"Giants of The Past: Dinosaurs and Ice Age Mammals" features robotic dinosaurs and Ice Age mammals that are designed and created by Kokoro Dinosaurs in California in keeping with current scientific knowledge about the animals. A computer-controlled air compressor brings the creatures to life by giving each its own sound and movement.
Five nearly life-sized dinosaurs will be featured in the exhibit, including Tryannosaurus Rex, an adult Maiasaura with a nest full of hatchling eggs, the domed-headed Pachcephalosaurus, an adult Apatosaurus with its young, and flying overhead a life-sized Pteranodon.
The exhibition also features four examples of Ice Age Mammals that lived well after the dinosaurs became extinct including a Woolly Mammoth, a 26-foot long Baluchitherium rhino type, plant-eating creature), a Megatherium (giant sloth), and a Smilodon family (saber toothed cat) complete with rolling cubs.
All three exhibit areas will be transformed into habitats and set designs specific to each romping, stomping giant of the past. Hands-on learning activities round out the exhibition including a simulated dig box where children can be paleontologists for a day as they dig for "fossils."
A display of real dinosaur and mammal fossils provided by paleontologist Dr. Steve Nicklas of Paleo Prospectors will also be featured.
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