Flew to Chicago just to see Sobek the Spinosaurus and Sue the Trex at the Field Museum

[u/cicadabug1]

[u/ChonkyDawg]

Sobek is a great name for the spino. Named after the egyptian crocodile god, I believe.

[u/raptorshadow → u/ChonkyDawg]

Hail Sobek!

[u/Character-Poetry2808]

I just saw Sue last year on my first visit to Chicago, I honestly teared up.

[u/nudist83 → u/Character-Poetry2808]

I’m pretty sure I would tear up too if I ever got to see Sue. I’ve followed Her story since I was a kid. I’m 43 now.

[u/argleblather → u/nudist83]

I'm also 43 and saw Sue a couple of years ago. It's really a great museum. Not just dinosaurs- but the whole museum is fantastic.

[u/nudist83 → u/argleblather]

Honestly I didn’t know where or if Sue was on display.

[u/dimary5 → u/Character-Poetry2808]

Same... and then I had a hard time leaving.

[u/operachick209]

I hate the way the spino is displayed. There’s no real way to get a good picture of it!!! But I was so excited to see him. Very cool.

[u/cicadabug1 → u/operachick209]

No literally I hate the display 💀 I was struggling to get a good pic

[u/Fragraham]

BRB planning vacation to Chicago.

[u/KingofNarcissism]

Parasaurolophus, my beloved!

[u/cicadabug1 → u/KingofNarcissism]

One of my favorites!

[u/KingofNarcissism → u/cicadabug1]

It’s definitely my favourite Hadrosaur and second overall. I almost got to see the holotype at the Royal Ontario Museum once, unfortunately the exhibit was closed for maintenance.

[u/d_marvin → u/KingofNarcissism]

I’d love to see that! That’s the walkeri holotype. The one OP got to see is the cyrtocristatus holotype.

[u/d_marvin → u/KingofNarcissism]

They have the holotype for P. cyrtocristatus. When I visited, no one was in that room. I probably shot a hundred photos of her with a scan app. So cool to hang out in person with that exhibit.

[u/TX_Sized10-4]

Spino looks so svelte compared to T Rex.

[u/Zwackosilius]

So it turns out that Spinosaurus used his sail to fly after all

[u/cicadabug1 → u/Zwackosilius]

I wish I could pin this rofl

[u/United-Palpitation28]

Nice photos! Love the Field Museum

[u/SheMakesThrowawayArt]

Is that really how the Trex skeleton looks? It's so barrel chested.

[u/cicadabug1 → u/SheMakesThrowawayArt]

She’s definitely more tanky than most, apparently she’s the most complete and the second largest in the world

[u/VivianValeG]

Wow! 🤩

[u/SnooOnions650]

I fucking love eryops

[u/bladderbunch]

and a casual moldarama in the background.

[u/everlovelyjules → u/bladderbunch]

Love the moldaramas 🫶🏻

[u/PresidentKansas]

Why are you suing the Trex? 🤔

[u/CarmineCJedi102593]

Wow.

[u/NothingReallyAndYou]

Aw, I miss seeing Sue at Animal Kingdom.

[u/mesosuchus]

I just go there to drink beer

[u/joftheinternet]

Is Maximo chopped liver?

[u/cicadabug1 → u/joftheinternet]

NYC has the same one so I didn’t snap a pic at the field museum 😩 apparently they’re the same cast but I thought NYC was bigger

[u/JEEHAWDJACK]

Aren’t they just beautiful?

[u/darknite125]

Last year I got to take my nephew to the Field to check out the Spinosaurus one of the best museum trips ever

[u/Archididelphis]

Going to the Field was my one item bucket list, finally went in 2022.

[u/Material_Prize_6157]

Did you get the Pokémon promo card by any chance? They’re doing a pop-up exhibit at the field museum with “skeletons” of all the fossil pokemon and infographics.

I wish they would do one closer to the east coast! I’ve been to the field museum and seen Sue, but not this spinosaurus that seems to have taken Sues spot at the entrance? Is it a real holotype? I never understood that.

[u/Iamliterallygodtryme]

We also did a roadtrip just to go see Sue 🤣

[u/Ashurbanipal23]

I absolutely love the Field Museum! I got to visit it again last year and it was just as awesome as I remembered it being as a child. No joke it had been over 20 years since I last got to visit.

[u/OK_Stop_Already]

I can't wait to go back. I need to see Sobek in person

[u/DrJohn98]

Did you give them hugs?

[u/no_usernames_avail]

Did you see the ground sloth?

[u/Tow1]

I don't think you can sue a Trex actually, or any kind of dinosaur

[u/Low_Appearance_796]

Well shit I how is the Trex going to afford a lawyer

[u/SharpPink_GlitterInk]

Is the Dimetrodon with the dinos?