Re: [Harp-L] Blues influenced newly named dinosaur ... MOJOceratops ...

[Mojo Red <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Obviously a long-lost relative of mine.

--Ken M. (aka Mojo Red)


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From: JohnnieHarp <johnnieharp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, July 10, 2010 6:44:34 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Blues influenced newly named dinosaur ... MOJOceratops ...

... 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 :-)