Comments on: Sauropods might have had trunks, but probably didn't http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 05:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hymenopterid http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1588152 hymenopterid Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1588152 Works on many levels and in many contexts. Works on many levels and in many contexts.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1588135 sam1148 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1588135  Or thinking: "If only this was a penis".  Or thinking: “If only this was a penis”.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1588093 Felton / Moderator Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1588093 Cyranosaurus doesn't get any respect. Cyranosaurus doesn’t get any respect.

]]> By: pjk http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1588066 pjk Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1588066 This is like the aquatic ape theory... BUT I SO WANT IT TO BE TRUE... This is like the aquatic ape theory… BUT I SO WANT IT TO BE TRUE…

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1587992 dragonfrog Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1587992 I was interpreting it as "Great, paparazzi again.  Stupid time travellers always show up at dinner time." I was interpreting it as “Great, paparazzi again.  Stupid time travellers always show up at dinner time.”

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1587954 Brainspore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1587954 He's probably thinking "What the hell is this thing even for? My neck is like 30 feet long, for chrissakes. Do I really need a three-foot trunk to help reach things?" He’s probably thinking “What the hell is this thing even for? My neck is like 30 feet long, for chrissakes. Do I really need a three-foot trunk to help reach things?”

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1587946 sam1148 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1587946 That apatosaurus looks mighty disappointed.  That apatosaurus looks mighty disappointed. 

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1587925 GawainLavers Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1587925 Paleontology <i>invented</i> the "Special Edition" treatment. But T. rex did shoot first. Paleontology invented the “Special Edition” treatment.

But T. rex did shoot first.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/sauropods-might-have-had-trunk.html#comment-1587910 Brainspore Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195342#comment-1587910 Aw crap. Now George Lucas is going all "Special Edition" on our fossils, too. Aw crap. Now George Lucas is going all “Special Edition” on our fossils, too.

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