I wonder if dinosaur-era ticks were bigger.
The earliest fossil tick dates 90 million years ago (a bird tick, as it happens), so it seems likely dinosaurs didn't have ticks.
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - May 28, 2009 1:40:42 am PDT #21591 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
§ ita § - May 28, 2009 1:42:38 am PDT #21592 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What about the tick on the giant sloth?
billytea - May 28, 2009 1:58:58 am PDT #21593 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
What about the tick on the giant sloth?
That's an interesting question. The ground sloths weren't anything like as sluggish as their arboreal relatives, so they're likely to have been more fastidious in their grooming; but that's still a lot of animal to watch over. I don't know if we have fossil ticks from ground sloths (or other giant mammals); I still suspect there'd have been selection pressure capping their size, but it's speculation.
Barb - May 28, 2009 2:07:28 am PDT #21594 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Happy Birthday, Sean!
And I love that video for "Don't Stop Believin'"
Tom Scola - May 28, 2009 2:23:10 am PDT #21595 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Last night I dreamed I was in Peter Bjorn and John. I hardly know the band, and I have no idea what they look like. I have no idea what my subconscious was trying to tell me.
Sue - May 28, 2009 3:20:45 am PDT #21596 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Sean!
Last night I dreamed I was in Peter Bjorn and John. I hardly know the band, and I have no idea what they look like. I have no idea what my subconscious was trying to tell me.
In university, I had a series of dreams about J. Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. based entirely on my friend raving about him and having never heard the band at all.
Glee made me lose my will to live.
DavidS - May 28, 2009 4:46:05 am PDT #21597 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have no idea what my subconscious was trying to tell me.
More ABBA for you!
Nora Deirdre - May 28, 2009 4:58:47 am PDT #21598 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
TomW was telling me that he had a dream last night that he was on the Supreme Court. He had no idea what he was doing, so he was just following Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lead. Heh.
sumi - May 28, 2009 4:59:52 am PDT #21599 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Ha!
Hey, I think that the spelling bee is on tonight.
Theodosia - May 28, 2009 5:21:08 am PDT #21600 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I know that the La Brea Tar Pits does find insects part and/or whole, so somebody, somewhere probably knows about Giant Sloth Ticks....