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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 01:45 PM Jun 2013

Extinct lizard named after The Doors' singer Jim Morrison

Source: BBC News

A newly described 6ft lizard that roamed South East Asia from 36-40 million years ago has been named after The Doors singer Jim Morrison.

The choice of name Barbaturex morrisoni is a play on the late frontman's epithet "The Lizard King".

Higher temperatures at the time are thought to have helped the lizard evolve to its unusual size.

The scientists were surprised to find that the reptile successfully competed for food against mammals.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22764946

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Extinct lizard named after The Doors' singer Jim Morrison (Original Post) IDemo Jun 2013 OP
Was self-centered drunken hack taken? Earth_First Jun 2013 #1
The Seminary school taught him well. alfredo Jun 2013 #3
It doesn't look anything like him. alfredo Jun 2013 #2
You're right. Archae Jun 2013 #4
It's even wearing leather pants. alfredo Jun 2013 #14
Take a couple of more hits of acid and they will.... Lochloosa Jun 2013 #6
Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Jun 2013 #9
LOL....that it is an 'extinct' lizard Taverner Jun 2013 #5
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2013 #7
"They got the guns MoreGOPoop Jun 2013 #8
"Touch me" sounds like Christmas music Kolesar Jun 2013 #12
It's long dead, Jim. DavidDvorkin Jun 2013 #10
It's about time!! LeftInTX Jun 2013 #11
It could grow its own leather pants Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #13

H2O Man

(73,321 posts)
9. Respectfully disagree.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:16 PM
Jun 2013

I took a couple hits for lunch ("it's not just for breakfast any more&quot . It doesn't look anything like Jim. Sounds a heck of a lot like him, though, back in Miami.

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
5. LOL....that it is an 'extinct' lizard
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 02:13 PM
Jun 2013

Jim is laughing somewhere, that deep bellowing laugh

Miss ya Jim

H2O Man

(73,321 posts)
7. Recommended.
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 02:34 PM
Jun 2013

Jim Morrison was one of the outstanding voices of the 1960s. The Doors were the first rock group to come out with an anti-war song. And his works still hold up strong today.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
12. "Touch me" sounds like Christmas music
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 04:19 PM
Jun 2013

My friends and I thought it sounded like one of Dad's LP records that he bought for the holidays. It got a lot of airplay when we were preteenagers: we always thought it was kind of funny that way. Not to take anything away from it.

If you go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame you can see Jim's old Cub Scout uniform.

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