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My Hinge date left to ‘move his car’ — then never came back

He swiped right but sped off left.

A woman has gone viral on TikTok after revealing that her Hinge date left to go “move his car” seconds after meeting her in a sports bar — only to never come back.

Florida native Rachel Wilson said that she then received a text from the man saying, “Sorry wasn’t feeling it,” complete with a sad face emoji.

The TikTok has gained nearly 4 million views since it was posted last month.

According to Wilson, she was supposed to meet the fella who drove away at the bar for “chicken wings and a beer.” Wilson said that she waited outside the bar before she received the text informing her that he took off.

“I stood in front of the restaurant waiting for about five minutes before I got the text,” said the 28-year-old. “I didn’t respond and immediately deleted his number and have heard no word from him since.”


Florida native Rachel Wilson said that she then received a text from the man saying “Sorry wasn’t feeling it” complete with a sad face emoji.
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Wilson said that she waited outside the bar for almost 5 minutes before she received the text.
Wilson said that she waited outside the bar for almost five minutes before she received the text.
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Wilson was left baffled by the sudden disappearance of her date since she didn’t pick up on any sketchy behavior while they were chatting on the app.

Despite the fleeting feelings, Wilson stated the small hiccup will not send her on a detour to find love.

Wilson also said that while the date took a left turn into nothing, she is happy that they made plans.

“I liked that he made solid plans right off the bat,” stated the jilted lover. “I hate when you meet someone on a dating app and talk back and forth forever, with no solid plans to meet.”

Several of Wilson’s followers weighed in on the date.

“At least he texted you. Many would have blocked you and left,” stated one user.

“I had a guy fake having MS 5mins into mine. Happened last week,” said another.

“I saw my gym crush on Hinge. He lived 15 mins away from me but told me he couldn’t do long distance,” sympathized a third person. “I still would see him at the gym before I moved.”

“I mean technically he did move his car,” one person joked. “Away from you, the restaurant, and closer to his house.”

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US Navy World War II submarine found off Japan’s coast

The wreckage of a U.S. submarine found off the coast of northern Japan has been identified as the USS Albacore – a vessel believed by the Navy to have struck a mine and sunk during the heart of World War II.

The Naval History and Heritage Command made the announcement Thursday after several months of examining Japanese surveys conducted of the site in 2022.

Dr. Tamaki Ura and a team from the University of Tokyo used a remotely operated vehicle to obtain video of the wreckage site, which is believed to be hundreds of feet under the sea. Visibility was limited during excursions due to strong currents and marine growth in the region, making analysis challenging.

“As the final resting place for Sailors who gave their life in defense of our nation, we sincerely thank and congratulate Dr. Ura and his team for their efforts in locating the wreck of Albacore,” Samuel J. Cox, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and NHHC director, said in a statement. “It is through their hard work and continued collaboration that we could confirm Albacore’s identity after being lost at sea for over 70 years.”


A photo of USS Albacore (SS 218) before it was wrecked off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan.
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The USS Albacore (SS-218) was only in service for just over two years when the vessel disappeared off one of Japan’s northernmost islands.

The last time the crew of more than 80 was last heard from was reported to be in late October 1944, during stops at Pearl Harbor and the island of Midway.

Just over a week later, a Japanese patrol boat reported seeing a great deal of oil amidst a debris field not far from Hokkaido, Japan.

The Albacore was part of a mass manufacture of Gato class submarines for World War II, and the vessel was credited by the U.S. Navy for sinking at least ten enemy vessels.

“Six of the ten enemy sinkings were enemy combatant ships, ranking her as one of the most successful submarines against enemy combatants during World War II,” the Naval History and Heritage Command stated.

According to Naval historians, the U.S. lost 52 submarines during World War II, with the exact resting spots of many still unknown.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency reports more than 81,500 Americans remain missing from major conflicts such as WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and others. Over half of the missing are presumed lost at sea, with the greatest losses located in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Florida man Paul Broadhurst punches bobcat to save dog

A Florida man reportedly fended off a bobcat attack on his daughter’s dog by swinging his fists, clocking the wild animal in the face.

