The story for kids
This is Brachiosaurus, the long-necked giant. Look, it's eating leaves from a tree right now. Its front legs were longer than its back legs, like a giraffe's, and with its long neck it could reach the tops of the tallest trees. It ate lots and lots, every day a pile of leaves and branches as big as a mountain! Its teeth were like spoons. It tore off leaves and swallowed them without chewing. Brachiosaurus ate only plants.
Facts
- Its front legs were longer than its back legs, like a giraffe's.
- It could lift its head about 12 metres high – as tall as a four-storey house.
- It weighed as much as several elephants and ate leaves from trees.
Numbers
- Length
- ~22 m
- Weight
- ~30–50 tonnes
- Food
- Plants