Re: 155 mya "Squid" has preserved ink sac

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

It doesn't take much reading of comments to electronic news stories in 
the US to realize that there are people who simply electronically troll 
for stories about fossils and immediately post comments about the earth 
being young, "Carbon dating" being flawed, etc.  Fortunately, there are 
an equal number of  people who troll for such comments and then respond 
to them refuting their claims.  This can make comment reading a bit of a 
waste of time as the same debate comes up repeatedly, but it  does not 
allow these erroneous and misleading statements to stand unanswered and 
appear to be true.

Dan


Box, Rick wrote:
> Did anybody read the article's comments? I thought only the USA had a
> significant fundamentalist/young-earth population.
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> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] On Behalf
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:13 AM
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> Subject: 155 mya "Squid" has preserved ink sac
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207367/The-150million-ye
> ar-old-squid-fossil-perfectly-preserved-scientists-make-ink-ink-sac.html
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> or     http://preview.tinyurl.com/onfe3k
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> The squid-like creature perished some 155million years ago.
>
> But despite the vast passage of time, experts who unearthed the
> fossilised 
> remains were able to extract ink from its perfectly-preserved sac and
> use 
> it to paint a picture of the ancient animal.
> ...
> The inch-long ink sac had become separated from its owner -
> Belemnotheutis 
> antiquus - which Dr Wilby said was squid-like but not the same as a 
> modern-day squid.
>
> However the black ink was of exactly the same structure as that of
> todays 
> version. Although solidified, some was ground up with an ammonia
> solution 
> to make paint.
> ...
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