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Today my daughter and I were talking about dinosaurs. We bought plastic figures in a toy store and immediately tried them on. Well, I was not at all prepared for the question my daughter asked me. Daddy? When are we going to see the dinosaurs?
One question and a problem is in the world.
Of course, I started to explain to her that dinosaurs lived a long time ago and are now extinct. That we can no longer see them even in the zoo. As you can imagine, this explanation was in vain. I was on the verge of tears when I got the idea. We will not go to see live dinosaurs, but they have a Dinopark in the ZOO in Košice. Large, moving dinosaur sculptures. Some of them make sounds and the whole exhibit is displayed in the forest. So I promised her that we would go and see them. My daughter was happy to see them and I was happy that we were going on a trip.
Already from a distance we hear sounds coming from the leafy forest. We pass through the gate and enter the territory of dinosaurs. I see excitement in my daughter. He is looking forward to what we will see in the forest.
And it's here! The head of an Allosaurus stares at us from among the trees. This carnivore, whose biggest weapon was 10-centimeter teeth and a strong jaw, weighed around two tons. However, it was not so much by dinosaur standards. He was so much faster and smarter. He was also able to stun his prey with a strong blow from his horned head. He mostly hunted alone, but he also dared to hunt larger prey. An Allosaurus attack on a sauropod is documented, which takes great courage. It was found in the USA, but its fossils were also found in Portugal.
This little thing reached a length of up to 27 meters and a height of 13 meters. With a weight of 40 tons, he belonged to individuals from the heavy weight category. We are talking about Brachiosaurus. It is unbelievable that a herbivore could grow to such dimensions. We don't have many fossils of this species. It seems that Brachiosaurus did not live in herds but alone in the USA.
From the giant we pass to the smaller bird-like predator Compsognathus. This dinosaur probably had a body covered with primitive feathers. However, no traces of feathers or scales were found in the found fossils. It had a long tail and only two toes on its front legs.
We move on to other dinosaurs. This time it's the bloodthirsty Deinonychus feasting on their prey. It is understandable that my daughter did not like this dinosaur. This bird-like dinosaur was up to 4 meters long. He hunted in packs, thanks to which he dared to catch prey much larger than himself. An attack by a group of Deinonychus on a Tenontosaurus is recorded. In addition to the Tenontosaurus, a few Deinonychus individuals lost their lives at that time.
Gerrothorax. I really like this unusual dinosaur. It is probably because it is completely different from the classic dinosaurs that we imagine when we think of the word dinosaur. From the top, it looks like a pancake, and many claim that it is the ugliest animal in the world. We can certainly agree that it is very unusual. It is also because this dinosaur opened the upper jaw and the lower one was firmly fixed. It reached a length of one meter and inhabited the warm waters of lakes. He especially liked greater depths and was fortified with armor.
Am I boring you? I hope you will bear with me for a while with this article.
On the other hand, my daughter liked this cute dinosaur. Meet the Maiasaur. It was a 9-meter long herbivore that fed on woody plants. He lived in herds, the number of which reached several thousand. To be honest, I can't even imagine such a picture. He was a very caring dinosaur. Colonies built nests where they laid eggs. They dug their nests into the ground and buried the eggs in the pits with plants. These produced heat by rotting which helped the little Maiasaurs to hatch. Mothers fed the cubs until they reached approximately 120 cm. Then the entire colony left the nests and set off to return again in a year.
We look up and see a Pteranodon flying above us. They were toothless birds with a wingspan of up to 10 meters. He lived near the sea and made a living by fishing. He flew low over the waves and collected fish in his bag, which he had under his beak.
