1 Scientist Adam: That's a stegosaurus!
2 Scientist Jamie: We should have brought a camera.
3 Scientist Adam: I could write a thousand-word essay describing it.
One of the many incredibly cool things about Stegosaurus is that the spiky bit on the end of its tail, with which it could presumably do nasty damage to any threatening predator that got too close, is called the thagomizer, after a word invented by cartoonist Gary Larson in one of his Far Side strips.
Now if only paleontologists will start referring to Allosauruses as "Mr President".
Last Modified: Wednesday, 3 March 2010; 02:11:03 PST.