"Have you seen Wuerhosaurus, Sister Quagga?" asked Kentrosaurus.

"Why yes, he is getting ready to board his slow boat back to China. You had best hurry if you want to bid him fare well."

"I am glad I spoke to you about this; I indeed have an important message to share with him."

"Let us go together," suggested Quagga. "I want to say goodbye to him too. What is the message that you want to share?"

"Since you are coming along you are welcome to hear it," said Kentrosaurus. "Follow me."

"Hail, Wuerhosaurus!" said she, observing Wuerhosaurus on the shore.

"Sister Quagga! Kentrosaurus!" declared Wuerhosaurus. "How nice of you to come; you caught me just before I am to board my slow boat back home to China."

"I am so glad I made it in time I have a message I want to impart to you, and Quagga has come to hear it also," said Kentrosaurus.

"What would it be? A blessing for a safe seafaring journey? We Stegosaurids are not really seafaring animals and long for the days of a single continuous land mass to return," said Wuerhosaurus.

"Of course I wish you well, in the name of the Almighty and his Son Jesus Christ, but this wasn't my reason for stomping down to shore forthrightly. I wanted to ask you if you'd accept my testimony to the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, and if you realize, if you know, that everything in the Holy Bible is true and accurate; there is no God but One and his Son in the Holy Trinity including the Holy Spirit, Amen! And that, whatever difficulties God may place before you be most assured that The Lord your God loves you and wants no dissension with mammals or their science."

"Well, that is good," interjected Sister Quagga, suddenly realizing what she had gotten herself into and wondering how she could politely extricate herself from the conversation without offending Kentrosaurus.

"Amen!" said Kentrosaurus. "Amen, Sister Quagga, Amen!"
"Then, good cousin Wuerhosaurus, are you aware that the Lord Jesus Christ put my bones in the Earth to test my faith? Did you know he put your bones in the Earth to test your faith? By the grace of Jesus Christ alone I survived the little known WWII battle of Homboldt Museum, along with Sister Quagga and Spinosaurus."

"You have a good heart, cousin Kentrosaurus. I know you mean well, and that you care about me. I am from mainland China and a great majority of mammals and dinosaurs who live there are Buddhist."

"Peace be unto you," said Quagga helpfully.

"I know Kentrosaurus that you have gained a lot from your belief in Creationism, and you follow your path to the best of your ability. Each of us has our own road to stomp down, and for Sister Quagga to gallop down. I do not wish to disturb your inner peace. I am content on the road I travel as a Buddhist and glad that as cousins our paths intersect on occasion, I appreciate the hospitality of you, of Quagga and of Wooly Mammoth. I have had a nice vacation of several months now. but I must go home to China. Be assured that in my time here I have heard many an opportunity for your testimony and the sermons of Wooly Mammoth. I respect your opinion but I must go now."

"Wooly Mammoth has given you an honest job and changed your life," said Sister Quagga. "Ever since you embraced Creationism you have tried on all my saddles, which I do not mind. Yet we implore most politely to first of all, know that we are aware of your convictions and concern for us, yet we must find our own ways to the source of Creation."

"If you hear my testimony you will believe, " declared Kentrosaurus. "I shall tell you a tale of the Glory of the Holy Trinity, The Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit! For, as it is written in the book of Romans 8:1 & 8:2: "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who believe in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit in the life of Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death."

Verily I say onto you if you believe you will be saved. For else the Lord has allowed sin, except through faith in his Holy SON. This is such a true analogy to life of the flesh and of the scale. The Lord will test you he will put your bones in the earth, but as you believe so shall you be saved and free from the fire and damnation of sin."

Wuerhosaurus stepped into his slow boat. "Cousin Kentrosaurus, blessings be on you as you mean well, I shall consider your good intentions as well meant. Now I must follow my path back home to China."

"Indeed, I too, must take my leave of you Kentrosaurus, for the African plains need trimming, I think," said Sister Quagga.

"I would be pleased if you both would visit me someday in China," said Wuerhosaurus.

"Very well," said Kentrosaurus, still intent on his testimony. "I will pray for you both. Perhaps I can give a sermon to Nigersaurus. I can find him; he's a sauropod. They're never hard to find."

Aside to Wuerhosaurus Sister Quagga said as Kentrosaurus stomped out of hearing range, "Kentrosaurus means well, bless him, I hope Nigersaurus has the patience of Job."

"Indeed, Quagga," said Wuerhosaurus. "Indeed."

Bonjour, Je m’appelle Lexovissaurus!

"Ma jolie épouse Loricatosaurus est en vacances de ses études du collège d’Oxford et elle est retournée en France pour y passer l’été.
Nous avons décidé de sortir ensemble, parce que vous savez, que faire la cour vous garde jeune même si vous êtes à un âge plus vieux de 165 million d’années.

