(These were the learnings I had about Sue - The T-rex prior to my trip to the Fields Museum in Chicago.)

It all began when her life ended. But nobody knew how it happened. For now, it doesn't matter. What's more astounding was the fact that she was preserved and unearthed because she has recreated life not only hers but many of those before her.

Sixty-five millions years ago, her herd and all those living in these times spent the last days of their existence. She may have passed away long before this happened. But she was a piece of the puzzle for her species.

It was her time. She was already at the dawn of her life when catastrophically or naturally she lay rested in that riverbed. She may not have that death worthy of recognition that significantly defined an era, but it might be the reason that nature preserved her well.

She had her life...and more after that. Who would have thought that after their dominion another life form was emerging and walking on the same soil as they had, responding to the same compulsion of existence and survival.

And to this day, that life form evolved and became the generation that unearthed her.

Her discovery was not accidental. It was much more of unexpected since fossil collectors were already in the area. They are in the dig site collecting fossils commercially. It just took another careful eye of Sue Hendrickson, a fossil hunter, to have her remains noticed. It was suposed to be a day off from sweltering heat and dust at the site since most of her companion went to town to fix their vehicle. She stayed and made use of the time hunting for fossils.

The find was huge, it was a bone of a dinosaur. Although they did not know the sex of the reptile, they named it "SUE" after the fossil hunter who discovered it.

(Can you see me in the picture?)