Dinosaur 9 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back
Say it: kar-noh-TORE-us. The name means “meat-eating bull”. It had two horns above its eyes, like a bull.
Google's 3D search doesn't have a Carnotaurus. 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
Carnotaurus was a fast, meat-eating dinosaur with remarkably short arms. It was one of the fastest dinosaurs, capable of swallowing its prey in a single gulp!
Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Carnotaurus 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.
Only one Carnotaurus skeleton has ever been found. It was dug up in Argentina in 1984.
Source: Wikipedia
Fossil skin shows small scales and no feathers.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
Its horns sat right above its eyes, like a bull's.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
In the story
I found her hurt, hiding behind a bush, while strange dinosaur voices echoed from the cave. I carefully placed a fern on her wound.
Then she whispered just one word to me: "RUN!"
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?
Two horns on my head, like a bull, it's true,and arms so short, I can't wave at you!
I was one of the fastest, as fast as can be,and one single gulp was a dinner for me!
Carnotaurus!
The clue explained: Its name means "meat-eating bull". From Dinosaurs Are Back: it was one of the fastest dinosaurs, with remarkably short arms. (Natural History Museum, London)
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 Carnotaurus and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.