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Ep123: Dinosaur Trivia · Kidcast Daily

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  Welcome to Kid Cast Daily, where we bring news, trivia, fun
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  facts, and more just for curious kids like you.
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  Today's episode is all about some of the coolest, biggest,
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  and most mysterious creatures to ever walk the earth.
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  Dinosaurs. Get ready for a prehistoric
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  adventure packed with jaw-dropping trivia and
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  fascinating facts. Whether you're a Dino expert or
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  just getting started, you're sure to learn something new
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  today. So put on your explorer hats and
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  let's stomp into the world of dinosaurs.
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  Let's kick things off with an easy one.
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  Here's our first Dino question. Question one, What does the word
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  dinosaur actually mean? Take a second to think about it.
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  Ready for the answer? The word dinosaur comes from 2
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  Greek words, Deanos, which means terrible, and Soros, which means
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  lizard. So dinosaur means terrible
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  lizard. But don't worry, not all
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  dinosaurs were scary or terrible.
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  Some were gentle giants and others were as small as
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  chickens. The name just means they were
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  unusual and impressive, not necessarily mean.
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  Let's move on to our next denorific question.
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  Question 2. Which dinosaur is known as the
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  king of the dinosaurs? I bet many of you know this one.
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  It's the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, or T Rex for short.
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  T Rex was one of the biggest meat eating dinosaurs, measuring
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  up to 40 feet long and weighing around 9 tons.
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  That's as heavy as an elephant or two.
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  T Rex had huge, sharp teeth and a very powerful bite.
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  But did you know it's tiny arms were only about the size of a
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  human child's? Scientists think those little
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  arms were still very strong, even if they looked funny on
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  such a giant creature. Ready for another question?
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  Here comes #3 Question 3. Which dinosaur had the longest
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  neck? Think about some long necked
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  dinosaurs you might know. The answer is Saura Poseidon.
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  Saura Poseidon's neck could be up to 40 feet long.
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  That's longer than a school bus. Saura Poseidon was a type of
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  sauropod, which means it was one of those giant plant eating
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  dinosaurs with long necks and tails.
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  Its neck helped it reach leaves high up in trees just like
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  giraffes do today. Let's see if you know this one.
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  Question 4. Which dinosaur had three horns
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  on its face? If you guessed Triceratops,
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  you're absolutely right. The name Triceratops actually
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  means 3 horned face. Triceratops had two Longhorns
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  above its eyes and a shorter horn on its nose.
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  It also had a huge Bony frill at the back of its head, like a
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  shield. Scientists think Triceratops
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  might have used its horns and frill to defend itself from
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  predators like T Rex, or maybe even to impress other
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  Triceratops. Here comes another fun question.
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  Question 5. What was the fastest dinosaur?
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  If you're picturing a speedy Dino, you might be thinking of
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  Velociraptor, but the real answer is actually Ornithemamus.
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  Ornithomamus means bird mimic, and it looked a lot like a
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  modern ostrich. This dinosaur could run up to 40
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  mph, which is as fast as a car driving through a neighborhood.
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  With its long legs and lightweight body, Ornithemamus
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  was built for speed. Let's see if you can get this
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  next one. Question 6.
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  Which dinosaur had armor plates on its back and spikes on its
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  tail? This Dino was definitely ready
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  for battle. The answer is Stegosaurus.
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  Stegosaurus had two rows of big flat plates along its back and
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  four sharp spikes on its tail called a thagamizer.
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  Scientists think the plates might have helped Stegosaurus
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  stay cool or made it look bigger to scare away predators.
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  The tail spikes were definitely used for defense.
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  Imagine swinging a tail with giant spikes.
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  Yikes. Here's a question that's a
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  little trickier. Question 7.
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  Did all dinosaurs live at the same time?
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  It might seem like all dinosaurs live together, but that's not
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  true. Dinosaurs lived during a period
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  called the Mesozoic Era, which lasted for about 180 million
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  years. That's a super long time.
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  There were three main periods, Triassic, Jurassic, and
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  Cretaceous. Some dinosaurs, like
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  Stegosaurus, lived during the Jurassic period, while T Rex
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  lived millions of years later in the Cretaceous period.
