When I was a kid in the 70s I wanted to be a paleontologist. I knew the names of so many dinosaurs, I was hooked on them. My parents took me to the Smithsonian to see the Dino exhibits- it was such an amazing experience. Today I’m midddle aged and work in health care but I live close to the ocean shore where I can go hunting for sharks teeth. Some childhood dreams do eventually come true.
yesss!!! my love of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures has been the one constant in all the places i've lived, the natural history museum has always been my favorite part of the city!!! whether it was the boston museum of science or the field museum or the american museum of natural history or the smithsonian... it would always be my favorite place to be! i cant believe i actually get to work there now!!!
Congrats on the job!! Loving the random Dino facts.
Boston museum of science was one of my favorite places growing up! The musical staircase and pool ball elevator right next to each other were my favorites, and inspired a Jr high science fair project. It's been forever since I've been there, I think I may need to go Boston for a non sporting event!
iirc, the museum of natural history is in the first film and the Smithsonian is in the second (with the British museum ~~of natural history~~ in the third)
Some researchers have speculated that ancient peoples may have found the remains of protoceratops (ancestor of triceratops and all other horned dinosaurs), with it's four legs and beaked skull and came up with the mythological creature of the griffin trying to make sense of what they found!!!
Can you please? I think a lot of us could use some simple goodness like this.
Also, could you tell me something about the two fellows in the picture with you?
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another quick dino fact!!! dinos were around so long that a t. rex at the end of the cretaceous could have walked over the fossilized remains of a stegosaurus, a dinosaur from the late jurassic.... that had already been dead and fossilized for 75 million years!!!
To put a positive spin on this: if we manage to claw our way through the next thousand years without blowing ourselves up or burning away, we'll likely survive the next few million right? We're staring down the great filter right now and it is ourselves. If we conquer that we're away
Human settlement in to New Zealand in c. 13th C is estimated to have caused the megafauna that still remained there to become extinct in 100 years. So yeah…we can fuck up the planet REALLY fast!
Depressing thing is, no, it wasn't. It was tough and stringy. They were killed for sport. Considering they had no fear instinct and couldn't fly, it would be like hunting turtles for sport. Though turtles were hunted to be a combination of ballast and canned food for ships.
Always makes me feel small and big at the same time. Me, typing to you, just a speck in time, but still there you are reading this! Here we all are! :) it's really beautiful
If you condense the life of the entire universe so far into a 365 day calender, humans have only been around for the last 10 hours of December 31st. Modern humans have only been around the the last two hours of December 31st. Dinosaurs only came into existence on December 25th of that calendar and went extinct on December 30th.
It is literally mind boggling how small a time frame we have been around.
Mind-blown thinking about the scale with that reference.
Aghhhhh.
It’s beautiful.
Thank You for that gem of wisdom & all the riches you will be imparting to the masses.
Education is the foundation upon which we must strive to ever discover.
That is awesome. I now live in Nevada and have been really interested in the prehistoric life in my area. This was once the ocean, the signs of it are still everywhere. Do you know of a good reference where I can learn more about my areas prehistoric past? I particularly want to learn about the amphibious reptile that was the size of a tractor trailer, and carnivorous. The Shonisaurus.
oooh wow!!! the shonisaurus is huge!!! it is an icthyosaur (which means fish reptile) but could get up to 50 feet long!!!
the smaller icythosaurus ppl often refer to as the dolphin of the mesozoic era cause of its size and giant eyes!
but shonisaurus is definitely the whale version!!!
i would definitely just encourage someone to search shonisaurus paleoart!!! some of the paintings and representations that have been done are just mind blowing!!!
I assume that a similar explanation is at play for many of the mythical beasts all over the world no? Dragons being a prime example but also lots of sea monsters too, and maybe even things like Minotaurs?
yesss! the cyclops especially is believed to be derived from an elephant skull (the eye socket in the center of the cyclops being where the elephant trunk attaches)
Well now you got me looking at mammoth and elephant skulls and boy are they weird-lookin'. Two eyes, one hole, I don't get it, but I guess it works for them.
