[Harp-L] Blues influenced newly named dinosaur ... MOJOceratops ...
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- Subject: [Harp-L] Blues influenced newly named dinosaur ... MOJOceratops ...
- From: JohnnieHarp <johnnieharp@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:44:34 -0700
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... a tribute to the fact that the long-gone beast had some serious
"mojo" going for it when luring mates about 75 million years ago ...
"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each
other and said, 'Wait -- that actually sounds cool,' " said Longrich,
a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. "I tried to come up with
serious names after that, but Mojoceratops just sort of stuck."
"I discovered that 'mojo' is an early 20th-century African-American
term meaning a magic charm or talisman, often used to attract members
of the opposite sex," ... "This dinosaur probably used its frill to
attract mates, so the name made sense."...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708160935.htm
Harp content ... no reports of fossilized harmonicas yet :-)
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