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  So if you saw a Stegosaurus and AT Rex together, you'd be seeing
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  something that never actually happened in real life.
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  Let's keep going with another question.
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  Question 8. Which dinosaur is famous for
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  having a huge sale on its back? This one is a bit more
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  challenging. The answer is Spinosaurus.
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  Spinosaurus had a long crocodile like snout and a tall sail made
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  of skin stretched over long bones on its back.
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  Scientists think the sail might have helped Spinosaurus attract
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  a mate or regulate its body temperature.
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  Spinosaurus was also one of the largest meat eating dinosaurs,
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  even bigger than T Rex, and it might have spent a lot of time
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  swimming and hunting fish. Here's a fun one about dinosaur
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  eggs. Question 9.
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  How big was the biggest dinosaur egg ever discovered?
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  Dinosaur eggs came in all shapes and sizes, but the biggest ever
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  found belonged to a dinosaur called Hypsilosaurus.
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  These eggs were about the size of a football.
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  That's way bigger than a chicken egg.
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  But even the largest dinosaur eggs were small compared to the
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  adult dinosaurs because if the eggs were too big, the baby
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  dinosaurs wouldn't be able to hatch easily.
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  Now for a question about dinosaur sounds.
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  Question 10. Did dinosaurs roar like they do
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  in the movies? This is a tricky one because no
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  one really knows exactly what dinosaurs sounded like.
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  Scientists study fossilized skulls and compare them to
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  modern animals like birds and crocodiles to guess some
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  dinosaurs may have made deep rumbles, honks, or even cooing
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  sounds. The famous T Rex roar in movies
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  is actually made by mixing sounds from elephants, tigers,
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  and even alligators. So dinosaurs probably didn't
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  roar like in the movies, but they definitely made some
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  interesting noises. Let's try a question about
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  flying reptiles. Question 11.
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  Were pterodactyls dinosaurs? Lots of people think so, but the
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  answer is no. Pterodactyls and other flying
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  reptiles called pterosaurs lived at the same time as dinosaurs
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  but were a different group of reptiles.
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  Dinosaurs are only animals that lived on land and had a special
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  hip structure. Pterosaurs could fly and marine
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  reptiles like plesiosaurs could swim, but neither were true
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  dinosaurs. Only land dwelling creatures
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  with certain body features get to be called dinosaurs.
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  Here's a question that's a bit surprising.
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  Question 12. What is the closest living
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  relative to dinosaurs today? You might think it's reptiles
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  like lizards or crocodiles, but the real answer is birds.
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  That's right, every time you see a Robin, a pigeon, or even a
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  chicken, you're looking at a distant relative of the
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  dinosaurs. Birds evolved from small
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  feathered dinosaurs millions of years ago.
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  In fact, some dinosaurs like Velociraptor had feathers.
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  So in a way, dinosaurs are still with us today.
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  Now let's talk about some record Breakers.
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  Question 13. What was the largest dinosaur
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  ever discovered? The biggest dinosaur that we
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  know of was Argentinosaurus. This gigantic plant eating Dino
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  could have been over 100 feet long and weighed as much as 100
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  tons. That's as heavy as more than 15
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  elephants. Scientists think Argentinosaurus
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  was so big that it probably didn't have any predators once
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  it was fully grown. Imagine seeing a dinosaur as
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  long as a basketball court. Here comes a question about
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  dinosaur brains. Question 14.
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  Did dinosaurs have big brains? Most dinosaurs actually had
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  pretty small brains compared to their body size.
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  For example, Stegosaurus had a brain that was about the size of
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  a walnut. But not all dinosaurs had tiny
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  brains. Some, like the Trodon, had
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  larger brains for their size and were probably very smart.
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  Troodon might have been one of the most intelligent dinosaurs,
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  using its sharp senses to hunt and survive.
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  Let's see if you know this one. Question 15.
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  What color were dinosaurs? This is a tough question because
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  for a long time, scientists could only guess.
