DINOSAUR SOUNDS:
SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG HAD THEORIES ON WHAT DINOSAURS LOOKED LIKE, WHAT
THEY ATE, WHY THEY DIED, BUT ONE BIG QUESTION REMAINS: WHAT DID THEY SOUND
LIKE? 
(SFX: godzilla roars) 
GODZILLA MOVIES SAY THEY SOUNDED PRETTY  TOUGH.  BUT MAYBE THEY REALLY
SOUNDED LIKE DUCKS 
(SFX: various animal noises) 
OR SONG BIRDS OR HORSES.  NOW, A RECENTLY UNCOVERED SKULL OF A DUCK BILLED
DINOSAUR COULD SOLVE THE MYSTERY. THOMAS WILLIAMSON OF THE NEW MEXICO
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY EXPLAINS ONE EARLY PLAN:
     DIEGART: "We'd been thinking we'd build a plastic model and blow a sound through it" 
     COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES HAD A BETTER
IDEA.  STILL EMBEDDED IN SOLID CLAY AND A BIT SQUISHED OUT OF SHAPE, THE SKULL
WAS X-RAYED USING A HOSPITAL CAT SCANNER.  SCIENTISTS THEN USED A COMPUTER
AND SOME FANCY HOLLYWOOD ANIMATION PROGRAMS TO CREATE A 3-D MODEL.  ON
THE BACK OF THE SKULL IS A HUGE CREST FILLED WITH OVER FOUR FEET OF NASAL
PASSAGES.  SCIENTISTS ARE GOING TO USE THE COMPUTER TO SIMULATE HOW SOUND
WAVES BOUNCE THROUGH THESE PASSAGES TO SEE WHAT NOISE COMES OUT AT THE
END. CARL DIEGART OF SANDIA EXPLAINS,
     DIEGART: "What we'll do now that would have been impossible nearly a decade ago, to trace the
sound pressure as the beast excites the passageways, digitally simulate the whole process and recover the
sound that emerges."
     SO BY SUMMER, WE SHOULD KNOW IF THOSE GODZILLA MOVIES ARE ACCURATE,
OR IF FUTURE HOLLYWOOD DINOSAURS WILL BE SINGING A NEW TUNE.
     (SFX: "hey, hey, godzilla" song)