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  • Irish Elk must have been aquatic sinc they had pachyostosis

    From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 22 23:58:12 2022
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_elk

    "The skull and mandible of the Irish elk exhibit substantial thickening (pachyostosis), with the early and complete obliteration of cranial sutures."

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Mon May 23 05:22:59 2022
    On Monday, May 23, 2022 at 1:58:14 AM UTC-4, Primum Sapienti wrote:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_elk

    "The skull and mandible of the Irish elk exhibit substantial thickening (pachyostosis), with the early and complete obliteration of cranial sutures."

    KNMR ER 1808 had extremely thick femur bones at the midpoint, but thin near the ends, claimed to be due to eating carnivore livers.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 23 14:54:14 2022
    Some incredible imbeciles who believe their Pleistocene ancestors ran after antilopes don't even understand the different between pachyostosis & pachyosteosclerosis:

    "The skull and mandible of the Irish elk exhibit substantial thickening (pachyostosis), with the early and complete obliteration of cranial sutures."

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