What we are, the Synapsids appeared around the end of the Carboniferous to the beginning of the Permian as the Pelycosaurs A.K.A the "Sailbacks", the best known include Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus, the Pelycosaurs then became the Therapsids, such as the Gorgonopsids, Phthinosuchids, Biarmosuchids ect etc, these families are Eutheriodonts (except the oldest family, the Gorgonopsids which are Theriodonts), Humans as well as all mammals are Eutheriodonts as humans and mammals are descended from the Cynodonts, which are descended from the Therocephalians. After the Cynodonts came the mammals, the sole surviving class of the Synapsid legacy (reptiles are the Diapsid/Anapsids), Early in Synapsid history, we began splitting off from our reptilian brothers (before then we had all been Amniotes), the Synapsids and the Reptiles (Anapsids/Diapsids) began competing for survival, all throughout the Permian the Synapsids were the top predators until the the Permo-Triassic extinction, all the large synapsids (the predators like Gorgonops) were made extinct, only the small burrowers and the herbivores survived, the reptiles "took the crown" off the Synapsids and became the top predators, these were the Dinosaurs, they became as successful as the Synapsids before them.
After the K/T Extinction Event, the Synapsids regained the crown for being the dominant land-predators, like our forerunners about 200 million years before.
After the K/T Extinction Event, the Synapsids regained the crown for being the dominant land-predators, like our forerunners about 200 million years before.
a Synapsid is one of few organisms to have been through both blood temperatures (e.g the early Synapsids (like Dimetrodon) were probably cold-blooded, probably why they had a sail, to heat them up quicker, their descendants, the later Synapsids (like the Mammals) are warm-blooded)
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Synapses-Collapses is what occurs when a person is unable to properly communicate words, usually after a night of heavy partying. The cause of Synapses-Collapses is the synapse between the neurons in the brain do not fire properly, hence causing a collapse in word formulation.
Jeff: Do you have a mack of patches?
Dennis: Do you mean "pack of matches"? Dude, you just had a synapses-collapses.
Dennis: Do you mean "pack of matches"? Dude, you just had a synapses-collapses.
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Get the SnapSex mug.Short for synapse lapse. In a phone call or voice-mail from the Ding, the lapse in time between "Hello" and the point at which the actual message begins. A synlapse is signalled by a drawn-out um.
The length of a synlapse depends on the complexity of the message, which determines how long it will take the Ding's electron-size brain to fit the information together coherently enough to convey it.
The average length of a synlapse is 45 seconds, during which boredom-induced drooling may commence in the unfortunate recipient of the voice-mail.
The length of a synlapse depends on the complexity of the message, which determines how long it will take the Ding's electron-size brain to fit the information together coherently enough to convey it.
The average length of a synlapse is 45 seconds, during which boredom-induced drooling may commence in the unfortunate recipient of the voice-mail.
The message the Ding left for Zeke lasted two and a half minutes, two minutes of which consisted of a particularly mind-numbing synlapse.
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Get the synlapse mug.Past- tense. Fully correct for immediate response. The inability for the electrical impulse sent to the brain to perform (root word: synapse) the action called upon. Sensory Overload in a manner, and not exactly desirable. 'Snapped', may be common usage, but for authenticity and desciptiveness, 'SYNAPPED' is the correct spelling, and the autonomic reaction that ensues.
As in,'' When she first heard about it, she was just fine for a moment, and then she just ... 'synapped'! Now she's on the 6:00 News!...And,you can't even understand her!"
As in,'' When she first heard about it, she was just fine for a moment, and then she just ... 'synapped'! Now she's on the 6:00 News!...And,you can't even understand her!"
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Get the synapped mug.A snapsey, or the self titled "Snapester" is a fugitive, best known for evading the old bill on numerous occasions. Often witnessed driving a 1986 Mini Cooper (vertically on two wheels) it also engages in other UN-believable acts. Legend states that a snapsey once out-drank the England rugby team in a "top shelf" pint contest. Other stories claim that the snapsey scaled Truro cathedral after a "rampant gangbang" and woke up clutching the edge protection of the east tower. The regularity and ambiguous nature of the Snapey stories has lead many to believe he is simply a no good bullshitter, incapable of creating interest by any way other than lying.
Gary: Oohh man, went out big style last night. Took a pedallo out to Africa and woke up in a tribes teepee.
Shaun: Fuck off Gary? You didn't leave your mums bedroom last night! You were reaching around her underwear draws trying to find her dildo?! Your such a snapsey!
Shaun: Fuck off Gary? You didn't leave your mums bedroom last night! You were reaching around her underwear draws trying to find her dildo?! Your such a snapsey!
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