Continuing with a photo (or two) every day from my visit to the Canadian Museum of Nature, here are another couple of photos for your viewing pleasure.

To start with, the menacing dinosaur Carnotaurus.


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Continuing with a photo (or two) every day from my visit to the Canadian Museum of Nature, I present a couple of photos for your visual pleasure.

First up, the lower jaw of an Edmontosaurus.


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As noted in a couple of other posts, I spent Monday afternoon at the Canadian Museum of Nature among the various dinosaur exhibits there. Since pictures say a thousand words, and all that, I thought I'd start with a simple set of visuals.

These are what are called coprolites.


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Came back home from the Canadian Museum of Nature about two hours ago ( Read more... )

Beautiful morning in the Ottawa valley today. Somewhat cold, with the wind chill making things colder than they should be, but am starting the day off right with hot steel cut oats and some yogurt.

I've already made plans for today. Seeing as it's Family Day here, and I have the day off, I figured that I'm going to take the afternoon to visit ( Read more... )

The Canadian Museum of Nature is hosting a "Dinosaur Idol" contest from February 16th to March 17th to choose one of five plaster cases should be opened and studied next.

"Dinosaur Idol" Contest Begins at Canadian Museum of Nature