Author Topic: Very, verrrry old wild things (Read 2077 times)

scott · « **on:** 31 May, 2008, 07:19:56 pm »

Apparently about 400 *million* years old:

We found these on our WV trip, in the East Fork Greenbrier River by the hotel.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #1 on:** 31 May, 2008, 07:30:44 pm »

Er...they're dead. I'll be that old one day, I guarantee it

For really old living things, you need sequoia or yew trees, or maybe some strange microbe that's been frozen in the pack ice for thousands of years.

scott · « **Reply #2 on:** 31 May, 2008, 08:04:13 pm »

They're not dead, they're just resting.

Luke · « **Reply #3 on:** 31 May, 2008, 08:21:39 pm »

They're not dead, they're just resting.

Yep.

I just saw the one on the left twitch. Keep watching.

clarion · « **Reply #4 on:** 31 May, 2008, 10:01:36 pm »

*ahem*

I am reliably informed that nothing in Leftpondia predated 4004BC.

That is all.

Fi · « **Reply #5 on:** 31 May, 2008, 11:30:20 pm »

They're not dead, they're just resting.

You've been listening to Anders!

scott · « **Reply #6 on:** 01 June, 2008, 02:22:56 am »

I am reliably informed that nothing in Leftpondia predated 4004BC.

I keep forgetting that fossils are really formed in quick-set concrete.

You've been listening to Anders!

Yeah, but I don't have his knack for the utterly bizarre...