Okay, so I watched the program. It was decent, and there were at least fewer inaccuracies than in CotD (an UBER infra-sounding ParasauROFLus [copyright Tom Holtz)?). The main ones I spotted were:
1. PRONATED HANDS!?! DO NOT WANT! Seriously, it can't be that hard to get a theropod's hands right. Although the bit about Tyrannosaurs using the forelimbs to support the body is still plausible IMO.
2. They seemed awfully concerned about how "big" the dinosaurs were. Not that isn't something to contemplate, but was it really necessary to provide detailed diagrams? Perhaps this is just me being a teenager, but come on!
3. Wrong Sauropod feet. For like the 40 th time. But this is forgivable, since they're not making a documentary about dinosaur feet, now are they?
4. Stegosaurus' plates were probably unable to change color, at least according to Tom Holtz's authoritative 2007 "Dinosaurs". I quote pg 233 "The problem with these two hypotheses (plate-color changing and blood vessel warming) is that the plates, like spikes and all thyreophoran osteoderms, would not have been covered with skin. Instead, there would have been a layer of living tissue and then a layer of horny keratin covering them. And keratin, as dead tissue, would not be full of blood vessels. So a stegosaur plate couldn't gain heat, loose heat, or change color quickly."
*BTW, I demand a second addition of Holtz's book, DEMAND IT!*
5. Am I the only one who hates it when generic terms like "titanosaur" are used over and over again, and the audience doesn't know what titanosaur they're talking about? Granted, it can be inferred that the titanosaur of which they speak is Alamosaurus, but they could at least make it easier on us (me?).
And know, behold the glory that is TYRANNOSAURUS SEX!
Copyright Raul Martin
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