Exclusive: Sir David Attenborough Discusses ‘Vivid’ Documentary ‘Dinosaur Apocalypse’ Ahead Of Canadian Premiere

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Sir David Attenborough takes a look inside the extinction of the dinosaurs in a new two-part documentary special. BBC Earth are set to debut “Dinosaur Apocalypse” on Thursday, which is quite timely given the release of “Jurassic World: Dominion” the next day.

The docs explore “how a wealth of newly uncovered fossils may provide a never-before-seen glimpse of events on the day an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, ending the age of the dinosaurs. “Canadian audiences will follow presenter Sir David Attenborough and a team of scientists as they try to reconstruct a detailed picture of one of the unluckiest days for life on Earth.” READ MORE: Sir David Attenborough Narrates ‘The Mating Game’ Exclusive Sneak Peek Ahead Of Canadian Premiere “Dinosaur Apocalypse” features a series of stunning fossils unearthed by renowned paleontologist Robert DePalma and his team, including fish, the tooth of a T.

rex, a footprint possibly made by a young T. rex, an almost complete turtle and triceratops remains, to mention a few. The program also shows DePalma’s most recent discoveries at the Tanis site in North Dakota, with his team discovering a thick crumbly layer of rock full of ejecta spherules – tiny beads of molten glass which, over millions of years, have turned into clay.

These spherules are created by an asteroid impact that blasts molten and vaporized rock into space where it solidifies and falls back to ground as tiny spheres, a press release confirms.