Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed

[minidog]

The fossilised skull of a colossal "sea monster" has been unearthed along the UK's Jurassic Coast.

The ferocious predator, which is called a pliosaur, terrorised the oceans 150 million years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8322000/8322629.stm

 

[Lungzyn]

I heard about this. Blue Whales are a lot bigger, so...:dunno:
Its big for a pliosaur like they said though

 

[Spleen]

Why do they automatically presume it's a "ferocious predator" just because it's big and powerful? Elephants are big and powerful...

 

[Friday on my mind]

Why do they automatically presume it's a "ferocious predator" just because it's big and powerful? Elephants are big and powerful...

Think they can tell such things by the teeth and other features.


These kinds of creatures real or imagined made for some great 50s sci-fi movies.A few atom bomb tests and whamo you have awakened somehow a monster from the past to terrorize the world.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

Maybe the foot and a half long, razor sharp teeth attached to a 10 foot long skull that has as much power per square foot as a crocodile is a dead giveaway.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

Why do they automatically presume it's a "ferocious predator" just because it's big and powerful? Elephants are big and powerful...

According to commericals, elephants drink milk with little children and are named Brandon.

 

[Spleen]

Maybe the foot and a half long, razor sharp teeth attached to a 10 foot long skull that has as much power per square foot as a crocodile is a dead giveaway.

I have foot long razor sharp teeth too, but am I a predator? Fuck no. I'm an upstanding citizen.

 

[Mauser98k]

badass. too bad they're not still around. might make ocean voyages a bit more interesting, eh?

 

[Legzman]

I just watched a show last week on animal planet called "lost tapes" where they theorize that one of these creatures still inhabits the waters of the coast of Manchester or someplace like that. Lots of mysterious disappearances of sailors. Boats found engines still running and idol with no signs of life anywhere!

Not to hard to imagine a species from the dinosaur era surviving all these millions of years unchanged, when you consider we've only explored like 5% of the worlds oceans.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

^^ Nessie lives!

 

[maildude]

I wouldn't worry about it nowadays, though. The oceans are so damned polluted, no self-respecting sea monster would be caught dead in them.

 

[meesterperfect]

good thread thanks
there were many types of these animals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliosaur
I suppose fossils are hard to come by since most are sccattered and buried under the ocean.
Man thats as buried as you can get.

 

[slasher]

I saw this earlier on another site. The article I saw said the thing had an 8 foot long skull and could have eaten a T Rex for breakfast. :eek: