tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post8895724943862078150..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Dinosaurs up close!CarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-39360186794381293082018-09-19T08:53:49.633+01:002018-09-19T08:53:49.633+01:00Yes, one of the things I love most about them is t...Yes, one of the things I love most about them is that they're as much a museum of Victorian ideas about dinosaurs as a museum of dinosaurs! CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-53894819648333590972018-09-17T19:45:33.843+01:002018-09-17T19:45:33.843+01:00On New Year's eve 1853, Hawkins held a dinner ...On New Year's eve 1853, Hawkins held a dinner party for his friends inside the mould of the Iguanodon. This <a href="https://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/48196/image.jpg" rel="nofollow">picture</a> of the event, from the <i>Illustrated London News</i>, shows the horn mistakenly applied to the nose of the creature. The excavation had found a mysterious conical fossil, and Hawkins could only suppose that it was a single horn like that of a rhinoceros. Later discoveries showed that it was the creature's heavy thumb claw, used as a defensive weapon. But the horn is still there at Crystal Palace.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.com