Hadrosaur Proteins Sequenced

jd writes "In a follow-up study to the one on proteins found in a T. Rex bone, the team responsible for the T. Rex study sequenced proteins found in an 80-million year old Hadrosaur fossil. According to the article, the proteins found confirm the results of the T. Rex study, proving that what was found in T. Rex was not a result of modern contamination, as had been claimed by skeptics, but was indeed the genuine thing: real dinosaur protein. Furthermore, despite the new fossil being 12 million years older, they claim they got more out — eight collagen peptides and 149 amino acids from four different samples. This, they say, places the Hadrosaur in the same family as T. Rex and Ostriches, but that not enough was recovered to say just how close or distant the relationship was."

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[tdp252]

Maybe we should start using stimulus money to build some type of theme park, maybe on a remote island.

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[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Not very, I'm afraid. On the plus side, it should allow the Large Hadrosaur Collider to produce an earth devouring black hole with gigantic teeth and a tough scaly hide.

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[i kan reed]

Yeah - and any missing DNA can just be taken from common frog species!

Whatever it takes to get two of them. Once we have those, we can get to the REAL science. Large Hadrosaur Collider.

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[Shinmizu]

I'm sure there's something in Tesla's lab that we can scrounge up to make an instant cloning device for time savings.

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[SnarfQuest]

Large Hadrosaur Collider.

<blush> If you look close, I don't think they are actually fighting.</blush>

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[geekoid]

If you get two of them, put fake red noses on them and slam them together really hard, you might see the higgs-bozo particle.

hmm. I know there is a shorter way to get to that punch line.

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[MoldySpore]

Yes. And I think they should also fund research into an awesome 3D operating system called "UNIX", in which it's primary function would be the unlocking/locking of building doors.

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[gijoel]

Jurassic Park is frightning in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain
I admit it's kinda eerie
But this proves my chaos theory
And I don't think I'll be coming back again
On no

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[MyLongNickName]

Yeah, that will TOTALLY attract the chicks!

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[Chris Burke]

Why waste money on the fake red noses rather than just use Bozosaurs to begin with?

Re:The egg is the key.

[SnarfQuest]

You need to use the correct professional units, such as VW beetles, or Libraries of Congress. None of this soccer ball business.