--- title: "You Will Never in a Million Years Be Able to Guess What A “Dinosaur Erection Specialist” Actually Does For Work" description: "Out in wild, wild West Canada, a self-appointed \"dinosaur erection specialist\" is inviting visitors to come see his fancy bones. " date: "2025-03-05" modified: "2025-03-05" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/dinosaur-erection-specialist-bones" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "bones" - "dinosaurs" - "fossils" - "paleontology" --- # You Will Never in a Million Years Be Able to Guess What A “Dinosaur Erection Specialist” Actually Does For Work ![Out in wild, wild West Canada, a self-appointed "dinosaur erection specialist" is inviting visitors to come see his fancy bones. ]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* Out in wild Canada, a self-appointed "dinosaur erection specialist" is inviting visitors to come see his fancy bones. As Wyoming's [*Cowboy State Daily* reports,]() Ry Williams gave himself the unique "dinosaur erection" title after stumbling into a career playing with dino parts a decade ago. A chance encounter at a natal celebration with Terry Ciotka, a fossil collector who founded the Dino Lab facility where Williams now works in Victoria, BC, was all it took to get this erection enthusiast into the dinosaur mounting biz. "I went to a birthday party ten years ago, and now I’m cleaning and mounting dinosaur bones," the British Columbia-based bonehead told the *Daily.* "Terry said the \[number one\] thing he needed to find was a welder, and here I was, with a background in high-level welding and fabrication." Over the years, Williams has used his welding skills to build dinosaur fossil exhibits at museums around the world using a mix of real bones and expertly crafted replicas. His magnum opus — emphasis on "magnum" — is "[Bygones]()," a spectacular new display at Dino Lab featuring a *Tyrannosaurus Rex* named Victoria after the town where she was restored having a sit-down tea party with a triceratops, complete with a giant gold table and chairs. Though he knew it was a "crazy idea," the bone specialist colleagues supported Williams' unorthodox artistic vision. It took him more than three years to erect this specific work, but in the end, the mounting came to successful completion. ![Image via Dino Lab/Instagram. ]() To make this prehistoric date simulation seem as lifelike as possible, Williams worked hard to "keep the dinosaurs within their actual range of flexibility." "The finished mounts are within the range of how their arms, legs, and tails could actually move," he told the *Daily.* "I didn’t want them to look like they were in outer space. They needed to look real." Positions, too, were at the forefront of the erection specialist's mind. "Positioning all the brackets was tricky, but it was cool to see these things in a totally different position," Williams expounded. "You’re looking at these dinosaurs and their anatomy in a completely different way." Joking aside, this unlikely bone wizard's creation is indeed awe-inspiring — especially because there seems to have been nothing like "Bygones" attempted before. "It’s a curiosity and a piece of art, but it’s also natural science," he told the Wyoming paper. "It has a message that creates a lot of awe in people who’ve seen it." Though he's got more inspiration up his sleeve, Williams said that for now, he's got to get back to the old erection grind. "There’s definitely some ideas about what else we could do," he said, "but now we’ve got a lot of conventional dinosaurs to work on." **More on fossils:** [*Scientists Find Evidence of Vehicles From Tens of Thousands of Years Ago*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()