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following this trail
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you’ll hopefully di
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stuff about dinosau
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the models, but ou
living dinosaurs
too!!
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First of all, have a look through the
‘Dinosaurs Bite Back’ attraction and make
a note of any dinosaurs you like…..
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Megalosa
This trail belongs to:
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From:
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Meet the family…
It has l
on
becam g been know
e extin
n that
d
ct som
e 65 m inosaurs
illion ye
ars ago
.
Evidence
shows tha
t volcanic
a huge me
activ
teorite cau
sed this ex ity and
tinction.
now that some
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d we’ve got qu
n
(a
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s
dinosaurs
Zoo)!
few alive in the
Deinonychu
s
Here are some dinosaur features:
Legs under the body
Feathers
lightweight bones
One animal group below shares these features with dinosaurs.
Can you circle the right animal?
Crocodile
Tortoise
Bird
Lizard
Living legends
Birds are called
‘avian dinosaurs
’ by scientists,
which means th
ey are closely re
lated to dinosaur
Actually, they are
s.
a type of dinosa
ur!
ted
re closely rela
o
m
re
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rs
u
a
In fact, dinos
pe of reptile!
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to
to birds than
Can you fill the table below with birds and
other reptiles that you find in the zoo:
- birds on one side
A living dinosaur!
- other reptiles on the other.
Avian dinosaurs (birds)
Other reptiles
What differences can you spot between birds and other
reptiles? Write down as many as you can think of.
Fanc
y
From 80 to
nne giants
to hunters
had some
with razor-s
amazing e
h
ating habit
teeth into…
s. Here are arp teeth, dinosaurs
..
just a few to
sink your
a bite
?
Stomach stones
Some dinosaurs ate stones to help them
grind their food. These stones are known
as ‘gastroliths’ (meaning ‘stomach
stones’).
Fossil with gastroliths
B ra c h i o
saurus
Phot
o by
Kaba
cchi
Seed-eating birds also
use stones to help
them grind up their fo
od in a special pouch
called a ‘gizzard’.
Birds th
at use s
to
include
ostriche mach stones
s, duck
and c h
ickens.
s, pigeo
ns
bird that
Draw a picture of a Zoo
es
might have stomach ston
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any tha
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rnivores
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(meat-e n the first page
aters) w
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tter ‘C’.
Some of these dino
saurs had sharp rid
ges
on one edge of thei
r teeth. This helped
to
slice through meat
like a knife.
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teeth over 20 cm lo
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A Tyrann
What other adaptations did dinosaurs have to help them catch their prey?
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Late
nigh
t
s n ac
ks
Some dinos
aurs would
have eaten
mammals. B
ack then, m
ost mamma
small, fast a
ls were
nd nocturna
l.
now extinct,
These early mammals are
what they
but you can get an idea of
r mongoose.
were like by looking at ou
ose
Mongo
What is the name of our ’Mongoose
Mania’ species?
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After the
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u
a
s
o
n
i
d
The reign o
f the dinosa
urs lasted
about 135 m
illion years.
The extinction event lasted thousands of years after the meteorite impact
and many other living things vanished too.
Mammals and birds
became the dominan
t
land animals and be
came really successf
ul….
….some g
rew to en
ormous s
izes!
Where did the Moa live?
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t h e Mo a ?
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y
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The next
extinction….
Some of the animals here at the Zoo are becoming rarer because of
human activity. Here are four of them. Pick one and try to find out
how the Zoo is trying to save it from extinction?
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Jaguar
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B
Asian elephant