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Dinosaurs Everywhere At least in the Arts Building

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:00 PM

One of our local physicians who's son in a Paleontologist (sp?) with the University of Wyoming. Over the last 20 years, he has assisted his son with a collection of thousands of fossils and other artifacts. A small part of thier collection has been on display at the Federal Building here in our town. This morning Jamie and I took the kids to see the exhibit. It was very cool! The community has respnded well and I am thankful Dr. Hankla shared this with our town. Here are a few pics:

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:01 PM

Sam really liked it.....

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:03 PM

A short time later, not so much...

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:06 PM

A few more pics.....

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:08 PM

AWESOME!

Cheri
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:08 PM

T-Rex in the back of the room

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:11 PM

Thanks a lot for inviting me, Chris! Man...some people.

I love Dinosaurs and ancient artifacts. There is a touring display of
ancient Egyptian relics currently at the Little Rock Museum. Been
wanting to go. Thanks for posting these, Chris. Very, very cool.

Mike

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:14 PM

It was, indeed, very cool, Mike. I was overwhelmed with the whole set up. There was a lot of thought and planning put into this exhibit! Great information about each species, where it was discovered, etc. Kind of a once on a lifetime opportunity for a town of 30,000.

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:21 PM

BTW... What are you feeding Sam? Holy Smokes...looks as though he is growing leaps and bounds.

Mike

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:24 PM

He's not gaining musch weight, still about 22lbs, but he's getting looooonnnngg. The DR's say the high birth weight was mostly because of his kidneys retaining so much fluid and his little body not able to expell the fluid. Since his surgeries, he has acutally lost a little weight, but is longer. Little fella looks and feels great. Pedatrician says barring any unforeseen health catastrophe, he could be any where from 6'0" to 6'5". He has an uncle that's 6'4" and two great uncles that were 6'6".

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:29 PM

Sweeeeet Chris..... I totally am fascinated by Dinosaurs. Even more so in the fact that some of them might still be alive. Nice pictures!

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:34 PM

QUOTE (smallieFanatic @ Feb 27 2010, 01:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sweeeeet Chris..... I totally am fascinated by Dinosaurs. Even more so in the fact that some of them might still be alive. Nice pictures!

The gar, the bowfin, the snapping turtle, alligator, and emu are few that come to mind, not to mention, sharks, the moose, and my mother in law.

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:38 PM

LOL, no, I didn't quite mean those

But for that list don't forget the Coelacanth, thought to have become extinct "millions" of years ago. And then was discovered that it was still living.

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:44 PM

In recent history, Japanese fishermen dredgeing the Anartic Shelf netted a pleisiosaur (sp?), looked just like the popular images of Nessie. Carbon dating revealed the specimen to be two thousand years old. It was decomposing, but mostly intact. It was thought the animal died millions of years ago then was frozen and began to drift in the chilly depths afterwards. BUT, the question begged, why did carbon dating mark it only at two thousand years? There was speculation that the body was contaminated with something that ws much younger than the actual specimen. But then again, maybe it was alive just two millenia ago. Did you see the pics that came out of New Zealand this past year of all the undiscovered species of insects and mammals living in the dome of a dormant volcano. The world is a wonderful place with areas still left to be discovered.

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:49 PM

Yeah, I've seen the shots! Very cool! Don't worry about the carbon dating part though, it really isn't very reliable. Think if you will; what if it isn't even two thousand years old. Sure, it's possible that is was frozen and drifted about--but that isn't the only possibility. What if the species actually isn't extinct? To date we haven't even explored 5 percent of the Ocean! Just think how many species could be down there, species we think are extinct. It gives me shivers thinking about it.

That thing about the Volcano was amazing! I saw the pictures from that. If you will excuse this cliche; it's totally wicked.