National Geographic to air new documentary of life-size model predator T-Rex
National Geographic asked American palaeontologist Steve Brusatte to take part in a new documentary that is aimed to build dissect a life-size model of the T-Rex.
The 31-year-old Brusatte has spent more than half his life in unearthing the secrets of dinosaurs. He is a world renowned specialist in the anatomy, genealogy and evolution of fossil vertebrates.
He has written over 60 scientific papers, which are published five books. He has also described over 10 new species of fossil animals.
Now, the National Geographic Channel will air a brand new documentary titled ‘T. Rex Autopsy’ in order to tell the tale of a life-sized Tyrannosaurs rex.
Brusatte admitted that he and fellow palaeontologists, together with the veterinary surgeons and the biologists only got involved after having been approached by the television channel and invited to help show what T. rex was really like.
He said, “I jumped at the chance because, over time, films have made dinosaurs become more fantasy and less realistic. I wanted to build a model of the T-Rex that was completely accurate and in line with current science”.
The T-Rex has always been Steve Brusatt’s favorite dinosaur. This passion for the study of this predator led him to perform T-Rex's Autopsy in order to recreate it from the inside out.
He said that often tried to imagine what the animal would look like in real life. The project allowed him to not only see its bones, but muscles, skin, feathers and organs.
According to Mr. Brusatte, the project is a fresh take on all the dinosaur information that floods the internet, books and television. He said that it provides insights on the T-Rex. He said that people will walk away from the documentary viewing it as a living animal.
He mentioned that the people would discover that the T-Rex has heart and lungs like humans do and it also got injures just like animals of today. The predator grew up gave birth, and reproduced.