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How Animals Got Butts

Season 7 Episode 9
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The Dinosaurs That Evolution Forgot

Season 7 Episode 7

Where are all the east coast dinosaurs? Why don’t we find famous species like Triceratops in Central Park? Turns out, evolution and geology came together to make the east coast into an ancient lost world of weird dinosaurs.

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How did such a large predator survive?
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