Dr. Dean Lomax

And so there is real possibility that an ichthyosaur of 108

Because my story is really so unconventional, it's kind of a case of like, you can do this as well.

And I always say that having your passion and being persistent and having patience is really, really significant, clearly all the three Ps.

And it's not just necessarily for children, but I guess anybody listening to this who wants to get into paleontology or the sciences, it's a case of like you gaining as much experience as possible, but also be willing to take some risks.

Really put yourself out there like I did when I first went out to Wyoming, but also you've got to have fun.

And being that kind of person who was told, no, you're not good enough, I think it's so significant for somebody like me to just say, I've just got to go out there and do it.

It's also inspired from Sheldon off Big Bang.

Oh, is it?

Yeah, that's literally a t-shirt that he wore.

I'm going to tell you now, I've never seen it.

So really quite randomly, Slash started following me on Instagram about five years ago.

And I had to take a kind of double look at this and think, is that actually Slash from Guns N' Roses, like a fake account?

I was like, no, it actually is Slash.

Wow.

And I remember hearing a couple of stories about Slash kind of being a proper dinosaur fan, like paleontology nut.

And anyway, it was Slash.

And so he sent me a message saying,

saying, you know, hey, Dean, I've seen some of your content, love this sort of stuff.

I was like, wow, this is great.

So sort of like back and forth, a couple of conversations with him.