Potentially Unbelievable Discovery: Did a sea monster make an artwork… out of bones?

[The_Damped]

Fun talk with PR. Looks like they will be taking a good angle on this.

Will this be on the internet? Or local newspaper? I'm interested to see the result if conveniently possible. Thanks.

 

[octobot]

The Revenge of the Imaginary Kraken - Wired News

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The Revenge of the Imaginary Kraken [SIZE=-1]Wired News[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Contrary to my expectations, I did not have nightmares about gargantuan squid tangling with enormous ichthyosaurs in the shadowy reaches of the sea last night. That's probably for the best – the mythical beastie has claimed enough of my ...[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Prehistoric giant squid may have hunted ichthyosaurs[SIZE=-1]New Scientist (blog)[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Gigantic KRAKEN fingered in prehistoric murder mystery[SIZE=-1]Register[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]The giant, prehistoric squid that ate common sense[SIZE=-1]Ars Technica[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]International Business Times AU -National Geographic[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]all 133 news articles[/SIZE]

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[Stavros]

From science to fiction and vice-versa

 

[Clem]

A close analysis of the quarry-face at the Dinosaur National Monument visitor's center reveals a formation that uncannily mimics the shape of a giant fresh-water stingray.

It is my hypothesis that a giant fresh-water stingray stung a bunch of dinosaurs to death and then arranged their bones to form this, the self-portait of a 1km-long giant freshwater stingray.

Clem

 

[Thales]

http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/the-kraken-did-it/

 

[DWhatley]

hummm,

A puzzle that resembles the pattern of sucker discs on a cephalopod tentacle

YOU let them publish that? or has the octopus become a squid/cuttlefish?

 

[Thales]

What D, do you think I get to edit what other people write.

 

[DWhatley]

You mean you haven't taken on that challenge too? It could be worse, they could have said legs

 

[tonmo]

http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/the-kraken-did-it/

Excellent! Great quotes. "You could just as well say that aliens did this." - very good quote to end the article.

 

[octobot]

Did giant octopus kill ichthyosaurs found in Nevada? - Nevada Appeal

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Did giant octopus kill ichthyosaurs found in Nevada? [SIZE=-1]Nevada Appeal[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]In what Nature Magazine dubbed “Kraken versus ichthyosaur,” a paleontologist has issued a paper saying the fossilized marine reptiles at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in central Nevada were killed by a giant cephalopod —a squid- or octopus-like ...[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]A strange, bone-filled lair: Proof the Kraken existed?[SIZE=-1]The Week Magazine[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Giant Kraken Lair Found: Did the Sea Monster Really Prey on Ichthyosaurs?[SIZE=-1]International Business Times[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Scientist says hes found evidence for an ancient kraken[SIZE=-1]Houston Chronicle (blog)[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]all 6 news articles »[/SIZE]

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[neurobadger]

Mark McMenamin is known for being... imaginative when it comes to science. To a fault.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/10/traces_of_a_triassic_kraken.php

 

[Architeuthoceras]

All this press... and not a word from anyone who actually heard the talk

 

[DWhatley]

Practical Fishkeeping did a more immaginative editorial about the fossil layout with a small amount of background

 

[octobot]

Seeing A Cephalopod In Ancient Bones - NPR

Seeing A Cephalopod In Ancient Bones [SIZE=-1]NPR[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Paleontologist Mark McMenamin explains his controversial theory that the bones were put there by a giant, ancient octopus-like creature. IRA FLATOW, host: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. If you attended a session, Session 120 at this week's ...[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Scientist: Giant squid or octopus-like creature killed Nevada dinosaurs[SIZE=-1]Las Vegas Sun[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1][/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]all 4 news articles[/SIZE]

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[CaptFish]

the audio version of the interview is here:

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=141356526&m=141356501