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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Dinosaurs unleashed in London as Oxford Street is transformed into prehistoric jungle

Finishing touches are made to the Diplodocus exhibit at Dinosaurs Unleashed, which opens today


It is known as one of London's busiest shopping strips but Oxford Street looks more like a scene from Jurassic Park as it is taken over by a large-scale dinosaur exhibition.

Parklife on Oxford Street has been transformed into a prehistoric jungle, complete with 24 life-sized dinosaur robots including the stegosaurus, the iguanadon, the diplodocus and the tyrannosaurus rex.

The Dinosaurs Unleashed exhibition, which opens today, is the UK's largest fully animatronic dinosaur display, which uses robotics and electronics to make the models move in lifelike ways.

Visitors will be able to walk amongst the dinosaurs and be given an insight into life 65million years ago.

The display features animals from the three great ages of the species' reign - the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous - which stomp through the park alongside a giant aquarium.

The largest model on display - the diplodocus - is three times the length and double the height of a double-decker bus.

The display runs until April 30.


The exhibition features 24 life-like dinosaurs including the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus


The models are fitted with electronics to make them appear lifelike


source: dailymail