>> ♪ DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ [WHISTLE BLOWS] >> ♪ DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ >> ♪ ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A MOM HER NAME WAS MRS. PTERANODON SITTING ON HER NEST SHE HEARD A SCRATCHING AND SAID... ♪ >> OH, BOY!

MY EGGS ARE HATCHING!

>> ♪ ONE BY ONE HER KIDS POPPED FREE BABY PTERANODONS 1, 2, 3 ♪ >> I'LL NAME YOU TINY, SHINY, AND DON.

>> ♪ BUT TINY SAID... ♪ >> WAIT!

THERE'S ONE MORE, MOM!

>> ♪ LAST LITTLE BABY WAS A DIFFERENT SIZE WITH TEETH AND A TAIL AND BIG GREEN EYES HE DIDN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THE REST ♪ >> WHAT AM I DOING IN A PTERANODON NEST?

>> ♪ BUT DEAR, OLD MRS. PTERANODON SAID... ♪ >> OH, THIS IS YOUR FAMILY, AND I'M YOUR MOM.

YOU MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT WE'RE ALL CREATURES.

ALL DINOSAURS HAVE DIFFERENT FEATURES.

COME ON, BUDDY.

WE'LL TAKE A VACATION.

I'LL GET US A TICKET AT PTERANODON STATION.

WE'LL TRAVEL THE WORLD IN SUNSHINE AND RAIN AND MEET ALL THE SPECIES ON THE... >> ♪ DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ >> ♪ DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ >> ♪ DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ >> ♪ DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ >> ♪ WE'RE GONNA RIDE ♪ >> ♪ RIDE, RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ [WHISTLE BLOWS] >> ♪ THE DINOSAUR TRAIN ♪ [ROARING] [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE JIM HENSON COMPANY] >> WHERE IS IT?

COME ON, DINOSAUR TRAIN.

[WHISTLE BLOWS] >> AWK!

I HEAR IT!

>> HELLO, MR.

CONDUCTOR!

>> HELLO, TUDDY AND BINY--I MEAN, BUDDY AND TINY.

MRS. PTERANODON MA'AM.

HANG ON TO YOUR TAILS, EVERYONE.

WE HAVE A PACKED TRAIN.

ALL ABOARD!

[WHISTLE BLOWS] >> MR.

CONDUCTOR SHOULD HAVE SAID, "ALL ABOARD THE MOST CROWDED DINOSAUR TRAIN EVER."

>> EXCUSE ME.

>> EXCUSE ME.

PARDON.

>> OHH.

>> OW!

>> I DON'T SEE ANY SEATS.

OW.

>> OH, HERE'S ONE.

>> THAT'S NO SEAT.

THAT'S MY TAIL.

>> WHOOPS!

>> SORRY!

>> EXCUSE ME.

TICKETS, PLEASE!

>> [INDISTINCT CHATTER] >> WHOA!

PHEW.

MY TOE CLAW'S GETTING QUITE A WORKOUT.

>> WHY'S THERE SUCH A CROWD ON THE TRAIN TODAY?

>> WELL, TINY, A LIGHTNING STORM CAUSED A BUNCH OF FOREST FIRES RECENTLY.

A LOT OF DINOSAURS ARE GOING AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES TILL IT'S SAFE TO GO BACK.

>> ARE THEIR HOMES OK?

>> WELL, IT'S A BOTHER FOR THE CREATURES, BUT FOREST FIRES ACTUALLY HELP MOST FORESTS BY GETTING RID OF DEAD TREES AND BUSHES THAT COULD CAUSE AN EVEN BIGGER FIRE AFTER A WHILE.

>> THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A BUNCH OF FIRES.

THERE ARE SO MANY CREATURES ON BOARD.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT, KID, BUT WE'RE USED TO THEM.

THEY HAPPEN QUITE A LOT NEAR HOME.

THAT'S NATURE.

>> BUT SOON THE FIRES WILL BURN THEMSELVES OUT, AND THEN WE CAN RETURN HOME.

>> TILL THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A VACATION ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN.

MRS. PTERANODON, IS THAT YOU?

