[NTLK] somewhat [OT], but a little relevant

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Oct 19 2002 - 01:12:15 EDT


I was reading some news about "Living Fossils" and
came across this little Gem:

"But there is another, less widely used definition of
"living
fossil." In 1818, a geologist named Dr. Edward D.
Clarke was
looking for fossils in a chalk quarry 270 feet
underground.
Dr. Clarke found some fossilized sea urchins and
newts. He
dug three well-preserved newts out and placed them on
paper
in the sun. To his astonishment, they began to move
around.
Two of the newts died shortly, but the third remained
alive.
Dr. Clarke claimed the newts were unlike any other
living at
the time and were an extinct species unknown to
science.

Had they survived for thousands of years in their rock
tombs?"

Hmmm, I wonder, was it just that their rechargeable
batteries just couldn't hold a charge? Or did their
backlights just fail? Eitherway, they probably still
had all their data on them.
Ed
web/gadget guru
come and see my Newt on the web (well, mostly) at: http://65.84.243.167

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