Page No: 14 Dulwich Despatch
Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special Recently archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of a young Allosaurus. One of the largest carnivores in the Jurassic period, it was a theropod, which is a dinosaur that walks on two legs. It has been named Little Al. This reminded me of another Allosaurus that they unearthed named Big Al. Big Al was born in the Jurassic era, with
a few siblings, to a mother Allosaurus, which only cared for her young in the early stage of their life. Big Al soon become an adolescent, but hunting was hard for a young Allosaurus as some of the bigger dinosaurs dwarfed him. He had to hunt small dinosaurs such as Dryosaurs (small theropod herbivores that lived in the Jurassic Period). Soon he would start hunting sauropods (the largest family of dinosaurs, the biggest of them being the largest land creature ever found). Whilst hunting a sauropod scientists think that he took a massive tail hit to the
This is how Big Al was shown on the Walking with Dinosaurs Special
ribs, breaking a few of them in the process. He recovered after a while and carried on his life. Soon he found a female Allosaurus and decided that it was time to mate but the female disagreed. The female being the bigger and stronger dinosaur decided to bite Big Al wounding him and nearly breaking his neck. Scientists think this because it is the most probable reason why he has Allosaurus bite marks on his skeleton around the neck.
Big Al soon escaped the female and started to hunt smaller dinosaurs again. On one occasion, whilst hunting he tripped over, cutting the middle toe on one of his feet. Little did he know that this was going to be the end of him. His toe became infected and he died soon after. He was probably feasted on by smaller carnivores or maybe even young Allosaurs. It is amazing how much scientists can tell about a dinosaur’s life from just having a good long look at its skeleton and all of its injuries. I can’t wait to see what we can find out about Little Al! All of my information I found out about by watching the Walking With Dinosaurs Special: The Ballad of Big Al. If you want to learn more about Big Al just find the episode on Netflix or YouTube if you are allowed access to them.
Big Al’s infected toe
I really enjoyed watching it myself and one of my friends really enjoyed it as well, and if you like dinosaurs I really would recommend you watch it. I wonder if Little Al will have a story as interesting as Big Al’s?
Rory Stein. 7E
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