Robert T. Bakker Quotes & Sayings

“Feathers predate birds.”

“Since then I have held many jobs at museums in Colorado and Wyoming. I have also taught summer courses at the University of Colorado.”

“It was not an asteroid or comet, because it would have killed everything.”

“One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife.”

“Stegosaurus was common only on well drained, dry soil.”

“Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod.”

“When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed in the nest until they were full grown, like in eagles and hawks.”

“Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.”

“I also discovered the only complete Brontosaurus skull.”

“One of my major goals is to develop a web of the small Wyoming museums and create a major museum system. There are about eight of these museums, and they are all scattered.”