Dinosaurs aren’t just for babies

I’m a little sad because there are a lot of kids in my class that think dinosaurs are for babies.  They try to make me feel bad and stuff.  But what they don’t realize is how powerful dinosaurs were.  There is no animal alive as powerful as the dinosaurs were.  That’s not baby stuff.

And guess what else– those dinosaur documentaries on Discovery Channel?  See the guys talking on there?  Those are paleontologists that spent their whole life thinking about dinosaurs like me.  Now they make a lot of money just talking on TV shows.  That doesn’t seem like baby stuff to me at all.

Dino of the day: Longisquama

This one is for Tiff because it was her birthday.  We went over there late one night on a secret mission to decorate her car.  But don’t tell anybody it was me and West!

There is this cool thing I’ve been reading about the different types of reptile skulls and it’s very interesting, so I’ll write about it soon.  But tonight I want to tell you about this little tiny creature called longisquama.  He was one of the very first reptiles in the world. He lived during the Triassic period, about 230 million years ago.  He lived in Asia and he was only 6 inches long!

The neat thing about him is the really long scales on his back.  They were in two rows on his back and some paleontologists think he might have used them to glide through the forest.  The scales were long enough to make him be able to glide.  I believe they’re right, but I wonder if he used them the same way dimetrodon used the fan on his back– to manage his temperature.  I don’t know for sure.  Nobody knows for sure.

The Dinosaur Boy’s special note for our troops

Hello, Bridger’s dad here.  I’m taking the liberty to write this special post this Veterans Day.  Regular readers of Bridger’s blog know that Bridger wants to be a soldier when he grows up (a soldier that also dabbles in paleontology and dinosaur graphics design).

Well the other day as we were cleaning the boys’ room we found a special card Bridger had made for “the soldiers.”  I don’t think it has a Veterans Day connection because we found it a week ago, but I wanted to post it today in honor of the servicemen and women Bridger looks up to so much.  If you are a member of the U.S. military, thank you for your service.  Please forward the link to this post to any member of the military you know.

The card is detailed, so I’ll post close-up scans of the best parts.  You’ll have to excuse Bridger’s spelling here.  The kid’s brilliant, but he can barely spell his own name correctly.

The front of the card

Enlargement of the soldier/tank drawing

The inside of the card. The banner across the center says "You can text me at www.thedinosaurboy.com." (all "texts" (blog comments) go thru Dad first.)

U.S.A. helicopter and soldier (not sure what the circle is)

"P.S. I am going to help you when I grow up and I am going to make inventions like shields and stuff."

Bridger's proposed inventions to help the soldiers

"Thank you for fighting for our freedom."

A special thanks for all those that have served and who are currently serving from Bridger, the Dinosaur Boy.

The Dinosaur Boy reviews Discovery’s Triceratops 4D Model Puzzle

Discovery's Triceratops 4D Model Puzzle

Do you know one of the reasons I love to write my blog?  Because people read it and send me stuff to try out.  This time the Discovery Channel sent me a really cool triceratops puzzle called Triceratops 4D Model Puzzle.  I was glad because triceratops is one of my favorite dinos.  It was one of the first ones I ever learned about.  I also loved this puzzle because it’s 4D!  I think what they mean by 4D is that you see inside the dinosaur.  2D would be flat like on paper.  3D means it’s real-looking.  This puzzle is 4D because it takes place inside the dinosaur.

So you get this box and it has each of the dinosaur’s guts.  It’s not put together for you– you have to do that part.  You can play with the organs before you put them in.  There’s a cool book that comes with it that tells all about the dinosaur parts and says what each organ does.  It didn’t take me long to put everything together, but I needed a little help from Dad on the back legs.  The cool thing is that the skin that goes over the top is transparent so you can see the heart and all the guts that you just put together.  And it’s not just the body– it’s the head too!  I think they should do one of these puzzles for ceratosaurus.  I love this puzzle and I even saved the box because it’s a great box.

Here are some pictures of me putting it together.

I let Weston help me open the box. Can you see we're wearing our triceratops shirts?

Opening the package

Putting the guts in

The finished product!

[Dad's Note:  This puzzle is detailed yet easy to assemble.  The pieces are well constructed and fit together nicely.  An included booklet is not only a guide to the puzzle, it's a guide to triceratops and its anatomy.  The booklet details each part and organ, providing an explanation of each.  One minor beef:  The writer's command of the English language leaves something to be desired.  That said, the booklet is an impressive addition to the kit.  Bridger proudly displays his assembled puzzle in our kitchen.  The box?  Well, Mom might have conveniently lost that.  Too bad, it was a great box;).

Christmas is coming, so get your Triceratops 4D Model Puzzle here!]

 

 

 

 

 

A great post coming tomorrow!

Tomorrow I’m going to have an awesome post about a really cool dinosaur thing I just got.  Sometimes people send me stuff to play with or watch, then I write about it on my blog.  Well, this was such a cool thing I got.  I want the people who sent it to me to know that I didn’t forget about it and that I love it.  But I don’t want to say anything else about it tonight or I’ll give it away.  So get your friends and family together tomorrow night to read my blog and I’ll tell you all about it then!

I’ll give you a couple clues:  It has little horns and it’s armored.  That’s all I’m going to say.

I still don’t want to get married

I been thinking about it and I still don’t want to get married when I grow  up.  Me and Weston decided that we’ll just get our own house next to Mom and Dad’s house.  Then we’ll adopt some kids from the kid place where you adopt kids from.  I’ve never been there, but I can imagine it’s like this big room where a bunch of kids are playing with toys, waiting for moms and dads to come pick them out.  They probably are using their best manners so they’ll be picked.  Then you give the worker some money and leave with the kids you chose.  That’s what me and Weston will do.

Why do some animals push their young away?

This one is for West.

I been thinking about something lately that I just don’t get.  Some baby animals when they get a certain age, their parents just push them away.  Why do they do that?  Luckily we humans don’t do that.  We keep loving our babies even when they get old.  That makes me thankful to be human.

Follow the Dinosaur Boy on Twitter!

Now I’m doing this twitter thing.  It’s like a mini blog thing where I can type little things and people can read them.

[Dad's Note: Click here to follow Bridger on Twitter.]

Blackie went to Jesus

This one is for Blackie, my sweet chicken.

Blackie probes the ground for bugs at a family reunion earlier this month.

Blackie went to Jesus.  It’s ok, because he’s much happier now.  Maybe in heaven he can get some feathers back on his head.  It was sad because he just had a skull with no skin or feathers.  We had to keep him in the house and even take him camping with us.  He seemed like he was doing okay, but then Mumma wend downstairs and he was dead.  I was really sad that he died, but he’s happier now.  Mumma buried him before she told me about it so I wouldn’t be so sad.  I love you, Blackie.

[Dad's Note:  For what it's worth, Blackie's last days were happy ones.  Bridger walked him every day.  He lived like a king in a bird cage in the house.  He went camping and fishing with us, and feasted on top notch scratch.]

A shot I took with my cell phone just days before Blackie was violently attacked by a murderous chicken, who at Bridger's request will remain nameless.

Blackie’s doing better

I’m so glad that Blackie’s doing better.  She started drinking and eating yesterday.  I had to help her do that because I think she’s blind.  But then she started eating and drinking on her own.  Now she’s in her box just chirping away.  She’s still not toally okay, but she’s doing better.  I hope she stays alive.