Things We Saw Today: Sue the T. rex Would Like to Be the Illinois State Bird

Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex has put her hat in the ring for the new Illinois state bird. As she argues on Twitter, she is “a *KIND* of bird,” and according to Scientific American, although there is a group of scientists who contest the idea, “a huge quantity of evidence shows that birds are dinosaurs, and specifically a lineage of the coelurosaurian theropod group Maniraptora.”

And since Sue is a permanent part of the collection at the at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, she is now a resident of the state—even if she was found in South Dakota. So why not, Illinois? Canada already put glow-in-the-dark dinos on a (limited edition, collectible) version of their currency. And if Maine can designate a pine cone as their state flower, I don’t see why you can’t pick a dinosaur as your state bird.

T. rex is a *KIND* of bird. And with me and Jane in Rockford, Illinois DOES have more than other states… https://t.co/MRZhoItgRf

— Specimen FMNH PR 2081 🦖 (@SUEtheTrex) March 23, 2018

• TMS recently spoke to I Kill Giants writer Joe Kelly about the process of adapting his and J. M. Ken Nimura’s acclaimed graphic novel for film. Now, that movie is available in theaters in limited release! You can check here to see if it’s playing near you.
• 2018 mood:
  

  Watching the current president and former vice president threaten to beat each other up is a powerful reminder that women can’t be president because they’re too emotional.

  — Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) March 22, 2018

• Apple has proposed thirteen new emojis to the Unicode Consortium, with the goal of better representing users with disabilities. The new emojis include representations of people in both mechanized and manual wheelchairs, deaf people, hearing aids, guide dogs, and prosthetic arms and legs. (via BuzzFeed)
• Krysten Ritter recently gave an interview about her background on a rural farm, her business sense, and the choices she’s made in her career. (via BUST)

That’s all I’ve got for today, TMSers! What’d you see out there?

(Featured image: The Field Museum)

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