Tyrannosaurus Rex and Trichomonosis: The Dinosaur to Bird Avalanche of

[Hal P]

Tyrannosaurus Rex and Trichomonosis: The Dinosaur to Bird Avalanche of Evidence Continues

The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on what may have killed the famous Tyrannosaur named Sue, which currently resides in the Field Museum. According to the story, by David Newbart:

Theories abound on what led to the demise of the Field Museum

Edited October 2, 2009 by Hal P

[Fez]

Tyrannosaurus Rex and Trichomonosis: The Dinosaur to Bird Avalanche of Evidence Continues

The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on what may have killed the famous Tyrannosaur named Sue, which currently resides in the Field Museum. According to the story, by David Newbart:

Theories abound on what led to the demise of the Field Museum

[~candice~]

Tyrannosaurus Rex and Trichomonosis: The Dinosaur to Bird Avalanche of Evidence Continues

The Chicago Sun-Times has an article on what may have killed the famous Tyrannosaur named Sue, which currently resides in the Field Museum. According to the story, by David Newbart:

Theories abound on what led to the demise of the Field Museum

[alljoy123]

[Botz]

Why is there no evidence of this bacteria affecting other dinos? Seems strange that the t-rex would be the dino that evolved into a bird.

Now that would some large bird!

Seriously, I don't think the theory of evolution promotes the changing of one species directly into another...rather it theorises on the collective gene pool undergoing various minute changes over vast periods of time, that eventually lead to something different/new.

For many of us the problem is that the time period over which this is supposed to have happened is so vast that it is really hard to imagine or believe, and the experiments and findings that purport to sustain the theories have the tone of scientific speculation based on certain presumptions (or a type of belief system), rather than provable, verifiable facts....hence the ongoing discussions over what constitutes micro and macro evolution.

If we use the lizard/reptile example....eventually developing feathers and flight...we have to imagine what it was like during the vast transition period...where far from being a help and a modification, anything that was developing from so-called beneficial mutation, would put it at greater risk, make it stand out, and be more likely to be picked off by predators, or destroyed by its own kind.

Scientists often go to great lengths to try and accomodate the possibility that mutations can be beneficial...and proceed to produce the very rare and quite obscure examples of a success story, and hot on that triumph, try to make us believe that therefore the theory of beneficial mutation across species is perfectly acceptable and 'scientific'....when the facts are in complete opposition.

If someone who affirms the theory of evolution would like to have a stab at demonstating the transition of some off-shoots of a reptilian species into a bird-like species, and what that might possibly entail within the confines of their natural enviroment, and how it benefits them...I would be interested.

[nebula]

Now the punch line: the infection shows evidence of being caused by the Trichomonosis bacteria which is found in only one other sub-class: birds.

OK, with how fast bacteria mutate - why is it believed to be the same bacteria?

[MorningGlory]

Now the punch line: the infection shows evidence of being caused by the Trichomonosis bacteria which is found in only one other sub-class: birds.

OK, with how fast bacteria mutate - why is it believed to be the same bacteria?

Good point. It would seem that Trichomonosis bacteria could have mutated millions of times since T-Rex walked the earth.

[Hunterpoet]

Couple questions:

How did the researchers establish that T-Rex Sue had Trichomonosis at the time of death, or at all for that matter?

Are they suggesting that the holes in the back of the skull were caused by Trichomonsis bacteria?

How would this infection and the antibodies produced cause starvation?

What are the statistical odds associated with the designation" could have"?