It’s not too hard to imagine a destructive dinosaur on a rampage when watching excavators and diggers on large construction sites. But have you ever imagined them with googly eyes? Now you don’t have to imagine.
With a painted green head and white teeth, and massive googly eyes, this structure-crushing excavator is ready to make the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History proud. Chris Meyer of Turner Construction filmed this delightful one minute video during a demolition phase of the museum’s renovation.
But what species is this dinosaur? From the Yale Peabody Museum’s Instagram team:
“Genus is Krushasaurus. Still working out the species. Any thoughts?”
What would you name this animal? And why aren’t all excavators painted like this? Just look at those eyes jiggle.
Visit Peabody.Yale.edu, as well as their [email protected] lesson plans and activities for all ages.
Watch these construction and dinosaur videos next:
• An excavator climbs onto a rail car to unload crushed rock
• Erie Type A and B Steam Shovels from over 100 years ago
• Il Capo (The Chief)
• Meet the Titanosaur at AMNH
• The gigantic dinosaur puppets of Walking With Dinosaurs
• Project Raptor: Mechanical Dinosaur Costume by Esmée Kramer
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