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Name
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Apatosaurs, means "Deceptive
Lizard"
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Used to be called Brontosaurus,
or "Thunder Lizard" because people thought when it walked, it must have
shaken the earth like thunder with its heavy weight.
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It is in the group of dinosaurs
called Sauropods.
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Food
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Plant-eater (herbivore)
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Its teeth were shaped like a garden
rake.
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It may have had thick moose-like
lips.
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It swallowed its food whole, without
chewing.
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It had stones in its stomach to
help digest the food.
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Movement
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It moved very slowly on 4 thick
legs
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Its feet were about 36 inches wide.
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Description
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Length: 70-90 feet
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Height: 15 feet, could stretch
to 17 feet
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Weight: 33-38 tons
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Its head was less than 2 feet
long and it had a very long neck which was about 40 feet long.
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It could not lift its head
very high. It could swing its head from side to side.
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Its tail was about 50 feet long.
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It was taller than the biggest
meat-eater, Allosaurus, that lived at the same time.
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Behavior
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Scientists do not know if it traveled
in herds because its bones were always found by themselves.
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They laid their eggs in a line,
not in a nest, probably while walking.
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Scientists don't think they took
care of their eggs.
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It wasn't very smart.
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Protection
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No other dinosaur could attack its head because it was so tall.
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It whipped its tail about as a
weapon.
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It also had gigantic, clawed feet.
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Interesting Facts
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Its nose was on the top of its
head.
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It had a very large heart so that
blood could travel up its neck to its head and brain.
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It lived at the same time as Stegosaurus
and Diplodocus.
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