1.”The estuarine crocodile is 23-feet long, as reported in the Guinness Book of World Records.”
That’s a pretty big dinosaur! Or at least what the preachers of evolution, claim is the nearest relative of the dinosaur(along with finches of course!).
2. The Komodo Dragon “The largest verified wild specimen was 3.13 meters (10 ft 3 in) long and weighed 166 kilograms (365 lb)”.
That could easily be considered a “terrible lizard”(you know a “dino-saur”). Not only is it big enough to kill you with its mouth or tail, it’s even venomous!
3. Longest Anacondas on record are argued between 32ft. 9.5in. and 42.5ft. That is large enough to eat you, a friend and your pets. Hmmm. A giant reptile!
The only reason these aren’t considered dinosaurs is because they contradict the current state/world religion.
58 comments
Even if what you said about them "not being considered as dinosaurs" is true, despite the fact I've heard a number nature programs refer to them as the last living dinosaurs or such, that neglects to address the facts that we've found these other dinosaurs that were around millions of years before we were and that we can prove it.
Hmm, a humanoid between 5 and 7 feet tall with 10 digits, two feets, two hands, and that is bipedal! HOW DO I KNOW YOU ARE NOT A CROMAGNON!!!!!????lol
The only reason these aren’t considered dinosaurs is because they contradict the current state/world religion.
Three Crosses apparently doesn't know that "dinosaur" has a scientific definition. They're not just any "big reptile".
No the reason why they aren't considered dinosaurs is because the ones that have legs are spread out to the side, unlike dinosaurs, and because they're cold-blooded, unlike dinosaurs. Only an ignorant fucktard would try to put Anacondas and Velociraptors in the same group just because they're reptiles.
Three Asses can't be bothered to open a dictionary or a basic science textbook, I see.
What is the current state/world religion?
2. The Komodo Dragon “The largest verified wild specimen was 3.13 meters (10 ft 3 in) long and weighed 166 kilograms (365 lb)”.
That could easily be considered a “terrible lizard”(you know a “dino-saur”). Not only is it big enough to kill you with its mouth or tail, it’s even venomous !
No. You are incorrect sir!
"Hmm, a humanoid between 5 and 7 feet tall with 10 digits, two feets, two hands, and that is bipedal! HOW DO I KNOW YOU ARE NOT A CROMAGNON!!!!!????lol"
In TC's case, that might prove more difficult than one would expect...
Their legs are not aligned down from their hips, moron.
Also, Komodo dragons are not venomous, their saliva is simply toxic due to the amount of rotting meat in their mouths.
Crocodiles: Archosaurs. Related to dinosaurs, but branched off sometime before the Triassic I'm thinking.
Komodo: Lizard. Not a dinosaur -- too different anatomically.
Anaconda: Snake, a sister clade to modern lizards. Also not a dinosaur.
The primary difference between science and religion is the inability to change dogma when presented with new facts.
Komodo dragons were thought to have an active bacterial flora that caused delibitation in prey. Recent research has shown that the Komodo (and more interestingly most lizards) are venomous, whereas before this research it was thought that only the gila monster (and its close relatives) were poisonous among the lizards.
Maybe Three Crosses was better read then you had guessed.
Please update your internal list of science facts :)
Reference:
http://www.venomdoc.com/downloads/2005_BGF_Nature_squamate_venom.pdf
Dictionaries are often terrible places to get scientific definitions, but even mirriamwebster.com says:
any [sic] of a group (Dinosauria) of extinct often very large chiefly terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles of the Mesozoic era
Bold mine
1. Reptiles are not dinosaurs. Not even descended directly from dinosaurs. They just have a common ancestor. Sort of like us and apes, although fundies get that wrong too.
2. Komodo dragons are not venomous. Their bite can kill you, but odds are anything that eats rotting meat then bites you would infect you with SOMETHING.
3. Anacondas? Are ridiculously shy and lethargic for their size. You'd be more likely to die of malaria in the Amazon than of an anaconda attack.
4. Unless this was an intelligent anaconda and decided to eat you to reduce the amount of idiocy in the world.
Specifically, a dinosaur is defined, not merely by having limbs placed directly under its body, but by the specific adaptation that allows that arrangement of femur and pelvis- to wit, a purforated acetabular crest. This arrangement, whether ornithiscian or sauriscian, is how we define what a dinosaur is.
Dinosaurs are NOT reptiles.
YOU are, as they say, Not Even Wrong.
(1)Not a dinosaur, because it doesn't hold its legs under its body and lacks warm blood. Dinosaurs were endothermic--at least theropods. Sauropods may have been. The physical differences between crocodillians and dinosaurs are profound. To give the devil his due, a crocodile is more closely related to dinosaurs and modern birds than lizards and snakes...which is still not very.
(2) The Komodo dragon is a lizard. It is ectothermic and has a sprawled gait. The skeletal differences between lizards and dinosaurs are pronounced, and the few reasonably physically intact specimens verify that their internal arrangement differs. The fact that they are venomous is irrelevant. Venomous species are found in virtually all major animal taxa. There are venomous mammals and birds.
(3) The snake is far closer to a lizard than it is any other mammal. An anaconda is as closely related to dinosaurs as we are.
They aren't considered dinosaurs for the same reason mammoths, elephants, and skunks aren't--because they're not dinosaurs.
Actually they are cold blooded animals.
Dinosaurs were initially thought to be lizards. Unfortunately they do not show lizard like characteristics. They are more than likely to be "warm blooded". I.e Totally smegging different.
Just to point something out, Komodo Dragons have lately been thought to produce toxic chemicals when they bite creatures as well as harbouring virulent bacterial strains. Otherwise, this guy has a complete and utter misunderstanding of evolution, as pretty much everyone who doesn't believe in it does.
Blue Whales can be 108 feet long. What's your point?
I bet we are as closely related to Lemurs, as Komodo Dragons are to Velociraptors.
Well, that, and anatomy, and biology, and...
Unicorns are mentioned in the Bible.
Seeing as there's a 'Unicorn Lair' in Pyongyang, better start worshipping North Korea's 'Eternal President' Kim Il-sung, then.
What they 'claim' is Truth too, therefore...!
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
To post a comment, you'll need to Sign in or Register . Making an account also allows you to claim credit for submitting quotes, and to vote on quotes and comments. You don't even need to give us your email address.