IT'S ME--VERA VELOCIRAPTOR!

>> VERA, HELLO.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THESE ARE TWO OF MY KIDS--TINY AND BUDDY.

>> HELLO!

>> HI, KIDS!

>> AND I HAVE TWO OTHERS AT HOME.

OH, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON.

>> MR.

CONDUCTOR, ARE ALL THE CARS IN THE TRAIN THIS CROWDED TODAY?

>> ACTUALLY, WE DID ADD AN EXTRA CAR TODAY THAT YOU KIDS SHOULD FIND VERY INTERESTING, AN AVIARY CAR FOR ALL OUR FLYING FRIENDS.

>> AWK!

A PLACE WHERE WE--WELL, I CAN FLY?

CAN WE SEE IT, MR.

CONDUCTOR?

>> ABSOLUTELY!

BUT CHECK WITH YOUR MOM.

>> MOM, MOM.

>> WE HAVE A MID-SIZED BUT VERY COMFORTABLE NEST..., >> MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM... >> AND WE'RE BEACH ADJACENT.

>> MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM!

>> WHAT?

>> CAN TINY AND I GO TO THE AVIARY CAR WITH MR.

CONDUCTOR?

>> WELL, OK. BE CAREFUL AND LISTEN TO THE CONDUCTOR.

I'LL STOP BY IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> WHOO-HOO!

THANKS, MOM!

>> SO AS I WAS SAYING, WE HAVE A MID-SIZED BUT VERY... >> WOW!

A NEW TRAIN CAR!

WHOA!

>> THERE ARE SOME ENANTIORNITHES!

>> AND A PETEINOSAURUS!

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF PETEY WAS HERE?

>> DID SOMEONE SAY, "PETEY"?

YEAH!

WHOO-HOO!

YEAH!

>> HA HA HA!

>> PETEY, HI!

>> HEY, TINY.

HI, BUDDY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS NEW AVIARY CAR?

ISN'T IT THE GREATEST CAR BY FAR?

>> YEAH!

AND IT EVEN RHYMES!

HEY, PETEY.

LET'S GIVE BUDDY A RIDE.

1, 2, 3, LIFTOFF!

[GROANING] OK. LET'S TRY ONCE MORE.

>> MAYBE I CAN HELP.

>> HI, LAURA!

>> BUDDY, I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE UP.

HOP ON.

UP WE GO.

ISN'T THE AVIARY CAR WONDERFUL?

>> I LOVE IT, LAURA.

IT'S SO FUN TO FLY AROUND AND SIT IN A TREE ON A TRAIN.

>> OK.

I'M GOING TO GO HELP THE CONDUCTOR WITH CROWD CONTROL.

SEE YOU KIDS SOON.

>> [SQUAWKING] INCOMING!

[SIGHS] THANKS FOR LETTING ME COME IN.

OH, MY.

WHERE ARE MY MANNERS?

HI.

I'M JUDY JEHOLORNIS.

>> HI, JUDY!

I'M TINY PTERANODON, AND THIS IS MY BROTHER BUDDY AND OUR FRIEND PETEY PETEINOSAURUS.

>> HI!

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I JUST WENT THROUGH OUT THERE, BUT NOW I'M EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO BE.

[CAW] UM, BY THE WAY, WHERE AM I?

I'M A LITTLE LOST.

>> YOU'RE ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN!

>> OH, RIGHT.

THE DINOSAUR TRAIN.

I'VE HEARD OF THE TRAIN, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ON IT BEFORE.

>> WELCOME ABOARD.

>> JUDY, ARE YOU HERE BECAUSE OF THE FOREST FIRES?

>> WELL, YES, THERE WAS A FOREST FIRE NEAR WHERE I LIVE.

I'VE JUST HAD QUITE AN ADVENTURE.

MY FRIENDS TOLD ME, "JUDY, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK." "THE TREES YOU LIVE IN WILL NOT BURN," BUT I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS AND FLEW AWAY, AND BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY LEAVE MY HOME, SOON I WAS COMPLETELY LOST.

I REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING.

HA HA HA!

HA HA HA!

THEN THE ADVENTURE BEGAN.

