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Science World: T. Rex, the ultimate predator

Now that majority of the restrictions have lifted. And there is no cap on how many individuals can be in at any given space, no requests to be socially distant, and no masks required; it is time to return and revisit your favourite events/attractions.

This includes one of Vancouver’s most iconic buildings: Science World. And just in time for their latest featured exhibit all about Tyrannosaurus Rex, running from from February 26, 2022 until January, 22 2023.

 

Starting from their infancy as eggs to their progression as hatchlings, all the way to the ferocious predators that media commonly portrays them as; Visitors will learn that baby Rexs look more like gangly turkeys than the sharp toothed reptiles they eventually become. Learn how they have evolved over the years and they would have been if they were still walking the world today.

Exhibition goers will get to see life-sized models, fossil casts, interactive elements, and activities that will allow explorers to get some hands on experience.

The following is taken from the press release and best details what ticket holders can expect. The photos taken by myself provide a more visual look.

The exhibition will also include reconstructions of a T. rex hatchling and a four-year-old juvenile T. rex; a “roar mixer” where visitors can imagine what T. rex may have sounded like by blending sounds from other animals; a shadow theater featuring a floor projection of an adult T. rex skeleton coming to life; and a life-sized animation of T. rex in a Cretaceous environment that responds to visitors’ movements.

This exhibition encourages visitors to engage in investigation with imagination and explore how the Tyrannosaurus rex may have looked and behaved over 66 million years ago. As visitors tour the gallery, they’ll examine the T. rex in all stages of its life, from a young, furry baby, to a massive, fully grown apex predator through its 100 million years of evolution. All the while, new technologies, ways of thinking and recent discoveries will encourage visitors to observe clues, ask questions and test new hypotheses, challenging what you thought you knew about these creatures. For example, “Was the T. rex the colour of a crocodile? Or could they have sported an attractive display of bright feathers like a bird?”

In this exhibition visitors can expect to engage with:
* Life-size models of a number of tyrannosaurs, including: Proceratosaurus bradleyi
* A cast fossil of a T. rex toe bone and a touchable cast of a T. rex thigh bone
* A cast of the youngest and most complete juvenile tyrannosaur fossil found to date
* A cast fossil of one of T. rex’s huge, banana-shaped teeth,
* A tabletop “Investigation Station,” where visitors can explore a variety of fossil casts ranging from coprolite (fossilized feces) to a gigantic femur, with virtual tools including a CT scanner, measuring tape, and a microscope to learn more about what such specimens can reveal to scientists about the biology and behavior of T. rex.
* A full-scale reproduction of a T. rex fossil skeleton, the subject of the exhibition’s “shadow theater,” in which the skeleton’s 40-foot shadow will “come to life” and demonstrate to visitors how the animal moved and interacted with prey and its own kind.
* A praxinoscope that animates the difference between walking and running—T. rex could only truly run when it was young.

T. rex, The Ultimate Predator is on starting on February 26, 2022 and runs for one year. Ticket with admission, more information can be found at scienceworld.ca.

Science World
455 Quebec St, Vancouver, BC V6A 3Z7
(604) 443-7440
scienceworld.ca

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