Triceratops' Hidden Snack: A Dinosaur Story for Kids
Triceratops ate tough plants like ferns and cycads, because there was no grass yet! Follow a hungry Triceratops on the hunt for snacks. For kids 3–7+, free to preview.
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We're back in the prehistoric world — time for another dinosaur adventure! The air is warm and sticky. Giant ferns grow everywhere — but no grass at all. CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH... Something nearby is eating something!
It's a TRICERATOPS! That means three-horned face — count them! Two big horns above her eyes, one little one on her nose. And look at that giant frill on her head!
She's snipping plants with her beak — just like a parrot! SNIP SNAP! But she's finished this bush. She sniffs the air. She's looking for her favourite hidden snack. Where will she go?
She's on the move! Where is she going?
What Did Triceratops Eat?
Triceratops was a plant-eater, and it ate the tough stuff. There was no grass yet in the time of the dinosaurs, so it ate low-growing plants like ferns, cycads and palms, plus some of the very first flowering plants. Its sharp, parrot-like beak sliced through spiky leaves, and rows of teeth behind it chopped them like scissors. Those teeth wore down fast, so new ones kept growing in to replace them.
What Happens in the Story
In Triceratops' Hidden Snack, your child follows a Triceratops through Late Cretaceous North America, about 67 million years ago, and chooses where she looks for food. Four paths lead to four different endings:
Shear through spiky cycads that other dinosaurs walk right past
Watch her hook a nose horn under a mossy log to find the snack hiding beneath
See her babies try to snip some of the very first flowers
Work out how she reaches leaves at the top of a tall palm tree, with no long neck at all
More Triceratops Facts
Triceratops means "three-horned face": two long horns above its eyes and a short one on its nose.
Its skull, frill included, was one of the biggest of any land animal ever.
Baby Triceratops had small horns that curved backward, then turned forward as they grew up.
It walked on hoof-like toes, a bit like a rhino.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the Triceratops frill for?
Scientists aren't completely sure. It was probably for showing off and for recognizing other Triceratops, and it may have helped protect the neck too.
Did Triceratops live at the same time as T. rex?
Yes. They lived in the same place at the same time, in North America near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Follow T. rex through that same world in T-Rex's Big Stomp.
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Meet another neighbor in Ankylosaurus' Mighty Club, or browse all our dinosaur stories for kids.
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