5 Footprints Your Way

     Hello, everyone, I am back with a new post. This time, I'm writing about one of my favorite topics: DINOSAURS. Here, I will tell you about the Big 5 Footprints: The Giant, The Brainy, The Worst at Hide-and-Seek, The Foot Whisperer, and The Movie Star, based on my research.

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     The largest known dinosaur is apparently the Argentinosaurus. And you can probably tell where they come from, can't you? Well, it turns out that they're about 130 feet long (around 39.6 m), and 70 feet tall (around 21 m)! Can YOU grow taller than that? And they're actually from the Sauropod family! Sauropods are dinosaurs with long, long necks, short feet, HUGE body, small head, and apparently, according to enchantedlearning.com,. they look like cows. They look so alike, I bet you can't find the difference.

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     Now, let's move on to the "Athena of Dinosaurs". Do you know Athena? Well if not, then I'll tell you. Athena is (was, actually) the goddess of wisdom. So she's gotta be pretty smart, right? So I guess you know what I'm about to tell you in this section? You guessed it right, I'm about to show you the brainiest, smartest dinosaur (Pushing Barney aside...).
      And the smart dinosaur role goes to... Troodons! Troodons are dinosaurs that look like cretaceous birds. Troodons have big eyes, fast feet, and sharp, clear vision. All of this help them hunt for food, and according to scientists and paleontologists (people who study dinosaurs), they had the biggest brain. Oh, look! Here they are!

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     How do you know that a person is really bad at hiding? That's right, those who always get found first during hide-and-seek game. And now I'll tell you about the dinosaur who lost the hide-and-seek game... Where their fossils are the ones hiding, and the archaeologists are IT.
     The first dinosaur fossil to be identified as a dinosaur fossil was the Megalosaurus, identified in 1824. Megalosaurus' fossil is actually not the first fossil to be found, there were lots of other fossils, but they were either burnt, thrown, or lost before they had the chance to be properly researched. Say hi to the first dino!

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     Who knows ostrich? Do you know what an ostrich is? An ostrich is an animal that runs VERY fast. In the dinosaur ages, they had their own ostrich. The Dinosaur Ostrich is called ornithomimids, and they can run up to 60 kilometers per hour! Even so, they are actually slower than ostriches, who can run at a speed up to 70 kilometres per hour! Aren't they fast?

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     Recognize what dinosaur that is? Yep! It's the Tyrannosaurus Rex, mainly known as the T-Rex! He's been in pretty much EVERYTHING! Babies' films (Example: Barney), to kids' cartoons (Example: The Land Before Time), documentaries (Example: Walking with Dinosaurs),  and even amazing movies such as Jurassic Park! They're even one of the dinosaurs that is most often chosen as characters (or opponents) in games! Isn't that amazing?

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     And I guess that pretty much concludes my kind of long post on the big 5 of dinosaurs. There were actually other factors I wanted to put in, such as The Tallest, The Heaviest, and others, but then I thought it might be too long. Anyway, for more dinosaurs, check this out!

None of us really know what changes,

Big or small, lie ahead...

One thing is certain: 

Our journey's not over.

We can only hope that...

In some small way...

Our time here will be remembered.

- From Disney's Movie "Dinosaur", Year 2000

Sources & Citations:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZ3vwX9Fuc
• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/iq.html
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/questions/faq/Biggest.shtml
• http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/tp/smartestdinos.htm
• http://www.livescience.com/34278-worlds-largest-dinosaur.html
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/First.shtml
• http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/html/dinosaur-facts.html
• http://www.arubaostrichfarm.com/facts.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_in_popular_culture