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Big Al is a young Allosaurus with 19 injuries that was found in Wyoming. Though surviving for a long time, even with 18 nearly healed injuries, his 19th injury, his middle toe on his right foot, which he broke, and it got infected, it ended up killing him due to starvation. He's the titular character of Ballad of Big Al: Walking with Dinosaurs special. He is the first dinosaur from WWD series to receive a name and a personality. Later other creatures would get the same thing.
In Walking with... series
- The Ballad of Big Al
- Big Al Game
- Dinosaur World
- Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs (Skeleton, card)
Gallery
Big Al getting attacked by a Female Allosaurus
Big Al and his pack vs. a lone Diplodocus
Big Al chasing a baby Diplodocus
Recent cover of the DVD
Big Al and another Allosaurus
Two young allosaurs see Big Al dead in the dried up riverbed
Big Al preforming a mating call
Big Als Ghost next to the Skeleton
Young Big Al
A very sad Al head lying in a dusty forgotten warehouse, somewhere in the UK
Big Al Skeleton
Big Al Skeleton (Wonderbook)
Trivia
- In July 15, 1990 a new Allosaurus specimen was discovered in Utah, Nearly 30 years later as of 2020, the newest Allosaurus species within the genus, has been identified; named Allosaurus jimmadseni.
- The specimens for "Big Al" and "Big Al Two" were reclassified under the new species name of the Allosaurus genus.
