Current evolutionary theory says that birds came from dinosaurs anyway, so it's probably more a case of reactivating latent genetic material than really creating new genes.

They could give us back our tails, but I not sure if even monkey would be all that happy with it.

HOW DID I MISS THIS POST?! I would LOVE a tail!!! Too cool for school! OMG OMG OMG. If I had a tail I'd be stylin' getting ALL the ladies......like Natalie Portman (dream sequence music here)

The Pine Barrens is a huge area. Starts about 5 miles from me. The whole area is creepy. Going on the Atlantic City Exp. you go right through it for miles and miles.

This is one creepy picture.

This picture looks like it's been badly photoshopped to me, it's been around for a while I know. Anyway, I believe I have said it on this site before, but just to say it again, this creature is very similar to a hammerhead bat. The only argument is that a hammerhead bat can not survive the extreme temperature of New Jersey- I disagree with that though. I have a great interest in bats and know much about them, and frankly, very little is known about bats. In my opinion they could survive in the cold out there and as for how they got from Africa to Northern America is as simple as escaped exotic pets (which is more common then people would think).

Current evolutionary theory says that birds came from dinosaurs anyway, so it's probably more a case of reactivating latent genetic material than really creating new genes.

They could give us back our tails, but I not sure if even monkey would be all that happy with it.

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Why wouldn't i like a tail? Why shouldn't I be able to take multi tasking to the next level??

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See Jyb! See this? Now I'm going to obsess about wanting a tail...dang! Just as long as they don't tweek my genetic material too much and make me a bigger jack@$$ then I am already....oh crap, too late! (sighs heavily) /dry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />

Current evolutionary theory says that birds came from dinosaurs anyway, so it's probably more a case of reactivating latent genetic material than really creating new genes.

They could give us back our tails, but I not sure if even monkey would be all that happy with it.

True , what I was getting at though is the fact that a chicken and a lizard of today cannot

produce offspring. However with a few gene reactivations that wouldn't matter and you

would have what would appear to be a Chicken/Lizard! Are you kidding a working tail that

could hold wrenches, change channels or ....well you get the idea! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I could only say : Never say never. I watched a program the other day and by tweeking only

1 gene in a chicken embryo the researchers where able to manipulate the embryo to begin growing

a tooth lined beak! A few more tweeks and they'd surely have a cold blooded half lizard, half chicken?

I swear I didn't intentionally try to use tweeks and beaks in the same post! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Current evolutionary theory says that birds came from dinosaurs anyway, so it's probably more a case of reactivating latent genetic material than really creating new genes.

They could give us back our tails, but I not sure if even monkey would be all that happy with it.

On the theory of hybrids. It is unlikely that some sort of canine or similar mated with something with wings and something was birthed. Even if that kind of mating happened, it is impossible for a one species to bare a child from another species anywhere in nature. I could see it as being a hoax at some point to keep the British or even everyone else so that the locals could have their run of the land for whatever reason. It could have even come from a native american tribe in the area as a story passed to the settlers who used it as a bedtime story to scare their kids. Then they passed it down and so on.

I could only say : Never say never. I watched a program the other day and by tweeking only

1 gene in a chicken embryo the researchers where able to manipulate the embryo to begin growing

a tooth lined beak! A few more tweeks and they'd surely have a cold blooded half lizard, half chicken?

I swear I didn't intentionally try to use tweeks and beaks in the same post! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I think for the loch ness animal crackers, we should use a jaffa filling (I believe it's a type of orange), for the bigfoot one use a ranier cherry filling, for the chupacabra leche filling, for the jersey devil use hershey's chocolate syrup...just a thought...So this is where the hoax talk came from...already have contributed but will add other stuff soon.

Monkey, you can use whatever you want as filling...I have been dying to use kumquats for filling.... /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Yes siree...nothin' quite as tasty as a hippo cookie full of kumquat!!! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

We'll make a thread for it....

Yes! Definitely! I think that it would be good for us to see how easily something can be faked these days as well...it gives us a better understanding of deciphering pictures of the paranormal..or the normal, as the case may be! /biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

We need at least a few more people though!! Come on guys and gals!! It would be fun!

We'll make a thread for it....

I'll observe as usual. /biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' />

How would you guys feel about a just for fun paranormal hoax contest - like who can hoax the best photoshopped paranormal critter or ghost, capture an EVP, etc.

No prizes. Just bragging rights. Anyone game?

Oh BIG time in!!!!