>> WHERE DID YOU GO?

>> FIRST I FLEW OVER A DESERT, THEN INTO A FOREST, OVER MOUNTAINS.

OH, AND I ALMOST GOT CAUGHT IN A PIT OF GOOEY BLACK STUFF!

>> MUD?

>> YEAH, THAT STUFF.

>> OOH!

>> THEN I HITCHED A RIDE ON A GIANT DINOSAUR'S BACK.

>> OOH!

>> ANYWAY, WE WENT BY A BIG POND.

>> THAT WAS PROBABLY OUR BIG POND!

>> I HEARD A FUNNY WHISTLING SOUND AND FOLLOWED IT AND ENDED UP HERE ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN.

HA HA HA!

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE ON A TRAIN.

>> WOW!

WHAT AN ADVENTURE.

>> WELL, MAYBE I CAN RIDE IN THE AVIARY CAR ALL THE WAY HOME.

IF THAT'S OK. >> YEAH!

>> BUT, JUDY, WHERE EXACTLY IS YOUR HOME?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME PERIOD YOU'RE FROM--TRIASSIC, JURASSIC, OR CRETACEOUS?

>> HA HA HA!

I'M NOT SURE WHERE I AM NOW, BUT I THINK I LIVE IN THE CRETACEOUS OR MAYBE THE JURASSIC.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, JUDY?

A MYSTERY!

AND THERE'S NOTHING WE LOVE TO DO MORE THAN MEET NEW FRIENDS AND SOLVE A MYSTERY.

>> YEAH!

♪ DUN DUN DUN ♪ >> HA HA HA!

YOU 3 ARE SOMETHING ELSE!

>> HELLO.

I HEAR WE HAVE A LOST BIRD!

>> RIGHT HERE!

THIS IS JUDY JEHOLORNIS.

JUDY, DOWN THERE ARE MR.

CONDUCTOR AND MY MOM.

>> HELLO, JUDY.

>> BUDDY AND PETEY AND I ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE JUDY'S FROM.

>> OOH!

A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED MYSTERY.

I BET YOU'RE ASKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

>> THEY ARE!

ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO EAT ON THE TRAIN?

I'M AWFULLY HUNGRY.

>> OH, YOU POOR THING.

WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE DINING CAR.

>> WAIT!

THERE'S A DINING CAR?

>> YEP, AND YOU CAN EAT YOUR FAVORITE...MEAT...MAYBE LEAVES.

NO.

I GUESS YOU LIKE MEAT.

>> NAH.

JUDY'S A FISH EATER.

YEP.

FISH.

>> SORRY.

YOU'RE WRONG.

I LOVE TO EAT JUST ONE THING--SEEDS!

>> WELL, THEN LET'S GET JUDY SOME SEEDS.

>> MMM.

[GULP] AHH.

>> ANOTHER CHEF'S SPECIAL, SPLIT SEED SOUP.

>> MMM!

IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE SEEDWICH AND THE SEED SOUFFLE.

[SLURP] >> AWK!

OK. NOW THAT JUDY'S HAD SOMETHING TO EAT, WE SHOULD SOLVE OUR MYSTERY.

>> YEAH!

♪ DUN DUN DUN ♪ >> MAYBE WE CAN WHERE JUDY'S FROM BY COMPARING FEATURES.

>> COOL!

SOUNDS LIKE FUN!

>> LET'S START WITH BEAKS.

EVERYBODY OPEN WIDE!

>> AHH.

>> NOW LET'S COMPARE.

WHO HAS TEETH?

>> AND THE PEEK INSIDE THE BEAKS SHOWS NOTHING FOR THE PTERANODONS.

>> AND A MOUTHFUL OF TEETH FOR JUDY.

NOW LET'S CHECK OUT FEET.

>> LOVE THE TOE CLAW, JUDY!

>> YOURS, TOO!

AND HOW ABOUT MY TAIL?

>> YEAH!

>> NICE TAIL!

>> AFTER OBSERVING YOUR BEAK AND CLAWS, JUDY, I THINK YOU'RE A THEROPOD.

>> A THEROPOD WHO LOVES SEEDS.

