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June 07, 2013

"Extinct" frog: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
— Purple Avenger

Israel's Hula painted frog had not been seen for nearly 60 years, but in 2011 one was found lurking in a patch of swampy undergrowth.
Tests have revealed that the frog belongs to a group of amphibians that died out 15,000 years ago.

What's next? Giant Sloths? Monster camels in Canada? Is there a secret genetics lab somewhere recreating extinct species?

Openize the thread. Other than zombie frogs, I'm burned out right now.

Update: Ever wonder how evolution made roosters junk vanish? Someone figured it out.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 07:34 AM | Comments (131)
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1 first

Posted by: Mallfly at June 07, 2013 07:35 AM (bJm7W)

2 So I'm assuming the Russians cloned these too. THE MONSTERS!

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 07:35 AM (SHZnC)

3 what next? A patriotic Democrat? Last seen in, what, the 1980s?

Posted by: Mallfly at June 07, 2013 07:36 AM (bJm7W)

4 The smart ones went into hiding

Should we take a cue from them?

Posted by: Blanco at June 07, 2013 07:36 AM (4WhSY)

5 What's next? Giant Sloths? Monster camels in Canada? Is there a secret genetics lab somewhere recreating extinct species? --- You mean like the Blue Dog, which had a mass extinction event in 2010?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 07, 2013 07:36 AM (JGSJZ)

6 Heh. The frog was "lurking."

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 07, 2013 07:36 AM (lVPtV)

7 maybe they can find an honest man in the White House

Posted by: Mallfly at June 07, 2013 07:36 AM (bJm7W)

8 Someday I'll get a real browser that doesn't send shit in the middle of typing.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 07, 2013 07:37 AM (4WhSY)

9 Camels?

Posted by: Andrew Mendoza and a Bucket at June 07, 2013 07:37 AM (G3oyR)

10 We really need to bring back Saber-Toofed Tigers. Because pitbulls and dobermans are quickly becoming passe in crack-dealer circles.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 07, 2013 07:37 AM (ujux6)

11 I can't wait till Al Gore announces that this is proof of climate change.

Posted by: Mallfly at June 07, 2013 07:37 AM (bJm7W)

12 Oh, and Hi, NSA. Kiss my ass. And your boss Barry is a SCOAMF.

Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 07, 2013 07:38 AM (lVPtV)

13 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 07, 2013 07:38 AM (/PCJa)

14 I painted a frog once but the paint all came off.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 07, 2013 07:38 AM (G3oyR)

15 Can someone also please explain to the author of the linked article that the frog "was believed to have died 15,000 years ago," is a zombie-frog or simply escaped from Ice-Age Park, neighbor to Jurassic Park.

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 07:38 AM (SHZnC)

16 9 Camels?

Fossils of Camels like 2X the size of current ones were found in the Arctic a while ago. Camels been huge in the past bro.

Posted by: @PurpAv[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:38 AM (RNCRF)

17 Even more extinct: The Congress Critter who actually gives a shit about the constitution, freedom and liberty. Haven't seen one around these parts for many years

Posted by: Minnfidel at June 07, 2013 07:39 AM (/tc03)

18 So... I'm sitting here at work with nothing to do, and the two people who are capable of giving me something to do are out today. But does that mean I get to Bing "Kate Upton" + other interesting phrases on my computer? NOoooo. Sometimes the world is unfair.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 07, 2013 07:39 AM (/PCJa)

19 Maybe someday we will discover our civil rights again. They have been declared extinct by Obumbles and Stedman Sloth, but there is always hope.

Posted by: The jackhole at June 07, 2013 07:39 AM (nTgAI)

10 We really need to bring back Saber-Toofed Tigers. Because pitbulls and dobermans are quickly becoming passe in crack-dealer circles.

Solution: Hyenas. Google-search it and tell me it's not badass. Dumb, but badass.

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 07:40 AM (SHZnC)

'Hello my Baby

Hello my honey

Hello my Rsgtime, Gal!'

