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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 7477539" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Not so long ago a Dutch museum acquired one of the few "complete" T-Rex skeletons in the world. The only parts that were missing was one leg (they just made a mold of the one they had and mirrored it), several teeth, and parts of the tail. It is very rare for any dinosaur skeleton to be this complete, let alone a T-Rex. I went to see it, and it was a fantastic display. They had the creature posed so that its skull was very close to the ground (and the audience), so you could get a great look at it.[ATTACH]100227[/ATTACH]And yes, no glass or fence around it.Anyway, as it turns out the museum also does a lot of archaeological work themselves. They were busy uncovering the fossilized remains of a large herd of Triceratops, which had gotten stuck in a swamp (resulting in a mass dino graveyard). Several parts of the fossils had been brought to the museum already. You could watch them uncover the fossils live in the museum, and you could talk to the people doing it. As I walked up to ask some questions, I noticed the archeologist was busy waiting for the insane rant of a UFO conspiracy theorist to end. This boggles my mind. Here you are in a rare situation where you can ask an expert in his field about an amazing find that is being uncovered right in front of you, and possibly learn a ton of interesting stuff. But instead this man is ranting about all the nonsense he thinks is true, and about how he believes fossils are fake. THERE IS AN ACTUAL FOSSIL RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! YOU IDIOT! HOW CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE IN FOSSILS? IT'S RIGHT THERE!Anyway, after the moron was done, I asked about the fossils. I also learned that apparently there's another museum in the south of the Netherlands that digs up a lot of Mosasaurusses, which are apparently found in the Dutch mud quite often. I had no idea. I also asked how long the work on the triceratops-grave was going to take, which he said would take at least 30 years. Shocking. The archaeologist also teased another upcoming find that he is not allowed to talk about, but is apparently quite huge. He was noticeably excited about it, and enjoyed answering my questions.</blockquote>

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