Somewhere after diggers and before guns, there comes a definite dinosaur phase in a child’s development. A phase where a great amount of dino knowledge is absorbed, including some of their extremely long names. Tyrannosaurus is a bit of a dinosaur celebrity, even though Giganotosaurus was bigger.

This obsession must be partially due to the parental expectations and conditioning, although there is a certain innate fascination with giant lizards. Understandable that many people make it their life’s work studying these prehistoric giants. My personal favourite at the moment is the Parasaurolophus , partly because it had such an unusual skull shape, and it looks like it would be a more polite dinner guest than Triceratops.