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Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

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Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

2011

0h 3m

6.3(3 votes)

Animation

Science Fiction

Overview

Short film based on the idea of what it would be possible to see the earth from a distance so that allowed us to see their past, see the dinosaurs, Romans, our grandparents.

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Directed by: Mar Delgado
Esaú Dharma

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