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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a SLOWLY RECOVERING DINOSAUR. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | This comic is a reference to [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/new-dinosaur-discovered-china-volcano-b511774.html this discovery] of | + | This comic is a reference to [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/new-dinosaur-discovered-china-volcano-b511774.html this discovery] of dinosaur fossils that were buried and killed by a volcanic eruption, similar to what occurred in {{w|Pompeii}} in the first century AD. |
− | Megan asks if the dinosaur was okay. As living things typically don't survive being fossilized in volcano debris{{Citation needed}}, the answer to the question would obviously be "no", but Cueball replies that he is unsure. Even if the dinosaur somehow survived the initial burial, it would be | + | Facetiously, Megan asks if the dinosaur was okay. As living things typically don't survive being fossilized in volcano debris{{Citation needed}}, the answer to the question would obviously be "no", but Cueball replies that he is unsure. Even if the dinosaur somehow survived the initial burial, it would be impossible for it to survive buried for 125 million years{{Citation needed}}. |
− | + | The title text suggests contacting its "{{w|next of kin}}", which usually means a nearest living relative, e.g. a brother or a sister. In this case, dinosaurs are extinct, so it is the job of {{w|Phylogenetics|phylogeneticist}}s (those who study evolutionary relationships) to determine which living animal (presumably a bird of some kind) is the "nearest relative" to the deceased dinosaurs. | |
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− | The title text suggests contacting its "{{w|next of kin}}", which usually means a nearest living relative, e.g. a brother or a sister | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:[Megan is standing facing right, talking to Cueball who is sitting at a computer desk and also facing right, looking at a computer screen.] | :[Megan is standing facing right, talking to Cueball who is sitting at a computer desk and also facing right, looking at a computer screen.] | ||
:Cueball: Oh cool, they just found a dinosaur that was buried by a volcanic eruption 125 million years ago. | :Cueball: Oh cool, they just found a dinosaur that was buried by a volcanic eruption 125 million years ago. | ||
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:[Pause. Megan is still facing right. Panel closes in on Megan and Cueball is not shown. This panel has no dialogue.] | :[Pause. Megan is still facing right. Panel closes in on Megan and Cueball is not shown. This panel has no dialogue.] | ||
− | :[Megan has stepped closer to Cueball, who | + | :[Megan has stepped closer to Cueball, who is still looking at the screen.] |
:Megan: Was it okay? | :Megan: Was it okay? | ||
:Cueball: Hmm, it doesn't say. | :Cueball: Hmm, it doesn't say. | ||
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+ | Title text: Phylogeneticists are working on identifying and notifying its next of kin. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |