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Description"Extreme Dinosaurs" takes the hugely popular subject of dinosaurs and presents it in an entirely new and dynamic format. Using colourful, newly commissioned illustrations, only the very extreme dinosaurs feature here, from the huge and lumbering Brontosaurs to the terrifyingly ferocious Spinosaur and the tiny Microraptor. Imaginative text offers a vivid description and detailed information about these extraordinary creatures; including unusual facts (what do you call a fossilized dinosaur poo?) and fascinating statistics. Author descriptionRobert Mash read Zoology at Balliol College, Oxford, and researched Animal Behaviour there with Nobel Laureate Niko Tinbergen. After working for some years in London, he was appointed Head of Biology at Clayesmore School, retiring in 1999. His bestselling book, How To Keep Dinosaurs, was published in 1983 by Andre Deutsch, with a second edition published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 2003. Dorset. Table of contentsSpecial Items Include: A pullout dinosaur wall poster, A life-size fold-out of a T-Rex jaw,A pop-up dinosaur, An A A"X-RayA A" of a dinosaurA 's skullContents - Meet the Dinosaurs; Old Timers; Micro Monsters; Heavyweights; Tough Guys; Sprinters and Plodders; Oddballs; Ferocious Beasts; The Longest and Tallest; Masterminds; Big Heads; Extreme Eaters; Death and Extinction |