Going Jurassic

Finally, a shopping mall display worthy of hogging over. The dinosaurs are coming to Cityplaza. The exhibition doesn’t start till June 24, but crowds have already been gathering around the display grounds. I myself caught a glimpse of the unpacking of the 26-meter-long Mamenchisaurus jingyanensis this morning, the longest, largest and most intact Sauropoda ever found in Asia. It was much like a giant 3D jigsaw puzzle that takes highly skilled hands to assemble on a couple of two-story ladders. Too bad I didn’t have my camera with me. But a definite perk of living close by a shopping mall is that I can take my time photographing these displays after-hours.

With that said, I know I still won’t be able to stand the crowds our Jurassic friends are bound to bring in every time I walk through the mall on my way home. The selfish bitch in me is secretly hoping the exhibits will go away as soon as I finish photographing them. But in fact, the show doesn’t end till July 31. So until then, happy eye rolling.

Thanks to the Loan-a-Dino program at the Beijing Museum of Natural History and the Sichuan Zigong Dinosaur Museum, the exhibition will feature eight fossils that have not previously been shown in Hong Kong, including Lufengosaurus huenei—the most ancient species of dinosaur found in China and the first with which Chinese researchers began their studies, as well as the 10 animal and plant fossils.

I’m such a geek.