Press Releases - Part 104

18 11, 2013

Dinosaurs Fight the Bullies with New Posters

By Mike|2024-05-02T06:28:08+01:00November 18th, 2013|Categories: Educational Activities, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases, Teaching|1 Comment

Anti-Bullying Week November 18th-22nd 2013

Everything Dinosaur team members have spent a busy few days preparing posters and sending them out to schools in readiness for anti-bullying week which starts today. Many of the educational establishments that we visit have got a robust policy towards bullying prevention and awareness. A school’s anti-bullying strategy is in operation throughout the year and we salute the dedication of those teachers, higher learning teaching assistants, learning support staff and all those other stakeholders in the school community who work so hard to develop and implement an anti-bullying programme.

There are many organisations delivering a creative anti-bullying message throughout this week and Everything Dinosaur is pleased to play a small role in helping to raise awareness of this important issue.

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Team members have designed three anti-bullying posters using dinosaurs as a theme. They have been inspired to do so after seeing all the very colourful and creative anti-bullying posters designed by children during school visits by Everything Dinosaur.

One of the Dinosaur Inspired, Free Anti-Bullying Posters Available

Stop the Bullies!

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Anti-Bullying Posters Feature Dinosaurs

As many children love dinosaurs, we thought it appropriate if we could utilise some of our prehistoric animal drawing materials to create posters with an anti-bullying message. The dinosaur depicted in the poster above is a fearsome meat-eating dinosaur, we could not think of a better way to get the message across.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

In total three posters were created. They are designed to be printed off onto A4 sized paper and can be laminated if required. Hopefully, with a few of these posters pinned up around the school and any bullies will soon get the message.

Dinosaurs Fighting the Bullies

Stop bullies in their tracks!

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Three Posters Designed

These posters have already been circulated to a large number of schools. Everything Dinosaur has been proactive and through its links with the National Autistic Society (N.A.S) in the UK, these posters have been made available free of charge to the head teachers of all the schools registered with the N.A.S.

If you would like to get one of these posters for yourself, or indeed all three, it could not be more simple. Just email us (see link below), and one of our team members will email you back with the posters available as downloadable attachments.

Contact us: Email Everything Dinosaur.

A spokes person from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“With our vast library of dinosaur pictures, drawings and images we thought it a good idea if we used some prehistoric animals to help get the anti-bullying message across. Let’s hope that we can all work together to help make bullying extinct.”

It is important that bullying prevention and awareness is taught throughout the school year, but during this week, Everything Dinosaur is proud to be involved and hopefully helping to make a difference.

To view the range of prehistoric animal themed toys, models and games available from Everything Dinosaur: Visit Everything Dinosaur’s Website.

14 11, 2013

Otodus megalodon and Maths (Free Resources for Schools)

By Mike|2024-05-01T15:21:41+01:00November 14th, 2013|Categories: Adobe CS5, Educational Activities, Press Releases, Teaching|0 Comments

Using Shark Fossils to Help Primary School Children with Maths

Another day and another free download for teachers and educationalists. Everything Dinosaur team members had been approached by a number of primary school teachers and HLTAs (Higher Learning Teaching Assistants), to help key stage 1 pupils get to grips with some of the symbols used in mathematics that they will encounter as they progress to key stage 2. In particular, we were asked to come up with novel ways of helping young children from five years of age to recognise and remember what certain symbols used in mathematics stand for.

Megalodon Shark Fossils

Much of the emphasis of the mathematics part of the national curriculum in the United Kingdom is based around young learners making connections between numbers, shapes and symbols. During key stage 1, pupils develop their knowledge and understanding of mathematics through practical activity, exploration and discussion. Many children are keen on dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures so if team members at Everything Dinosaur could build in a prehistoric theme, then all the better to help with the learning. Children at key stage 1 learn to count, read, write and order numbers to 100 and beyond. They develop a range of mental calculation skills and should be able to use these skills confidently in different settings.

Greater Than and Less Than Symbols

Children learn about shape and space through practical activity which builds on their understanding of their immediate environment. They begin to grasp mathematical language, using it to talk about their methods and explain their reasoning when solving problems. It is developing a familiarity with mathematical symbols where Everything Dinosaur comes in, why not use some images of fossilised shark teeth to help children learn about the “greater than” > and the “less than” < signs.

