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Article: NOT EVERYTHING BIG AND DEAD IS A DINOSAUR!
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths and pteranodons may remind you of dinosaurs, but don't be fooled -- check out their ancestors!
Almost everyone knows, or thinks he knows, what a dinosaur is. But do they? It's not uncommon, for instance, to hear adults call woolly mammoths or saber-tooth tigers dinosaurs. It's also common for people to believe that flying creatures, like Pteranodon, or sea-dwellers, like ichthyosaurs, were dinosaurs. We often see dinosaurs and humans together in cartoons, such as Gary Larson's "Far Side," or Johnny Hart's "B.C." Well, if you're dinosaur-savvy, you'll laugh at these ideas.
But think about these questions: Were all ...