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Even Four-Year-Olds Know the Difference Between Styracosaurus and Triceratops
January 8, 2012 | Montreal Gazette

Four-year-old paleontoligist, Stella Hatton was not impressed with the accuracy of dinosaur toys at her local toy store. The Canadian Museum of Nature liked her critique of the toy so much that they sent her a correct triceratops model.


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