antediluvianechoes: Cover illustration for National Geographic, August, 1978, Roy Andersen Legs anch

antediluvianechoes:

Cover illustration for National Geographic, August, 1978, Roy Andersen

Legs anchored, Tyrannosaurus pivots, then swings its head down like a logger bringing an axe against wood. The jaws clamp and heave. The juvenile duckbill is plucked from the ground, legs swinging as if there was still earth beneath them. It does not cry for long. The sky darkens. Blood spreads in the shadows. Night comes, inky and thick, escorted by the sounds of cracking bones and rended flesh.

Happy 114th birthday, Tyrannosaurus rex!