Re: what pisses off paleontologists

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

Sensationalization of scientific findings by news organization ("Find X uproots 
all that scientists had thought true about dinosaurs, etc.). Constant 
comparisons of extinct animals to Tyrannosaurus rex. 


And number one with a bullet: Always being asked to defend our science 
("So...why is this important?"). 


Jason


 http://reptilis.net "I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many 
modern [reptile] types than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer


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From: Daniel Bensen <bensen.daniel@gmail.com>
To: DINOSAUR Mailing List <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 7:17 AM
Subject: what pisses off paleontologists

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