Dinosaur Train
Tiny and the Crocodile/Meet the Grandparents
Season 2 Episode 21 | 26m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
The Pteranodon family meets a huge crocodile. / Grandma and Grandpa come to visit!
Team Pteranodon travels to Dienosuchas Swamp to meet Deanna Dienosuchas, a 40 foot crocodile with many big teeth, and a crabby attitude. Tiny leads the way to warm up Deanna who turns out to be more friendly and less scary than our kids imagined. / The Pteranodon kids have special visitors - their Grandma and Grandpa! The kids delight in realizing they share similar traits with their grandparents.
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Dinosaur Train
Tiny and the Crocodile/Meet the Grandparents
Season 2 Episode 21 | 26m 10sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Team Pteranodon travels to Dienosuchas Swamp to meet Deanna Dienosuchas, a 40 foot crocodile with many big teeth, and a crabby attitude. Tiny leads the way to warm up Deanna who turns out to be more friendly and less scary than our kids imagined. / The Pteranodon kids have special visitors - their Grandma and Grandpa! The kids delight in realizing they share similar traits with their grandparents.
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>> ♪ 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] >> AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS STAY UPWIND OF A QUETZALCOATLUS.
>> [LAUGHING] >> RAWK!
TELL US ANOTHER ONE, DAD!
>> TELL US A REALLY SCARY ONE!
>> OOH!
ABOUT THE SCARIEST PREDATOR!
>> YEAH.
TELL ABOUT A PREDATOR.
UH, WAIT.
WHAT'S A PREDATOR AGAIN?
>> RAWK!
A PREDATOR IS AN ANIMAL THAT HUNTS OTHER ANIMALS FOR FOOD.
>> OH.
YEAH.
TELL ONE OF THOSE.
>> A REALLY SCARY PREDATOR LIKE A CROCODILIAN.
>> WAIT.
ARE YOU SURE YOU KIDS WANT TO HEAR A STORY ABOUT A CROCODILIAN?
>> WHAT'S SO SCARY ABOUT A CROCODILIAN?
>> WHAT'S SO SCARY ABOUT THEM?
THEY ONLY EAT PTERANODONS, DON.
>> THEY DO?!
>> TELL IT, DAD!
TELL IT!
>> AHEM.
OK. HEH.
WELL, CROCODILIANS ARE GIANT, MEAT-EATING CARNIVORES THAT HIDE IN THE WATER AND CATCH CREATURES LIKE PTERANODONS WHEN WE SWOOP DOWN TO THE WATER TO CATCH FISH.
>> WHY?
>> WELL, WE PTERANODONS HAVE GREAT FEATURES FOR DIVING DOWN, AND CROCODILIANS HAVE GREAT FEATURES FOR SNAPPING UP AT FLYING THINGS LIKE US.
>> [GULP] [SHUDDER] >> I'LL SEE YOU LATER, PTERANODONS.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
>> AND THE ONE WE PTERANODONS HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE MOST OF ALL, THE BIGGEST, LONGEST, FIERCEST CROCODILIAN LURKING RIGHT HERE IN THE SLIMY SWAMPS OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS, THAT WOULD BE DEINOSUCHUS!
[INSECTS BUZZ] >> [SHUDDER] >> MAYBE WE COULD TAKE THE DINOSAUR TRAIN AND MEET ONE.
>> [GASP] >> MEET ONE?
DEINOSUCHUS WOULDN'T WANT TO MEET US.
THEY WANT TO EAT US!
>> YEAH!
>> BUT, YOU GUYS, WE'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE MESOZOIC AND MET TONS OF HUGE CARNIVOROUS DINOSAURS, AND AFTER WE'VE MET THEM, THEY MOSTLY TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY NICE.
>> YOU KNOW, SHE'S RIGHT.
>> YES, BUT YOU ALWAYS MET THOSE CREATURES WITH YOUR MOM OR DAD NEARBY TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE SAFE.
>> WELL, SURE, MOM.
WE SHOULD ALL GO.
>> WHAT?!
>> IT WOULD BE FUN, SHINY, THE ULTIMATE TINY CHALLENGE, TO MEET THE SCARIEST PREDATOR OF ALL AND MAYBE EVEN BECOME FRIENDS.
