Tiny dinosaurs

The very interesting report on ‘Man Of Russia’ and his outlandish claims about giant trees [ FT415:9] got me thinking about a pet theory of my own. For some time now I have been kicking around the idea that dinosaurs were, in fact, quite small – at most no bigger than, say, the animals that roam Earth nowadays, maybe even smaller; and that through some epic geological process, over millions of years, the fossilised bones of certain specimens gradually expanded or else (my favourite theory) the planet itself is gradually swelling and growing and somehow these bones were caught up in some growth spurt at some time or another. If, as we are led to believe, giant dinosaurs did exist in vast numbers, then the planet would be literally littered with bones and evidence rather than the few, occasional, examples that do turn up.

Now, you won’t be surprised to learn that I cannot qualify this theory in the slightest – but it is, at least, as plausible as ancient 40-mile-high trees or, indeed, the Earth being flat. So, any takers? Simon Besson

Manchester