The distinctive claw, on the second digit of dromaeosaurids, has traditionally been depicted as a slashing weapon; its assumed use being to cut and disembowel prey. In the "Fighting Dinosaurs" specimen, the Velociraptor lies underneath, with one of its sickle claws apparently embedded in the throat of its prey, while the beak of Protoceratops is clamped down upon the right forelimb of its attacker. This suggests Velociraptor may have used its sickle claw to pierce vital organs of the throat, such as the jugular vein, carotid artery, or trachea (windpipe), rather than slashing the abdomen. The inside edge of the claw was rounded and not unusually sharp, which may have precluded any sort of cutting or slashing action, although only the bony core of the claw is preserved. The thick abdominal wall of skin and muscle of large prey species would have been difficult to slash without a specialized cutting surface. The slashing hypothesis was tested during a 2005 BBC documentary, The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs. The producers of the program created an artificial Velociraptor leg with a sickle claw and used a pork belly to simulate the dinosaur's prey. Though the sickle claw did penetrate the abdominal wall, it was unable to tear it open, indicating that the claw was not used to disembowel prey.
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I’ve lived in Florida almost my entire life and I’ve never had any close encounters with gators, cassowaries, poisonous snakes, barracudas, sharks or inner-city thugs. I guess I’ve been lucky.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Pretty much you can bet the vast majority of "Florida Men" are NOT from Florida.
As for the spaghetti monster... Were was Magnum when you need him?
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I’m quite offended at my State being badmouthed!!!
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We're not badmouthing Florida. We're in awe of the legend that is Florida Man. Florida Man has given us hours of quality entertainment over the past years. Even Florida Woman occasionally appeared in supporting roles.
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I’ve lived in Florida almost my entire life and I’ve never had any close encounters with gators, cassowaries, poisonous snakes, barracudas, sharks or inner-city thugs. I guess I’ve been lucky.
Seriously? Do you ever leave the house? I've never seen cassowaries, but I'll see a gator every couple of months at least, poisonous snakes at least once a year(ring neck, rat snakes and black racers monthly)... never ran across a barracuda in FL, but fishing in CA... had a small shark approach me while snorkeling and another while fishing from a sandbar when I was younger and I see inner city thugs multiple times a day on my drive to work (tampa/ybor). I do live at the outskirts of a smaller town though...rural-ish (no pizza delivery or cable tv/internet)
I do try remain vigilant for 'Florida Man' and give him a wide berth when spotted.
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Originally Posted by K6_Scorpion
Seriously? Do you ever leave the house? .
I do! I've just always lived in a heavily urbanized and densely populated area of Florida so hence why I never had any close encounters with the dangerous wildlife.
Zoos don't count of course.
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There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
This is the kind of “problem” teenager who would have been forced into a penal “mine clearing” unit had he lived in Stalinist Russia!
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I do! I've just always lived in a heavily urbanized and densely populated area of Florida so hence why I never had any close encounters with the dangerous wildlife.
Zoos don't count of course.
Hehe, I had an aunt and uncle who lived in Saint Petersburg in a dense neighborhood, a thousand or more people within a half mile, yet there were gators less than 100 yards from their house.
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St. Petersburg is a small, quaint town compared to where I live.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Miami has other more dangerous predators besides snakes and gators.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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Originally Posted by KraziKanuK
Miami has other more dangerous predators besides snakes and gators.
Indeed it does but I stay far away from those neighborhoods.
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"Is that a baby alligator in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I remember a few years ago reading of disastrous flooding in Australia, and the added danger of displace 'Salties', snakes and very pissed-off Cassowaries! always surprised that it took so long for Palaeontologists to realise with example like this beast that dinosaurs are still with us!