Dinosaur 8 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back
Say it: ah-PAT-oh-SORE-us. The name means “deceptive lizard”.
Google's 3D search doesn't have a Apatosaurus. This one is from the book. Open this page on a phone or tablet, tap "See it in your room", and it stands on your floor, no app needed.
From the last page of the book
Apatosaurus was a giant dinosaur that could grow up to 23 meters (75 feet) long! It took several years to grow that big. You might also hear it called Brontosaurus, but they're actually two different dinosaurs.
Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Apatosaurus one, and the film next to it reads it aloud.
A paper cut-out film of the book's pictures. Sound on.
Source: Natural History Museum, London, Dino Directory, unless another source is named.
Its long, thin tail may have worked like a whip.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
It lived at the same time as Stegosaurus.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
For 45 years, from 1934 to 1979, a famous museum skeleton of it wore the wrong head!
Source: National Geographic Kids
In the story
He had big red eyes that looked really sad. He said he'd help us, but only if we found the mysterious "fruit of euphoria".
It turned out to be a very ordinary pineapple. I've never seen a dinosaur laugh so hard.
Spike, the young Triceratops who tells the story
Spike's baby brother, still an egg, has gone missing, and Spike sets off to find him. About the book
Questions kids ask
Riddle · who am I?
They called me Brontosaurus for years and years,but we're two different dinosaurs, my dears!
I grew as long as two school buses, end to end,with a tail like a whip. Will you be my friend?
Apatosaurus!
The clue explained: From Dinosaurs Are Back: it grew up to 23 meters (75 feet) long, and Brontosaurus is a different dinosaur. (Dinosaurs Are Back)
Every dinosaur page has a riddle. Try the flying one, or all the dinosaur riddles.
The book · ages 6 to 10
Spike's whole adventure, with the Apatosaurus and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.