Around Town Think BIG this
summer! World’s Giant
Dinosaurs take over Manitoba Museum
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xplore the ancient world of dinosaurs with questions like; Did birds evolve from dinosaurs? – Were some dinosaurs warm blooded? –How did their hearts and bodies evolve to such im-
mense sizes? Learn the answers to these questions and much more through fossils, robotics, videos and interac- tive components that illustrate how dinosaurs evolved to dominate life on land for well over 100 million years. Twenty dramatically-lit life sized dinosaur skeletons
and robots illustrate new scientific discoveries that allow us to learn much more about these amazing life forms. World’s Giant Dinosaurs provides a broad and exciting collection of these fascinating creatures, including meat eaters and plant eaters, large and small. Tey are drawn from most of the 170 million years in which dinosaurs were the dominant land animals, and from many parts of the world including western North America, Argentina, China, Mongolia and Europe. Te largest dinosaurs may have weighed as much as
50 average-sized elephants; how was this even possible? Considering the history of dinosaurs through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of deep time, visitors see how early forms such as Plateosaurus were replaced by a diverse suite of creatures including long-necked Juras- sic super-giants such as Mamenchisaurus, and very small Jurassic and Cretaceous forms such as Compsognathus and Protoceratops. Other exciting ideas about dinosaurs are also explored,
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Enjoy old favourites like T. rex, and discover some new favourites sure to leave a BIG impression!
including the relationship between advanced theropods, such as Velociraptor, and their living relatives – birds. Visitors can also have fun in the dino dig pit and enjoy other hands-on activities. Spend the Entire Day!
Te Manitoba Museum offers three exciting areas in
addition to the World’s Giant Dinosaurs exhibit so plan to spend the day. Museum Galleries: Take an immersive journey back into time as you explore nine Museum Galleries that tell
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