All that we have left today, of the mighty dinosaurs. Are their fossils, stones copies of long dead bones.
It is easy to forget that these were once living animals.
A small group of Ankylosaurus feeds in a forest.
Surviving in a world of unimaginable violence.
A T. Rex and Spinosaurus fought each other in a forest.
Dinosaurs were the most successful creatures the Earth has seen. They were around for 165 million years, and have spread to every corner of the planet.
They were grew to gigantic sizes, and becoming the biggest land animals of all time.
They evolved into powerful killers, like the famous T. Rex and Raptors.
And the biggest of those of predators, are dwarfed by those of the herbivores.
And since 1996, fossils of some dinosaurs in China were found showing some species with feathers. Mainly for display, and insulation. But one dinosaur, has taken a whole new level and revealed a revolutionary step.
Microraptor has long stiff feathers on it's arms and legs. And are design for flight, and they can glided between trees.
Some could even think that Microraptor might be like a living feathered dragon.
Another surprisingly discovery is with Sinornithosaurus in 2010 when their feathers were made out with pigments of color. And may had came in reddish browns, yellows, grays and blacks. Since the mystery of coloration in dinosaurs can't be worked out. And a year later, it's eyes were found that it hunted both day and night. But something else, revealed something shocking, and unexpected in dinosaurs. A study in it's teeth, showed in 2009 reveals a deadly weapon that birds don't have. It's teeth revealed grooves across them, which are similar to those of a Gila Monster. A venomous lizard. Sinornithosaurus is the first known dinosaur, with venom.
And Microraptor was proof that dinosaurs are around today still.
As birds.
Over 1,000 species have been discovered, and who knows how many more are waiting to be unearthed.
They range in size from Epidexipteryx, that only grew as big as a pigeon. To Argentinosaurus that grew as big as a space shuttle.
But sadly, their reign ended with a 6 mile wide meteor crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula in Chicxulub 65 million years ago with the force of 100 million Atomic Bombs.
And the events that followed after, were unimaginable. Massive earthquakes hitting 11.1, giant waves washing miles inland across the coast. And firestorms burning everything in it's way. And finally, a dust of cloud spreading around the planet. And the sun was blocked for months.
Over 70% of all life, became extinct.
Including the dinosaurs, and the famous pterosaurs and marine reptiles.
But if you know where you're looking for, the bones can tell you something. And every fossil holds a story.
Just waiting to be told.
By studying their bones, and comparing them with other fossils. And modern animals.
There is just enough evidence, to raise the ghosts of these colossal creatures, from their 230 to 65 million year old grave.
And mankind is only beginning to uncover it's secrets.
An Acrocanthosaurus ghost roams a street at night, and glanced over at a museum where an Acro skeleton stood in the 3rd level. And along with a life-sized model Paluxysaurus. And a Paluxysaurus ghost appeared walking between the 2 museums as the Acro ghost walks away.
And elsewhere, a Tyrannosaurus ghost walks by her former skeleton in a building where it stood for nearly 20 years. And walks off as a Patagotitan ghost roams and walks by the building.
And in a museum, the ghost of a 6 year old Allosaurus walks through the hall and stood next to his former skeleton. And looks at a fossilized clutch of dinosaur eggs. And then he begins to walk away.
Bit by bit, a story of they might have lived, can be piece together.
It's a story that started, like all dinosaurs...
With an egg.
Author's Note:
This prequel of Wild Jurassic World will show Amber's life growing up.
And for Stegz, you might actually enjoy this.