The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet!

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I put all the ingredients into a saucepan and gently heated the concoction until it started to look like playdough. I removed it from the heat and let it cool down before lightly kneading it and adding some mixed spice. This gave it a slightly darker colour and also a lovely smell.

Welcome to the gingerbread house blog. I'm Jenny, London mum of a teen and a tween. Bookworm, craft and family lifestyle blogger, occasional baker of gingerbread. In this third installment of the hilarious books featuring zookeeper Bob McGrew and his zoo animals, the group travels along with Hector Gloop, the famous poop collector, to an island in search of a sample of elusive dinosaur poop. Will they find it? George Frandsen (USA) has the largest collection of coprolites in the world. Don’t worry, they don’t smell any more! 😝 This may seem obvious, but the next thing to consider in deciding whether or not you have actual coprolite is where it was found.The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet and The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas are firm favourites here, so this latest instalment had a lot to live up to. It's another brilliant read- children will love it and adults will be grossed out by it. But when you've finished you'll have a smile on your face, whatever your age. This third book in the series is the first one which I've read, and it won't be my last. As much as I hate to generalise, this is the kind of book boys would love to read, since poop features in it in a good way (of sorts). I love the cute round style illustration with bright colours and lots of action from both the text and the pictures. There are exceptions to this rule though. For example, marine creatures that eat sediment from the bottom of the ocean floor would have food particles in their droppings and appear granular even if they were actually coprolites. I enjoyed reading this book. it was different to most children's books. It was a slightly silly story. The pictures help to communicate the story and are one of the main draw to the book. The onomatopoeic words are written in large bold writing, so if you were reading the story out loud - it is giving you a prompt to extenuate these words. Knowing which species of creature made a specific coprolite helps us get a better idea of what prehistoric ecosystems looked like.

If the calcium phosphate takes a harder, more dense form, the “wet finger test” won’t work. In some instances, chemical analysis is required to definitively identify the mineral composition. What Are Coprolites? How does poop become a fossil? When the conditions are just right, it happens just like any other fossilization process. The process is very similar to how petrified wood is made. Although a T. rexpoo in itself is interesting (or perhaps disgusting, depending on your sensibilities), this fossil is also important. It’s full of chunks of bone, which tell us that T. rexcould bite so hard that it crushed the bones of its prey – a highly unusual way of eating with no obvious modern equivalent. Because crocodiles haven’t changed much over millions of years, scientists can use the same method when fossilized poops are discovered.

The first coprolites were discovered by Mary A nning in the early 1800’s who theorized that the strange “poop shaped” fossils she found were actually the fossilized poop of dinosaurs…the ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurus. In the picture is a coprolite that shows evidence of insect burrowing. That means insects dug holes and tunnels in the poop and lived there! 🐜 Steve Smallman has taken up writing his own stories after illustrating children's books for over 30 years. He also teaches illustration and mural-painting workshops in schools. When he's not working, Steve enjoys films, television, gardening, and walking in the countryside. Coprolites are the fossilised faeces of animals that lived millions of years ago. Coprolites are trace fossils which means that they are not fossils of the animal’s actual body, but of something that came from the animals body. However, some lungfish and shark species have very unique spiral-shaped valves in their intestines. 🦈

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The story starts with Danny, Granny and Dinosaur eating dinner celebrating Granny's 1008th birthday. The eat green mush - Broccoli, eggs and hard Brussels sprouts. Dinosaur eats Danny's as well because Granny won't let them leave the table till their plates are clear. The rhyming pattern is great, good for spotting rhyming words. Flows so well, makes it a joy to read aloud. We can also learn that they weren’t able to properly digest all of the bones as little bits can be seen all along the surface of Barnum!

I placed the dinosaur poo playdough on the table along with a mixture of colourful pom poms, sequins, pipe cleaners and gingerbread people and left it out as an invitation to play for my children when they got home from school. The book had a fantastic story and brilliant illustrations and it had a great poetic rhythm just like the previous two books and I enjoyed it just like I did with the other two books.Both of my children love The Dinosaur That Pooped series of books and this is another bedtime favourite of my sons. There's something about Dinosaurs and poop that seems to be an immediate hit with my son and although he is too young to read yet he always knows when to shout Poo! in line with the story. While swinging around they pass the Romans, Egyptians and Greeks before the swing breaks and they end up in the Jurassic Period where they meet 3 little dino babies. Other dinosaur coprolites have been found with plants inside, and one even contains decomposing wood – a sign that the dinosaur was supplementing its nutrition with fungi and bugs that feed on rotting logs. Illustrations are just wonderfully done, so lovely to look at. Dinosaur looks so happy and friendly.