davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[davidd]

So is there a “stegosaurus week”, or a “triceratops week”, or a “pteranodon week”?

I have not heard of weeks for any of these prehistoric creatures, but there should be!

I suspect Dr. Darren Naish, the originator of Ankylosaur Week back in 2008, would be on board with a Pterosaur Week, as pterosaurs are one of his special interests.

In 2008, Dr. Naish ran a week-long series of scholarly articles about ankylosaurs on his Tetrapod Zoology website, calling the series Ankylosaur Week. I do not remember how I happened to run across those articles, but they inspired me to snap a photo of a toy ankylosaur dinosaur each day. At the end of the week, Dr. Naish actually featured one of my Pinky Street & Ankylosaur photos in one of his articles.

The Tet Zoo website has changed hosts and formats a number of times over the years, and currently serves to augment a regular podcast:  https://tetzoo.com/

 Dr. Naish is a prolific author. His most recent book, Ancient Sea Reptiles, is available for pre-order on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Sea-Repti...588347273/

Dr. Naish is also an active poster on Instagram: @tetzoo

I have been largely alone in carrying on the annual Ankylosaur Week celebration... or, more accurately, and acknowledgement... during the second week of February each year, except for the years in which I forget, which has been fairly often.

Anyway... I'd be on board for a Pterosaur Week, because cool; or a Stegosaur Week, because one of my favorite fiction books when I was a kid was called The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek, plus there's that infamous "brain the size of a walnut" thing; or pretty much any other fun Dinosaur Week. I'm sure if you wanted to make such weeks A Thing, you could easily be as spectacularly unsuccessful as I have been in popularizing Ankylosaur Week. It just hasn't caught fire the same way as Talk Like a Pirate Day or Towel Day have. Maybe a week is too long, and a day would be better.

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8 February - A Doll a Day 2023:

Shorebreak Seashell Searching – Ankylosaur Week 2023

In addition to its popularity as a Spring Break destination, Daytona Beach in Florida is becoming a go-to location during Ankylosaur Week!

Or... maybe not.

Internet rumors, gotta be careful with stuff like that.