South Carolina state fossil
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2southernbooklady
Americans are so batty about evolution. Why? What is it about the theory that makes them lose their shit so badly?
3BruceCoulson
And here I thought the creator of the fossil was the wooly mammoth, which had the courtesy to die in a way to leave remains to be found.
Of course, my state already has a state fossil (the trilobite).
Of course, my state already has a state fossil (the trilobite).
4.Monkey.
>2 southernbooklady: That's a rather absurd statement; it's not "Americans," it's religious zealots, biblical literalists.
5southernbooklady
>4 .Monkey.: It seems like a specifically American phenomenon, though. What's the figure that people are always citing? That a third of Americans "don't believe in evolution"?
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-americans-dont-evolution.html
Those aren't all religious zealots. It seems like a cultural thing.
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-americans-dont-evolution.html
Those aren't all religious zealots. It seems like a cultural thing.
6jjwilson61
3> My state's official fossil is the saber-toothed tiger. How cool is that!
7southernbooklady
My state doesn't have one, I don't think.
8BruceCoulson
Smilodons are a sore subject in my state...
http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/finding-a-saber-tooth-cat-in-ohio/
But I have a stuffed one...
http://apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/finding-a-saber-tooth-cat-in-ohio/
But I have a stuffed one...
9varielle
Despite having our state legislature overrun by teabaggers, North Carolina did manage to make the megalodon shark's teeth our state fossil last year. I think this is just so we can look down on our neighbors to the south. http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/fossils/nc_megalodon_shark_teeth.htm
10Sandydog1
>4 .Monkey.:
Crazy, but true. Americans truly are bat-shit crazy.
My State's fossil is the genus Eubrontes, presumably E giganteus. Actually, it's not a true fossil, it's a track mark, NOT made in the very early Jurassic.
'Made rather, when this ponderous carnivorous lizard set foot off the Ark...
Crazy, but true. Americans truly are bat-shit crazy.
My State's fossil is the genus Eubrontes, presumably E giganteus. Actually, it's not a true fossil, it's a track mark, NOT made in the very early Jurassic.
'Made rather, when this ponderous carnivorous lizard set foot off the Ark...
11lilithcat
A state fossil? Seriously? Doesn't the legislature have anything better to do with their time?
12Sandydog1
I was right about the species! 'Still can't figure out they did in that damn wooden boat, along with Anomoepus, Gigsandipus, Anchisauripus and about of a trillion of their favorite couples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_fossils
And yes jjwilson, Sabre Tooth Cat is really, really cool!
All us Yankees could come up with, is a slab of muddy shale.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_fossils
And yes jjwilson, Sabre Tooth Cat is really, really cool!
All us Yankees could come up with, is a slab of muddy shale.
13Sandydog1
>11 lilithcat:
But Joan, you've got such great fossils over there.
OK, Tully Monsters are admittedly kinda lame (even more lame than a footprint).
But you've got...Crinoids!
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/?q=outreach/geology-resources/crinoids
But Joan, you've got such great fossils over there.
OK, Tully Monsters are admittedly kinda lame (even more lame than a footprint).
But you've got...Crinoids!
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/?q=outreach/geology-resources/crinoids
14BTRIPP
Over the past few decades, certain Fundamentalist Xtian groups have made a point of both being very visible in support (or opposition) of particular politicians, and have been VERY adamant in having those they support "toe the line" on a number of Biblical Literalist stances.
Now, it is POSSIBLE that the folks these groups have managed to help elect are full-bore whackjobs who actually believe the whole menu of fundy nutjobbery, but I'm a cynic who suspects that it's more that the politicians in questions know what side their electoral bread is buttered, and when the lobbyist from the Fundy NutJob Front calls up with "suggested" legislative stances - especially in cases as peripheral and "symbolic" as this - they say "glad to be of service", and remind them of where to send the check.
