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	Ping-pong Table houses long-lost species.

Laustere

11-23-2006 11:21 AM

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fossils, ping pong, college, ichthyosaur, science

Laustere says:

Oopsie!

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2-21-2007 7:30 PM

ericskiff

Wow - great that they finally "unearthed" it though

By the way, I just realized that your clipper icon is Sir. Didymus! Fantastic!

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