Walking With Dinosaurs Activity Sheet

BIG ADVENTURES NEED AN EPIC HERO

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Set 70 million years ago, our story follows Patchi, the smallest hatchling in his family.

On his path to adulthood, Patchi must survive a wild, unpredictable world and the most ferocious predators. When his father is killed, young Patchi, older brother Scowler and female friend Juniper are separated from the herd during the great migration. Searching for their families, the trio face many hairraising but humorous adventures and

Patchi begins to discover his immense courage. Successful in their quest, they are re-united with their herd. When Patchi and Juniper next meet as adults, she has paired up with Scowler and the two brothers become ďŹ erce rivals. In a climatic ďŹ nale, Patchi risks his life defending his big brother from a ferrocious gorgosaur, winning the admiration of the herd and proving that even the smallest hatchling can grow into a great powerful leader.

MEET THE GOOD GUYS

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CAN YOU MATCH THE DINOSAUR?

We meet many different types of dinosaurs in Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie, from small feathered birds to huge and terrifying predators. Use the clues below to match the dinosaurs with their names.

CLUES

PACHYRHINOSAURUS I’m a bit like a rhinoceros, with a large ornament on my head.

ALEXORNIS I’m small and have wings.

EDMONTOSAURUS I’m huge and have a toothless duck bill.

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PARKSOSAURUS I have large eyes and green scales.

ALPHADON I am a mammal covered in fur to help maintain a constant body temperature, just like mammals do today.

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MEET THE BAD GUYS CAN YOU MATCH THE DINOSAUR? CLUES

TROODON I have a tuft of feathers on my head, a beak, and long hind legs GORGOSAURUS I have long hindlimbs, a huge head and sharp, serrated teeth perfect for sawing into flesh.

HESPERONYCHUS I am a small yellow bird looking dinosaur that has small wings and have dagger like teeth to feed on insects.

PACHYRHINOSAURUS I’m a bit like a rhinoceros, with a large ornament on my head. I am the Alpha male in the herd and will fight anyone who crosses me.

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QUETZALCOATLUS Though they soar over the prehistoric landscape, even they fall prey to the occasional voracious Gorgosaurus

PATCHI

JUNIPER

SCOWLER

GORGAN

Curious and optimistic, Patchi is the hero of our movie. Patchi is a Pachyrhinosaurus. He is not the biggest or the toughest guy in the herd, but he uses his head and his heart to do the right thing. He survives some very dramatic situations on his way to becoming leader of the herd and to winning the affections of Juniper and even risks his own safety to save Juniper and Scowler, his brother.

She’s very pretty (for a Pachyrhinosaurus) and has a strong character. As a youngster, she shares adventures with Patchi, separated from both her family and the herd. She develops a real connection with Patchi, even though she can’t always show it.

She really wishes she could ignore herd protocol and choose her own mate (Patchi), instead of having to be part of the herd leader’s harem.

Big and strong and very single-minded, Scowler is absolutely focused on becoming the new leader of the herd. He’s OK with his little brother, Patchi, but often forgets that when his goal is in sight. Whatever he may lack in smarts, he makes up for in courage.

Simply put, the villain of our movie. A smart, fast and terrifying Gorgosaurus, he’s always on the lookout for the next kill. He is like a super-charged T. rex, and will stop at nothing to feed his extended family. He is cunning and relentless, and uses precise tactics and strategies to round up the next meal. Patchi’s father was killed by a Gorgosaurus, so the looming threat of the Gorgon is very poignant for our hero.

ALEX

EDMONTO

PARKSOSAURUS

QUETZ

A small bright bird with teeth, Alex (an Alexornis bird).

In the movie, these birds have a symbiotic relationship with the Pachyrhinosaurus - they eat the ticks and other insects that bother them and in turn get a free meal and a safe place to perch. Alex becomes Patchi’s unlikely friend and ally and has a tendency to show up at the right place at the right time to nudge him in the right direction. Funny and maybe a bit sarcastic.

Duck-billed dinosaurs, gentle giants. They are vegetarians, biting off leaves and branches from shrubs and low-lying boughs using their horny jaws.

The nostrils of Edmontosaurus were large and led into a huge, hollow nasal cavity. They might have been covered with loose skin that the animal could have filled with air and used to make loud bellowing sounds.

Half the height of a human (about 1m tall), Parksosaurus was a vegetarian with short and strongly built limbs, possibly for burrowing. It’s always on the look-out for a threat, but is quite a fast runner.

