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The displays shown on this blog post were photographed/filmed in April, 2014. Displays can change over time.
Things to remember:
We don't really know what colours dinosaurs were. Fossils don't show colour. The colours you see are guesses.
We don't know what sounds the dinosaurs made. Like colour, the sounds are also guesses.
Scientists can make guesses about how dinosaurs looked by looking at fossils.
You have survived going through the dinosaur's mouth so let's see what's next in the Canberra's National Dinosaur Museum. Have you heard the song "Never Smile at a Crocodile". The smiling skull you see when you enter is a deinosuchus. Below it you can see a crocodile skull. Deinosuchus is related to an alligator and is not a dinosaur but it was very big.
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Deinosuchus
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Now meet your first inside dinosaur. It is a raptor like the velociraptor but bigger.
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Utahraptor
Some of the dinosaurs in the museum can move. Click on the video below to see the moving utahraptor...
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As we walk inside, there is a discovery area for hands on investigation at the left and a shop on the right but our journey is up the stairs to see the dinosaurs. Look up as you climb the stairs and you will see flying reptiles. They are not dinosaurs but soared through the sky when dinosaurs were around.
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Click on the video below to see one of the flying reptiles move.
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Now you're on the top floor, there are many dinosaurs and other creatures to see. Here are a few...
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Stegosaurus
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Carnotaurus
Click on the video below to see the carnotaurus move...
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Spinosaurus
Click on the video below to see the spinosaurus move...
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Iguanodon
Click on the video below to see the iguanodon move...
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
Click on the video below to see the tyrannosaurus rex move...
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Now, a question for you. Look at the picture of a spinosaurus below. Underneath the spinosaurus are photos of four replica dinosaur teeth. Can you guess which replica tooth belongs to the spinosaurus?
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