Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the Spinosaurus
Nizar Ibhahim: Bagaimana kami menggali Spinosaurus
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.
adalah makhluk yang luar biasa.
we know about them.
mengenai mereka.
through my head
my first dinosaur book.
buku dinosaurus pertama saya.
seorang ahli paleontologi.
menyatukan kecintaan saya pada hewan
to combine my love for animals
far-flung corners of the world.
ke sudut-sudut dunia.
saya sudah memimpin beberapa ekspedisi
I've led several expeditions
on this planet, the Sahara.
di planet ini, yaitu Sahara.
I've been on a quest
saya berada dalam suatu pencarian
a bizarre, giant predatory dinosaur
dinosaurus predator raksasa yang aneh
have been found
telah ditemukan
by a German paleontologist.
oleh seorang ahli paleontologi Jerman.
were destroyed in World War II.
Spinosaurus ini musnah di Perang Dunia II.
a few drawings and notes.
beberapa gambar dan catatan.
about 100 million years ago,
yang hidup sekitar 100 juta tahun lalu,
forming a magnificent sail,
membentuk layar yang sangat lebar,
a bit like a crocodile,
sedikit seperti buaya,
to catch slippery prey, like fish.
menangkap mangsa yang licin, seperti ikan.
all we knew
between Morocco and Algeria,
ke daerah perbatasan Moroko dan Algeria,
and snakes and scorpions,
dan ular dan kalajengking,
good fossils there.
fosil yang bagus di sana.
spesimen yang menakjubkan.
in this part of the Sahara.
di bagian Sahara ini.
predatory dinosaurs,
dinosaurus predator raksasa,
of crocodile-like hunters.
binatang pemburu yang mirip buaya.
in a river system.
di sebuah sistem sungai.
to a giant, car-sized coelacanth,
coelacanth raksasa sebesar mobil,
were filled with pterosaurs,
dipenuhi pterosaurus,
to travel to if you had a time machine.
jika Anda punya mesin waktu.
incredible fossils of animals
binatang yang menakjubkan ini
dengan Spinosaurus,
to be very elusive.
a partial skeleton at some point.
bagian kerangka di suatu tempat.
several bones of Spinosaurus.
beberapa tulang-belulang Spinosaurus.
we collected more bones.
mengumpulkan lebih banyak tulang.
had another partial skeleton
kami punya bagian kerangka lainnya
Spinosaurus had a head
predatory dinosaurs,
dinosaurus predator lain,
came from the rest of the skeleton.
datang dari sisa kerangka lainnya.
dinosaurus lain dengan kaki seperti ini --
dinosaur has feet like this --
used to walk on soft sediment,
berjalan di tanah lembek,
microstructure of the bone,
struktur mikro tulang yang halus,
very dense and compact.
that spend a lot of time in the water,
hewan yang menghabiskan waktu di air,
control in the water.
daya apung di dalam air.
and built a digital Spinosaurus skeleton.
dan menyusun kerangka digital Spinosaurus.
at the digital skeleton,
kerangka digitalnya,
a dinosaur unlike any other.
tidak seperti yang lainnya.
written all over it,
bahwa ia "pemakan ikan",
"water-loving" written all over it --
bahwa ia "pecinta air" --
and the hind limbs are reduced in size,
dan kaki belakang yang mengecil,
we see in animals
ditemukan pada hewan
of time in the water.
di dalam air.
pada kerangka Spinosaurus kami --
and wrapping our dinosaur in skin --
membungkusnya dengan kulit --
with a river monster,
dengan monster laut,
lebih besar dari T. rex,
I showed you earlier on.
yang saya tunjukkan di awal.
an incredible discovery.
penemuan yang hebat.
this is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.
"Wow, ini penemuan sekali seumur hidup.
to discover in the world."
untuk ditemukan di dunia ini."
further from the truth.
dengan harta karun,
still full of treasures,
tak ada tempat lagi untuk dijelajahi,
no places left to explore,
Roy Chapman Andrews,
terkenal, Roy Chapman Andrews,
an adventure just around the corner --
ada petualangan di balik belokan --
dengan banyak belokan."
abad lalu
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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