Diplodocus

[cloudy_one]

I had a dream last night in which Diplodocus showed up.  The portion of the dream was near the end.  I was in a situation I didn't want to be in and just found out that I wasn't needed, when a large set-up showed up in the middle of the lab (applied technology) we were in.  This set-up was pretty big and seemed to be an island type setting, except there was no water.  There was dirt along the sides of it and above the dirt was a mountain and greenery and trenches, it was like a model of an island I suppose.  Well, close to this model was a resting Diplodocus, in the lab.  It woke up when we approached the island (we were amazed by the structure, not the dinosaur) and it also started to inspect the island.  It was very curious, sticking it's neck above the rim and down into the trenches.  Pretty quickly, though, it found a small natural arch and it poked it's head through.  It got stuck and uprooted the arch (which was made of a tough dirt instead of rock.  Suddenly a narrator "appeared" and started talking about how this was extremely dangerous for Diplodocus and likened the arch to a cancer which would grow and strangle the creature because of the sunlight which just started up in the lab.  The dinosaur then started poking apart the arch with it's tail, very quickly.  The narrator then changed his story as the Diplodocus freed itself.  That's when I woke up.

Some of the things I know about Diplodocus... They weighed about 10-20 tons once they matured.  They traveled in groups, and probably in large social family herds like elephants.  They laid eggs in a single-file line.  They used their tails and their size as deterrents from predators, such as Allosaurus.  They likely grazed on the tops of trees and had to keep moving for vegetation.  It's teeth were few, only having front teeth, which were not specialized.  It is likely that it swallowed vegetation whole.  Nostrils were on the top of it's head.  There isn't anything else really I can think of at the moment.

I've loved dinosaurs since I was a kid, but they don't actually show up in my dreams very often anymore, at least that I remember.  I've been trying to figure out what it means that this one did.  Especially given the events that have been happening in my life lately and in the lives of those around me.  I'm optimistic about the fact that the Diplodocus was able to free itself even though the narrator said that it would likely die.  It made me think about that behavioral therapy thing which has come up quite a bit for me lately about changing mindsets and automatic negative thoughts.  The narrator is the A.N.T. and the dinosaur proved him wrong, the way I'm capable of proving my A.N.T.s wrong.  But I'm still not sure of what the significance of Diplodocus is, since it could have been any other critter or even person to show that example to me.  How did my subconscious choose the long-neck?