I attended a fund-raiser for the Morrison Natural History Museum last night. It was a viewing of the newest Ice Age movie, number 5, which was just okay, probably wonderful if you have small kids. But before the showing, there was a 40 minute talk by 2 nationally recognized paleontologists about ice age mammals, particularly about the real stories of the animated versions of the mammals in the movie. The speakers were Robert T Bakker and Matthew Mossbrucker. They had a Q&A session after their talk, and also stayed and answered questions after the movie. They had several fossils and life-size casts available for a hands-on experience.
Dr. Bakker is a major proponent of the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded. He also was an adviser on the original Jurassic Park movie. He is the Curator of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. I've read his novel, "Raptor Red," which is told from the point of view of a female Utahraptor. (I do prefer my history lessons in novel form).
Dr. Mossbrucker is the Curator at the Morrison Museum.
My neighbors, who own the Dinosaur Hotel, are both on the board of the Morrison Natural History Museum, and their 2 teenage kids are really into all things dinosaur/reptile and volunteer there. It was a wonderful event. Sometime I will have to check out the Museum.
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