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Welcome to Read Listen Draw!

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Get ready to meet long-necked giants,
horned plant eaters and dinosaurs with
feathers.

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Explore 25 amazing facts, then look for a
living dinosaur outside your window!

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Dinosaurs were already living on Earth
around 230 million years ago, during a
time called the Triassic Period.

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Dinosaur fossils have been found on all
seven continents.

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That includes icy Antarctica!

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Dinosaurs did not all live together.

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Stegosaurus lived millions of years before
Tyrannosaurus rex appeared.

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Scientists called palaeontologists study
fossils to learn about ancient life.

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Bones and teeth are important clues about
dinosaurs.

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Footprints can become fossils too.

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A trail of fossil footprints is called a
trackway and can reveal how an animal
moved.

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Fossilised dinosaur dung is another useful
clue.

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It can help scientists investigate what an
animal ate.

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Apatosaurus belonged to a group called
sauropods.

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These dinosaurs had small heads, long
necks and long tails.

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Apatosaurus ate plants and walked on four
legs.

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An animal that eats plants is called a
herbivore.

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A long neck helped a sauropod reach lots
of food without moving its whole body each
time.

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Triceratops had three facial horns: two
long horns above its eyes and a shorter
horn on its nose.

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A broad, bony frill grew from the back of
its skull.

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Its striking head makes Triceratops easy
to recognise.

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Triceratops was a plant eater.

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A sharp beak clipped vegetation, while
rows of teeth helped break down tough
plant food.

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Stegosaurus had large bony plates along
its back.

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These plates were part of its body, not
separate stones.

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Stegosaurus also had sharp spikes near the
end of its tail.

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Scientists think these could help it
defend itself.

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Despite its spiky appearance, Stegosaurus
ate plants.

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It did not need to hunt other dinosaurs
for meat.

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Tyrannosaurus rex was a meat eater.

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Its sharp teeth had jagged edges that
helped it cut through food.

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T.

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rex had two fingers on each hand.

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Its short arms looked tiny beside its
powerful hind legs.

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rex fossils have been found in western
North America, including places that are
now the United States and Canada.

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Dinosaurs laid eggs.

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Fossilised eggs help scientists learn how
these animals began their lives.

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A fossil egg does not always reveal which
dinosaur laid it.

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A tiny skeleton inside can provide a
valuable clue.

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A dinosaur called Citipati has been found
fossilised over a nest.

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Its position suggests that it was caring
for its eggs.

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Some dinosaurs that were not birds had
feathers.

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Special fossils preserve traces of their
feathery coats.

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Feathers existed before flight.

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Early feathers may have helped keep
dinosaurs warm or helped them show off.

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About 66 million years ago, an asteroid
struck Earth.

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The resulting disaster wiped out the
dinosaurs that were not birds.

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Birds survived, and every living bird is a
dinosaur.

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A sparrow outside your window belongs to
this remarkable family!