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A paleontologist proposes to his girlfriend...in a scientific journal!

Here's a great idea from real life that could have inspired the writers of the series Friends for the end of the relationship of the fan of dinosaurs Ross and Rachel! Caleb M. Brown, a Canadian paleontologist, asked for his girlfriend's hand in a most original way, since he did…at the end of a very serious article, in the scientific journal Current Biology!

This article was not about love, however, and even less about marriage… but about dinosaurs! From 'Hellboy', more accurately, a newly discovered specimen. Very serious, very detailed, the article responds to the "canons" of the genre... Except that looking a little closer, at the very end of the acknowledgments on the penultimate page, we can read written in all small:"CMB (Caleb M. Brown) particularly wishes to acknowledge the continued and unconditional support of Lorna O'Brien. Lorna, will you marry me? »

And finally Lorna, she said yes? Yes…but only once the buzz started on Twitter. Because obviously, the young woman had not taken the time to read the study of her darling… This is the reason why, the latter, quite sheepish, preferred in front of the rise of the buzz, to show it to him himself …