Photos courtesy of the Birmingham Zoo.
Twelve life-sized animatronic dinosaurs will be on display at the zoo until July 31.
Don’t write off dinosaurs as extinct just yet. This spring break, the prehistoric creatures are returning to the Birmingham Zoo as part of its new exhibit, Dino Discovery – They’re Back! The limited-time exhibit will open to members only for a preview March 17 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., March 18 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and March 19 from 9 a.m.–noon. It will then open to the public at noon on March 19.
The exhibit will be located in the Alabama Wilds area of the Junior League of Birmingham – Hugh Kaul Children’s Zoo. This exhibit will give guests the opportunity to hear dinosaurs roar, see them move and take in a prehistoric experience like none before.
A total of 12 life-sized, North American-native animatronic dinosaurs will tower above zoo guests at heights of nearly 20 feet. The creatures will weigh in at nearly 7 tons and measure 85 feet in length, taking guests on an expedition spanning back more than 160 million years ago. Guests can search for fossils in the Dino Dig, explore the exhibit with a dinosaur expert and get their picture with a giant Pachyrhinosaurus. The exhibit will provide various educational offerings for guests to learn more about these extinct species and how they relate to the zoo’s conservation efforts.
To help add more excitement to the experience, guests are encouraged to download the Dinosaur Co AR app for an interactive digital experience.
When warmer months roll around, the zoo’s Summer ZooFari Camps will include a specialty camp focused on dinosaurs. Campers will discover fossils, learn about dinosaurs and how they lived, what they ate and meet some of their modern-day relatives up close.
Dino Discovery – They’re Back! will be open to guests for a cost of $4 (plus tax) for zoo members and $6 (plus tax) for nonmembers in addition to regular zoo admission.
The dinosaurs will stick around until July 31 before they go extinct again.
For more information, visit birminghamzoo.com.
