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"Big Mike" -- a bronze cast of a Tyrannosaurs rex skeleton -- outside the main entrance of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.
The Tyrannosaurus rex ("king lizard") lived in western North America 67 to 65.5 million years ago. The T. rex was the largest tyrannosaurid that ever lived: 40 feet in length, 13 feet tall at the hips, and 7.5 tons in weight.
In 1988, rancher Kathy Wankel discovered a Tyrannosaurus rex in Hell Creek sediments on an island in the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in McCone County, Montana. Informally called the "Wankel rex" or "Devil rex" (as it came from the Hell Creek formation), it is 85 percent complete. This includes the skull and the first complete T. rex forelimb. It is about 38 feet long, is 15 feet tall, and would have weighed about 6.3 tons. The "Wankel rex" was roughly 18 years old when it died, an adult but not completely grown. It is one of the largest T. rex specimens ever found.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers owns the "Wankel rex", and for years permitted its display at the Museum of the Rockies. In June 2013, the Corps loaned the specimen to the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution museum in Washingtohn, D.C. It will remain there for 50 years. The specimen will go on temporary display on National Fossil Day, October 16, 2013, and will be exhibited until the museum's dinosaur hall exhibit closes for renovation in the spring of 2014. The skeleton will be the centerpiece of the dinosaur hall when it reopens in 2019. (The Museum of the Rockies has about a dozen T. rex skeletons, and will mount an 80 percent-complete specimen once the "Wankel rex" has been shipped to the Smithsonian.)
"Big Mike" is a bronze cast of the Wankel rex specimen. It is the first full-size bronze as well as the first bronze skeleton of a dinosaur anywhere. It was named for Michael P. Malone, president of Montana State University from 1991 to 1999. "Big Mike" was a gift to the Museum of the Rockies from its board and supporters. The skeleton was cast by Research Casting International of Ontario, Canada, in 2001.
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Every year Savanah's Godfather brings roses to Savanah's party for her to pass out to the grandmothers and Kathy and her Godmother Stacy, with the rest for her. This has become quite the tradition and Savanah looks forward to it every year.
We held Savanah's seventh birthday party this past Sunday. It was a lot smaller this year than it has been in the past, but some of our friends have moved out of town, one couple was sick and everyone else seemed to be on vacation. It is the curse of late August birthdays. Everyone that came had a good time though and that is really all that matters.
This year we did a pool party. Kathy's parents have a neighbor who has an inground pool and they were gracious enough to allow us to use it for a few hours. Savanah swims over there all the time and they are wonderful to her. She is also good friends with their grandchildren.
I didn't get any pictures in the pool because I was in the pool with them having fun. My dad will probably send me some pics of that and I'll get them posted when then come.
My good friend Heymikeyyyy's DC2 integra back in 2008, this was the start of many trends in the honda car scene.
This full-sized T-Rex stands at the entrance to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The museum is reputed to have the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world.
Me with all the guests at Starfury. Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin, Julia Ling, Thomas Dekker and Stephanie Jacobsen. Signed by all of them except Stephanie due to the incompetance of the organisers.
Starfury T3 is a convention for fans of the TV show Chuck and Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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