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Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.

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Photo of the Day #755: Dire wolf

Category: Mammals • Photography
Posted on: November 6, 2009 6:22 AM, by Brian Switek

The skeleton of a dire wolf (Canis dirus), photographed at the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City.

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Two hundred pounds of sin, sittin' at my window, all I said was, "come on in."

Posted by: jck | November 6, 2009 5:32 PM

six hundred pounds of sin.

I have a photo of that exact skeleton, taken from pretty much the exact same spot.

Did you ever make it to the dino museum in Blanding? not too far from arches, goosenecks, canyonlands or mexican hat. Fantastic geology in that area, and some of the jurassic rocks have invertebrate fossils hanging out of the roadcuts (be sure you're on BLM land for that activity).

Posted by: David | November 7, 2009 9:15 AM