Troody, a small robot dinosaur, walks across Peter Dilworth 's desk, jangling as if she has loose change in her pockets.

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Or water-based safaris in small guide boats that dip in close to the riverbank to observe dinosaur-like monitor lizards sunning themselves on logs, kingfisher eagles perched in trees, and elephants playfully spraying water on their young.

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Way back in the dinosaur age of technology, there used to be a device known as SportsPhone which fans called for a small fee to get the latest, up-to-the-minute scores of their favorite teams.

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