About Dan Avidan
Musician & Youtube Host with a passion for Dinosaur Hunting
Hi there, my name is Dan Avidan. I’m mostly known as the singer for Ninja Sex Party, and a comedian on the YouTube show Game Grumps. What is not as well-known about me is that I am also a huge lover of dinosaurs.
It started when I was five years old and my granddad took me to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I was immediately captivated by the dinosaur skeletons and was mystified that these ancient animals actually existed.
Experience
One dinosaur in particular, Stegosaurus, really stood out to me. I’m not sure what it was, but something about the arrangement of its plates and the cool tail spikes appealed to me. It looked like the weird artist of the dinosaur world, which was something I could definitely relate to.
Soon, studying that particular creature became a lifelong fascination, and many years later in 2019 I had the opportunity to see “Sophie,” the world’s most complete Stegosaurus skeleton while our band was touring in London. That’s when I realized that members of our band (as well as many of my other friends) shared my nerdy Dino-passion!
Being a touring musician can often leave you with a lot of downtime between shows, and going to visit local museums became a fun way to kill time as well as see something amazing in each city that we would travel to. The peaceful environment of museums also provided a nice balance to the intensity of the concerts.
After a few weeks of these fun science adventures, I became obsessed and decided to try to take a picture with every existing Stegosaurus skeleton in the world. Life is always more fun for me when I have nerdy side quests to go on when not working on my career.
I’m sure I’ll never see all of them, because some of the skeletons are in private collections, but my research has yielded about 50 of them that are on display around the world.
This website will chronicle my quest to find them all!