It’s like our own little Jurassic Park. According to the My Wallingford blog, 10 life-size animatronic dinosaurs have rolled in from Texas for a new summer exhibit at Woodland Park Zoo. Now through September 5, kids can peer up at a 19-foot-tall Brachiosaurus, pet a thorny Styracosaurus, and even ride a T-Rex. The dinos snarl, roar, and bop; thankfully, they don’t spit venom. It’s not quite Spielberg quality, but let’s be honest—what is? Dinosaurs: Real Close comes to us courtesy of Billings Productions, a company that specializes in animatronic dinos for zoos and museums. I hope it’s next door to the company that packages fairy dust and moonbeams.

By the way: The summer BECU ZooTunes concert lineup was announced (see below), and tickets go on sale tomorrow, May 6, at 8am at zoo.org/zootunes.

June 22 Taj Mahal and Joan Osborne
June 26 Marc Cohn and Mary Chapin Carpenter
June 29 Lucinda Williams
June 30 The Robert Cray Band
July 6 Afrocubism
July 20 & 21 Indigo Girls with Mount Moriah
July 29 Brandi Carlile
Aug 10 K.D. Lang and the Siss Boom Band
Aug 14 The Go-Go’s Ladies Gone Wild Tour
Aug 17 Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Be Good Tanyas
Aug 21 Aimee Mann with the Weepies