Dinosaur Age
Dinosaur Age
The Largest Dinosaurs to Roam the Earth
It's relatively unclear and practically impossible to judge exactly which species of dinosaur was the largest, due to the fact that many of the fossil remains discovered to date aren't totally complete. Partial fossils have been discovered relatively recently that allude to the fact that there may have been dinosaurs that were much larger than what scientists had perceived to have been the largest, but trying to judge based on the incomplete evidence that exists is a difficult task.
Despite the information and evidence that has already been unearthed, and what is discovered in the near and the distant future, there will probably always be questions when it comes to determining which dinosaur was the largest or which was the fastest, which could fly or which were adept in the water. Regardless of what exactly is discovered, scientists will probably never be able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt what exactly went on sixty five Million Years ago, or that we will have enough information to make any truly conclusive decisions.
The best that we can do is judge based on the most complete evidence that we currently have available to us, which may only be an infantile percentage of what the age of the dinosaurs really has to offer.
Judgment based on complete evidence
With a relatively complete skeleton to go by and enough information to make a reasonable judgment as to overall size, the largest dinosaur discovered seems to be the Brachiosaurus.
The Brachiosaurus most likely lived at the end of the Jurassic period or at the beginning of the Cretaceous period.
How big did it get?
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has some familiarity with dinosaurs that the biggest of all the dinosaurs was beyond what could be considered massive. The Brachiosaurus could have gotten to in excess of eighty feet in length, and with a body type similar to that of a giraffe, it could very well have been able to raise its head nearly forty feet in the air.
Though it can be pretty difficult for scientists to accurately estimate the weight of any dinosaur, the estimates on this giant herbivore range in the neighborhood of thirty tons on the low end, all the way up to forty tons at the other end of the spectrum.
Safety in Numbers (numbers of pounds, that is.)
Brachiosaurus was an herbivore, dining exclusively on plant material. Many herbivores were particularly susceptible to predators, most likely because they posed less of a threat to their attackers. Quite a few known dinosaur herbivores had extra protection like armor plating or extra tough, spiny skin, but not the Brachiosaurus. It's speculated that the brachiosaurus wasn't too threatened by even some of the larger predators in the dinosaur world, simply because they were so large in stature.
Popularity
Because of the unique distinction of being the biggest beast to ever roam the earth, the brachiosaurus has gained some notoriety in the popular media. We've seen the brachiosaurus in some major motion pictures as well as on television; in fact, the brachiosaurus has become popular almost to the point that it rivals the tyrannosaurus as the most popular of all known species of dinosaur.
It's probably pretty likely that, in the not too distant future, another nearly complete fossilized skeleton will be unearthed and put back together like an enormous jigsaw puzzle, to show the world a dinosaur that is even more immense than the brachiosaurus. If in fact this does happen, it certainly won't change the fact that the brachiosaurus was one of the most impressive animals to ever walk the earth and it probably won't change the fact that the brachiosaurus is also one of the most popular species of dinosaur to have ever existed.
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Ice Age 3
Ice Age is amongst the most popular and successful computer animated movies. And the fact that it’s not a Pixar film, but 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios, makes it stand up even more. Ice Age grossed $559,646,618 and Ice Age 2: The Meltdown $651,565,743. With such high numbers and trilogies being a new convention a third installment isn’t surprising.
Other than being entertaining and funny – especially Scrat’ small appearances with his nut, maybe he should have his own show - what I like most about Ice Age in general is the story set in the glace age with prehistoric animals. Even tough it might not be historically correct, like the fact that smilodon also known as saber-toothed tiger, meaning Diego and the gang he was part of, were extinct during the year -10,000, it’s still a great story. I would have loved to see dinosaurs make an appearance too, but since the ice age is possibly one of the reasons behind their extinction, I let it go. That’s why I’m so glad that 20th Century/Blue Sky Studios managed to introduce them in Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs.
Like the previous movies, it was produced by John Donkin (Robots, Gone Nutty) with Lori Forte (Bartok The Magnificent, No Time For Nuts) and directed by Carlos Saldanha (Robots, Gone Nutty). It was written by Michael Berg (New Jersey Turnpikes) who wasn’t part of the crew in Ice Age 2: Meltdown, with Peter Ackerman (seems he is a new comer).
No plot has been released, but in the teaser, we see Scrat, as usual, going after a nut, when he falls down a hole in the ice and lands on a tyrannosaurus rex, slides down to the tip of his tail as it moves towards his face. How will Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Crash and Eddie end up below the ice, in the tropical area where dinosaurs who had survived extinction reside? We’ll have to wait till July 04th to find out.
Considering the fact that it is a third installment, I can’t help but worry. Third parts don’t do so well. Batman Forever, Spider-Man 3, X-Men: The Last Stand, Shriek The Third are proves and Transporter 3 didn’t have such a good opening. Yet again it has some tough competition: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Quantum Of Solace, Twilight and Four Christmases. But since Michael Berg is back - let’s face it, Ice Age 2: Meltdown wasn’t as interesting as Ice Age – I have some faith.
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