Special Edition 11: - Science... sort of Theater 3: Big Al

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2013

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Live from the Jurassic... sort of. Ryan sits down with the manager of University of Wyoming's Geological Museum Kelli Trujillo to watch Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special featuring the museum's very own Big Al! Whilst sipping on a Smoky Hollow Scotch Ale from El Segundo Brewing Company. Will the facts outweigh the fiction? Will Big Al find true love? Will the dinosaurs survive? Listen and find out!

If you don't already have the DVD, you can stream the whole thing on Amazon here. Come see Big Al in the bones at the museum for free Mon - Sat 10am - 4pm and follow him on Twitter @BigAlWyo and like the museum on Facebook!

Music for this week's show:

Hurt Like Mine - The Black Keys

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0:00.0	So we are now recording.
0:02.0	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:18.5	I think this is 11. This is our third Science Sort of Special Edition. I'm perhaps welcome the number of special editions. I think this is 11.
0:21.6	This is our third Science Sort of Theatre episode.
0:24.6	And I'm your host, Ryan.
0:25.6	I'm joined by the University of Wyoming's Geological Museum Manager, Kelly Trujillo.
0:30.6	Hey, everybody.
0:31.6	Thanks for joining us, Kelly.
0:32.6	You betcha.
0:33.6	So today we are talking about the Allosaurus Walking with Dinosaurs Special, and we were talking about that because we have Big Al housed here in our museum.
0:43.7	And Kelly, you did your Ph.D. work on the Morrison. Is that where Big Al came from?
0:47.2	Yes, uh-huh, up near Shell, Wyoming, up in the Bicorn Basin.
0:50.6	Okay, so can you tell us a little bit about, is there anything we should know about Big Al before we get into the documentary? Well, actually, a lot of the stuff that's important about Big Al is what
0:59.3	they're talking about in the documentary. He's got a lot of different injuries that show up in the
1:03.2	bones, and they talk about that and basically make up a story about how that happened, but they also
1:08.7	talk about some of the science behind what happened
1:11.7	to him and how do we know that.
1:13.6	And then the other thing that's really important about him is that it's one of the most
1:17.3	complete allosaurus skeletons ever found.
1:20.0	I think at the time it was found, it was the most complete, because of the way that it was
1:23.9	buried and they actually talk about that as well in the show.
1:27.4	Great. All right. So we are going to dive right in for those of you who want to participate at
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