- HI THERE.

I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.

ANIMALS SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING FOR FOOD.

MEAT-EATING ANIMALS, OR CARNIVORES, USE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO CATCH THEIR FOOD.

LET'S COMPARE SOME FISH-EATING CREATURES FROM THE MESOZOIC ERA WITH A FEW ANIMALS LIVING TODAY.

PTERANODONS PROBABLY FLEW ABOVE THE WATER UNTIL THEY SPOTTED A FISH, AND THEN DOVE DOWN TO GRAB IT USING THEIR LONG BEAKS.

NOW, HERE'S A MODERN BIRD CALLED THE BROWN PELICAN.

IT ALSO FLIES, DIVES, AND GRABS ITS PREY WITH A LONG BEAK.

REMEMBER HOW CASSIE CASTOROCAUDA CAUGHT FISH?

SHE USED HER SHARP TEETH TO GRAB THE FISH AND HOLD ONTO IT.

CASTOROCAUDA WAS A MAMMAL THAT LOOKED A LITTLE LIKE A BEAVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT CLOSE RELATIVES.

LIKE A BEAVER, CASTOROCAUDA HAD WEBBED FEET AND A LARGE, BROAD TAIL THAT MADE IT A STRONG SWIMMER.

AND SPEAKING OF MODERN-DAY ANIMALS, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH HUGE TEETH FOR CATCHING FISH-- THE CROCODILE.

YUP, THOSE ARE SOME SERIOUS TEETH.

NOW CHECK OUT THESE BEARS.

THEY SIT ON THE EDGE OF A WATERFALL AND GRAB FISH RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER OR EVEN OUT OF MIDAIR.

WOW!

ANIMALS LIVING IN THE AGE OF DINOSAURS PROBABLY CAUGHT FISH USING THE SAME METHODS THAT ANIMALS USE TODAY.

OKAY, REMEMBER, GET OUTSIDE, GET INTO NATURE, AND MAKE YOUR OWN DISCOVERIES.