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🌋 The dinosaur world

When did dinosaurs live? Simple, true the dinosaur world facts for young children, each with a fun fact, a tiny activity and a question to talk about together.

Tap a question to reveal the answer, share the fun fact, try the tiny activity, then talk about it together.

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When did dinosaurs live? Revealexpand_more

Dinosaurs lived a very long time ago, so long that it is hard to imagine. They first appeared over two hundred million years before us, and they ruled the land for an incredibly long time. The last of them died out about sixty-six million years ago, ages before the very first people.

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Talk about itDoes it feel strange that dinosaurs lived so long before anyone you know?

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Did you know?Dinosaurs lived on Earth far, far longer than humans have existed so far.

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Try itDraw a long line for time and put a tiny mark at the end for people. Almost all of the rest belongs to dinosaurs.

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🌋🦕What were dinosaurs?⏳How long did dinosaurs rule the Earth?☄️Why did the dinosaurs die out?

🤖Still curious?Were there any people around when the dinosaurs were alive?arrow_forward

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What else lived with the dinosaurs? Revealexpand_more

Dinosaurs shared their world with many other creatures. Giant reptiles with wings flew through the sky, and huge reptiles with flippers swam in the seas, though neither were true dinosaurs. There were also insects, small furry mammals and plants everywhere, all living alongside the dinosaurs.

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Talk about itWould you rather have met a flying reptile or a swimming one?

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Did you know?The flying and swimming giants of the dinosaur age were reptiles, but not dinosaurs themselves.

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Try itFlap your arms like a flying reptile, then make swimming strokes like a sea reptile. Both shared the dinosaurs' world.

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🌋🦅Were the flying reptiles dinosaurs?🌊What giant reptiles swam in the seas?⏳When did dinosaurs live?

🤖Still curious?What is the difference between a dinosaur and a flying reptile?arrow_forward

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Did any dinosaurs have feathers? Revealexpand_more

Yes, quite a few dinosaurs had feathers, especially smaller meat eaters. Some feathers were fluffy for keeping warm, and others were colourful for showing off, long before any dinosaur could fly. These feathery dinosaurs are a big clue that birds today are their living relatives.

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Talk about itDoes it surprise you that some dinosaurs had feathers?

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Did you know?Some dinosaur fossils are so detailed that scientists can even tell what colour their feathers were.

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Try itPicture your favourite scaly dinosaur covered in fuzzy feathers instead. Some really did look like that.

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🌋🐦Are birds living dinosaurs?🔊Did dinosaurs roar?🪽What was Archaeopteryx?

🤖Still curious?If dinosaurs had feathers, could any of them fly?arrow_forward

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Why are there no dinosaurs today? Revealexpand_more

Long, long ago, something changed the whole world very fast, and most dinosaurs could not survive it. They died out about sixty-six million years ago, along with many other creatures. But not every dinosaur vanished, because the birds you see today are their living cousins.

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Talk about itHow does it feel to know a little dinosaur might visit your garden?

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Did you know?Every bird, from a sparrow to an ostrich, is a kind of living dinosaur.

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Try itWatch a bird hop and peck outside. You are looking at the closest living relative of the dinosaurs.

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🌋☄️Why did the dinosaurs die out?🐦Are birds living dinosaurs?🐢Which animals survived the extinction, and why?

🤖Still curious?What happened to make most dinosaurs disappear?arrow_forward

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