Dinosaur Encounter

At 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. meet Hunter the T. rex and Dakota the Triceratops, our pair of roaring and roaming life-size dinosaur puppets. Hunter is a life-like version of the juvenile specimen you will see in the T. rex growth series on view in the new Dinosaur Hall. Aptly named because as an apex predator, he's always on the lookout for a good meal. Dakota the Triceratops, also the actual size of a juvenile specimen, is named after the great state of South Dakota where Triceratops is… Show more the state fossil. Our highly educated, well-trained Gallery Interpreters and Performing Artists have varying areas of interest and expertise, so they talk about many topics at Dinosaur Encounters. Each presentation is unique, even if you have seen a Dinosaur Encounter, each staff member will highlight a different subject. Discussion topics include the relationship between birds and dinosaurs, predator/prey theory, extinction, the process of paleontology, social behavioral theories, dinosaur anatomy and movement and many more.

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