Texas Natural Sciences Museum

As humans, we always think about past humans and their contributions. Most of us never seem to think about past creatures and their contributions to this earth. When I went to the Texas Natural Sciences Museum, it really opened up my eyes. It is amazing to think about these animals and what they had to go through back then millions of years ago. It is so important to expand our perspective of the world, past and future, to include all forms of life.

The first exhibit that I looked at was of DNA and evolution. I absolutely loved it! I thought it was very interesting since my major is biology. It is just fascinating to think about how our DNA is not so different from the DNA of monkeys. They had a lot of interactive games to help you learn about these similarities. We stood in front of the mirror to see the physical similarities between us and monkeys. I think everyone needs to think about these things because we all need to know where we came from and we came to be this way. Of course, many people don’t believe in evolution. I don’t really in believe in it but it is scientifically correct when you think about it.

The second exhibit I looked at was the floor of all the fishes, insects, and wild animals of Texas. Many of those animals and plants were extinct of course. It is so interesting to read about them. I read about some fish and some wild animals that were extinct due to over fishing and hunting. I think it so important to see those kinds of things so that we learn what we are doing to our environment and figure out how to fix it.

The last exhibit I visited was the floor of dinosaurs. I always thought the idea of dinosaurs was so interesting and exciting. It is amazing to think about these huge creatures that once walked the earth even before humans were on earth. Some ate plants and some ate meat. It was great reading about their habits, size, and the time period in which they lived. I also read about the different theories that dinosaurs became extinct like the meteors. I thought it was crazy for meteor impacts destroyed the environment that much to kill these magnificent creatures.

In the end, I really loved our trip to the museum. Although, I do wish that their exhibits were a little bit larger. We, humans, all need to think and learn about these creatures and plants that lived so long ago. They did so much and that’s what this world evolved from. Everyone needs to know where and how they came from and what was here before them so appreciate what is here now.