Feathered Dakotaraptor revealed to public in Birmingham - in photos
Yesterday, Birmingham commuters were taken back in time as a full sized, five-meter long, feathered female Dakotaraptor dinosaur greeted them in Victoria Square.
This was before the dinosaur moved to the Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull until June 4.
Whilst in Victoria Square, the Lord Mayor Councillor Anne Underwood also joined the Dinosaur.
Last seen 67 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous Period, the feathered Dakotaraptor is unlike anything the public has seen before and debunks the popular myth that dinosaurs were brown and green scaly lizard like creatures. Painstakingly created by a team of experts from the Dinosaurs in The Wild experience
Dinosaurs in The Wild comes to Birmingham NEC on June 24.
Tim Haines, Creative Director of Dinosaurs in the Wild, said: “Following the latest scientific revelations it is now thought dinosaurs would have sported everything from spines, quills, simple shag and even elegant flight feathers. This is the first time dinosaurs have been shown in all their resplendent plumage. Dinosaurs were not as lizard like as once thought, even Tyrannosaurus could have had a shaggy mane.”
Renowned British palaeontologist, Dr Darren Naish, has advised on every aspect of the dinosaur science and guided the creation of the digital and animatronic creatures, to ensure that the Dinosaurs in the Wild experience reflects the latest scientific knowledge.
Dinosaurs in the Wild features 13 dinosaurs which have been accurately reimagined using the most up to date research, creating an immersive experience where visitors travel back in time to see not just the dinosaurs that walked the globe, but the environment they lived in.
The multi-million pound live experience runs in Birmingham until August 23.
Tickets are available to buy now for Dinosaurs in the Wild, with prices starting at £25 for off-peak adult rickets and £85 for off-peak family tickets (two adults and two children).
