Photo by Derek Wilson
Draconivis metallorum–Snow Dragon of Mines, Golden, Colorado. Latin courtesy of Reed Cartwright. Sculptor unknown.
Draconivis metallorum
Categories:
Tags:
17 Comments
About this Entry
This page contains a single entry by Matt Young published on December 31, 2008 12:00 PM.
Luskin pwned, again! was the previous entry in this blog.
A Quick Court Note is the next entry in this blog.
Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.
Categories
- Announcements (7)
- Assault on Science (455)
- Bathroom Wall (13)
- Book Reviews (71)
- Conferences (24)
- Darwin's Finches (1)
- Designoids (9)
- Education and Legal (148)
- Eugenics (1)
- Evolution (667)
- Evolution Education (13)
- Expelled (69)
- Flyers/Pamphlets (3)
- Humor (151)
- ID/Creationism (97)
- Icons (2)
- Journal Club (32)
- Legal Issues (131)
- Manufactroversy (14)
- Medicine and Evolution (21)
- Metatalk (97)
- MustRead (7)
- News Roundup (29)
- Origin of new genes and new information (3)
- Prebiotic Chemistry (8)
- Question of the Day (6)
- Question of the Moment
- Quote of the Day (14)
- Religion and Politics (14)
- Research News (62)
- Resources for Biologists (23)
- Shoptalk (29)
- Slightly Off Topic (79)
- Steve Steve (71)
- Sticky (3)
- Their Own Words (20)
- Theological Issues with Intelligent Design (12)
- War on Science (47)
- What motivates creationism (23)
Looks Intelligently Designed to me. I don’t think snow can take that form just be natural selection.
Sorry.…
“form just BY natural selection”
I think Linus (van Pelt of Peanuts fame) once made a T-rex out of snow. And a complete army in his backyard: “Today the backyard, tomorrow the world!”
…but then, this is real. Very beautiful.
I understand these existed at the same time as humans…
Very cool. :D I disagree though, this could arise from natural selection, we just need to find progressively less complex creations to show there’s no irreducible complexity in it’s construction. I think Homo Snowens is one of this creature’s early ancestors.
Although this specimen was found at the Colorado School of Mines (AKA Golden Tech-who’s football fight song was stolen by Georgia Tech-an apochryphal story if there ever was one), it is common to find this and similar thought-to-be-extinct diapsids at the bases of high speed quad lifts that populate Centennial state ski areas. They’re well worth visiting (shameless plug here).
I haven’t seen a snow job like that since the last time I looked at Evolution News & Views!
Sweet! Does it bite?
How does it breathe fire without melting itself? ;)
Henry
Haven’t you heard of a condition called “freezer burn”?
The Hallettestoneion Seazoria Dragon lives!!!
Didn’t Job ride one of these?
I think you’re thinking of Jonah, and he didn’t get to ride on top.
Like Draconivis drexeli it lives in buildings made of orange brick.
Nice, it looks like something Calvin might make.
Tolkien mentioms a sort of dragon called a ‘cold drake’
Update