Posted by: Frog at June 07, 2013 07:40 AM (D4OJ9)

22 Probably trying to avoid suicide bombers. Ever since I was little and went down to the pond to catch them-and then let them go- I've liked frogs and that spotted critter is a nice variety.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2013 07:40 AM (iwHSQ)

23 So, remember what happened to Joe the plumber? We should be surprised, then, about all this? Oh, I guess to stay on topic, I guess the frog figured it out, too.

Posted by: blaster at June 07, 2013 07:40 AM (W6bkf)

24 Solution: Hyenas. Google-search it and tell me it's not badass. Dumb, but badass. I'm sorry, the Moron Approved answer we were looking for is "Emus." Here have a nice parting gift...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 07, 2013 07:40 AM (/PCJa)

25 I think the frog was just waiting for polka dots to come back into fashion.

Posted by: He who laughs last at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (s6XYG)

26 We knew where the frog was all along.

Posted by: NSA at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (nsOJa)

27 .

Posted by: @PurpAv[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (RNCRF)

28 America needs to regrow the mighty, extinct taint melon.

Posted by: wooga at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (KZ/Tf)

29 Seems like a lucrative career, how can I get a job at the I.R.S.? Can't fight 'em, might as well join 'em.

Posted by: franksalterego at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (omVzF)

30 Shouldn't the headline read ENORMOUS, TERROR FROGS?

Posted by: blaster at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (W6bkf)

Tests have revealed that the frog belongs to a group of amphibians that died out 15,000 years ago.

or not.

Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2013 07:41 AM (D4OJ9)

32 Cool frog. But I'm a bit crosseyed with rage over the totalitarian state we have become to worry about a frog.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 07, 2013 07:42 AM (54/YX)

33 A Jooo frog ate my baby.

Posted by: Helen Thomas at June 07, 2013 07:42 AM (G3oyR)

Legend has it that there are some remnant short-face bears roaming around in the wilds of Siberia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-faced_bear). Go find one and set it loose in the Capitol.

You want an extinction level event? There you go.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 07:42 AM (4df7R)

35 In NY we are starting to see species that were either thought to be extinct or endangered wonder around like- "Huh, who said I was dead". Everything to various raptors, coyotes, bears, bobcats and certain songbirds.

Posted by: Marcus at June 07, 2013 07:42 AM (GGCsk)

36 I bet the scientist who found it immediately tried licking it to see if you could get high.

Posted by: Roy at June 07, 2013 07:42 AM (VndSC)

37 Let's try to keep it down, folks.. Ace is still sleeping...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 07, 2013 07:43 AM (f9c2L)

38
Fossils of Camels like 2X the size of current ones were found in the Arctic a while ago. Camels been huge in the past bro.

Posted by: @PurpAv

Arctic? Try North America, amigo.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 07, 2013 07:43 AM (ujux6)

39 Posted by: Minnfidel at June 07, 2013 11:39 AM (/tc03) Cruz, Paul and Gowdy send like a few of the elusive ones hiding in the Swamp of the Senate and House.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2013 07:43 AM (iwHSQ)

40 Basal birds and ducks lack distal Bmp4 expression and develop elongated phalluses So, Long Duck Dong?

Posted by: blaster at June 07, 2013 07:43 AM (W6bkf)

41 Back of the line, buddy.

Posted by: A Selacamp at June 07, 2013 07:44 AM (D4OJ9)

42 "Is there a secret genetics lab somewhere recreating extinct species?"

Talk about the ultimate prank. Just start discretely releasing small populations of revived species around the world into their original habitat to be discovered.

Posted by: Serious Cat at June 07, 2013 07:44 AM (UypUQ)

43 So, Long Duck Dong?

Posted by: blaster

Try the beef with brocolli instead. Trust me.

Posted by: Roy at June 07, 2013 07:44 AM (VndSC)

44 Funny ! I woke up this morning hoping to get a Frog Story , cause yesterday I woke in 1984....

Posted by: AmericanDawg at June 07, 2013 07:44 AM (c6Gax)

45
I have been promised a wooly mammoth, and unlike the flying car, I expect them to come through.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 07, 2013 07:44 AM (g5YAm)

I laugh at the superior intellect....

