I (Jess) have had T.rex on the brain since finding a T.rex tooth out in North Dakota. I may have it tattooed on my forehead and never wash my left hand again. I have been imagining ways to casually bring it up in conversation.
Me: Yes, it was remarkable to find a tooth from a tyrannosaur. One bit of grit in a whole hillside of grit. Other person: How did you get in here? I'm the queen. I'm bad at small talk. And tattoos.
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![]() Triceratops pair sans the spikes with their "back nipples." I realize that putting the word "nipples" may ban my site from child-safe searches but that's what they look like and it is not my fault. Their necks looked like CheezIts. The pattern I mean, not that Triceratops looked like they were covered in powdered cheesy dust. Although maybe. You never know. Trex seemed to think they were pretty tasty...
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