JUDY, ARE THERE LOTS OF TREES AND BUSHES AROUND WHERE YOU LIVE?

>> OH, RIGHT.

WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I'M FROM.

YES, THERE ARE LOTS OF TALL TREES AND GREEN BUSHES, SEEDS AND BERRIES EVERYWHERE.

>> TALL TREES, GREEN BUSHES, AND BERRIES.

SOUNDS LIKE THE CRETACEOUS TIME PERIOD.

>> HMM.

COULD BE, BUT NOW I'M VERY FULL.

CAN WE GO BACK TO THE AVIARY CAR?

THERE'S MORE ROOM THERE.

HA HA HA!

THIS IS SO FUN!

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE FLYING INSIDE.

>> THAT'S WHAT SO GREAT ABOUT THE DINOSAUR TRAIN.

YOU CAN EAT YOUR FAVORITE FOODS IN THE DINING CAR, ENJOY THE VIEW FROM THE OBSERVATION CAR... >> AND DRAW NATURE PICTURES, TOO.

I JUST HAD TO DRAW YOUR AMAZING TAIL, JUDY.

>> I LOVE IT!

HEY.

I'VE SEEN THAT KIND OF FLOWER BEFORE AT HOME AND THAT FROG, TOO.

>> [WHISPERING] >> I HAVE... AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

>> I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA SAY, "HYPOTHESIS."

>> TINY AND I ARE PRETTY SURE WE KNOW WHAT TIME PERIOD JUDY LIVES IN.

AFTER TINY AND I SAW JUDY'S FEATURES FROM HER TAIL TO HER BEAK TO HER CLAWS, WE THINK JUDY'S A THEROPOD.

>> AND JUDY'S SEEN THE FROG AND CRETACEOUS FLOWERS THAT LAURA DREW.

>> SO WE THINK JUDY'S FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE CRETACEOUS TIME PERIOD.

>> YEAH!

JUDY!

>> BUDDY AND TINY ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

>> I'M JUDY JEHOLORNIS, A THEROPOD BIRD FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS.

AWK!

AWK!

>> AND THE DINOSAUR TRAIN WILL BRING YOU HOME, MS. JEHOLORNIS.

>> THANK YOU.

I CAN'T WAIT TO BE HOME, BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING LOST WORKED OUT BETTER THAN I EVER IMAGINED.

I GOT TO MEET ALL OF YOU AND RIDE ON A TRAIN.

>> AWK!

WE LOVED MEETING YOU, JUDY.

>> I WHOLE-HEARTEDLY AGREE, AND I'M SORRY YET HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE NEXT STOP IS JEHOLORNIS JUNCTION STATION IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CRETACEOUS TIME PERIOD.

>> AWK!

YES!

HERE'S WHERE I LIVE!

WELL, MY NEIGHBORS WERE RIGHT.

MY HOME IS SAFE AND SOUND, AND ALL OF YOU ARE FANTASTIC NEW FRIENDS, AND YET--AWK--THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

BYE, MRS. PTERANODON.

BYE, MR.

CONDUCTOR.

BYE, PETEY.

BYE, BUDDY.

BYE, TINY.

I THINK I'LL MISS YOU MOST OF ALL.

>> AWK.

>> SO LONG, JUDY.

[SNIFFLES] ALL ABOARD!

[WHISTLE BLOWS] >> BYE, JUDY!

>> BYE, EVERYONE!

THANKS FOR BRINGING ME TO MY HOME, SWEET, HOME!

>> HI, THERE.

I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.

THE ANIMAL THAT FLEW INTO THE DINOSAUR TRAIN IS JEHOLORNIS, A BIRD THAT LIVED DURING THE CRETACEOUS TIME PERIOD.

>> [SQUAWKING] INCOMING!

OHH.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME COME IN.

>> PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT JEHOLORNIS BECAUSE THEY FOUND MANY ANCIENT SKELETONS OF THIS ANIMAL IN CHINA.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAD WINGS AND A SUPERLONG FEATHERED TAIL, EVEN LONGER THAN ITS BODY.

