Yeah Robert Bakker is good, I’ve read quite a bit about him. He’s the guy who made a name for himself without having a Phd in the first place as I recall, interesting story how he got to where he is, I admire his style. Jurassic Park was great. So were the V-raptors in it.

I must admit I don’t have a favourite dinosaur, ‘cept of course the V-raptor, which is the moniker I’d stick on the side of my jet if I were fighter pilot. Deinonychus is pretty good, it had opposable claws which meant it could manipulate things it grabbed or tore, a major advance in the arms race back then.

I used to live in a place where you could find these kinds of things, I used to find bones when I went hiking and so forth, even in the garden as well.

What I like the most about the Chinese dinos, is that they clearly demonstrate evolution of feather and flying, which is, from a scientific point of view, quite a revolutionary discovery.

I like pure science in general, astronomy is also a favourite of mine as well.