Amateur explorers also discovered footprint ‘track ways’

NEW DELHI - Three Indian explorers have recovered more than 100 fossilized eggs of dinosaurs in a remote area in a central Indian state, a news report said Monday.

The amateurs also found footprints of the dinosaurs through which they could also trace the ‘track way’ of the now extinct heavy animals, The Hindustan Times Web site quoted Vishal Verma, one of them, as saying.

All the eggs were discovered from a single nesting site in Kukshi-Bagh area, some 95 miles southwest of Indore, a key city of Madhya Pradesh state.

“These animals used to come from far away areas to lay eggs on the sandy banks of the rivers in this area, identified scientifically as Lameta bed,” Verma said.

The dinosaurs were 40-90 feet in length, Verma said.

The richest dinosaur field in India is in the “Deccan Traps” near Jabalpur, a town also in Madhya Pradesh state.

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needs a furcut.

Birthday: Oct. 20, 2006

Likes to run around the house and nibble on things… especially small rugs and carpets. Likes getting clean and tummy rubs.

Koffee - 14 weeks old

From wikipedia:

The Shih Tzu breed and The Imperial Shih Tzu ,or lion dog is characterized by its long flowing double coat; sturdy build; intelligence; and a friendly, lively attitude. In breeding all coat colors are allowed. The Shih Tzu’s hair can be styled either in a short summer cut, or kept long as is compulsory for

conformation shows. They are reputed to be a hypoallergenic pet. Although owners do not generally find hair on furniture or clothes, Shih Tzu’s do shed small amounts.Although generally outgoing and friendly, the Shih Tzu definitely has an attitude that cries to be spoiled. However, poorly bred dogs of the breed can be excitable, noisy, and snappy. Shih Tzus will almost literally do anything for food and look for any kind of chance to eat something other than just dog food. Though Shih Tzu are generally good with children, they become easily jealous of babies and toddlers. Poorly bred ones may snap if bothered by rambunctious children. Well-bred Shih Tzu are, as the Breed Standard calls for, affectionate to all people and should never show aggression to people or children. Because they are small, they can be injured by small children, and therefore are better suited for older children, particularly those who enjoy combing his hair.Shih Tzus are intelligent, and can be trained for obedience competitions and for good manners around the home. They can be stubborn, so persistence and consistency are definite pluses in training methods. Punishment makes this dog shut down, so training should also be low-key and motivational.

Nudibranchs are sea slugs. There are more than 3,000 described species.

Body forms can vary wildly. They lack a mantle cavity and are soft and spongy when you touch them. These creatures are tiny, their size varies from 4 to 600 mm so you have to take pictures of them on macro mode.

They are carnivorous and some are cannibals, even eating other sea slugs, or on some occassions, members of their own species. There are also groups that feed on sponges, tunicates and barnacles.

They occur worldwide at all depths, but they reach their greatest size and variation in warm, shallow waters.

Among them can be found the most colorful creatures on earth. Because sea slugs, in the course of evolution, have lost their shell, they have had to evolve another means of defense: camouflage, through color patterns that make them invisible or warn off predators as being distasteful or poisonous.

And Nemo asked, “how old can a turtle live for?”

We were diving at Mabini, Batangas last year. The turtle was feeding on some sponges when we nearly ran over him. He had good camouflage with the rocks. He was about 3-4ft long and his shell had some jagged edges. Battle wounds or old age?

From Wikipedia:

The Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a

sea turtle that is distinguished by the following characteristics.

• beak like mouth
• elongated head tapering sharply to a point
• V-shaped lower jaw
• bird like appearance
• alternating gait on land (compared to the Green Sea Turtle or Leatherback Sea Turtle)
• flippers with two claws on each
• heart shaped carapaces on younger age which elongates in maturity
• unusually thick scutes mostly overlapping at the posterior
• plastron scutes are white or yellowish, sometimes with little dark pigmentation

It has also 4 pairs of frontal scutes and the epidermal scutes overlaying the bones build the turtle’s shell. Additionally, it has 2 pairs of prefrontal scales.

Are the deep sea creatures making a cry for help?

I remember there was a hoax email sent out before right after the tsunami hit… but this one seems legit.

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Scientists say they videotaped this rare frilled shark shortly before it died. The shark normally lives about 2,000 feet below the surface.

“The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.

Marine park staff caught the 5 foot (1.6 meter) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a “living fossil” because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times. ”

Got this from CNN.