Dinosaur Train
Dinosaur Discoveries: Shonisaurus
Clip: Season 2 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Dr. Scott shares information about the prehistoric marine species Shonisaurus.
Dr. Scott shares information about the prehistoric marine species Shonisaurus.
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Dinosaur Train
Dinosaur Discoveries: Shonisaurus
Clip: Season 2 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Dr. Scott shares information about the prehistoric marine species Shonisaurus.
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>>HI, THERE.
I'M DR. SCOTT THE >>HI, THERE.
I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.
DID YOU KNOW >>HI, THERE.
I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.
DID YOU KNOW THAT DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS PALEONTOLOGIST.
DID YOU KNOW THAT DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS THE BIGGEST CREATURES IN THE THAT DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS THE BIGGEST CREATURES IN THE OCEANS WERE REPTILES?
WHEN WE THE BIGGEST CREATURES IN THE OCEANS WERE REPTILES?
WHEN WE THINK OF REPTILES TODAY, WE OCEANS WERE REPTILES?
WHEN WE THINK OF REPTILES TODAY, WE THINK OF LIZARDS, CROCODILES, THINK OF REPTILES TODAY, WE THINK OF LIZARDS, CROCODILES, SNAKES, AND TURTLES, WHICH THINK OF LIZARDS, CROCODILES, SNAKES, AND TURTLES, WHICH MOSTLY LIVE ON LAND OR IN SNAKES, AND TURTLES, WHICH MOSTLY LIVE ON LAND OR IN FRESHWATER, BUT BACK IN THE MOSTLY LIVE ON LAND OR IN FRESHWATER, BUT BACK IN THE MESOZOIC ERA, HUGE CARNIVOROUS FRESHWATER, BUT BACK IN THE MESOZOIC ERA, HUGE CARNIVOROUS REPTILES SWAM IN THE OCEANS.
ONE MESOZOIC ERA, HUGE CARNIVOROUS REPTILES SWAM IN THE OCEANS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL WAS REPTILES SWAM IN THE OCEANS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL WAS SHONISAURUS, WHICH GREW UP TO 70 OF THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL WAS SHONISAURUS, WHICH GREW UP TO 70 FEET LONG.
SHONISAURUS BELONGED SHONISAURUS, WHICH GREW UP TO 70 FEET LONG.
SHONISAURUS BELONGED TO A GROUP OF MARINE REPTILES FEET LONG.
SHONISAURUS BELONGED TO A GROUP OF MARINE REPTILES CALLED ICHTHYOSAURS.
IT HAD TO A GROUP OF MARINE REPTILES CALLED ICHTHYOSAURS.
IT HAD LONG, THIN FLIPPERS AND PROBABLY CALLED ICHTHYOSAURS.
IT HAD LONG, THIN FLIPPERS AND PROBABLY MOVED QUITE SLOWLY.
SHONISAURUS LONG, THIN FLIPPERS AND PROBABLY MOVED QUITE SLOWLY.
SHONISAURUS SHARES A LOT IN COMMON WITH A MOVED QUITE SLOWLY.
SHONISAURUS SHARES A LOT IN COMMON WITH A GROUP OF BIG MARINE ANIMALS SHARES A LOT IN COMMON WITH A GROUP OF BIG MARINE ANIMALS LIVING TODAY, WHALES.
HUMPBACK GROUP OF BIG MARINE ANIMALS LIVING TODAY, WHALES.
HUMPBACK WHALES ARE HUGE AND HAVE LONG, LIVING TODAY, WHALES.
HUMPBACK WHALES ARE HUGE AND HAVE LONG, THIN FLIPPERS.
THE BIGGEST WHALES ARE HUGE AND HAVE LONG, THIN FLIPPERS.
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT SHONISAURUS THIN FLIPPERS.
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT SHONISAURUS IS A REPTILE AND WHALES ARE DIFFERENCE IS THAT SHONISAURUS IS A REPTILE AND WHALES ARE MAMMALS LIKE US, BUT WHALES AND IS A REPTILE AND WHALES ARE MAMMALS LIKE US, BUT WHALES AND ICHTHYOSAURS ARE BOTH AIR MAMMALS LIKE US, BUT WHALES AND ICHTHYOSAURS ARE BOTH AIR BREATHERS.
THEY HAVE TO SWIM UP ICHTHYOSAURS ARE BOTH AIR BREATHERS.
THEY HAVE TO SWIM UP TO THE SURFACE A LOT TO GRAB A BREATHERS.
THEY HAVE TO SWIM UP TO THE SURFACE A LOT TO GRAB A BIG BREATH.
SOME WHALES CAN TAKE TO THE SURFACE A LOT TO GRAB A BIG BREATH.
SOME WHALES CAN TAKE SUCH BIG BREATHS THAT THEY'RE BIG BREATH.
SOME WHALES CAN TAKE SUCH BIG BREATHS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY UNDERWATER FOR MORE SUCH BIG BREATHS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY UNDERWATER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.
IT'S LIKELY THAT ABLE TO STAY UNDERWATER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.
IT'S LIKELY THAT SHONISAURUS COULD STAY THAN AN HOUR.
IT'S LIKELY THAT SHONISAURUS COULD STAY UNDERWATER FOR A LONG TIME, TOO, SHONISAURUS COULD STAY UNDERWATER FOR A LONG TIME, TOO, SO EVEN THOUGH THESE TWO HUGE UNDERWATER FOR A LONG TIME, TOO, SO EVEN THOUGH THESE TWO HUGE CREATURES LIVED MILLIONS OF SO EVEN THOUGH THESE TWO HUGE CREATURES LIVED MILLIONS OF YEARS APART, THEY HAVE A LOT IN CREATURES LIVED MILLIONS OF YEARS APART, THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
OK.
REMEMBER, GET YEARS APART, THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
OK.
REMEMBER, GET OUTSIDE, GET INTO NATURE, AND COMMON.
OK.
REMEMBER, GET OUTSIDE, GET INTO NATURE, AND MAKE YOUR OWN DISCOVERIES.


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