Why it's tough to be a dinosaur
What if a T-Rex could be brought to life today? Cartoonist Hugh Murphy (who is also a practicing dentist in Raleigh, N.C.) has published three books exploring how confounding life might be for a creature with such short arms. For example, can they make a proper martini?
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Never mind that they were huge killing machines, right? "Which makes them the coolest!" Hugh Murphy told "Sunday Morning" correspondent Martha Teichner. "But very much he's got a heart of gold."
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Murphy's first book, "T-Rex Trying," was published in 2013, after his cartoons became a hit on Tumblr, showing the difficulties the King of the Dinosaurs faced when trying to make snow angels or paint a house.
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Fireflies are tricky.
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Always the last car on the lot.
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Bonsai tree.
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Playtime.
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Lamp.
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It's also hard to pick up the pieces.
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Hard even with long arms.
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Definitely a difficult chore to tackle.
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One task where the size of the mouth over-compensates.
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Getting some help micing up for a CBS News interview.
Hugh Murphy's third book, "T-Rex Tries Again: Return of the King," is published in October 2019.
For more info:
"T-Rex Tries Again: Return of the King" by Hugh Murphy (Plume), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon