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starring: National Geographic
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304438138
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304438133
Label: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Manufacturer: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Release Date: May 13, 1997
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 35387
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Description:
More than 80 million years ago, the Oviraptor, a strange bird-like dinosaur walked the sandy banks of an oasis in what is now Mongolia's Gobi desert. A creature that measured some 8 feet in length, its razor claws were deadly weapons of protection, guarding its offspring from constant danger. Now, join a daring expedition of scientists from the American Museum of National History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences as they uncover a treasure-trove of fossils, shattering long-held myths about this dinosaur's behavior. Through spectacular on-location filming and state-of-the-art computer animation, National Geographic takes you on a journey to a lost world in DINOSAUR HUNTERS.
Amazon.com:
In 1922 American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews led the first Western archeological expedition into Mongolia's Gobi Desert and uncovered one of the richest dinosaur graveyards in the world. A changing political climate forced him to leave before he had even scratched the surface of this buried treasure; only since the fall of Communism have Western scientists been allowed back. This hour-long National Geographic video traces the 1997 journey of two paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History as they retrace Chapman's steps and unearth some groundbreaking finds of their own. Among these fossils is the skeleton of a female oviraptor and her nest of a dozen eggs, which may represent a link in the evolutionary chain that leads from dinosaurs to birds. The chronicle of the contemporary dig is interspersed with archival footage from Chapman's expedition and impressive 3-D animation that re-creates what the desert may have looked like when oviraptors, ankylosaurs, protoceratops, and other dinosaurs made it their home. --Larisa Lomacky Moore
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Great for old and young
I really like how this movie delves into what our best hypotheses are concerning the oviraptor and how we construct that knowledge. It also does a wonderful job delving into what it is like to be a paleontologist. My almost 5 and almost 3 year olds just got this from the library and have watched it twice now. They love it, especially my olmost 5 year old (a girl who prefers dinosaurs over princesses). I appreciate the focus on the quest for knowldge and the fact that there isn't a whole bunch ... Read More
Rating: - Them bones, them bones, them dry bones of the Gobi excite!
National Geographic does it again! Exceptionally valuable footage of the American Museum of Natural History's car & camel expedition from Peking into the heart of Mongolia in the 1920's is presented as background to this documentary coverage of the most recent American expeditions into the Gobi. The excitement of discovery of new fossil fields and a light hearted peak into the life of dinosaurs is most entertaining and informative. Additionally, the independent country of Mongolia, known ... Read More
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