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haami's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
8797999's review against another edition
5.0
A superb read, thoroughly enjoyed this book. One I had originally started about a year ago after reading an AMA by the author.
It's not a super detailed book but excellent and accessable for general readers, some great anecdotes and characters (not just the dinosaur kind).
It was super to get an insight on many facets of dinosaurs that I haven't thought of before and this book is great for an outline to research and learn further.
With the names of many dinosuars my hours and hours spend playing Jurrassic Park: Operation Genesis and Jurassic World: Evolution finally paid off having known what many of the dinosuars looked like instead of having to google every few minutes.
The kindle edition recommends lots of books that have been mentioned in this one and I look forward to checking some of those out.
This book leaves me with a sense of awe and I can't help thinking about one passage regarding the size of dinosaurs. How can you put this into perspective, I have seen an elephant in person and it was huge!
"Cretaceous species like Dreadnoughtus, Patagotitan, Argentinosaurus—members of an aptly named subgroup called the titanosaurs—which weighed in excess of fifty tons, more than a Boeing 737. The biggest and heaviest land animals today are elephants. Their sizes vary, depending on where they live and which species they belong to, but most weigh about five or six tons. Apparently the largest one ever recorded was around eleven tons. They have nothing on sauropods."
Needless to say the next time I'm at the coast I won't look at a cheeky seagull the same way again. Knowing who his ancesters are I may not stop him pinching a chip!
It's not a super detailed book but excellent and accessable for general readers, some great anecdotes and characters (not just the dinosaur kind).
It was super to get an insight on many facets of dinosaurs that I haven't thought of before and this book is great for an outline to research and learn further.
With the names of many dinosuars my hours and hours spend playing Jurrassic Park: Operation Genesis and Jurassic World: Evolution finally paid off having known what many of the dinosuars looked like instead of having to google every few minutes.
The kindle edition recommends lots of books that have been mentioned in this one and I look forward to checking some of those out.
This book leaves me with a sense of awe and I can't help thinking about one passage regarding the size of dinosaurs. How can you put this into perspective, I have seen an elephant in person and it was huge!
"Cretaceous species like Dreadnoughtus, Patagotitan, Argentinosaurus—members of an aptly named subgroup called the titanosaurs—which weighed in excess of fifty tons, more than a Boeing 737. The biggest and heaviest land animals today are elephants. Their sizes vary, depending on where they live and which species they belong to, but most weigh about five or six tons. Apparently the largest one ever recorded was around eleven tons. They have nothing on sauropods."
Needless to say the next time I'm at the coast I won't look at a cheeky seagull the same way again. Knowing who his ancesters are I may not stop him pinching a chip!
andrea_ross's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
2.0