Apatosaurus (ah-pah-tuh-SORE-uss) was a really big dinosaur! It is one of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived. It was as long as a basketball court! It walked on four legs. Each leg was taller than a man. It had a long neck. It had a long, thin tail. The tail was used like a whip. Its brain wasn't big, though. It was only about the size of an orange! Its teeth were shaped like pegs. They were not good for chewing. It ate by chomping down on the branch of a tree or a fern. Then it pulled the branch out of its mouth. Its teeth raked the leaves off. Then it swallowed the .....