Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

====Dinosaur Safari====
Dinosaur Safari takes visitors on a safari ride through a normally off-exhibit 2-acre wooded area and features [[Animatronics|animatronic]] [[dinosaur]]s from throughout time, starting at 300-million-years ago in the [[Permian Period]] and ending 235-million-years later in the [[Cretaceous Period]]. The ride lasts approximately 20 minutes. The "robo-saurs" are manufactured by Billings Productions, who lease them out to sites all over the world. The exhibit features more popular species such as the ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'', ''[[Triceratops]]'', ''[[Stegosaurus]]'', ''[[Velociraptor]]'' and ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'', as well as less well-known species such as the ''[[Pachycephalosaurus]]'', ''[[Carnotaurus]]'' and ''[[Spinosaurus]]''. The ride's ''[[Dilophosaurus]]'' spit water at visitors as a nod to the species' acid-spitting abilities in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' film and [[Michael Crichton]]'s [[Jurassic Park (novel)|novel]], even though there is no reason to believe the living animal did so.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dinosaur-safari-debuts-bronx-zoo-weekend-article-1.1352166 |title=See It: Dinosaur Safari debuts at Bronx Zoo this weekend |author=Barry Paddock |date=May 23, 2013 |work=Daily News |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305171013/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dinosaur-safari-debuts-bronx-zoo-weekend-article-1.1352166 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/dinosaurs-rumble-bronx-zoo-article-1.1732648 |title=Dinosaurs rumble into Bronx Zoo |author=Tim O'Connor |date=March 25, 2014 |work=Daily News |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155745/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/dinosaurs-rumble-bronx-zoo-article-1.1732648 |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit originally ran through the summers of 2013<ref name=":6" /> and 2014<ref name=":7" /> and returned for the 2019 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amny.com/things-to-do/dinosaur-safari-bronx-zoo-1.28193507 |title=They're back! Bronx Zoo offers a 'Dinosaur Safari' |website=am New York |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629015146/https://www.amny.com/things-to-do/dinosaur-safari-bronx-zoo-1.28193507 |url-status=live}}</ref> It also returned for the 2022 season as a walking trail, and after a three year hiatus.<ref>https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17391/Ancient-History-Meets-Present-Day-Dinosaur-Safari-NOW-OPEN-at-Bronx-Zoo.aspx#:~:text=Bronx%2C%20NY%20–%20April%2012%2C,like%20in%20pre%2Dhistoric%20times</ref>

On April 12, 2025, Dinosaur Safari opened once again. Visitors can get up-close to life-sized animatronics of dinosaurs and pterosaurs plus 11 new ones. Kids can dig up ancient fossils in a sandbox, and they can walk through a ribcage and enjoy photo ops with dinosaur eggs.<ref>https://bronxzoo.com/dinosaur-safari</ref>