From the Mercury (Tasmania, Australia): Dinosaur adventure begins
A bit like this, says Tasmania Zoo manager Robert Warren sticking his head between the jaws of a 250 million-year-old giant crocodile.
Mr Warren and his father Richard are confident that Jurassic Swamp, Australia's largest outdoor dinosaur experience, will super-size the successful zoo's tourist pulling power.
Stomping through the gum trees are all of the usual suspects - triceratops, stegosaurus, brachiosaurus, apatosaurus (brontosaurus), dimetrodon, allosaurus, velociraptor, the tiny iguanodon and the mighty tyrannosaurus rex. A hidden loudspeaker emits eerie swamp noises.
"You can see them coming out of the bushes and they will scare the absolute pants off you," Mr Warren said.
Jurassic Swamp was opened yesterday by Environment, Parks and Heritage Minister Brian Wightman.
"It requires investments such as this to encourage people back to Tasmania," he said.
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