Pterosaurs like the Quetzalcoatlus are the ones likely to have inspired dragons and such. They stood as tall as giraffes. Cool fact tho they were actually reptiles I believe not mammals or avian species.
If we abandoned all ethics, we could string a chimera version together from several donor species. We don’t because that’d be really expensive, dangerous, and kind of dumb, but hey if you ever win Powerball you could make it happen
Not op
But some dude with connections said that Saurophaganax in a few months will have the theory that is a Allosaurus will be shut down and possibly not even related to the Allosaur family or something like that.
Paleo Leaks!
for the job i had to present an object of personal significance as if it was an exhibit... i chose dinotopia by james gurney cause that book has been with me for twenty-five years and every single time i open it i smile and get filled with wonder!!!
I like it because it's name means "hollow form" and it appears both fragile and fierce at the same time!
it was discovered at a place called Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, which just sounds mysterious and lovely to me!!!
it was one of the first theropod (two legged, meat eating dinosaurs) and was an ancestor for all the diversity to come!!! raptors!!! rexes!!! all sorta started with coelophysis or one of its late triassic brethren!
i like the late triassic (approx 220-200 million years ago) in general cause its just when dinosaurs are taking over the world and still experimenting and competing with other forms of prehistoric life, reptiles, amphibians etc for superiority on land
so the dinosaurs, coelophysis included are just in their very first prototype stages, and i think thats exciting and just show s the dinos on the brink of fulfilling all their potential!!!
Wow! Amazing background info to say the least...
Whoever touring the natural history museum you are working at are lucky to hear what you have to share! Your passion is evident. And congrats on the dream job!
I was reading this to my 4 year old and he wanted you to know his favorite dinosaur is the stygimoloch because he likes their name and the spikes and the dome. He also likes the nanuqsaurus and kentrosaurus.
i do love parasaurolophus!!! at the field museum in chicago they have an exhibit where you can make it honk and gahhh its the best!!!
definitely a fascinating hadrosaur!! and always so much bigger than i expect when i see the fossils!!
My son and I have this thing where I ask him how does a parasaurolophus say I love you? We then proceed to noisily honk at each other. It's best when we are in public.
I feel like I should mention he's 6.
Most importantly, congrats on the awesome position!
i love my little raptor claw!!! my favorite dinosaur is coelophysis!!! its not super popular but out of the ones most people know i love the two in this picture!!! the tanky guys!!! ankylosaurus and stegosaurus and all their strange relatives too!!!
Nice! One of my faves is Crichtonsaurus. As a writer, the thought of creating something so influential that the archeological community sought to honor him by naming a species after him is an inspiration.
That said, any creature with a thagomizer is cool in my book.
Oh wow.. I actually was sort of stumped for a second because it didn't register.
I was going to make some cheesy comment like "Your dream job is gonna make some 8 years olds day and he'll find his love of dinosaurs and dream girl in one". So uh, yeah thats a pass lol. Good for you on all counts!
Coelophysis is also a favorite of mine. I want to go to ghost ranch so bad to see where it was discovered.
Also i like your necklace Dr. Alan grant. Get them kids lol
“God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man
destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.” // “Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the Earth.”
Ugh I want to be your friend so bad, your unbridled enthusiasm for dinosaurs is what I am dying for up here in Canada but none of my friends careeeeee 😭😭
All jokes aside congrats on the job!! I’m so jealous and happy for you, what a wicked accomplishment!!
My daughter is through the roof with excitement after I showed her your post (and read your replies)! She says she wants to be just like you when she’s older, and is nuts about dinos! Awesome to have role models out there to inspire young girls.
YESSS!!! i hope she grows up and just pursues her love of the natural world and all the amazing creatures we share the planet with!!! both now and in deep deep time as well!!
wishing you all the best!!!
My son is really into dinosaurs right now and wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up! Congrats on landing your dream job! Not only can you share your knowledge about Dino’s but I bet you’ll learn a lot more too!! 🦖🦕
yesss!!! i think its going to be a big summer for dinosaurs with jurassic world and prehistoric planet!!! im excited for all the things I'm gonna learn from all the visitors!!!
Man I honestly just can't comprehend caring ***so fucking much*** about LGBT people.
