[extropy-chat] That T-rex

[BillK]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:49:23 -0800 (PST), Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
> Keep in mind that there were hippos in the Thames around 5,000 BC,
> there could easily have been lizard predators there as well.
> 


What!! My granddad was alive then and he doesn't remember hippos in the Thames!

See: Museum of London - 
<http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/frames.asp?http%3A//www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/gallery/prehistory/show_object.asp%3Fobid%3D35%26src%3Dobject_section%253D1%26lf%3Dcat>

Hippopotami were common in Britain about 110,000 years ago when the
climate was warmer than it is today. This allowed animals to live here
that today we would associate with regions such as Africa. Other
species included wild oxen, red deer, fallow deer, lion, hyena,
straight-tusked elephant, rhino and bison. Environmental evidence
suggests the area around Regent Street at this time was open grassland
with hazel, maple, hawthorn and water chestnut trees.


Ah - That explains it. They were before his time.  :)

BillK