Throwback Thursday – I dream of dinos

The first memory I have of exploring a dinosaur fossil exhibit must have been between the ages of 8-10. I was living in a small “no-wheres-ville” type of place along the Bay of Fundy. My mother packed us kids into the car and drove off towards (what I assume is) the Natural History Museum in Halifax. I make this assumption as the museum had undergone renovations and reorganization in 1993 and the road-trip was somewhere between summer of 1993-1995. The exhibit we were on our way to see is similar to today’s Dinosaurs Alive or I suppose more specifically Dinosaurs Unearthed since it was indoors.

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Did Dinosaurs Suffer from Headaches?

This question was stuck in my mind for a good part of the day so I thought I would share it with you. Did dinosaurs get headaches? I did a few searches for published peer-reviewed papers without luck and then turned to Google to see if I could get any answers. I can’t seem to find evidence of anyone who asked the same question, but I’m sure it’s out there.

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