Dinomania will be unleashed in May 2008 with the launch of W5’s new Summer blockbuster exhibition  – DINO JAWS. Tapping into children's devotion to dinosaurs, W5 has come up with a blockbuster of a Jurassic exhibition that is set to shake Belfast to its very fossilised bones this summer. Dino Jaws will introduce you to the fascinating, and sometimes disgusting, subject of dinosaurs and their food.

From the fish-eating English Baryonyx to the plant-munching Iguanodon, different dinosaurs ate different foods and often had unique ways of gathering (or catching) their dinner. W5’s new exhibition includes seven of the most life-like and spectacular animatronic dinosaurs ever created that will have you believing you're actually face-to-face with a prehistoric creature. As you stand in front of the Tyrannosaurus Rex head faced with its gnashing

eight-inch teeth, set in four-foot jaws, you can't help contemplating the subject of the show: the fascinating, but often stomach-churning question of what the prehistoric reptiles ate.

The seven life-sized full-bodied robot dinosaurs “visiting” Belfast this summer were developed, programmed and modelled in Tokyo. They are the most intelligent exhibition robots on earth, able to sense visitors, hunt their prey and devour it with natural grunts, shrieks and yelps. Each model took about three months to construct and the whole exhibition swallowed a whopping 1.2 million pounds.

Since the term dinosaur, meaning “terrible lizard”, was first coined in 1841 vast amounts of research have gone into this field and countless children have dreamt of becoming a

dino-digger, out in the scorching sun excavating fossils from red-hot clay. W5 is offering children of all ages the chance to do just that indoors this summer at the virtual Dino Dig, an interactive area where children can unearth fossils using computer generated tools.  As children pass through the exhibition, they can study jaws, claws, guts and even excrement (Yes. They can touch a coprolite - fossilised dinosaur poo - Lovely) to discover what dinosaurs ate, using the techniques scientists use.

Dino Jaws makes this subject fun without “dumbing down”.

“Children are the dinosaur experts,” says Dr Sally Montgomery, W5’s Chief Executive “W5 has a very discerning audience who want to absorb information but be involved in scientific investigations. Dino Jaws at W5 will offer lots of information and visitors can get pleasure out of testing their knowledge and seeing the fossils, the skeletons and of course the amazing animatronic models.

The exhibition, which was developed by the Natural History Museum, London has been created by dinosaur experts and shows in a lot of nice detail how dinosaurs lived, with plenty facts and theories for even our youngest visitors to learn and engage with.”

This un-missable new exhibition is sponsored by UTV and MiWadi and will appeal to families with children aged four and over.

Dino Jaws is at W5 from 10 May – November 2008 and is free with admission to W5.