I probably don't need to introduce this dinosaur. We saved the best for last and our reward is a sight of a Tyrannosaurus. It was found in North America. It was the largest and strongest predator of its time. His teeth were up to 15 centimeters long, and if one fell out, another grew. Something like how it works nowadays with sharks. The tyrannosaurus reached a height of 6 meters and a length of 13 meters. He had a big head and a strong tail, thanks to which he kept his balance. It had only two toes on its small front hands, while it had four toes on its strong hind legs. Researches proved that he had very good eyesight. He even saw 13 times better than a human. Some scientists claim that Tyrannosaurus was a scavenger, as evidenced by its short forelimbs that were useless for hunting and its good sense of smell. However, most experts do not agree with this hypothesis. The proof is supposed to be the excellent eyesight that he needed when hunting. Well, who knows where the truth is.
We continue our learning about dinosaurs by visiting the cinema, where something about them is told ivote you can find out.
At the end, we go through the exit where we look at examples of fossils. And of course we have to bring home some nice souvenir from every trip. And so we choose our dinosaur at the counter.
It was an interesting and informative trip. For a moment, we went back to the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth.
Thank you and have a nice day everyone.
Po Slovensky
Ahoj.
Dnes sme sa s dcérou rozprávali o dinosauroch. Kúpili sme si v hračkárstve plastové figúrky a hneď sme ich aj odskúšali. No na otázku, ktorú mi moja dcéra položila som nebol vôbec pripravený. Ocko? Kedy sa pôjdeme na dinosaury pozrieť?
Jedna otázka a problém je na svete.
Samozrejme, že som jej začal vysvetľovať že dinosaury žili dávno a už vyhynuli. Že si ich už nemôžeme pozrieť ani v ZOO. Ako istotne tušíte, toto vysvetľovanie bolo márne. Slzy boli na krajíčku, keď som dostal nápad. Nepôjdeme sa pozrieť na živé dinosaury, no v ZOO v Košiciach majú Dinopark. Veľké, pohybujúce sa sochy dinosaurov. Niektoré z nich vydávajú zvuky a celá expozícia je vystavená v lese. Sľúbil som jej teda, že sa na ne pôjdeme pozrieť. Moja dcéra bola šťastná, že ich uvidí a ja som bol spokojný, že ideme na výlet.
Už z diaľky počujeme zvuky, ktoré vychádzajú z listnatého lesa. Prechádzame cez bránu a vchádzame na územie dinosaurov. Na dcérke vidím vzrušenie. Teší sa, čo v lese uvidíme.
A je to tu! Pomedzi stromy na nás pozerá hlava Allosaura. Tento mäsožravec ktorého najväčšou zbraňou boli až 10 centimetrové zuby a silná čeľusť vážil okolo dvoch ton. Na pomery dinosaurov to však nebolo až tak veľa. Bol tak rýchlejší a šikovnejší. Svoju korisť dokázal omráčiť aj silným nárazom svojej rohatej hlavy. Lovil väčšinou osamote, no trúfol si aj na väčšiu korisť. Je zdokumentovaný útok Allosaura na sauropóda, čo si vyžaduje veľkú odvahu. Vyskytoval sa v USA, no jeho fosílie sa našli aj v Portugalsku.
Tento drobec dosahoval dĺžku až 27 metrov a výšku 13 metrov. S hmotnosťou 40 ton patril medzi jedince z ťažkej váhovej kategórie. Reč je o Brachiosaurovi. Je až neuveriteľné že bylinožravec dokázal narásť do takýchto rozmerov. Fosílii tohto druhu nemáme veľa. Vyzerá to tak, že Brachiosaurus nežil v čriedach ale samostatne v USA.
Od obra prechádzame k menšiemu vtákovitému dravcovi Compsognathusovi. Tento dinasaurus mal telo pravdepodobne pokryté primitívnym perím. Pri nájdených fosíliach sa však stopy po perí ani šupinách nenašli. Mal dlhý chvost a na predných končatinách len dva prsty.
Prechádzame k ďalším dinosaurom. Tentoraz sú to krvilačné Deinonychusi, ktoré si pochutnávajú na svojej obeti. Je pochopiteľné že tento dinosaurus sa mojej dcére nepáčil. Tento vtákovitý dinosaurus bol až 4 metre dlhý. Poľoval v svorkách vďaka čomu si trúfol aj na oveľa väčšiu korisť ako bol on sám. Zaznamenaný je útok skupiny Deinonychusov na Tenontosaura. O život vtedy okrem Tenontosaura prišlo aj zopár jedincov Deinonychusov.
