Dinosaurs, dragons, reptiles, amphibians


nz001 Archaeological dig    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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nz034 Homework ate my dog    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"Okay - is there anybody ELSE whose homework ate their dog?"


nz062 Fossil anomalies    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link (earlier version)]   

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"Just ignore that one. It's totally unscientific."


nz073 Dinosaur brain surgery    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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Dinosaur brain surgery


nz087 Toxic toad    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link (note CS has caption underneath which isn't needed)]   

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Yes I know I LOOK ugly, but I'm really a PRINCE! Kiss me and we'll live happily ever after..! / HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Local maiden dies horribly after being poisoned by skin-absorbed nerve-toxins..! Bizarre morphing amphibian-boy to hang for murder!


nz165 Lurking crocodile, teasing antelope (aka Predator-prey protocol)    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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Screw the Mombasa Convention! All these hours that bastard's been deliberately teasing us! / Use of a sniper-rifle was technically prohibited, but the last straw for Melvin was when he noticed that the antelope had bought along his own water bottle.


nz169 Barney creature    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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"So - it seems that ancient hunter-gatherers hated the Barney creature almost as much as we modern humans detest him today. .."


nz182 Experts through the ages    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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65 MILLION YEARS AGO: Relax everyone, it's just an asteroid. Asteroids are natural. / 79 AD: Don't worry Pompeii, it's only a volcano! Volcanoes are perfectly natural..! / APRIL 14, 1912: Good news everybody - seems we hit an iceberg! We're sure lucky that icebergs are natural..! / TODAY: Droughts, floods, wild weather, rising sea levels, the whole climate change thing .. . all natural. / Experts through the ages


nz201 Marshmallows & Dragons - single page version    [...higher res version...]    [CartoonStock link]   

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Millions of years ago, giant marshmallows ruled the earth. Having no skeletal system, they left no fossil-record. / Diabetic sugar-eating dinosaurs were their only predator. By igniting the acetone on their breath they could toast the marshmallows to death. These were our 'dragons' of legend. / They were too successful. Marshmallows are defenseless against fire and were eaten to near-extinction. With no food-source, the dragon population also plummeted. / It is thought that no dragons survived. Yet every now and then, while some hapless supermarket employee is out back unpacking a crate of marshmallows. ..


nz201B Marshmallows & Dragons - GIF version      

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Millions of years ago, giant marshmallows ruled the earth. Having no skeletal system, they left no fossil-record. / Diabetic sugar-eating dinosaurs were their only predator. By igniting the acetone on their breath they could toast the marshmallows to death. These were our 'dragons' of legend. / They were too successful. Marshmallows are defenseless against fire and were eaten to near-extinction. With no food-source, the dragon population also plummeted. / It is thought that no dragons survived. Yet every now and then, while some hapless supermarket employee is out back unpacking a crate of marshmallows. ..


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