
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


"Is there is any way of knowing what noises, if any, dinosaurs would have made?" asks Freddie Quinn, aged 8 from Cambridge in New Zealand.
From Jurassic Park to Walking with Dinosaurs, the roars of gigantic dinosaurs like T.Rex are designed to evoke fear and terror.
But did dinosaurs actually roar? And how do paleontologists investigate what noises these extinct animals may have produced? Hannah and Adam talk to dinosaur experts Steve Brusatte and Julia Clarke to find out.
Plus Jurassic World sound designer Al Nelson reveals the strange sounds they used as dinosaur noises in their Hollywood blockbusters.
Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.
By BBC Radio 44.8
733733 ratings
"Is there is any way of knowing what noises, if any, dinosaurs would have made?" asks Freddie Quinn, aged 8 from Cambridge in New Zealand.
From Jurassic Park to Walking with Dinosaurs, the roars of gigantic dinosaurs like T.Rex are designed to evoke fear and terror.
But did dinosaurs actually roar? And how do paleontologists investigate what noises these extinct animals may have produced? Hannah and Adam talk to dinosaur experts Steve Brusatte and Julia Clarke to find out.
Plus Jurassic World sound designer Al Nelson reveals the strange sounds they used as dinosaur noises in their Hollywood blockbusters.
Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.

7,718 Listeners

522 Listeners

891 Listeners

1,066 Listeners

304 Listeners

5,474 Listeners

2,119 Listeners

2,078 Listeners

4,863 Listeners

485 Listeners

406 Listeners

233 Listeners

333 Listeners

475 Listeners

367 Listeners

234 Listeners

126 Listeners

332 Listeners

3,223 Listeners

66 Listeners

89 Listeners

837 Listeners

537 Listeners

622 Listeners

193 Listeners

120 Listeners

351 Listeners

264 Listeners

60 Listeners

77 Listeners

2 Listeners