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Re: 'Jurassic beaver' turns theory on its tail

Subject: Re: 'Jurassic beaver' turns theory on its tail
From: "=?x-user-defined?q?=AB?= Paul =?x-user-defined?q?=BB?=" <>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:42:55 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology
MiRe wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> Whilst I was reading about this animal, an image of a creature that still
> lives sprung to mind - The Giant Otter Shrew (Potamogale velox) from the
> Congolese jungles.
> It has the same size, appearance, diet and also lives in a waterside burrow.
> In fact everything that the fossil animal was supposed to do. If you don't
> believe me, google up "The Giant Otter Shrew (Potamogale velox)" and look
> for the pics of it and compare them to the article's picture of the fossil
> animal.
> Regards,
> MiRe.

Yeah.  About the same size as a rat.  That makes more sense than a 1.1 pound
beaver.

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