March 14, 2012
Dinosaur Sighting: Triceratops Topiary
Trixie the Triceratops. Photo courtesy 'deep.
This is a Dinosaur Sighting first: One of the photos we shared on this blog inspired the creation of another public dinosaur.
While mulling over what kind of topiary he wanted in his parklet, reader ‘deep saw a photo of a snow Triceratops I posted two years ago. “Boom! Immediate win!!” he thought—the “serious cuteness” of Triceratops made the dinosaur the top pick for the garden sculpture. The process from clay model to finished dinosaur took about three weeks, and while Triceratops were not composed of lots of tiny plants, ‘deep is right that the sculpture is technically a “real, live dinosaur.” You can see the dinosaur—named “Trixie”—along Valencia Street in San Francisco, California.
For the whole story, including photos of the process, see ‘deep’s blog. Many thanks to ‘deep for this huge compliment to Dinosaur Tracking!
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Can I suggest you update the blogroll to have the link to Tetrapod Zoology go directly to TetZoo’s new home at SciAm ( http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/) ?
BTW, I very much enjoy Dinosaur Tracking.
How can you be so sure that this just isn’t a juvenile Torosaurus topiary?
Anonymous, Trixie knows full well that the name “Triceratops” was established first, so that makes her a Triceratops, regardless of whether Torosaurus and Triceratops turn out to be the same beastie!