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Pterodactyl Exhibition

It seemed somewhat apt having celebrated my birthday during the week to waddle down to see this exhibition of fossils and dinosaur bones and skeletons.Currently on display in the Nagoya City Science Museum the exhibition is divided between two rooms... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey

from Porcelain Monkey on Mon, Apr 21 2008

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