My 6 word autobiography: Seeking ways to make a difference. This blog provides more information packed comments than possible in blog comments. I'm not an expert in any field but interested in many. Content is open to correction if needed.
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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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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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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Once you have decided which tooth belongs to a spinosaur, click the link to show the answer...
The photos and videos were taken in April, 2014. The displays may have had changes if you visit Canberra's National Dinosaur Museum.
Hello everyone,
I know you are interested in dinosaurs and wanted to learn something about them. Let's start with a visit to Canberra's National Dinosaur Museum. When you arrive, you can see dinosaurs waiting to greet you.
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Let's meet some of the dinosaurs waiting outside the museum. If you want to learn more about one of them, you can click on their names under the photo and it will take you to an information page about the dinosaur.
Let's start with an old favourite...
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Not all meat eating dinosaurs were as big as these. Did you know there were smaller dinosaurs who would hunt together? Velociraptors might only be 60cm high and 1.6m long but the Utahraptor was bigger. Let's meet a Utahraptor.
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