Very interesting information drew my attention a few hours before on one local TV, where a resident of Gusar, a border town in the north of Azerbaijan Republic claimed that he had found a skeleton of a dinosaur from the cellar of his house, during renovations. The TV even showed the skeleton itself and I admit that in the first minutes I even believed in it. But the attitude of the brave Gusarian made me suspect a hoax.
Gusarian said that they actually hadn’t dug the skeleton, it was in the cellar, covered with a thick layer of dust, and it is evident that the dinosaur entered the cellar after the completion of the house, and as it couldn’t come out, so it died there. And added brave Gusarian, that in Azerbaijan such dinosaurs live to this day, [and he is happy that one of them was found in his house!].
Then spoke one brave scientist - member of the Academy of Sciences, who heads an archeological expedition to the region nowadays, and said that he hadn't a doubt that this is a dinosaur, but “I touched and checked the skeleton with my hands” and I am sure that it is maximum 300 years old, no more! [Yes, professor, what brilliant scientific methods you have in your arsenal, bravo!] And then that brave scientist added that the skeleton should be taken to the main office of the Academy of Sciences to its one institute (I forgot the name).
Then TV crew took the scanned image of the local Dinosaur to the Academy, the mentioned institute and asked, what genus and species of dinosaurs this Azerisaur can be related. And what they said in the Academy? You know, this is in fact a cat, an ordinary cat, who probably died 60 years ago, for example, you see the skull of it? It is a skull of a cat. And teeth and bones…And also you have came to the wrong institute, you probable should visit also the institute of paleontology…
Thus, there came the end of the story, and so pity that our local “national” dinosaur (or Azeris like to say “whole-national”) turned out to be a Felis Domesticus, or a house cat. Yeah, our sweetie pussy in boots, of course, it would be a great honour to be a Dinosaur, but to be a cat is also a merit, never mind, at least according to Zoological Society of London every year 1 per cent of animal species become extinct, so after 100 years, when the only remaining members of the kingdom Animalia will be us and your skeleton, who knows, maybe millions of tourists will arrive in Gusar in order to glaze at you?
Then spoke one brave scientist - member of the Academy of Sciences, who heads an archeological expedition to the region nowadays, and said that he hadn't a doubt that this is a dinosaur, but “I touched and checked the skeleton with my hands” and I am sure that it is maximum 300 years old, no more! [Yes, professor, what brilliant scientific methods you have in your arsenal, bravo!] And then that brave scientist added that the skeleton should be taken to the main office of the Academy of Sciences to its one institute (I forgot the name).
Then TV crew took the scanned image of the local Dinosaur to the Academy, the mentioned institute and asked, what genus and species of dinosaurs this Azerisaur can be related. And what they said in the Academy? You know, this is in fact a cat, an ordinary cat, who probably died 60 years ago, for example, you see the skull of it? It is a skull of a cat. And teeth and bones…And also you have came to the wrong institute, you probable should visit also the institute of paleontology…
Thus, there came the end of the story, and so pity that our local “national” dinosaur (or Azeris like to say “whole-national”) turned out to be a Felis Domesticus, or a house cat. Yeah, our sweetie pussy in boots, of course, it would be a great honour to be a Dinosaur, but to be a cat is also a merit, never mind, at least according to Zoological Society of London every year 1 per cent of animal species become extinct, so after 100 years, when the only remaining members of the kingdom Animalia will be us and your skeleton, who knows, maybe millions of tourists will arrive in Gusar in order to glaze at you?
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