Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla dog bashing - other interpretations

2004-11-03 Thread David Weir
David Freeman wrote: > > We have lost our humor when we decide there could have been no dog! > Dave (the other dog) Freeman Sorry, I thought the image of an Egyptian raccoon scampering away from the scene was pretty funny :) David (not Crockett) __ Met

Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla dog bashing - other interpretations

2004-11-03 Thread David Freeman
We have lost our humor when we decide there could have been no dog! Dave (the other dog) Freeman David Weir wrote: Hey List, Since I was allowed to include a copy of Kevin's excellent Nakhla article with his Nakhla dog explanation on my web site, I just wanted to say that this doesn't mean that I w

Re: [meteorite-list] Nakhla dog bashing - other interpretations

2004-11-03 Thread Ron Baalke
> Rather, I have my own point of view, > developed with the possible translation problem in mind. > > A dog, or some other animal perceived to be a dog from a distance > (raccoon, fox, cat, whatever ?) may have been suddenly startled by > either the falling of a fragment, or by the concusive atmo

[meteorite-list] Nakhla dog bashing - other interpretations

2004-11-03 Thread David Weir
Hey List, Since I was allowed to include a copy of Kevin's excellent Nakhla article with his Nakhla dog explanation on my website, I just wanted to say that this doesn't mean that I wholly subscribe to his point of view, nor to any I've heard so far. Rather, I have my own point of view, developed