Many thanks for the posting the song here, and for taking the time to watch and comment.

The song forms part of a show I wrote and perform called “Dinosaurs Down Under, which has a much broader narrative than appears in the clip. The narrative before and after this song, and during the course of the rest of the show explores a whole range of ideas, including the fact that we are still learning about Australovenetor, and Lark Quarry, and that science is an on-going process. “This is what we think might have happened…” is a consistent theme throughout the performance.

The song works amazingly well with it’s intended audience of 4 to 9 year olds as it is. I’d not be wanting to add stanzas, else it end up too long, and awkward. Think of any musical you might have been to see, and the songs form part of the narrative… they are not all of it.

In essence, Australia has a fascinating prehistoric story to be told… this song is but one part of my telling of it.

Kind Regards,

Michael Mills aka Professor Flint

I don’t know, I think it works pretty well. Just add more stanzas each describing a different scenario why the dinosaurs might have been scared off. (Personally I am fond of my own crazy hypothesis that a large pterosaur glided over the herd causing the smaller dinosaurs to panic, drawing the larger ones with them by their reaction.)

W/all due respect, you’re forgetting about Thulborn 2011 ( http://dml.cmnh.org/2011Nov/msg00387.html ), which criticizes the “recent reassessment of the site” & shows that the “prowling carnivore” hypothesis still fits the evidence best.