YEARS - Apologetics Press | Christian Evidences Links-Updated.pdfCrossword Challenge Ithy y catastr...

CELEBRATING

30YEARSOF DISCOVERY MAGAZINE

IN THIS ISSUE:REPTILES OF THE PRE-FLOOD WORLD

SCRIPTURE AND SCIENCE FOR KIDS

VOLUME 31:04 APRIL 2020

SWIMMING REPTILES

FLYING REPTILES

LAND REPTILES

PRE-FLOODREPT

ILES

Wikipedia.org (The Nature Box) 2020 CC-by-sa-4.0

PTERODACTYL

Wikipedia.org (Marmelad) 2020 CC-by-sa-2.5

EVOLUTIONISTS BELIEVE THE FOSSIL RECORD IS A RECORD OF LIFE OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS.

CREATIONISTS BELIEVE MOST OF THE FOSSIL RECORD IS A GRAVE-

YARD RECORDING THE PROGRESS OF THE BIBLICAL FLOOD.

THE BIGGEST

WALKING REPTILES

OF THE PRE-FLOOD

WORLD WERE THE DINOSAURS.

SCIENTISTS ORGANIZE DINOSAURS INTO TWO GROUPS BASED ON THEIR ANATOMY:

ornithiscians(ORE-nuh-THIS-key-uns)

MOST OF THE FOSSIL RECORD IS A SNAPSHOT

OF WHAT ANIMALS LOOKED LIKE BEFORE

THE FLOOD.

Quetzalcoatlus was prob-ably the largest pterosaur—and one of the largest fly-ing animals of all time.

and saurischians(sore-IS-key-uns).

Many of the reptiles that lived before the Flood were

very different than reptiles today.PTERODACTYLS [TARE-uh-DAK-tuls],

PTERANODONS [ter-ON-uh-dons], AND QUETZALCOATLUS [ket-sull-koh-AT-lus] WERE

FLYING REPTILES THAT LIVED BEFORE THE FLOOD. WE

STUDIED THEM IN DISCOVERY LAST YEAR.

SOME, LIKE PTEROSAURS

[TARE-uh-sores], COULD FLY!

IT WAS AS TALL AS A GIRAFFE AND HAD A 40-FOOT WINGSPAN—

LONGER THAN THE WINGSPAN OF A CESSNA 172 AIRPLANE.

Pre-Cambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

ORNITHISCIAN DINOSAURS HAD SIMILAR HIP STRUCTURES, BEAK-LIKE MOUTHS, AND WERE HERBIVORES (PLANT EATERS). THESE INCLUDED:

TRICERATOPS

SCIENTISTS DIVIDE THE SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS INTO TWO GROUPS: THEROPODS AND SAUROPODS.

Wikipedia.org (Matt Martyniuk) 2020 CC-by-sa-3.0

ANKYLOSAURUS (ANE-kee-luh-SORE-us) STEGOSAURUS

PARASAUROLOPHUS (PAIR-uh-SORE-uh-LOW-fuss)

THEROPODS WERE DINOSAURS WITH THREE FINGERS/TOES, THEY WERE OFTEN CARNIVORES (MEAT EATERS), AND THEY WERE BIPEDAL (WALKED ON TWO LEGS). THEY INCLUDED:

Spinosaurus

T-Rex

Velociraptor

Wikipedia.org (KoprX) 2020 CC-by-sa-4.0

THE SKULL OF T-REX GAVE IT THE MOST POWERFUL BITE OF THE DINOSAURS. STUDIES SHOW

THAT ITS BITE FORCE WAS 8-13,000

POUNDS—ROUGHLY

TWO-TO-THREE TIMES THE WEIGHT OF AN

AVERAGE CAR.Click QR code to see a Theropod and a Sauropod.

DiscoveryMagazine.comDiscoveryMagazine.com April 2020 • April 2020 • DiscoveryDiscovery 2727 2626 DiscoveryDiscovery • April 2020 • April 2020 DiscoveryMagazine.comDiscoveryMagazine.com

PLESIOSAUR

Elasmosaurus compared to a 6-foot man

Mosasaurus (56 feet)compared to a 6-foot man

MOSASAURUS

ICHTHYOSAUR

Sauropod dinosaurs were quadrupeds (walked on

four legs), had long necks, long tails, relatively small heads, and were herbivores.

Plesiosaurs (PLEE-see-uh-soars)

PLESIOSAURS, MOSASAURS (MOH-suh-soars), AND ICHTHYOSAURS (IK-thee-uh-soars) WERE SOME OF

THE PRE-FLOOD REPTILES OF THE SEA.

Apatosaurus,

and Argentinosaurus are examples of sauropods.

PLESIOSAURS HAD LONG NECKS AND SMALL HEADS LIKE SAUROPODS. THEY

ALSO HAD FOUR LONG FLIPPERS.

Mosasaurs had few enemies—other than other mosasaurs. They are thought to have reached lengths of 56 feet. Mosasaurs had special jaws that allowed them to swallow their prey almost whole.

