Chapeau!
Chapeau! Hats off!......to some of the biggest animals ever to have walked this planet. It is always special to see physical evidence of life from aeons ago, in this case a footprint in the ground.
The fossil record shows that Brachiosaurus sauropods could grow up to 26 metres long and weigh up to 50 tonnes. By comparison a modern day adult horse could weigh in at one tonne. The on site interpretation board at Keates Quarry, Dorset, suggests that a group of these plant eaters may have been visiting a water hole rather like modern day elephants.
Chapeau!
Chapeau! Hats off!......to some of the biggest animals ever to have walked this planet. It is always special to see physical evidence of life from aeons ago, in this case a footprint in the ground.
The fossil record shows that Brachiosaurus sauropods could grow up to 26 metres long and weigh up to 50 tonnes. By comparison a modern day adult horse could weigh in at one tonne. The on site interpretation board at Keates Quarry, Dorset, suggests that a group of these plant eaters may have been visiting a water hole rather like modern day elephants.