When you find yourself staring into the gaping maw of an 18-foot-tall Tyrannosaurs Rex puppet in Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo show at the Dallas Zoo, you might want to take a step or two back.

To inspire screams, the puppets need to be realistic, and the team at Erth has plenty of experience with over 12 years of building dinosaur puppets for museums around the world. The creations are ...

All of the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park are featured for only six minutes. The number of dinosaur effects shots make up a mere 14 minutes in the 2 hours 7 minutes film.

Narrator: The puppets are controlled by dinoteers who not only have to act like dinosaurs, they also have to be in incredible physical condition because the costumes weigh over 100 pounds.

Field Station: Dinosaurs has reopened in Leonia at Overpeck Park. The exhibit features over 32 life-sized, moving, realistic dinosaurs. Wednesday, June 23, 2021. 2 / 14 Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media ...

Mother and baby "Tyrannosaurus rexes." Photo by Julie Leibach The Brachiosaurus lowers its long neck, creased with wrinkles, and briefly surveys the human crowd staring back at it. “That thing looks ...

These same plastics make it possible for large (sometimes life-sized) dinosaur puppets with very realistic skin to roam the streets of our cities — just ignore the human legs, please.

But nothing could prepare him for “Walking With the Dinosaurs,” which is the opportunity of a lifetime for a puppet pro. He had to help make 10 giant dino puppets, each weighing more than a ...

The puppets are so life-like and manipulated so skilfully it is easy to forget you're not looking at a living creature. But at £15.50 for the cheapest ticket, and no difference in price for kids ...

There will be up to a dozen full-scale, moving, animatronic dinosaurs throughout the fair as well as dinosaur-related exhibits, docents with realistic baby dinosaur puppets and more.