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{{Merit_Badge | {{Merit_Badge | ||
|desc=The instructor takes a look at the huge pile of triassic claws and teeth you've collected. "Hmm, you've really been taking care of those proto-dinosaurs, haven't you. Nature may be red in tooth and claw but you're fiercer than any of them. Anyway, we could make use of those items for some fake tribal necklaces we sell during the Twilight Heritage Days. If you'd be willing to part with, say, 200 of each, I'd gladly reward you for your contribution." | |desc=The instructor takes a look at the huge pile of triassic claws and teeth you've collected. "Hmm, you've really been taking care of those proto-dinosaurs, haven't you. Nature may be red in tooth and claw but you're fiercer than any of them. Anyway, we could make use of those items for some fake tribal necklaces we sell during the Twilight Heritage Days. If you'd be willing to part with, say, 200 of each, I'd gladly reward you for your contribution." | ||
| − | + | {{button|Trade in 200 teeth and 200 claws|center}} | |
| + | You hand over 200 claws and 200 teeth, and in exchange your trainer scrabbles around on a dusty shelf and comes up with a merit badge: '''Brontosaurus Bully''' | ||
|image=Dinosaur-in-a-haystack.jpg | |image=Dinosaur-in-a-haystack.jpg | ||
| − | + | |reqs=Collect 200 [[red claw]]s and 200 [[red tooth|red teeth]].}} | |
| − | |reqs=}} | + | ==Notes== |
| − | + | * The claws and teeth are consumed when you get the badge. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | * The name of the badge refers to Stephen Jay Gould's book {{wikipedia|Bully for Brontosaurus}}. | |
| + | * The image name, Dinosaur-in-a-haystack, refers to the figure of speech {{wikipedia|Needle in a haystack}}. | ||
| + | * The description refers to the poem {{wikipedia|In Memoriam A.H.H.#Nature.2C_red_in_tooth_and_claw|Memoriam A.H.H.}} by Lord Alfred Tennyson. | ||
| + | * The image name refers to another book by Stephen Jay Gould, ''{{wikipedia|Dinosaur in a Haystack}}''. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:28, 30 April 2011
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The instructor takes a look at the huge pile of triassic claws and teeth you've collected. "Hmm, you've really been taking care of those proto-dinosaurs, haven't you. Nature may be red in tooth and claw but you're fiercer than any of them. Anyway, we could make use of those items for some fake tribal necklaces we sell during the Twilight Heritage Days. If you'd be willing to part with, say, 200 of each, I'd gladly reward you for your contribution."
You hand over 200 claws and 200 teeth, and in exchange your trainer scrabbles around on a dusty shelf and comes up with a merit badge: Brontosaurus Bully | |
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| Merit badges can be seen in your character page. |
Requirements
Collect 200 red claws and 200 red teeth.
Notes
- The claws and teeth are consumed when you get the badge.
References
- The name of the badge refers to Stephen Jay Gould's book Bully for Brontosaurus.
- The image name, Dinosaur-in-a-haystack, refers to the figure of speech Needle in a haystack.
- The description refers to the poem Memoriam A.H.H. by Lord Alfred Tennyson.
- The image name refers to another book by Stephen Jay Gould, Dinosaur in a Haystack.