Loricatosaurus a choisi un endroit prêt d’ici, la merveilleuse Côte d’Azur, où le climat est constamment humide et subtropical, et ceci me rappelle quand je suis sorti de ma carapace.


Notre premier arrêt fut Monaco; nous n’avons pas visité Monte Carlo parce que nous sommes opposés au jeu d’argent, mais nous avons gouté à la bonne cuisine de ce pays qui est Italienne avec une influence Française. Nous avons premièrement commencé avec une Barbagiuan, une délicieuse hors d'œuvre. Nous avons aussi joui d’un repas de Fougasse, et un plat Italien du nom de Socca.

En partant de Monaco, nous avons piétinée romantiquement le long de la Promenade des Anglais à Nice, et nous étions dans une atmosphère romantique Italienne après avoir mangé notre Socca, donc nous avons assistés à une performance du Teuzzone, un opéra par Antonio Vivaldi à l’Opéra de Nice, la maison de l’opéra légendaire de ce pays.

Notre destination finale était Saint Tropez, où nous avons piétiné le long de la marina et nous avons regardé le tombé du soleil, jusqu’à la fin de la soirée.

Nous avons retournés en France le lendemain et j’ai accepté d’aller avec mon épouse pour une expédition non interrompu pour une recherche de ses oses. Elle est toujours intéressée dans ce sujet, que je trouve toujours perplexe et attachant. Nous n’avons pas trouvé rien de nouveau, mais mon épouse est toujours persistante. Si elle continue de chercher ses oses elle va se retrouver éventuellement; elle doit être à quelque part pas long d’ici. "

"I continued to have a nice visit in Australia during all of May," said Stegosaurus. "Platypus is a very generous and hospitable fellow. My old friend Thylacine even dropped by for tea one afternoon, always a jovial fellow amused at the idea that there are some mammals who haven't yet figured out he's extinct."

"I floated forthrightly on my raft back home to America in three weeks, after thanking Platypus profusely for his many kindnesses. I made it back in time to celebrate my 140 million and 8th birthday on June 1st with yet another cake. I noticed this year that the internet has declared me to be vintage! I sure hope 140 million and 8 qualifies as vintage! I'm very lucky to be stomping around at this age you know; but I feel in great health and so I am sure yet to have many more adventures! Come with me, let's have them together!"

"At the end of another semester of college, as I was bidding my classmates farewell for another summer, I began to reflect on this amazing life I am living," said Stegosaurus. "I know it does not seem like it, but soon I will be 140 million and 8! 140 million and 8! What a long time to be stomping around, you know?"

"I got to thinking, of all the mammals and other animals that have been around the last few million years... they're really nice and all, but I'm really starting to feel lonesome for somebody I can talk to, who I can relate to that isn't also ..... extinct. Today's animals are interesting in their own way, but I really don't know anyone today who is odd and prehistoric like."

"It took me a few days of thinking, 'Where can I find any kind of animal that is that suitably weird?' ... and then, it hit me. I knew: AUSTRALIA. Thus, I got on my raft and floated forthrightly first to eastern Australia, and then to Tasmania. Once there, within a short time, I met a nice fellow by the name of Platypus."

Platypus waddled up from the river to the shore in order to converse with Stegosaurus. He said, "G'day, friend Stegosaurus! What brings you all the way to Australia?"

"I got to reflecting," said Stegosaurus, "I thought as much as somebody who has a brain the size of a walnut can think, and concluded that I really hadn't talked to anyone who was odd and prehistoric like in a long, long time."

"Well, I am glad that you came to visit me," said Platypus, but you have yet some odd animals in America. What about the Horseshoe Crab? Or in the Indian Ocean, the Coelacanth? They're both older than you, I'd daresay, mate."

"True, true," conceded Stegosaurus. "But alas, they are seafaring animals to such an extent that they aren't around much for conversation."

"I see," said Platypus.

"While you yourself spend some time in water, you are also quite capable of living on land. Can't say that of Coelacanth, particularly. Are you suitably weird and prehistoric like? I hope so!" said Stegosaurus.

"It so happens that I pride myself on being quite odd," said Platypus. "Truth be told, my oddness seems quite normal to me. Perhaps other species of animals are weird and I'm normal."

" A very good point, Platypus," said Stegosaurus. "I suppose I really shouldn't point claws, being a Stegosaurus."

"No offense taken, friend Stegosaurus," said Platypus. "Let me tell you about my characteristics."

"Now when I do swim, I swim with my eyes closed, and use my bill to sense the location of other animals. It has electro - receptors which pick up the movements of those around me. This is a characteristic which is exclusive to me and my friend Echinda; we're a type of animal referred to as monotremes. If you'd like, I can introduce you to him. He's quite the pleasant chap. Another difference that monotremes have from other mammals is that My jaw structure and ear structure is different from other mammals as well."