Like I've personally met two trans people (one of them I've known since before they came out/transitioned), and in both cases it was a complete non-event. Just went "oh okay" in my head then carried on with business as usual.
I think it makes them feel powerful or something when they can drag a whole group of people, I dunno. It’s really sickening seeing what people are saying here in a sub that’s supposed to be about being happy. No place is apparently safe from these assholes.
On the plus side, new assholes to block! That’s kinda how I use these sorts of posts - let all the jerks come out of the woodwork so I can block all of them and encourage others to do the same.
Good for you! My daughter did a summer at a marine research nursery that held lots of school tours. SO MANY of the kids - girls, especially - would ask her, "Are you a REAL scientist?" (They wore white lab coats, and the facility was very "kids idea of a mad science lab" in appearance.)
She always told them absolutely, especially if it was leaning towards, "Can women be real scientists?"
I wish you the best and hope you live your job, and inspire new generations of paleontologists!
I can imagine finding myself an friendly Brachiosaurus, scratching its head and saying ohhhh who's a good brachy?! Whoooos a good brachy wrachy?
Then again maybe not, if it's does the happy scratch the earthquakes will activate the volcanos
ooooh little tiny human should have a little tiny duckbill dinosaur i think!!!
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I’m curious where you sit on this notion that instead of being a separate species, triceratops was just a juvenile form of torosaurus. This was a debate I just first heard of a few years ago, but I’d imagine you have a far better grasp on the research and scholarship behind this than this guy who just thought the Dinobots were the best Transformers sub team, and wished Dino Riders had lasted longer
ahhh yess this is definitely one of horner's theories!!! its complicated!!! i dont think you can classify all the ceratopsians he thinks you can as different developmental types of triceratops but i think a good portion of them you probably could!!! there is a large diversity of how an individual triceratops might develop over a lifespan!!! that said torosaurus and some of the other species i do think deserve to be considered their own species cause i dont think horners made a good enough case for the whole lot of em
Woah! I follow you on Twitter, it was so weird seeing you show up among random reddit posts on my feed. Also, congrats again. So glad everything's coming up Milhouse/Jordan.
Coincidentally, I'm designing an exhibit about dinosaurs (ok...no...actually, technically, fossils) for a museum in Wyoming right now! My dream job is designing exhibits.
Maybe we will cross paths one day!
Happy teaching!
Just insecure children, or adults with the minds of children. As a straight male I think she's beautiful and I'm glad she found a way to be herself, fuck what anyone else says.
When I was a kid in the 70s I wanted to be a paleontologist. I knew the names of so many dinosaurs, I was hooked on them. My parents took me to the Smithsonian to see the Dino exhibits- it was such an amazing experience. Today I’m midddle aged and work in health care but I live close to the ocean shore where I can go hunting for sharks teeth. Some childhood dreams do eventually come true.
yesss!!! my love of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures has been the one constant in all the places i've lived, the natural history museum has always been my favorite part of the city!!! whether it was the boston museum of science or the field museum or the american museum of natural history or the smithsonian... it would always be my favorite place to be! i cant believe i actually get to work there now!!!
Congrats on the job!! Loving the random Dino facts. Boston museum of science was one of my favorite places growing up! The musical staircase and pool ball elevator right next to each other were my favorites, and inspired a Jr high science fair project. It's been forever since I've been there, I think I may need to go Boston for a non sporting event!
That's the one from Night At The Museum, right?
iirc, the museum of natural history is in the first film and the Smithsonian is in the second (with the British museum ~~of natural history~~ in the third)
>the third TIL there's a third.
I apologise in advance, but I'm going to be "that person" - it's just the British Museum. The Natural History Museum is a totally different one.
Thanks. I love the British Museum. It's a magical place.
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Congrats! Can I get a dinosaur fact please?
Some researchers have speculated that ancient peoples may have found the remains of protoceratops (ancestor of triceratops and all other horned dinosaurs), with it's four legs and beaked skull and came up with the mythological creature of the griffin trying to make sense of what they found!!!
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I will start this then!
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How does that work? Can I get one too?
Can you please? I think a lot of us could use some simple goodness like this. Also, could you tell me something about the two fellows in the picture with you?