Using Fossils to Help Children Learn About Mathematics

Greater than and less than thanks to C. megalodon.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur Helps Out

Everything Dinosaur team members used pictures of the huge, fossilised teeth of a giant prehistoric shark called Carcharodon megalodon to create the mathematical symbols. As children move onto key stage 2, they are expected to be able to recognise that the position of a digit gives its value and to use correctly the <> symbols.

The teeth are part of Everything Dinosaur’s fossil collection. Some of these fossils are brought into schools to help pupils learn about animals that lived in the past. The shark teeth are particularly spectacular and these specimens are bigger than the typical hand of an nine year old child. Such objects always intrigue and fascinate the children and they get a great deal out of the dinosaur workshops in schools that the staff conduct, so why not use some of the fossils to help children with other aspects of their education.

Note

This prehistoric shark has been reclassified and is now referred to as Otodus megalodon.

A Replica of the Prehistoirc Shark Known as Megalodon (O. megalodon)

The PNSO large Megalodon model “Patton” being held by an Everything Dinosaur team member.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the range of PNSO prehistoric animal models and figures including replicas of prehistoric sharks: PNSO Prehistoric Animal Figures (Age of Dinosaurs).

5 11, 2013

CollectA Reveal Pictures of 2014 Prehistoric Life Model Releases

By Mike|2023-02-28T20:06:41+00:00November 5th, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|2 Comments

First of the 2014 Confirmed Releases from CollectA

Team members at Everything Dinosaur have been admiring the pictures of the 2014 model releases by CollectA. The manufacturer intends to release photographs of their “new for 2014” model ranges over the next few weeks or so and Everything Dinosaur will be posting up the pics on its social media pages as well as on this blog site. The first of CollectA’s “Prehistoric Life” range photos include the finalised version of the south-east Asian spinosaurid Ichthyovenator, the Quetzalcoatlus with prey model, the dead Stegosaurus plus the 1:40 scale model of the fearsome Carcharodontosaurus.

Prehistoric Life Model

The Finalised Model of Ichthyovenator

The first mainstream model available of this bizarre dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Stegosaurus Corpse

These new models are going to delight serious collectors and young dinosaur fans in equal measure. The dead Stegosaurus model, the second “deceased” dinosaur figure produced by CollectA after the successful introduction of their dead Triceratops in 2012 will prove to be very useful for model makers as they create Late Jurassic scenes.

Dead Stegosaurus Model due out in 2014

Attacked by an Allosaurus?

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Stegosaurus figure has been slightly changed from the prototype, the pose is different and the plates on the back of the animal have a different hue. It should prove a boon to model makers.

CollectA Hatzegopteryx

In addition to the popular Hatzegopteryx figure made by CollectA, 2014 will see the introduction of a second azhdarchid figure with a Quetzalcoatlus with prey figure. Team members at Everything Dinosaur asked Facebook fans to consider what sort of prey this huge Late Cretaceous pterosaur might have captured. There were some super suggestions, fish, a young T. rex, a mammal, even another pterosaur, but the unfortunate victim is a baby Alamosaurus (titanosaur). This model has already had rave reviews just on the images alone. We can’t wait to see the figures, they should be with us early next year.

Quetzalcoatlus with Prey Figure from CollectA

Wonderful depiction of a pterosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view Everything Dinosaur’s current range of CollectA Prehistoric Life models: CollectA Prehistoric Life Figures.

CollectA Deluxe 1:40 Scale Carcharodontosaurus

The last of the pictures released for now, show the finalised version of the 1:40 scale Deluxe Carcharodontosaurus dinosaur model. The head has been re-positioned and the colouration tweaked to make this large predator look particularly formidable. It is great to see a large model of this dinosaur introduced by a mainstream model manufacturer.

1:40 Scale Deluxe Carcharodontosaurus Due out in 2014

Fearsome predatory dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Looks like there will be lots to look forward to in 2014.

To view the wide range of CollectA Deluxe/Supreme prehistoric animal models and figures in stock: CollectA Supreme and Deluxe Prehistoric Animal Models.

1 11, 2013

Everything Dinosaur Announces a Winner in Their Free Name a Dinosaur Competition

By Mike|2024-05-01T15:15:27+01:00November 1st, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|0 Comments

Meet “Steve” the Spinosaurus

Last month, Everything Dinosaur held a competition on the company’s Facebook page to win one of the new, large dinosaur soft toys that have just arrived in stock for Christmas. The new soft toy range is very colourful. There are green stegosaurs, a sky blue Tyrannosaurus rex and a super soft and very cuddly, red Spinosaurus. Trouble was, we could not think of names for these prehistoric animal soft toys, so we held a competition to see if any of our Facebook fans could come up with a suitable moniker for our monsters.

