You must go after your wishSunday, February 19, 2006
Tyrell Musuem
BOO!
This fella stands guard outside the Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology. A.k.a. the Dinosaur Museum!
Saturday morning, I drove down to Calgary, shopped for my harddisk, picked up some extra RAM at the same time.Got some games in at bowling and tried out an indoor golf driving range..woohoooo.
Then I was stumped for what to do Sunday. *ping, light bulb goes on* Drumheller! Home of the Canadian dinosaur museum and one of the world's foremost research centres. So after a yummy dimsum breakfast, off I went.
The musuem is located in the middle of what is called the Alberta badlands, really does look like a scene from some alien planet.Its home to one of the world's most concetrated areas of dinosaur finds. The road to Drumheller is really different from what I'm used to having mountains and all.
The town of Drumheller is dotted with models of dinosaurs just about all over the town. The dino on the right is the World's Biggest Dinosaur btw, he looks tiny cos I was farrrr away.
Once you step inside the musuem, its amazing to see such a huge collection of dinosaur relics. Shan't say anymore, here are some pics.
Tyranosaurus Rex a.k.a. T Rex
As tall as a 2 storey building, see the second floor landing behind it.
Triceratops
Damn fierce looking 3 horned dino, over 6 feet tall at the shoulder.
The shoulder bone of a Supersaurus.
Notice the fire extinguisher to the side for scale. This is only the shoulder blade. Add together all the leg bones, back bones etc he would have stood at 3 stories tall. Whew big fella, thank goodness he's a plant eater.
The Camarasaurus shown here is similar to the Supersaurus to give you and idea how it looks like, but a smaller cousin, still big at 2 storeys tall at the shoulders.
Still got loads more pics, but maybe part II :)
btw here is my latest fridge magnet :P
This fella stands guard outside the Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology. A.k.a. the Dinosaur Museum!
Saturday morning, I drove down to Calgary, shopped for my harddisk, picked up some extra RAM at the same time.Got some games in at bowling and tried out an indoor golf driving range..woohoooo.
Then I was stumped for what to do Sunday. *ping, light bulb goes on* Drumheller! Home of the Canadian dinosaur museum and one of the world's foremost research centres. So after a yummy dimsum breakfast, off I went.
The musuem is located in the middle of what is called the Alberta badlands, really does look like a scene from some alien planet.Its home to one of the world's most concetrated areas of dinosaur finds. The road to Drumheller is really different from what I'm used to having mountains and all.
The town of Drumheller is dotted with models of dinosaurs just about all over the town. The dino on the right is the World's Biggest Dinosaur btw, he looks tiny cos I was farrrr away.
Once you step inside the musuem, its amazing to see such a huge collection of dinosaur relics. Shan't say anymore, here are some pics.
Tyranosaurus Rex a.k.a. T Rex
As tall as a 2 storey building, see the second floor landing behind it.
Triceratops
Damn fierce looking 3 horned dino, over 6 feet tall at the shoulder.
The shoulder bone of a Supersaurus.
Notice the fire extinguisher to the side for scale. This is only the shoulder blade. Add together all the leg bones, back bones etc he would have stood at 3 stories tall. Whew big fella, thank goodness he's a plant eater.
The Camarasaurus shown here is similar to the Supersaurus to give you and idea how it looks like, but a smaller cousin, still big at 2 storeys tall at the shoulders.
Still got loads more pics, but maybe part II :)
btw here is my latest fridge magnet :P
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Hahaha, I see you got yourself some spare ribs too! And not just any spare ribs! Great magnet as well!!!...
Hey ho! You've gone totally jurassic! I can see you're enjoying yourself on dinoland!
The "World's Biggest Dinosaur" looks like Barney, popular show with kids. Except, of course, it's not purple in colour.
Did someone in Italy bake spare ribs pie yesterday? Do you know who? Now you can spare him some ribs too.
The "World's Biggest Dinosaur" looks like Barney, popular show with kids. Except, of course, it's not purple in colour.
Did someone in Italy bake spare ribs pie yesterday? Do you know who? Now you can spare him some ribs too.
I must say I'd much prefer your fridge magnet to the pile of spare ribs... heheh! I find the T-Rex models along the highway really comical and cute. almost reminds me of barney, except they don't have a purple problem. (hey, same like what mother superior said!)
l b gotta be careful not to poke myself on that magnet, its got sharp horns!
may & mother S haha Barney would have been right at home here, but then he's royalty isnt he? so he gets exclusive use of purple LOL *throws more ribs to lb*
jomel the bones were cool, what was astounding was how big they were. Most of the dino heads (just the head) are bigger than the biggest suitcase you can think of. Some set of snappers.
S A Yeah I can imagine you and the lad enjoying yourselves. In fact your entire scout troop can have a good time there, during the summer there are a lot of exploratory trails and there is hands on stuff to do like how to wrap a fossil in plaster! Its 1.5 hrs east of calgary, which makes it 3.5 hrs from Lake Louise (which is west of calgary). Yup winter is still here,in this part of western canada the snow is mainly only at higher elevations. The badlands dont get much precipitation thats why so many fossils are so well preserved. We've had a very mild winter, except this last week brrr. I see on the telly, Texas got quite cold and ice eh?
may & mother S haha Barney would have been right at home here, but then he's royalty isnt he? so he gets exclusive use of purple LOL *throws more ribs to lb*
jomel the bones were cool, what was astounding was how big they were. Most of the dino heads (just the head) are bigger than the biggest suitcase you can think of. Some set of snappers.
S A Yeah I can imagine you and the lad enjoying yourselves. In fact your entire scout troop can have a good time there, during the summer there are a lot of exploratory trails and there is hands on stuff to do like how to wrap a fossil in plaster! Its 1.5 hrs east of calgary, which makes it 3.5 hrs from Lake Louise (which is west of calgary). Yup winter is still here,in this part of western canada the snow is mainly only at higher elevations. The badlands dont get much precipitation thats why so many fossils are so well preserved. We've had a very mild winter, except this last week brrr. I see on the telly, Texas got quite cold and ice eh?
Hei Spitfire! How far is this place from Clementi West hehehe? No animated dinosaurs how can? Last time i see a dino display in Raffle City, there was a display of raptors fighting with a T-Rex. But i guess museum is suppose to be serious display not play play type.
aiiiiii... don't think I dare to visit that museum by myself.... I'll need someone to hold my hand :)
See Fei, haiz thats a really good question, lessee ..*googling, dee daa dee* ok as the crow flies its 13,360km, whew, thats some walking to do :P
selba *holds selba's hand to go in musuem* wan popcorn and pepsi oso? :D
selba *holds selba's hand to go in musuem* wan popcorn and pepsi oso? :D
Can I have cherry coke instead of pepsi? or maybe Dr. pepper? :)
Gosh, I really miss those pops... oh and mountain dew, kekekeke
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Gosh, I really miss those pops... oh and mountain dew, kekekeke
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