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RE: Extinct Species
April 2, 2012 at 3:14 pm
All true. Still, they were great exceptions.
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RE: Extinct Species
April 2, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Wikipedia says the Great White Shark has been around for 16 million years. Funny enough, I heard that it was old on Blade Trinity! xD
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RE: Extinct Species
April 2, 2012 at 6:17 pm
At the rate were going there will be a extinction of 100% of species.
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RE: Extinct Species
April 3, 2012 at 7:52 am
Eventually that's a given.
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RE: Extinct Species
April 8, 2012 at 4:52 pm
I believe that the quote comes originally from Moore, Lalicker, and Fisher's "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology". That's where I first read about it.
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