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creatures of old author: veena prasad illustrator: kabini amin the sun had just set, and the forest was in darkness. a huge lizard-like creature was hiding in the bushes. it was still as a statue, from the tip of its snout to the curve of its tail. only its sharp eyes moved, darting left and right. its nostrils twitched as it smelled dinner. a juicy little insect! the giant lizard got ready to pounce when . . . 2/18 suddenly, the ground rumbled and shook. animals were running in all directions. the poor lizard-creature was almost run over. angrily, it turned back to see what was causing all the confusion. gulp! a terrifying beast was charging down the forest path. it was taller than the tallest trees, and had skin as rough as rock. oh no! was the hunter about to become the prey? 3/18 4/18 this is not a …

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ey got buried under layers and layers of soil. the skin and flesh decayed and disappeared, but the hard bones and teeth remained because of the tightly packed soil. all these layers of soil, along with the bones, became hard and turned into rock. plant and animal remains preserved as imprints in this rock are called fossils. 7/18 8/18 when scientists first discovered huge bones buried under the surface of the earth, they did not know what these were. the bones were larger than any animal they had ever known. bones as long as tree trunks, skulls the size of autorickshaws, teeth as big as ice-cream cones, and claws like knives! they kept putting the bones together in different ways to see if they could come up with an animal they recognised. finally, it all clicked into place, like a puzzle. 9/18 paleontologists can tell a lot about an animal …

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disappear, the soil got covered with layers of sand and rock. so the prints stayed intact for millions of years. in fact, by measuring the distance between footprints, paleontologists can guess the height of the animal. they can also tell how it stood and walked. 12/18 some of the strangest fossil marks were left by plants. paleontologists have discovered interestingly- shaped leaves and flowers that cannot be seen anywhere today. 13/18 but here’s the most fun clue of all! any idea what this might be? is it a football? is it a cannonball? is it an egg? that’s right! it’s an egg! a giant, fossilized egg. scientists have found whole eggs that even contain the outline of an unhatched baby dinosaur inside! perhaps they got buried in a landslide or lava from a volcano before they could hatch. in mongolia, scientists discovered eggs along with the skeleton of an adult …

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these animals were neither bears nor dogs, but a group of animals related to both bears and dogs. 18/18 this book was made possible by pratham books' storyweaver platform. content under creative commons licenses can be downloaded, translated and can even be used to create new stories ‐ provided you give appropriate credit, and indicate if changes were made. to know more about this, and the full terms of use and attribution, please visit the following link. disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions some rights reserved. this book is cc-by-4.0 licensed. you can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. for full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ the development of this book has been supported by oracle. story attribution: this story: creatures of old is written by veena prasad . © pratham books , 2018. some rights reserved. released under cc by 4.0 license. other …

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excavation in the forest, by kabini amin © pratham books, 2018. some rights reserved. released under cc by 4.0 license. page 9: people collecting bones in the forest, by kabini amin © pratham books, 2018. some rights reserved. released under cc by 4.0 license. page 10: dinosaur and their bone structure, by kabini amin © pratham books, 2018. some rights reserved. released under cc by 4.0 license. page 11: ancient teeth, by kabini amin © pratham books, 2018. some rights reserved. released under cc by 4.0 license. page 12: ancient bones, by kabini amin © pratham books, 2018. some rights reserved. released under cc by 4.0 license. https://storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3094-veena-prasad https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/12030-men-at-an-archaeological-site-working https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11911-dinosaur-in-the-forest https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11913-broken-trees https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11914-dinosaurs-in-the-forest-creating-havoc https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/12031-ancient-animals-in-the-forest-area https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11928-birds https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11917-excavation-in-the-forest https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11918-people-collecting-bones-in-the-forest https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11919-dinosaur-and-their-bone-structure https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/11920-ancient-teeth https://storyweaver.org.in/users/3443-kabini-amin https://storyweaver.org.in/illu

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creatures of old author: veena prasad illustrator: kabini amin the sun had just set, and the forest was in darkness. a huge lizard-like creature was hiding in the bushes. it was still as a statue, from the tip of its snout to the curve of its tail. only its sharp eyes moved, darting left and right. its nostrils twitched as it smelled dinner. a juicy little insect! the giant lizard got ready to pounce when . . . 2/18 suddenly, the ground rumbled and shook. animals were running in all directions. the poor lizard-creature was almost run over. angrily, it turned back to see what was causing all the confusion. gulp! a terrifying beast was charging down the forest path. …

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