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Iowa family finds mammoth bones in their backyard

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    Rubecula
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    I was going to say something very trite about Americans and Kentucky Fried Breakfasts. I won't though, not wishing to insult anyone with silly jokes. But I am surprised that the bone isn't heavier than it appears in that picture.


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    Adam Khor
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    I was going to say something very trite about Americans and Kentucky Fried Breakfasts. I won't though, not wishing to insult anyone with silly jokes. But I am surprised that the bone isn't heavier than it appears in that picture.

    Me too... I mean, its supossed to be rock, right?

    Unless mammoths are still roaming the most remote wilderness of their farm :O


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    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Well a true fossil is really a remnant that has become stone, not sure that any mammoth 'fossils' have been in the ground long enough to become stone. But even if they are still bone, I would have expected them to be too heavy to hold up like that.


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    Adam Khor
    Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Rubecula wrote: »
    Well a true fossil is really a remnant that has become stone, not sure that any mammoth 'fossils' have been in the ground long enough to become stone. But even if they are still bone, I would have expected them to be too heavy to hold up like that.

    Maybe you shouldn´t be so quick to judge American Kentucky Fried Breakfasts XDD


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    Galvasean
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    Ah I remember as a kid I just started digging a hole right bang in the middle of my back garden in hope of finding dinosaur bones. Of course I had no idea about rock formations etc. or where best to look so just picked a random spot. My parents cleaned up some chicken bones and buried them in the hole one evening. Next day I was over the moon declaring that I had found dinosaur bones. In a funny kind of way I was actually right...


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    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    "John, who is interested in archeology, quickly realized that the object wasn’t a toy."

    What an odd statement. Were they expecting to find toys? :confused:


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    bogwalrus
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    obviously a toy bone for a 20ton 30M Dog Dinosaur


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