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   ocr: 22 Barosanrusa THE BAROSAURUS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND DRAMATIC exhibits in the Museum, depicting a mother Barosaurus as she rears up to protect her baby from an attacking Allosaurus. Pivoting to thwart the predator's S advance, she is about to drop down onto the Allosaurus in an attempt to crush it. Her baby hides behind her, shielded by her enormous body. It is a scene that evokes the primal drama of predator and prey. Yet for all its realism, this is a product of the human imagination. While scientists think that such an event could have occurred, they do not know whether a Barosaurus ...