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SQUIIIIIIIIISH!

WOW! What a great response we had to our contest!!! I thought there would be a couple of good entries and I knew as usual that I’d have a REALLY difficult time picking a winner, but I didn’t think there would be TEN really great entries!!! Of course we couldn’t just have one winner with so many awesome candidates, but these winners will be the only ten to receive the AWESOME Mechanical Dino Item it is now officially retired! Your hard work will help make Webosaurs a better game – over the next couple of weeks I am going to be working closely with Jonzi to squash ALL of these bugs, thanks for being a part of Webosaurs History! Congratulations to our winners:

SLUDGE

GERBIL

DUKSTER

DSUNGARIPTERUS

IRVINE

MILKSHAKE140

HORNTRIO

GLIMMERTOOTH

SKAC

SCREECHIE

Congratulations to our winners. I will be handing out the items today before I officially put the Mechanical Dino in the vault FOREVER!

-Mio

If you aren’t familiar, we encourage our Protectosaurs to meet up as a group once a week to discuss issues on the island and other items of interest. However, the meetings aren’t closed off to only Pros – they are more like Town Hall style meetings for everyone to discuss island business. Everyone has an equal stake in Webosaurs and we would love to hear what is on your mind.

Please note the temporary NEW TIMES!

Where: Dr. Nanosaurus Secret Lab

When: Tuesday, May 31st – 10:00 WST and 14:00 WST

New Pros: To Be Announced

Server: Prehistoric

- Mio

Squash those suckers!

That’s right! You might have guessed it, this contest is all about squashing Webosaurs’ Bugs! Had a bug that’s been bugging you for a long time? Just found a brand new glitch that is driving you crazy? NOW is your chance to do something about it! Here’s how it works, everyone who wants to compete for the awesome Mechanical Dino has to submit a list of bugs they want to squash, the dino with the most (real) bugs on their list will win the Mechanical Dino! Remember, the only way to enter this contest is to post your bugs as a comment on THIS blog post BEFORE midnight WST on Monday! After that entries will be closed and I’ll be announcing a winner sometime next week! Here is the format that you should follow:

Bug:

Location:

How it happens:

BAM! That’s it! Good luck dinos! I’ll be rooting for you, remember that SPIKE will be making and evil appearance on Sunday, but don’t let him stop you in your quest to squash Webosaurs’ Bugs!

-Mio

Half Leopard/Half Hyena?

This Week’s Weekly Dino Fact was asked again by Webosaurs resident scholar Irvine! Irvine asked, “How did Oxyaena catch it’s prey?” Very interesting question indeed! Let’s dive right in.

The Oxyaena was a creodont mammal that is now extinct, the Oxyaena existed in the very latest portion of the Paleocene and into the early Eocene. Oxyaena technically means “Sharp Hyena,” but these guys were nothing like our modern day Hyenas. For starters they were much smaller, these little guys were only about 3 feet (1 meter) long and had very flexible, cat-like bodies. Although there is nothing like them roaming the Earth today, they most resemble something like a cross between a Lynx and a Wolverine. The main thing that made them so different than cats was that they walked on the whole surface of the soles of their feet unlike cats who walk on only their toes. But I’m getting carried away, back to Irvine’s question; how did the Oxyaena hunt? What do you think?

The Oxyaena hunted in trees! It’s hard to imagine a tiny Hyena hunting in the branches of giant conifers during the Eocene, but that is exactly what they were doing! It’s incredible that they were nimble enough to do this while at the same time walking on the whole surface of their feet, not an easy task. Almost all of the Oxyaena fossils that have been recovered have been found in Colorado, so if you’re ever in the Centennial State, make sure you keep one eye in the tree branches to keep a lookout for Oxyaenas! What do you think of these little critters? Leave your comments here!

-Mio

Nooooooooooooo!!! He's BACK

Uh ohhhh this is going to be an interesting weekend! I’ve heard some very interesting rumors that you-know-who has been lurking around the Island… Keep an eye out for him this week, but before we get into that whole mess, we’ve got some other business to attend to!

