Our souvenir dinosaur is made from natural seashells.
"Dinosaur" is translated from Greek as "creepy lizard". Dinosaurs lived on the planet 160 million years ago. These are scaly creatures that walked on two or four legs and laid eggs. The first dinosaurs were small. Larger ones appeared much later. Lived everywhere: from Asia to Antarctica. In total, scientists have studied more than a thousand species of dinosaurs. They were very different from each other: some - with sharp claws and thorns on the body, others with horns. Many people mistakenly think that all dinosaurs were huge. Indeed, some reached the size of a five-story building, but there were also tiny ones - the size of a chicken. It is believed that dinosaurs had excellent eyesight and good smells. They had great the eye sockets and nostrils, and large areas of the brain responsible for sight and smell. It is customary to depict dinosaurs as gray or green, but in reality
scientists do not know exactly what color these creatures were. It is believed that their color blended with the colors of the environment. Dinosaurs Extinct 65 million years ago. The fact that they once existed became known only in the 17th century. Dinosaur bones first discovered by English scientist Robert Raft in 1677. Why are dinosaurs extinct? Science is unknown, there are several versions. Most common: the climate is no longer suitable for dinosaurs (has become too cold or hot) or volcanic eruptions have poisoned the atmosphere. There is no exact answer to this question either. Scientists think big dinosaurs lived
relatively long - up to 300 years, and small ones - up to about 20. In any case, even the long-lived dinosaurs did not catch the appearance of man on the planet: people began to inhabit the Earth only 64 million years after their extinction. Despite their formidable appearance, many of them were not predators - ate ferns, leaves, cones, flowers and fruits from the trees. In those days, the Earth was humid and hot and favorable conditions for growth were created numerous plants, so that herbivores did not have to starve. But there were also carnivorous dinosaurs that hunted animals, ate their eggs. Some of them could not chew and swallowed stones, so that the food itself was rubbed in the stomach. The main task of the dinosaurs was to get food and with this to protect yourself from predators. Herbivores defended themselves with horns and thorns, carnivores had teeth and claws. Dinosaur Science paleontologists are people who specialize in studying the remains of extinct organisms. They also work on excavations - in the places where they found fossils, and in laboratories. These scientists search, remove from the ground, and then carefully study the bones of ancient animals. Most famous to science dinosaurs: seismosaurus, tyrranosaurus, ichthyosaurus, stegosaurus, triceratops, diplodocus, pterodactyls. The closest modern relative of dinosaurs is the crocodile. Birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs.
Material: Seashells, wire for the frame, glue, varnish.
Size: 17х11х10 cm.
weight: 228 g.
Manufacturer: Handmade, own production. Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal.