Posted by: Hula Painted Frog at June 07, 2013 07:45 AM (lZBBB)

47 Israel's Hula painted frog had not been seen for nearly 60 years, but in 2011 one was found lurking in a patch of swampy undergrowth. Tests have revealed that the frog belongs to a group of amphibians that died out 15,000 years ago.

If someone saw a frog 60 years ago why do they think its "group" died out 15,000 years ago? Was it the sole survivor?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 07, 2013 07:45 AM (G3oyR)

24 Solution: Hyenas. Google-search it and tell me it's not badass. Dumb, but badass.

I'm sorry, the Moron Approved answer we were looking for is "Emus." Here have a nice parting gift...

If you're going with the whole "leashed-flightless-bird" fad (which I question, quite frankly) I lean towards a cassawary myself. Large, colorful, aggressive and rare enough to piss off Greens. Not everyone can pull the cassie off, though.

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 07:45 AM (SHZnC)

49 I'm waiting you guys.....

Posted by: Skittle Shittin' Unicorn at June 07, 2013 07:45 AM (/jHWN)

I have been promised a wooly mammoth, and unlike the flying car, I expect them to come through.[i/]

I stopped shaving last month...we're almost there!

Posted by: Meghan McCain at June 07, 2013 07:45 AM (D4OJ9)

51 Just wait until those pesky Russian scientists reanimate some Lovecraftian Hell-spawn from the swamp water they pulled from an Antarctic well.

Posted by: Fritz at June 07, 2013 07:46 AM (UzPAd)

Israel's Hula painted frog had not been seen for nearly 60 years, but in 2011 one was found lurking in a patch of swampy undergrowth.

Ah, I've got it!

Everyone go outside and poke around in any swampy undergrowth you may have in the vicinity of your home or office. If you see any Civil Liberties, Enumerated Powers of the Constitutional variety, or Rule of Law, GRAB THEM! They're a precious commodity that we fear may have suffered an extinction level event in the fall of 2008.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 07:46 AM (4df7R)

53 *hears AlextheChick hop on the train, raid her bank account, and pay for some super sized emus*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 07, 2013 07:46 AM (CQnAL)

54 Let us honor this rare frog by making it our national symbol.

Posted by: North Korea at June 07, 2013 07:46 AM (G3oyR)

55 Solution: Hyenas. Google-search it and tell me it's not badass. Dumb, but badass.

Posted by: alittleenglish

Are you seriously suggesting pitting a fucking hyena against a resurrected species of Saber-toothed Tiger?

I di'nt think so.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 07, 2013 07:46 AM (ujux6)

56 oooh, saved by someones nic. Thanks Fritz.

Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2013 07:47 AM (D4OJ9)

57 Big Deal.

Posted by: the Coelocanth at June 07, 2013 07:47 AM (A0sHn)

58 55 *hears AlextheChick hop on the train, raid her bank account, and pay for some super sized emus* --- Let's go with ostriches instead of emus. I want to see her do a real-life version of Joust.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 07, 2013 07:47 AM (JGSJZ)

59 Yes.... see! The Dam Joooosss killed these off 15,000 years ago... but through the grace of Allah, we have brought them back!

Posted by: Palestinian Liberation Org, Science Division at June 07, 2013 07:47 AM (lZBBB)

60 [iSo, what your saying is that other extinct species may come back into existence......like a Democrat that doesn't hate America?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 07, 2013 11:45 AM (OWjjx) [/i]

Now you're just talking crazy.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 07:47 AM (4df7R)

61 Extinct species coming back into existence....another sign of climate change. Stop hating the science.....denier!

Posted by: Prezident Barky, Yes, I can Hear You Now at June 07, 2013 11:43 AM (OWjjx)

Actually, you could make the argument that these extinct species were frozen for thousands of years in Glaciers from the last ice-age... but with climate change melting them away, their eggs have been thawed and the froggies finally hatched.

