Scientists find soft tissue in T-Rex fossil

AuroEdge · Post by **AuroEdge** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:03 pm

Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Bone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil dug out of a hunk of sandstone has yielded soft tissue, including blood vessels and perhaps even whole cells, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Paleontologists forced to break the creature's massive thighbone to get it on a helicopter found not a solid piece of fossilized bone, but instead something looking a bit less like a rock. When they got it into a lab and chemically removed the hard minerals, they found what looked like blood vessels, bone cells and perhaps even blood cells. "They are transparent, they are flexible," said Mary Higby Schweitzer of North Carolina State University and Montana State University, who conducted the study. She said the vessels were flexible and in some cases their contents could be squeezed out.

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Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:26 pm

Let the clonage begin!

I reckon they should clone them, but breed them small. Like those miniature ponies or something. So you would have a T-Rex, but it'd only be the size of a large dog or something. Sure it could do a lot of damage even at that size, but so can tigers and animals like that. Just make sure it's properly secured.

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:24 pm

Wasn't this one pulled out of Weekly World News?

Edit:It's not. Score one for the creationists.

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:03 pm

Skynet wrote:Let the clonage begin!

I reckon they should clone them, but breed them small. Like those miniature ponies or something. So you would have a T-Rex, but it'd only be the size of a large dog or something. Sure it could do a lot of damage even at that size, but so can tigers and animals like that. Just make sure it's properly secured.

An elephant sized Trex would be nice.

Post by **melancholy** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:27 pm

Skynet wrote:So you would have a T-Rex, but it'd only be the size of a large dog or something.

Yeah, and then we could make them fight and place bets on it and stuff. Ooh, and have announcers like a monster truck rally.

"Millions of years of evolution has come down to one night! Watch two miniature beasts of the past square off to make each other extinct again! It's the fearsome Tinyasaurus Rex versus the evil Mini Meat! Who will survive and who will become fossil fuel? Find out this Saturday...Saturday...Saturday..."

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:43 pm

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:50 pm

EvilN wrote:Wasn't this one pulled out of Weekly World News?

Edit:It's not. Score one for the creationists.

You mean score one for the evolutionists, as creationists don't believe in the fossil record.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:01 pm

Yeah well who cares what EvilN says anyway

Post by **Roofus** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:03 pm

EvilN wrote:Wasn't this one pulled out of Weekly World News?

Edit:It's not. Score one for the creationists.

How do you figure?

greay · Post by **greay** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:03 pm

toastman wrote:
EvilN wrote:Wasn't this one pulled out of Weekly World News?

Edit:It's not. Score one for the creationists.
You mean score one for the evolutionists, as creationists don't believe in the fossil record.

The stuff was obviously placed there by the devil to get us to turn away from God.

Oh, and ROFL @ Mel.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:34 pm

Man Jurassic Park!

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:37 pm

How do you figure?

I'll answer you and toastman's question with a question...is it really possible for bone marrow and blood to survive for MILLENIA without decaying?

And by creationists, I meant people who think that dinosaurs lived FAR later than was said, and what killed them was the flood/ice age/comment that destroyed lemuria.

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:39 pm

EvilN wrote:
How do you figure?
I'll answer you and toastman's question with a question...is it really possible for bone marrow and blood to survive for MILLENIA without decaying?

Yes.

Edit: beleive it or not EvilN Alamaba Homeschool education doesn't teach someone like you everything you need to know about advanced biochemistry. Sorry.

Skater_dusto · Post by **Skater_dusto** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:49 pm

Random_Troll wrote:
EvilN wrote:
How do you figure?
I'll answer you and toastman's question with a question...is it really possible for bone marrow and blood to survive for MILLENIA without decaying?
Yes.

Edit: beleive it or not EvilN Alamaba Homeschool education doesn't teach someone like you everything you need to know about advanced biochemistry. Sorry.

I've never used this lame-ass internet acronym/annoying nerd thing but I beleive I'm entitled to saying it once without being flamed................. here it goes "EVILN GOT PWNED BY RT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111WONWONWON"

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:39 am

Do I see this thread turning into pages and pages of EvilN pwnage? If this page is any indicator...

Then yes.

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:35 am

EvilN wrote:I meant people who think that dinosaurs lived FAR later than was said, and what killed them was the flood/ice age/comment that destroyed lemuria.

Like the people who wrote this
"Lemuria

Description
Lemuria was an ancient civilization which existed prior to and during the time of Atlantis. Physically, it is believed that Lemuria existed largely in the Southern Pacific, between North America and Asia/Australia. Lemuria is also sometimes referred to as Mu, or the Motherland (of Mu). At its peak of civilization, the Lemurian people were both highly evolved and very spiritual. While concrete physical evidence of this ancient continent may be difficult to find, many people "know" that they have a strong connection to Lemuria."

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:27 am

Lemuria was an ancient civilization which existed prior to and during the time of Atlantis. Physically, it is believed that Lemuria existed largely in the Southern Pacific, between North America and Asia/Australia. Lemuria is also sometimes referred to as Mu, or the Motherland (of Mu). At its peak of civilization, the Lemurian people were both highly evolved and very spiritual. While concrete physical evidence of this ancient continent may be difficult to find, many people "know" that they have a strong connection to Lemuria."

Yes...

Egotistical EvilN · Post by **Egotistical EvilN** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:03 am

Edit: beleive it or not EvilN Alamaba Homeschool education doesn't teach someone like you everything you need to know about advanced biochemistry. Sorry.

No, explain to me, how since the average human bloodcell lives less than a year, how a reptile one could survive for literaly 8,000,000 times that?

And yes, that is Lemuria/Mu. Now, go read up on it, the comet that took half of the planet with it, the face on mars that mirrors the egyptian pyramids, and the aliens known as the marduk.

Then, you'll have a SLIGHT grasping of REAL history.

Also, how Yellowstone is about to explode, and the mayans predicted it: the year 2015.

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:26 pm

EvilN wrote:
Edit: beleive it or not EvilN Alamaba Homeschool education doesn't teach someone like you everything you need to know about advanced biochemistry. Sorry.
No, explain to me, how since the average human bloodcell lives less than a year, how a reptile one could survive for literaly 8,000,000 times that?

Ok, let's read the first sentence of the article:

A 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil dug out of a hunk of sandstone has yielded soft tissue, including blood vessels and perhaps even whole cells, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

I highlighted the important passage for you.

Now, if I were to speculate, I'd guess this dinosaur is something similar to a sand mummy. Hot sand is well known for drying and preserving things. You can try it yourself. Get some sand, bury a chicken in it and heat it with a heat lamp. In a month or so, you'll have your own sand mummy. Over a period of 70 million years, sand becomes sandstone along with whatever was buried in the sand.

Ice is also a very good preservative. Our entire society is based on this. Your average steak will last two or three days. In the refrigerator, maybe 10 days. In the freezer, it'll last indefinitely. This is proven in nature by all the whole frozen mammoths, ?tzi and the Kennewick Man

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:19 pm

And yes, that is Lemuria/Mu. Now, go read up on it, the comet that took half of the planet with it, the face on mars that mirrors the egyptian pyramids, and the aliens known as the marduk.

No buddy. There was never a Mu. Only Atlantis. And Atlantis is the South Pole. Maybe you are confusing the two.

And there was no comet, it was a the shifting of the polar ice caps. There is evidence of 3 ice caps in the magnetic fossil record.