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Fossils Reveal Ancient Footprints, Hot Dog Stand
January 6, 2010
Scientists have discovered the footprints of an 8' long creature that date almost 20 million years earlier than the earliest known walking creature. The prints were found in southeastern Poland, a European country somewhere above Arkansas. The footprints were just dozens of feet away from the remains of a hot dog stand, causing scientists to speculate that the tetrapod (a backboned animal with four limbs) was hungry.
"The tetrapod tracks are proof that these early animals walked on land and were likely tempted out of the water by a tasty moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor*," said a paleontologist at Warsaw University.
The footprints indicate the tetrapod was a lizard-like creature, about 8.25 feet long, with stout legs, scales, green eyes, gout and a peg leg. Additional, researchers are fairly certain that his name was Phil.
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*Thank you Wikipedia!