Posted by: Serious Cat at June 07, 2013 07:47 AM (UypUQ)

62
Now that this frog has been found, what should we do about it?

I say we kill it. Its not like it was being missed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 07, 2013 07:48 AM (g5YAm)

63 Is this about the French?

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 07, 2013 07:48 AM (XvrTA)

64 Sorry for the OT Folks, we have 5 active scandals going on. 5 of them. I know the GOP are collectively a bunch of gibbering idiots, unable to find their ass with a map, satellite photos, and a tattoed/painted set of lines on their body. So fuck them. This is our election to win, and they can either get the fuck in line, or just play with themselves in the damned corner. We need to make EVERY DAMNED ONE OF THESE SCANDALS STICK TO THE DEMS. Every. Fucking. One. At all levels. In all races. Everywhere. There should be no dem left standing whom is not touched by the excesses of their party, in a negative way. We should recruit GOOD non-politician types to run against the SCANDAL RIDDEN dems. Honest men and women, business people all. We should CUT THE DEMS OUT OF GOVERNMENT so we can take back control of our future, and bring to a grinding halt our lurching towards the United Soviet Socialist States of America, that Obama, and his fellow travelers have been enabling. No more Akins. No more Murdochs. No more Angles. Good, honest, reasonable, business people. Electable business people. No one with a hard-on for so-con. We have to reign in the beast, which we can't do if we don't control the beast. Which we can't do unless we get elected to control the beast. Which we can't do if we ALIENATE HALF THE FUCKING ELECTORATE BY SAYING OR DOING SOMETHING STUPID. So keep the so-con tendencies private. Believe what you want in the privacy of your own home. But do everything in our power to win. Then take over the rest of the GOP and fire Boehner and the rest of his clueless twits.

Posted by: Joe in MI at June 07, 2013 07:48 AM (3R8wQ)

You're burned out? How about us?

Really? Frogs? C'mon, 'fess up: what is that code for?

Posted by: The NSA at June 07, 2013 07:48 AM (0HooB)

66 Barrel?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 07, 2013 07:48 AM (V1ZIU)

67 I wonder does this ~~work?~~

Posted by: blaster[/i][/b][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (W6bkf)

68 I'll trade the frog for the worthless Delta Smelt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (+98Gb)

69 I'm just glad someone found SOMETHING they could post out of, it must be a struggle to find something post-worthy these days.

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (SHZnC)

70 Fossils of Camels like 2X the size of current ones were found in the Arctic a while ago. Camels been huge in the past bro.

****

But this camel's toe is still dwarfed by Helen Thomas'

Posted by: Beto at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (VWfCN)

71 I thought weasel was the only moron approved mascot.

Posted by: Dr. SpongeBob Saget is not accepting tourettes patients (especially not curious) at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (epxV4)

72 Brandon, look up the Moa. Super size that then.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (CQnAL)

73 Actually, you could make the argument that these extinct species were frozen for thousands of years in Glaciers from the last ice-age... but with climate change melting them away, their eggs have been thawed and the froggies finally hatched.

Posted by: Serious Cat

Don't stop now, babe. I'm getting it all down.

Posted by: Sy Fy executive producer [/i] [/b] at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (ujux6)

74 I have actually seen an Ivery-billed Woodpecker which is listed as extinct.

Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (lZvxr)

75 "So, what your saying is that other extinct species may come back into existence......like a Democrat that doesn't hate America? Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life"

THIS

Posted by: Skittle Shittin' Unicorn at June 07, 2013 07:49 AM (/jHWN)

76 A few cassowaries released in strategic places in DC; Yep; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA58sS3x2Oo

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2013 07:50 AM (iwHSQ)

77 sock fail

Posted by: Yip at June 07, 2013 07:50 AM (/jHWN)

78 So they're saying the frog "went Galt"?

Posted by: former dr. seamrog at June 07, 2013 07:50 AM (ujIUq)

79 Joe in MI - yeah, remember that Dem with the Tony the Tiger thing? Happened almost the same time as Weiner? We could have made them the face of the Dems. Vote Democrat if you are a pedophile! No, too hard.

