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Article: ONE FISH, TWO FISH, MEAN FISH, SCARY BURKE FISH.(What's Happening)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- June 25, 1999
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If all the things you figured you'd be scared of - anything from rabid dogs to Godzilla - you probably never thought of the humble fish. And yet, consider the ``Scary Fishes From Deep Times'' exhibit at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture.
Here's a water creature that will put ``Jaws'' to shame: the dunkleosteus. Its massive size (the size of a minivan), sharp fangs and dental plates (which worked like a grinder) made the dunkleosteus the Genghis Khan of the fish world.
You should feel relieved that this guy went extinct about 400 million years ago. In case you were wondering why something that ferocious would become extinct (it's not like it ...
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