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DINO EXPERIMENT 624

QUESTION: x Why do baby Brachiosaurus eat so much?

BACKGROUND RESEARCH NOTES:

The Brachiosaurus is MASSIVE! It’s a member of the sauropod family which are really big herbivores.

MY PLAN:

Observe and brainstorm. Dad is home today and said he would help.

FIELD NOTES:

9.I spotted a baby Brachiosaurus outside but ALL HE DOES is eat, eat, and EAT!

»Dad hypothesizes it’s because the Brachiosaurus needs to become huge! I wonder why it has to be such a big dino?

10.I found a teen Brachy! He’s WAY bigger than the baby, but

STILL eating!

»Dad’s new hypothesis is that the teen still needs to eat so he can reach his full size to DEFEND himself.

»Update = A Troodon is here and went after the baby and teen Brachy! The teen defended them by stomping his feet. Bye Troodon!

11.Uh oh! Now a big T. rex is here! She’s going after the baby and teen Brachiosaurus! The teen is trying to scare her away, but he’s not big enough!

»Update = A HUGE mama Brachiosaurus came just in time to protect the baby and teen! She stood up on her big two back legs and then STOMPED the ground to scare off the T. rex. It was so loud and so amazing!

FINDING:

The baby Brachiosaurus eats all the time so he can grow to his full size as fast as possible to scare off predators!