If you’ve spent any amount of time among the towering live oaks
of Phil Hardberger Park, you’ve likely encountered some
beautiful wildlife. However, elephants and saber toothed tigers
are (hopefully!) not among them. Turns out, your timing was just
off. “Giant mammals literally might have walked through the park
in past times,” says George Blasing, a self taught
paleontologist and animal behaviorist known as Dinosaur George.
“There could be skeletons buried beneath the ground where park
visitors walk today. That’s what so amazing about Texas and its
history.” Dinosaur George will host a program at Hardberger Park
Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 9-11 a.m. He’ll bring artifacts
— skulls, horns, spikes and teeth — from some of our earliest
residents, prehistoric creatures that once called Texas home.
He’ll talk about the animals that lived here when Hardberger
Park (and the rest of San Antonio) was under an ocean. And
before that, dinosaurs roamed these lands. “We had dinosaurs
here,” says Blasing. “The Hill Cou