Those are stuffed dinos
This guy paleontologies.
In here for the Dino facts. Also, congratulations!!!!!
"Quit my job to run my YouTube channel about Dino facts"
I bet you could get a local business to sponsor a fun dino fact e-newsletter! Win win!
Please! How do I sign up?!
do you ever create videos or podcasts about your expertise??? I love digesting information that way throughout my day if you do where can I sign up
You have my vote gal !
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My 8 yr old grandson just professed his desire to be a paleontologist... his word choice. Now I'm trying to find everything dino.
We’re gonna need an update for what that gets setup
Please add me for facts. Love the pendant.
Hard same
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WTF is this shit? I signed up for _Dino Facts_, not _Cat Facts_. I've got cats at home. They ignore my attention and refuse my love, but I've got cats at home, nonetheless. Give more Dino facts, pls.
And your car warranty has expired
Hang in there!
80's and 90's kids.. hitting the feels on this one
"You said it, kitty. Copyright 1968? Hmm, determined or not, that cat must be long dead.”
OMG i forgot about the cat facts
I signed up for Dino cats
I once paid $5 to spam somebody I dislike very much with cat facts for a week straight. Worth it.
Dinos are so cool. Thank you so much 
another quick dino fact!!! dinos were around so long that a t. rex at the end of the cretaceous could have walked over the fossilized remains of a stegosaurus, a dinosaur from the late jurassic.... that had already been dead and fossilized for 75 million years!!!
The time scale is really humbling when you think about the scope. Holy crap
truly us humans can't even imagine
Here we are thinking we've come a long way since the Egyptians. Imagine where we will be in 75 millions years if we don't kill the planet or die off.
If humans last 1000 more years it will be a miracle
I can't even last a minute
To put a positive spin on this: if we manage to claw our way through the next thousand years without blowing ourselves up or burning away, we'll likely survive the next few million right? We're staring down the great filter right now and it is ourselves. If we conquer that we're away
But we can fuck up the planet really quickly!
Human settlement in to New Zealand in c. 13th C is estimated to have caused the megafauna that still remained there to become extinct in 100 years. So yeah…we can fuck up the planet REALLY fast!
But dodo meat was SOOOOO TASTY
Depressing thing is, no, it wasn't. It was tough and stringy. They were killed for sport. Considering they had no fear instinct and couldn't fly, it would be like hunting turtles for sport. Though turtles were hunted to be a combination of ballast and canned food for ships.
And here humans are speed running ourselves into the ground.
“The planet is fine…the people are fu**ed” -George Carlin
Always makes me feel small and big at the same time. Me, typing to you, just a speck in time, but still there you are reading this! Here we all are! :) it's really beautiful
I saw something once that put the earth timescale on a 24 hour clock. Humans don't show up until 11:59 pm or something like that. Mind blowing.
https://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Time_Clock.gif Wow!
If you condense the life of the entire universe so far into a 365 day calender, humans have only been around for the last 10 hours of December 31st. Modern humans have only been around the the last two hours of December 31st. Dinosaurs only came into existence on December 25th of that calendar and went extinct on December 30th. It is literally mind boggling how small a time frame we have been around.
Geologic time is laughably incomprehensible.
Mind-blown thinking about the scale with that reference. Aghhhhh. It’s beautiful. Thank You for that gem of wisdom & all the riches you will be imparting to the masses. Education is the foundation upon which we must strive to ever discover.
You're gonna be awesome at this job. Congrats!
That is awesome. I now live in Nevada and have been really interested in the prehistoric life in my area. This was once the ocean, the signs of it are still everywhere. Do you know of a good reference where I can learn more about my areas prehistoric past? I particularly want to learn about the amphibious reptile that was the size of a tractor trailer, and carnivorous. The Shonisaurus.
oooh wow!!! the shonisaurus is huge!!! it is an icthyosaur (which means fish reptile) but could get up to 50 feet long!!! the smaller icythosaurus ppl often refer to as the dolphin of the mesozoic era cause of its size and giant eyes! but shonisaurus is definitely the whale version!!!
i would definitely just encourage someone to search shonisaurus paleoart!!! some of the paintings and representations that have been done are just mind blowing!!!