Personally, I have never been able to understand how ANYBODY without some sort of brain damage can actually believe in the big two monotheisms, so it makes it hard to understand how these people get to be elected to anything, but those mythologies are so big in certain areas that if you don't at least give them lip-service, you've got no chance. Fortunately, in the U.S., the Xtian fundies are less likely to butcher non-believers ... although I'm pretty sure they look at Islamic Fundamentalism's bloody hand with a certain wistful longing.
Now, it is POSSIBLE that the folks these groups have managed to help elect are full-bore whackjobs who actually believe the whole menu of fundy nutjobbery, but I'm a cynic who suspects that it's more that the politicians in questions know what side their electoral bread is buttered, and when the lobbyist from the Fundy NutJob Front calls up with "suggested" legislative stances - especially in cases as peripheral and "symbolic" as this - they say "glad to be of service", and remind them of where to send the check.
Personally, I have never been able to understand how ANYBODY without some sort of brain damage can actually believe in the big two monotheisms, so it makes it hard to understand how these people get to be elected to anything, but those mythologies are so big in certain areas that if you don't at least give them lip-service, you've got no chance. Fortunately, in the U.S., the Xtian fundies are less likely to butcher non-believers ... although I'm pretty sure they look at Islamic Fundamentalism's bloody hand with a certain wistful longing.
16Sandydog1
Hey, Vermont's got the Beluga Whale, the same genus and species that frolics about in the Canadian Arctic coasts, today.
(Don't tell those Fundies about this Green Mountain State phenom. They'll think those fossils got there by some kind of very,very recent flood).
(Don't tell those Fundies about this Green Mountain State phenom. They'll think those fossils got there by some kind of very,very recent flood).
17Sandydog1
> 7
Megalodon! Of course. NC really should have a cool 5-inch long giant shark's tooth as its state fossil.
I noticed that these guys do paleontological study outreach:
http://www.ncfossilclub.org/
I hope they've never gotten stoned...
Megalodon! Of course. NC really should have a cool 5-inch long giant shark's tooth as its state fossil.
I noticed that these guys do paleontological study outreach:
http://www.ncfossilclub.org/
I hope they've never gotten stoned...
19Sandydog1
Yeah, I luv those "bugs"! 'And not a one of these, is ever mentioned in Genesis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trilobite_genera
You know, I think Utah should have chosen Elrathia (ie, E Kingi) instead of Allosaurus. Thousands of women wear those precious little trilobite earrings and necklaces.
When has anyone ever worn an allosaurus necklace?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trilobite_genera
You know, I think Utah should have chosen Elrathia (ie, E Kingi) instead of Allosaurus. Thousands of women wear those precious little trilobite earrings and necklaces.
When has anyone ever worn an allosaurus necklace?
20JGL53
The state fossil of both Mississippi and Alabama is the Basilosaurus, a genus of early whale that lived 40 to 34 million years ago in the Late Eocene.
Anyone here have any problem with that?
Anyone here have any problem with that?
21BruceCoulson
We're going to need a bigger boat?
22MyopicBookworm
Anyone have a state fungus yet?
25Helcura
>24 Sandydog1:
Why not? Such things are harmless and provide lovely little research projects for elementary school children.
I nominate Pleopsidium flavum for Colorado, as I have fond memories of finding it as a child - it's a nice pretty yellow color.
Why not? Such things are harmless and provide lovely little research projects for elementary school children.
I nominate Pleopsidium flavum for Colorado, as I have fond memories of finding it as a child - it's a nice pretty yellow color.
26rastaphrog
>24 Sandydog1: Some states you might have trouble finding someone other than a science teacher or major who even knows what that is.
27Yamanekotei
I would like to nominate Physarum polycephalum for California. This mold can solve a maze, and it would be perfect to have it with a state motto "Eureka!" :-D
28JGL53
Some state legislator in N.Y.put up a bill to make yogurt the official state snack and several other legislators stood up to question it. The guy was flummoxed but soldiered on and the bill passed with something like 8 votes against.
I am not making this up:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/letterman-stewart-mock-ny-senates-...
I am not making this up:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/letterman-stewart-mock-ny-senates-...