Imagining Iguanodons
By Blake Reher
Junior Member, Colorado
Springs Mineralogical Society
Pebble Pup Program
Imagining Iguanodons
Giraffe height
Elephant weight
School bus length
Socializing in herds
Herbivore fare
Prominent snout
Beak-like jaw
Pointy thumb
Running and rummaging with two
feet down
Balancing tail, anchored to reach
high into tree canopies
Front toes used like spikes
and hooks to rip and tear plant food
Back legs for stability and defense
Lived long ago—found just recently:
Thirty-one Iguanodons discovered
fossilized in 1877
Buried plant matter evolving into
coal seams
Fossil study, visions
emerging
Imagining Iguanodons
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Original artwork by Blake Reher
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Author bio:
Colorado Springs has been home to Blake Reher all of his life. Blake is a 7th grader at Cheyenne Mountain Junior
High School. Blake is active in Boy Scouts, and
karate but his real passion lies in paleontology and
geology. Blake is a Junior Member of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society.
Blake has helped promote the Colorado Springs Pebble Pup program at many
outreach programs, most recently at the Cool Science Festival at the University
of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Welcome! This is the gateway to adventure and discovery
Through this blog pebble pups and junior members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society can access their lessons, work on assignments and projects, and receive details about field trips in the Pikes Peak Region. This Internet program is also suitable for young people who are interested in Earth science but do not live near a rock club or gem and mineral society or for young people anywhere who want a deeper dive into these topics. The only requirement is that all participants must be members of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society and must fill out the CSMS membership form (under important websites) and send their registration and membership fee in. Steven Veatch is the senior instructor and will need an email from you with your name, address, phone number, and permission from your parents to participate in this program.
