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When Dinosaurs Roamed America Review-spective

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It is in this very week/on this very day that one of the finest documentaries about dinosaurs and put out by the Discovery Channel premiered. For those not in the know, When Dinosaurs Roamed America is a 2001 documentary special depicting a certain country during the Mesozoic era. Much like a certain BBC documentary from two years prior with the initials WWD, its shot as though it were an actual nature doc, focusing on following dinosaurs' daily lives. Its interspersed with cutaways to talking heads discussing crucial context and fossil finds about american dinosaurs and palaeontology. I have many fond memories of the show, seeing it first on Youtube back when you could and not get copyright claimed, whether its the musical score, the memorable and unique sounds, or hilarious . There are five total segments in the show across its 91-minute runtime. There are in order: Triassic New York, where we follow a Coelophysis as it looks for food and nearly avoids becoming food for a rutio