Paul Broadhurst told Fox 32 Orlando that he was walking the dog, Koda, on Feb. 11 in the Stoneybrook neighborhood of East Orlando when the bobcat pounced.

“The bobcat, he clawed into me pretty good, and I end up having to punch the bobcat in the mouth to get it off of me,” Broadhurst said. 

“He was walking down the sidewalk that bobcat was just over the top of him. He no sooner got there, and I ripped him off.”

Broadhurst was left with scratches after he tried to pry the animal away from the dog, eventually sending the bobcat scurrying into the tree line.

“He got away lucky,” Broadhurst said about the family pet who was uninjured during the attack. 

“This is a very high-traffic area,” Broadhurst explained. “People walk their dogs, and have their kids, there are small kids in area 1-, 2-, 3-year-olds and if the bobcat got on them, it would be a bad outcome.”

Paul Broadhurst was walking Koda at the time of the attack.
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Paul Broadhurst says he was left with scratches from the encounter.
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Paul Broadhurst said the attack happened at a high traffic area where people walk their dogs.
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Paul Broadhurst said Koda got away lucky.
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Broadhurst’s home is next to a conservation area and Environmental Education Awareness Research Support’s Frank Robb suggested that people walking their pets should carry an object like a walking stick that they can put between their pets and any animal that is rabid or looking for food.

“When homes get built these wild areas are being taken away, you’re going to see more conflict like this with wildlife,” Robb said. “Be aware of your surroundings and know where you live.”

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I have 11 kids and 8 baby daddies – trolls say I’m embarrassing but I don’t care

It takes a village to raise a child — or, sometimes, just one busy woman.

A mom-of-11, who has children with eight different fathers, hit back at trolls calling out her lifestyle — claiming they wouldn’t be saying that if she were a man and, besides, she loves her life.

Phi, from Memphis, shares her busy family dynamics on TikTok and often responds to criticisms from users about her lifestyle.

In one clip, the 36-year-old says there are double standards surrounding children with different partners.

“Men can have multiple baby mamas and no one bats an eye but I get talked about for having multiple baby daddies,” she says, adding she wouldn’t get the same reaction if she went to a sperm bank.

Of course, “The Masked Singer” host Nick Cannon — the father of 11 with one more on the way — may disagree with her first statement.


She shared some of the comments she’s received.
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Phi used TikTok to hit back at trolls criticizing her lifestyle.
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In another video, Phi responds to a comment that read, “I just know half of them dudes embarrassed af to have you as a baby mumma.”

“Me telling them y’all assumptions and laughing at y’all,” she hit back, adding in a comment: “Speak for yourself cause I love it here!”

Phi has mixed reactions from followers — some admire the busy mom while others were too fixated on her child-to-father ratio.

“This a weird ass flex. Dirty too,” one user commented on a video of Phi proudly saying she doesn’t know anyone with more than eight baby daddies.

“omg are you fr? is that a flex?” questioned another.

“I can’t handle the 1 I have,” joked another user.

Others said they’ve been on the other side.

“On the flip side my 1 baby daddy has 13 baby mamas,” added another.

Last October, the mom spoke about the advantages of having so many men around.

“Let me explain it,” she said in a TikTok rant after she went viral for revealing her growing family makeup. “If you have one and you take away one, you have zero but if you have eight and you take away three, you still have five.”

She also suggested she wasn’t ready to call it quits.

“I wanna have, like, another 19, just so I could make it even, 30,” she said.

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Family’s desperate escape from Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters

Their car turned into a catamaran.

A New Zealand mother is making waves online after filming herself driving through raging floodwaters with her family amid a cyclone. A video of the apocalyptic scene currently boasts 1.1 million views on TikTok.

