Scientists recover T. rex soft tissue

[owa]

You guys and your crazy theories, this isn't a sci-fi film. They won't clone it 10X bigger, and they probably won't clone it at all.

 

[Smith|]

This is the biggest piece of bull**** I have ever red in my whole life.
The earth isn't over 70 million years old. It's around 6005 years old.
The Dino's are dead, you ain't seeing them again.

Just so you know, the earth is about 4.5 BILLION years old. 4,500,000,000 years old. Yes.

 

[Deman]

Just so you know, the earth is about 4.5 BILLION years old. 4,500,000,000 years old. Yes.

:\ Seriously.

And Forte, please, let's not turn this into a creationism vs evolution thread. The side that believes in creationism will stick to their guns as well as those who believe in evolution. Then we'll just end up with people hatin on eachother over something that really doesn't change a thing about how a person lives. These people believe something different than you, you can at least humor them. Besides, if you take out the part of a 70 million year old fossil, then it's something believable, IE they found a fossil with soft tissue in it, which is certainly irregular.

 

[owa]

This is the biggest piece of bull**** I have ever red in my whole life.
The earth isn't over 70 million years old. It's around 6005 years old.
The Dino's are dead, you ain't seeing them again.

hahahahahahahahahahaha. Please don't argue with evidence, hard proof. You just sound stupid if you do.

 

[Deman]

OWA... read my post above. Do not argue the point. The topic of this thread isn't how old the earth is, but the fact that soft tissue was discovered in a T. Rex fossil

 

[Jesus]

and that tissue will eventually lead to me being one of these!

 

[Rocky]

No I just realised something, Niobe is right, I mean you can't ride an actual T-Rex, I mean think of the security issues, like its not exactly possible to push the lock button on your dino and prevent people from stealing it. This ain't the old west and people tend to steal stuff that isn't bolted down. I mean come on, show me a steering wheel lock that will fit onto a dinosaur without twisting its head off.

Alas, Gir and my dreams of Dino-riding will never come to pass.

/me cries.

 

[Jesus]

i dont think ull have to worry about that, the dino will be trained to know you. so anyone else who tries to ride without your permission is gonna get chomped

who needs an alarm? >;]

 

[Eon]

It's a prehistoric animal with a prehistoric mind, I think actually training one would be VERY hard.

But however, if it were to be cloned, it would have to be from an animal with similar traits to it, (like the wooly mammoth being inserted into an elephant egg, and inheriting some traits from the elephant.)

and the only creature I think even remotely close to a T-Rex now is the Komodo Dragon...and that's not very close.

 

[Jedi Vegeta]

It's a prehistoric animal with a prehistoric mind, I think actually training one would be VERY hard.

But however, if it were to be cloned, it would have to be from an animal with similar traits to it, (like the wooly mammoth being inserted into an elephant egg, and inheriting some traits from the elephant.)

and the only creature I think even remotely close to a T-Rex now is the Komodo Dragon...and that's not very close.

yea....nothin close to it at all. The article mentioned that they THOUGHT the ostrich was similar to it...but all i know is if they manage to clone one....they better have frickin' laser beams attached to their heads :laff:

 

[Rocky]

Alligators and Crocodiles are kinda close to Dino's, but Gir makes an interesting point, they could have some kind of natural spiritual connection to their owner and they don't ride unless its that particular person, but I mean one of these would cost a fair bit and if it got stolen you'd be kinda screwed.

 

[Optimus Prime]

they are not teore's, they are all from top experts.
and i dont look at the movie when i'm studying something, i look in books, sites and other things that makes all sence

First of all, even though something comes out of the mouth of an expert, it's still a <b>theory</b>. Second of all, the internet is full of crap, when I'm doing research I never trust "dot coms" so to speak. Thirdly, there is no way we can know exactly how the dinosaurs lived because we weren't there. Experts can assume and theorize but in reality, we really just don't know.

we have powerfull weapons yes but the weapons that are the best to use are useless agains raptors, they realy know what to do in every situation.

So you're meaning to tell me, that if scientists somehow cloned a raptor, and pointed a gun at it, even though it's never seen a gun before let alone a human, it would know to a) attack or b) flee simply because of the fact that it's a raptor.

Niobe, when you read your books and internet sites about things that are billions of years old, no matter how widely accepted they are, you have to realize they're still just speculation and theories.

 

[DiebytheSword]

Niobe, when you read your books and internet sites about things that are billions of years old, no matter how widely accepted they are, you have to realize they're still just speculation and theories.

