Flesh-Eating Insect Gnawed on Dino Bones


	Flesh-Eating Insect Gnawed on Dino Bones

tabsey

5-9-2008 5:24 AM

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nature, pre-history

tabsey says:

Things don't change much. Beetles biting dinosaurs, ankle biters annoying us.

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5-30-2008 5:58 AM

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