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If you’re looking for an eye-catching ornament for your front yard, perhaps consider Tyra, the 86-foot-tall, 145,000-pound T. rex that currently graces the town of Drumheller near Calgary, Canada. Popular Science reported on March 24 that the fiberglass and steel dino will be evicted from its home in 2029, so officials from the Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology aren’t wasting any time. They’ve had Tyra structurally assessed and declared her “safe, stable and ready to welcome visitors.” The chamber is looking into “long-term options for the dinosaur.”