“It was a breakthrough like no other we have seen before,” the president chanted to the live audience. “Using DNA replication and a variety of cell research, dinosaurs walk among us again!” 

The audience cheered and hollered outside of the capitol building. Little kids, who grew up playing with toy dinosaurs, sat atop their parents shoulders for a better view. 

“And here is to the man who made it all possible, Dr. Brown!” The president beckoned to the doctor like a game show host. Streamers and confetti followed as the doctor waved to the audience, rising out of the floor like a pop singer. 

“Thank you, thank you,” Dr. Brown said into the microphone. “I grew up a dreamer, living to bridge the gap between Earth’s species, conquering evolution with just the tip of my finger. Dinosaurs are a big part of that gap and I have the honor today of bringing them home to you. Now, without further ado, bring it out!”

The booming cheers of the audience drowned out the dinosaur’s foreign wail. It was dragged out in a cage, clawing at the bars and snapping its foreign jaws. Members of the audience screamed. 

Dr. Brown drew up his own snout nose and webbed wings. “Look at that monster!”

The dinosaur was fleshy and pink, with 10 fingers and toes, unwebbed, with a mane of hair growing out the top of its head. 

“Not a scale on it!” The President laughed and wagged his massive tail. “No wonder they went extinct.”  

“You’ve got that right, Mr. President.” Dr. Brown chuckled into the microphone. “But they mainly died out because of their thirst for each other’s blood. They couldn’t go one day without killing each other.” 

“Well, what about the big meteor that wiped out the last of them?” 

“That was just a blessing from the Gods!”

The audience laughed at the joke, and the dinosaur, now overwhelmed by the noise, backed into the corner of the cage.

The president waddled to the front of the stage.“What a scary thing, if they were to walk among us again with their pasty skin and thirst for blood. But don’t worry folks, we will keep them safely in a lab and under careful observation. For only $10, the lab will be open to the public to watch them in their natural habitat of polluted waters and gaseous air.”

Dr. Brown was awarded a standing ovation from the colorful audience. A meteor the size of a mountain crossed into the atmosphere.