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Prehistoric owl cloned in Brazil, attacks scientist

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  • 28-03-2015 7:00am
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    Adam Khor
    Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭


    According to this story, scientists in Brazil managed to clone the giant prehistoric owl Ornimegalonyx, but the creature unsurprisingly went into a rampage and took a scientist's eye out.

    http://dailybuzzlive.com/prehistoric-owl-successfully-cloned-in-brazil-plucks-out-scientists-eyeballs-in-attack/

    As you probably guessed, it's a false story, apparently started by a satyrical website. The photos are of a great potoo (Nyctibius grandis), a nightjar relative (the same photos have been doing the rounds under labels such as "mutant", "alien", etc. It looks nothing like Ornimegalonyx, tho.

    Owl.jpg

    Not paleontology, and I doubt anyone in the forum would fall for it, but here it is as a record of what people will believe sometimes...


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