The Spinosaurus was a beast of both worlds

The National Geographic exhibit tells the century-long story of the Spinosaurus, discovered more than 100 years ago by a German palaeontologist.

Spinosaurus, the first semi-aquatic dinosaur, swam with the sharks – and probably ate them.

If it sounds incongruous to describe the largest predatory dinosaur yet known as “half duck, half crocodile”, well, that’s the phrase an expert has used for Spinosaurus.