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sometimes student artwork is terrifying.

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Girl: Dead things aren't really my thing, the feathers are alright...but barely 

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bloody rock

Me: Are you using all your senses to observe that rock? Girl: Well, I used my sense of smell and this rock smells like baby blood. ...what?

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democratic dinosaurs

Boy: So, when do you guys vote on how the dinosaurs went extinct?

Me: Vote?  What?

Boy: So maybe they died from a meteor, maybe they died from a drought.  When do you get to vote on what you think?

...is he talking about going to SVP?  Is there a ballot I should have received?

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poop rocks

Boy 1: Isn't it true that some rocks are dinosaur poop?

Me: Yeah, the fossilized poop is called a coprolite.

Boy 1: Did you bring any of those rocks with you?

Me: No, I didn't.

Boy 2: But how do dinosaurs poop rocks?  Doesn't it hurt their butthole?

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scole... skull.  tomato... tomahto.

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Avian amour

Boy: I love this feather; I would take this feather to a dinner and a movie.

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Lava thoughts

Boy: I've been having really bad thoughts lately...

Mom: About what?

Boy: Lava.

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using ALL 5 senses

Boy 1 (sticks his nose inside turtle shell and inhales deeply): the inside of this smells exactly like under my bed.

Boy 2: ...what?  How many turtles do you have under your bed?

Boy 1: 2 live ones and probably 3 dead ones.

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science = magic

(after a 15 minute intro. of what we do at the Museum and what our research entails)

Boy: So, do you have a magic show in that case or what?

Ta-da!

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Girl: Well, that science-lady told me if you act bad in class, all these creatures are going to come back to life and ATTACK you!

definitely sounds like something i'd threaten children with.

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explosive dino dung

Boy: Is this dinosaur poop? (points to basalt)

Me: Well, let's think--where do all igneous rocks come from?

Boy: Volcanoes.

Me: Do you think dinosaur poop could come out of a volcano?

Boy: Yes.

Me:  Really?

Boy: Yeah, like if the dinosaur pooped in the top of the volcano, and then it flowed down the side of the volcano with the lava.

k.

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dirty rock smell

Boy: The smell of this rock reminds me something...

Me: What?

Boy: Hmm... probably a mix between my baby brother and my dirty underwear.

you're gross.

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freeze-thaw lizard

Girl: My brother had a pet horned lizard once, but he killed it.

Me: Oh really?  What happened?

Girl: He drowned it in its water dish.  And then he took its dead body and froze it in the water in our freezer til it was ice.

Me: ...??

Girl: And then he took the ice block out of our freezer, melted it, and the lizard came back to life and attacked him.

Kewl.

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uncomfortable snake babies conversation #2

Girl: Where do the snake babies come from?  Where do they come out?

Me: Where do you think they come from?

Girl: *thinking in silence* Their mouth?

...this is not a can of worms I'm ready to open with a 10 year-old.

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uncomfortable snake babies conversation #1

Girl: I don't understand how a snake has babies...

Me: Well, we know snakes are reptiles, so think about how many other reptiles have babies.  Do they give birth like people or do something different?

Girl: Yeah, I think snakes could probably give birth to a baby human.

Clearly, she gets it.

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Me: Does this remind you of anything?

Boy: Oh! It's a fossilized penis.

Me: ....?!?  You should go tell your teacher about that inference...