Mutant

Native to South America in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, Carnotaurus was a fearsome predator that measured around twenty-five feet long. Its arms were more or less vestigial, but its razor-sharp teeth more than compensated for this deficiency. The razor-tailed Carnotaurus was a mutant that has left behind few fossils and as such is yet to be discovered.

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PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

The razor-tailed Carnotaurus had passed to greener pastures this way

A muscle in its tail (caudofemoralis) was attached by a tendon to the upper leg bones. As this fearsome beast moved forward – its tail swished laterally because of the double attachment of this muscle. The faster the beast moved the faster its tail swished. The mutation had resulted in the dinosaur being completely covered with thick armor consisting of razor-sharp oval plates of bone.

Its passage resulted in cut-tree slices.

Few billion years later one of our ancestors found these slices and the wheel was discovered.

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Thanks for the prompt Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. SHALOM.

 

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On rocks

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This week’s photo prompt is provided by loniangraphics. Thank you.

Dr Desert – a renowned xerophytist, conducted a detailed ecological survey of a little known area in the depths of Sahara. He lived there for one year eleven months and 22days exactly; and discovered this particular species of cactus.

I have borrowed this excerpt from his famous interview that was aired on the Discovery channel.

J – Congratulations, Dr Desert on your great discovery.

D – Thank you.

J – What propelled you to find this rare cactus?

D – I like my whisky on rocks.

J – What will this cactus be called?

D – Cactaceae glaciem.

J – Do you plan to follow up your research?

D – Yes!

J – How?

D – I am going to genetically engineer this cactus into producing ice-cubes.

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