Scientists use well-preserved 400-million-year-old chert fossils, and the open-source Blender animation software, to reconstruct the walking style of one of the very first predators to ever stalk its prey on dry land.
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Jabberwonky
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Re: Not for the arachnophobic
The link wouldn't open, I'ma go look for it on the Gobble engine...
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Re: Not for the arachnophobic
The video seems to have been slashdotted... it's been viewed too many times and Google is restricting access.Jabberwonky wrote:The link wouldn't open, I'ma go look for it on the Gobble engine...
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Jabberwonky
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SlashdotdashdotDave wrote:The video seems to have been slashdotted... it's been viewed too many times and Google is restricting access.Jabberwonky wrote:The link wouldn't open, I'ma go look for it on the Gobble engine...
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"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." - Nim the chimp
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It's actually pretty cool, in a potential-horror-movie-I'm-glad-isn't-real sort of way.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." - Nim the chimp
Animation courtesy of shadowinthelight (thanks again!)
Animation courtesy of shadowinthelight (thanks again!)