Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I just thought this cool! are these cool or what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Yep, they are neat little natural tanks. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 And they're the most poached animal in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seguidora-de-Isis Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Undoubtedly the Pangolin is a beautiful animal, which for some mysterious reason (perhaps for its strong armor) reminds us of prehistoric animals. In 1997, Shoshani et al. proposed that Eurotamandua joresi (Middle Eocene fossil from Messel, Germany): Might not be a xenarthran at all, but that it was instead a close relative of pangolins: But if Eurotamandua joresi is or is not related on the evolutionary scale with the current pangolins, it is still a subject of much heated debate, and apparently it is far from complete! Is It real, or it's not real, that's the question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 There are a few articles out there regarding extinct pangolins and their relatives. Here's a LINK to the section of my pdf library here on The Fossil Forum for these animals. -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 Ernanodon antelios. I think it's amazing the only mammal with scales! And they walk on two legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Pangolins are the best. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, LordTrilobite said: Pangolins are the best. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 They are very cool creatures and it is very sad they are on the endangered list of ZSL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 By a bizarre coincidence yesterday was World Pangolin Day. And a friend of mine has a wooden one in her garden. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: By a bizarre coincidence yesterday was World Pangolin Day. Dang I missed it! Meant to change my icon to a pangolin for a day... very strong creatures, case in point: “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 57 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Dang I missed it! Meant to change my icon to a pangolin for a day... very strong creatures, case in point: I was thinking about that when they showed a Chinese pangolin, I thought the samurai looked like they tried to mimic the pangolin . That's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: By a bizarre coincidence yesterday was World Pangolin Day. And a friend of mine has a wooden one in her garden. Probably why I saw the article. I never heard of one before yesterday. Really cool! The article was called the most hunted mammal you have never heard of. What gets me is how they walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, Malone said: I was thinking about that when they showed a Chinese pangolin, I thought the samurai looked like they tried to mimic the pangolin . That's great! It was actually made in India for a English king (forget which one). “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 It got me researching ethnopalentology. I guess people use their scales as medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 The giant pangolin reach 4.5 feet and 75 pounds. There like a double excavator. They dig huge amounts in seconds. Amazing creatures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Malone said: It got me researching ethnopalentology. I guess people use their scales as medicine. Sadly so. A lot of cultures have a misplaced belief that somehow keratinous structures from animals (tusks, horns, scales) have some sort of medicinal purpose when really they’d be in the same boat eating their fingernails. The animals suffer. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 Just now, WhodamanHD said: Sadly so. A lot of cultures have a misplaced belief that somehow keratinous structures from animals (tusks, horns, scales) have some sort of medicinal purpose when really they’d be in the same boat eating their fingernails. The animals suffer. They even use fossils as medicine which destroys a bunch of good fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Yes, cool and sad at the same time. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, Malone said: They even use fossils as medicine which destroys a bunch of good fossils. Ever heard of zhoukoudian? The site that yeilded (and still yields) Homo erectus fossils, apothecaries took the bones and sold them to be ground up as Medicine before it was known that they were not dragon bones. Helped in a way, a Anatomist happened to notice them in the medicinal shops (van keonigsvald was it? Probably spelled that wrong) “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 43 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Ever heard of zhoukoudian? The site that yeilded (and still yields) Homo erectus fossils, apothecaries took the bones and sold them to be ground up as Medicine before it was known that they were not dragon bones. Helped in a way, a Anatomist happened to notice them in the medicinal shops (van keonigsvald was it? Probably spelled that wrong) No I hadn't. Crazy stuff happens! I read that turtle fossils from a place in Brazil were used and still being used for medicine. I tried to research what chemical materials were in them, but there's not a lot of studies that have been done so far. Ethnopalentology sp? In in its infancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 Wonder what kinda medicine the afarensis bones would have been used for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 They used bone spurs in my spinal fusion surgery. I didn't find out till after the operation. It kinda grosses me out, but not much I can do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malone Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 4 hours ago, RJB said: Yes, cool and sad at the same time. RB I agree it makes you wonder if there really are curative powers chemical or other wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copacetic Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I wonder how many Egyptian sites were plundered not only for the treasure, but the curative mummies? "... Egyptian mummy, which was crumbled into tinctures to stanch internal bleeding." Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/#xP2R42WLgtMT72v3.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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