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From afar, you may think these dinosaurs are just animatronic robots, but they're actually wearable suits. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Raptor Suit

Created for Walking with the Dinosaurs, a BBC mini-series, this stunning raptor suit features a flexible exoskeleton and hundreds of articulation points. When fully skinned and hand-painted, it puts its animatronic counterpart to shame, in terms of motion.


T-Rex

While not as technically advanced as the example above, this T-Rex suit prowls the hallways of LA's Natural History Museum. Plus, it comes pre-loaded with realistic growls and other sound effects that can be activated at the push of a button from inside the suit.


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This entry was posted on 09/01/2008 02:00am and is filed under Feature, Random .
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1
haha thats cool, the t-rex one is funny. check the guy at the end, hes running away!
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if only our knees bent that way too... then it wouldn't look awkward
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Whoa, that is cool.
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"if only our knees bent that way too... then it wouldn't look awkward" Our knees do bend that way... The thing that bends the other way is the ankle.
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