Posted by: blaster[/i][/b][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:50 AM (W6bkf)

80 58 oooh, saved by someones nic. ThanksFritz.

Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2013 11:47 AM (D4OJ9)

Don't think so.....your 'Posted by:' line and Fritz's post weren't italicized.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:51 AM (X6akg)

81 Let's go with ostriches instead of emus.

I want to see her do a real-life version of Joust.
---
But where are we going to get the pteradactyl?

Posted by: Methos at June 07, 2013 07:51 AM (hO9ad)

82 This article just gives Detroit hope...

Posted by: Yip at June 07, 2013 07:51 AM (/jHWN)

83 I have actually seen an Ivery-billed Woodpecker which is listed as extinct. Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2013 11:49 AM (lZvxr) No fair. I heard you've seen the TRexes live, too.

Posted by: blaster[/i][/b][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:51 AM (W6bkf)

84 After a bout of drinking in Miami once I spotted a Painted Manatee. Before that sighting it was believed that this species had been extinct for 10 million years.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 07, 2013 07:51 AM (G3oyR)

85
Post 61 reminded me: did 'hadj the muslim comic' ever comment on the PRISM news?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 07, 2013 07:52 AM (g5YAm)

86 Last week we heard about the 8 inch bright pink slug
( also thought to be extinct ) found on Mount Kaputar, Australia ...The Gay community was ecstatic ...

Posted by: AmericanDawg at June 07, 2013 07:52 AM (c6Gax)

87 >>>I have actually seen an Ivery-billed Woodpecker which is listed as extinct.

Was this back in grammar school, before the war of northern aggression?

Posted by: Fritz at June 07, 2013 07:52 AM (UzPAd)

88 I have actually seen an Ivery-billed Woodpecker which is listed as extinct.

Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2013 11:49 AM (lZvxr)

I can't even make a joke out of this, I'm laughing so hard.

Love ya' Vic.

Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2013 07:52 AM (D4OJ9)

Forget ostriches and emus. I want an Aepyornis for Christmas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aepyornis

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 07:52 AM (4df7R)

90 I shot a painted frog in Tel Aviv.

Just to watch it die.

Posted by: Moshe Cash at June 07, 2013 07:52 AM (G3oyR)

I'm confused......what did human beings do 15,000 years ago to cause this species to become "extinct" in the first place?

Too many bonfires?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 07, 2013 07:53 AM (ADnWI)

>>>Don't think so.....your 'Posted by:' line and Fritz's post weren't italicized.

What are you trying to say?

'cause I'm not getting into that damned barrel unless you fill it with bleach ,first.

Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2013 07:53 AM (D4OJ9)

93 There was a line in a favorite SciFi novel about long lived chicken heart (cells) so I went looking to see if it was possible and found the Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks. (on NPR)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/nyovxf2

Also found an article in the UK about canine cancer cells that trace back 250 years to a single wolf/dog.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kaogv2p

A cell culture is a different thing than an entire (extinct) organism. But this whole idea about being extinct, or a newly discovered species provokes my skepticism. Or the idea that a clone is somehow not the real thing. Or the idea that Evolution did happen in the past but has stopped now that humans have appeared.

This discover of an extinct frog might simply be the result of evolution recreating an extinct species from the original parent species. It might have happened naturally not in someone's laboratory.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at June 07, 2013 07:53 AM (oOEg1)

94 Do you know where they get those estimates of species that have gone extinct? Straight out of their asses--back-of-the envelope type calculations. And they never mention that many new species are also appearing every day. Findings like this frog are nothing new or amazing.

Posted by: Darrell at June 07, 2013 07:53 AM (koZff)

57 Are you seriously suggesting pitting a fucking hyena against a resurrected species of Saber-toothed Tiger?

I di'nt think so.

