Fossil Fun Gifts

'Ogg's quite the visionary.'

'I really don't think mouth-to-mouth wroks on fish, Ben.'

On a hot day in 1941, scientists uncovered the only known remains of the elusive nerdosaurus rex,

'It's an extinction notice.'

"Look, Professor - a stegosaurus!"

'Are you sure this is authentic ancient Indian art?'

They don't feed the animals in here very well, do they!

'You know what they say...live fast, die young and leave a great fossil.'

"If we consume less, floss regularly, and use sun screen - we should all be fine!"

' Get ready to make a wish.'

'We unfortunately had to compress our dinosaur area due to budget cuts. On the bright side, TyrannoTriStegoApatoHadroPlesioSaurodon Rex here is now the museum's most popular exhibit.'

"Have you tried carbon dating?"

Man looks at huge dinosaur fossil in garden, saying: 'It looks great in the rockery, but don't you think you should call the Natural History Museum?'

'Man. Piltdown Man.'

Then, after 3.7 million years...something funny happened.

'We just invented cooking yesterday, and already she's serving leftovers!'

"I get the strange feeling this has happened before."

The Steakosaurus

"You've passed with extinction!"

Asteroid Denying Dinosaur vs. Asteroid Believing Dinosaur.

"Don't make me turn this woolly mammoth around!"

Cat in tank sees fish form letters to spell out, 'Help'.

"If there is a heaven, why do we end up as fossil fuel?"

'That's far enough for the first trip -- gather some soil samples and initiate re-entry procedures.'

"That's no death grimace, Perkins. I think what we're seeing is a 2.8 million-year-old tight smile of spousal event obligation!"

Fossil hunting

'...You're just not built to take selfies.'

'Well number 34 has run dry and is now pumping fossils.'

'Put that down your fool! It's a bone of contention.'

'Sorry, this isn't that kind of agency. We determine the age of old fossils, not arrange dates for them.'

Scientists have found proof that the mighty T-rex is related to the humble chicken.

'Just as I suspected, Simpson. The extinction process happened very suddenly.'

"Given a choice, would you prefer to be buried, cremated or converted to fossil fuel?"

'I'm a hunter with gatherer tendencies...'

"Don't even think about it."