Unknown species, unknown location(Intro).
"I know I'm supposed to be some amazing archaeologist, but all I've found are the same old T-rex fossils. How many were there again? Probably hundreds or even thousands." Tyler sighed, while talking to himself, "and it's so damned hot in this dessert, what the heck!"
"And of course I had to come alone." Tyler paused, "oh yeah, I suppose I don't have co-workers." While Tyler did, it was somewhat of a trivial topic. They were, but only when he decided there was something interesting to talk to them about.
Currently Tyler was a loner, aggravatingly digging for fossils in a tropical wasteland, turned desert.He made his career by excavating and selling fossils for the best price, but so far he's only gotten rather common and low priced skeletons from his digs.
Everyone seemed to laugh at him, 'what? another T-rex fossil?' Tyler knew they would say this when he returned. He just wanted to make a discovery. Something that would revolutionize the way people viewed dinosaurs. He wished to be someone and do something. Tyler knew, however, that it would most likely not happen. He was a rather laid back person, with a little depression over how sad his life is. He wanted to go on adventures, but found that he was excavating fossils. He wanted to have some friends, but instead had dinosaur remains as pals.
It wasn't all terrible though, Tyler had a decent flow of income, even if he was bringing in bland, uncommon dinosaur bones. However, he would soon either regret, or really love his next statement.
"Damn, wish something exciting would happen to my damned dull life." Tyler's irony would now strike as he hit something.
He began to clean off what appeared to be a T-rex skull. "Great another to add to the bland collection of my findings. Wait a minute--" Tyler noticed something different.
The teeth were larger than the average, or in fact everything was. The head, later the body, and even eventually, after discovering it, the tail and legs. "Is this a Giganotosaurus? No, the teeth are much too big for that. Then what is it?" Tyler pondered, and pondered, but nothing came to mind.
"Oh!" Tyler's eyes went wide, "no, it can't possibly be!" Tyler made one more mental check on everything he could remember of large carnivorous dinosaurs from all periods, but nothing came to mind. "A new species! I found it! A new species!" Tyler gave a look at the full skeleton after a full day of work, "and boy is it one big carnivore. This couldn't be a descendant of the Tyrano could it?"
Tyler was hysterical, ecstatic and crying tears of joy. "Maybe something can happen to my life now. I could get somewhere, and be respected. Maybe get my own documentary, oh the possibilities."
"My prayers have been answered, even though I don't believe in you good ol' buddy, you still pulled through for me!" He smiled up at the sky.
Until everything changed with a single, life shattering voice. "I haven't answered your prayers at all. This is just an appetizer. The main course is on it's way." With Tyler being confused, it hit him, and with blankness he was gone. With the remains of the newly discovered king of dinosaurs gone with him. Within a few months, everything but his car would disappear in the sand of the desert. Within a year, even that would become a fossil.
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Ok, seems promising
Archaeology?
In this case it would be paleontology, the study of studying extinct creatures, archaeology is about old human stuff, for example, pyramids are archaeology, while non-avian dinosaurs are all paleontology.
I'm really enjoying this so far.
...In what universe are T-rex fossils rare? There's less than a dozen of the damn things, and none of them are complete!
8004796 yeah. That is wierd. And who would send a single person to dig up the remains of one of the largest land dinosaurs.
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Yeah, there's a few mistakes.
8017723 Indeed. I actually work at the AMNH, and let me tell you, dinosaurs are a big project. You need dozens of people at a time to excavate even a smaller one.
Seriously, Indiana Jones don't study dinosaurs. Paleontologists study prehistoric animals.
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Who said that he was referring to Indiana Jones?
My thoughts while reading this:
"He began to clean off what appeared to be a T-rex skull. "Great another to add to the bland collection of my findings." Oh yes, thats definitely nothing to get excited about. May as well just toss that in the pile with the rest the 8 ton apex predators. What does this guy think that T Rex fossils are common place? This ain't some sea shell you found in a rock when you're twelve!
"Is this a Giganotosaurus? No, the teeth are much too big for that. Then what is it?" Does he not know what continent he's on? Can he not tell the difference between the railroad spike we know as a Tyrannosaurus tooth and the steak knife like edge of a carnosaurid? Who hired this guy? Who gave him a degree? Both of those guys need to be fired and this guy needs some damn help before he drives himself off a cliff thinking he's in Antarctica.
finding a hundred to a thousand t-rex bodies would still be something to be exited about
damn god just fucked him up
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¿En qué mundo alguien se convierte en fósil en tan sólo un año? En todo caso sería momificado.
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Damnit Discord, who let you get bored?