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Tidgy's Dad

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There's a good prog on at the mo called Dinosaur Britain on ITV - all about the dinos found.
They were just at Cardiff Museum looking at what they think is the oldest specimen found in Britain.
Discovered at Lavenock 2 years ago - a small meat eater.
Doesn't have a name yet.
Lots of palaeontologists.
Must get my chappie to get me a copy of this.
Know of the Lavernock theropod, wonderful.
Thanks, Lyn.
 

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Its quiet here tonight and now I must disappear too.
So have a good evening/night and I'll catch up tomorrow.
Night all!!
Very best of luck tomorrow Lyn.
See you when you get home.
I've been zipping about other threads this evening.
Sleep well!.
 

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A woodpecker tongue can extend two thirds of it's body length.
it's covered in sticky saliva, vicious barbs and has an 'ear' at the end of it, so it can listen to it's prey.
It can't fit it's tongue in it's mouth, so it is wrapped around the back of the brain and rests against the back of its eye sockets.
This is often used as an argument for creationists who claim that only a creator could have made such a bizarre thing and it couldn't possibly have evolved.
It can beat it's head 15 or 16 times a second against the wood with 1000Gs of force, 250 times more than an astronaut is subjected to.
it has lots of muscle and cartilage around its brain to act as shock-absorbers.
 
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