"I usually dine on things like worms and shrimps. They are very delicious, I think, but I never dine underwater. I gather them in my cheeks, and then surface to eat my meal. My feet are webbed, like a duck's, but when I walk on land, I have a lizard's gait, not unlike you. I have some spurs on my back feet that contain a very strong venom. I don't kill large mammals with it, its just meant to hurt a lot. So don't upset me, otherwise you could be in a lot of pain for several months."

"I'll try not to," said Stegosaurus. "You give me the impression that you are quite mild mannered."

"Generally, I am, you just won't like me when I'm angry," said Platypus.

"Now us male Platypus have these venom spurs, but the females do not. Don't ask me why, they just didn't evolve that way. Our mating season is June through October, and the female is in charge of laying eggs and taking care of the young, which she cares for roughly four to six months. After two years, a Platypus is considered mature."

Then, Platypus paused for a moment and said, "Perhaps you remember my relatives from the Mesozoic, Steropodon, Kollikodon, and Teinolophos, We've been around for quite some time."

"The names sound familiar; I'm sure we've crossed paths at some point," observed Stegosaurus.

"Let me tell you something odd, I'm sorry to say that we Platypus don't care much for your native land America. We have a difficult time in captivity, and haven't really survived well outside of Australia. Nonetheless, there is a holiday started for us in America known as International Platypus Day. I don't have any clue as to why an American would do this, but let me tell you I'm quite flattered by it."

"I think we can agree that mammals are silly a lot of the time," said Stegosaurus. "We're going to get along quite well. You are perfectly odd and prehistoric like! I'm so glad to have made your acquaintance!"

Stegosaurus was so happy to meet an animal that was odd like him, that he decided to spend his summertime in Australia exploring and meeting new friends.

Wooly Mammoth Revival Update!

Eocasea: Dimetrodon's Relative

Bringing Extinct Plants Back To Life

Spiky Stegosaurus 'mated in missionary position to avoid male being castrated'

... and now, another word from everyone's favorite cheese - eating surrender dinosaur, Lexovissaurus!


Bonjour, je m’appelle Lexovissaurus!

"Plus tôt cette semaine durant ma visite aux Etats-Unis, je piétinais directement au Centre des Arts local pour entendre la première nouvelle œuvre par un talentueux mammifère qui s’appelle Steve Brown. Cette œuvre s’intitule la " Blue Ridge Rhapsodie"'.

"Je dois dire que je suis très impressionné; après avoir examiné ses efforts, très étonner, " Je peux dire avec certitude que ce mammifère a bâti admirablement sur la fondation de son œuvre précédente.
Cette rhapsodie, qui est à peu près de 8 minutes de long, commence avec les cuivres qui ont notre attention; qui nous rappelle le chant de séduction de l’Apatosaures. Les cordes d’ouvertures nous donnent un commencement plutôt bucolique. Je pense que c’est parfait pour manger un bon repas de Cyanophytes et fromage dans un pré au début de la matinée. Je me laisse emporter et je mange tout dans le pré. "

"En général c’est une pièce riche en mélodies réflectives, qui donne à n’importe quel dinosaure une donne raison de prendre son temps et de contempler les simples joies d’une existence qui a duré pendant des milliers d’années, comme les Montagnes du Blue Ridge, qui existe depuis aussi longtemps que moi. Les textures à multi couches qui nous rappelle d’un troupeau paisible de Stégosaurus jouissant de leur déjeuné au début de la matinée lorsque un troupeau d’Archæoptéryx est dans les ailes." (Durant le temps que les scientistes permettaient aux Archæoptéryx de voler)

"Une des plus poignante sections de cette œuvre était le solo euphonium qui a été écrit en mémoire d’un mammifère en particulier;
l’ami de Mr. Brown et Joseph Seth Williamson un collègue, qui est disparu malheureusement bien avant son temps. C’était un hommage très émotionnel et approprié"

Une séquence qui me rappelle du temps où mon cousin Stégosaurus avait eu un insecte empoisonnant sous ses écailles pendant que nous jardinions. Je sais combien que mon cousin Américan aimait danser; alors ceci devrait encourager un tel effort enthousiaste."

"J’applaudis une autre fois la compétence et le génie de Mr. Brown, mais je dois le faire sans enlever mon chapeau, parce que je suis un Stégosaurus, et les Stégosaurus ne porte pas de chapeaux."

Lexovissuarus was proud to have his programme autographed by the composer!

"This semester in college I'm taking an elective course in Science," said Stegosaurus.

"Mammals may be surprised to discover that I have a great interest in Science; don't let my walnut - sized brain fool you ... I can be pretty sharp, some of the time. Maybe not as sharp as Einstein or Hawking, sometimes not even as sharp as my cool, spiky tail... but nonetheless I'm really fascinated by Science and the Natural World."

"Now maybe Carl Sagan can finally explain to me how I can get sunshine from a cucumber ...."