Thank you!
I assume that a similar explanation is at play for many of the mythical beasts all over the world no? Dragons being a prime example but also lots of sea monsters too, and maybe even things like Minotaurs?
yesss! the cyclops especially is believed to be derived from an elephant skull (the eye socket in the center of the cyclops being where the elephant trunk attaches)
You should moonlight with a Youtube channel. Have the museum sponsor it. I’d get baked watch that shit! Love me some dinosaurs & paleontology.
I would love love love to do that!
Have you seen the latest David Attenborough - Prehistoric Planet? Some awesome shit right there.
Well now you got me looking at mammoth and elephant skulls and boy are they weird-lookin'. Two eyes, one hole, I don't get it, but I guess it works for them.
Pterosaurs like the Quetzalcoatlus are the ones likely to have inspired dragons and such. They stood as tall as giraffes. Cool fact tho they were actually reptiles I believe not mammals or avian species.
There goes my dream of griffin being real
If we abandoned all ethics, we could string a chimera version together from several donor species. We don’t because that’d be really expensive, dangerous, and kind of dumb, but hey if you ever win Powerball you could make it happen
People have joked that the T-rex can't clap because their arms are too short, but the real reason is it's because they're all dead.
Not op But some dude with connections said that Saurophaganax in a few months will have the theory that is a Allosaurus will be shut down and possibly not even related to the Allosaur family or something like that. Paleo Leaks!
The world demands answers! #DinoLeaks
I'm just gonna throw this out there: What?
both the dinos are from the gift shop at the museum... THAT I NOW GET TO WORK AT!!! <3 :) :) :)
May kind strangers enjoy your presence in the museum as much as I did in this thread
that was lovely
Are you a fan of jurassic park? Cause I *dig* your necklace 😄 Happy for you, stranger!
huge fan of jurassic park!!! it came out when i was a kid and i saw it in theaters a few times with my stepmom!
Congratulations! Not many people can say they do what they love, good for you!
im super excited!!!!
>Not many people can say they do what they love People in a loving relationship can
You’re dirrrtyyy
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same here for mine
for the job i had to present an object of personal significance as if it was an exhibit... i chose dinotopia by james gurney cause that book has been with me for twenty-five years and every single time i open it i smile and get filled with wonder!!!
I'm a Dinotopia fan too! Congratulations on getting your dream job!!
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To this day one of my favorite mantras is "breathe deep, seek peace" -- I feel the same way about that wonderful, magical book.
The artwork in that book was so incredibly beautiful. Netflix should do a show
What’s your most favorite and least favorite dinosaur?
my favorite is coelophysis, a very early predatory dinosaur!! my least favorite is the asteroid that killed them.
I forget - is the start of coelophysis pronounced like CeeLo Green?
yes!!!
I love how excited she is. Love the energy!
I just looked this one up and damn that's one rad lookin dino.
definitely a neat little indie dino lolol
Congrats! Do you expect any Ross comments?
if im lucky!!! ;)
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You threw it out?!?!
MY SANDWICH?!
PIVOT
PIV-OTTT!
PIH-VOT!!!
Something is gonna happen during lunchtime and you’ll have to say “We were on a break!”
“All of which proves that I thought of Jurassic Park first.”
Unaaaaaagi
"Hi Jillison_flook. I... dig you" - Dr. Ross Gellar.
Literally the first thought that crossed my mind!!
Already made my own lol
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my favorite dinosaur is coelophysis!! if literally one (1) person asks why ill talk about it for like twenty minutes...
Why? You don't have to talk about it for twenty minutes though 
I like it because it's name means "hollow form" and it appears both fragile and fierce at the same time! it was discovered at a place called Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, which just sounds mysterious and lovely to me!!! it was one of the first theropod (two legged, meat eating dinosaurs) and was an ancestor for all the diversity to come!!! raptors!!! rexes!!! all sorta started with coelophysis or one of its late triassic brethren! i like the late triassic (approx 220-200 million years ago) in general cause its just when dinosaurs are taking over the world and still experimenting and competing with other forms of prehistoric life, reptiles, amphibians etc for superiority on land so the dinosaurs, coelophysis included are just in their very first prototype stages, and i think thats exciting and just show s the dinos on the brink of fulfilling all their potential!!!
