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Meet Leonardo, The Mummy Dinosaur

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LEONARDO In the summer of 2001, Nate Murphy and a team of volunteers from the Judith River Dinosaur Institute unearthed a 77 million year old brachylophosaurus which had skin and muscle tissue covering 90 percent of it’s body. The mummified remains of its last meals were still in its stomach and digestive tract! The team named the dinosaur, Leonardo. He has been recognized by the Guiness World Book of Records as the “World’s Best Preserved Dinosaur”, the mummy dinosaur. Now, the Judith River Dinosaur Institute and Mr. Video Productions have teamed up to offer never before seen footage of Leonardo in the program, “Meet Leonardo.” This program takes you to the first day on the dig site where a team of volunteers spent more than eight months excavating Leonardo from a coulee in remote northeast Montana. You will see the entire scientific process of the excavation and documentation of this remarkable specimen. The highlight of the program is the unveiling ceremony of the life size Leonardo model on display in Malta, Montana. This is the first dinosaur model based mostly on science rather than on artistic interpretation and speculation. The Leonardo mummy enabled the artisans at CM Studios to create the world’s most accurate dinosaur model ever made. Nate discusses the ways in which Leonardo has changed what is known about dinosaurs from their scales to their toenails! There is also speculation regarding the knowledge hidden inside Leonardo. Were dinosaurs warm or cold blooded? Leonardo is expected to answer that question, ending a debate which has endured for hundreds of years. “He has so much to teach us,” says Nate Murphy. As a special feature world famous paleontologist, Dr. Robert Bakker, provides his unique perspective on Leonardo.

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This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 November, 2005.

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