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mcichelli: This is a GREAT museum in Chicago
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mcichelli: Sue - the largest Tyranosaurus ever found
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mcichelli: Another view of Sue - named after "her" discoverer. The actual gender is unknown.
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mcichelli: Remember the movie "The Ghost and the Darkness"?
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mcichelli: Well, here are the actual lions - reconstructed from salvaged skins that had been made into rugs, etc.
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mcichelli: African elephants
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mcichelli: That's a BIG thigh bone.
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mcichelli: A tiny dinosaur from China.
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mcichelli: He was a resident of the Chicago zoo until his death.
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mcichelli: The Egyptian exhibit is quite spectacular
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mcichelli: Imagine setting sail in this.
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mcichelli: Some good advice for Toastmasters
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mcichelli: Sue's actual skull - separated from her body
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mcichelli: Here's why
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mcichelli: Extracting a fossil is exacting work
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mcichelli: I just thought this was pretty
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mcichelli: BIG!
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mcichelli: and spiny
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mcichelli: Dinosaurs --> birds
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mcichelli: armored (it would not be polite to say "horny")
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mcichelli: This one's for the fishermen
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mcichelli: This one too
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mcichelli: A skeleton + a model to make the likely sound this creature made - a BIG hit with the kids
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mcichelli: Sloths were MUCH bigger back then
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mcichelli: Is this an ancestor of a moose?