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A huge plant-eating dinosaur takes on a massive carnivore in an ugly pitched battle for survival.
一只巨大的植食恐龍遇到了一只大型食肉恐龍，它們將在這個險惡的地方為生存而戰(zhàn)
This idea of the two biggest creatures on the planet locked in mortal combat
把這兩種地球上最大的動物放在一起殊死搏斗
has proved irresistible to science fiction writers and movie makers.
對于科幻小說家和電影人來說，都是極具誘惑力的題材
But for the scientists who study dinosaurs, this was pure fantasy.
但是對于研究恐龍的科學家來說，這純屬虛構
They knew that this clash of titans could never have happened in real life.
他們知道這種巨型恐龍之間的較量在現(xiàn)實中絕不可能發(fā)生
That's because in real life
這是因為在現(xiàn)實中
the giant long-necked herbivores never lived alongside the mega-carnivores,
巨型植食蜥腳類恐龍從未與大型食肉恐龍生活在一起
huge dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of the meat-eaters.
例如食肉動物之王--霸王龍這樣的巨型恐龍
The two giants never walked the Earth at the same time in the same place.
這兩種地球上的巨型恐龍并非出現(xiàn)在同一時代、同一地點
Creatures like these could never have met. Or so the scientists thought.
這些動物永遠不可能相遇。科學家們就是這么認為的
Plaza Huincul, a small Argentinian town in rural Patagonia, is famous for two things: oil and dinosaurs.
普拉薩烏因庫爾，阿根廷巴塔哥尼亞地區(qū)的一個鄉(xiāng)村小鎮(zhèn)，因為兩樣東西聞名于世：石油和恐龍
