Diplodocus Itsy Bitsie Cuddly Toy

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Measures 8cm Soft velour material Stuffed toy firm to touch Suitable for ages 3 years & up This Diplodocus baby brings a smile to our face everytime we look at him! Unlike his Mummy & Daddy he's not yet got his long neck & tail but you can see the potential in him! Give this helpless little herbivore dino a home today & treat your youngster to an awfully cute baby dino. Physical Characteristics Diplodocus was a long-necked, whip-tailed giant, measuring about 90 feet (27 m) long with a 26 foot (8 m) long neck & a 45 foot (14 m) long tail, but its head was less than 2 feet long. It was among the longest land animals ever. Its nostrils were at the top of its head & it had peg-like teeth, but only in the front of the jaws. Its front legs were shorter than its back legs & all had elephant-like, five-toed feet. Diplodocus was more lightly built than the other giant sauropods & may have weighed only about 10-20 tons. Habitat The Diplodocus lived in what is now Western North America at the end of the Jurassic Period. Many Diplodocus fossils have been found in the Rocky Mountains of the Western USA
- specifically Colorado, Montana, Utah & Wyoming Behaviour Diplodocus may have travelled in herds, migrating when the local food supply was depleted. Breeding Diplodocus probably hatched from eggs, like other sauropods. Sauropod eggs have been found in a linear pattern & not in nests; presumably the eggs were laid as the animal was walking. It is thought that sauropods did not take care of their eggs Diet Diplodocus was an herbivore & will have eaten a tremendous amount of plant material each day to sustain itself. Its teeth were specialized to strip foliage from branches & it swallowed leaves whole, without chewing them, & may have swallowed gastroliths (stones that remained in its stomach) to help digest this tough plant material. Its main food was probably conifers, which were the dominant plant when the large sauropods lived & its long neck would have helped it reach food sources too high for other plant-eating species. They may also have eaten gingkos, seed ferns, cycads, bennettitaleans, ferns, club mosses, & horsetails. Strange & Interesting Facts Diplodicus is pronounced: DI-plod-oh-kuss & means Double Beam, referring to the extra bones underneath its backbone, which had bony protrusions running both forwards & backwards (anvil shaped), a "double beam", probably for support & extra mobility of its neck & tail.