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same reason w hy I went b a ld . T h e h ai r o n m y h ea d never f e l t nee d e d . I never st yl e d it we ll or d i d anything special with it, so it felt useless and fell out. This is also why the sivathere wasn’t about for long. I don’t even r emem b er h earin g i f Noa h trie d to g et two o f t h em on h is b oat, so even h e must h ave t h ou gh t t h e y were a d a f t i d ea .
    There was a fish section where they had some things I’d r ead about on a visit to the London Aquarium. There was a t h ing ca ll e d t h e rat-trap fi s h , name d cos its mout h h as n o fl oor, so t h e j aw can sna p s h ut wit h out water s l owin g it d own. T h ey a l so h a d a stu ff e d ang l er fi s h , w h ic h I’ve a l ways w ante d to see. T h ese are t h e fi s h t h at l ive so d ee p d own in the sea that the y have a built-in li g ht s y stem so the y g low in the dark. But the ones I saw were dead, so there were no l ights. They don’t look that impressive without the lights. Bit l i k e B l ac kp oo l in a p ower cut. T h ese are a l so t h e fi s h t h at h ave a stomac h t h at can ex p an d so it can eat t h in g s b i gg er than themselves. The y had one that hadn’t eaten b efore it died , and then there was one that had , to show y ou h ow muc h t h ey can expan d . It was l i k e one o f t h em before-and-after pictures you get in magazines advertising Weight Watchers. It was well weird, I never thought I’d see a fish with cellulite. This could be another reason for sea levels rising – if there’s now loads of fat fish knocking about, sea levels go up. Archimedes would agree with me on that one.

     
    I ma d e my way b ac k to t h e d inosaur section. In t h e mi d dl e o f t h e h a ll was a massive, f u ll -size re pl ica s k e l eton o f a Di pl o d ocus . D i pl o d ocu s was wanderin g around on Earth about 145 million years ago. They were huge in size (26 metres in l ength) but were quiet, calm creatures who spent their time in h er d s pl o dd in g a b out j ust eatin g . Soun d s a b it l i k e t h e g ot h I saw on t h e wa y in. It’s a l wa y s t h e b i g stu ff t h at seems to be in dan g er of d y in g out. Dinosaurs, whales, p andas and p olar bears. I suppose being big isn’t all it’s cracked up to b e. I can sa f e l y say I h ave never seen a mi d get invo l ve d in an acci d ent or in a d octor’s waitin g room, so ma yb e b ein g sma ll is b est. It k in d a ma k es sense – i f y ou’re not ta k in g u p as much room, there’s less chance of a germ finding you.
    The guide said that the museum staff call the D iplodo cus “Di ppy ”. Humans l ove namin g stu ff . W h en a w h a l e g ot l ost an d en d e d u p g ettin g stuc k in t h e River T h ames, e ver y one started comin g u p with names for it q uicker than they came up with solutions to save it. When I was looking o n t h e internet a b out d inosaurs , I rea d t h at a T. rex f oun d in Montana was name d “T h omas t h e T. Rex”. We l ove n amin g stu ff so muc h t h at it’ ll g et to a p oint w h ere y ou g o to the Doctor’s and he says, “I’m afraid you’ve got a touch o f ‘Colin the Cancer’ in your lungs” .
    I t sai d t h at, f or y ears, t h e museum d is pl a y e d t h e D i p lod ocus tai l d ragging on t h e groun d , unti l new researc h s h owe d t h ese d inosaurs p ro b a bly carrie d t h eir tai l s u p in t h e air. So the y ’ve now lifted it u p b y attachin g wires from the ceilin g . I don’t know if they really did do the research or if people kept tripping over it and the museum came up with this stor y to g et it out o f t h e wa y . Ma k es me won d er i f T. rex r ea lly d i d stan d on its two b ac k l e g s as t h e y su gg este d , or is this another thin g the y made u p so it took u p less floor space so they could open the expensive café.
    T h ere was in f ormation a b out t h e d i ff erent ways peop l e t h in k d inosaurs ma y h ave b ecome extinct. T h ere was