ONE JEHOLORNIS FOSSIL HAD SEEDS AND BITS OF PLANTS IN ITS STOMACH, SUGGESTING THAT THIS ANCIENT BIRD WAS AN OMNIVORE.

IT ATE BOTH PLANTS AND BUGS.

>> AHH.

>> ANOTHER CHEF SPECIAL, SPLIT SEED SOUP!

>> MMM.

IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE SEEDWICH AND THE SEED SOUFFLE.

>> WITH ITS LONG TAIL, JEHOLORNIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE AN OMNIVOROUS BIRD LIVING TODAY, THE ROAD RUNNER.

>> AND HOW ABOUT MY TAIL?

>> YEAH!

>> NICE TAIL!

>> IN RECENT YEARS, PALEONTOLOGISTS WORKING IN CHINA HAVE FOUND LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FEATHERED DINOSAURS, AND WE'RE CERTAIN THAT MANY MORE AMAZING DISCOVERIES ARE STILL WAITING OUT THERE.

OK.

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

>> HELLO, FOLKS.

IT'S ME THE CONDUCTOR.

TODAY OUR FRIENDS FROM PTERANODON TERRACE WILL LEARN THAT FOREST FIRES CAN ACTUALLY HELP FORESTS GROW, SO COME ON ALONG WITH ME ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN!

ALL ABOARD!

>> ♪ DA DA DA DA DA DA WE'RE THE NATURE TRACKERS ♪ NATURE TRACKER ACTIVITY TIME!

>> BUT WHAT ACTIVITY IS IT TIME FOR?

>> ANYTHING WE WANT.

WE'RE NATURE TRACKERS OUT IN NATURE.

THERE'S A BAZILLION THINGS TO DO.

>> LET'S PLAY "WHAT CREATURE AM I?"

READY?

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

>> UM, YOU'RE A TROODON.

>> HA HA HA!

>> YOU'RE A BABY ANKYLOSAURUS.

>> RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

>> OH, I KNOW.

YOU'RE A... >> PALAEOBATRACHUS!

A FROG!

>> RIGHT!

FINALLY.

OK. NOW WHAT.

[BOOM] WHOA!

WHICH ONE OF YOU MADE THAT NOISE?

>> THAT WASN'T US.

THAT WAS THUNDER.

[THUNDER] >> HI, DAD.

HI, MOM.

DID YOU COME TO PLAY "WHAT CREATURE AM I?"

>> OH, I LOVE THAT GAME.

UH, LET'S SEE.

WHAT CREATURE SHOULD I BE?

>> SORRY, KIDS.

WE ACTUALLY CAME TO LET YOU KNOW THERE'S A THUNDERSTORM COMING.

>> OH, RIGHT.

THERE'S A STORM COMING, KIDS.

>> BUT THE SKY DOESN'T LOOK STORMY.

HOW FAR AWAY IS IT?

>> LET'S CHECK.

COME ON, BUDDY!

>> UNH!

>> THERE IT IS.

BOY, LOOK AT THOSE CLOUDS.

[THUNDER] >> WHOA!

>> THAT BOLT OF LIGHTNING WAS HUGE!

>> AND LOOK!

IT STARTED A FIRE.

>> THOSE TREES ARE PRETTY DRY.

THAT COULD START THE WHOLE FOREST ON FIRE.

>> OH, NO!

WE SHOULD GO.

>> DON'T WORRY, SHINY.

THE FIRE'S FAR, FAR AWAY.

WE'RE SAFE HERE.

>> STILL I'M GLAD WE HAD PLANS TO GO TO THE BIG POND ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN TODAY.

I'LL FEEL BETTER WHEN WE'RE EVEN FURTHER AWAY FROM THAT FIRE.

>> YOUR MOM'S RIGHT.

LET'S GO, TEAM PTERANODON!

[WHISTLE BLOWS] >> CAN YOU STILL SEE THE FIRE?

>> YEP.

WAY OVER THERE.

>> I'M EXTRA GLAD WE'RE RIDING THE DINOSAUR TRAIN TODAY.

I WANT TO ASK THE CONDUCTOR SOMETHING.

>> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION AND PUNCH YOUR TICKETS.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY, TINY?

