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Can you imagine a brachiosaurus feeding itself from the high treetop of an araucaria and having a back scene of the Llaima Volcano? If you can't, see next Sunday, April 16, the Documentary of "Walking with the Dinosaurs" that the Discovery Channel will transmit at 20:00hrs that day.

One of the three selected areas for the making of this documentary, were the forests of araucarias located in the Conguillío National Park and the volcanic fields of Lonquimay, both places located in the Ninth Region of La Araucania, in the middle of the cordilleran zone. The reason for selecting this particular place obeys to the fact that the current landscape resembles the Jurassic and cretaceous period. Furthermore, the araucaria is one of the few trees that come from that age.

The documentary tries to recreate what could have been the daily life of these extinct creatures, that no one has seen but whose fossils remain. To achieve this objective, a multidisciplinary team of scientists contributed with their knowledge, and the images of the landscapes with vegetal species of that period and state-of-the-art computer technology were put together.

"Walking with the Dinosaurs" will be transmitted in three parts (a total of three hours) on Sunday 16 of April, at 20:00hrs and will be transmitted once again at midnight the following day. Don't miss this opportunity to see the wonderful (and prehistoric) landscape of the South of our country

See also "Conguillio National Park"
"Walking with the Dinosaurs"