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Dinosaurs
Arising
in great numbers some 230 millions of years ago (only to die out during a mass
extinction at the end of the Cretaceous
Period) dinosaurs still manage to make their presence felt everywhere in the
21st century. Today,
they are a favorite subject of books
& video games, have become the stars of major natural history museum
exhibits and, of course, remain a top Hollywood
box office draw. Dinosaurs
Rule
Now known to include hundreds of species
- ranging from big-and-lumbering plant eater to fearsome killing
machine - dinosaurs instantly capture the imagination as residents
of a dark and mysterius lost world.
BIG, in fact,
is the operative word when it comes to dinosaurs, resulting in
the public's wide-eyed awe at the likes of the Tyrannosaurus
Rex, Velociraptors,
Brontosaurus,
Triceratops,
Stegosaurus
and the Iguanodon.
Dinosaurs
Around the Web
Not surprisingly,
dinosaurs also loom large on the Web - featuring top sites offering
the latest updates from dinosaur hunters on recent discoveries,
galleries of dinosaur pictures & illustrations, videos, historical
timelines, kid-friendly resources & fun facts, and more on
paleontology
and dinosaur fossils ...
Dinosaur
- Grand overview from Wikipedia on their natural history and evolution,
a look at feathered dinosaurs and the origin of birds, theories
on dinosaur extinction, current controversies among paleontoligists,
and the dinosaur's place in pop culture with related references
& resources.
The
Dinosauria - A full menu on popular misconceptions arising from books
& movies, answers to commonly asked questions, and more at DinoBuzz
sponsored by the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Dinosaur
Pictures at LiveScience.com - Huge collection of dinosaur drawings &
color illustrations, fossil photo gallery, and a full library of related story
articles. Dinosaur
& Fossils News on Yahoo! News - Comprehensive coverage including the
latest headline-making discoveries, photo gallery & featured slideshows, video
reports. National
Museum of Natural History - Dinosaurs - Take the virtual tour at the Smithsonian
with behind-the-scenes exhibits, the A-Z of dinosaurs, more on behavior &
anatomy and extinction theories, with related FAQ, interactive games. Zoom
Dinosaurs - Enchanted Learning - One of the biggest and most popular kid-friendly
dinosaur sites featuring fun learning & classroom activities on dinosaur anatomy
& behavior combined with goofy games, animations, dinosaur coloring pages
and craft projects. Age
of the dinosaurs - BBC exploration on dinosaur's rise and fall, more on
fossils and sea monsters, photo gallery, hyperlinks to related Web pages and other
resources. DinoDictionary.com
- Audio files for learning how to pronounce more than 300 dinosaur names browseable
in an A-Z list including notes on order classification, eating habits, weight
& size, and charts illustrating their relative size to humans.
also see in
Kids Party Ideas --> Dinosaur
Theme Parties
also
see in Toy Reviews -> Kota
the Triceratops
Spike
the Ultra Dinosaur
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