Take a photo walk with me around the Dinosaur park in Dubai as we travel back over 200 million years to the Dinosaur Era, to see some of the creatures that ruled the world up right up until just about 65 million years ago.
As we enter the park. Imagine what it would have been like to live in the time of the dinosaurs.
It would be pretty tricky if you were a human. These dinosaurs are just massive, fast and we would have been on their lunch menu. A tasty little snack.
There are over 100 dinosaurs in the park and we arrived towards the late afternoon so we got some great light in the golden hour before dusk.
There is a lot of nonsense chatter about dinosaurs and there are even some people that don’t believe that they ever existed.
This is a mystery when you can see the evidence from every corner of the world.
Not to mention the fact that some dinosaurs have survived to the present day. Crocodiles, Alligators and most birds are direct descendants of these very creatures.
You may have heard someone ask the question? ” What came first the chicken or the egg? ”
The usual answer is that 'no one knows'?
With this dinosaur evidence we can prove for certain that the egg came first. Because chickens evolved from dinosaurs and dinosaurs laid eggs.
So now you can tell the next person that asks you that dumb question that. The egg obviously came first.
The thing that stands out is just how colourful these dinosaurs were but if we think about modern day lizards and other reptiles, we can see that they are very colourful.
And it doesn’t take much imagination to see that the dinosaurs were indeed very colourful. In some dinosaurs you can see their resemblance to birds as in this one below.
Some had feathers and some had humps and spines and large protuberances on the heads and backs.
Imagine walking around in the forest and one of these guys turned up?
The park is set out a little like in the movie Jurassic Park with the dinosaurs behind electrified fences. It all adds to the magic of the place.
Some of them are animatronic and they move and roar every so often.
Chillingly realistic and you would think that it must scare the kids senseless but no. The kids think it is all great fun.
You can see in the photograph below that this dinosaur has a beak!
The wide variety of creatures that have lived on earth is truly awe inspiring.
This one below reminds me of Elvis Presley for some reason?
Even though the dinosaurs were very successful and lived for 100’s of millions of years.
One catastrophe wiped 99% of them off the face of the earth and paved the way for the rise of the mammals and eventually to us.
Imagine this coming out of the woods!
Humans have not been on earth very long in comparison to the dinosaurs but there is a creeping suspicion that we won’t be here as long as they were.
Top predator. Tyrannosaurus Rex
Most dinosaurs were vegetarian plant eaters.
We have it in our power to change the way we treat this planet we call home.
And if we don’t get or act together fast we may go the way of the dinosaurs too.
Visiting a place like this makes you think about just how fragile life is and how we should be mindful to do our best to tread lightly on the earth.
Imagine if these magnificent creatures were still around. What kind of world would it be?
This is a Triceratops and it reminds me of a Rhino.
The name dinosaur comes from the Greek language and means 'terrible lizard'.
Golden hour dinosaur photo.
Could this be the Loch Ness Monster?
The massive Brontosaurus is truly amazing when seen at it's actual size.
We are very lucky to live in this time where science has shown us some incredible things like the bones of this Diplodocus. This is how most dinosaurs are found.
That brings us to the end of our tour of the Dinosaur park. I hope you enjoyed the photos.
Even thought we have seen some amazing and massive creatures in this park.
Today we are lucky enough to share the planet with the largest creature that has ever lived on earth. The Blue Whale.
Let's celebrate the fact that nature never ceases to amaze and impress us.
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