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Hunting for a monster in the desert

Following a chance encounter with a Moroccan fossil hunter, palaeontologist Dr Nizar Ibrahim embarked on a search for the skeleton of the elusive Spinosaurus dinosaur.

Following a chance encounter with a Moroccan fossil hunter, palaeontologist Dr Nizar Ibrahim embarked on a search for the skeleton of the elusive Spinosaurus dinosaur.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Harry Graham

Picture: Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim (left) in 2014.
Credit: Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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