That's No Dino!: Or Is It? What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur
Helaine Becker is the bestselling and award winning author of more than 90 books for young readers including Emmy Noether Counting on Katherine Megabugs Hubots Zoobots Monster Science and Lines Bars and Circles Her books are sold in dozens of countries around the world She lives in Toronto Ontario Marie Ève Tremblay is a travel junkie who finds inspiration in her trips abroad be it from nature or everyday situations Her work has appeared on posters stamps and television as well as in numerous magazines and children's books She lives in Montreal Quebec
What's hat's a Dino Anyway You're probably familiar with lots of dinosaurs such as Stegosaurus or Triceratops You know that they lived a long time ago But do you know what special traits they all shared In other words do you know what made a dinosaur a dinosaur As more and more fossils are found we learn new information about prehistoric beasts In this book you'll come face to face with many creatures Some are dinosaurs Some are less well known animal species You'll find out how scientists decide which animals are dinosaurs and which aren't And you'll learn one current definition of dinosaur What you discover just might surprise you x THAT'S No DINO GULP
Anomalocaris Ah noh ma loh KAH riss Lived 508 million years ago Hundreds of millions of years ago the oceans were full of tiny creatures When Anomalocaris appeared it seemed gigantic by comparison Because of its bulk it needed to eat a lot of itty bitty creatures to survive Its huge eyes helped it find prey in the murky water Then it would seize the prey with its two graspers shove the food into its mouth and crush it Anomalocaris had a hard shell covering its body instead of a backbone But all dinosaurs had a backbone Anomalocaris was related to today's shrimp crabs and cockroaches Hard exterior shell Up to 1 m 3.3 ft long AHH
Huge buggy eyes at the ends of stalks A pineapple ring shaped mouth to crush prey AHH WAS IT A DINO X had a backbone NOPE NOT A DINO