There are historical issues about things just 50 years old, do we know 100% how and why Kennedy was killed? No, we don't.

Cloning is probably not possible, as I am unsure even an ostritch egg would be the proper incubator for the Tyrannosaurus.

There are guns that will cut a T-Rex to ribbons. Remember, the readily available Browning .50 Machine Guns, any Mini Gun, and any anti tank weponry would outright kill a T-Rex. You do not need to be shot through the skull to die, and last I checked, T-Rex has alot of gut and chest.

Forget about A-10 mounted depleted uranium shells. They tear tanks into tiny shards of shrapnel with a half second burst.

Tanks cannot be readily deployed in urban areas. An elephant gun will likely be the first line of defense.

Whether or not T-Rex can run is an issue of debate as much as the predator vs. scavanger debate or the warm/cold blooded debate. The fact is, we know next to nothing about T-Rex, and there are many mysteries concerning the skull alone.

It is somewhat accepted that T-Rex was a pack hunter, with the younger Rex chasing down the prey, Raptor Style, and the older Rex's coming in for the Komodo style "kill you in a day" wound.

Jurassic Park has many clever uses of scientific debate, especially in the much more scientific books. For instance, the "it see's like a frog, don't move" is blasted almost consistantly by experts because T-Rex's olfactory sensors are HUGE. If it's that close, it can locate you by scent. Further eye socket analysis seemed to indicate that it had extremely sharp vision, and may have had limited binocular vision at a distance. A small raptorish cousin of T-Rex seemed to proove this point by having 100% binocular vision in screaming color. If these things are true, than T-Rex was likely a savage predator. If it was cold blooded, and could barely run, it would likely be a scavanger.

Not to push the evolution vs. creation idea further, soft tissue in a 35 million year old rock shell is bad evidence for evolution people. Soft tissue lasts less than 10,000 years due to internal bacteria in the digestive system. If T-Rex was cold blooded, it was literally infested with microbes. There would be no marrow left.

Further, 30 million year old tissue shouldn't be pliant. I want the number of his funeral director.

 

[Rocky]

There are historical issues about things just 50 years old, do we know 100% how and why Kennedy was killed? No, we don't.

Cloning is probably not possible, as I am unsure even an ostritch egg would be the proper incubator for the Tyrannosaurus.

There are guns that will cut a T-Rex to ribbons. Remember, the readily available Browning .50 Machine Guns, any Mini Gun, and any anti tank weponry would outright kill a T-Rex. You do not need to be shot through the skull to die, and last I checked, T-Rex has alot of gut and chest.

Forget about A-10 mounted depleted uranium shells. They tear tanks into tiny shards of shrapnel with a half second burst.

Tanks cannot be readily deployed in urban areas. An elephant gun will likely be the first line of defense.

Whether or not T-Rex can run is an issue of debate as much as the predator vs. scavanger debate or the warm/cold blooded debate. The fact is, we know next to nothing about T-Rex, and there are many mysteries concerning the skull alone.

It is somewhat accepted that T-Rex was a pack hunter, with the younger Rex chasing down the prey, Raptor Style, and the older Rex's coming in for the Komodo style "kill you in a day" wound.

Jurassic Park has many clever uses of scientific debate, especially in the much more scientific books. For instance, the "it see's like a frog, don't move" is blasted almost consistantly by experts because T-Rex's olfactory sensors are HUGE. If it's that close, it can locate you by scent. Further eye socket analysis seemed to indicate that it had extremely sharp vision, and may have had limited binocular vision at a distance. A small raptorish cousin of T-Rex seemed to proove this point by having 100% binocular vision in screaming color. If these things are true, than T-Rex was likely a savage predator. If it was cold blooded, and could barely run, it would likely be a scavanger.

Not to push the evolution vs. creation idea further, soft tissue in a 35 million year old rock shell is bad evidence for evolution people. Soft tissue lasts less than 10,000 years due to internal bacteria in the digestive system. If T-Rex was cold blooded, it was literally infested with microbes. There would be no marrow left.

Further, 30 million year old tissue shouldn't be pliant. I want the number of his funeral director.

Yeah but admit it, you too would love to ride one of these to work. I know I would.

 

[Sentient]

call it playing god if you like, but since we are capable of things like this, i think its ok to do it.all knowledge should be used.

We have the knowledge, and are capable of nuking this earth like 13 times..
Think we should do it?

I think i understand what you are gettin' at, but that's kinda of an unthoughfull statement.. :]
Not all the knowledge mankind gains is good, and even if it is, we usually find a way to fudge up that good intention anyway..