#ultimate dinos

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28 Reasons to Visit #ultimatedinos!

@ROMToronto's #ultimatedinos closes March 17th. Unfortunately, what I consider to be the GREATEST dinosaur exhibit ever put on display, disappears for world tour in just a few short weeks. 

It's really important to me that everyone who loves dinosaurs, sees this show. To get you primed, ready, and excited to visit, I'm going to spend February giving you TWENTY EIGHT REASONS to come to #ultimatedinos. That's right, everyday, a new awesome reason why you should visit this special dinosaur exhibit.

Check out the main website for more info and tickets here!

Check out past photos and blogs on #ultimatedinos here!

See you February for 28 wonderful, and ULTIMATE, reasons to visit #ultimatedinos!

Have you visited #ultimatedinos? Why do you think it's awesome?!

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Here we have the dermal scute of a a 75 million year old crocodile! Dermal scutes are pretty cool. Not quite scales, not quite bone, or keratin, scutes are layer upon layer of these features, that together compose a sort of armour. Scutes are primarily used for protection, whether from predators, or from inter species battles over mates and territory. Examples of animals with dermal scutes are the pangolin, the turtle, the armadillo and the crocodile. Dermal scute fossils are helpful because they give us a better idea of what animals looked like, in the same way that fossilized skin imprints help.

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Not a chestburster but an Amargasaurus mouth. #ultimatedinos

Though not the classic movie alien, an Amargasaurus mouth could do amazing things, like stripping branches of their tasty, tasty leaves.

So ya... no actual bursting with this guy, unless you mean bursting with awesomeness. 

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In a world dominated by the image of the Tyrannosaurus, I love how Giganotosaurus is so big and has such appropriately sized arms.

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The Battle of Madagascar: Majungasaurus vs Rapetosaurus! #ultimatedinos

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Rahonavis taking flight! #ultimatedinos

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Buitreraptor. One of the top 10 dinosaurs I want to see alive. #ultimatedinos

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"Eoraptor. You've probably never heard of him." #thingshipsterpalaeontologistssay #thingscamperssay #ultimatedinos

Editor's Note! Working at camp in a museum, you see and hear a lot of different things. Most of it tends to be about dinosaurs, which almost all kids are in to. Most children, between the ages of 6 and 10, who are into dinosaurs, know a TON about dinosaurs. They know it all.

This quote comes from one 8 year "junoir palaeontologist" who was explaining what Eoraptor is to his friend. While walking through the gallery, pointing out dinosaurs like Massospondylus, and Cryolophosaurus, he stopped at Eoraptor and said "You've probably never heard of him.". He went on to explain how he's one of the earliest dinosaurs ever found. Kind of a big deal.

I burst out laughing at this point. The straight faced reaction of the camper to his friend, reminded me of so many hipster memes out there. Good stuff. #kidssaythedarndestthings #overheard