Gerrothorax. Tento nezvyčajný dinosaurus sa mi veľmi páči. Je to asi tým, že je úplne iný ako klasické dinosaury ktoré si pri slove dinosaurus predstavíme. Z vrchu vyzerá ako placka a viacerí tvrdia, že je to najškaredšie zviera na svete. Určite sa zhodneme na tom, že je veľmi nezvyčajné. Je to aj tým, že tento dinosaurus otváral hornú čeľusť a spodná bola upevnená na pevno. Dosahoval dĺžku jedného metra a obýval teplé vody jazier. Obľuboval predovšetkým väčšie hĺbky a opevnený bol pancierom.
Nudím vás? Dúfam, že to so mnou pri tomto článku ešte chvíľu vydržíte.
Tento milý dinosaurus sa zas naopak páčil mojej dcérke. Zoznámte sa s Maiasaurom. Bol to 9 metrový bilynožravec, ktorý sa živil drevitými rastlinami. Žil v stádach ktorých počet dosahoval aj niekoľko tisíc. Úprimne vám poviem, že si taký obrázok ani neviem predstaviť. Bol to veľmi starostlivý dinosaurus. Kolónie si budovali hniezda, kde nakládli vajcia. Hniezda si vyhrabali do zeme a vajíčka v jamách ešte zahrabali rastlinami. Tie hnitím produkovali teplo ktoré pomáhalo malým Maiasaurom sa vyliahnuť. Matky mláďatá kŕmili kým nedosiahli približne 120 cm. Potom celá kolónia opustila hniezda a vydala sa na cestu aby sa opäť o rok vrátila.
Pozeráme sa nad seba a nad nami vidíme lietať Pteranodona. Boli to bezzubé vtáky, ktoré dosahovali rozpätie krídel až 10 metrov. Žil v okolí mora a živil sa lovom rýb. Lietal nízko nad vlnami a do svojho vaku, ktorý mal pod zobákom zbieral ryby.
Tohto dinosaura asi predstavovať veľmi nemusím. Najlepšie sme si nechali na koniec a našou odmenou je pohľad na Tyranosaura. Vyskytoval sa v Severnej Amerike. Bol to najväčší a najsilnejší dravec svojej doby. Zuby mal dlhé až 15 centimetrov a ak mu nejaký vypadol, narástol mu ďalší. Niečo také ako to funguje v dnešnej dobe pri žralokoch. Tyranosaurus dosahoval výšku 6 metrov a dĺžku 13 metrov. Mal veľkú hlavu a silný chvost vďaka čomu udržiaval rovnováhu. Na malých predných rukách mal iba dva prsty, zatiaľ čo na silných zadných nohách mal prsty štyri. Výskumy dokázali, že mal veľmi dobrý zrak. Videl dokonca 13 krát lepšie ako človek. Niektorý vedci tvrdia, že Tyranosaurus bol zdochlinožravec, čomu by nasvedčovali krátke predné končatiny, ktoré mu pri love boli na nič a dobrý čuch. Väčšina odborníkov sa však s touto hypotézou nestotožňuje. Dôkazom má byť výborný zrak, ktorý pri love potreboval. No ktovie kde je pravda.
My v našom spoznávaní dinosaurov pokračujeme návštevou kina, kde sa niečo o ich živote môžete dozvedieť.
Na záver prechádzame výstupom kde si pozeráme ukážky fosílii. A samozrejme z každého výletu si musíme domov doniesť nejaký pekný suvenír. A tak si pri pulte vyberáme svojho dinosaura.
Bol to zaujímavý a poučný výlet. Na chvíľu sme sa vrátili do doby, keď zemi vládli dinosauri.
Ďakujem a prajme ešte pekný deň všetkým.
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