Dogs and Dinos
In one of the Ice Age movies, there’s this song that starts with the line, “Everybody loves a dinosaur”. (That’s the one with the dinos in it, obviously). That line holds true for almost all of us. It’s huge, it’s ferocious, it’s scary… what’s not to love? A while back, my 6 year old and I were watching the Jurassic World movie on TV. That’s the one where they “designed” a new dino, a genetic hybrid of all kinds of creatures. In case you were wondering why they needed to design a dino, one of the characters in the movie explains: “You didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.” The Indominus rex (that’s the dino’s name) escapes (obviously) and things need to be brought back under control, before, as the hero of the movie says: “She is learning where she fits on the food chain and I'm not sure you want her to figure that out.” Now keep in mind that my daughter loves dogs and cats. Dogs more than cats. That in turn means that I never miss a chance to nee...