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Published: 2016-12-28 18:17:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 4455; Favourites: 139; Downloads: 14
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"Maintenant, tenez-vous tranquille!"
I totally forgot that I only uploaded this one to Facebook
Charles Jules EdmΓ©e Brongniart was born in 1859 in Paris as the grandson of the famous paleo botanist Adolphe Brongniart. He first studied Literature and Natural Sciences and became a doctor in 1894. His Dissertation was on fossil Insect and got an award from the Academie des Sciences. He was an expert on Insects from the cole mine of Commentry. It was there that in the 1880s a large dragonfly from the Carboniferous was unearthed. The magnificent animal that reached a wingspan of almost 70 cm was names Meganeura by Brongniart referring to the large veins on its wings.
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That net is smaller than the dragonfly's wingspan, if he catches it there's probably gonna be some injuries.
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I guess the dragonfly is a little bit bigger than even he expected
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So cool! Meganeuras are awesome! Easily one of my favorite prehistoric animals.
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Thank you! Yes the carboniferous has always been a personal favorite for me in general
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You're welcome! I alsoΒ love the Carboniferous, the flora and fauna were beautiful!
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In early August I visited a coal swamp in Florida - that is the closest you get to carboniferous environment in the modern world
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Ah, that's awesome! Amazing how we can go back in time by just going toΒ certain places on the Earth.
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the amount of fear that would be going through me if i was in his shoes would be immense
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Yes, these giant insects are pretty creepy
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dragonflies TODAY scare me
imagine a HAWK SIZED ONE, i'd be scared for my brain
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Oh, yes that would be extremely scary!
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Na, hoffen wir mal, dass er keine Insektenphobie hat!XD
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Stimmt - vor allem wenn er dem Arthropleura begegnen sollte
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You should do sarcosuchus brachiosaurs baryonyx spinosaurus anghura pliosaur allosaur ceratosaur or quetzalcoatlus
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Yes most of those are on my list
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Would you mind telling me the ones that aren't
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Baryonyx, ceratosaurus and Allosaurus (since Marsh is allready on the list)
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Ok sweet lol i super appreciate it
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YAAAAY I CAN NOT WAIT LOL
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Ha XD Exect for the eye color and the mustache this guy looks like me XD Or I look like he did lol.
Thanks for the info again, I of course know of the Meganeura, but not about the guy who found it.Β
An informative piece as always.
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see you even look like a paleontologist already
Yeah, this guy does not seem to famous (the german Wikipedia article even falsly atributes the discovery to his father)
Thank you
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Yeah, I guess I do
Well expect mostly USA paleontologist (getting popculture attention and support) not many other countries paleontologist are really famous or well known, here is Europe we especially lack such prominent figures, Even the new Spinosaurus discoveries were attributed to US paleontolgy, when it is not an animal anywhere found on the american continent... they just simply have superior resorcues and commitment to do this kind of resharce and then of course they get the credit too.
NP you are welcome as always!Β
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way cool!!! the pose is so perfect one can totally imagine what happens next
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I guess he must have a lot of other carboniferous creepy crawlies
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At leat the largest that has been found so far
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