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redwolf
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Message 46 of 112 (106329)
05-07-2004 2:23 PM
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05-07-2004 12:03 PM


>Those would have been some big snakes.
The two on the bottom ARE snakes. The one on the top is a stegosaur.
Other than that, a horned toad does not have a "great spiked tail" with which it can tip canoes over...

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Message 47 of 112 (106336)
05-07-2004 2:31 PM
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quote:
Other than that, a horned toad does not have a "great spiked tail" with which it can tip canoes over...
What about the Great Bear that made the furrows down the side of Devil's Tower with his claws?
(We geology types call it 'columnar jointing')
Again, what you need is a fossil like the ones I previously mentioned, that would remove all doubt. The Paluxy tracks are a step in at least the right philosophical direction, the use of fossil evidence. Science hinges on such demonstrable, material facts. We don't have a lot of use for legends, by themselves.
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redwolf
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Message 48 of 112 (106354)
05-07-2004 4:05 PM
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05-07-2004 2:31 PM


My guess as to why you don't have much in the way of human and dinosaur fossils together, and there seems to be more than one reason, would be as follows.
Humans have always lived near water for the most part; elaine Morgan in fact makes a fairly compelling case that we were originally aquatic.
That says that most of the places which humans inhabited prior to the flood are now beneath the waves. There was simply never as much water on the Earth before the flood as there is now. If there had been, then given the hotter climate of the hipsothermal, we'd have probably all drowned as you might note in the latest piece of leftwing outlaw-the-internal-combustion-engine garbage coming out of Hollywood.

Finding Cities in all the Wrong Places

Given standard theories wrt the history of our solar system and our
own planet, nobody should be finding cities and villages on Mars, 2100 feet
beneath the waves off Cuba, or buried under two miles of Antarctic ice.
Those interested in the city off Cuba should do google searches on the three words 'cuba', 'city', and
'Zelitsky' from time to time.
That says that we are, for the most part, now living in areas which would have been viewed as plateaus and sparsely if at all populated prior to the flood. That also says that you should not expect to find a whole lot of anything in the way of antediluvian (human) fossils lying around.
Moreover, it seems likely to me that, while there were leftover dinosaurs kicking around four or five thousand years ago, humans probably did not live in the main age of dinosaurs on this planet. In particular, I cannot picture humans living around raptors without modern weaponry. Midrashim in particular describes a number of animals such as the reem in precisely the way you'd expect leftover dinosaurs to be described i.e. as curiosities at a time just prior to and shortly after the flood.
I would GUESS that the main age of dinosaurs was somewhere backwards from 10K to a few tens of thousands of years back, but not 65 million.
In the case of Mishipishu, the water panther, we have an animal which has no adaptation for an aquatic life at all, nonetheless, after the change in gravity which killed off all the remaining dinosaurs and larger pleistocene megafauna, the stegosaur, or those of him left, tried to adapt by moving into the water. It obviously did not work out too well for him or he'd still be there in the Mississippi river.
The thread on the topic of dinosaurs and gravity is at:
http://EvC Forum: Dinosaurs and the reduced felt effect of gravity -->EvC Forum: Dinosaurs and the reduced felt effect of gravity

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Message 49 of 112 (106380)
05-07-2004 5:14 PM
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05-07-2004 4:05 PM


My guess as to why you don't have much in the way of human and dinosaur fossils together, and there seems to be more than one reason, would be as follows.
Humans have always lived near water for the most part; elaine Morgan in fact makes a fairly compelling case that we were originally aquatic.
And virtually all carnivorous dinosaurs were excellent swimmers and many lived near water. So we would be finding human and dinosaur bones together.

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redwolf
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Message 50 of 112 (106408)
05-07-2004 6:14 PM
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05-07-2004 5:14 PM


>And virtually all carnivorous dinosaurs were excellent swimmers...
How do you know that?

