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Sue

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    Discovered on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota, by Sue Hendrickson (August 12, 1990)
    Largest/most complete/best preserved T. Rex skeleton discovered
    Currently at The Field Museum in Chicago (unveiled May 17, 2000)

Why she might be annoying:

    There was a dispute at to who rightfully owned Sue. A judge rule the owner of the land she was founded on.
    She was sold at Sotheby's auction for almost $8.4 million – the most ever paid for a fossil (October 4, 1997).
    Although the dinosaur is named Sue, honoring her finder, the gender is not known.
    Her skull was too heavy to be placed on her skeleton, so a light weight mock up was used. Her real skull is on display in a separate exhibit.
    Computer-generated replicas replace her missing left arm, foot and rib sections.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is an important scientific find, her skeleton is over 90% complete.
    Museum workers earned overtime pay spending 25,000 hours preparing the bones.
    The degeneration on her bones shows she lived a long life.
    She is a popular Chicago tourist attraction.
    Facts:
    Age: Late Cretaceous Period 67 million years
    Length: 42 feet
    Estimated weight: 7 tons
    Diet: Meat
    Research: Tim Howard

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 84 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 376 Votes: 38.83% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 2052 Votes: 40.06% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 297 Votes: 41.41% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 325 Votes: 42.15% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 356 Votes: 44.10% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 927 Votes: 43.15% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1530 Votes: 39.35% Annoying