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Captain Moonlight's Notebook: Say what you like about . . .

Saturday 17 July 1993 23:02 BST
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Dinosaurs but:

a six-year-old will correct you

they ran the world for aeons without destroying the ozone layer

they have convinced children that museums can be a good day out

Steven Spielberg might have made a film about dodos instead

at least people can't keep them as pets

then shut up for 65 million years

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