Digging into Dinosaur Dung
Posted July 10, 2009 by Matt Cole, Director of Education
Dr. Karen Chin delivered a great talk last night at the Gardens. She is the Curator of Paleontology and an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. One of her areas of expertise is coprolites: fossilized feces. I have to admit that I thought that part of the appeal of the talk was that dinosaur dung is exactly what appeals to our inner grossed-out juveniles. Dr. Chin did not disappoint, delivering puns, double-entendres and low humor that was still all science. I learned things about dinosaurs, ancient plants, wood, paleontology, coprolites, and, yes, dung, both ancient and modern.
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