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Who needs Palaeontologists anyhow...?
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Feb. 28th, 2008 | 03:49 pm
Certainly not the Daily Mirror..that's for sure..
In today's edition they report upon a DINOSAUR sea monster that has been discovered in the Arctic Island chain of Svalbard...their science editor..Mike Swain...whilst putting together his copy obviously couldn't be arsed seeking quotes from a proper qualified bone digger..so just got himself a number of quotes from a certain Richard Forrest self-styled Plesiosaur expert to add credibility to his piece..
They shouldn't have bothered..he can't be that much of an expert..and I quote..
'A large Pliosaur would have been able to pick up a small car and bite it in half ..'
Now, granted...I'm not a palaeontologist. although I can spell it..in fact I'm not a boffin of any description..although by chance of fate I am related by marriage to several top notch intellects...but I'm pretty sure that cars..even small ones..weren't around a hundred and fifty million years ago..and especially not in the Arctic circle.
In today's edition they report upon a DINOSAUR sea monster that has been discovered in the Arctic Island chain of Svalbard...their science editor..Mike Swain...whilst putting together his copy obviously couldn't be arsed seeking quotes from a proper qualified bone digger..so just got himself a number of quotes from a certain Richard Forrest self-styled Plesiosaur expert to add credibility to his piece..
They shouldn't have bothered..he can't be that much of an expert..and I quote..
'A large Pliosaur would have been able to pick up a small car and bite it in half ..'
Now, granted...I'm not a palaeontologist. although I can spell it..in fact I'm not a boffin of any description..although by chance of fate I am related by marriage to several top notch intellects...but I'm pretty sure that cars..even small ones..weren't around a hundred and fifty million years ago..and especially not in the Arctic circle.
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date: Feb. 28th, 2008 05:26 pm (UTC)
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Oi!!
You certainly need palaeontologists when we're happily discussing tyrannosaur mating strategy... ;-P Richard is NOT going to be happy (and he's certainly not going to talk to Paul or Terry the next time they randomly find themselves at the SVPCA dinner). He's actually a PhD student, and I'm fine with the idea of us students getting to have a say, especially if it's our pet area. I long for the day when I'm one of the "talking heads" wheeled out on the BBC website to comment on the latest discovery of Awesomeosaurus!
And you spelled "palaeontologist" wrong on the left-hand side. And indeed linked to the wrong website...
</pedantic rant>
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Aah..I do love a bit of pedantry
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date: Feb. 28th, 2008 05:46 pm (UTC)
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date: Feb. 29th, 2008 12:58 pm (UTC)
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Still, it provided a bit of amusement.
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date: Feb. 29th, 2008 03:45 pm (UTC)
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