Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the Spinosaurus
Nizar Ibrahim: Jak odkopaliśmy Spinozaura
Nizar Ibrahim scours Northern Africa for clues to what things were like there in the Cretaceous period. A 2015 TED Fellow, he has spearheaded the recent search for the semi-aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus. Full bio
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are incredible creatures.
to niesamowite stworzenia.
we know about them.
through my head
my first dinosaur book.
mojej pierwszej książki o dinozaurach.
to combine my love for animals
połączyć miłość do zwierząt
far-flung corners of the world.
w odległe zakątki świata.
I've led several expeditions
poprowadziłem kilka ekspedycji
on this planet, the Sahara.
zakątków planety, Saharę.
I've been on a quest
bo staram się odkryć
a bizarre, giant predatory dinosaur
ogromnego drapieżnika,
have been found
by a German paleontologist.
niemiecki paleontolog.
were destroyed in World War II.
podczas II wojny światowej.
a few drawings and notes.
kilka rysunków i zapisków.
about 100 million years ago,
około 100 milionów lat temu,
forming a magnificent sail,
tworzące wspaniały żagiel.
a bit like a crocodile,
trochę jak krokodyl,
to catch slippery prey, like fish.
śliskiej zdobyczy, na przykład ryb.
all we knew
between Morocco and Algeria,
na granicy Maroka i Algierii,
and snakes and scorpions,
wężami i skorpionami,
good fossils there.
in this part of the Sahara.
predatory dinosaurs,
ogromnych drapieżników,
of crocodile-like hunters.
podobnych do krokodyli.
in a river system.
w systemie rzecznym.
to a giant, car-sized coelacanth,
wielkości auta, celakantokształtnych,
were filled with pterosaurs,
to travel to if you had a time machine.
wehikułem czasu.
incredible fossils of animals
skamieniałości zwierząt,
to be very elusive.
a partial skeleton at some point.
odkryjemy częściowy szkielet.
several bones of Spinosaurus.
odkrył kilka kości spinozaura.
we collected more bones.
zebraliśmy więcej kości.
had another partial skeleton
mieliśmy kolejny częściowy szkielet
Spinosaurus had a head
predatory dinosaurs,
came from the rest of the skeleton.
z pozostałej części szkieletu.
dinosaur has feet like this --
used to walk on soft sediment,
do chodzenia po miękkim podłożu
microstructure of the bone,
very dense and compact.
that spend a lot of time in the water,
które spędzają dużo czasu w wodzie.
control in the water.
utrzymywać się na powierzchni.
and built a digital Spinosaurus skeleton.
cyfrowy szkielet spinozaura.
at the digital skeleton,
a dinosaur unlike any other.
że ten dinozaur jest zupełnie inny.
written all over it,
że żywił się rybami,
"water-loving" written all over it --
and the hind limbs are reduced in size,
zredukowane tylne kończyny,
we see in animals
of time in the water.
and wrapping our dinosaur in skin --
i owijam go skórą.
with a river monster,
do czynienia z rzecznym potworem.
I showed you earlier on.
które pokazywałem wcześniej.
an incredible discovery.
to odkrycie jest niesamowite.
this is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.
zdarza się tylko raz w życiu.
to discover in the world."
further from the truth.
still full of treasures,
no places left to explore,
miejsc niezbadanych,
Roy Chapman Andrews,
Roya Chapmana Andrewsa,
an adventure just around the corner --
wrote these lines.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nizar Ibrahim - PaleontologistNizar Ibrahim scours Northern Africa for clues to what things were like there in the Cretaceous period. A 2015 TED Fellow, he has spearheaded the recent search for the semi-aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus.
Why you should listen
Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim, a postdoc at the University of Chicago, wanted to uncover the mystery of the Spinosaurus, a gigantic predatory dinosaur whose only known remains were lost during World War II. After identifying a new skeleton at a dig in North Africa, Ibrahim made the landmark conclusion that the Spinosaurus may have been the largest carnivorous dinosaur to ever live. Its crocodile-like head, dense bones, short legs, and wide, paddle feet suggest it was a water dweller unlike any other. “The entire skeleton has water-loving river monster written all over it,” he says.
Ibrahim is a TED Fellow and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer.
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