A “giant” carnivorous platypus once was the terror of Australian waterways:
Boffins have uncovered evidence that a giant, sharp-toothed, flesh-eating platypus once roamed the waterways of Australia.
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The new species, named Obdurodon tharalkooschild*, would have been over three feet long, twice the size of the modern platypus, and had the necessary sharp teeth to eat not just crayfish and other small crustaceans, but frogs and small turtles as well.
“Discovery of this new species was a shock to us because prior to this, the fossil record suggested that the evolutionary tree of platypuses was relatively linear one,” said Dr. Michael Archer of the University of New South Wales, a co-author of the study. “Now we realise that there were unanticipated side branches on this tree, some of which became gigantic.”
I think I see the makings of a Syfy movie here—maybe one made by the same people who produced Sharknado. If there’s ever a tribunal for crimes against humanity by movie producers, those guys are in big trouble.
Are you kidding? Sharknado was tremendous! The people making the movie knew exactly what they were making, and did a great job making it as ridiculously awful as possible. (Production values were actually pretty good considering the budget.) Sharknado easily beat last year’s Hobbit movie in terms of enjoyment, beats the second and fourth Indy movies, most of the Bond movies between “Live and Let Die” and “Casino Royale”, and FAR surpasses the Star Wars prequels. It also beats most of the Best Picture Oscar winners from the 1980s. And the underlying premise was no more stupid than “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” or “Eyes Wide Shut”.
Sharknado is probably the funniest movie I’ve seen since, oh, Animal House. And that includes both “Full Metal Jacket” and “Apocalypse: NOW! Redux”, both of which were laugh riots.
Sharknado is bad, but that’s the point. So many other movies have no such excuse.
So, the Citizen Kane of landshark movies?
The Citizen Kane of aerialshark movies!
Mostly, it’s a laugh riot. If you’ve got a choice between The Last Emperor and Sharknado, go with Sharknado. Similarly with just about any Kubrick film other than Full Metal Jacket or perhaps Spartacus.