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With the competition for naming our Spinosaurus soft toy closed, we put all the entries into our special, highly sophisticated, random winner picking device (one of the hard hats used on fossil digs), the winning name was “Steve” and our congratulations go to Jo.

Some of the New Dinosaur Soft Toys from Everything Dinosaur

Cute and cuddly dinosaur soft toys.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Thank You to All the Competitors

A big thank you to all those people who entered. We had lots of really great suggestions for our Spinosaurus, we loved “Mr Bitey” (thanks Lou), as well as “Sam” and “Spencer” (thanks to Hannah and Lisa), plus Spielberg and Seth, (thank you Liz and Jenni). We had far too many entries to give everyone a mention, but a big Iguanodon thumbs up to you all.

Some of our Facebook fans demonstrated quite a bit of dino knowledge with their competition entries. For example, Clair Bage suggested “Stromer the Spinosaurus” after Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, the German palaeontologist who was responsible for formally naming and describing Spinosaurus aegptiacus in 1915. There were quite a few references to Egypt, this is where Stromer’s expedition first uncovered evidence of a giant, predatory dinosaur back in the early years of the 20th century.

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus

The location was the Bahariya Oasis, approximately 180 miles south-west of Cairo. Although, Stromer is now credited with finding one of the largest land carnivores known to science, he initially thought his expeditions had been failures. He had intended to find evidence of early hominins in support of his hypothesis that our ancestors originated in Africa (we think he was right), to Stromer’s frustration his travels in Egypt led to him exploring much older strata, much of it laid down in marine environments. Not too useful if looking for early human fossils, but as a result of these expeditions, a number of new types of prehistoric animal, including several dinosaurs became known to science.

Looking out for “Steve” the Spinosaurus

Looking out for “Steve” the Spinosaurus.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

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Competition entries that reflected the Egyptian theme included Andrew who came up with “Ramses”, Kim who proposed “Tutan” short for Tutankahmum and Joey who suggested “Pharaoh” – all very good names for a dinosaur whose Latin name means “Egyptian Spine Lizard”.

To view Everything Dinosaur’s range of dinosaur and prehistoric animal themed soft toys: Soft Toy Dinosaurs.

Special mentions also to Pat Walker for “Scarlet-o-saurus” and to Annie Taylor for coming up with “Theo” as spinosaurids are members of the theropoda group of dinosaurs.

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Big roar from all of us to everyone who entered.

31 10, 2013

Happy Halloween from Everything Dinosaur

By Mike|2026-08-27T11:33:13+01:00October 31st, 2013|Categories: Adobe CS5, Press Releases|0 Comments

Horrible, Scary Triceratops

October 31st is “All Hallows Eve” a time for spooky goings on, pumpkin lanterns and trick or treats. From a palaeontologist’s perspective it always surprising when one considers the scary and frightening monsters that are conjured up from the imagination when the fossil record is full of evidence of strange, bizarre and monstrous animals that really existed. A psychologist friend waxes lyrical on our fear of dark places and something “lurking in the woods”.

Happy Halloween

To our ancestors, forested areas harboured predators such as bears, wolves and things much worse, these were places to avoid and our primeval fear of dark, poorly lit, potentially dangerous places still persists in many of us today.

Most mammals lack colour vision, unlike the birds and as most scientists agree, the Dinosauria. The widely accepted theory is that mammals evolved in the shadow of the dinosaurs who were mostly diurnal (active during the day). Our ancient mammalian ancestors, scurried about in the undergrowth or were nocturnal.

This was a strategy for survival, being small and furry made you fair game for a large number of predators so it was best to hide during the day. As a result, most mammals have eyesight still suited to this way of life, we primates are an exception not the rule.

Celebrating Halloween

To celebrate October 31st, we have posted a spooky prehistoric animal themed image sent to us by a young dinosaur fan.

Happy Halloween from Everything Dinosaur

An atmospheric dinosaur skeleton all ready for All Hallows Eve. Picture credit: Caldey

Picture credit: Caldey

The Fossil Record

The fossil record demonstrates the great variation in vertebrate forms that have evolved. There are a number of candidates for the title of “scary creature”. Of course there are the fearsome theropod dinosaurs along with a huge number of other predators. Take the gorgonopsids for example. Named after the terrible Gorgon of Greek myth, some of these therapsid predators with their monstrous teeth and jaws were apex predators during the Permian. Not capable of chewing, these reptiles probably bit off chunks of flesh and swallowed them hole.

