Some believed that the Spinosaurus would wade into the shallows close to shore, while others hinted that it was an aquatic pursuit predator that would dive deep into the water to hunt for its dinner.

You turn around, but it’s too late for you: you’re face to face with the largest carnivorous dinosaur to ever be discovered, the Spinosaurus. But what IS a Spinosaurus?

“The Spinosaur in the water was truly incredible,” he says. “It was moving the water around with well over 1,000 horsepower… just incredible.” Not everything works in JP III.

Scientists have long struggled to interpret Spinosaurus fossils to determine the animal's behavior in life, uncertain whether it swam while hunting or simply waded into water in search of prey.

The study compared Spinosaurus fossils with skulls and skeletons of dinosaurs and reptiles that lived both in and out of the water, concluding that a wading, heronlike behavior was the most likely.

Huge ‘river monster’ dinosaur unveiled at Field Museum The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long. By Stefano Esposito Jun 2, 2023, 12:33pm PDT ...

An inflatable version of Sobek the Spinosaurus will be out and about on a shoreline sightseeing tour. It has to go instead of the actual 46-foot-long fossil because the real thing won't fit on a boat.