Word: plesiosaurus
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...proposed expedition of scientists into the wilds of Patagonia to secure--"dead or alive"--the much-talked-of Plesiosaurus, the reported living relic of the--mesozoic age, has met with unexpected difficulties: the Argentine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has taken a firm stand against any such desiccation of natural wonders. This stand has astonished not a few of our great American dailies which have been prone to ridicule it as the result of superabundant Latin sympathy for the feelings of the "saurus", who--having since before tertiary times led a life of untrammeled prehistoric ease...
...actions of our South American neighbors. The American Press should be very careful as to how it brings into ridicule the customs and traditions of a foreign people. It is a point much more worthy of discussion as to whether the animal seen is really a mesozoic Plesiosaurus or, as some scientists feel sure, a mere glyptodon...
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