>> WE SAW A REAL FOREST FIRE TODAY.

>> IT LOOKED HOT.

>> AND KIND OF SCARY, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE FAR AWAY.

>> IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF TREES WERE ON FIRE.

>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT TREES LASTED FOREVER, BUT AFTER SEEING THAT FIRE BURNING ALL THOSE TREES, I'M NOT SO SURE.

>> WELL, NATURE TRACKERS, WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT INDIVIDUAL TREES DON'T LAST FOREVER, NEW TREES CAN GROW IN THEIR PLACE, SO A FOREST, LIKE THE ONE YOU WERE OBSERVING, CAN LAST MILLIONS OF YEARS.

>> MILLIONS OF YEARS?

>> AND LIGHTNING OFTEN STRIKES TREES IN FORESTS.

>> WHY IS THAT, MR.

CONDUCTOR?

>> BECAUSE TREES STICK HIGH IN THE AIR, WHICH ATTRACTS THE LIGHTNING, AND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN CAUSE... [THUNDER] FOREST FIRES.

AFTER THE FIRE BURNS ITSELF OUT, IT LEAVES BURNED AND BLACKENED TREES BEHIND.

>> AWK!

THAT LOOKS TERRIBLE!

>> WELL, IT MIGHT SEEM AS IF EVERYTHING'S BEEN WIPED OUT, TINY, BUT TRUTH IS, FIRE IS A NATURAL PART OF A FOREST LIFE CYCLE.

>> WE NATURE TRACKERS KNOW ALL ABOUT LIFE CYCLES.

>> THE BURNED AREA WILL START TO GROW AGAIN WITH FRESH LIFE NOW THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF CLEAR SPACE AND LOTS OF LIGHT.

>> SO FOREST FIRES CAN HELP THE FOREST?

>> YES, INDEEDY-DO, BUDDY.

WHY, THERE ARE EVEN SOME SEEDS THAT ONLY OPEN UP AND BEGIN TO GROW WHEN HEATED UP IN A FIRE.

>> WOW!

FIRES CAN HELP THINGS GROW?

>> SOME THINGS.

SO YOU SEE, TINY, IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE FIRE IS TAKING A TREE AWAY FOREVER, BUT IT CAN BE A VERY HEALTHY PART OF THE LIFE CYCLE, HELPING TO KEEP THE FOREST ROLLING RIGHT ALONG.

>> JUST LIKE THE DINOSAUR TRAIN ROLLS ALONG!

>> WHOO-WHOO!

>> BUT I STILL FEEL KIND OF BAD FOR THOSE POOR TREES.

>> MR. AND MRS. PTERANODON, I KNOW YOU WERE HEADED FOR THE BIG POND, BUT IF YOU LIKE, I KNOW AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO VISIT TODAY.

>> HEH.

SOUNDS GREAT.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THERE'S A STATION STOP IN AN AREA THAT HAD A FOREST FIRE NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND IT'S COMING BACK TO LIFE RIGHT NOW.

>> REALLY?!

>> I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT LESSON FOR ALL OF US.

YOU'LL SEE AS SOON AS WE GET THERE.

IT'S CALLED CIMOLESTES CENTER STATION.

>> CIMOLESTES CENTER STATION?

>> AS IN CINDY CIMOLESTES, OUR FRIEND FROM HOME?

>> YEP.

CINDY'S FAMILY USED TO LIVE AT CIMOLESTES CENTER BEFORE A BIG FOREST FIRE FORCED THEM TO MOVE.

>> OH, I'M GLAD THEY GOT AWAY.

>> ME, TOO, BUT NOW SOME CIMOLESTES ARE MOVING BACK IN, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A LOOK-SEE BECAUSE HERE WE ARE AT CIMOLESTES CENTER STATION!

NEXT STOP CIMOLESTES CENTER!

>> WHOA!

>> IT'S SO SAD.

>> EVERYTHING IS BURNED.

>> UH, MR.

CONDUCTOR, ARE YOU SURE THIS STOP WAS A GOOD IDEA?

>> TRUST ME, MR. PTERANODON.

