Re: Newspapers & **Dinosaurs**

[(Dave Lewis) <dnl@xxxxxxxxx>]

So too is the Megatherium on display at the Nat. Hist. Mus. here in 
London - many a school teacher has been overheard to instruct their charges 
that "...this is a dinosaur...".
D.


On Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:11:57 -040,
  Dr. Fred J. Gunther writes:

>
>All:
>
>Looks like reporters can't get anything right.  The following was printed 
>in **The Catholic Review** (Baltimore MD), on the travel page for Wednesday, 
>August 1995.
>
>Quote>>
>For families with elementary school-aged children, the first hidden 
>treasure begins with a search for dinosaur bones.  It ends a few blocks 
>from the Eastman House at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.  Up on 
>the second floor, the Fairview Mastodon is on display.  The 
>11,600-year-old bones, ..., are now neatly arranged and labeled.
>>>endquote
>
>Thus, in the popular press, a Mastodon is a dinosaur  (;^[)
>
>Fred

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