This Friday at 17:00 WST Moon will be waiting for dinos in the Jurassic Fort in Webo Ridge. When she’s ready she will release to the Webosaurs Blog our latest and greatest contest. I’m keeping quiet on the details of this contest, but the due date for all entries is MIDNIGHT on Monday Night. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be at the party on Friday to enter the contest, but you will be racing against the clock to finish the contest ahead of everyone else. There will be only one winner (except in the event of a tie) and that winner will receive the soon to be SUPER-rare item: Mechanical Dino

Giddie up Cowboy!

Sunday is going to be a very different kind of day… I sense a dark gloom being cast over Webosaurs Island. I always get a bad feeling when a certain someone is lurking around… Anyway, for better or worse SPIKE will be coming back to Webosaurs Island this Sunday at 14:00 WST. As usual, I’m not sure what he wants… It’s been so long since we’ve seen him, maybe he’s changed his tune and is in the mood for a friendly visit? Who knows, one thing’s for sure, I won’t be anywhere near Webosaurs Island when that guy is around. He smells kind of bad, doesn’t he? If you MUST see Spike make sure you go to Sub-Alpine Forest at 14:00 WST!

What: Contest Announcement

Where: Jurassic Fort – Webo Ridge

When: Friday, May 27th – 17:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

AND

What: Evil Visit

Where: Sub Alpine Forest

When: Sunday, May 29th – 14:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

-Mio

Monday means its time to announce the game of the week.   This week after thinking about it for awhile, I’ve decided that WOOKEY LANES is the featured game.  So,  head over to the Prairie Pool to play the most totally bluggin game of bowling ever!  Play by yourself or get together with your friends to roll the rock ball down the lanes to annihilate those pesky pins.

- Moon

If you aren’t familiar, we encourage our Protectosaurs to meet up as a group once a week to discuss issues on the island and other items of interest. However, the meetings aren’t closed off to only Pros – they are more like Town Hall style meetings for everyone to discuss island business. Everyone has an equal stake in Webosaurs and we would love to hear what is on your mind.

Where: Dr. Nanosaurus Secret Lab

When: Tuesday, May 24th – 12:00 WST and 16:00 WST

New Pros: Tyranita

Server: Prehistoric

- Moon

You may look up at the sky at the full moon and not realize that it looked different to the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era.  There is scientific proof that the moon is slowly moving away from the earth.  It apparently is moving away from the earth at the rate of 1.5 inches per year.  (The distance was closer by approximately 1.5 inches time 65+ million years)  When the earth/moon system was formed 4.4 billion years ago, the moon was probably only about 14000 miles away from the earths surface, compare this to the 238,000 miles separation today.

Not only the view would be different but the lunar cycles and tides would be too.  The moon was closer to the earth would mean less distance to travel around the earth as well.  There would be multiple Full Moons a month.

Can you imagine how large the moon must have looked?  I bet it was incredible.

- Moon

Its Friday, Friday.  Its time for Open Mic Comedy Night!   Since school is almost out for the summer, bring your best summer or school jokes.  Remember if you don’t make the judges aka Modosaurs laugh, they will throw bananas at you.

On Sunday, its the return of Mio favorite game… EGG RACE!!  A new hunt will drop at the start of the party.  Be there or be scrambled.

What: Comedy Night

Where: Lizard Lounge – Webo Ridge

When: Friday, May 20th – 17:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

AND

What: Egg Race

Where: Gushing Geyser

When: Sunday, May 22nd – 12:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

- Moon

Hey gang, you may be aware that we have weekly Blogosaur Meetings on Fridays to discuss Blog related issues and to talk to dinos about how to become a Blogosaur.  This week we will be having both normal Blogosaur meetings. The topic of discussion is blog safety.

Where: Tree Fort

When: Friday, May 20th– 12:00 & 16:00 WST

Server: Prehistoric

-Moon