VOLCANO MADNESS: Re: [Geology2] Could there still be soft tissue inside the bones of an 80-million-year-old T. Rex?

Friday, December 24, 2010

Re: [Geology2] Could there still be soft tissue inside the bones of an 80-million-year-old T. Rex?

Nah. I'm used to handling 'gators and wild snakes. The problem I forsee is providing enough food for the critter and a proper enclosure with enough warmth--that is IF said T was an ectotherm. Of course, that's one of the questions that would be answered by a living creature.

Hmm... perhaps I could ease into this with a half dozen Compsognathi? The ultimate would be a raptor, of course. Oh, we'd have to build a Carnatosaurus, a Spineosaurus, a Pterodon, and a few extinct penguins. I could easily say I had lived a full life if I saw any of these creatures.

Lin

PS Forgot... Gallimimus. And an Archeopteryx. Yeah.

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Allison Loukanis <allison.m.loukanis@att.net> wrote:

lol he might eat you! Allison

--- On Fri, 12/24/10, Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Could there still be soft tissue inside the bones of an 80-million-year-old T. Rex?
To: geology2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, December 24, 2010, 1:48 AM

Why, yes. That's why I want one. :-)

Lin

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Allison Loukanis <allison.m.loukanis@att.net> wrote:

OH for Pete's sake.. a T Rex? Has no one seen Jurassic Park? Allison

Allis--- On Wed, 12/22/10, Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Could there still be soft tissue inside the bones of an 80-million-year-old T. Rex?
To: geology2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 11:21 PM

Holy cow! That's too freaking cool. I want one!

:-)

Lin

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Victor Healey <4.vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote:

Could there still be soft tissue inside the bones of an 80-million-year-old T. Rex? You will meet America's most prominent paleontologist and his team who think so in our next piece. Jack Horner was the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film "Jurassic Park." The Montana-based fossil sleuth who, together with his team, has found more T. Rex specimens than anyone else, is on a mission, he tells Lesley Stahl. "I want to know everything, everything we can know about [dinosaurs] and make one if we can." Yes, he wants to make a dinosaur and thinks he can do it within five years!

Watch a preview of "60 Minutes Presents: Into The Wild."