Episode 187 is all about Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom and Indoraptor, the hybrid Indominus Rex and Velociraptor villain in the latest Jurassic World movie.

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In this episode, we discuss:

News:

• New ankylosaur from Mexico, Acantholipan gonzalezi, discovered
• New ankylosaur, Jindi Jialong (not yet official), discovered from China
• Dinosaur footprints found in Shandong Province, China
• There’s a T. rex lawsuit in South Dakota, involving a specimen that was sold in 2017
• September 9 will be Crystal Palace Dinosaur Day
• The Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Texas has a new exhibit, Ultimate Dinosaurs
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is putting together a paleo art exhibition and is looking for paleo artists
• Regaliceratops is now on permanent display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum
• Ray Stanford gave tips on how to be a dinosaur hunter
• Uintah County in Utah has roadside dinosaur attractions welcoming people to their towns (near Dinosaur National Monument)
• La Chatelaine in Bozeman, Montana, makes special dinosaur chocolates for the Museum of the Rockies
• Google celebrated Father’s Day with a dinosaur doodle
• Cinecittà World, a theme park in Rome, has a new dinosaur exhibit
• Visitors can rent a Jurassic Suite at the Lowes Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando, Florida
• Smithsonian listed five ways real science would have made Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom better

The dinosaur of the day: Indoraptor

• • New hybrid dinosaur in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  • First dinosaur in the Jurassic World series to be male(?)
  • Hybrid of Indominus rex and Velociraptor
  • Cover Indominus rex in episode 29, Velociraptor in episode 83
  • About 3/4 the size of Indominus rex
  • Has sickle claws similar to Velociraptor
  • Dark black in color, with a yellow streak from the base of its neck to its tail (similar to the Blue’s metallic blue streak)
  • Also has a red mark around its eye
  • Can use echolocation more effectively than bats
  • Can move fast in the dark

Fun Fact:

Could you do a blood transfusion between a Velociraptor and T. rex? Probably, once.

This episode was brought to you by:

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