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Walking with Dinosaurs
How to Find a Dinosaur that Hollywood Dreamed Up
Paleontologist Jim Kirkland believed that some raptors could have grown to the size of those seen in cinemas… but all he had to go on was a single claw. After years searching in the Utah desert, a rock the weight of a school bus appeared to contain the bones of a giant creature - Utahraptor. But what conditions would be needed to allow a creature like this to grow so much larger?
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Discover the story of Lusotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever.

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Travel back in time to the dangerous journey of the Pachyrhinosaurus, where survival is at stake.

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A young Albertosaurus, a relative of T. Rex, earns her place in a fierce hunting pack.

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Follow a gang of armored dinosaurs battle to reach adulthood, pursued by ferocious raptors

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A Spinosaurus struggles to keep his family alive in the deadliest place in Earth’s history.

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An orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly T. Rex. Can she survive?