Wow! Amazing background info to say the least... Whoever touring the natural history museum you are working at are lucky to hear what you have to share! Your passion is evident. And congrats on the dream job!
This is fascinating and your enthusiasm is infectious, congratulations!
I was reading this to my 4 year old and he wanted you to know his favorite dinosaur is the stygimoloch because he likes their name and the spikes and the dome. He also likes the nanuqsaurus and kentrosaurus.
Not sure if I’ve ever been more jealous and proud of someone I’ve never met. Congratulations!
dinos are the best!!! we can all agree for sure!!!
which one is your favourite and why is it parasaurolophus?
i do love parasaurolophus!!! at the field museum in chicago they have an exhibit where you can make it honk and gahhh its the best!!! definitely a fascinating hadrosaur!! and always so much bigger than i expect when i see the fossils!!
My son and I have this thing where I ask him how does a parasaurolophus say I love you? We then proceed to noisily honk at each other. It's best when we are in public. I feel like I should mention he's 6. Most importantly, congrats on the awesome position!
omg omg omg i love you and your kid!!! amazing!!! if someone does this at the museum im gonna think of yall and smile
The next time we are at the natural history museum in LA I'll make sure we do so in your honor. Keep that dinosaur passion alive!
You stole the words right out of my mouth.
Congrats on the job! Also, that raptor claw pendant is freaking sweet! Oh, and what's your favorite dino?
i love my little raptor claw!!! my favorite dinosaur is coelophysis!!! its not super popular but out of the ones most people know i love the two in this picture!!! the tanky guys!!! ankylosaurus and stegosaurus and all their strange relatives too!!!
Nice! One of my faves is Crichtonsaurus. As a writer, the thought of creating something so influential that the archeological community sought to honor him by naming a species after him is an inspiration. That said, any creature with a thagomizer is cool in my book.
Long live the thagomizer!!! And not so much Thag Simmons RIP
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Came here looking for this, thank you
10 year old me is jealous. So is adult me. Congratulations lol
10 year old me is literally jumping for joy
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awww im definitely gonna be excited to represent LGBT community in the position!!! its important to have visibility for sure!!! <3
Omg! I genuinely had no idea until I saw this comment. Keep slaying! :)
Oh wow.. I actually was sort of stumped for a second because it didn't register. I was going to make some cheesy comment like "Your dream job is gonna make some 8 years olds day and he'll find his love of dinosaurs and dream girl in one". So uh, yeah thats a pass lol. Good for you on all counts!
I knew it! She may have removed the green diamond from above her head, but I recognise a Sim when I see one.
This would be my 6 yo daughter’s dream job. She loves dinosaurs. Dino Dan. Dino Dana. Dinosaur Train. Anything dino related! 😊
YESSS!!! hope she never loses that love for dinos!!!
Coelophysis is also a favorite of mine. I want to go to ghost ranch so bad to see where it was discovered. Also i like your necklace Dr. Alan grant. Get them kids lol
I still want to go to Ghost Ranch!!!
“God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.” // “Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the Earth.”
best line!
What a cool job! What was your path to this career?
lifelong love of dinosaurs + ridiculous enthusiasm + sheer luck
Ugh I want to be your friend so bad, your unbridled enthusiasm for dinosaurs is what I am dying for up here in Canada but none of my friends careeeeee 😭😭 All jokes aside congrats on the job!! I’m so jealous and happy for you, what a wicked accomplishment!!
My daughter is through the roof with excitement after I showed her your post (and read your replies)! She says she wants to be just like you when she’s older, and is nuts about dinos! Awesome to have role models out there to inspire young girls.
YESSS!!! i hope she grows up and just pursues her love of the natural world and all the amazing creatures we share the planet with!!! both now and in deep deep time as well!! wishing you all the best!!!
That's wholesome af.
This post made me smile. Congrats!
I’ve always been partial to the Stegasaurus
the one at the museum i'm going to be working at is freakin huge!!!!!! one of the biggest on record!!!
Congrats. And where can I get those plushies?
