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Short snouted croc named after the balrog

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  • 24-05-2014 11:20am
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    Adam Khor
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    I honestly think a dragon would've been a more natural choice, but what do I know...

    http://news.ufl.edu/2014/05/23/ancient-crocodile-species/

    It is the same crocodile portrayed in the Titanoboa documentary from a while ago:

    03_Tboa-constricting-croc-illustration-400x500.jpg

    (Gotta love how the Titanoboa appears to be bioluminsicent in that pic)


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    Galvasean
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    Anthracosuchus balrogus, a demon of the ancient world...


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    Adam Khor
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    Oh, I just realized why they named it like that... they found it in a mine :D


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    The Pheasant2
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    God that's a cool name


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    Manach
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    No chance there was deep indentations found on the bones, as if struck repeatedly by a white staff ? :)


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    The Pheasant2
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    Manach wrote: »
     struck repeatedly by a white staff ? :)

    *Puts on nerd cap*

    When Gandalf fought the Balrog he was Gandalf the grey and had a gnarled brown staff, the white staff came with his return as Gandalf the White :)


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    Rubecula
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    Prehistoric Elfbane then, indicates Elves existed back then, so I suppose fairies might be real after all.


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