May 24, 2004

Pink Dinosaur found in New Zealand volcano
Dino the Dinosaur of White Island
Found on Ana Samways' Sideswipe section at the back of the New Zealand Herald:

"John Callan of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) writes: "Some wag has glued a pink dinosaur in front of our digital camera on White Island in the Bay of Plenty. The camera takes a pic of the White Island crater every hour and puts it on the GeoNet website - for all to see. A number of people have been emailing us asking what the dinosaur is all about. I advise them that 'Dino' has assumed the role of White Island mascot and protector of our volcano monitoring equipment. We at GNS hope Dino sticks around for a while, but we doubt he will have the staying power of his ancestors. The acid environment on White Island gives plastic a fairly hard time."

You can see little pink Dino here: Volcano Cameras - New Zealand

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