Brontosaurus is back! Break out your old Marx toys.
This famous dinosaur went extinct twice: the second time, at the hands of a scientific establishment that rejected him.
Settled science, eh? Well, he’s coming back! And if it were up to me, he’d get a ticker-tape parade.
Okay, I do understand: some of the stuff that seeps into pop culture soon becomes unbearable. The Flintstones must have surely made paleontologists groan out loud. And then there were the stuffed toys, and the party favors, etc. Nothing offends science elitism like popular culture.
Yes–they tried to bury Brontosaurus and replace him with “Apatasaurus.” What the heck–nobody could’ve told them apart, anyway.
Based upon your earlier comments, I propose that we should keep the Bronto name, but nickname it Smiley Face-asaurus. 🙂
Glad to have the Brontosaurus back, and Fred Flintstone will once again be getting adequate protein in his diet. Settled science seems to be floundering, these days.
I’ve never been quite the same since they decided Aliwalia rex did not exist.
We live of shifting ground, I’m afraid.