“I was only afraid for my kids,” Dayna Nuku told the New Zealand Herald of the frightening moment, which occurred on February 14 after her hometown of Omahu was inundated during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Unfortunately, the mother of five said she didn’t receive any “evacuation notices,” and therefore “didn’t realize how serious it was” until the deluge was at her front door.

“We all grabbed what we could, put the babies on our shoulders and made a dash for it,” the Kiwi described.

In the POV clip, the family of six, along with Nuku’s brother and sister-in-law, can be seen desperately trying to reach a bridge over the severely flooded Ngaruroro River.

“I had a feeling no one was coming for us and the only way out that we knew for sure that it was the safest and fastest way was over the bridge,” she said,” said Dayna Nuku.
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Water soon started coming into the car.
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At least four people have died during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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“We’re trying to make it to the bridge right now but we don’t know if we’ll make it,” frets the mom as the ferocious currents swirl about her car like a scene from a tsunami movie.

Unfortunately, the flood becomes only more treacherous near the crossing, prompting Nuku to tell her children to put their “feet up.” The clip then cuts to one of her son’s bare feet propped up against the dashboard as brown water fills the floor of their car.


The family’s car was nearly inundated by the powerful current.
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At long last, the family finally manages to ford the rising waters and make it onto the bridge. Thankfully, the Hukus escaped the ordeal unscathed and are currently staying with family in Flaxmere, the New Zealand Herald reported.

In retrospect, Nuku said she made the right decision by leaving their house rather than waiting for rescue.

“I had a feeling no one was coming for us and the only way out that we knew for sure that it was the safest and fastest way was over the bridge,” she said. “It was the same way the rescue people went, over the bridge.”


At long last, the family finally made it to safety.
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Hundreds of people had to evacuate their homes amid the floods.
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The mother added, “I know it may have looked risky but we knew it was the best decision for my kids.”

She was one of the hundreds of Omahu residents to evacuate their homes during the Cyclone, which reportedly resulted in at least four casualties, including a young child.

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I returned an overdue library book — 56 years later

Danke!

A British woman finally returned a German language textbook to a library in England — nearly 57 years after checking it out as a teenager.

Lesley Harrison, 70, could have faced a $2,400 fine for holding on to “Ich Lerne Deutsch” for longer than three weeks, but the North Tyneside Council abolished late return fees last year.

“I was doing O-Level German at Whitley Bay Grammar School and went on to do A-Level German, as well as French, and I later taught myself Spanish,” Harrison told the council this week.

“I knew I hadn’t brought the book back, and when I moved out of my parents’ house, I thought I wouldn’t be able to afford the fine, so it stayed in a drawer. We moved around a lot, and it always came with me.”


Harrison could have faced a $2,400 fine if the North Tyneside Council had not abolished late fees starting in December.
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Harrison was 14 when she borrowed the book from the Whitley Bay Library in April 1966. She remembers studying the text just months before England’s famous World Cup Final win over West Germany in July 1966.

After finishing her exams, Harrison worried she wouldn’t be able to afford the late fees — which amounted to about four cents a week.

The retired civil servant, who once considered a career as a librarian, said she got married in 1974 and moved away from North Tyneside.

“We came back in 2013, and since then, I’ve been very good at bringing books back. I don’t think I’ve ever paid a fine,” Harrison insisted. “I’ve been scrupulous to bring the books back or renew them online.”

North Tyneside abolished late fees starting in December in the hopes it would encourage more people to frequent its libraries to check out new books and return overdue ones.

The council also offered vouchers for its sport and leisure centers as a prize for the most overdue library book in North Tyneside.


“The book is in a great condition, and I want to thank Lesley for bringing it back,” said Councillor Sandra Graham, left.
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Harrison brought her ancient tome to the Killingworth Library in December.

“When I heard about the amnesty, I thought, ‘I’m sure I’ve got an old book lying around somewhere,’ and I know the library staff were shocked and amused when I brought it in,” Harrison recalled.

