Wow! Can you imagine the scene as they got to the slices where they saw the embryo!?! What a thrill.

So, can't they like, rehydrate it, or microwave it and - voila - baby pterodactyl?

Just add bacon and you've got breakfast.

Not to piss on the picnic, but I hope that this "amateur paleontologist" did careful excavation and removal of his eggs and noted their exact location. I doubt it. Often the most useful information about fossils comes from the surrounding matrix material. I also hope his new "museum" features carefully prepared exhibits based on science and not a lot of fundy pablum, but this being Texas, those hopes aren't high.

let's hatch 'em

"Not dinosaurs???" Were they big? Were they lizards? Did they hate mammals? Did they fly around and terrorize people? Were they killed by asteroids? I think you'll find that the answer to all of those questions is a resounding "Yes!" which means that they meet all five of the criteria necessary for me to consider them dinosaurs. Also qualifying: brontosaurus (the big version with the super long neck (and relatives)), the komodo dragon, bats, anything with the phrase "saber-toothed" in it, and Sarah Palin.

Well said, Mike.

@6: *nerdrage*