The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-03-02

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with length of At feet. Those
creatures were the greatest animal
fighting machines the world has ever
known.
Other dinosaurs We're heavily ar
mored, having great bony plates
covering their bodies and double
row of huge spines running along
their backs. The tail had double
row of great bony spikes used as a
fail in case of attack. The animal
was a walking fortress.
The most advanced type of dino
saurs were the horned variety. The
bodies of these animals were shaped
somewhat like a rhinoceros but
much larger. Covering the head and
shoulders of the animal was huge
bony cape from which projected
three long, sharp horns. The cape
was lined on the edges with sawlike
teeth. These great creatures charg-
ed one another like knights in a
joust.
The dinosaurs were supremely
[ stupid. Their smooth brains were
not much larger than a baby's fist
and weighed about two ounces. The
cerebrum, the center of intelligence
was scarcely more than an enlarge
ment of the olefactory lobes.
Contrast this brain with that of
the modern man, the elimination OF
evolution and most intelligent of all
| animals. The brain of the modern
European averages from 55 to GO
ounces and about two thirds of the
weight is in the cerebrum, the CEN
ter of intelligence.
In the case of the Dinosaur it is
few ounces of brain to 80 or more
tons of bodily weight, whereas in
the case of man it is more than
three pounds of brain to about 15C
pounds. None of the reptiles ever
reached high degree of intelli.
gence. All were superlatively stupid
when contrasted with the greater
intelligence of the modern mammals
1t is said that no animal living
today has mastered the art of flight
like the great flying reptiles (Ptero.
dactyls) of the Age of Reptiles
Their bones were hollow and the
entire weight of a creature with &
Widespread of % feet weighed only
20 pounds.
Not so long ago, several species
of Proboscidians, roamed over the
United States and Europe. These
great elephants lived in Nortl
America during the ice age. Tn
hairy Mammoth has been foun
frozen in the ice in norther
Siberia. Some of the specimen
found were nearly perfectly preserv
ed, with flesh and hide intact. !
specimen was dissected and it
bodily structure carefully observed
The flesh was still red and wa
eaten by the wolves and dogs. TIL
food that the animal ate was stil
preserved in its stomach.
1t is believed that the Mammot
and Mastodon were hunted to eS
tinction by the ancestors of tn
modern Indian and by the earl
Europeans. Skeletons have bee
found in America with arrow head
amongst the bones. 1t is believe
that they have not been extinct yer
long and lived in great number
possibly not many thousands c
years ago.
1t is a wellknown fact that host
Of monsters have come and gor
during the geologic past. Gres
hordes Of animals have gradual
evolved from their small lowly al
cestors to become great creature
only to die out and become e,
tinct, other more intelligent animal
taking their places.
This constant procession of amin;
forms throughout the millions {
years is one of the most interestin
studies of modern science. The rel
tiles dominated the earth for mor
than 100,000,O00 years only to b
replaced by the mammals What
the meaning of it all? What tr'
mendous waste of time and energy
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