Where’s Your Crown, King Nothing?

No one knows this, but the Tyrannosaurus rex had elaborate cognitive faculties. He could think, reason, devise a strategy. You had to be pretty smart to survive in those days. Because he was such a cunning predator, he felt invincible. And that made him utterly naive. So when that big comet shot through the night sky on its way to wipe out every living, breathing creature on the face of the planet, every T. rex looked up and thought “Oh, look, a shooting star, now I can make a wish. I can make a wish!” How sad is that?