Ireland is well known 
for its lack of snakes
But less so for its lack of dinosaurs
Only two dinosaur bones 
have ever been found there
When we look around Ireland
we find most of the rocks
are just too old.
They were deposited before
there were any dinosaurs.
Some of the rocks are just too young -
they were deposited after
the dinosaurs had become extinct.
And yet other rocks were too hot.
They were from volcanoes -
you’re not going to find any
dinosaur fossils there at all.
We have very little rock at all
that is actually the right age for dinosaurs,
and nearly all of it 
was deposited in the wrong place,
either out at sea or in deserts.
So although we do have
lots and lots of marine fossils
and marine reptiles,
we’re never going to find
a whole dinosaur like Dippy,
here in Ireland.
