Museum of the Rockies

Museum in Bozeman, Montana; in Life on Air Jack Horner takes Attenborough to a dinosaur nesting colony.

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Life on AirDavid AttenboroughsettingJack Horner takes Attenborough to a dinosaur nesting colony.

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Life on Air — David Attenborough (2002)

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Most exciting of all, we went to the Museum of the Rockies in Boseman, Montana to visit Jack Horner, another great dinosaur expert.

  • Role: setting
  • In the book: Jack Horner takes the crew to a badlands nesting colony strewn with eggshell fragments, where Attenborough learns to spot them while crawling over cliffs.
  • Why it matters: One of the best-described fossil scenes of the chapter.