Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Big Enough to Bite a Small Car in Half and Eat a T-Rex for Breakfast





This morning, my brilliant niece (an amateur paleontologist) directed my attention to a remarkable story on the BBC website. Seems a British fossil hunter made quite a discovery a while back--the skull of a sea monster so large that it would have considered the Loch Ness Monster a rather insignificant snack. (See above.) Read more--and see a video--here.

33 comments:

42 said...

Wow. How much food would that thing need to survive?

katy said...

Scary!!! I'm glad they don't still live in our oceans!!!

~chanel~ said...

whoa. i think i saw a documentary on this a while ago... it came on after two specials on giant and collosal squid actually!

gymnast20 said...

wow how did htey even have room for that in the oceans!! its huge!!!!

Anonymous said...

Poor Nessie.

MushroomCloud said...

Why is Iris still not on the "meet the irregulars" page?

vendetta said...

bigbigbig!!

geekchick said...

The creature seems beautiful in a creepy way.

vendetta said...

hey, do you think you could find more pictures of the sneaky cards? i have no idea what to put on mine.
oh, and half an hour ago (i think) i saw a spider in my bathroom NOT EVEN 2 FEET FROM THE TOILET!!! a sign, maybe? hmmmmm???????

Irregular Kiki said...

Wow, it's massive! It would've been interesting to see them alive o_0

Serena said...

woa. thats all i can say

Betty Bent said...

hey Kirsten! last week in Denver there was a Zombie fest! you would have loved it!

maria12245 said...

WOW! That thing is HUGE!! And I'm creeped out knowing that there is a predator the size of the great white swimming off of our shores......

montana irregulars said...

mushroom-cloud:
I've been thinking the same thing!!! Iris is an offical member of the Irregulars!! So to whom it concerns PLEASE PUT IRIS ON THE IRREGULAR'S PAGE!!!!! thanks!!

Kiwi said...

Yum yum yum yum yum...
Delicioso!

I would totaly freak if I saw that in a Loch Ness
(... if it would even fit in the Loch Ness. Hmmmm....)

MushroomCloud said...

thanks montana irregulars! i mean, there was contest 2 choose a picture of her, so where is she????
Oh, btw, scary creature!!!

MushroomCloud said...

On the May 20th 2009 post it was about "you go girl" graffiti. i saw some in NY near Jane st. last weekend. it was much smaller though, the whole thong was only like 1ft by 1 ft

Reel Dancer said...

guess what i'm being for halloween!!!!!!!!...ELMO!!!! it's cool

42 said...

Where has the Shadow City Store gone?

Anonymous said...

omigawd!!!! 42 u r soooo right! i just noticed it! The shadow city store has disappeared!!!!

Micci said...

OMG, that thing would be scary. By the way, when the phrase "Liar, liar, pants on fire" is translated into French, then back into English, it says "Teller of untruths, your trousers have combusted." XD

~chanel~ said...

I was browsing the Books-By-Release-Date calender on teensreadtoo.com and I saw the book you've been super secretive about, Kirsten! Too bad it doesn't come out til August 8th 2010!!!! I have no idea what it's about, but I can't wait! The Eternal Ones... I'm very intrigued.

~chanel~ said...

Whoops! did I say august 8th? My bad. August 24th is even longer from now!!!!

~chanel~ said...

Since I'm home sick, bored to death, and dangerously curious, I decided to fish around for some info on the mysterious Eternal Ones.

This is all I found:

"The thriller/romance, the first in a new series by the author of the middle-grade series Kiki Strike, follows a girl with strange talents who's having disturbing visions of a life that ended decades ago in New York City."

Please Kirsten!!!!! Tell me more!!!!

charstar :) said...

Wow thats freaky!
and Cool.
Im glad they dont still live in the oceans TOO!

Hmmm...

*gets thinking face*
Mabby... there is one still -
The lock ness MONSTER!!
AHHH!

lol
I can not wait till HALLOWEEN
I dont know bout u guys but I love a good scary story
if you do this one is prety creapy

http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/mi3.html

Happy allmost halloween!

P.s
Is there going 2b a contest soon
ananka?

Kitty said...

That'd make a great pet -w-

Ian M. said...

42, i was the other 42 (hitchhikers guide fan) b4 i knew there was another 42 that was you(sorry!!). phew that was confusing

42 said...

Ian M: No problem! Actually, I think I need to apologize for taking “42”; you might have had it first.

liltomboyblue said...

Woah! That's amazing! THAT would be a cool halloween costume....

vendetta said...

no halloween post?!?!!?!!!????? jeez. you couldnt find anything? im doing a halloween experiment when i trick or treat. ill explain later!!!

Gnat said...

i agree with mushroom cloud. thats crap!!! iris is such an important part of the irregulars. but if people saw anything other than the irriganle group it could spoil the story for the newbies.

Gnat said...

i know i know. im terrible at spelling. sorry.

the awesomeness said...

omg that thing is colossal! i agree with the people that said iris should be on the page for the irregulars. and i went to the that zombiefest it was awesome