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The Scientifically Inaccurate Dinosaurs That Must Stay That Way

Tom Scott 2:02

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In Crystal Palace Park, in South London, are 150-year-old dinosaur models: the first ever full-size replicas of extinct animals. But they're... well, they're a bit wrong, and they likely always will be. Here's why.

The opening line's a reference to Jay Foreman and Bec Hill's "Dinosaurs", https://youtu.be/ywqpf1Nge3k -- and I was told about these many years ago by my friend James Grime. We never did film that joint video here...!

More about the Dinosaurs: http://cpdinosaurs.org/

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