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"To be sure, that was not a bad satire of the often ridiculous extrapolations made on popular "science" shows like "When Dinosaurs Roamed" (or whatever it was called)"

Sure it was. It made the poster look like an ignoramus.

"I mean, with a few exception, they don't know how these critters moved and certainly can't tell us much about how they behaved, but those programs make out as if we know as much about their behaviour and life cycle as we do African lions, for example."

Actually, looking at the bones can give an excellent understanding of how they moved. Is there a lot of speculation on behavior? Sure; but they don't, contrary to anti-evo belief, just make it up out of thin air.

"Actually, looking at the bones can give an excellent understanding of how they moved."

Up to a point. When I was child all the museums and books protrayed T.Rex and his close relatives as Godzilla-type creatures, standing up, quite improbably on their hind legs. Now they are pictured as carrying themselves much more like birds, with tail out behind and neck and head forward.

"Sure; but they don't, contrary to anti-evo belief, just make it up out of thin air."

They extrapolate so far from so little that they might almost as well. But of course those shows are not science, they're entertainment.