Nicolai called us this evening from a pet store in Colorado Springs where he was picking out a gift with and for his girlfriend Karuna.  Shortly after our conversation, he texted us this image which seems to suggest that these dinosaurs are now part of their family.  Normally I think of Nicolai as a master of the grand romantic gesture.  I now find myself reconsidering that assessment.  These guys look like baby velociraptors that escaped from Jurassic Park. Not to worry, I am sure Kubo (their recently acquired dog) will kill them before they eat anyone.  Just ask the chickens at the Catamount Center for Environmental Science & Education where he recently dispatched one of the flock which, it should be noted, belonged to the Director of the program and Nicolai’s future boss when he begins working there next month.