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| Thread ID: 80403 | 2007-06-21 12:50:00 | Perfectly preserved fossils found in ice? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | PC World Chat |
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| 561414 | 2007-06-21 12:50:00 | I've always been interested in paleontology. I've been wondering - has any perfectly preserved fossils ever been found? By that I mean the flesh and skin is frozen, but intact. Probably many perfectly preserved fossils are hidden in the north and south poles.....who knows what global warming can give us from the melted waters of the north and south poles aye? |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 561415 | 2007-06-21 13:13:00 | Some fairly complete mammoths have been found, they have fallen through the frozen ice of a river, their heads have been eaten but the rest of their bodies fairly intact because of hanging inaccessible below the ice. I will try to find you a link. en.wikipedia.org www.universaltreasures.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 561416 | 2007-06-21 19:33:00 | Sometime aeons ago, global warming hit the deep dark recesses of Rotorua and unearthed our dearest JJJJ :p I think he survived well :D |
Myth (110) | ||
| 561417 | 2007-06-21 20:26:00 | Strictly-speaking, a fossil cannot by definition have skin or flesh preserved 'intact'. As I understand it, the fossilisation process involves mineralisation of all cells (including bone) over a longish period of time, effectively petrifying the object. Just my pedant's :2cents: worth |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 561418 | 2007-06-21 20:37:00 | Strictly-speaking, a fossil cannot by definition have skin or flesh preserved 'intact'. As I understand it, the fossilisation process involves mineralisation of all cells (including bone) over a longish period of time, effectively petrifying the object. Just my pedant's :2cents: worth Yeah, I was trying to find a better word for these intact animals, but I couldn't find any. Thanks for the link zqwerty. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 561419 | 2007-06-21 23:10:00 | Sometime aeons ago, global warming hit the deep dark recesses of Rotorua and unearthed our dearest JJJJ :p I think he survived well :D I am just waiting for 4Js to see this post Ha Ha. PJ:horrified |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 561420 | 2007-06-22 00:10:00 | There was a complete mammoth discovered in Siberia about 10 years ago and I'm sure there will be info on the net about the study. You need to remember that the Earth has gone through many periods of heating and cooling so any creatures locked in ice will be relatively recent (a few hundred thousand - not millions of years). Nevertheless you are correct that there are likely to be interesting finds. There could also be preserved organic creatures under sea mud but getting to them is a bit awkward. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 561421 | 2007-06-22 00:16:00 | Pfft, you just need a big straw | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 561422 | 2007-06-22 00:24:00 | Good example here. www.wilderdom.com |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 561423 | 2007-06-22 00:32:00 | Yeah, I was trying to find a better word for these intact animals, but I couldn't find any. Thanks for the link zqwerty. We call them frozen food. |
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