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He then swiftly removed their brains...

  Scientists create detailed map of dinosaur brain

"To map the auditory regions of the brain, Jarvis quietened the animals down in a darkened room and then played bird songs to birds and alligator grunts to alligators. He then swiftly removed their brains, froze them, sliced them, and looked at the genes that had switched on in different regions."

Doesn't that sound like a scene from a 50's horror movie? It's science. BUAHAHA!

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How to build and display a life-sized dino

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Time to clean your dinosaurs.

Dinosaur Sue sprucing up for the holidays

CHICAGO  — The Field Museum's famous Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur skeleton, Sue, is getting ready for the holidays.

One of the 67-million-year-old dinosaur's twice yearly cleanings will happen Tuesday morning at the Chicago museum.

That's when geologist Bill Simpson plans to ride a lift around the dinosaur fossil. He'll blow the dust off Sue with vacuum cleaner, then use a feather duster on all of her 200 bones.

The process takes more than an hour. Simpson's the only person permitted to clean the dinosaur.

Dinosaurs roam California fairgrounds

Jurassic Quest has 50+ life-sized animated dinos.

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Love bugs. Montague and Copulet forever.

Bugs caught in the act 165 million years ago. "Did you feel the Earth move, too? VOLCANO! AAAAHHHH!"

There are only 33 known fossils of insects copulating in the entire fossil record. Most are in amber.

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T-rex's family album unearthed

Rex's great grandaddy, Lythronax argestes, had longer arms. It was found in Utah, and unveiled this week. They're calling it "The King of Gore." RAWR!

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