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One of the first scenes of Jurassic Park 3 takes place on a rocky plateau where paleontologists are digging for the fossilized bones of ancient lizards. Such a place could well be the so-called Dinosaur Park. It is located in Canada. In fact, this is not a park at all, but a small and in its own way picturesque area in the very south of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is located on the south bank of the Red Deer (Red Deer) River.

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The river meanders lazily through the Canadian steppes, where farmers have long cultivated wheat and corn. A small section of the floodplain is not like the rest. Here water, sun and wind have created natural terraces, small canyons and large ravines. Streams flow at the bottom of rocky hollows. In some places, separate high hills-outliers look like huge Easter cakes. It seems that some giant who fell into childhood left them after his amusements.

In the Mesozoic era, there was a real kingdom of dinosaurs. Here, in the swampy lowlands, styracosaurs looked like giant hippos. Their bone collars were adorned with huge outgrowths that looked like short tusks. Here the hadrosaurs guarded their masonry, uttering lingering cries. Clumsy, but dangerous in defense ankylosaurs stomped slowly.

This area heard the loud thud of bone that came from the clashes of the male Stegoceras. Although they did not have antlers, they butted and bumped their foreheads like modern deer. Here the nimble and extremely dangerous ornithomimus fled gracefully and easily. Huge tyrannosaurs instilled fear in all this brethren.

Paleontologists have found the remains of more than 35 species of ancient extinct reptiles in the Dinosaur Park. In total, about 500 dinosaur skeletons were found here. Their bones are found in other parts of the world, such as in the Gobi Desert, but the Park in Alberta is such a unique place that UNESCO placed it on the World Heritage List in 1979. From Calgary, the nearest major Canadian city, Dinosaur Park is about two and a half hours by highway.

There is a museum in the Park, where you can look at life-size sculptures of dinosaurs and even climb on them. It may not be worthwhile to specifically plan a flight across the Atlantic to look at the work of Canadian paleontologists. However, if you travel around Canada by car, don't forget about the amazing terraces on the banks of the Red Deer River.

Author: Afonkin S.Yu.

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