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Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
"Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
#late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer#Etymology -
Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
"Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
#late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer#Etymology -
Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
"Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
#late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer#Etymology -
Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
"Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
#late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer#Etymology -
Watching the new Dinosaurs show on Netflix... Ep 2, allosaurus is about to attack a stego, and Morgan Freeman is saying, "but the Stegosaurus has evolved the perfect weapon..." and I'm giddy with excitment. "SAY IT! SAY IT!"
"...called the thagomizer."
YES!