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Giant Claw

 

 

Another Walking With Dinosaurs special, The Giant Claw features zoologist and adventurer Nigel Marven going back 75 million years on a pre-historic safari in search of the legendary Therizinosaurus, one of the most bizarre creatures ever to walk the earth, and owner of the largest claws of all time.

Therizinosaurus was a gigantic dinosaur walking on two legs, weighing in at five tonnes and with claws almost a metre long. Nigel's embarks on a pre-historic safari that finds him negotiating vast nesting sites, seeing off curious Velociraptors and attempting to avoid the terrifying Tarbosaurus. Eventually he is rewarded as he discovers the true identity of the giant claw.

The Giant Claw
The Giant Claw


Filmed on Fraser Island, Australia, Crawley Creatures built a complete body of a Mononychus, a feathered dinosaur, for Nigel Marvin to wrestle with, and an animatronic head. We also made a giant claw and set of arms from a Therizinosaurus, as well as eggs and a baby Therizinosaur skeleton.

 

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