something more exotic... a more unusual type of language... Some simply start learning Arabic for the heck of it... Learning Arabic can be challenging, but the reward is great, once you begin to appreciate the unique beauty and richness of this great language.
View full size image. One of the best-known sauropods (long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs), this genus of dinosaur lived during the late Jurassic Period, about 155.7 million to 150.8 million years ago, and primarily roamed western North America.
Stegosaurus had a formidable tail. Studded with four long spikes, this dinosaur's business end would have given Allosaurus and other Jurassic predators plenty of incentive to keep moving. But do we have any evidence that Stegosaurus really used its tail this way? Among paleontologists, the four-spiked tail of Stegosaurus is called a  thagomizer.. It is one of a few terms inspired by one of Gary Larson's beloved  Far Side cartoons: a caveman points to a slide of a Stegosaurus tail and names the nasty-looking structure in honor of the late Thag Simmons..