11 facts about Dinosaurs
11 facts about Dinosaurs
1. Dinosaurs roamed the earth for
165 million years.
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2. Dinosaurs were reptiles. Like the reptiles alive today, Dinosaurs hatched from eggs.
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3. Many Dinosaurs were very big.
Allosaurus
was
40 feet
long and
17 feet
tall.
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4. Dinosaurs such as
iguanodon
had a sharp thumb claw for ripping off leaves.
5. The word “
Dinosaurs
” means
terrible lizard.
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6. Dinosaurs such as
plateosaurus
is
plant-eating dinosaurs and can grow up to
8 meters
long.
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7.
Argentinosaurus
was one of the largest Dinosaurs that ever lived and was 40 meters from head to tail.
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8.
Tyrannosaurus rex
– known as
T-rex
for short –is one of the scariest Dinosaurs.
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9.
Giganotosaurus
was even bigger than
T-rex
- it is the largest meat-eating Dinosaur and can carry more than
8 tonnes
of weight.
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10. Small meat-eating Dinosaurs are called “
raptors
”.
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11. Some Dinosaurs could run very fast – up to
80 kilometers an hour
11. Some Dinosaurs could run very fast – up to
80 kilometers an hour