Punching Dinosaurs, Playing Ark: Survival Evolved with a Paleontologist | Won't You Be My Gamer?

We can't tell you the plot, so we won't! But this week, Dr. Nathan Smith, Director of the Dinosaur Institute at ‪@NHMLA‬ drops by to play Ark: Survival Evolved with ‪@ElyseWillems‬ and Nikole Zivalich he tells us about the hardest places to excavate, entertains Nikole's inane theories and debunks a common dinosaur movie trope.

0:37 - Tweaking our character
1:27 - Aquatic Dinos?
2:09 - Typical dig sites/Insider information on Dig Site Protocols
3:38 - Possible Untouched Areas for Dino Research
5:00 - Dodo Talk
5:48 - Differences in Geological Eras/Periods
7:16 - Dino Trajectory if Extinction Never Happened 
10:08 - Ocean Fossils
10:36 - The Lochness Monster Is Real?!?!?
11:25 - Accuracy in Dino Portrayal
12:01 - Mammals in Dino Times
13:05 - Extinct Mammals cont.
13:41 - Meeting Devil Frog
14:56 - Dr.Nates Opinion on Coolest Dinos

Learn more about Dr. Nate, the Dinosaur Institute, and the Natural History Museum of LA County here: nhm.org/

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