Post by MoMo on Feb 27, 2014 14:15:21 GMT -6
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Iguanodon (meaning iguana tooth) , a herbivorous dinosaur from the mid Jurassic decade of the Cretaceous period , been extinct for millions of years . Or not ? In the remote forests of Papua , New Guinea , dinosaur-like creature was seen . This can live link to an extinct creature was dubbed the Iguanodon PNG .
In 2004 , the PNG Iguanodon was spotted living in a swamp of thick green plants near the ruined city of Rabaul . The city was destroyed in a volcanic eruption about ten years before . Villagers saw the creature ran away from her, terrified . They reported it to be about three feet tall , gray, and have a head like a dog and a tail like a crocodile .
Although Iguanodon is thought to have been a strict herbivore, this creature spotted in Papua New Guinea is reported to have eaten three dogs . Could be the creature evolved to become carnivorous in the millions of years it has been thought to be extinct ? Or does it mean that it is some other animal entirely?
Anyway , the mayor of the nearby town of Kokopo Capital expects that the creature is found because it would make a great tourist attraction for the area .
A previous group of sightings , although somewhat less well documented , took place in 1999 - a large creature was seen wading in Lake Murray . The next day, a Seventh Day Adventist pastor reported seeing a creature with a body as a garbage truck , standing on two legs . He reported that he had a cow's head -like, and a crocodile tail , with a look of crocodile-like scaly general .
The SyFy show Destination Truth investigated the Iguanodon PNG in his first season episode entitled Igunodon and Ri . In the episode , the team is shown bones thought to be a Iquanodon in Papua New Guinea University . They also conducted some research first hand in the swamp . Upon returning to the U.S. , they consult experts zoology and showed them the evidence examined . Experts say the bones are probably from a sperm whale , and the footage caught on tape is probably one hunting saltwater crocodile .
What is known about dinosaurs Iguanodon , and how it relates to this strange creature seen in this isolated island ? Iquanodon fossils and bones have shown that they can grow to a height of 9 feet ( 2.7 m ) , then this is consistent with what the report sightings . Iguanodon teeth are made for herbivores , which means that the herbivorous dinosaur would not have eaten three dogs - unless they evolved to eat meat to be , or just killed the dogs and eat them . Examining the leg bones Iguanadon , the scientists concluded that could walk on four legs , but also work in two . This is consistent with the sightings .
If an Iguanodon were still exist today , the isolated island of New Guinea seems to be the perfect place for a creature to have remained unknown until modern times . It is not beyond the realm of possibility that he belongs to a species never before documented - between the years 2000-2009, more than 19 thousand new species have been discovered . Naturally, most of which was insects , plants and fungi. Is also quite possible that a creature has been considered extinct appear alive and well many years later - to see the story of the coelacanth fish, which was discovered in 1938 , after having been thought to be exinct 65 million years.
For now, though , Iguanodon PNG remains a little puzzling cryptozoology , out of the reach of modern science and fact.
SOURCE: frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=28
