World's Smallest T-Rex Discovered In Girl's Nose
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Apr 16 2010, 8:04 AM
Next time you are "mining for gold" you may want to check that you still have all your fingers. For the more scientific-minded among you here is the "super smart version of events."
For the rest of us mere mortals, below is the tabloid sensationalism.
Tyrannobdella rex, which means tyrant leech king, is less than two inches long
and lives in the remote parts of the Upper Amazon.
It has 8 large teeth lining a single jaw and was discovered three years ago in
Perú when a 44.5mm leech was plucked from the nose of a girl who had
recently been bathing in a river.
Next time you are "mining for gold" you may want to check that you still have all your fingers. For the more scientific-minded among you here is the "super smart version of events."
For the rest of us mere mortals, below is the tabloid sensationalism.
Tyrannobdella rex, which means tyrant leech king, is less than two inches long and lives in the remote parts of the Upper Amazon.
It has 8 large teeth lining a single jaw and was discovered three years ago in Perú when a 44.5mm leech was plucked from the nose of a girl who had recently been bathing in a river.
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