Nerdy Dino-Heaven!

This just sounds like a blast, doesn't it?

Via the Smithsonian website:

I was probably the oldest dinosaur fan in attendance for the museum’s afternoon “Dinosaur Encounters” program. Shortly after I arrived at the North American Mammal Hall where the shows take place, a small collection of toddlers, young children and their parents gathered around. The kids looked astounded when the museum’s fuzzy Tyrannosaurus puppet came roaring out onto the stage. While our host talked about thinking like a scientist and making observations to better understand prehistoric life, the dinosaur walked around the hall, snapped its impressive jaws, and bellowed its heart out. I think many of the kids in attendance were too young to even be scared. Most of them stared in wide-eyed amazement at what, to all appearances, was a real dinosaur right in front of them.

I know an 8 year old that would have been beside herself with glee.

And her momma and dad would have been right there with her.  Definitely going to have to put this on the "must see" list.


(Above YouTube is the Smithsonian's curator of "dinosauria," Matthew Carrano, talking about what he does at the museum and about the fun of studying dinosaurs.)