“It’s still in a good condition though. I do look after my books.”

Councillor Sandra Graham, the cabinet member responsible for libraries, thanked Harrison for returning the book, raving it’s in “great condition.”

“We’ve had such a positive response to our decision to scrap fines, and this is the oldest book we’ve had back by some distance. Better late than never,” she said.

The council noted the Guinness record for the most overdue library book is held by “Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum Septentrionalium, Vicinorumque Populorum Diversi,” which was borrowed in 1668 and returned to Sidney Sussex College 288 years later.

Just last month, a British library waived a $52,400 fee for a book that had been overdue for 58 years.

And late last year, a former patron of a library in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, returned a car repair manual — 47 years late.

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I am in love with my boss

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 40-year-old wife and mother, married for 23 years. I have never been unfaithful. I never even thought of another man until a few months ago. Then, boom! It happened. I have fallen in love with my boss, “Tony.” He is four years younger than my husband, and he’s married. When I told him how I feel, at first he was shocked and not very interested. Now he’s had time to think about it, and he’s starting to show some interest. 

I am afraid of what may happen if he asks me out. What should I do? Should I go out with him? Is it possible to love one man and also be in love with another? I’m so crazy about Tony that it hurts. I think about him all the time and even dream about him. (I have been known to talk in my sleep.) When I’m making love to my husband, Tony’s on my mind. Please tell me what to do. — MISERABLY IN LOVE IN MISSOURI

DEAR MISERABLY IN LOVE: Gladly! Lady, you are playing with fire. Recognize that if you follow through with starting an affair with your boss, it’s likely to end up hurting four people, including you. The odds are that your marriage will be history, and Tony could be in for a very expensive divorce. 

Whether you continue for years as Tony’s side piece, or he figures out that a dalliance with an employee is too dangerous, the person most likely to lose out, emotionally and financially, is you. If you are unable to regain your emotional balance, quit your job. If you are lucky, Tony may give you a good reference.

DEAR ABBY: My 44-year-old son is a long-haul driver. His girlfriend has 14-year-old and 17-year-old daughters, who are both high-functioning autistic. My son thinks they should have chores because they need to learn to live independently. This is the biggest argument they have. 

He says that they should be on the internet for only four hours per day, and that once they graduate, they will have to be on their own. They do nothing around the house — they don’t clean their room or pick up after themselves. My son has told his girlfriend that if they don’t learn how to do it now, they won’t know once they move out. 

His girlfriend tells him he is right when he says, “You need to find another place to live.” But she goes right back to doing nothing to help her girls learn to become independent. She receives child support for the girls and works part-time. She doesn’t think she should help pay for things “because he makes good money.” But these girls are not his. They agreed when she moved in that she would pay half the expenses. What do you think of this situation? — DISGUSTED IN MINNESOTA

DEAR DISGUSTED: Your son’s girlfriend promised before she moved in that she would pay half the expenses. She has reneged on her promise, and your son has allowed it. This woman is not only irresponsible, she’s a terrible parent by fostering her daughters’ dependence. When the girls turn 18 nothing will change, and he should expect to support the three of them until he finally has had enough of this arrangement. If you have shared your feelings with him and he has chosen to tolerate the status quo, then quit wasting your breath. It is his life and his choice.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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NYC can’t get enough of alcohol-free spirit The Pathfinder

About six months ago, Brooklynite Gabriel Dunn was gifted a bottle of The Pathfinder, an elixir concealed behind dark glass, wrapped in an old-timey sepia tone label. He was immediately hooked.

“I was basically going through a bottle every week, or every other week. The consistency is really good. It’s a great winter beverage,” Dunn, who works in academia and runs a small record label, told The Post.

But The Pathfinder, which the 42-year-old said he typically drinks neat, doesn’t get you tipsy. The zero proof drink is fermented and distilled from hemp, and has characteristics similar to an amaro. According to enthusiasts, it’s a viable stand in for the real stuff.

