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  • A lot of the dinosaurs' names are given silly, often Double Entendre-ish translations in the second edition. For example:
    • Leptoceratops is said to mean "Subtle horny eye, from its flirtatious nature".
    • Heterodontosaurus is given the meaning "Hetero tooth-lizard, after the male's tendency to bite other males".
    • Ankylosaurus becomes "Crooked lizard, from its flawed character".
    • Coelophysis is given the fake meaning of "Welshman", based on the Greek words for "sex lying in a valley"
    • Euoplocephalus is "Well-tooled point, in reference to its fertility"
    • Apatosaurus is "Bastard lizard, due to the difficulty in establishing parentage"
  • Some of the illustrations present bizarre situations that only really make sense in context.
    • The second edition's entry for Deinonychus shows a pack of them playing poker using pieces of meat as chips ("for high steaks", as the caption describes it)
    • Two children having a tug-of-war with a pillow that their pet Incisivosaurus seems eager to join in.
    • A dozen Microraptor making a complete mess of a kitchen.

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