New Dinosaur Named After the Eye of Sauron 69
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SchrodingerZ writes "95 million years ago, the dinosaur Sauroniops pachytholus roamed northern Africa. Fossils, originally found in southern Morocco, only consisted of the upper skull, which included the eerie looking eye socket which resembles the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings movies. Using skull comparison, it is theorized the two-legged meat-eater would have been 40 feet tall, challenging the Tyrannosaurus Rex in height. More fossils are needed for a full analysis, but so far it is very clear this dinosaur towered over many."
Naming creatures after fictional charactesr? (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, the nerds HAVE taken over!
I won't worry until I start seeing names like "therewerenofuckingelvesathelmdeepiop".
New dinosaur!? (Score:5, Funny)
Picture a T. Rex trying to put on the Ring (Score:3, Funny)
Umm, ahh...
Ooops.
Aaahhh.
DAMNIT!
A sequel to the movie (Score:5, Funny)
If you tell Peter Jackson, we'll get that Jurassic-Park-with-Hobbits tie-in movie we always wanted.
Re:No Resemblance at All in My Opinion (Score:4, Funny)
I had a nerd-gasm for nothing?
Re:Missed chance (Score:3, Funny)
how about Dinosauron?
Re:Naming creatures after fictional charactesr? (Score:5, Funny)
Hanshotfirstatops
Re:Full circle (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Full circle (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, you could bottle the virginity here and sell it to the rich and sexually jaded.
Re:Full circle (Score:1, Funny)
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