FoxTrot by Bill Amend for June 29, 2008
June 22, 2008
July 06, 2008
Transcript:
Marcus: The pool closes in six hours. Jason: Three hours... Marcus: One hour... Five minutes... inflatable Liopleurodons need to come with bigger pumps. Jason: I wonder if we can leave it her and finish tomorrow.
iFerrarifan about 13 years ago
It’s a Magical liopleurodon.
Nuttypearls115 over 12 years ago
Where would you find one of those?
comicsfannate over 12 years ago
I want one of those.
BrenHanks almost 4 years ago
Karlismymiddlename over 3 years ago
bday strip!
alexzinuro 9 months ago
My guess is that this was one of Roger’s “random impulse” purchases at Costclub, before he bought the Halloween candy (this strip is featured on 10/21-26/2002). It’s a shame that this isn’t a recurring theme in FoxTrot . Other good choices for life-sized inflatable prehistoric aquatic creatures would be:
1. Anomalocaris
2. Endoceras
3. Jaekelopterus
4. Dunkleosteus
5. Prionosuchus
6. Cymbospondylus
7. Shonisaurus
8. Nothosaurus
9. Placodus
10. Tanystropheus
11. Plesiosuchus
12. Leedsichthys
13. Temnodontosaurus
14. Stomatosuchus
15. Sarcosuchus
16. Spinosaurus
17. Elasmosaurus
18. Tylosaurus
19. Archelon
20. Hesperornis
21. Xiphactinus
22. Parapuzosia
23. Basilosaurus
24. Livyatan
25. Otodus megalodon
26. Stupendemys
alexzinuro 9 months ago
The sizes of prehistoric and present-day animals shouldn’t have to be exaggerated in order to seem more impressive.
The neck of Liopleurodon ferox was about 3½ feet long. This means that the entire animal must have been about 23 feet long, including its 5¼-foot head, and 3½ feet high from its back to its underside.
See “A truly gigantic pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian) of England” by David M. Martill, Megan L. Jacobs, and Roy E. Smith, from Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association , vol. 134, no. 33, Jun. 2023, pages 361-373.
alexzinuro 6 months ago
My guess is that this was one of Roger’s “random impulse” purchases at Costclub. I’m surprised that this isn’t a recurring theme in this strip; other good choices would be:
1. Anomalocaris
2. Pterygotus
3. Dunkleosteus
4. Prionosuchus
5. Tanystropheus
6. Nothosaurus
7. Placodus
8. Henodus
9. Shonisaurus
10. Rutiodon
11. Leedsichthys
12. Plesiosuchus
13. Machimosaurus
14. Sarcosuchus
15. Stomatosuchus
16. Elasmosaurus
17. Tylosaurus
18. Archelon
19. Xiphactinus
20. Parapuzosia
21. Basilosaurus
22. Otodus megalodon
23. Livyatan melvillei
24. Odobenocetops
25. Hydrodamalis gigas (Steller’s sea cow)