Note: Now there’s video! See below.
All is back to normal at the Warwick Towers condominiums across from Hermann Park after last Friday’s frightening flying dinosaur episode. For Houstonians more accustomed to tracking dinosaur migrations below the earth’s surface, the appearance of a full-scale ankylosaurus dating from the early 1960s hovering high in the sky above its recent home at the Museum of Natural Science must have been a harrowing sight:
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There was no need to worry, really — this guy was likely a dedicated herbivore. A regular at HMNS since 1970, the creature from the late cretaceous is being moved to storage for the construction of HMNS’s new 115,000-sq.-ft. Duncan Family Wing, which will include a new Hall of Paleontology. The scale model, originally built for the 1964-65 World’s Fair in New York, was donated to the museum by the dinosaur-friendly Sinclair Oil Company, after a road trip that included an appearance at the Gulfgate Mall.
Update, 8:17 pm: Here’s video of the attack!
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Photos: HMNS (top and bottom; license) and Jim McKinley
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I THOUGH THEY WERE DELIVERING A NEW RESIDENT TO THE WARWICK TOWERS
My 4 year old is going to freak when I show him these photos tomorrow. He loves him some ankylosaurus.
Yeah, the Anky’s a herbivore, but check out the Dromeosaurs hanging on its back! Lord help us if they get loose!
chitdb – I got a chuckle out of that even with the egregious caps lock usage.
OHHHHH MEEEEEE GOSH….. ME LOVES THE DINOBOTS…
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Wish I still had the vacuform brontosaurus I got at the Sinclair exhibit – Sharpstown Mall, maybe? I think I was 6 or 7.
Addendum: maybe it was Gulfgate. I must have really begged to make my dad drive all the way out there!
My kids and I love that ankylosaurus! Thanks for letting us know where he’s been for the past week or so. We were worried about him :)
Another reason to love Houston. Just wonderful.