Digging up the fossils was always a nightmare venture. The scorching sun was relentless. There was little shade, the ground was as hot as a pan filled with pancakes. Once the bones were finally dug up, the hard part started. The dirt had to be removed but slowly; if a person would stroke too fast, it could result in the fossil being broken.

Tensions were always high as Magmus' short temper flared. "Gentlemen, these fossils laid here for millions of years, perfectly preserved, just laying here waiting FOR YOU TO BREAK THEM!" Magmus was always with all his workers, breathing down their necks and commanding them.

His workers were his students; Magmus was supposed to teach them biology; however, he never did. Instead, he forced the students to dig for the bones; if just one refused, they would all have to repeat the year. He always made sure to force them fossil hunting at the end fo the school year as then the students wouldn't be able to transfer schools. Magmus held high power in the school; only the principal had more power, and they were close friends.

The principal said, "the kids should be digging; they're lazy and pampered and should work their backs and breathe fresh air." He then forced the school's nurse to massage his feet.

Meanwhile, Magmus' rival, Clarence Crunch, never bothered to be near the dig sites; he simply ate his sweets in his tent. Clarence was wealthier and had experienced fossil hunters on his side. Clarence simply ate in his cool tent and waited for interesting fossils to be brought to him. Clarence's goal was to name 10 times more new species than Magmus; however, this was not easy as when a fossil is dug up, it is rarely in one piece, and the bones are always scattered. It takes weeks just to get a decent understanding of the bones. Are they one animal? Are they several different animals? Which bone goes where? It takes months to fully restore a fossil, and years to name the animal. Clarence would have his men restore the fossil, and he would name the creature at the latest in 3 days.

Clarence stuffed his face with cakes, his beard soaked in chocolate, his face covered in cream; he would pound his fist on the table and yell with a mouth full of cake, "BRING ME MORE DINOSAURS!"

In 1879, a carnivorous tall dinosaur was discovered; Clarence named it Allosaurus. At this point, Magmus was losing; however, he found something interesting not too long after. "This is a wonderful discovery, a new type of aquatic dinosaur!" he named it Elasmosaurus, however, it was not a dinosaur but a prehistoric reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. During the 18th century, a dinosaur was every dead prehistoric animal that looked reptilian.

Magmus published his work enthusiastically, and Clarence Crunch published a reply to his findings stating that "I congratulate my college, Magmus Megalodon, for finding an incredible new animal. The Elasmosaurus was faithfully reconstructed by Magmus, except that the head is on the tail." Magmus mistook the animal's long neck for its tail.

This infuriated him; however, he did not believe Clarence. "He's full of it, I say."

"Relax, dear, don't let him get to you," his wife said.

"Shut up, I did not ask you for advice, I am only asking for pleasure in bed!"

"You filthy little man!" Se stormed away.

Magmus smashed his teacup. "GET BACK HERE!"

His wife locked the door; a few hours later, she hoped that her husband had cooled off. She went downstairs and saw Magmus dancing with a giant bone, almost as big as himself. He danced with the bone, which was dressed in his wife's wedding dress.

She screamed and ran away; Magmus saw flashing lights, and on the window were two men; they ran as soon as he saw them. The following day, in the newspapers, it was published that Magmus was insane, the picture of him dancing with the bone was also there. As well, several other paleontologists have confirmed that Magmus did indeed misplace the head of the Elasmosaurus. Magmus's reputation was in ruins; no one would ever take him seriously.

He fired back at Clarence by stating that Crunch had also misplaced several heads, and in his hurry, he had also named two distinctive species, even though they were both one. However, it did nothing, Magmus was in the drain.

By the late 1880s, Magmus had exhausted his resources, while Clarence still had so much more fuel. Magmus spied on Clarence and his workers, and once they were done with their fossil digging, Magmus and his team would sneak in and start digging. No matter how much one place is studied, there will always be new species that weren't yet discovered. An example is the Hell Creek Formation; despite being studied the most out of any place for centuries, new species are still being discovered.

Once Clarence learned of what Magmus was doing, he began to dynamite the fossil sites after he was done with them. This action meant that hundreds if not thousands of unknown species of animals will be forever lost in time.

However, this did not deter Magmus; he still continued to dig at the same sites that Clarence was at. Clarence then had another idea.

One day in the heat, Magmus was shouting orders on the fossil site, and a group of cowboys came; "Alright, you're done here," one of them said smiling. Magmus was furious. "A bit too old to dress up for Halloween, eh? Why don't you embarrassing messes go back to your mommies?"

The leader raised his gun. "Leave now."

"Ha! You think a toy scares me?"

The cowboys began to shoot live ammo, nearly hitting everyone. Magmus and everyone else fled; they were chased by the cowboys who were still shooting at them. After 30 minutes of running, the cowboys left them alone. Magmus collapsed on the dirt, his hair, his face covered in dirt, only his blue eyes can be seen, and above him, Magmus saw Clarence Crunch laughing and eating a chocolate cake, which oozed down to his beard, and the drops went straight to Magmus's face.