(Savage Chickens) Dinosaurs are cool, don't get me wrong. And I almost never watch television, so honestly, I don't know if this has even been done (Though I do know BBC did First Life, I don't know if it has aired in the US... well, okay, according to Wikipedia, it has.) But the fact that some extinct animal, or plant, for that matter, isn't a dinosaur, isn't gigantic, and isn't (gasp!) even a vertebrate doesn't mean it's dull. So while I enjoy the above comic, I sort of resent the attitude that spawned it. (This shouldn't be taken as a criticism of Doug Savage, the artist, but rather of broad attitudes in our society.)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Another Riveting Paleontology Documentary
(Savage Chickens) Dinosaurs are cool, don't get me wrong. And I almost never watch television, so honestly, I don't know if this has even been done (Though I do know BBC did First Life, I don't know if it has aired in the US... well, okay, according to Wikipedia, it has.) But the fact that some extinct animal, or plant, for that matter, isn't a dinosaur, isn't gigantic, and isn't (gasp!) even a vertebrate doesn't mean it's dull. So while I enjoy the above comic, I sort of resent the attitude that spawned it. (This shouldn't be taken as a criticism of Doug Savage, the artist, but rather of broad attitudes in our society.)
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