The Dinosaurs Never Saw it Coming

Since the time dinosaurs were first recognized by science in the early 19th century, naturalists have puzzled over why they disappeared. Everything from hungry, hungry caterpillars to asteroid strike (the present favored hypothesis) have been proposed as extinction triggers, but an ad for a new animatronic dinosaur exhibit at the Oregon Zoo wonders whether dinosaurs would have seen their demise coming.

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