Joshie's latest obsession is with dinosaurs. Thanks to his cousin Hideyo's efforts and enthusiasm, Joshie has well and truly become enamoured with all things Creataceous. Our living room is littered with plastic Tyrannosauruses, Pachycephalasauruses and Spinosauruses. Joshie and I have watched all 3 Jurassic Park movies countless times, so often in fact that I may have to pay somone to take out the author, Michael Crichton:-) Either that, or I could just stop renting them from the video store.
Needless to say, I have been forced to accompany Joshie to Toyohashi's Museum of Natural history twice (in the blazing summer sun) to see their dinosaur exhibition. As well as the usual fossil displays they also have a collection of roughly lifesized fibreglass replics outside. Although their representations were a little old-school (e.g. the impossible standing posture of some of the dinos) Joshie loved them.
We also went to see an exhibition in Nagoya called "Dinosaur Continent" which showcased dinosaur fossils from across Asia. The skeletons were only of mild interest to Joshie but he loved the animatronic replicas. I was surprised he wasn't even a little bit scared when he saw the Velociraptor eating Protocertops. Oh well, kids these days.
For all the pix of the Jurassic action click here
1 comment:
Great dinosaur pix but please do not divert Prince Joshies attention from Thomas and Company. Steam engines are the only true dinosaurs.
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