"Jon." <jd_waller@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1118334786.163824.109030@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

This is a good one: the dinosaurs, rather than being on the ark,
tried
to attack it. When they were repelled by the Angel of the Lord, they
drowned. They tried to keep their heads above the water, and this is
why so many of their fossils are found with the heads arching back.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/theferrett/519211.html

Is there no limit to the kookiness of the fundies?

Forgive me if I don't look at the thing: I've seen enough retarded
fundie garbage already this week.

But I do just about have enough energy to point out that the 'usual'
explanation of the arched-back neck is that *this is what happens when
a body dries out*. The dinosaur neck is full of ligaments, tendons and
muscles. Observations of modern creatures have shown that when these
organs dry out after death, they shrink and pull the head back over
the spine. Ironically, then, it may not actually happen when a
dinosaur *drowns or otherwise ends up in water*, though osmotic
processes in hyper-saline (extremely salty) water have also been
demonstrated to shrink these organs. Nor is such post-mortem ligament
contraction something found only in dinosaurs: it'll happen to a human
corpse, if it's left out to dry (I suggest we all try it with a dead
fundie sometime...). Dinosaur tails display the same characteristic,
by the way, but often less markedly - on account of the relative
inflexibility of dinosaur tails. And, of course, the most sensible way
to tell if the 'death-pose' is best explained by drowning, drying or
hyper-salinity is to analyze the site the fossil is found in. What do
the surroundings of 'death-pose' fossils indicate? Most are found with
evidence of post-mortem drying, or are found in the sediments of
hyper-saline environments. Many are found in what were clearly desert
environments, victims of sandstorms or sandslides.

(I'll explain 'osmotic processes', if anyone needs me to...)

Katt.

But I do just about have enough energy to point out that the 'usual'
explanation of the arched-back neck is that *this is what happens when a
body dries out*. The dinosaur neck is full of ligaments, tendons and
muscles. Observations of modern creatures have shown that when these
organs > dry out after death, they shrink and pull the head back over the
spine. Ironically, then, it may not actually happen when a dinosaur
*drowns or otherwise ends up in water*, though osmotic processes in
hyper-saline (extremely salty) water have also been demonstrated to shrink
these organs. Nor is such post-mortem ligament contraction something found
only in dinosaurs: it'll happen to a human corpse, if it's left out to dry
(I suggest we all try it with a dead fundie sometime...). Dinosaur tails
display the same characteristic, by the way, but often less markedly - on
account of the relative inflexibility of dinosaur tails. And, of course,
the most sensible way to tell if the 'death-pose' is best explained by
drowning, drying or hyper-salinity is to analyze the site the fossil is
found in. What do the surroundings of 'death-pose' fossils indicate? Most
are found with evidence of post-mortem drying, or are found in the
sediments of hyper-saline environments. Many are found in what were
clearly desert environments, victims of sandstorms or sandslides.

"Jon." <jd_waller@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1118334786.163824.109030@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

This is a good one: the dinosaurs, rather than being on the ark, tried
to attack it. When they were repelled by the Angel of the Lord, they
drowned. They tried to keep their heads above the water, and this is
why so many of their fossils are found with the heads arching back.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/theferrett/519211.html

Is there no limit to the kookiness of the fundies?

Forgive me if I don't look at the thing: I've seen enough retarded fundie
garbage already this week.

But I do just about have enough energy to point out that the 'usual'
explanation of the arched-back neck is that *this is what happens when a
body dries out*. The dinosaur neck is full of ligaments, tendons and
muscles. Observations of modern creatures have shown that when these organs
dry out after death, they shrink and pull the head back over the spine.
Ironically, then, it may not actually happen when a dinosaur *drowns or
otherwise ends up in water*, though osmotic processes in hyper-saline
(extremely salty) water have also been demonstrated to shrink these organs.
Nor is such post-mortem ligament contraction something found only in
dinosaurs: it'll happen to a human corpse, if it's left out to dry (I
suggest we all try it with a dead fundie sometime...). Dinosaur tails
display the same characteristic, by the way, but often less markedly - on
account of the relative inflexibility of dinosaur tails. And, of course, the
most sensible way to tell if the 'death-pose' is best explained by drowning,
drying or hyper-salinity is to analyze the site the fossil is found in. What
do the surroundings of 'death-pose' fossils indicate? Most are found with
evidence of post-mortem drying, or are found in the sediments of
hyper-saline environments. Many are found in what were clearly desert
environments, victims of sandstorms or sandslides.

(I'll explain 'osmotic processes', if anyone needs me to...)

Katt.