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  Fossils don't usually show color, but in recent years,
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  scientists have discovered tiny structures called melanosums in
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  some dinosaur feathers. These structures help determine
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  color, and evidence shows that some dinosaurs were brown,
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  black, white, and even had stripes or spots.
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  One small dinosaur called Ankyornis may have been black
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  and white with a red Crest on its head.
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  So dinosaurs were probably much more colorful than we thought.
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  Ready for a couple more challenging questions?
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  Here we go, Question 16. Did dinosaurs have good
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  eyesight? Many dinosaurs had excellent
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  eyesight. Predatory dinosaurs like T Rex
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  had eyes on the front of their heads, which gave them binocular
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  vision, great for hunting and seeing depth.
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  Plant eating dinosaurs often had eyes on the sides of their
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  heads, which helped them watch out for danger from all
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  directions. Some dinosaurs could even see in
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  the dark. Scientists study the shape and
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  size of fossilized eye sockets to make these discoveries.
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  Here's another interesting one. Question 17.
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  What was the first dinosaur ever named?
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  The first dinosaur to be officially named was
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  Megalosaurus, which means great lizard.
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  It was named in 1824 by a scientist named William Buckland
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  in England. At the time, people didn't even
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  know dinosaurs existed, so Megalosaurus was a huge
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  discovery. Since then, scientists have
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  named over 700 different species of dinosaurs, and new ones are
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  still being discovered today. Let's go with a question about
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  dinosaur teeth. Question 18.
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  Did dinosaurs replace their teeth like sharks do?
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  Yes, many dinosaurs could replace their teeth throughout
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  their lives. For example, T Rex could lose a
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  tooth and grow a new one in its place, kind of like how we lose
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  baby teeth and get adult teeth. Some plant eating dinosaurs,
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  like hadrosaurs, had hundreds of teeth arranged in rows, and they
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  kept growing new ones as the old ones wore down from eating tough
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  plants. Here's a question about tiny
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  dinosaurs. Question 19 What was the
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  smallest dinosaur ever discovered?
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  The smallest dinosaur known so far is a little bird like
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  dinosaur called Micro Raptor. It was only about the size of a
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  crow and had four wings, 2 on its arms and two on its legs.
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  Micro Raptor could probably glide from tree to tree and its
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  small size helped it escape from bigger predators.
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  And now before we get to our super challenge question, here's
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  one more fun fact. Question 20.
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  Did all dinosaurs live on land? Most dinosaurs lived on land,
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  but some, like Spinosaurus, may have spent a lot of time in the
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  water hunting for fish. However, true dinosaurs didn't
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  fly or live entirely in the water.
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  Flying reptiles and marine reptiles were their own groups.
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  Dinosaurs ruled the land, but their world was filled with all
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  kinds of amazing creatures. All right explorers, it's time
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  for our Super Challenge question.
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  This one is for the ultimate dinosaur detectives out there.
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  Super Challenge Can you name a dinosaur whose name means Swift
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  thief, and who was about the size of a Turkey, covered in
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  feathers, and probably haunted in packs?
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  Think about it for a moment. Here's a hint.
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  This dinosaur got super famous after appearing in movies, but
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  in real life it was much smaller and probably much smarter.
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  Ready for the answer? The dinosaur is Velociraptor.
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  Even though movies show Velociraptor as a huge, scaly
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  predator, the real Velociraptor was about 3 feet long COVID in
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  feathers, and smart enough to hunt with others.
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  Its name means Swift Thief because of its speed and sneaky
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  hunting skills. That's all for today's Dino Mite
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  episode of Kid Cast Daily. We hope you had a fantastic time
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  learning about dinosaurs, from the gigantic Argentinosaurus to
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  the speedy Ornithomamus, the armored Stegosaurus, and the
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  clever Velociraptor. Remember, the world of dinosaurs
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  is still full of mysteries, and maybe one day you'll make your
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  own amazing discovery. Thanks for joining us on this
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  prehistoric adventure. Stay curious, keep asking
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  questions and TuneIn next time for more fun facts and trivia on
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  Kid Cast Daily. See you soon, Explorers.