By: Greg Botelho
Source: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/04/world/americas/dreadnoughtus-huge-dinosaur/index.html?hpt=wo_t2
According to the wise words of Sir
Paul McCartney, “If this ever changing world in which we’re living makes you
give in and cry, say live and let die”. Apparently, scientists are not deterred
by the ever evolving technological world. They instead revel in all that it
offers as it is a great aid in the field of science. Scientists recently
published a report on a series of archaeological findings in southwestern
Patagonia, Argentina, in which they discovered more than a hundred and thirty
bones belonging to a new species of dinosaur. Archaeologists then went on to
name the creature “Dreadnoughtus schrani”, which means, in part, “fear nothing”.
“You wouldn't be scared, either, if you towered over every creature in sight,
could smash most anything with your whip-like tail and could smoosh most
anything with your colossal feet” (Botelho 1). It is presumably one of the largest
land animals to ever walk the surface of the earth at sixty-five tons and an
eighty-five foot height. It is also assumed to be an overeater of plants. As archaeologists
piece the Drednoughtus schrani remains together, they offer an adamant refusal
to “let die”.
The significance of findings such as
this is as colossal as the remains of the unearthed dinosaur. Archaeologists
typically only discover three to twenty-seven percent of the fossils of a
dinosaur of this type. The crew in Argentina, however, found a landmark seventy
percent of this Drednoughtus schrani. It serves as an incessant reminder of the
magnitude of this world, beyond the scope of one’s wildest imaginations. Even
when scientists believe they have found the largest or the most miniscule of
creatures, there will always be more out there. The hope of all humanity can be
found in this looming possibility.
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