“For me it was a great whiskey substitute,” said Dunn, who gave up booze last year.


Douglas Watters at Spirited Away in Nolita has issued a one bottle per customer rule.
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Now Dunn and others are having trouble finding a $39 bottle of their favorite drink on shelves. Because even though there’s no hooch in it, it’s creating a major collective buzz.

Off the heels of strong holiday sales, Dry January, and an unfortunate supply chain issue with bottles, their waitlist is now 800 people deep, according to the brand’s global ambassador Kraig Rovensky.

Spirited Away in Nolita, a shop that sells nonalcoholic beverages, has instituted a one bottle per customer rule while other specialty stores like Boisson are out of stock in some locations.


This week, Spirited Away noted their one bottle policy for the Pathfinder.
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The Pathfinder has become the Pappy Van Winkle of the nonalcoholic drink world.

“It’s beginning to get a cult following,” said Juan Beltran who helps run Minus Moonshine, another booze-free beverage shop in Williamsburg. “It has gained a lot of popularity in the last few months. Three weeks ago, we got six cases in, and they are sold out. It goes quickly. It went from being one of our top sellers to our number one selling spirit,” added Beltran, who drinks his over a large ice cube, or with some bitters and an orange twist. He also uses it in booze free Negronis and Boulevardiers in place of sweet vermouth.


Pathfinder can be enjoyed neat, or made into a cocktail.
Pathfinder

But the creators of The Pathfinder, a group of liquor industry veterans, weren’t aiming to be elusive or exclusive.

“For us, we wanted to make something that would tantalize the senses and if you were drinking it, you wouldn’t feel like you were at the kid’s table,” Rovensky told The Post.

Initially launched in June 2021 in Seattle, makers started selling it nationwide in January 2022 and saw explosive growth month over month. But this past December as holidays approached and word of mouth spread, their figures doubled from November — and their popularity has only grown.


Juan Beltran of Minus Moonshine says Pathfinder is their top selling non alcoholic spirit.
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“It’s in high demand. It’s unique and unlike anything else I sell. It’s a distinct flavor,” said Douglas Watters, who owns Spirited Away, where there’s a one-bottle-per-customer rule for the popular beverage.

“We got a new shipment, and I want to make sure this lasts since I know they are facing some production issues.”

In addition to retail outlets, The Pathfinder can also be found behind the bar at hotspots like Death and Co, Mace, Sunken Harbor Club and Eleven Madison Park.

“We have won over a lot of skeptics,” said Rovensky.

He said the bottle situation is being resolved and they hope to have a production run done by early March.

“I’ve been bartending for years, and I don’t like to tell people no,” he quipped.

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I went into cardiac arrest at 24 — because I missed these key warning signs

In 2014, Brittany Williams was a fit, seemingly healthy 24-year-old. She ran daily, ate well and had a killer bikini body. Then, suddenly, she went into cardiac arrest.

She was having dinner at a Times Square restaurant when her heart stopped and she lost consciousness, TODAY.com reported.

“My mom and dad looked over, and they thought I was having a seizure,” Williams told TODAY.com. “My eyes rolled to the back of my head, and I just collapsed, and I was unresponsive.”

Luckily, two strangers in the restaurant — both doctors — were able to administer CPR for eight minutes until emergency personnel arrived. If they hadn’t been there, Williams would have died.

The episode came seemingly out of nowhere. Williams had no history of heart problems and seemed quite healthy. But, at work a few days prior there had been an early warning sign that she brushed off.

“All of a sudden the left  side of my body went numb and tingly,” Williams recalled. “I sat back and though, ‘Oh no, this doesn’t feel right. This is not what I feel like on a day-to-day basis.” 

Williams Googled her symptoms and saw three fatal health scares pop up: stroke, heart attack and cardiac arrest. She alerted her boss, whom she said brushed off her concerns. Day later, she almost died.