AHEM.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS AREA WAS RECENTLY BURNED BY FOREST FIRE.

>> OH!

TINY, SHINY, BUDDY, AND DON?!

>> CINDY!

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

>> I'M VISITING MY AUNT SELMA.

AUNTIE, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS FROM PTERANODON TERRACE!

>> HI, SELMA.

>> HELLO.

PLEASED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.

CINDY TOLD ME ALL ABOUT YOU!

>> EVEN ABOUT THAT ONE TIME I GOT A SEED STUCK IN MY NOSE?

>> OH, HA HA HA!

OH, LITTLE DON, YOU'RE JUST LIKE CINDY SAID.

>> I AM?

GREAT!

I THINK.

>> AUNTIE AND I ARE JUST CHECKING IN ON THE OLD FAMILY HOME.

I GREW UP HERE, BUT I HAD TO LEAVE AFTER THE BIG FIRE A WHILE BACK.

>> IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYONE COULD LIVE HERE NOW.

EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT JUST GOT FINISHED BURNING.

>> OH, THERE'S NEW STUFF GROWING ALREADY, BUDDY.

>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, SELMA, TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF NEW GROWTH AFTER A FOREST FIRE.

>> OH.

WE'LL BE NATURE TRACKING.

>> CINDY AND SELMA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME NATURE TRACKING WITH US?

WE CAN LOOK FOR SIGNS OF NEW GROWTH TOGETHER.

>> SOUNDS GREAT!

>> ALL RIGHT!

LET'S DO IT!

AWK!

THIS WAY, EVERYBODY >> ♪ DA DA DA DA DA DA WE'RE THE NATURE TRACKERS ♪ >> OHH!

>> UNH!

>> OHH!

>> DUY!

>> WHOA!

EVERYBODY, CHECK THIS OUT.

>> THAT'S NEW GROWTH.

>> REALLY NEW.

>> AWK!

OH, THAT'S A GREAT SIGN.

>> OH, AND THE FUNNY THING IS WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE PLANTS GROWING HERE BEFORE THE BIG FIRE.

>> THAT WILL HAPPEN, SELMA.

NEW PLANTS TAKE ROOT WHEN GIVEN THE SPACE AND LIGHT THEY NEED.

>> HEY.

LOOK OVER THERE!

EVEN SOME OF THE OLD-TIMERS ARE BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THIS PLACE IS A-HOPPING.

>> HOPPING LIKE A PALAEOBATRACHUS?

>> SURE.

>> HEY!

LOOK OVER HERE!

THAT'S NOT JUST A PLANT.

THAT'S A BABY TREE.

>> REALLY?!

>> YOU'RE RIGHT, BUDDY.

WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE LIKE THAT, WE CALL THEM SAPLINGS.

>> BUT SOMEDAY, IT WILL GROW UP TO BE HUGE!

>> TINY'S RIGHT.

EVEN HUGE TREES WERE SAPLINGS ONCE.

>> THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THESE FOREST FIRES, FOLKS.

THEY BURN OLD PLANTS AND TREES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DYING OFF.

SO THE FIRES CLEAR OUT THE DEAD BRUSH THAT PILES UP, MAKING ROOM FOR NEW TREES AND PLANTS.

>> SO IT SEEMS LIKE FIRE CAN ACTUALLY BE A GOOD THING.

>> IN MANY WAYS, IT IS, MR. P. THEN YOUNG SAPLINGS LIKE THIS ONE CAN GROW AND LIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

>> SO A TREE COULD EVEN SURVIVE A FOREST FIRE?

>> SOME TREES DO, BUDDY.

>> YEAH!

GO, TREES!

>> SPEAKING OF TREES, I THINK IT'S TIME WE TOOK A LITTLE TRIP TO THE TREE I USED TO LIVE IN.

HERE IT IS.

AW, THIS TREE HAS BEEN MY FAMILY'S FAVORITE FOR AS LONG AS WE CIMOLESTES CAN REMEMBER.

>> HMM.

IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO BURNED.

>> I'M SO GLAD.

I PLAYED IN THIS TREE WHEN I WAS A KID, AND CINDY PLAYED IN IT WHEN SHE LIVED HERE.

