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June 30, 2000

Our very own Lehi is shaping up to become the largest exhibit of dinosaurs in the world. Science Specialist Ed Yeates takes a look.

Try to imagine beyond the bones. Seratosaur here, on exhibit for the first time, is contemplating lunch. His claws could even be twitching seconds before the attack.

Actually, he's not after me or Karen Cloward, but this Hisparasaur.

KAREN CLOWARD: "WELL, YOU NOTICE THAT HIS HEAD IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, HIS MOUTH IS CLOSED. HE'S GOT AN INQUISITIVE LOOK ON HIS FACE AND HE'S JUST LOOKING AT THAT HISPARASAUR THINKING, 'WHERE DO I START FIRST?'"

These two dinosaurs are among many which will eventually take their places in the new North American Museum of Ancient Life.

Workers are getting everything ready for the opening next week. This first phase exhibit is called "Raising Giants." But Bill Bridges says it's just a hint of what's to come over the next twelve months.

BILL BRIDGES, MUSEUM CEO: "WE WILL HAVE ON DISPLAY ONE OF THE LONGEST DINOSAURS EVER DISCOVERED. IT'S CALLED SUPERSAURUS. IT'S ABOUT 110 FEET LONG. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE TALLEST EVER DISCOVERED - ULTRASAURUS. HE STANDS 45 FEET TALL."

There will also be visiting exhibits - like these incredible dinosaur tracks recently discovered in Southern Utah.

In this new theater, visitors can watch special films projected on a giant screen.

But even more significant in these halls - children will become participants - digging for their own fossils.

ED YEATES, SCIENCE SPECIALIST: "HANDS ON IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. CHILDREN WILL NOT ONLY FIND THE FOSSILS IN A QUARRY SITE, BUT THEY'LL COME TO A WALL LIKE THIS AND ARTICULATE THE BONES WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO."

"Raising Giants" will allow children to raise the beasts from the earth - preparing for the opening of phase two next year.

The North American Museum of Ancient Life opens its doors to the public July 8th.


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