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Posted by timothy on Friday August 12, 2011 @07:33PM from the fossil-ventriloquism dept.

thebchuckster writes "Scientists say they have found the first evidence that giant sea reptiles — which lived at the same time as dinosaurs — gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. They say a 78 million-year-old fossil of a pregnant plesiosaur suggests they gave birth to single, large young."

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Nice (Score:5, Funny)

by geekoid ( 135745 ) writes: <dadinportlandNO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Friday August 12, 2011 @07:37PM (#37075418) Homepage Journal

More science, please.

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Re:Nice (Score:4, Funny)

by martin-boundary ( 547041 ) writes: on Friday August 12, 2011 @09:39PM (#37076396)

Dear Mr Science,
I too am intrigued by these pleasuresaurs, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

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