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Short snouted croc named after the balrog

Adam Khor · 2014-05-24 10:20:25

I honestly think a dragon would've been a more natural choice, but what do I know... http://news.ufl.edu/2014/05/23/ancient-crocodile-species/ It is the same crocodile portrayed in the Titanoboa documentary from a while ago: (Gotta love how the Titanoboa appears to be bioluminsicent in that pic)

24-05-2014 10:20am

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Adam Khor

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I honestly think a dragon would've been a more natural choice, but what do I know...

http://news.ufl.edu/2014/05/23/ancient-crocodile-species/

It is the same crocodile portrayed in the Titanoboa documentary from a while ago:

(Gotta love how the Titanoboa appears to be bioluminsicent in that pic)

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#2 24-05-2014 3:52pm

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Anthracosuchus balrogus, a demon of the ancient world...

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#3 07-06-2014 12:58pm

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Oh, I just realized why they named it like that... they found it in a mine

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#4 07-06-2014 1:00pm

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God that's a cool name

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#5 07-06-2014 1:24pm

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No chance there was deep indentations found on the bones, as if struck repeatedly by a white staff ?

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#6 07-06-2014 1:29pm

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Manach wrote: »

struck repeatedly by a white staff ?

*Puts on nerd cap*

When Gandalf fought the Balrog he was Gandalf the grey and had a gnarled brown staff, the white staff came with his return as Gandalf the White

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#7 13-06-2014 8:41pm

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Prehistoric Elfbane then, indicates Elves existed back then, so I suppose fairies might be real after all.

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