Re: Bakker talk at Univ. of Wyoming

["Matthew Bonnan" <mbonnan@hotmail.com>]

There is something downright fun about Bob Bakker.  Having heard him speak 
on a number of occasions, this talk you describe I can almost picture in my 
head.  Say what you will about Bakker, but he is definitely an unbeatable 
showman and illustrator.  He is one of the reasons I went into paleontology 
in the first place.

This is not to say that I agree with all of his sauropod interpretations and 
ideas, but I had a very good laugh with the vibrating "brontosaurus" skull 
idea.  Why do we need to take some of the weirdest and hugest animals and 
make them weirder and bigger?  Ah, well.  I really wish Bob would do another 
talk at SVP.  They're very entertaining.

Thanks for the post, Richard.

Matt Bonnan

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