>> TINY, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MEET EVERY SINGLE CREATURE?
>> RAWK!
IT'S KIND OF MY THING.
♪ I'M NOT THE BIGGEST DINOSAUR IN FACT, I'M KIND OF TINY I DON'T HAVE TEETH OR SCARY CLAWS BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ME WHINY WHENEVER I MEET SOMEONE NEW I MARCH RIGHT UP AND WHAT I DO IS SAY, "HELLO, THERE NICE TO MEET YOU MY NAME IS TINY" I'VE MET A LOT OF DINOSAURS AND SOME OF THEM WERE SCARY AND WHEN I STAND RIGHT NEXT TO THEM I'M KIND OF ORDINARY BUT IF I'M FRIENDLY THEY ARE, TOO AND WHEN I SAY "IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU" THEN THEY SAY "WELL, HEY, THE SAME TO YOU IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, TINY" ♪ >> YOU KNOW, TINY MAKES A GOOD POINT.
>> I AGREE.
THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND ANOTHER CREATURE, EVEN YOUR NATURAL PREDATOR, WOULD BE TO MEET ONE.
>> REALLY?
YOU MEAN, WE CAN GO MEET A DEINOSUCHUS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AHEM.
WITH PLENTY OF ADULT SUPERVISION.
>> TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL ALL GO TOGETHER ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN.
IT WILL BE A PTERANODON TEAM ADVENTURE!
>> AND THE ULTIMATE TINY CHALLENGE!
>> [CHEERING] >> HOORAY.
>> TICKETS, TICKETS, PLEASE.
WELL, HELLO, PTERANODON CLAN.
>> HELLO, MR.
CONDUCTOR!
>> OFF TO SOMEWHERE EXCI--DEINOSUCHUS SWAMP STATION?
>> RAWK!
THAT'S RIGHT, MR.
CONDUCTOR.
>> YOU DO KNOW WHAT DEINOSUCHUS EAT, DON'T YOU?
>> PTERANODONS.
>> YES, INDEED.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, DEINOSUCHUS ARE KNOWN TO EAT PTERANODONS.
>> WHOA!
>> THAT'S ONE BIG DINOSAUR.
>> ACTUALLY, DON, DEINOSUCHUS IS NOT A DINOSAUR.
IT'S WHAT'S CALLED A FRESHWATER REPTILE, AND ITS NAME SOUNDS LIKE DINOSAUR, BUT DEINOSUCHUS ACTUALLY MEANS "TERRIBLE CROCODILE."
>> LOOK AT ALL THOSE HUGE TEETH.
>> KIND OF LIKE YOURS, HUH, BUDDY?
AND LIKE YOU, DEINOSUCHUS IS A CARNIVORE.
IT EATS WHATEVER MEAT IT CAN FIND FROM LAND ANIMALS TO FISH TO, WELL, PTERANODONS.
>> EEK!
BUT HOW DO THEY CATCH FLYING PTERANODONS?
>> OH, DEINOSUCHUS IS A TRICKY HUNTER.
IT LIKES TO LIE VERY STILL RIGHT UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER LIKE A LOG TO SURPRISE ITS PREY.
>> THAT IS SO COOL.
>> BUT I'M GONNA LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AT ANY LOGS I SEE TODAY BEFORE I SIT ON THEM.
>> ME, TOO!
>> RAWK!
ME, 3!
>> EXCELLENT IDEA, KIDS.
>> MR.
CONDUCTOR, DO YOU KNOW ANY DEINOSUCHUS?
>> I DO.
DEANA DEINOSUCHUS HAS LIVED AT DEINOSUCHUS SWAMP FOR A LONG TIME AND HAS GROWN TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXAMPLES OF DEINOSUCHUS I'VE EVER SEEN.
IN FACT, SHE'S LONGER THAN THIS PASSENGER COACH.
I WARN YOU, DEANA CAN BE KIND OF CRABBY.
YOU SURE YOU WANT TO MEET THIS BIG PREDATOR?
>> YES!
>> OR MAYBE WE COULD DO IT SOME OTHER TIME.
>> OH!
SPEAKING OF TIME, WE'RE HERE!
>> OH.
