tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post5759142329763895862..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: FROM MINI-REX TO MOON COW – UNRAVELLING THE RIDDLE OF AMERICA'S MODERN-DAY 'RIVER DINOSAURS'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-9148630519182995352019-08-20T21:26:05.416+01:002019-08-20T21:26:05.416+01:00W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick, cajoling his timid p...W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick, cajoling his timid patsy:<br />"Don't be a luddy-duddy! Don't be a moon calf! Don't be a jabbernowl! You're not those, are you?"<br /><br />Seeing_Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678537250333277334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-43026050288981072702019-03-20T18:46:03.833+00:002019-03-20T18:46:03.833+00:00Sorry to reply to an old post, I'm not sure if...Sorry to reply to an old post, I'm not sure if this has been pointed out already but I'm almost 100% sure that the 'mini-rex' in the "Photograph allegedly depicting a shot mini-rex" is a Utahraptor from the 2008 video game Turok photoshopped in, either the creator took a screenshot of the game or ripped the model from the game and posed it in another program (eg blender, gmod, sfm...), the model may have had it's texture reskinned as well. The have also removed the quills either in photoshop or on the model.<br /><br />https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/turok/images/0/0b/Turok_%282008%29_-_Utahraptor_-_Infobox.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20181204215725<br /><br />If you look at this screenshot of the in game Utahraptor you will see that the proportions and musculature are pretty much identical.<br /><br />Again sorry if this has already been pointed out.Bob Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-45119614788418723312018-11-25T11:02:39.717+00:002018-11-25T11:02:39.717+00:00Ugh, Blogspot! Accidental navigation -> lose t...Ugh, Blogspot! Accidental navigation -> lose the text you typed. Firefox had this fixed many years ago, but the "Web 2.0" nutters insist on breaking it. Anyway...<br /><br />I would love mini-rexes to be real, but I have a small objection to one point in their favour. It concerns this sentence: "Moreover, their forelimbs are held laterally when they run bipedally, whereas those of the mini-rex are held in front of its body when it runs bipedally." Looking at the picture above it of the running basilisk lizard, if that's what I saw, I would have said it's holding its forelimbs in front of its body. I'm thinking other people may do so too. In the larger picture on my better monitor the upper forelimbs are obviously lateral, but in the smaller picture with my poor eyesight and unpracticed gaze, looking at a slightly rubbish TV several feet away, it looks like the lizard is holding its limbs in front of its body. In fact, I think my face may have been of comedic interest when I realized the sentence was applied to that lizard in that photo! :) Most people have better eyesight and sharper brains than I do, but the creature runs fast and I imagine they're not trained in identifying animals.<br /><br />I was going to add something but I've forgotten what...Ethan Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477704222423568933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-79471854756821853692018-05-26T01:41:45.319+01:002018-05-26T01:41:45.319+01:00May I hear the details of this incident, I'm d...May I hear the details of this incident, I'm doing research for a book about post KT dinosaurs and would like to have a good eye witness of this crypid as it's pretty hard to find info on how it looks. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841120425310456427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-26336371458939897012018-04-17T21:32:35.287+01:002018-04-17T21:32:35.287+01:00Saw one in 07 in moab utahSaw one in 07 in moab utahAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812972091936309136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-15449112003574215042016-11-25T12:18:23.084+00:002016-11-25T12:18:23.084+00:00I always found it curious that whenever someone al...I always found it curious that whenever someone allegedly captures a strange creature, they always release it, eat it or get rid of it in some other way. It's very convenient.Bugpopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340046645754881596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-41449878248701854462016-02-28T13:29:57.186+00:002016-02-28T13:29:57.186+00:00Thanks Karl, and the new edition sounds great. I w...Thanks Karl, and the new edition sounds great. I wonder what would be the nearest analogue to a T-Rex today. Perhaps a very small lizard if it survived by dwarfing? Presuming that the earth warmed up again in the distant future as warm as the eras of the dinosaurs, what creature living today may evolve to something like a T-Rex? Perhaps some small lizard?Laurence Clark Crossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908708438427333473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-21696816816668522132015-12-21T08:44:19.042+00:002015-12-21T08:44:19.042+00:00In the film "Valley of the Gwangi" there...In the film "Valley of the Gwangi" there was a scene with a Ornithomimus that looks something like the animal the cowboy is holding in the photo, but I don't recall this scene (of a cowboy holding the animal)from the movie...