A Typical Gorgonopsid (Inostrancevia)

Scary monster from the Permian.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

There were also plenty of frightening mammals and birds around in prehistory, the aptly named “Terror Birds” or the mighty, nobbly-faced Uintatherium, a genus of huge, herbivorous mammal from the Eocene. The largest species of Triceratops currently recognised is called Triceratops horridus (horrible three-horned face). When the huge skull with its three horns was first studied, academics thought this was a dinosaur that would have looked horrible, but to us when viewing a reconstructed Triceratops skeleton we think it is rather beautiful.

A Triceratops – Horrible or Beautiful?

Eofauna Scientific Research dinosaur model "Dominant" Triceratops.

The Eofauna Scientific Research Triceratops dinosaur model – “Dominant”. A scary or a beautiful dinosaur?

The picture (above) shows an Eofauna Triceratops dinosaur model. To view the large range of Eofauna prehistoric animal models available from Everything Dinosaur: Eofauna Scientific Research Models.

22 10, 2013

Name a Spinosaurus Competition! Win with Everything Dinosaur!

By Mike|2024-05-01T15:13:23+01:00October 22nd, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Just Ten Days Left to Enter Name a Dinosaur Competition

Everything Dinosaur has introduced an exciting range of super, soft and cuddly dinosaur soft toys. Please note this competition has now closed.

Amongst the company’s new prehistoric pals there is a wonderful, bright red Spinosaurus and our team members need a name for their new dino chum.

So, we have come up with a super, dinosaur giveaway. Our new Spinosaurus soft toy needs a name and we are going to give one lucky winner their very own soft and cuddly Spinosaurus.

Name a Dinosaur Competition with Everything Dinosaur

Please give me a name!

Picture Credit: Everything Dinosaur

There are just TEN DAYS LEFT to enter our dinosaur inspired competition. It closes on the evening of October 31st.

To enter, all you have to do is “Like” Everything Dinosaur’s FACEBOOK page, then comment on the Spinosaurus soft toy picture including a suggestion for the name for our very cute, sail-backed reptile soft toy. He’s big, measuring a whopping 44cm long and bright red, but he needs a name!

Everything Dinosaur on FACEBOOK: “LIKE” Our Facebook Page and Enter Competition

Good luck to everyone, a winner will be selected, notified by email and that lucky person will receive a Spinosaurus soft toy to help turn their home into a Jurassic Park!

To view the range of prehistoric plush and dinosaur soft toys available from Everything Dinosaur: Prehistoric Animal Soft Toys.

20 10, 2013

Inflatable Dinosaurs from Everything Dinosaur

By Mike|2023-02-27T13:58:56+00:00October 20th, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur Products, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

Inflatable Dinosaur from Everything Dinosaur

An inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex to make young dinosaur fans roar with excitement and swish their tails with delight. As part of Everything Dinosaur’s commitment to its customers, the company’s team members have been busy sourcing and testing a huge range of new items for the website. So far over twenty new products have been added this month, with much more promised in the run up to Christmas.

The Inflatable T. rex

Just add air for some prehistoric fun

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Inflatable Dinosaurs

Standing an impressive 76 centimetres tall, this inflatable tyrannosaurid has proved to be very popular on test. Aimed at children from three years and upwards it makes a wonderful accessory for an aspiring palaeontologist. Remarking on some of the more unusual uses of an inflatable dinosaur, a spokes person from Everything Dinosaur explained that they had supplied some T. rex inflatables to a rally club which was having a fancy dress event. Several members wanted to convert their vehicles into “stone age mobiles” and this inflatable, of perhaps the most famous dinosaur of all, was just what they needed to add the final flourishes to their cars.

To view the Tyrannosaurus rex inflatable and other items in Everything Dinosaur’s extensive range: Dinosaur Gifts and Toys.

As one young dinosaur fan exclaimed “it was like having a baby dinosaur in the house, one that was nearly as tall as me.”

Just add air to create your very own dinosaur fun.

18 10, 2013

Meet the Helpful Experts at Everything Dinosaur

By Mike|2024-05-01T15:14:23+01:00October 18th, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Half-Term Fun at the Beacon Museum (Whitehaven) with Everything Dinosaur

On Saturday and Sunday, 26th and 27th of October, Everything Dinosaur are going to be on the road again as they will be working that weekend at The Beacon in Whitehaven exploring all things “Ice Age and Sharky” as a staff member succinctly puts it. Visitors to the wonderful museum on Copeland’s harbour side will get the chance to meet Everything Dinosaur team members and to get to grips with real fossils of ancient prehistoric animals. From 10am to 4.30pm each day, Everything Dinosaur will be on hand to guide visitors through the exhibits, answer questions and to demonstrate what we do and don’t know about mammals and giant birds that evolved after the dinosaurs extinction. In addition, team members will be highlighting the importance of sharks both today and in prehistory, tracing 400 million years of shark evolution.

