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Dinosaur Safari Found In Colton Library

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Dr. Rusty shows how much fun it is to become a dinosaur.

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The audience waits to see who gets to act as a dinosaur.

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Ty "the T-Rex", walking through "Pangaea."

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Dr. Rusty singing to "Pangaea" so they can separate the super continent.

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Dr. Rusty sings a song to introduce Ty the T-Rex.

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Dr. Rusty introduces his new dinosaur, Brian the Brontosaurus.

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Ty the T-Rex meets Brian the Brontosaurus.

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Ty the T-Rex saves Brian the Brontosaurus from the tar

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Dr. Rusty sings another song to separate Pangaea.

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Dr. Rusty turning Ty the T-Rex into a fossil.

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"Jenny the Paleontologist" searching for Ty the T-Rex's bones.

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Greg the Stegosaurus stops by to visit Pangaea.

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Ty the T-Rex, tired from his performance.

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Ty the T-Rex meets Greg the Stegosaurus

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Dr. Rusty plays a song that gets Ty the T-Rex in a dancing mood.

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Everyone "died" after the giant meteor hit Earth.

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Everyone getting praise for their amazing performances.

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Dr. Rusty preparing to sing his farewell song.

By Matthew Lopez, Community Writer
August 6, 2014 at 02:29pm. Views: 56

The Luque Library in the city of Colton recently hosted a special event, Dr. Rusty’s Dinosaur Safari, in a continuation of their summer reading program, "Excavate Something Big." Children and parents were given a special performance by Dr. Rusty’s Dinosaur Safari, that included children participating in an informative, fun and fascinating adventure through the prehistoric world of dinosaurs. Dr. Rusty provides an interactive experience as the children explore the life and times of these prehistoric giants. The interactions are focused around audience participation, which is backed up by live music from Dr. Rusty. Dr. Rusty began his performance by selecting five children to act as Pangaea, a super continent that existed during the Paleozoic era. As the children dressed in their “costumes” to play Pangaea, Dr. Rusty began singing a song that explained exactly what Pangaea was during the prehistoric era. Once Pangaea was "recreated", Dr. Rusty began finding other members of the audience to act as dinosaurs who lived on this super continent. A young boy named Ty had the honor of dressing up and acting as a T-Rex. Once Ty got into his costume, Dr. Rusty began asking the children what they knew about the T-Rex and how the T-Rex was different from other dinosaurs. This question led to Dr. Rusty explaining the difference between carnivore and herbivore dinosaurs. The mention of the herbivore dinosaur caused Dr. Rusty to find another volunteer to dress up and act as Greg the Stegosaurus. With the stage set with different dinosaurs, Dr. Rusty began to teach the children about the giant meteor that crashed into earth and killed all the dinosaurs. Next kids and parents were given the opportunity to ask questions about dinosaurs. Once the questions were over, Dr. Rusty encouraged the kids to attend their public library and continue to read books about other dinosaurs, which were not discussed during his performance.

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