John Updike writes about bizarre dinosaurs for National Geographic. "How weird might a human body look to them? That thin and featherless skin, that dish-flat face, that flaccid erectitude, those feeble, clawless five digits at the end of each limb, that ghastly utter lack of a tail—ugh. Whatever did this creature do to earn its place in the sun, a well-armored, nicely specialized dino might ask. " Besides the Updike essay there's a
image gallery, an
interview with John Updike
[audio starts automatically], a dino
IQ test, an
audio critique of the way dinosaurs have been depicted in the latter half of the 20th Century
[audio starts automatically], a closer look at
the odder features of some of the stranger dinosaurs, an examination of the
nigersaurus (
images) as well as dinosaur
wallpapers and
jigsaw puzzles.
[via MeFi's Own ed]
posted by Kattullus
on Nov 30, 2007 -
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Tracks of Swimming Dinosaur found in Wyoming The tracks of a previously unknown, two-legged swimming dinosaur have been identified along the shoreline of an ancient inland sea that covered Wyoming 165 million years ago, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder graduate student.
posted by hostile7
on Oct 19, 2005 -
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