Order: disputed · Status: thriving

Science has questions. Homosaurus has plans.

Nobody has established what he is, where he came from, or how he keeps getting into these places. He has declined to participate in finding out.

Meet the specimen See what he's been up to

A large pink dinosaur with a rainbow crest and an open blue shirt strutting through a bright carnival, arms raised and one leg kicked high. — Specimen observed mid-strut. No permit produced.

The questions

Four things researchers still cannot agree on

Every answer below has been contested, revised, or abandoned. He has read none of them.

Question one

What is he, taxonomically?

Classification remains open. Three separate committees have been formed. Two have resigned.

Question two

Where, precisely, did he come from?

Accounts conflict. When pressed on the matter, he has said only "around," and changed the subject to brunch.

Question three

How old is he?

Estimates span several geological eras. He considers the question rude and the range flattering.

Question four

Should the public be concerned?

Only near a buffet, an open bar, or a dance floor with adequate lighting.

The plans

His schedule, by contrast, is extremely specific

While the classification debate continues, he has been busy. These are the accounts we could verify. Loosely.

The pink dinosaur in full ski gear tumbling down a snowy slope while holding a mug of cocoa perfectly level.

Alpine

The wipeout

He has never skied. He had, however, already purchased the outfit, which he feels is the harder part.

The pink dinosaur swirling a glass of red wine with great seriousness while his tail knocks over the spit bucket behind him.

Field research

The tasting

Swirls with total authority. Has used the word "structured" four times. Has knocked over the spit bucket twice.

The pink dinosaur seated at a candlelit restaurant table across from an empty chair, smiling hopefully.

Social

The first date

Eyewitnesses dispute whether it went well. He maintains that it went well.

Read every account

A natural history style specimen plate of the pink dinosaur posed formally against a cream background, rainbow crest and open blue shirt clearly visible.

The specimen

What we have managed to document

Crest: Rainbow. Orderly. Not up for discussion.
Belly: Load-bearing. Described by one observer as "committed."
Shirt: Blue. Open. Never once explained.
Tail: Enters the room several seconds before he does.

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Merchandising phase: pending

House of Homosaurus

A shirt has been approved. A sticker sheet has been approved. A date has not been approved, because he keeps changing it. Nothing here is for sale yet, and nothing is pretending to be.

The pink dinosaur proudly holding up a plain t-shirt printed with his own face, standing in a bright shop window display.

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Be told before the rest of science

New sightings, new accounts, and word the moment the shop opens. No more than you would want, which is not much.