Planet Dinosaur

So over the weekend I got around to watching the new BBC six-part series called Planet Dinosaur. I had my doubts about the show because I was afraid that it would be just another typical dinosaur documentary. Im sure you all know what im talking about. The intro is always the same "These amazing creatures terrorized our planet for 185 million years blah blah blah, big and scary blah blah meteor blah they all died." Boring. We know. Its common knowledge. After the intro we can only expect one thing really, a 45minute dinosaur peep show with the biggest and the meanest animals getting all the attention. Most likely the line-up will consist of atleast one Tyrannosaur, a raptor or two, some sauropods and a triceratops. Dont get me wrong theres nothing wrong with these dinosaurs but it gets boring. You can only watch a triceratops face off against a T-rex so many times before you start to lose interest.

However it seems all my worries were in vain as this show actually picks some pretty awesome dinosaurs to showcase, and most of them are new discoveries! I really enjoyed watching it all even though it wasnt as indepth as I would have liked it to b and the fact that John Hurt is the narrator definately doesnt work against the series either. The one thing that I kept getting annoyed about was the animations. The BBC usually does a great job with these but for some unknown reason the quality of the dinosaurs in this series seemed sub-par. The dinosaurs seemed really stiff and the movements looked really awkward from time to time but other than that I thought this was a pretty good documentary. I would definately give it a thumbs up if you are thinking about getting your hands on it.

If you are looking to get a dinosaur documentary series though I still say that the best ones to get are either Jurassic Fight Club or Palaeoworld. They are definately my two favourites.

If you have seen the series let me know what you think of it in the comments below, share your thoughts!

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Devonian lurker finally named 10 years after its discovery

Poor Laccognathus embryi. After being discovered alongside a fossil of Tiktaalik roseae, a creature considered to be a missing link between fish and early limbed animals, it was put aside to be named at a later date. Now, finally, 10years and 22specimens later this large ambush predator has finally got a name. It lived in the cold, northern parts of Canada 375million years ago. Back then that part of the world enjoyed a quite warm subtropical environment, I hear its quite nice this time of year.

Anyway enjoy the article!

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Now heres a treat! Some great clips from the BBC of some of the coolest dinosaurs yet discovered.

Enjoy!