>> SELMA, DID YOU SAY IN THE TREE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

PART OF THIS OLD TREE IS HOLLOW.

>> HOLLOW?

>> OH, TINY, IT'S SO GREAT INSIDE!

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF HIDING PLACES AND EVEN A CIMOLESTES CLUB HOUSE.

>> A HOLLOW TREE AND IT'S STILL ALIVE?

>> JUST LIKE MY TINY PLACE TREE, AND THIS TREE HAS BEEN HERE A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, TINY, AND I HAVE A FEELING IT WILL BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.

>> OH, SELMA, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE, AND THANK YOU, MR.

CONDUCTOR.

>> WHY, CERTAINLY, MISS TINY.

>> I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW THAT I KNOW TREES LIKE THIS CAN LAST SUCH A LONG TIME.

>> AND LIVE THROUGH A FOREST FIRE.

>> I BET MY TREE BACK HOME CAN LAST A LONG TIME, TOO.

I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.

>> [CHEERING] >> YEAH!

OHH!

HEY, LITTLE SAPLING.

GROW BIG AND TALL, AND ONE DAY, MAYBE YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT CLUB HOUSE OR SOME KID'S SPECIAL PLACE.

>> AND THEN TINY AND CINDY AND THE REST OF US CAN COME PLAY IN YOUR BELLY.

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] >> TIME TO HEAD BACK, KIDS.

THANKS FOR THE TOUR, SELMA!

>> SURE!

COME BACK ANYTIME TO WATCH THE FOREST GROW.

OH, IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING!

>> BYE, SELMA!

BYE, CINDY!

>> BYE!

[WHISTLE BLOWS] [SNIFFS] >> EW.

I STILL SMELL SMOKE.

[SNIFFING] >> ME, TOO, BUT LOOK.

>> THE FIRE'S ALL FINISHED BURNING.

>> OH, WHAT A RELIEF!

I LOVE YOU, TREE.

MMM, MMM!

THANK GOODNESS NOTHING HAPPENED TO MY TINY PLACE.

>> ALL THE TREES AROUND OUR NEST ARE SAFE.

>> AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SAFE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

>> ♪ WHENEVER I NEED A LITTLE SPACE I FLY UP TO MY TINY PLACE IT'S WHERE I LIKE TO SPEND MY TIME SOMETIMES I SING SOMETIMES I CLIMB WHEN EVERYONE'S GETTING IN MY FACE I FLY UP TO MY TINY PLACE ♪ >> HER TINY PLACE IS IN A TREE!

>> IT'S JUST FOR ME!

>> AND WHO LOVES TREES?

MEEEEE!

>> HI, THERE.

I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.

I'M HERE IN THE FOREST, STANDING BESIDE A HUGE REDWOOD TREE.

REDWOODS ARE THE TALLEST TREES IN THE WORLD.

MOST GROW AT LEAST 200 FEET TALL, AND SOME GROW AS HIGH AS 400 FEET.

GIANT REDWOODS LIKE THESE LIVE A LONG TIME, SOMETIMES MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS.

TREES THAT HAVE LIVED SO LONG HAVE DEFINITELY SURVIVED A FEW FOREST FIRES.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS REDWOOD.

IT'S BEEN HOLLOWED OUT BY FIRE, BUT IT'S STILL GOING STRONG.

THE REDWOOD TREE'S THICK BARK HAS A SPECIAL CHEMICAL IN IT CALLED TANNIN.

TANNIN HELPS PROTECT AGAINST FIRES AND HARMFUL INSECTS.

IT ALSO GIVES REDWOODS THEIR RED COLOR.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A HUGE REDWOOD TREE LIKE THIS, JUST THINK, TREES LIKE THESE ARE AROUND DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS.

OK.

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

>> WE LOVE PLAYING GAMES!

>> LIKE ALL ABOARD!

>> YOU CAN PLAY, TOO, ONLINE AT PBSKIDS.ORG!

>> AND LOTS OF OTHER GAMES!

>> THERE'S SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT ALL KINDS OF DINOSAURS!

>> GO TO PBSKIDS.ORG!

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