A group of flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. In the Late Cretaceous, one group of pterosaurs, the Azhdarchids (Azhdarchs for short) dominates the skies over land. Many Azhdarchs have enormous wingspans and sharp beaks, which they use to peck at both crabs and Patchi alike. Though they soar over the prehistoric landscape, even they fall prey to the occasional voracious Gorgosaurus.

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Quite the teeth

What’s in the nest

Teeth Size/Length: 2-6cm (0.8-2in)

Nest size: 0.7m (2.3ft) diameter

Pachyrhinosaurus used its battery of strong cheek teeth to chomp on low-lying tough fibrous plants and its sharp beak for slicing vegetation.

Half the size of a child’s paddling pool (~150cm/59in).

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Herbivore

Pachyrhinosaurus Triceratops Centrosaurus CENTROSAURINAE CERATOPSIDAE

Pachyrhinosaurus is a member of the Ceratopsidae family which includes all quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs with beaks, shearing teeth, elaborate horns and frills, including Triceratops, Torosaurus and Styracosaurus.

As a herbivore, Pachyrhinosaurus had strong, stubby, cheek teeth. These were packed tightly together to form a single continuous cutting surface for slicing food into small pieces, like a pair of prehistoric scissors.

8m / 26ft

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Pachyrhinosaurus could grow larger than a tank.

4t / 629st

Car The Pachyrhinosaurus could be as heavy as 2 small cars.

8m / 26ft 7m / 22.9ft

Patchi, a Pachyrhinosaurus, is our guide to the Late Cretaceous, the prehistoric period during which our story takes place. We fall in love with him as a tiny hatchling and share his adventures and challenges as he grows to adulthood. He is not the biggest or the toughest guy in the herd, but he uses his head and his heart to do the right thing. He survives some very dramatic situations on his way to becoming leader of the herd and to winning the affections of Juniper. He’s not an aggressive guy by nature, but he will dig deep within himself and even risk his own safety to save Juniper or Scowler, his brother. He is the classic underdog hero, who finds his inner strength to prove his worth.

Tank

Class: Dinosauria

Family: Ornithischia

Pachyrhinosaurus was a rhinoceros-like

Tribe: Ceratopsidae

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dinosaur with horns, frill, bony ornaments and a beak.

4.5

Number of people head-to-toe to match the length of the Pachyrhinosaurus.

80

4

Number of people needed to match the weight of the Pachyrhinosaurus.

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9m / 30ft

Gorgosaurus teeth were banana shaped but serrated like a carving knife – perfect for sawing into flesh.

Egg length: 10-15 cm (4-6in)

Family Album Gorgosaurus Velociraptor

Compare to: The same size as a mango (average 13cm (5in)).

Terrifying Predator

Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosauridea THEROPODA

Gorgosaurus is part of the theropod and tyrannosaurid dinosaur clans, these include some of the large, bipedal, carnivorous dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex.

Tyrannosaurids like Gorgosaurus are experts in delivering crushing bites to their prey.

They would have generated the strongest bite forces known.

Gorgosaurus grew to be the length of a lorry trailer.

Family: Theropoda

Gorgosaurus had a massive skull on an S-shaped neck. Its long tail counterbalanced its forward weight and placed its centre

Basketball ring

approximate height of 2.8m / 9.3ft The Gorgosaurus at the hips was

almost that of a basket ball ring.

12m / 39.3ft

Class: Dinosauria

What’s in the nest

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9m / 30ft

A smart, fast and terrifying Gorgosaurus, he’s always on the lookout for the next kill. He is like a super-charged T. rex, and will stop at nothing to feed his extended family. He is cunning and relentless, and uses precise tactics and strategies to round up the next meal.

Patchi’s father was killed by a Gorgosaurus, so the looming threat of the Gorgon is very poignant for our hero.

Quite the teeth

Lorry

3.0480m / 10ft 2.8m / 9.3ft

Tribe: Tyrannosauridae

of gravity over its hips.

Like all other tyrannosaurids, it had short forelimbs and relatively long hindlimbs.

5.5

The number of people side by side touching finger tips to match the length of the Gorgosaurus.

1.6

Number of people head-to-toe to match the height of the hips of the Gorgosaurus.

Find the dinosaur in the picture In Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie, we see what it was like for Patchi, a young dinosaur, to live amongst a herd and fight for survival when lost on his own. Camouflage was important, as it helped him blend in with his surroundings and hide from deadly predators like the Gorgosaurus. In the picture below, colour in the sections by matching each number to the right colour. Watch out for the dinosaur to appear.

Help Patchi find the nest Help Patchi find his way to the nest to protect his eggs before predators discover them.

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COLOUR KEY 1-BLACK 2-BROWN 3-GRAY 4-GREEN 5-BLUE 6-YELLOW

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