Everything Dinosaur – Back at The Beacon

Everything Dinosaur at The Beacon (Whitehaven) weekending 26th/27th October.

The event, which is included as part of the normal admission price, is inspired by The Beacon’s two blockbuster exhibitions “Ice Age – Life After Dinosaurs” and “Shark! Myths & Reality” which are showing until 5th January. If you have ever wondered just how sharp the tooth of a giant prehistoric shark was, well, if you pop along to The Beacon that weekend you might get the chance to find out!

Learn about the very first sea monsters, get up close to the business end of a Woolly Mammoth, discover how the Sabre-toothed tiger got its misleading name and release your inner Neanderthal. All these topics and more will be covered by our enthusiastic team members, and we will try to answer questions too, as well as having some dinosaur fossils on hand.

To read more about the range of items sold by Everything Dinosaur: Visit Everything Dinosaur’s Website.

15 10, 2013

Win with Everything Dinosaur – Name a Dinosaur Competition!

By Mike|2024-05-01T15:14:56+01:00October 15th, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|0 Comments

Win a Super Spinosaurus Soft Toy with Everything Dinosaur

WIN! WIN! WIN! with Everything Dinosaur! (Please note this competition is now closed)

We have got a super, dinosaur giveaway. Our new Spinosaurus soft toy needs a name and we at Everything Dinosaur are going to give one lucky winner their very own soft and cuddly Spinosaurus.

Win a Super Dinosaur Soft Toy in our Name a Dinosaur Competition

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

All you have to do is “Like” Everything Dinosaur’s FACEBOOK page, then comment on the picture including a suggestion for the name for our very cute, sail-backed reptile soft toy. He’s big, measuring a whopping 44cm long and bright red, but he needs a name!

Everything Dinosaur on FACEBOOK: “LIKE” Our Facebook Page and Enter Competition.

We will draw the lucky winner at random and the name caption competition closes on October 31st 2013. Good luck!

Super Spinosaurus Soft Toy

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view Everything Dinosaur’s range of super prehistoric animal soft toys: Prehistoric Animal Soft Toys.

Terms and Conditions of Dinosaur Name Caption Competition

Automated entries are not permitted and will be excluded from the draw

Only one entry per person

The prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative will be offered

The Everything Dinosaur name a dinosaur caption competition runs until October 31st 2013.

Winner will be notified by private message on Facebook.

Prize includes postage and packing

For full terms and conditions contact: Email Everything Dinosaur.

PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED

15 10, 2013

Last Recommended Posting Dates for Christmas 2013 (Important Information)

By Mike|2024-04-22T14:33:19+01:00October 15th, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur Publishes Christmas Post Information to Help Customers

It is that time of year again, the evenings are drawing in, Halloween is nearly upon us and Everything Dinosaur team members are complaining that the warehouse is getting cold – we must be on the run up to Christmas. So once again, we are putting in place plans to assist our customers with their Christmas gift choices. Team members are on hand to advise telephone callers and help where they can. Our staff are working as hard as ever in the warehouse to pack and despatch orders promptly and we have checked with Royal Mail in the UK as to the last recommended posting dates around the world with regards to Christmas orders.

Information on the Last Recommended Posting Dates for Christmas Orders (2013)

Table credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur recommends that customers consult their local mail provider for further details about recommended posting dates for Christmas gifts.

The table above shows that for surface mail deliveries to the United States, for example, today, Tuesday 15th is the last recommended posting date.

As always our efficient staff quickly respond to emails sent to them and we have produced a chart providing information on the last safe posting dates for Christmas parcels and gifts sent from the UK overseas.

Whilst staff at Everything Dinosaur do all they can to promptly despatch goods, and to provide accurate information on posting dates, it may be worthwhile checking with Royal Mail to obtain the latest postal information.

Remember, the dates provided in the table above, are the last recommended posting dates. Postal staff and postal services get very busy in the run up to Christmas, posting early is recommended and rest assured our helpful staff will be on hand to assist customers with any queries that they may have. We strongly recommend that customers post early in order to avoid disappointment.

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