In 1992, six visitors to a dinosaur exhibition in the Memphis Zoo demanded a refund after discovering it did not contain living dinosaurs.
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If the asteroid that killed…
If the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs arrived just 30 seconds later, it would have landed in deep ocean water which would have absorbed much of the force of the impact. The resulting extinction would have been less severe, many dinosaur species would have survived, and humans would not exist.
In 1991 a billionaire in Alabama had a bunch of life sized dinosaurs built…
In 1991 a billionaire in Alabama had a bunch of life sized dinosaurs built and placed randomly in a 10,000 acre wooded area around his home.
Doctors successfully silenced the genes that make chickens to grow a beak, causing it to…
Doctors successfully silenced the genes that make chickens to grow a beak, causing it to revert back to it’s ancestral state: the snout of a dinosaur.
In spite of what Jurassic Park and other dinosaur films…
In spite of what Jurassic Park and other dinosaur films have shown us, the Tyrannosaurus Rex probably did not roar. In fact, it is believed that most theropods like the Tyrannosaurus made hissing or rattling sounds, similar to that of modern day snakes or crocodiles.
Deep in Africa there are accounts of people seeing dinosaur-like…
Deep in Africa there are accounts of people seeing dinosaur-like creatures that resembles a Brachiosaurus or Apatosaurus. The locals call it Mokèlé-mbèmbé and there have been several documented expeditions to find it from as early as 1776 to as late as 2012.
Hans Larsson is a scientist who is tryin …
Hans Larsson is a scientist who is trying to reactivate dormant dinosaur traits that linger in unexpressed bird genes. So far, he has managed to create chicken embryos that have teeth and long reptilian tails.
Walt Disney thought the Tyrannosaurus Re …
Walt Disney thought the Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn’t scary enough with 2 fingers. He demanded a third finger be added in all artistic depictions.
Early American humans hunted car-size ar …
Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
The time difference between when Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus…
The time difference between when Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus lived is greater than the time difference between Tyrannosaurus and now.