Williams was rushed to the hospital after going into cardiac arrest.
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Williams was initally put into a medical coma at the hospital.
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After collapsing at the restaurant and undergoing CPR, Williams was hospitalized and put in a medical coma.

She was ultimately diagnosed with long QT syndrome, a health condition that causes an accelerated and irregular heartbeat, according to the Mayo Clinic. The syndrome often goes undiagnosed because people with the conditions develop symptoms – which can be as severe as sudden fainting, seizures or even death – over time. Typically, medicines such as beta blockers are prescribed.


Williams was diagnosed with long QT syndrome, a health condition that causes an accelerated and irregular heartbeat, according to Mayo Clinic.
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Williams had to have a defibrillator implanted to thwart future episodes of irregular heart beats and the deadly potentially of her heart stopping again.

Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of all heart activity due to irregular heart rhythm causing breathing to stop and a person to become unconscious, according to the Mayo Clinic. Death can result if not treated immediately. Symptoms leading up to cardiac arrest can include chest discomfort, shortness of breath, weakness and heart palpitations along with sudden collapse, no pulse, loss of consciousness and no breathing.

Unexplained tingling or numbness in the left side of the body is a cause to seek medical attention, according to Healthline.com. While Williams’ case may feel like a rare occurrence, she stresses the importance of raising awareness, particularly now as February is heart health month.


Williams on the road to recovery. After her surgery, she admitted feeling fearful that the episode would happen again.
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Williams expressed her gratitude for getting a second chance in life.
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While the recovery left Williams apprehensive about another episode, she believes she survived for a reason. 

“I knew deep down that I had gotten a second chance at life, and that I wasn’t going to waste it,” she said.

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Ancient crocodile-like fossil sheds light on pre-Jurassic earth

What’s up, croc?

Scientists have discovered an ancient species known to be the “sister” of modern-day crocodiles, according to a new study.

The pre-historic predator, Turnersuchus hingleyae, was found incredibly preserved off the Jurassic Coast of Dorset, England. The fossil is the most complete of the “marine crocodiles” to be recovered from 185 million years ago during the Pliensbachian period.

It was a two-meter long, highly aggressive predator that swam the coasts snacking on fish or cephalopods at a time before dinosaurs ruled the animal kingdom.

The fossil’s remarkable state is also helping scientists to learn more about the other pre-historic marine species of thalattosuchia — an extinct genus resembling modern day crocodiles — that existed millions of years ago. Researchers anticipate finding more crocodile-like species and learning more about their pre-dino existence.

“I expect we will continue to find more older thalattosuchians and their relatives. Our analyses suggest that thalattosuchians likely first appeared in the Triassic and survived the end-Triassic mass extinction,” said co-author Dr. Eric Wilberg, Assistant Professor at the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University.


An ancient species related to modern day crocodiles was recently found.
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It was that extinction event that led to the Jurassic Age of dinosaurs first roaming and ruling the Earth prior to their own elimination and ice age.

Turnersuchus is quite a specimen for another reason. Scientists are analyzing its traits, which are surprisingly disconnected from today’s crocodiles.

Unlike the modern reptile, which lives in wetlands near all sorts of water bodies, the long-snouted Turnersuchus “lived purely in coastal marine habitats,” said co-author Dr. Pedro Godoy, from the University of São Paulo in Brazil.

He added that the Turnersuchus skulls are also different from crocodiles. They — along with other thalattosuchia — boasted enlarged jaw muscles that enabled fast bites of prey.

Still, researchers believe it is possible that Turnersuchus shares a “thermoregulatory function,” which helps to control brain temperature, with modern crocodiles.


Crocodiles share traits with the newly found Turnersuchus.
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Many questions still remain regarding the ancient croc-like creature’s days on early Earth.

There exists a “ghost lineage” of time periods — ranging from the end of the Triassic until the Toarcian period within the Jurassic — where thalattosuchians have not been found in ancient rocks, according to the research.

“But now we can reduce the ghost lineage by a few million years,” the team stated upon their big dig.

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