The Death of the Dinosaurs-On View! Kirby Science Center
currently on display at Kirby Science Center-Washington Pavilion Arts and Sciences-Sioux Falls
Do you think dinosaurs were great moms and dads? Dinosaurs may have made pretty good parents after all. A recently discovered adult dinosaur fossil grouping in China seems to suggest just that. An adult Psittacosaurus was found with 34 young dinosaurs! This suggests that dinosaur families may have been more caring parents than previously thought. (National Geographic News 2004)
Death from asteroids!!!!!!
Poor dinosaur! Bonked on the head by an asteroid! Actually, many scientists
believe that the earth was struck by one or more asteroids that were absolutely
enormous about 65 million years ago. One asteroid that landed in Mexico may
have been six miles wide The force of the enormous asteroid striking our
planet caused climate change that then led to the death of the dinosaurs.
Here we see the dinosaurs, struck by the asteroids.
believe that the earth was struck by one or more asteroids that were absolutely
enormous about 65 million years ago. One asteroid that landed in Mexico may
have been six miles wide The force of the enormous asteroid striking our
planet caused climate change that then led to the death of the dinosaurs.
Here we see the dinosaurs, struck by the asteroids.
Did you know that dinosaurs hatch from eggs!!!?????
although they probably did not hatch in egg crates.....
Did you notice the tiny green dinosaur in the egg crate? Dinosaurs hatch from eggs, just like birds and snakes. Although these eggs are in an egg crate, real dinosaur eggs might be as large as a football for some of the dinosaur species. How big do you think an egg for a Tyrannosaurus Rex might be? No one knows, because no T. Rex egg has ever been found.
Did you notice the tiny green dinosaur in the egg crate? Dinosaurs hatch from eggs, just like birds and snakes. Although these eggs are in an egg crate, real dinosaur eggs might be as large as a football for some of the dinosaur species. How big do you think an egg for a Tyrannosaurus Rex might be? No one knows, because no T. Rex egg has ever been found.
Dino pals hunting for butterflies.....
Did you notice that these dinosaur friends have found a butterfly? Although we talk much less about prehistoric butterflies than we talk about the dinosaurs, the butterflies are important, too! Every creature plays a role in the environment. Butterflies help plant life by spreading pollen and helping plant life get distributed. Even though a butterfly is smaller than a dinosaur, it has a big role in how the plant ecology changes.
Dinosaurs and penguins.....
Did you think a dinosaur and a penguin would be found chatting together? Actually, as unlikely as you think this might be, there isnow some evidence that some of our modern birds may have evolved earlier that we previously thought. Bones of fossilized penguins were found in New Zealand from the previously unknown genus Waimanu. These bones were about 60 million years old- which means that the penguins may very well have co-existed with dinosaurs!