Mosasaur collagen has been found preserved in fossils, proving that they did not go extinct 66

million years ago, as evolutionists claim.

SAUROPODS WERE PROBABLY THE LARGEST ANIMALS TO EVER LIVE ON LAND.

Brachiosaurus,

ARGENTINOSAURUS WAS ARGUABLY THE LONGEST AND

HEAVIEST CREATURE EVER TO WALK THE EARTH. SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE ITS LENGTH AS BEING UP TO

130 FEET LONG—STRETCHING FROM A FOOTBALL ENDZONE TO THE 43 YARD LINE.

THE LONGEST LAND ANIMAL ALIVE TODAY IS THE RETICULATED PYTHON, WHICH REACHES LENGTHS OF ONLY 23 FEET—STRETCHING

ALMOST TO THE EIGHT YARD LINE.

Argentinosaurus is estimated to have weighed up to 220,000

pounds. The largest T-Rex ever found is estimated to have

weighed just under 20,000 pounds, making Argentinosaurus about 11

times as heavy.

THE HEAVIEST LAND ANIMAL ALIVE TODAY IS THE AFRICAN BUSH ELEPHANT, WHICH CAN WEIGH UP TO 22,000 POUNDS.

THE DESCRIPTION OF BEHEMOTH IN JOB

40:15-24 SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE A SAUROPOD

DINOSAUR.

Plesiosaurs could reach lengths over 45 feet—the length of three mid-sized cars.

Scientists have found large amounts of soft tissue that have been preserved in plesiosaur fossils, proving that plesio-

saurs did not go extinct 66 million years ago, as old-Earth believers claim, but

much more recently.

MOSASAURS, SUCH AS THE MOSASAURUS, WERE LARGE, CARNIVOROUS MARINE LIZ-ARDS WITH FLIPPERS—THE FRONT PAIR WAS BIGGER

THAN THE BACK PAIR. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN THE APEX

(TOP) MARINE PREDA-TORS EVER TO

LIVE.

ICHTHYOSAUR SKELETONS LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE DOLPHIN SKEL-ETONS. HOWEVER, THEY COULD REACH LENGTHS UP TO 69 FEET (SHONISAURUS SIKANNIENSIS)—LONGER THAN TWO SCHOOL BUSES.

Shonisaurus (69 feet)compared to a 6-foot man

Typical modern dolphins are

usually under 10 feet in length. Once again, soft tissue has been discovered

in ichthyosaur fossils, proving they did not go extinct 95 million years ago.

DiscoveryMagazine.comDiscoveryMagazine.com April 2020 • April 2020 • DiscoveryDiscovery 2929 2828 DiscoveryDiscovery • April 2020 • April 2020 DiscoveryMagazine.comDiscoveryMagazine.com

ACTIVITYACTIVITY

PAGEPAGE

True or False

Crossword Challenge

Ichthyosaur fossil captured by catastrophic event while giving birth.

Ichthyosaur baby

11

2

9

3

6 7

5

4

1

10

8

WANT MORE? CLICK THE QR CODE

FOR ANOTHER ACTIVITY.

1. ___ Most of the fossil record is a snapshot of what animals looked like before the Flood.

2. ___ Scientists have never found soft tissue preserved in plesiosaur fossils.

3. ___ “For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.”

4. ___ God did not make humans to be able to have dominion over the creatures of the Earth.

5. ___ The underside of Leviathan was rather smooth like that of a crocodile.

6. ___ Ichthyosaur skeletons looked very much like buffalo skeletons.

7. ___ Plesiosaurs could reach lengths over 45 feet.

8. ___ Argentinosaurus is estimated to have weighed over 200,000 pounds.

Across:

2. The false idea that the present is the key to un-derstanding the past

3. As tall as a giraffe and with a 40-foot wingspan

5. The animal in Job 40:15-24 that sounds very much like a sauropod dinosaur

6. Believe the fossil record is a record of life over millions of years

9. Means “plant eater”

11. The heaviest land animal alive today

Down:

1. Believe most of the fossil record is a graveyard recording the progress of the biblical Flood

4. Arguably the longest and heaviest creature ever to walk the Earth

7. The marine creature described in Job 41 that may have been a marine reptile like the now-extinct Mosasaurus.

8. Means “walked on four legs”

10. Book of the Bible in which this statement is found: “The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.”

FOSSILIZED ICHTHYOSAURS HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH WHEN THEY WERE KILLED, BURIED, AND FOSSILIZED.

SUCH FOSSILS SHOW (1) THAT FOSSILIZATION DOES NOT TAKE THOUSANDS OF YEARS (OTHERWISE THE CREATURE WOULD HAVE DECAYED AND DISAPPEARED BEFORE IT COULD FOSSILIZE), AND (2) EVOLUTIONISTS ARE WRONG ABOUT

UNIFORMITARIANISM BEING TRUE.

UNIFORMITARIANISM IS THE IDEA THAT THE PRESENT IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE PAST. IF WE DO NOT SEE

SOMETHING HAPPENING TODAY (LIKE THE FLOOD), IT MUST NOT HAVE EVER HAPPENED—ACCORD-

ING TO UNIFORMITARIANISM.

