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This article appears in Sep 20-26, 2012.
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Ironic or written on Friday?
Fridays are often strange–the week’s black hole, so maybe both?…………..btw Troodon, I have a pic of fossilized dinosaur skin (from my trip to the ROM) that looks suspiciously like the skin on your avatar!! Perhaps a contemporary relative?
SheSang,Troodon. I forget where in Florida there’s a store called The Dinosaur Store where (they say)you can buy dinosaur fossils.I had a friend who bought her son fossilized dino poop,(well what they called fossilized dino poop) it came with a right up that explained where the poop was found and the age….To me it looked like dehydrated dog shit.But their little guy thought his dino poop was cat’s ass.The look on his face while he was explaining to me, that he owned dino poop, was priceless.
I think I read my son every book printed at the time writen about dino’s.Which I didn’t mind one bit;I loved reading to my son and well,I actually liked learning about dino’s too.
Hey SheSang I think we’re both single girls the same age (I’m 46), maybe we can make some Friday an even stranger day(or night) sometime?
My avatar is of an armadillo which is a mammal somewhat related to anteaters but really in a class of their own. They have evolved a tough leathery skin as a defense against predators. The pattern on their skin does look like the pattern of some dinosaur skin but armadillos aren’t remotely related to dinosaurs. The denizens of your backyard birdfeeder are far more closely related to Triceratops and co.
A year ago I got a chance to see Sue the T Rex here at the Museum of Natural History. All I could do is stand and stare at the skeleton. It was awe inspiring trying to imagine what this massive animal might have looked like fleshed out. You read about the dinosaurs and they are so different from any creature on Earth now that they seem almost to be in the realm of fantasy but to look at this skeleton, physical proof of it’s existence right in front of you. You could even see the signs of arthritis developing on the vertebrae.
If it was in the flesh, I probably wouldn’t want to stand that close however.
Troodon. I loved going there as much as my son did. Yep any one of us would’ve been like eating a cracker to the TRex.
Hey Troodon–i actually thought your avatar may have been an anteater or armadillo!!!I had no idea that it was a mammal though–very cool…..will do a little reading on them if I ever make it out of the airport here in ottawa!! The skin similarity is pretty amazing……really, interesting mammal!
I am sorry to say I didn’t get to see Sue! I remember when the exhibit was here I was kinda running on empty and putting most of my energy into caring for my ailing father. I really wanted to take my nephew, but I don’t think either one of us made it:( I know what you mean about being so amazed that all you could do for a long while was just stare–i felt exactly the same at the ROM last friday; I even took some leg and pelvis pics, just so I could really recall that sheer size! Unbelievable!!!! And yeah, I also imagined how scary it would be were the casts live!!! I have been aching to rewatch Jurassic Park ever since–will probably do that when I get home tonight:P
@Boru:) getting together some friday sounds like fun:)
And I would love to see that fossilized dinosaur poop, if it’s still lying around somewhere;P lol!! You sound like a super-fun mum!!!!
SheSang I look forword to a girls night out some Friday,soon.
I might still have the fossilized dino poop somewhere.A lot has happened since I saw it last.