RE: cf. Giraffatitan tracks reported

["Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>]

> the 80-tonne [...] Brachiosaurus [...] the 140-tonne ultrasaurus

"140-tonne _Ultrasaurus_"????!!!!

The type vertebra of _Ultrasaurus macintoshi_ probably belongs to
_Supersaurus vivianae_; and the allegedly enormous scapula referred to _U.
macintoshi_ isn't that much larger (if at all) than certain scapulae known
for _Brachiosaurus_. 


> [...] make it extremely likely that they belong to a Brachiosaurid-type
> dinosaur weighing 60-70 tonnes. 

Speaking of big...

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/03/28/nz.octopus.reut/index.html

A 13-foot octopus was caught of the remote Chatham Islands, near New
Zealand.  That's a lot of calamari.



Tim