Adventurion

Prehistoric World.

In our first day of the car trip to The Bruce Peninsula we stopped in very interesting place for kids – Prehistoric World. It is located in Morrisburg, Ontario and can be a great stop on the boring way from Montreal to Toronto.

We were thinking to visit this park in the past, but never had a time. The way to our final destination is very long, so it was good to split it and take this opportunity to visit more places.
Prehistoric World is a great place for kids, especially if they are interested in the dinosaurs. What kid is not interested in these peaceful creatures? 🙂

The park has around one kilometer long very well maintained trail. Through the trail children meet different dinosaurs or other representatives of that time. When opened in early 1980th the site didn’t have an external funding, but it paid for itself in just three years. The owner and co-creator of this park is very knowledgeable and can answer many questions visitors could have.

All sculptures have a short information. Here are some of them:

Dilophosaurus.

Dilophosaurus was found in Arizona in 1942. “Two ridged lizard” was an early Jurassic meat-eater with unusual crests on top of its skull possibly used as display structure. He used its powerful hands to kill and dismember prey. The jaws being rather delicate for this purpose. You’ve probably seen him in the movie Jurassic Park as a much smaller animal. There it was capable of spitting venom (not practical at this size) and having a retractable “fan” to startle its victims (an energy wasting defensive measure, illogical for a predator).

Ceratosaurus.

This carnivorous dinosaur lived during the Jurassic period (140 million years ago). Ceratosaurus “horned reptile” was of similar design to its contemporary, Allosaurus. But it had, on top of its snout, a prominent bony horn perhaps used by males when fighting each other. The skeletal remains of Ceratosaurus are scarcer in late Jurassic rocks indicating it was more versatile, solitary predator unlike the gregarious Allosaurus.

Triceratops.

The best known short-frilled horned dinosaur, Triceratops “three-horned face” was the largest of the ceratopians. This herbivore lived in North America in during the Late Cretaceous (75-65 million years ago). The combination of its long facial horns and massive build made it a dangerous opponent for even the largest carnivorous dinosaurs. Triceratops probably charged head down into its foe in a way similar to that of rhinoceros (even though they are not related).

The information about the other dinosaurs you can find when you visit this park.

Fun in the park.

There is even a site with fossils and children can try themselves as paleontologists.

One issue with this park though is the thousands of hungry mosquitoes and black flies 🙁 . Unfortunately their presence didn’t allow us to stay there longer. I had an impression that they are immune to the repellents.