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This shot was taken from 'Walking with Dinosaurs' in Dec 2010.
Dad was with me & we both enjoy the show.
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Fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the last two million years of the Cretaceous Period, 67 to 65.5 million years ago.
It was the largest known land predators, measuring up to 12.8 m (42 ft) in length,
up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall at the hips and up to 6.8 metric tons (7.5 short tons) in weight.
The debate about whether Tyrannosaurus was a predator or a pure scavenger is as old as the debate about its locomotion. Ever since the first discovery of Tyrannosaurus most scientists have speculated that it was a predator; like modern large predators it would readily scavenge or steal another predator's kill if it had the opportunity.
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Mandible of cave hyaena at Natural History Museum, London.
Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss, 1832
Hyaenidae
Carnivora
Skull of Acanthostega gunnari at Cambridge Zoology Museum.
Acanthostega gunnari
Acanthostegidae
Order incertae sedis
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: †Gnathorhizidae
Genus: †Gnathorhiza
Species: †G. noblensis
Skull and jaw casts of Proconsul africanus, a Miocene primate, at Manchester Museum.
Proconsul africanus Hopwood, 1933
Proconsulidae
Primates
The for some reason not very well known elephant bird was a giant flightless bird, far bigger and heavier than the African ostrich, that lived on Madagascar. They became extinct not too long ago, in the 17th century.
I have received official word that Ghirardelli has discontinued my favourite chocolate. (Also known as Milk Chocolate with Chocolate Filling, in bar form.)
I fell in love with this chocolate in the summer of 2003, when I first encountered it in Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco CA.
So sad. I was on a serious mission to get these all year with little luck (except a bar from Eric and a package thanks to Shirley!) All they have left are the ones with stuff in them, or the dark chocolate only. *sigh* I know it's not the end of the world, but I still feel sad about this.
I have two of these squares left, and now I'm afraid to eat them! What to do.......
L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival,
Docklands. March 19th, 2011
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One of my most depressing photos. This nice fellow is the last of his kind and his species will extinct when he leaves his last breath. The poachers left noone else alive except another 4 rhinos kept in other zoos and which are past breeding age...
Mount Maunganui, or Mauao is an extinct volcanic cone at the end of a peninsula and the town of Mount Maunganui, by the eastern entrance to the Tauranga Harbour in New Zealand. A small island located off Mount Maunganui's main beach, Moturiki Island has been the site of Moturiki Pa, Moturiki Quarry, Marineland and Leisure Island. Today it is a protected reserve and home to a wide variety of wildlife which includes a colony of little blue penguins.