Thursday, February 5, 2009

Early whales gave birth on land

A 47.5 million year old fossil was discovered on Pakistan. The fossil was of an extinct pregnant female whale and a male of the same species. This discovery shows how whales gave birth and provide new insights into how whales made the transition from land to sea. H. Richard Lane said "This stunning discovery reinforces the belief that modern cetaceans originated from terrestrial ancestors. The species of the discovered fossil is the extinct species known as Archaeoceti. Paleontologist Philip Gingerich said that when he first saw the teeth of the new discoveries, he thought the fossil was a small adult whale. He now realizes that the ribs were too large to go with the teeth. By the end of the discovery day, he realized that the whale has a fetus. The whales big teeth indicated that they spent most of their lives in the sea, only coming on land to rest, mate, or give birth.
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/42913/early_whales_gave_birth_on_land.html

5th bank robbery in a month

On February 5th at 2:47 pm,a masked man entered the Investors Savings Bank on Brick Boulevard.The man supposedly handed a teller a note demanding money, but apparently had no weapon in hand. He soon fled with undisclosed amount of money.The surveillance cameras showed that the man wore a black stocking over his head, dark glasses, black scarf around face, jeans, and brown boots. The man was eventually caught and is identified as Justin Doyle. He was caught for suspiciously putting on self tanner on in the parking lot before the robbery. This is the latest of robberies in a month. Officials believe that the rapid amount of robberies were triggered due to the poor economy, They believe that people are beginning to steal due to lack of money.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/brick_hit_with_fifth_bank_robb.html