A team of nearly a dozen African Safari Wildlife Park employees and contractors have carefully positioned and assembled a 48-foot-long, 3,000-pound animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex in the Park’s Walk-Thru Safari this week.

The prehistoric beast, which was fabricated overseas, will be a featured player in Dinosaur Takeover, the Park’s summer attraction featuring more than 20 moving, roaring, life-sized creatures.

When Dinosaur Takeover begins in June, Safari Park guests will also have the opportunity to pose for photographs in oversized dinosaur eggs or the jaws of a T. rex; mine for real dinosaur fossils to take home (for an additional fee); discover how these animals hunted, survived and cared for their young in a prehistoric world; and learn how to protect today’s wildlife from the threat of extinction.

Dinosaur Takeover, which is included with general Park admission, will run through Monday, Sept. 4. More information is available at www.africansafariwildlifepark.com/dinosaurs.