Yeah, it's been more than a year now and everybody knew already it's a fake. No offense, you have the tendency to necropost, but when I'm expecting something new, well...you know what I'm gonna say.

holy. That is so awesome, the likely of that being a fake is very low

Except you know... It is.

To be honest, I'd rather see old threads being re-opened rather than umpteen new threads being made every 6 months. It's a waste of t'internets space in my opinion. I was on a forum once where I got b****ed at by a moron of a Mod who verbally wrapped my knuckles (in a rather pig-ignorant way) for "reviving" a thread on the second page! How lame is that!? I gave up on that forum pretty quick because of that one >insert routinely censored sarky word here, personally I like the W-word<.

I didn't read the whole topic before posting but it's so realistic

yep those are definetly real

it is a posibilitie

actually if you go to the first page someone posted a link they are actually real animals

awsome

yes it is and im not sure whether they are endangered or not
i know theres not that many

Well you could say they're endangered, just a bit... they're extinct. They were around in the Permian, but did not seem to survive this period, sadly.

ya true

Very cool animals though. I sometimes think the pre-Mesozoic beasties are cooler than dinos, just because they get less coverage, and were sometimes so much weirder.

Wait, Urisk, I don't think that some of the people here is actually thinking the same way as you and I do, they actually think it still exist today. Now, Urisk, can you be explain them thoroughly so they know that this creature were around (and maybe even extinct) before the age of dinosaurs?

This is a fake. I have a link below that says that picture was a model made by some guy. Sorry, still extint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplocaulus

Right... erm... well, Diplocaulus, contained within the group the Lepospondyls (and probably the ancestors of most modern amphibbies), first appeared probably in the Permain, which started 45 million years before even the Trisassic (which really only showed signs of true dinos towards the end, IIRC), and sort of petered out towards the end. Certainly there is no substantial evidence (if any at all!) of at least the Diplocaulus species (of which i really do not know the number of genera, unfortunately) surviving any later than "late" Permian which, considering it was between 295-250 MYA, late could mean even as far back as 260 MYA. If you think 65 million years is a long time for dinos to have snuffed it then Diplocaulus should be a winner! Diplocalus was deader than corduroy before even the dinosaurs were first appearing!


How's that Capo, my friend?

oh man i would love to have them as pets that would be wicked ha.

I'll get you an A+. Thanks, my friend!

Oh bums... I got Genera and species the wrong way round. Shame on me!


The Diplocaulus GENUS, of which I don't know how many species there were. I will go perfrom an act of self-flaggellation in repentence for my sins immediately!

^Shoot! And I gave you an A+, I'll join the self-flaggellation on the double.

Bang goes our creditility.



Can I keep my A+??

Um, okay. Consider it a treat, my friend Send me some Murphy's Irish Red sometime!

Yeah, this is the right story. Silly people. =P There is no living amphibian that looks like this.

Don't worry, you did a good job my friend. I'm not sure what I feel about new topics. I kinda have this idea about like "IF ITS BEEN DISCUSSED HER BEFORE, WHY SHOULD IT BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN?!" but then we'd never get new content would we..?

Lately it just seems people will search a cryptid on google and post the first image they see.

Hey, I've found some weird pics, and if I want them explained I'm posting them. xD

I don't mind the revival of old topics (unless they're something stupid like werewolves) because you always get new comments and perspectives, and of course there will be things you've missed in the past. ^______^

Some what? I'm not in Ireland, I've never heard of that Could send the finest (only) Scottish Fraoch heather ale though.

That's also okay. I've never been to Ireland too, and the first time I have the Murphy's IRish Red is in The Netherlands, the second was when I'm in a pub in London.

Diplocaulus in popular culture
Unknown hammerhead salamanders are reported in cryptozoology from time to time. In 1992, a Japanese artist made a small diplocaulus model which he photographed in a pan on a lawn, as if captured. The photo looked quite realistic and was circulated in 2004 and 2005 on forums such as cryptozoology.com, where many thought it was a real salamander.
In the final episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shinji Ikari is transformed into various shapes, among them a diplocaulus and a hallucigenia.

see: wikipedia

There are, however, some darned ugly amphibians still around!

Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are extremely large, completely aquatic salamanders native to the eastern United States. The largest hellbender ever recorded was nearly 21/2 ft. long.

http://www.hellbenders.org/abouthellbenders.html


Japanese giant salamander. Photo from above link.

^The Japanese Giant Salamander was also called Baby Fish. Know why?

Enlighten me, please.

Cause it has little wee hands with little wee fingers?

Maybe, that name was written on it's aquarium in Leiden Science Museum in the Netherlands. Personally, I thought because it was almost as big as a baby .

Oh yeah I never thought of that, buddy. They are big buggers though, eh?

Oh yeah, they freak'd me out that time, because when you enters the Museum's complex of aquariums for the first time, THAT creature is the first thing you'll see! Ugh!

looks pretty real to me..........well there are always supposedly extinct creatures appearing in the wild and this could be one of them

True! Could be real, looks real to me also. but I my have seen a creature like that on a show before

You need to consider there's never been a vertebrate of this prehistoric a lineage yet discovered. The depicted animal isn't just your everyday salamander or frog. This creature existed before reptiles.

You're absolutely right. That's a prospect that honestly did not occur to me: taxons that are lost forever. Given that there are thousands.

God! Those things give me the jibblys!! BTW, this thread is 3 years old.

I want it.

Yeah, somebody raised it again, even the OP commented about this too! Anyway, judging from some of the recent posts, it is obvious that some people are way too lazy to read page-by-page to understand the matter, and instead, they jumped into conclusion saying it's real, although it has been proven as a fake, a model toys even years ago!

Yeah...i joined two days ago and am already seeing how dense some people are being. They open the thread, see the picture and post something like OMG THIS CANT BE FAKE!!!

^Well, that's been going on and on and on like the Energizer Bunny.

so this is a real creature? nice...

Hmmmm, I agree. Now, let's see how long this will take




Here it comes.....




Wait for it.........




BOO YAH!


(So, like, you all just knew that was coming right?)

LOL, I really hope that pinoi32 was joking.

Haha...youre my new hero...

This is a quality hoax I guess, seems so realistic.

Boo Yah! indeed, I only hope I am around in three more years and people are still saying they think it is real. LOL.