A PREHISTORIC MONSTER An enormous dinosaur bursts through the jungle It has long narrow jaws and sharp teeth A bony fin stretches along its back This creature is a ferocious spinosaurus With a roar it begins attacking people trapped in a downed plane Will they find a way to escape Luckily the dinosaur is not real It was created using animatronics The dinosaur is a special effect made for the 2001 movie Jurassic Park III 4
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Designers worked hard to make the puppet look real The dinosaur weighed 25,000 pounds 11,340 kilograms and was nearly 45 feet 14 meters long Its inside was made from plastic and steel The skin was foam rubber Hydraulics powered the dinosaur’s movements Puppeteers used remote controls to make it move Other dinosaurs in the movie used puppeteers too For example the velociraptors were controlled by a puppeteer inside the dinosaur are they real Some of the most famous movie characters have been animatronic Popular examples include the shark in Jaws and the alien in E T the Extra-Terrestrial E T 7
