A brachiosaur topiary. Photographed by Mo Hassan.
Today’s Dinosaur Sighting comes to us from science blogger Mo Hassan (”The Disillusioned Taxonomist“). Mo spotted this topiary brachiosaur while visiting the Van Hage Animal Centre in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, though it was nowhere near as large as some of the real brachiosaurs got millions of years ago.
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A dinosaur at South of the Border. Photo by Brian Wolly.
Anyone who has driven I-95 over the North Carolina/South Carolina state line is familiar with the tourist trap South of the Border (the numerous billboards advertising it make it hard to miss), but unless you look carefully you might miss the dinosaur there. That is what our own Brian Wolly found when he stopped at the notoriously campy attraction earlier this month. Wearing a sky-blue sombrero, the almost nauseatingly-colored dinosaur grins at patrons of the gas station, though it does not look very much like any of the dinosaurs recently discovered in Mexico.
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A metal dinosaur sculpture near Duluth, MN. From reader Mark Ryan.
Of all the places I would expect to find a dinosaur sculpture, the north shore of Lake Superior just outside of Duluth, Minnesota would be one of the last on the list. As shown by this photo sent in by reader Mark Ryan, though, there are definitely dinosaurs there. Among the group of stylized metal skeletons is a Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus (pictured here), and while I am not used to seeing dinosaurs in a snowy setting they still look pretty neat!
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A pair of dinosaurs at a roadside attraction alongside Israel's Route 90. From Jeremy Price.
Most of the Dinosaur Sightings featured on this blog come from the United States, but I am always pleased when a submission comes in from abroad. Our latest photo comes from Jeremy Price and his son Eitan, who spotted this pair of dinosaurs outside of a restroom at a roadside attraction along Israel’s Route 90 in the Arava Desert. They had come looking for a famous two-headed snake, which they unfortunately did not find, but I am still grateful that they sent in this snapshot!
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The roadside Tyrannosaurus at Thunderbeast Park.
Apparently Oregon’s dinosaur statue parks were where it was at in the 1980s.
This week’s sighting comes to us courtesy of the Barry family, who stopped by “Thunderbeast Park” back when it was still in operation. The park has since been shut down, but that rumor has it that this Tyrannosaurus still looks out over the highway. If anyone has a photo at this dinosaur today, please send it in!
Have you stumbled across a dinosaur in an unexpected place? If you have, and have a photo of the encounter, send it to us via dinosaursightings@gmail.com!
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