{"id":1838,"date":"2023-02-07T13:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T03:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2023-02-07T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T03:31:53","slug":"the-burrunjor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/the-burrunjor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burrunjor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Or, Mokuy gets dinosaurs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Giant lizard, small dinosaur or feathered reptile?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been conflicting descriptions of this giant reptilian Indigenous cryptid, but documented sightings from the 1950s to the late 1980s describe the creature as walking on two legs \u2013 akin to a 20th-century\u00a0tyrannosaurus rex.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/travel\/australia\/australian-mythical-folklore-creatures.html\">https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/travel\/australia\/australian-mythical-folklore-creatures.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/the-burrunjor\/image-3-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?fit=525%2C295&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?resize=525%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-3.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Burrunjor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So of course if it could be seen in 1950, it could be seen in 1800!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above article also has the ferocious drop bear, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, Mokuy gets dinosaurs &#8220;Giant lizard, small dinosaur or feathered reptile? There have been conflicting descriptions of this giant reptilian Indigenous cryptid, but documented sightings from the 1950s to the late 1980s describe the creature as walking on two legs \u2013 akin to a 20th-century\u00a0tyrannosaurus rex.&#8221; https:\/\/www.racv.com.au\/royalauto\/travel\/australia\/australian-mythical-folklore-creatures.html So of course if it could be seen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/the-burrunjor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Burrunjor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[101,3,14,2],"tags":[134,535,136,293,26,536],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paET2V-tE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1801,"url":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/mokuy-australia-terrain\/","url_meta":{"origin":1838,"position":0},"title":"Mokuy &#8211; Australia Terrain","author":"richard","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Basic png of terrain height levels for Australia.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Data Science&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Data Science","link":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/category\/data-science\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1804,"url":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/mokuy-australia-climate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1838,"position":1},"title":"Mokuy &#8211; Australia Climate","author":"richard","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Broad strokes climate regions - which is all you need for gaming. 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