FOSSILIZED ICHTHYOSAURS IN LABOR PROVE THAT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC, NOT UNIFORM, HAPPENED IN THE PAST THAT IS NOT HAPPENING TODAY.

THE PRESENT IS NOT THE KEY TO THE PAST. THE PAST (THE FLOOD)

IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE PRESENT.

CREATION GEOLOGIST DR. ANDREW SNELLING

Job 41 describes a marine creature called Leviathan that was living after the Flood at the time of Job. LEVIATHAN HAD CLOSELY KNIT SCALES

AND FEARSOME TEETH.

LEVIATHAN WAS SO BIG AND FIERCE THAT HUMANS WOULD

FLEE FROM IT RATHER THAN TRY TO KILL IT.

IT HAD A STRONG NECK AND AN EXTREMELY STRONG HEART.

LEVIATHAN WAS ABLE TO RAISE ITSELF UP IN AN INTIMIDATING WAY AND CAUSE SUCH CRASHINGS

THAT EVEN MIGHTY WARRIORS COWERED.

The underside of Leviathan was jagged, like sharp pieces of broken pottery, which left pointed tracks when moving across

swampy ground. It was able to emit light, smoke, and even fire. The water around it “boiled.”

THERE IS NO MODERN ANIMAL THAT FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF LEVIATHAN, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE CREATURES THAT

EMIT LIGHT (FIREFLIES AND BIOLUMINESCENT CREATURES), ELECTRICITY (ELECTRIC EEL), AND EVEN BOILING

CHEMICALS (BOMBARDIER BEETLE).

LEVIATHAN MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXTINCT MARINE REPTILE LIKE A MOSASAURUS OR PLESIOSAUR.

DiscoveryMagazine.com April 2020 • Discovery 31 30 Discovery • April 2020 DiscoveryMagazine.com

APOLOGETICS PRESS, INC.230 Landmark Drive

Montgomery, AL 36117(800) 234-8558 (Orders)

(334) 272-8558DiscoveryMagazine.com

© 2020 Apologetics Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Editor: Kyle Butt, M.Div.Associate Editor: Eric Lyons, M.Min.

Layout and Design: Rob Baker, M.Ed.

Periodicals Postage PAID

Yearly Subscription Fees in U.S. Funds Only • United States of America: Individual rate: $14 each • Bulk rate (at least 5 to same address): $12 each.Club rate (at least 10 to different addresses paid together): $12.50 each

ANSWERS

Discovery is published monthly by Apologetics Press, Inc., 230 Landmark Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117. Application to Mail at Periodicals Postage Prices is Pending at Montgomery, AL. POSTMASTER: Send address changes

to Discovery, 230 Landmark Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117; USPS# 20

APOLOGETICS PRESS, INC.230 Landmark Drive

Montgomery, AL 36117(800) 234-8558 (Orders)

(334) 272-8558DiscoveryMagazine.com

© 2020 Apologetics Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Editor: Kyle Butt, M.Div.Associate Editor: Eric Lyons, M.Min.

Layout and Design: Rob Baker, M.Ed.

Periodicals Postage PAID

Yearly Subscription Fees in U.S. Funds Only • United States of America: Individual rate: $14 each • Bulk rate (at least 5 to same address): $12 each.Club rate (at least 10 to different addresses paid together): $12.50 each

ANSWERS

Discovery is published monthly by Apologetics Press, Inc., 230 Landmark Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117. Application to Mail at Periodicals Postage Prices is Pending at Montgomery, AL. POSTMASTER: Send address changes

to Discovery, 230 Landmark Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117; USPS# 20

Click QR code to see animals and their trained acts.

CROSSWORD CHALLENGE: Across: 2. Uniformitarianism; 3. Quetzalcoatlus; 5. Behemoth; 6. Evolutionists; 9. Herbivore; 11. African bush elephant; Down: 1. Creationists; 4. Argentinosaurus; 7. Leviathan; 8. Quadruped; 10. Psalms.

TRUE OR FALSE: 1. T; 2. F; 3. T; 4. F; 5. F; 6. F; 7. T; 8. T.

IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO SAIL ON THE OCEAN WITH SUCH FEARSOME

SEA BEASTS AS MOSASAURS BEFORE THE FLOOD!

“THE WORKS OF

THE LORD ARE

GREAT, STUDIED

BY ALL WHO HAVE

PLEASURE IN THEM.”

PSALM 111:2

God made humans to be able to have dominion over the crea-tures of the Earth, including

the creatures of the sea (Genesis 1:28).

“FOR EVERY KIND OF BEAST AND BIRD, OF REPTILE AND CREATURE OF THE SEA, IS TAMED AND HAS BEEN TAMED

BY MANKIND.” JAMES 3:7

Studying the amazing crea-tures of the Earth helps us to appreciate the great works

of the Lord.

32 Discovery • April 2020 DiscoveryMagazine.com