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| Grey | Aug 12 2012, 12:49 AM Post #661 | |||||||||||||
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Theropod, The show is dubbed Sharkzilla, event of the annual Shark Week on Discovery Channel, Monday 13 August. They'll focus on a decapitated 25 feet baleen whale skeleton in Bakersfield (Shartooth hill), 15 millions years old, along with a hand-sized tooth. They'll study how potent was the meg bite with a life-size mechanical reproduction of a 52-foot meg, determine how effective and how much volume the bite could take (30 square feet it turns out in one article). Edited by Grey, Aug 12 2012, 12:50 AM.
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| Wolf Eagle | Aug 12 2012, 12:56 AM Post #662 | |||||||||||||
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Haha. Yup. One bite from a Meg could tear a Rex in two. |
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| theropod | Aug 12 2012, 01:09 AM Post #663 | |||||||||||||
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so it hasn´t aired yet? I thought Sharkzilla was only a nickname, but it would indeed be a fitting one. That is it the same model that was already mentioned? I was waiting for a mechanical meg for a very long time. |
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| Grey | Aug 12 2012, 01:32 AM Post #664 | |||||||||||||
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Yeah this is the same model and the videos available are only trailers : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U4VyAGb0F8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bw_U0CNcG4&feature=relmfu I think it will be available on YT quickly. The scientifical reliability seems high quality. Could you put these three videos in the Meg thread please ? I'm on mobile... Edited by Grey, Aug 12 2012, 01:34 AM.
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| theropod | Aug 12 2012, 01:39 AM Post #665 | |||||||||||||
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Done! We´ll see how accurate it is, but in any case it´s gonna be epic. And I always loved to see those mechanical jaws crush something, imagine how great it´ll be with a life sized meg! |
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| Grey | Aug 12 2012, 01:46 AM Post #666 | |||||||||||||
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Thanks, nice. They will show dry test on different kinds of objects, there are already amateur videos on YT. The model even wounded one of the animators. During one of the chomping excercises, a part of one of the objects broke off, flew towards this member, hit him, and send him flying and upon landing the guy got his wrist broke. This is an indication of the extreme chomping power of Sharkzilla and indirectly of a 16m Megalodon in real life. I hope it will be better than other shows like MR (though some episodes were not that bad). |
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| theropod | Aug 12 2012, 02:09 AM Post #667 | |||||||||||||
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Edited by theropod, Aug 12 2012, 03:20 AM.
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| Carcharadon | Aug 12 2012, 03:29 AM Post #668 | |||||||||||||
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Once again, very good. you just keep getting better dude |
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| theropod | Aug 12 2012, 03:46 AM Post #669 | |||||||||||||
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Thanks! I´m creating a poster featuring all these comparisons at the moment. There are some more to be made still (coelurosaurs) |
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| theropod | Aug 12 2012, 03:54 AM Post #670 | |||||||||||||
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| TheROC | Aug 12 2012, 04:48 AM Post #671 | |||||||||||||
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[IMG][URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/marinegraph.png/] [/URL] I started working on this for Grey months ago but got sidetracked by work. I have plenty of space left, so if you guys have any suggestions on adds so far. *note*, the pliosaur represented is meant to be the weymouth pliosaur in size. i couldnt find a decent picture so i just used one of liopleurodon and scaled it to that size. |
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| theropod | Aug 12 2012, 04:57 AM Post #672 | |||||||||||||
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weymouth bay pliosaur likely was only 12m long, not 16, but you could use MoA instead. And the pliosaur picture seems to have an overly long tail and too small flippers But great work on the rest! Edited by theropod, Aug 12 2012, 04:57 AM.
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| Grey | Aug 12 2012, 05:16 AM Post #673 | |||||||||||||
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Great work ! A few remarks though : I think the sperm whale depiction is an old one and far too stocky. This one is a real one : http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa122/m8myday/monsters.png Shastasaurus sikanniensis was seemingly much slender than this but it is hard time to found an updated depiction. I think that one comment about basilosaurids was stating the BBC depiction to be especially "fat", though I don't think it is totally unreliable. There is an up to date depiction of Meg just above : http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Spo8vkrJFRo/0.jpg Same remark than theropod for the Pliosaur but again, good pics are scarce. I like very much the Leed's fish. At last, well scaled. Edited by Grey, Aug 12 2012, 05:20 AM.
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| TheROC | Aug 12 2012, 05:23 AM Post #674 | |||||||||||||
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Art gripes aside, which I can do little about other than try to find better pictures, do you guys have any more suggestions to fill up the thing?
Edited by TheROC, Aug 12 2012, 05:24 AM.
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| Grey | Aug 12 2012, 05:34 AM Post #675 | |||||||||||||
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I risk to be treated of Meg fan, but could you put the latest pic from Discovery Channel and the regular sperm whale pic linked ? Shonisaurus popularis, Cymbospondylus and Titanoboa come to my mind too. |
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