Guess who's coming to dinner?

• Position: PALEONTOLOGY - Dino Jaws exhibition

What did dinosaurs eat --and how do we know? "Dino Jaws"--making its U.S. debut--introduces museum-goers to the fascinating, and sometimes messy, subject of dinosaurs and their food.

"We see dinosaurs depicted in popular culture nearly every day, but don't often think about them as real, living animals with biological processes that every other animal alive today experiences," says paleontologist Kesler Randall, curator of the exhibition. "In 'Dino Jaws,' besides seeing very detailed and accurate life-sized animatronic models of dinosaurs, visitors will learn what and how dinosaurs ate, as well as how paleontologists determine a dinosaur's--or other prehistoric animal's--feeding behavior."

From slow-moving plant-eaters to fierce, agile flesh-eaters, these creatures on display will demonstrate a variety of feeding strategies. Visitors will come face-to-face with the plant-eating Iguanodon and Euoplocephalus and the Baryonyx as it tries to scoop a fish from the water.

"Dino Jaws" also includes several interactive displays. Especially intriguing is the huge steaming, stinking mound representing several weeks' worth of Euoplocephalus poop, which onlookers can touch and examine to discover what this massive plant-eater...