The Science Behind Their Size
The Discovery Center of Idaho is thrilled to announce the arrival of a world-class traveling exhibition, The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, opening on Saturday, October 12th, 2024. This exciting exhibition explores the amazing biology of a group of uniquely super-sized dinosaurs: the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods.
Organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the exhibition draws on paleo-biological research that looks in part to living organism to make inferences about how these giants-some of which grew to be longer than 150 feet, or the length of four standard city buses-were able to thrive, as a group, for approximately 140 million years.
The World’s Largest Dinosaurs is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org).
The Experience
Through imaginative exhibits-including the exhibition centerpiece, a life-sized, detailed model of a 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus– The World’s Largest Dinosaurs takes visitors beyond the bones and into the bodies of these titans, shedding light on how heart rate, respiration, metabolism, and reproduction are linked to size.
Focusing on the biology and behavior of these diverse creatures, The World’s Largest Dinosaurs builds on a growing body of research that examines dinosaurs as living animals, primarily through comparisons with modern dinosaur relatives.
A Word From Our Education Director
“Get to know the gentle giants of the dinosaur kingdom at the Discovery Center of Idaho! We are so excited to be bringing in The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, an in-depth look at the enormous sauropods of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. In this exhibition, you’ll get to examine the daily lives of these amazing animals to learn about how they breathed, how scientists think they behaved, what they ate and how much! Learners of all ages will enjoy being surrounded by life-sized portrayals of these remarkable creatures!”
Erin Seymour, Education Director
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