Feed Me Money

This is Al the Allosaurus.

He lives at Utah's Natural History Museum. When you drop coins down his throat he talks. This is just as cool now as it was when I was in elementary school. "Ahh! That makes me feel good. My name is Al. What is your name?" Pause. "I am hungry. Feed me money!" Then he ends with a roar. Delightful!

Over Christmas I visited the museum with my family. Unfortunately we forgot our cameras. I made Richard promise to come back and take a picture with our good friend Al. Mom laughed and told the younger kids about how sometimes she would bring us just to visit Al. Sadly the talking dinosaur in the lobby held more appeal than the rest of the museum. He is the coolest part of the museum hands down.

Al may have a new body, which is lots smaller than we remember, but his voice, his roar and his hunger for coins is still the same!

Disclaimer: Richard was a lot more prompt in sending me the pictures than I have been in posting them. Thanks Richard!