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âWhat are fossils and how do you find them?â
This question, asked by his then 10-year-old daughter in the 1930s, led Sidney Rubidge on a quest to find the answer. He and his daughter went on a picnic in the Karoo Supergroup to look for fossils, and they got lucky and found a skull right away. Turns out the skull was from a 250 million-year-old gorgonopsian (an animal known for its sabre-teeth)!
Sidney Rubidge, Dr. Bruce Rubidgeâs grandfather, started collecting more fossils in the area. He became a legend. Over the course of his career, he lived in a tent for 23 years worth of nights, and found so many fossils that led to so many discoveries, and it all had a huge impact on South African paleontology.
Now the Karoo is known for an amazing place to find fossils, from the Triassic and Jurassic, and also well before the #dinosaurs time
Want to learn more? Listen to our chat with Dr. Bruce Rubidge in our recent episode, where he also talks about how people can go on digs today. Itâs all in episode 503, âWhere Triceratops Livedâ
Listen here: bit.ly/4f7oMZU
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Looking for something fun (and dino-related) to do? Or maybe youâre planning a trip?
Check out our #dinosaur museum map to find the best spots near you (or where youâre going)
Itâs a free resourceâwe use it all the time whenever we go anywhere, and thatâs led to us seeing lots of amazing dinosaur sites!
You can try it out here: iknowdino.com/dinosaur-museums/
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Are you also hoping for a #PrehistoricPlanet3 ?
Well in the meantime, weâve got your covered with our 30 Days of Dinos. Sign up and every day for 30 days, weâll send you fun facts about #dinosaurs from the show!
(And who knows? All this extra dino knowledge might help you with our trivia gameâthough we make no promises ;) )
bit.ly/prehistoricplanet
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Revisiting a dinosaur of the day: Ornithomimus!
The genus name Ornithomimus means âbird mimicâ, and though it refers to its bird-like foot, this #dinosaur looked somewhat ostrich-like
It had a small head with large eyes, a toothless beak, and a long, s-curved neck
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If the non-avian #dinosaurs somehow came back into our world, would you be:
A) Excited
or
B) Terrified
(bonus if you tell us in the comments why)
Images by catalyststuff. Designed by Freepik
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Summertime means field season for paleontologists! And #onthisday in 1965, paleontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworoska discovered the gigantic arms of a large theropod #dinosaur
Was this bizarre dino so ferocious it could tear apart prey with its hands? Or was there more to the story?
It took about 50 years to solve the mystery and the answer wasâŠdifferent. Instead of being a terrifying animal, Deinocheirus was almost goofy (donât get us wrong, we love the weird dinosaurs)
It was pretty big, at about 36 ft (11 m) long
But those giant arms werenât for ripping into prey. They were more like Salad tongs, to scoop up food (plants and fish)
This dino also had a duck like bill, a large tongue, wide hips (to make space for digesting plants, so maybe it was gassy?), short legs, enormous feet, a fan of feathers on its tail, and a hump or sail on its back
Some of the headlines when scientists published an updated paper on Deinocheirus compared this dino to Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars, because it turned out to be so strange
Just another example of why #dinosaurs are so awesome
(Jar Jar image by François GOGLINS, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Are you a dino nerd? Take part in our DI-KNOW-IT-ALL CHALLENGE and test your #dinosaur knowledge! Somehow the dinosaurs have come back, and your insights can help.
Starting July 10, every week for 8 weeks listen to our latest #podcast episode. Weâll have a special puzzle segment featuring various predicaments dinosaurs (and people) find themselves in. Use your dino knowledge to help them out, by answering questions. Answer quickly and correctly, and youâll have a chance to win a dino-mite prize, which includes:
- A large Spinosaurus tooth, courtesy of Mini Museum
- A real Eocene fossilized leaf, courtesy of Ancient Odysseys
- A signed Why Dinosaurs? poster, courtesdy of WD
- More to be announced later!
Keep an ear out. In the meantime, you can find more information here:
iknowdino.com/di-know-it-all-challenge/
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WE MADE IT TO 500 EPISODES!!!
Thank you so much to our di-know-it-all community. We could not have gotten this far without you
Weâre celebrating by diving deep into raptors, especially the raptor that kicked off the Dinosaur Renaissance and showed us how active and agile #dinosaurs were (yay Deinonychus)
We also go through I Know Dino A to Zâall the inside jokes that have come up over the past 500 episodes, as well as some common terminology (think of it as a kind of Dino 101)
Plus, fun fact: theropods danced
Listen to it all in our latest (and biggest milestone yet) episode!
bit.ly/500dinos
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Thank you âȘ@commondescent⏠for having us on your show in your Spotlight series! Always fun to chat with you both, especially about #dinosaurs and sci-comm
Listen here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVO26...
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Did you know that this Saturday, June 1, is #DinosaurDay ?
Come celebrate with us (I Know Dino, âȘ@DWABAâŹ, âȘ@commondescent⏠, and âȘ@WeirdAndDead⏠)!
Watch live fossil prep, take part in games, and get all your dinosaur questions answered
PlusâŠbe part of the livestream! Register and submit your questions and answers (link provided in the registration email)
It all starts at 11 a.m. PDT.
Sign up here: bit.ly/dinoday24
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I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast is the podcast and website about all things dinosaur. Learn more at www.patreon.com/iknowdino.
New dinosaurs are discovered all the time. Have fun and relax with hosts Garret and Sabrina each week as they explore the latest dinosaur news, chat with paleontology experts, dive deep into a âdinosaur of the day,â go down Oryctodromeus burrows with their fun facts, answer your burning questions, and connect dinosaurs to topics ranging from chocolate to the Titanic and more! Educational and entertaining, I Know Dino is a must listen dinosaur podcast for experts and newcomers alike.