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🗓️ 22 September 2024
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67 million years ago the most famous meat-eating dinosaur prowled the earth - the Tyrannosaurus Rex. At it's full size, this prehistoric apex predator was taller than a double decker bus and weighed more than seven tonnes, whilst it's teeth were the size of bananas. But how much do we actually know about this so called 'King of the Dinosaurs'?
In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Steve Brusatte to explore the ins and outs of this most iconic of dinosaurs - from their tiny little arms to their fossilised poo.
Presented by Tristan Hughes. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you |
| 0:08.3 | slide by on track to your |
| 0:15.0 | there, |
| 0:20.0 | the care in the world as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:21.0 | This is how travels should feel, and on our trains trains it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast feel good travel. |
| 0:29.0 | This episode is in paid partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| 0:37.0 | Now, the things we choose to tell our parents, grandparents, or in fact any elderly friend or relative, well they can be a bit selective at times. |
| 0:45.2 | Don't pretend you're not sure what I'm talking about. I bet everyone has something |
| 0:49.3 | popping into their head which they've decided is best to just not tell that person about. |
| 0:54.0 | Okay so for me here's something my mum doesn't know about. |
| 0:58.0 | I never told her that during a trip to New Zealand a few years ago |
| 1:02.0 | I was centimetres away from being crushed by a rock slide. |
| 1:06.1 | It was whilst I was hiking up a mountain. |
| 1:08.3 | It was misty and I lost the trail. |
| 1:10.5 | With my mum already worrying with myself being the other side of the world, you can understand how that event didn't make it into future conversations. |
| 1:18.0 | Now we've all got something we haven't told our parents or grandparents, as sometimes it's just easier that way. |
| 1:25.0 | But here's something you really do need to let them know. |
| 1:28.6 | Thousands of people over the age of 66 are missing out on pension credit worth on average 3,900 a year. Plus they could also |
| 1:37.8 | be entitled to the winter fuel payment if they apply by December 21st. We are on a mission to make sure that everyone who is eligible |
| 1:45.6 | is also in the know. So we think it's all of our duties to tell the older people |
| 1:49.7 | in our lives this one thing which could make a real difference. Pension credit is a benefit |
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