Dinosaur Links
I've been collecting dinosaur information and links for the last couple of months and wanted to share them with you--if you've got kids about Eli 4.5's age, they're a gold mine.From DQ reader Chad Dotson (who was the first to send it in), a link to one of the most famous dinosaur skeletons in the world: the "fighting dinosaurs." A Velociraptor attacking a Protoceratops, both suddenly trapped by falling sand. Spectacular, and here's the link:
http://www.dino-nakasato.org/en/special97/Fight-e.html.
Those skeletons were the foundation of an entire episode of Dinosaur Planet, the Discovery HD show that airs on Thursdays at 6 p.m. CST. The show itself focuses on one specific dinosaur an episode, "following" it through a portion of its life. During the episode, a paleontologist will discuss specific fossils or behavioral traits. It's a terrific show, looks fantastic in HD, and Eli is generally mesmerized each week.
DQ reader Steve Boucher sends in a link to the BBC series Chased by Dinosaurs, which was originally broadcast in 2000. It uses digital effects to create footage of people interacting ("desperately avoiding being eaten" would be more accurate) with dinosaurs. It's very fun to watch, and here's a link to a BBC page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/dinosaurs/seamonsters/.
If you click on some of the dinosaurs listed on that page, you'll find some that have accompanying videos from the series.
Lastly, from DQ reader Emily Grost (otherwise known as Our Babysitter), a link to a site with a ton of dinosaur information. Not the greatest site layout in the world, but it's jammed full of data. Here's the link:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/.
Oh, and this isn't technically a dinosaur story, but it's very interesting nonetheless:
A toothless, two-legged crocodile ancestor that walked upright and had a beak instead of teeth was discovered in the basement of New York's American Museum of Natural History, according to a report published on Wednesday.
The 210 million-year-old fossil had sat in storage at the museum for nearly 60 years and was found only by accident, the paleontologists said.
Quite a find, and here's the link:
http://tinyurl.com/8j32r.
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