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How to Find a Dinosaur that Hollywood Dreamed Up

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Paleontologist Jim Kirkland believed that some raptors could have grown to the size of those seen in cinemas… but all he had to go on was a single claw. After years searching in the Utah desert, a rock the weight of a school bus appeared to contain the bones of a giant creature - Utahraptor. But what conditions would be needed to allow a creature like this to grow so much larger?

Aired: 06/14/25
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