Eric Snively probably has the coolest dino t-shirt ever - drawn by one of his former students. I think it should be the Palaeoblog's unofficial mascot!
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Long time friend and Palaeoblog supporter, Lisa Zap (& kids, below) play with a snake.
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Lisa also sent me these photos of sand sculptures from last summer's Capital Ex in Edmonton.
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I could not make it out to Calgary for the recent Dinosaur Research Institute's fund raiser, but my friend Chad Kerychuk did and he took the following photos:
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Eva, Chad and Phil
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Martha Dunsmore, long-time palaeo supporter and badlands explorer.
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Ace sculptor Brian Cooley donated this great theropod head.
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Items in the auction. That's a Mike Skrepnick original below left.
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