Sunday, 21 April 2024

Well, They Can't Identify Living Species...


...so I suppose expecting them to know this was a prehistoric reptile and not a mammal is fruitless.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

But was it an ambush predator?

Nigel Sedgwick said...

But Where Was That Then?

Anonymous said...

Aren't blue whales 100ft long ?

Ottokring said...

Aren't blue whales 100ft long ?

Anonymous said...

I knew that an ichthyosaur was a reptile when I was seven years old.

Stonyground.

JuliaM said...

"But was it an ambush predator?"

Perhaps in the sense that great whites sometimes attack that way, in a rush from beneath their prey. But most icthyosaurs were fish eaters, or specialised in ammonites.

"But Where Was That Then?"

Somerset.

"Aren't blue whales 100ft long ?"

Yes, but they aren't predators so even the 'Mail' would have trouble dubbing them a 'monster'.

"I knew that an ichthyosaur was a reptile when I was seven years old.
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I got in trouble in primary school for contradicting a teacher who referred to a whale as a fish!