Prehistoric Relics

I was at the University of Essex with my friend Darren, traversing the halls of the literature department as we often did. At some point we took a wrong turn and ended up lost in the science department. We blundered into a large lab where an archaeology seminar was in full swing. Skulls of dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts covered the walls, and there were dinosaur skeletons on plinths in the centre of the room, this being a museum room of sorts. As we tried to escape without being noticed, the skull of a Tyrannosaur fell off the wall and clattered to the floor. A piece of delicate bone filament snapped off and skittered across the floor. The ruckuss attracted the attention of the lecturer.

He seemed non-plussed by the damage, or indeed our presence, and we quickly explained that we had taken a wrong turn. Another student picked up the dramaged bone filament and replaced it with ease onto the skull. Perhaps it was only a model. I became interested in the seminar and didn't want to leave. The lecturer projected a holographic image of a giant prehistoric marine creature onto an empty plinth. I believe it was a helicoprion, a strange looking shark often called the buzzsaw shark on account of its bizarre lower jaw. The holographic creature unfurled its coiled lower jaw and began using it as a pump to draw microscopic creatures into its mouth. The behaviour was speculative, as most of paleontology is.