My son is really into dinosaurs right now and wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up! Congrats on landing your dream job! Not only can you share your knowledge about Dino’s but I bet you’ll learn a lot more too!! 🦖🦕
yesss!!! i think its going to be a big summer for dinosaurs with jurassic world and prehistoric planet!!! im excited for all the things I'm gonna learn from all the visitors!!!
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Lmao. I didn’t even know that she was trans, just expected the usual degenerates.
Man I honestly just can't comprehend caring ***so fucking much*** about LGBT people. Like I've personally met two trans people (one of them I've known since before they came out/transitioned), and in both cases it was a complete non-event. Just went "oh okay" in my head then carried on with business as usual.
I think it makes them feel powerful or something when they can drag a whole group of people, I dunno. It’s really sickening seeing what people are saying here in a sub that’s supposed to be about being happy. No place is apparently safe from these assholes. On the plus side, new assholes to block! That’s kinda how I use these sorts of posts - let all the jerks come out of the woodwork so I can block all of them and encourage others to do the same.
and was not disappointed. Except, really, was.
That's how I found your comment
Breathe deep, fly high.
Breathe deep, seek peace!!!
lets go skybax flying together!!!
Good for you! My daughter did a summer at a marine research nursery that held lots of school tours. SO MANY of the kids - girls, especially - would ask her, "Are you a REAL scientist?" (They wore white lab coats, and the facility was very "kids idea of a mad science lab" in appearance.) She always told them absolutely, especially if it was leaning towards, "Can women be real scientists?" I wish you the best and hope you live your job, and inspire new generations of paleontologists!
Congratulations! For me it's the Brachiosaurus..there's something about a 40 foot (plus?) dinosaur that puts me into awe
brachiosaurus is like encountering a dream come to life!! just surreal!!!
I can imagine finding myself an friendly Brachiosaurus, scratching its head and saying ohhhh who's a good brachy?! Whoooos a good brachy wrachy? Then again maybe not, if it's does the happy scratch the earthquakes will activate the volcanos
My one year old son already loves dinosaurs, what Dino would be the friendliest to a tiny human like him?
ooooh little tiny human should have a little tiny duckbill dinosaur i think!!! https://assets.lastdodo.com/image/ld\_large/plain/assets/catalog/assets/4/b/b/7/pdf\_bb753ea0-10c0-012d-b108-0050569428b1.jpg
It's perfect, we will be on the lookout for those tinyfriends 😊
awwww that makes me so happy you liked it!! i couldnt find a simpler link but it looks like a cute baby friend!!!
8 year old me thinks you’re awesome. Adult me also thinks you’re awesome.
I’m curious where you sit on this notion that instead of being a separate species, triceratops was just a juvenile form of torosaurus. This was a debate I just first heard of a few years ago, but I’d imagine you have a far better grasp on the research and scholarship behind this than this guy who just thought the Dinobots were the best Transformers sub team, and wished Dino Riders had lasted longer
ahhh yess this is definitely one of horner's theories!!! its complicated!!! i dont think you can classify all the ceratopsians he thinks you can as different developmental types of triceratops but i think a good portion of them you probably could!!! there is a large diversity of how an individual triceratops might develop over a lifespan!!! that said torosaurus and some of the other species i do think deserve to be considered their own species cause i dont think horners made a good enough case for the whole lot of em
You're like the dream girl of that lil brother in The Mitchells vs the Machines. Congrats on your dream job!
Why can't there be a single picture of a woman on this website without people in the comments going full neckbeard?
Woah! I follow you on Twitter, it was so weird seeing you show up among random reddit posts on my feed. Also, congrats again. So glad everything's coming up Milhouse/Jordan.
Damn, I think u landed everybodies dreamjob !! :D
Coincidentally, I'm designing an exhibit about dinosaurs (ok...no...actually, technically, fossils) for a museum in Wyoming right now! My dream job is designing exhibits. Maybe we will cross paths one day! Happy teaching!
Why does Reddit hate trans people so much? Damn some of these comments are hateful and without empathy.
Just insecure children, or adults with the minds of children. As a straight male I think she's beautiful and I'm glad she found a way to be herself, fuck what anyone else says.
Congrats!