DINOSAURS!
Ever since I was a child, I have been obsessed. I loved learning and reading
about them, I loved watching movies about them, and especially loved Jurassic Park.
Though I preferred the idea of the non-carnivorous dinosaurs to the scary
carnivores. I also always felt
sorry for the more goat that got eaten by the T-rex. AND.... Jurassic Park 4 is coming out
in 2014 (supposedly).
Some
of my favorite childhood memories are the Dinofours books, the
Mark Teague and Jane Yolen Dinosaur books, the Land Before Time
movies, and I currently have a T-rex and a mini T-rex pillow pet!
In
Australia, there is an area called the Lark Quarry, which is home to
the only recorded dinosaur stampede. There are more than 3300 fossilized
footprints. A recent study done by researchers at the University of Queensland
has provided evidence that the animals were not actually running away from a
large predator (the previous story),
but instead were using the area as a water crossroads or type of
"superhighway."
They
seem nearly certain that the dinosaurs were smaller, ranging in size from a
chicken to an emu. By analyzing the tracks as they were, and then using a
three-dimensional computer modeling software, the researchers came to the
conclusion that the tracks were not actually from long-toed dinosaurs, but
instead from short-toed dinosaurs that dug there toes into a river body. One of
the scientists claimed that the dinosaurs were moving on the tippy-toes.
These
conclusions were published in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology.
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