefoot characters are vanishing out of existence...
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Post by: peyoteclock on August 05, 2010, 03:50:56 AM
THIS JUST IN! the triceratops may actually be a smaller version of another dinosaur that looks EXACTLY THE SAME!
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Post by: Loki Clock on August 07, 2010, 01:38:21 AM
Quote from: viscera;1774878THIS JUST IN! the triceratops may actually be a smaller version of another dinosaur that looks EXACTLY THE SAME!

Cue nostalgiarage.
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Post by: TequilaClock on August 07, 2010, 02:48:51 AM
Quote from: viscera;1774878THIS JUST IN! the triceratops may actually be a smaller version of another dinosaur that looks EXACTLY THE SAME!

Well fucking gee