Dinosaurs

16:37, 11 FEB 2015

'Save our children from DINOSAURS': Is this the funniest Mumsnet post EVER written?

The hilarious concerns include worries that teaching kids about dinosaurs tells them that "being cold-hearted will win you the world for millions of years"

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Tripping Triceratops and other dinosaurs grazed on LSD say scientists

Boffins have studied grass samples dating back 100 million years and believe dinosaurs grazed on a drug similar to LSD

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Axed Dippy the Diplodocus trending on Twitter as supporters rally to stop his retirement

The news that the 85-foot-long plaster dinosaur skeleton is to be moved out of the museum’s main hall to make way for a blue whale quickly set the social media site alight

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Dippy or whale: Which should the Natural History Museum display in the entrance hall?

The Natural History Museum has said it will replace Dippy the dinosaur with a blue diving whale. Is this new, more prominent place well-deserved? We look at the facts.

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Dinosaur forced to RETIRE from the Natural History Museum as it's 'not relevant'

The plaster dinosaur skeleton has inspired generations of schoolchildren at the London museum for 109 years

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Jurassic Spark! Shocking moment giant robotic dinosaur CATCHES FIRE in city centre

The blaze caused clouds of smoke that could be seen for miles around the city centre after the animatronic catastrophe

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What is the weird 'dinosaur-like creature' washed up on beach baffling surfers and scientists?

The brownish leather-skinned creature with sharp teeth and claws was found on a Santa Barbara Beach after being washed up during storm

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Ellie Goulding treats Dougie Poynter to a Night at the Museum for his birthday

McBusted bass guitarist Dougie put his rock n roll lifestyle on hold to look at dinosaurs and sabre tooth tigers at the London museum with girlfriend Ellie Goulding

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MTV EMAs 2014 selfie! Nicki Minaj attempts to beat Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars selfie with a dinosaur photobomb

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The host for the night gathered some of her fans in for a group snap, before acting all shocked when a huge dinosaur stepped in behind her

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Crabzilla: The mighty crab's vital statistics

A creature dubbed "Crabzilla" has been "photographed" in Whitstable . Yes, it's a hoax. But it's led us to wonder how many crabs is Crabzilla worth? And how much crab meat could you get out of it?

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Crabzilla and 9 other weird and wonderful discoveries snapped from above

As the Crabzilla debate scuttles on, we round up other weird phenomena uncovered from the air

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Man aged 55 builds 8ft Eiffel Tower replica in his back garden out of K'Nex toy construction kit

Stephen Briggs took four months to meticulously piece together the eight-foot landmark replica, but decided to dismantle his masterpiece a day later

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Mick Jagger is a dinosaur: Newly discovered prehistoric beast named after Rolling Stones singer

Scientists who found fossils of the Jaggermeryx naida – or Jagger’s water nymph – in Egypt gave it its name because it had huge lips like the singer

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'Alien thigh bone' picture spotted on Mars by conspiracy theorists

This eerie image of what looks like a fossilised bone was captured by the NASA Curiosity rover as it explores the surface of the planet

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Dinosaurs were fluffy 'like chicks' or covered in feathers, say experts

The discovery of 150-million-year-old fossils in Siberia has led scientists to believe our original views of the terrifying and scaly creatures are wide of the mark

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End of the world predicted by scientists who warn Earth's animals are heading for mass extinction

After 3.5 billion years of trial and error, the world as we know it has reached a tipping point

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Buy the world's longest DINOSAUR POO at 40 inches long and millions of years old

Found in Washington State, the giant dung is expected to reach £4,700 to £5,800 when it goes under the hammer next week

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Steven Spielberg targeted by confused trolls after Facebook picture with 'dead' triceratops

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The director was subjected to vile abuse from dim-witted bullies who thought he had poached an endangered species

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World's biggest bird was 24ft monster seagull who ruled skies 28 million years ago

Mighty Pelagornis sandersi would have been twice the size of an albatross – weighing in at 180lb, with terrifying top speeds of 10 metres per second

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The 'truth' behind supernatural species explained- from bigfoot to the Loch Ness Monster

It turns out Bigfoot may not be the missing link between apes and man after all, because scientists think it was more closely linked to prehistoric polar bears

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From kicking 'non gingers' out of UK to banning caps lock: 10 crazy campaigns that were rejected

After campaigners in Ireland tried to pass a law making the song My Lovely Horse their next Eurovision entry - we bring you more bizarre ventures

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