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nerdyamateurs t1_j66dfr6 wrote

Until you’ve seen this, you have no idea. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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satinsateensaltine t1_j66rk6v wrote

I've seen it in person twice and he's just as amazing each time. The eyes look like they could come alive at any minute. It's a shame the digging that found it also crushed the hind end but what a find. They have a model of its head next to the case that you can pet and you bet I have.

Edit: also I was just in Drumheller last September and the same weekend, someone found what appears to be a whole hadrosaur just sticking out of the stratigraphy in the hills. I love that hellscape so much.

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UrbanIronBeam t1_j684aih wrote

I highly recommend the nearby Dinosaur Provincial Park, do the walking tour. I learned that you can lick your finger and press, it will be a bit sticky when you peel it off if it is a fossil and not if it is just a rock. There are fossils everywhere and you actually get to try for yourself.

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satinsateensaltine t1_j69vksk wrote

Geologists and archaeologists will sometimes touch things to their tongue to determine if stone or bone, porous or non porous etc. Not saying I would but it's pretty cool that it does work!

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blahblahrasputan t1_j67l7l6 wrote

This is the one in Drumheller right? That thing is unreal! Also driving to that town is crazy. It's flat for so long and then boom a canyon with a town in it. So cool.

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nerdyamateurs t1_j67s8bk wrote

Yep at the Tyrell. And you’re right, one of the trippiest drives in Canada is heading into Drumheller from the prairies.

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