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What Exactly Killed the Dinosaurs? (4:04)

Scientists believe a combination of disastrous events may have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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  • What Exactly Killed the Dinosaurs?
    What Exactly Killed the Dinosaurs?

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    Scientists believe a combination of disastrous events may have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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    Deconstructing History: Tyrannosaurus Rex

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    Dinosaur Forensics

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    Modern forensics shed new light on dinosaur behavior.

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    Dinosaurs

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    Timothy Dickinson shares with us his ideas on the concept of dinosaurs throughout the history of society.

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    Dinosaurs

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    Dinosaurs can reveal fascinating details of how life was 65 million years ago. But unearthing them can prove to be challenging.

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  • Mysteries of the Dinosaur Revealed
    Mysteries of the Dinosaur Revealed

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    Why were dinosaurs so big? And did a giant meteor eventually wipe them all out? Get the answers to some of the mysteries behind these massive animals.

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: Dino Recognition
    Jurassic Fight Club: Dino Recognition

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    Dinosaurs had unique features that helped them recognize one another

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: How Did Dinosaurs Hear?
    Jurassic Fight Club: How Did Dinosaurs Hear?

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    Hearing was an important key to survival for all dinosaurs.

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: How Did Dinosaurs See?
    Jurassic Fight Club: How Did Dinosaurs See?

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    Some dinosaurs had powerful eyesight as good as an eagle.

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: Most Lethal Dinosaur
    Jurassic Fight Club: Most Lethal Dinosaur

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    Before T-Rex there was Allosaurus, perhaps the most lethal of all dinosaurs

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: What Color Were Dinosaurs?
    Jurassic Fight Club: What Color Were Dinosaurs?

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    Dinosaurs may have had colors similar to modern animals

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  • Mega Disasters: Asteroid Apocalypse
    Mega Disasters: Asteroid Apocalypse

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    An asteroid impact off the coast of California could bore miles into the earth's surface causing a massive heat wave, tsunami waves and the largest forest fire in California history.

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  • Asteroids: K-T Boundary Crater
    Asteroids: K-T Boundary Crater

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    Scientists believe an asteroid crater in the Yucatan Peninsula may explain the dinosaur extinction.

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: Chicken and T-Rex Link
    Jurassic Fight Club: Chicken and T-Rex Link

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    Dinosaur George explains how the fearsome T-Rex is related to the common chicken.

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like?
    Jurassic Fight Club: What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like?

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    Based on their size, dinosaurs made a variety of sounds.

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  • Jurassic Fight Club: Dinosaur Poop
    Jurassic Fight Club: Dinosaur Poop

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    Fossilized dung provides important information about what dinosaurs ate.

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Most paleontologists believe a comet, meteor or asteroid crashed into the earth some 65.5 million years ago, resulting in the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs and many other animal species.

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