Achillobator - Episode 197

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🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Dinosaur of the day Achillobator, a larger dromaeosaur from cretaceous Mongolia.

In dinosaur news this week:

Two new alverezsauroids were found in China, filling the largest gap in theropod evolution
Walking with Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular has gone on tour in Europe, with some of the most impressive dinosaur animatronics ever made
Expedition: Dinosaur, will be at Grand Rapids Public Museum starting October 14. There will be life sized animatronic dinosaurs, and visitors will be able to control some of them
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History got a $160 million donation from Edward P. Bass, a billionaire and philanthropist who graduated from Yale in 1967
Congrats to Drumheller’s World’s Largest Dinosaur Structure which reached two million visitors
In Sibay, Russia,a welder caught a T. rex on fire at an amusement park
A couple got engaged on the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios Hollywood after riding it 62 times, breaking the park record
A fiberglass T. rex head is for sale on Okaloosa Island, in Florida
Parkasaurus, a sim where you can build your own dinosaur park, is opening up early access on Steam September 25

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0:31.6	Music Hello and welcome to I know Dino.
0:47.5	I'm Garrett.
0:49.0	This week we have Dinosaur of the day Akilobator, or Akilobator.
0:53.8	I've also heard quite a bit. And a bunch of dinosaur news, including some new dinosaurs.
0:58.5	Also, maybe you're aware this is episode 197, which means our 200th episode is coming up in just a few short weeks, and we have some special surprises in store to celebrate.
1:09.8	Yeah, and we have to prepare these surprises too.
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1:24.1	before our 200th episode at patreon.com slash I Know Dino.
1:28.2	And speaking of patrons, we have some patrons to thank for helping us create this episode.
1:35.2	And this week we want to thank Chris, Nicholas, Blaze Campbell, Trent Carbohal, Stefan, Nutmeg, Taya, Glenn Liddell, Dashel Hammond, Stegosophy, Lalin, and Ayumi.
1:50.9	And Ayumi just joins, so thank you.
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1:54.9	We really appreciate our community is growing, and it's been amazing.
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