Baby T-Rex surprises downtown crowd

They walked the earth millions of years ago but on Thursday one Tyrannosaurus returned to Winnipeg’s downtown.

The baby T-Rex put on a show for a crowd gathered inside MTS Centre, teeing up Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular, which will be in Winnipeg October 8th through 12th.

The larger than life show will take the audience back to a time when dinosaurs, of all shapes and sizes, walked the earth.

But it’s not just their size that will have you taking a double look.

“You’re going to watch these dinosaurs come to life right on the arena floor, they roar, they snarl, they fight,” said spokesperson Matthew Rimmer. “You see them protect their young and it’s the only place dinosaurs in real life, life sized.”

The show will feature 10 life-size creatures representing all 200 million years of the era of the dinosaurs, the company said, from the famous and terrifying Tyrannosaurus to the gigantic Brachiosaurus, which is 36 feet tall and 56 feet long.