Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Check this out!

Please look at this. http://www.dinosaurlive.com/

This is probably one of the best shows I have ever seen! It is definitely worth going to see... but make sure you get good seats (when I went we had to sit so high up, that vendors were saying '' oxygen, get your oxygen here!''. But thankfully they had fans that blew the clouds away so we could see.) They were very accurate in size, the time period they were in, and little details such as blinking eyes, muscle, and skin movement were amazing. A funny part was when the T-Rex would walk up to a crowd... ''ROOOAAARRR!!!'', then the baby Rex walked up to the same crowd...''roooaaarrr!!!'', (yeah, what mom said!) . Hopefully anyone who sees this and goes to it will like it, as well.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Parasaurolophus


Parasaurolophus
Name means: like Saurolophus lizard

Length: 33 feet (10 meters)
Weight: 3-4 tons
Diet: plant-eater (herbivore)
When: 76-65 million years ago
Where: Alberta, Montana, New Mexico
Predators: Tyrannosaurus, Albertosaurus, and a pack of troodon (or other raptors).
Basic info:Parasaurolophus was a huge plant-eating hadrosaur that weighed as much as a full-grown African elephant. Scientists believe these animals produced sounds by forcing air through the hollow crests on their heads. These sounds could warn other Parasauralophus of approaching danger or possibly talk to each other (not literally). This is probably one of the most well known hadrosaurs due to it's crest. This is one of the biggest hadrosaurs up to 8 feet tall at it's hips.