Dinosaur Sighting: A Stegosaurus of a Different Color

I’ve seen plenty of roadside dinosaurs out here in the American West, and many of them come in muted shades of green and brown. There are a few exceptions to the rule, though, like this hot pink Stegosaurus spotted by reader David Schey at the Dinosaur Ridge visitors center in Morrison, Colorado. “Is this what paleontologists see after having one too many?” David wonders. I can confidently say, “no.” When I’ve had one too many, I see pink Allosaurus.

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Riley Black is the author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs and many other books. She is a science correspondent for Smithsonian magazine covering fossils and natural history, and she writes about the prehistoric past for a variety of publications.