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Microcosm
July 28th, 2015, 04:46 PM
http://www.geek.com/science/scientists-discover-113-million-year-old-snake-fossil-with-four-legs-1629305/

http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/84440555_martill7hr-590x392.jpg

http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/84440557_martill2hr-590x332.jpg

One point for evolutionists.
dxcxdzv
July 28th, 2015, 04:58 PM
And so?
Microcosm
July 28th, 2015, 05:07 PM
And so?

So... Yay? It's a neat thing.

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Have YOU ever seen a snake with legs??????? Now you have! See, isn't it neat?
dxcxdzv
July 28th, 2015, 05:12 PM
So... Yay? It's a neat thing.

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Have YOU ever seen a snake with legs??????? Now you have! See, isn't it neat?
You're right. I like.
Abhorrence
July 28th, 2015, 06:03 PM
Snakes creep me out so much and I don't know whether they would've been worse with legs or not. :P
WanderingHeart
July 28th, 2015, 06:30 PM
I think that's AWESOME! I love snakes!
Can't believed they discovered that :o
thatcountrykid
July 28th, 2015, 06:36 PM
I'm deathly afraid of snakes.
Judean Zealot
July 28th, 2015, 07:45 PM
This is pretty cool. But an anti evolutionist would point this out:
According to researchers, the legs have very well-defined fingers and claws, which would have made them good for digging and grasping prey. These were not simply vestigial features for T. amplectus.

This kind of takes the teeth out of the whole thing.

Btw, don't get me wrong, I'm just playing devil's advocate.
Uranus
July 28th, 2015, 08:59 PM
This is interesting. Kinda weird, but it's cool. I could care less though. It's just an animal
Emerald Dream
July 28th, 2015, 10:12 PM
Really cool thing to discover, even though I don't like snakes. Finding links in evolution is really interesting.

Although, to be honest - with the picture of the fossil, and the description "snake with legs" - I immediately thought of this guy right here. (http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Randall_Boggs) :lol:
Let Me Be a Pony
July 29th, 2015, 12:53 AM
That's a mighty long snake. I can think of a few good uses for a snake that size.
Kudos to science.
Broken Toy
July 29th, 2015, 01:10 AM
I dont get it? How is that 113 million years old when the biggest snakes are like 60 million? Wouldnt it take like 200 to evolve away legs?
phuckphace
July 29th, 2015, 01:15 AM
man those legs are weaksauce, snakebro went extinct because he didn't lift
Left Now
July 29th, 2015, 01:49 AM
This is not anything surprising for biology students.It is an established fact that first,legged Reptiles were evolved from Amphibians and then ancestors of snakes which had the Homologous bones of the same legged Reptiles evolved from them.However the bones were lesser revealing than other reptiles.
Horatio Nelson
July 29th, 2015, 02:01 AM
Really cool thing to discover, even though I don't like snakes. Finding links in evolution is really interesting.

Although, to be honest - with the picture of the fossil, and the description "snake with legs" - I immediately thought of this guy right here. (http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Randall_Boggs) :lol:

"You hear that? It's the winds of change." :P

The legged snake is pretty legit, although not shocking, as this was something scientists had been aware of for some time.