Possible 25 Million Year Old Frog Found 151
dispatch writes "A small frog, found preserved in amber, has been found by researchers in Mexico City. The frog, according to the scientists, may be some 25 million years old! According to the article: 'The chunk of amber containing the 0.4-inch frog was uncovered by a miner in southern Chiapas states in 2005 and was bought by a private collector, who lent it to scientists for study.' Unfortunately, it doesn't seem as though the scientists will be allowed to drill into the rock, at the owner's request."
Huh! (Score:5, Funny)
What if... (Score:5, Funny)
... the hole they drill enables the owner to put it on a chain and carry around his neck?
A frog's no good anyway (Score:5, Funny)
I want my bloody Dinosaurs!
* Stamps feet, puts hands on hits and pouts *
Find these all the time (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Huh! (Score:1, Funny)
It cracked the amber and immediately.. (Score:5, Funny)
No problem. (Score:5, Funny)
Dunno about blood-sucking frogs... (Score:5, Funny)
Corrected Headline: Alien Frog Discovered (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Huh! (Score:5, Funny)
The scientists were baffled at the man's insistence they not drill into the amber but where allowed to make a quick sketch [wikimedia.org] of the prehistoric amphibian.
Re:A frog's no good anyway (Score:2, Funny)
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF65005BC-Mosquitos_B
See?
This frogs has waited 25 millions years.. (Score:3, Funny)
I hope someone gives it that much chance.
No, no, I saw how to handle this on Looney Tunes.. (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds dangerous (Score:2, Funny)
Homer Simpson was heard to comment... (Score:1, Funny)
Touchwood (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Find these all the time (Score:3, Funny)
Crunchy? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Impossible (Score:3, Funny)
That's what makes this so special, it was around over 24 million years waiting for a planet to come into being directly underneath it.
Best not to drill it, though. You know what they say about letting sleeping frogs lie. :-)
Re:Huh! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This frogs has waited 25 millions years.. (Score:3, Funny)
It could be Princess Leia? I wouldn't say no, especially in that metal bikini number.
Re:Huh! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Well if they are willing to wait... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:FROGGER!! (Score:4, Funny)
Moo (Score:2, Funny)
It could also be 35 million years old. Change the headline!
Who made up this 25-million year thing anyway, and why. It sounds to me like some sensationalist news reporter asked:
Reporter: Is it possible the frog is old.
Scientist: It is very like to be very old, considering it is preserved in amber.
Reporter: Could it be a million years old?
Scientist: Perhaps.
Reporter: How about a billion years old?
Scientist: That is less probable as frogs weren't around quite yet.
Reporter: Maybe one-hundred million years old?
Scientist: You may be pushing it.
Reporter: Then fifty?
Scientist: Listen, lower it to twenty-five and you can use my name. Now just pay me and get lost, the next reporter is coming in.
Reporter: "Scientist: Frog could be 25 million years old"
Re:Find these all the time (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, yes! I remember seeing the same historical documents! As I recall, the main conclusion to the research study was that chaos (theory) is the fundamental, driving force in the universe.
That, and I learned how to recognize a UNIX system.