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Valley of the T-Rex (2001)

Valley of the T-Rex poster
Original title
The Valley of the T-Rex
Directed by
James McQuillan, Pierre de Lespinois, Reuben Aaronson
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Paleontologist Jack Horner leads a team digging for dinosaur fossils in the Hell Creek Formation. The documentary presents his argument that Tyrannosaurus rex was a scavenger, not a predator.

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What happens

Valley of the T. rex is a Discovery Channel documentary, featuring paleontologist Jack Horner, that aired on September 10, 2001. The program shows Horner with his digging team as they travel to Hell Creek Formation in search for dinosaur fossils, while also following Horner as he presents his view of the theropod dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex as a scavenger rather than a predator, as it is often portrayed in popular culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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