Hey guys, my first post here...found this on Yahoo!
Rat-Squirrel Not Extinct
This definitely helps support cryptozoology...if an animal that was thought to be extinct for 11 million years is actually still alive, what else could be out there?
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What about eight foot sloths? Maybe those are in jungle swamps somewhere.
Why havnt' some of these animals who were supposedly extinct but found later, not evolving?
QUOTE(ZeroShadow @ Mar 9 2006, 04:15 PM) [snapback]1097152[/snapback]
Why havnt' some of these animals who were supposedly extinct but found later, not evolving?
Good question...some things just adapt quickly I guess...crocs and sharks haven't changed for a long time, either. Which begs the question...what kind of crazy animals are out there that we don't even know about to begin with??
I hope nothing spooky. I saw a strange rat-like creature about the size of a dog on my fence. Perhaps it was a sick possum. I hope.
Scrat form Ice Age thawed out 
Nice find
Gives one hope that more will be found.
Nice find
Gives one hope that more will be found.
Nutty! They probably haven't changed because they're still suited to their niche in the world. It's probably a lot simpler than you're thinking, how they've managed to survive this long.
In a way. The article says all the specimens found so far have been killed by hunters or found at meat markets. Maybe that's why they're still around. They're tasty!
In a way. The article says all the specimens found so far have been killed by hunters or found at meat markets. Maybe that's why they're still around. They're tasty!
QUOTE(ZeroShadow @ Mar 9 2006, 05:15 PM) [snapback]1097152[/snapback]
Why havnt' some of these animals who were supposedly extinct but found later, not evolving?
mmm.good qusten
Nothing needs to evolve unless its absolutly nessicary like if a hot destert goes freezing permentily then the animals will need to change or die out but if there already suited fine they won't need to 
I guess that makes Laos a planetary safe spot then.
Yep pretty much 
until more people come over 
until more people come over
I've probably seen this critter before, in books. Similar creatures were our ancestors. Before modern monkeys and apes evolved, they had forebears that were vere very similar to this rat-squirrel.
Yeah but new theorys suggest that not all mammals decened from small rats because the scientist just found a otter beaver thingy that was very big ill try and find a link 
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Nothing needs to evolve unless its absolutly nessicary like if a hot destert goes freezing permentily then the animals will need to change or die out but if there already suited fine they won't need to
Then how did we get 'evolved' squirrels?
explain what you mean
If the rat squirrel didn't evolve...how did we wind up with modern day squirrels with fluffy tails?
i belive the question i was answering was directed towards this one
Why havnt' some of these animals who were supposedly extinct but found later, not evolving?
however i will answer yours
because of the location of the species if a rat on one side of the world never has to change because its well adapted to its enviorment but a rat on the other side is facing troubles it evovles and you have a new species
Why havnt' some of these animals who were supposedly extinct but found later, not evolving?
however i will answer yours
because of the location of the species if a rat on one side of the world never has to change because its well adapted to its enviorment but a rat on the other side is facing troubles it evovles and you have a new species
hopefully more extinct creatures will be "revived" in the surviving world
Nice find
lol i like your title frogfish ' better than yelkiah ' 
i hope only species wiped out by humans will be revied is what would be the better term conspiracy
i hope only species wiped out by humans will be revied is what would be the better term conspiracy
QUOTE(BigDaddy_GFS @ Mar 9 2006, 07:20 PM) [snapback]1097456[/snapback]
I've probably seen this critter before, in books. Similar creatures were our ancestors. Before modern monkeys and apes evolved, they had forebears that were vere very similar to this rat-squirrel.
I didn't come from no rat-squirrel! Evolution is a lie! A big, fat, rat-squirrel eatin' lie!
wow...nifty!
QUOTE(snuffypuffer @ Mar 10 2006, 03:55 AM) [snapback]1097957[/snapback]
I didn't come from no rat-squirrel! Evolution is a lie! A big, fat, rat-squirrel eatin' lie! Now, if the rat-squirrel didn't need to evolve...how the hell did it become to be thought of as extinct? Stupid squirrel!
QUOTE(Bigfoot_Is_Real @ Mar 9 2006, 08:32 PM) [snapback]1097650[/snapback]
lol i like your title frogfish ' better than yelkiah '
loool
I just noticed that. Hilarious.
It makes you wonder what other animals are out there.
Why the bloody hell has no one asked if this thing was from 11 million years ago, why didn't it evolve a little bit..? I mean, we evolved from 70,000 years ago but this thing didn't in 11 million years? Seems fishy.. Or squirrelly.
QUOTE(SBB Motley @ Mar 10 2006, 11:17 PM) [snapback]1099111[/snapback]
Why the bloody hell has no one asked if this thing was from 11 million years ago, why didn't it evolve a little bit..?
Did you even take time to read the thread pages?...there are only like...uh, ...two pages.
QUOTE(Bigfoot_Is_Real @ Mar 9 2006, 07:51 PM) [snapback]1097563[/snapback]
i belive the question i was answering was directed towards this one
Why havnt' some of these animals who were supposedly extinct but found later, not evolving?
however i will answer yours
because of the location of the species if a rat on one side of the world never has to change because its well adapted to its enviorment but a rat on the other side is facing troubles it evovles and you have a new species
Theres one. Alright, though he didnt ask it as good as I did.
Finding an extinct "rat squirrel" is not exactly a big deal....people say...Hey..I wonder what else we thought was extinct is still running around....well...I gotta tell ya...we were not exactly looking for the ever elusive rat squirrel, I'm sure Millions of people had seen that thing and didn't think twice about it....its a freaking squirrel...who cares....they should have just killed it and kept it extinct
This is a significant find,whatever people say.Hopefully more and more new species will be found and recognized officially by science and the world will be a beeeetter place
Let's not turn the whole thing to "my-grandpa-was-not-a-monkey" thing,though.
Let's not turn the whole thing to "my-grandpa-was-not-a-monkey" thing,though.
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