*finger snap*

If you want to wait around for the Russians to clone a saber-tooth, go ahead. Meanwhile I'll have my street gang of Nigerian Hyena-handlers carving out some prime Detroit real estate for me.

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 07:54 AM (SHZnC)

96 But do everything in our power to win. Then take over the rest of the GOP and fire Boehner and the rest of his clueless twits.

Posted by: Joe in MI at June 07, 2013 11:48 AM (3R8wQ)

You seem to believe that our elections are legitimate anymore.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 07, 2013 07:54 AM (54/YX)

97 emus? hyenas? saber toothed tigers? screw the whole bunch of you

Posted by: Honey Badger at June 07, 2013 07:55 AM (bJm7W)

98 I'm confused......what did human beings do 15,000 years ago to cause this species to become "extinct" in the first place?

Too many bonfires?

Oooga yag oogha hoona jo aggga hijaaa!

Hijaaaa!

Posted by: Extinct yet not extinct cavehuman at June 07, 2013 07:55 AM (g5YAm)

99 What are you trying to say?
'cause I'm not getting into that damned barrel unless you fill it with bleach ,first.

Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2013 11:53 AM (D4OJ9)

If Fritz's nic turned off your tag, your Posted by line and his entire post would be italicized before his nic off tags would have kicked in.

So, no barrel for you but we don't know why.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:55 AM (X6akg)

100 "Do you know where they get those estimates of species that have gone extinct? Straight out of their asses-..." Darrell

I was thinking the same shit!

Posted by: Yip at June 07, 2013 07:55 AM (/jHWN)

101 and those frogs taste like crap wrapped in slimy latex. Probably the jooos fault, too

Posted by: Honey Badger at June 07, 2013 07:56 AM (bJm7W)

102 Hey, nothing to worry about here.... http://alturl.com/ug736

Posted by: blaster[/i][/b][/s] at June 07, 2013 07:56 AM (W6bkf)

103 77 "So, what your saying is that other extinct species may come back into existence......like a Democrat that doesn't hate America?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life"

THIS

Posted by: Skittle Shittin' Unicorn at June 07, 2013 11:49 AM (/jHWN)

Some things just can't seem to coexist....

Posted by: Neandrathal at June 07, 2013 07:56 AM (lZBBB)

104 Rare? We're finding hundreds of these things in our centrifuges every week.

Posted by: The Iranian National Peaceful Nuclear Energy Project at June 07, 2013 07:56 AM (G3oyR)

105 Quick! Someone ask the GEICO caveman what did he do to drive all these species extinct!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 07, 2013 07:56 AM (CQnAL)

106 Since we're mentioning mammoths and other extinct species:

"You know how women get those little crows' feet around their eyes?

"This broad had mastodon tracks."

-- Phyllis Diller, ca. 1965

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 07, 2013 07:57 AM (BDU/a)

107

Castoroides, aka "the giant beaver."

I just thought the Horde would find that amusing.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 07:57 AM (4df7R)

108 -73 I thought weasel was the only moron approved mascot. - Posted by: Dr. SpongeBob Saget
---------------------------------------------------------
I thought it was either the Ewok or the Honey Badger...

Posted by: AmericanDawg at June 07, 2013 07:57 AM (c6Gax)

109 No one with a hard-on for so-con.

I won't vote for anyone you support. Fuck off.

Also, a couple of these programs started under Bush, so a bunch of his worker bees need to spend time in jail, too. The problem is DX and the thirst for unlimited power in both parties.

Posted by: Methos at June 07, 2013 07:57 AM (hO9ad)

110

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 07, 2013 11:57 AM (4df7R)

I didn't say it twice - it was an echo.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at June 07, 2013 07:57 AM (54/YX)

111 You folks just are no fun. But you really have to get down in the swamp to see one of those things.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3008/2426318908_06085d2816_z.jpg?zz=1

So maybe they are not extinct.

Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2013 07:58 AM (lZvxr)

112 Must save the polar bears.... before they swim to extinction

Posted by: Yip at June 07, 2013 07:58 AM (/jHWN)

113 A "patch of swampy undergrowth"? Well, I guess it's been called worse.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 07, 2013 07:59 AM (G3oyR)

114 You can keep yer Joo frogs and yer head lice, too.

All I want is a Ring-danged Doo.

Posted by: Morsi and the Pharaohs at June 07, 2013 07:59 AM (2iU3x)

115 hahahaaa

Posted by: Yip at June 07, 2013 07:59 AM (/jHWN)

116 A Chinese Redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, was thought to have been extinct for thousands of years till they were rediscovered in 1948. The cool thing, they look exactly like the kind of tree a Hobbit would live in. Extremely primordial looking. I want one.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 07, 2013 07:59 AM (7ObY1)

117

In a prehistoric version of the longbow vs. crossbow debate, which would win in a fight? Homotherium, the "scimitar-toothed cat" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotherium) or Smilodon, the well-known "saber-toothed cat" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon)?

Discuss.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 08:01 AM (4df7R)

118

78 A few cassowaries released in strategic places in DC; Yep;

If only the Romney campaign had invested in cassowaries, Russian circus bears and Saber-tooth tiger DNA instead of Orca he could be in the White House getting impeached for the NSA spying scandal right now. DAMMIT!

Posted by: alittleenglish at June 07, 2013 08:02 AM (SHZnC)

119 Ogg once licked painted Frogg , Ogg licked wrong side, Frogg peed in Oggs mouth.

Posted by: Ogg , who lives on Joo Mountain at June 07, 2013 08:02 AM (c6Gax)

120 LOL, I just did a search. They are offering a $10,000 reward for a confirmed sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker. Too bad I am about 40 years too late.

Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2013 08:02 AM (lZvxr)

121 LOL, I just did a search. They are offering a $10,000 reward for a confirmed sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker. Too bad I am about 40 years too late.

Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2013 12:02 PM (lZvxr)

Just borrow ace's time machine!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 07, 2013 08:05 AM (4df7R)

122 - 122- LOL, I just did a search. They are offering a $10,000 reward for a confirmed sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker. Too bad I am about 40 years too late. - Posted by: Vic
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Send then to Google images and collect your monies....

Posted by: American Dawg at June 07, 2013 08:06 AM (c6Gax)

123 So did they kill the extinct frog to test it?

Posted by: Bronco Bama at June 07, 2013 08:08 AM (hHgxI)

124 I hope (and change) for unicorns

Posted by: Pres**ent Barack “Unexpectedly” Obama at June 07, 2013 08:10 AM (e8kgV)

125

Maybe evolution reached it's peak and became

devolution.

It would explain a lot of what's been happening lately.

Posted by: former dr. seamrog at June 07, 2013 08:10 AM (ujIUq)

126 Well, what a relief that was. Your higher health care costs aren't because of the ACA. It's because the costs are being passed on to you. pfffffft.

Posted by: franksalterego at June 07, 2013 08:16 AM (omVzF)

127 Update: Ever wonder how evolution made roosters junk vanish? Someone figured it out. Now, to cross reference this study with feminist "men".

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at June 07, 2013 08:22 AM (1hM1d)

128 If elected, I will make the ocean levels recede, I will bring peace to the earth, and the long dead will rise again.

Posted by: Obamma at June 07, 2013 08:59 AM (uJ8q7)

129 Those eggheads have it wrong about bird dicks. Put it this way, if the human male species all had scissorhands and the females had beaks for mouths, do you really think males with anything other than tiny dicks would reproduce?

Posted by: peckers at June 07, 2013 09:03 AM (uJ8q7)

130

Secret frog base full of evil amphibious overlords?

Great - even more of nature is out to get me.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Pirate Scum of Umbar at June 07, 2013 09:11 AM (hLRSq)

131 Besides the frogs, some mountain lion was sighted in the North East a few years ago. Previously thought extinct. Made scientists mad. Like, the end is near, dammit! Stop giving me good news!

Posted by: PJ at June 07, 2013 10:11 AM (ZWaLo)

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