<br /><br />http://www.harryhausen.com/<br />http://ukanimation.blogspot.ca/2013/09/ray-harryhausen-in-uk-valley-of-gwangi.html<br /> Olrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519546544726111480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-33815217636609484302015-12-13T19:53:45.105+00:002015-12-13T19:53:45.105+00:00For what it's worth, the first thought that oc...For what it's worth, the first thought that occurs to me is an escapee/intentional release from the notorious Dulce base we occasionally hear references to, or "Time slips", resulting in anomalous encounters of this nature. I've experienced a time slip myself, once. It was unnerving, but only lasting for a few moments. These are just conjecture, of course. Phil Haultainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684201405073157464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-61351425304653102232015-12-13T18:23:15.457+00:002015-12-13T18:23:15.457+00:00Beavers (non-mountain) are also host to a highly-s...Beavers (non-mountain) are also host to a highly-specialised parasitic beetle, Platypsyllus castoris though that is only 3mm long. This unique species of beetle was difficult to classify at first because of its extreme adaptation and looks disturbingly lousy. The beaver beetle is found on beavers from Eurasia and North America and appear to have been with beavers from before their separation, perhaps 5 million years. It is so highly-adapted it is thought it may have evolved with another burrowing creature first then took advantage of beavers. The other species in the subfamily Platypsyllinae are variously less-adapted and include 9 of Leptinus, parasites of all sorts of rodents and occasional moles, Leptinillus on American beavers and mountain beavers and Silphopsyllus on desmans. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&context=insectamundiPattockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741004991950391554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-2773710164384422992015-12-13T01:17:55.709+00:002015-12-13T01:17:55.709+00:00Agreed about the look of the hind limbs. They look...Agreed about the look of the hind limbs. They look like they follow, for better or worse, the Greg Paul style of dinosaur reconstruction; with straight-contoured, triangular thighs and a large, somewhat discrete (i.e. looking a little segmented) gastrocnemius. Coupled with the misunderstanding of anatomy that still plagues some CGI palaeoart.<br /><br />What I wouldn't give to be in a barn in Pagosa Springs in the late '30's. Just to see what that thing looked like, if it was there at all.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-58079510491585101492015-12-12T20:49:50.112+00:002015-12-12T20:49:50.112+00:00I'm assuming that the bullet hole is the black...I'm assuming that the bullet hole is the black hole visible just below the front limb facing the camera...Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-39616882039399101802015-12-12T20:36:29.653+00:002015-12-12T20:36:29.653+00:00When photos are shown of alleged cryptids having b...When photos are shown of alleged cryptids having been shot and killed, I wish the presenters would point out the bullet wound. I've never been able to identify such a wound in any of these photos. (It is, for instance, a good reason for rejecting Loy's ape.)Malcolm Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672612354161787023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-14222425116294776162015-12-12T02:55:12.699+00:002015-12-12T02:55:12.699+00:00Thanks! And yes, they are indeed host to the world...Thanks! And yes, they are indeed host to the world's largest flea species - I documented this in my three books on new and rediscovered animals because the flea species in question, Hystrichopsylla schefferi, wasn't scientifically described and named until 1921. It is sometimes referred to colloquially as Super Flea!Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-66665176746883545252015-12-12T02:49:21.552+00:002015-12-12T02:49:21.552+00:00Great article! As a side note, here in Oregon we ...Great article! As a side note, here in Oregon we call mountain beavers (Aplodontia rufa) boomers. I have no idea why. Another piece of trivia- they are host to the world's largest species of flea. drizzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032435453362480868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-58787256767987514412015-12-11T00:58:40.721+00:002015-12-11T00:58:40.721+00:00Thanks for posting this Karl…
I remember seeing a...Thanks for posting this Karl…<br /><br />I remember seeing an old episode of "Mystery Hunters" probably six years ago or so on the river dinos. I always thought it was really interesting but had never found anything else on them… until you posted this. I think the picture is fake… but the other stories are pretty interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-74971450240840948732015-12-10T14:22:01.696+00:002015-12-10T14:22:01.696+00:00Yes, I read the above item when it was originally ...Yes, I read the above item when it was originally uploaded, but Nick Sucik's documentation is especially interesting as he investigated these creatures personally in the field, interviewing many eyewitnesses and documenting their hitherto-unrecorded testimonies. I agree that paying someone knowledgeable re local herpetofauna to obtain one of these creatures might well be the way to go. Certainly, if I lived there, I'd be sorely tempted to do so as long as the fee required wasn't extortionate.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-24264911935040053702015-12-10T09:08:35.915+00:002015-12-10T09:08:35.915+00:00Interesting article. Dale Drinnon wrote extensivel...Interesting article. Dale Drinnon wrote extensively about These beasts on his blog. Here is the link (worth reading, quiet alot of material):<br />http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.ch/2011/11/american-neodinosaurs-aschupacabras.html<br />What would be interesting is, how much the pet trader would want for catching one? I am sure it will be cheaper than mounting a whole expedition and in the days of kickstarter and the Internet, getting money for such an undertaking shouldnt be too hard. Heck, I would probably pay myself for that.. Typhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087409371952413589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-26986688936306054692015-12-10T01:49:04.981+00:002015-12-10T01:49:04.981+00:00Thanks for writing this. All of this reminds me o...Thanks for writing this. All of this reminds me of the 1969 movie "Valley of the Gwangi" (which remains one of my favourites in this genre) and I can't but wonder that this film somehow had an influence on all of this? I can imagine this weird isolated valley these creatures escape from on occasion... Olrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519546544726111480noreply@blogger.com