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'''''When Dinosaurs Roamed America''''' (2001, sometimes shortened to ''When Dinosaurs Roamed'', especially outside North America) was the [[Discovery Channel]]'s first major attempt to [[Follow the Leader|cash-in]] on the [[
Unlike its predecessor/competitor, however, ''WDRA'' included short cut-away scenes to paleontologists and at times froze the animation to reveal the skeletal structure behind the animals' skin, using solid facts to [[Shown Their Work|explain the science]] that went into creating the program.
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* [[Eagle Land]]: Back when eagles still had teeth.
* [[Eats Babies]]: ''Ceratosaurus''.
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* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: The deinonychosaurs fail to notice a forest fire, even when being surrounded by flames.
** [[Behind the Black]]: And the ''Ceratosaurus'' doesn't notice the hulking huge, oncoming ''Allosaurus'' either, until it's right on top of it. To the ceratosaur's credit, though, it ''was'' off-screen, even if out in the open, plainly visible from all sides.
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* [[Feathered Fiend]]: The documentary famously depicted many dinosaurs with feathers, including "raptors" and the bizarre-looking ''Nothronychus''.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: To ''[[Walking With Dinosaurs]]''.
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