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gene90
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Message 51 of 112 (106598)
05-08-2004 12:27 PM
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05-07-2004 4:05 PM


Sorry, I'm not into conspiracy theories. Especially those I don't believe in, and until now, haven't seen any connection to the Flood. Because I can't prove that those conspiracies are invalid I'm going to pass them over.
quote:
There was simply never as much water on the Earth before the flood as there is now.
Are you refering to the amount of "water" in the total system (glaciers, etc) or sea level?
According to conventional science sea level is pretty low right now.
Late Cretaceous:
Early Devonian:
From to scotese.com
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Message 52 of 112 (106604)
05-08-2004 1:13 PM
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05-08-2004 12:27 PM


Global sea water level
Hi,
Never heard about the Haq & al. curve?
From : Haq, B. U., J. Hardenbol, and P. R. Vail. 1988. Mesozoic and cenozoic chronostratigraphy and cycles of sea-level changes, in Sea-Level changes: An integrated approach. Spec. Publ. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral, 42:71-108.
If needed, I have a xls file, if you fancy drafting it with your personal scaling.
Denesha

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gene90
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Message 53 of 112 (106640)
05-08-2004 4:48 PM
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Re: Global sea water level
Not jarring any memories, but I recognize Vail's name in the reference. Of course, he's been all over sequence stratigraphy.
It sounds like something I could have/might have used in a Milankovitch cycles paper a semester ago.
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Message 54 of 112 (106696)
05-08-2004 9:33 PM
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05-07-2004 6:14 PM


Well, gee. They have long, powerful legs that end with long toes. They have long, powerful tails. They have streamlined bodies. We have tracks that show a theropod chasing a group of large ornithopods out of water. Besides, carnivorous vertebrates as a whole tend to be rather good swimmers.

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Message 55 of 112 (107959)
05-13-2004 1:29 PM
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05-08-2004 9:33 PM


I don't see how strong legs and a tail would help keep a Rex's head above water for breathing purposes. Have any further explanation? How would you swim, in a horizontal position, and support your head above water with tiny arms? A tail wouldn't help.

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Message 56 of 112 (107981)
05-13-2004 3:38 PM
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05-08-2004 9:33 PM


One might also point out that virtually all predatory lizards, crocodiles, and alligators are superb swimmers. The first vertebrate to re-occupy Krakatoa after the explosion was the asian water monitor.
( http://www.homoexcelsior.com/...ve/speculation/msg22371.page )
Crocs and alligators speak for themselves.
A T. rex might have had trouble maneuvering its front section with those tiny arms, but don't underestimate the power of its tail. It was a pretty significant portion of the body weight, and almost all muscle. Besides, even if they never went in the water, they must have visited regularly. What does it matter? One exception to the rule....

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Message 57 of 112 (108037)
05-13-2004 7:26 PM
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05-13-2004 1:29 PM


I don't see how strong legs and a tail would help keep a Rex's head above water for breathing purposes.
There are plenty of other carnivorous dinosaurs besides Tyrannosaurus rex. So a T. rex may not have been that great at swimming. Big whoop. There's still Spinosaurus, Allosaurus, Deinonychus, Utahraptor, Deltadromeus, Dryptosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Dick Clark, etc.
support your head above water with tiny arms?
This is something known as the "primate bias". Simply put, humans have a hard time envisioning how something can be effective without long arms. Besides, arms aren't necessary for swimming.

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Message 58 of 112 (108048)
05-13-2004 9:14 PM
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Here is a photo of an alligator's head and an artist's conception of a Tyrannosaurus. The alligator is a modern reptile that is able to keep its nostrils out of the water while swimming because they are raised slightly. It therefore does not have to lift its head out of the water much to swim, and it becomes hidden in the water so it can sneak up on prey. The T. rex has similar nostrils, and may have been able to do the same thing. It may be simple coincidence though.
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Message 59 of 112 (108520)
05-16-2004 12:30 AM
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05-13-2004 9:14 PM


Could it not just be a left over? after all dinosaurs most likely evolved from croc like creatures.
Like humans have and another set of eyelids(that little thing in the corner of your eye) which is a useless left over

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Message 60 of 112 (108523)
05-16-2004 12:37 AM


the Idea of dinosaurs living with Humans isn't absurd! I just finished cleaning my Dinosaur pen and collected the eggs! I also went to KFC and got a 12 piece Bucket!(tasted like what it is CHICKEN!) However if you mean Humans living with stegosaurs , T- rexes etc... that IS Absurd
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