# How would scientists know about Jurassic era mating rituals?

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**Created:** [December 19, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-scientists-know-about-jurassic-era-mating-rituals/775125 "2016-12-19T12:07:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-scientists-know-about-jurassic-era-mating-rituals/775125/21 "2016-12-21T19:05:49Z")

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> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#):
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> One of the “walking with Dinosaurs” episodes (“ALLOSAUR”) kind of impressed me (relative to peers).
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> It came on a separate disc. After the faux documentary, they had interviews with scientists ( I know, 'cuz they wore white coats) in which they recapitulated scenes with discussions about how they knew this, why they had a pretty good idea about that, and how the other part was speculation based on whatever.
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> I think they could have admitted to speculation more frequently than they did, but of the topics they did cover, I thought they did pretty well.

That’s good to hear. I always want documentaries (and “based on true stories” movies, for that matter) to come with an “annotated” version that covers the evidence and unknowns in detail.

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