May 3 2009Dinosaur 'Blood' Extracted From Fossils
And I couldn't be happier. I'm gonna be Jurassic Parking it before you can say, "Geekologie Writer, are you sure you want to go into the raptor pen?" To which I will reply, "oh I'm sure. I'm sure".
A dinosaur bone buried for 80 million years has yielded a mix of proteins and microstructures resembling cells.
[Scientists] report recovering not just collagen - which conveys little evolutionary information because it is the same in almost all animals - but also haemoglobin, elastin and laminin, as well as cell-like structures resembling blood and bone cells. The proteins should reveal more about dinosaur evolution because they vary much more between species.
Haemoglobin baby! This particular fossil came from a hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur), so I guess I'm boning them first. But hopefully they'll be able to score some blood from one of those flying bastards. 65 million years in the making, The Geekologie Writer joins the mile-high club.
First dino 'blood' extracted from ancient bone [newscientist]
Thanks to b00geyman, who better not be hiding under my bed tonight. And to Zmann966 and trishna87, who are celebrating an anniversary today. Happy anniversary guys!
Reader Comments
1. Lissy - May 3, 2009 11:55 AM
first
2. jose arcadio bundia - May 3, 2009 11:56 AM
damn ! i am never first !
3. Ash Frog - May 3, 2009 11:58 AM
They must have meant Hemoglobin, unless "haemoglobin" is some bizzaro way of spelling it that I've never seen before.
4. jose arcadio bundia - May 3, 2009 12:02 PM
they should get that scientific robot to replicate it an put it into cans for public use , just like the chickens ,, or maybe with the chicken in the same can
but really where are the gadgets ! i do damn adore the website as it is .. but .. where are the gadgets .. or u should change "gadgets" to "COOL"
5. jose arcadio bundia - May 3, 2009 12:03 PM
@3 .. it's "haemoglobin" "heamoglobin" and 'hemoglobin" what the hell would that differ .. just drink it
6. trishna87 - May 3, 2009 12:11 PM
Hey thanks! :D
May your lovemaking endeavors blossom ^_^
Unless you create a man-dino hybrid thing... then no. :P
7. Macmaster - May 3, 2009 12:33 PM
strange how blood and tissue could last millions of years. Maybe this is a fino that survived the astroid impact, since they now believe what they told me on 1st grade was a pack of lies and lots of dinos survived...
8. Pat - May 3, 2009 1:05 PM
I couldn't have said it better myself, trishna87.
9. Daisy - May 3, 2009 1:14 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was accused of making moonshine in the barn. When the cops showed up, the still was nowhere to be seen, and later it was found to be hidden in the house behind a false wall.
10. Kev - May 3, 2009 1:36 PM
YES! i bet that dino has a HUGE rigormortis BONE!!!
11. Mia - May 3, 2009 2:04 PM
Damn you Geekologie writer! You just reminded me of the time when I stumbled upon pterodactyl porn on the interwebs!
... And I liked it.
12. Angel Mass - May 3, 2009 2:35 PM
If the AH1N1 doesnt kills you, this definitely will
13. aa - May 3, 2009 2:55 PM
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14. squeehunter - May 3, 2009 3:34 PM
BUT I THOUGHT THE WERLD WAS ON 6000 YEARS OLD! DURRRRRR!!!
15. Dinosaur Rex - May 3, 2009 5:27 PM
Now they better clone it, before the aliens put their large hands on it, no one wants an allien dinosaur
16. hopes4us - May 3, 2009 5:38 PM
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17. aznterrorist - May 3, 2009 9:18 PM
fight me!!
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18. Ben - May 3, 2009 11:59 PM
I never been able to understand this desire to bang a dinosaur. Now a woolly mammoth...
19. OtterMan - May 4, 2009 5:47 AM
@3 - nope, Hemoglobin is simply the American way of spelling Haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is actually the original/correct way of spelling it.
20. Captain - May 4, 2009 6:20 AM
Much cooler than the dino blood.
http://captain-hash.mybrute.com
.........
21. Watch-303 - May 4, 2009 8:10 AM
cool!
22. Madgame - May 4, 2009 8:38 AM
I can't decide which I'd replicate first - a dino-vagina or dino-bacon. Those scientists better not F this one up
23. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 4, 2009 4:32 PM
22- Dino Bacon. Hands Down.
24. brute-o - May 4, 2009 4:47 PM
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25. laptop battery onsale - January 4, 2010 3:50 AM
It's a good idea. Thank you