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March 2, 2020 64 mins
Are Birds Dinosaurs? What were the world's biggest and smallest dinosaurs? and Is It Possible to Clone a Dinosaur? All these prehistoric related questions (and a whole lot more) are answered by our intrepid science reporters, Jeanna and Mindy.
 
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Mystery #1: Are Birds Dinosaurs?
  • Ancestors of modern birds were theropod dinosaurs 
  • The earliest birds are reported to share  much in common with their theropod relatives, including feathers and egg-laying


 Interview with  Dr. Holly Woodward on her article:  6-Foot-Tall T. Rex Skeletons Not a New Pygmy Species, Just Teenagers.
 

Mystery #2:  What were the world's biggest and smallest dinosaurs?
  • Weight estimates of The Argentinosaurus - a type of titanosaur - range from 77 tons (70 metric tons) up to 110 tons (100 metric tons)
  • The Micropachycephalosaurus, a thick-headed plant-eater, measured 2 feet (70 cm) in length


Guest editor report with Live Science’s associate editor, Laura Geggel: Reaper of death,' newfound cousin of T. rex, discovered in Canada 
 
  • Another long-gone animal that some scientists have thought about “bringing back” through cloning is the woolly mammoth 
  • Conservationists argue that resources should be spent on currently threatened or endangered animals


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