FARK.com: (6698755) Paleontologists discover fossils of saber-toothed squirrel. (With bonus "don't let them near your nuts" picture)

		Paleontologists discover fossils of saber-toothed squirrel. (With bonus "don't let them near your nuts" picture) (lightyears.blogs.cnn.com)		19
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RexTalionis

2011-11-02 03:34:07 PM

Cute. Reminds me of the hapless rodent from the Ice Age movies.

CraicBaby

2011-11-02 03:42:15 PM

Skrat?

jehovahs witness protection

2011-11-02 04:05:02 PM

Killed several of the tree rats yesterday. Only about 200 left to kill, kill, KILL.

ZAZ

2011-11-02 04:11:46 PM

technically speaking it is neither a squirrel nor saber-toothed

The illustration appears to have four incisors, making it not a rodent by modern classification. Or it has canine teeth, making it not a rodent either. I would have called it a proto-raccoon.

jehovahs witness protection

2011-11-02 04:16:03 PM

BTW, why isn't this on the main page?

Meatzilla

2011-11-02 04:35:03 PM

Come At Me Bro!

treesloth

2011-11-02 06:12:36 PM

Oh, man... I love that squirrel. He was my favorite part of "Ice Age". The whole movie should have been about him.

the_sidewinder

2011-11-02 06:12:42 PM

Came for Skrat, leaving satisfied

RatOmeter

2011-11-02 06:27:10 PM

treesloth: Oh, man... I love that squirrel. He was my favorite part of "Ice Age". The whole movie should have been about him.

Dude, the whole movie *was* about him. The parts that weren't, were just like every other commercials interuption... too long, uninteresting, can't understand what it is they're selling but I know I ain't buying it.

whither_apophis

2011-11-02 06:27:38 PM

Dug could take 'em

treesloth

2011-11-02 06:34:59 PM

RatOmeter: treesloth: Oh, man... I love that squirrel. He was my favorite part of "Ice Age". The whole movie should have been about him.

Dude, the whole movie *was* about him. The parts that weren't, were just like every other commercials interuption... too long, uninteresting, can't understand what it is they're selling but I know I ain't buying it.

Ok, that's a good way of looking at it. My perception is permanently changed for the better.

Snatch Bandergrip

2011-11-02 06:35:28 PM

Squirrelus Farkus?

Can somebody with PS skills take the Fark Squirrel pic and put some sabre-teeth on him?

Thudfark

2011-11-02 07:24:39 PM

Snatch Bandergrip: Squirrelus Farkus?

Can somebody with PS skills take the Fark Squirrel pic and put some sabre-teeth on him?

It don't have teeth, but it is available at the Fark store (new window)

OK So Amuse Me

2011-11-03 02:26:45 AM

From TFA: Coronpio dentiacutus lived at the same time as small carnivorous dinosaurs, terrestrial crocodiles and snakes with legs.

Snakes with legs?!? That would be a lizard, wouldn't it?

Snakes with legs...

Also, terrestrial crocodiles? As opposed to extraterrestrial crocodiles?

_{Not sure what these guys are smoking, but, where can I get some?}

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf

2011-11-03 04:30:55 AM

jehovahs witness protection: Killed several of the tree rats yesterday. Only about 200 left to kill, kill, KILL.

You gonna eat that?

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Gryffinator

2011-11-03 07:29:12 AM

OMG he's got weasel teeth!

Odd Bird

2011-11-03 11:11:51 AM

Meatzilla: [i51.tinypic.com image 640x480]
Come At Me Bro!

Cool. Is it an original or lifted from a 'shop contest?

godofatheist

2011-11-03 06:47:08 PM

soooo....no picture of the fossils....

ZAZ

2011-11-03 08:14:53 PM

Nature 479:98-102

Fark won't allow the link; remove any spaces from this URL and read the abstract with small pictures: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/nature10591.html

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