do you really need to make EVERYTHING political? This is an article about an extinct bird. Jesus. H. Christ. People like you are just as bad as the teabaggers.
Try to imagine yourself in the Pliocene Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T. Rex, he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Andalgalornis. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here... or here... or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is... you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know... try to show a little respect.
I lived in Argentina and in a number of places, would see these fossils. Yep, they are mean looking and you wouldn't want to encounter one in the forest. In reference to GodAlmighty above, I did see toucans there in the north.
godaimightyAug 19, 2010Buried
toucan sam will f**king murder you
princetrunksAug 19, 2010Buried
that was one deadly Chocobo
hartley1942Aug 19, 2010Buried
KEVIN!
bam22Aug 19, 2010Buried
That's not very scary. More like a six-foot Turkey.
dave122Aug 19, 2010Buried
do you really need to make EVERYTHING political? This is an article about an extinct bird. Jesus. H. Christ. People like you are just as bad as the teabaggers.
fuzzzwuzzzAug 19, 2010Buried
Try to imagine yourself in the Pliocene Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T. Rex, he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Andalgalornis. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here... or here... or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is... you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know... try to show a little respect.
protodonAug 19, 2010Buried
The past was amazing.
strad2Aug 19, 2010Buried
They couldn't compete with mammalian predators... other giant birds (like the moa) were simply hunted to extinction.
emecksAug 19, 2010Buried
Terror is a very good first name for this bird!
ch0riz0Aug 19, 2010Buried
Are these different than terror babies? Should I be equally afraid of both?
mburke1124Aug 19, 2010Buried
Float like a float bot, sting like an automated stinging machine!
clairesAug 18, 2010Buried
holy hell thats a big bird
powderedtoastyAug 19, 2010Buried
Andalgalornis: the most dangerous game.
fordsvt1Aug 19, 2010Buried
The birds in the article are flightless.... not to say there weren't some pretty big birds back then (and much farther back, pterosaurs).
infestusAug 18, 2010Buried
Why can't we have birds like these today :/
r00fusAug 19, 2010Buried
So that we can hunt them to extinction again and barbecue them.
chongueyAug 19, 2010Buried
Using DNA and genetic sequence they should bring them back to life by hatching babies in a laboratory here in the U.S.
It will be called "Jurassic Terror Baby Park" and be located in Louis Gohmerts district in Texas.
joemanmanAug 19, 2010Buried
In other words, 6 million years ago there were huge ass Dungeons & Dragons monsters.
appleofdischordAug 19, 2010Buried
Axebeak.
pinguwinAug 19, 2010Buried
I lived in Argentina and in a number of places, would see these fossils. Yep, they are mean looking and you wouldn't want to encounter one in the forest. In reference to GodAlmighty above, I did see toucans there in the north.