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An 'autopsy' on a T-Rex is going to be made into a TV show for National Geographic and broadcast in 172 countries. Despite all the gore and experts carrying out the process, the seven-ton prehistoric hulk is not actually flesh and blood though - it's been custom-built by the same special effects company that built Jabba the Hutt.
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jun/04/t-rex-autopsy-peter-robinson?CMP=twt_gu
Geographic’s Hamish Mykura, the show’s executive producer...won’t tell me how much the dinosaur cost, but he laughs at my initial guess of £125,000. Someone will later suggest that it cost well over a million quid, adding that at one point a work-experience student was tasked with removing the fluff from 20,000 goose feathers.
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jun/04/t-rex-autopsy-peter-robinson?CMP=twt_gu