The Colossal Carcharodontosaurus
In The Colossal Carcharodontosaurus, naturalist Steve Backshall takes us on a journey with a creature even larger than a T. rex! Discover how it uses its strength and witness its impressive demonstration against a school desk and a car in a real-life experiment. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Deadly Dinosaurs, a documentary series in which host Steve Backshall is on the hunt for the deadliest animals to have walked the Earth — dinosaurs — exploring features of several species and putting their abilities to the test to reveal the raw power of these creatures.
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Q: What did the Carcharodontosaurus eat?
A: It ate entirely meat, and a lot of it! The Carcharodontosaurus ate the equivalent of 50 roast chickens or 2,000 sausages every single day.
Q: How much force did a Carcharodontosaurus foot have when it stepped?
A: It had 7 tons of force!
Q: Which well-known dinosaur was the Carcharodontosaurus even larger than?
A: The Carcharodontosaurus was larger than a T. rex!
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