>> NEXT STOP, DEINOSUCHUS SWAMP STATION, DEINOSUCHUS SWAMP.
>> BBBBBBB!
NOW IF WE'RE GONNA MEET THIS DEINOSUCHUS, WE'LL NEED TO STICK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
>> RIGHT!
>> IN FACT, PTERANODONS, I'LL COME ALONG WITH YOU JUST TO MAKE EXTRA SURE THAT YOU'RE SAFE.
THERE'S A CLIFF THAT RUNS ABOVE THE SWAMP, SO WE CAN TALK TO DEANA FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
WALK THIS WAY.
>> [GIGGLING] >> PSST.
BUDDY, IS THAT A DEINOSUCHUS?
>> UH, NO.
I THINK THAT'S JUST A LOG.
>> OOH, OOH!
IS THAT A DEINOSUCHUS?
>> NOPE.
JUST A LOG.
>> IS THAT A DINOSU-- >> NO, DON!
IT'S JUST A LOG!
>> [GRR] >> RAWK!
>> [GULP] >> HELLO?
ARE YOU DEANA DEINOSUCHUS?
>> YES, I AM.
>> WOW!
>> ISN'T SHE AMAZING, SHINY?
SHINY?
>> RAWK!
HOW DID I GET UP HERE?
OH.
RIGHT.
JUST LOOKING FOR LOCAL BIRDS.
HEH HEH HEH.
>> OK.
THE ULTIMATE TINY CHALLENGE.
HELLO.
MY NAME IS TINY PTERANODON, AND THIS IS MY FAMILY, AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW MR.
CONDUCTOR.
>> UH, HELLO, DEANA.
WE'VE MET.
>> [GRR] >> SEE, WE LIKE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE MESOZOIC ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN, MEETING ALL KINDS OF CREATURES, AND, WELL, I REALIZE THAT DEINOSUCHUS IS A PREDATOR THAT-- [GULP] EATS PTERANODONS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO MEET YOU AND MAYBE WE COULD EVEN BECOME FRIENDS.
>> BECOME FRIENDS?
>> YEAH!
>> BUT LIKE YOU SAID, I EAT PTERANODONS.
>> YEAH, BUT MAYBE IF YOU GOT TO KNOW US, YOU'D LIKE US, I MEAN, AS FRIENDS, NOT LUNCH.
>> HA HA HA!
WELL, I NEVER.
NO ONE THAT I HUNT HAS EVER OFFERED TO BE MY FRIEND BEFORE.
HOW NICE OF YOU.
WELL, SIT DOWN THERE ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF.
WE CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
>> SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EAT US, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I JUST HAD A VERY LARGE MEAL, NOT PTERANODONS BY THE WAY, SOME FISH, SO I'M NOT HUNGRY.
>> WHY WERE YOU HIDING IN THE WATER THEN?
>> WELL, IT'S HOT OUT, AND CROCODILIANS NEED TO STAY COOL.
I LIKE TO LIE IN THE WATER ALMOST COMPLETELY COVERED LIKE THIS, AND ALSO I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF SHY.
>> REALLY?
SOMETIMES I FEEL SHY AROUND STRANGERS, TOO.
>> SEE, DEANA AND OTHER CROCODILIANS CAN FLOAT SO THAT JUST THEIR EYES AND NOSTRILS ARE ABOVE THE WATER.
THAT WAY, SHE CAN LOOK AROUND AND BREATHE WITHOUT BEING EASILY SEEN.
>> WOW!
SHE SWIMS WITH HER FEET AND TAIL MOVING UNDER THE WATER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING THERE.
>> AT FIRST, WE THOUGHT YOU WERE A LOG.
NO OFFENSE.
>> NONE TAKEN.
THAT'S HOW I HUNT.
I LIE VERY STILL LIKE THIS.
>> [GASP] >> WHAT A LOVELY-- >> HELLO!
>> BA-KAAAAH!
>> IT'S OK!
SHE ALREADY HAD A BIG LUNCH!
>> OH, WELL.
I CAN'T BLAME HIM FOR BEING SURPRISED.
>> ME, NEITHER.
>> RAWK!
I'M GOING TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE NEXT LOG I LAND ON.
>> DEANA, THAT'S AMAZING THE WAY YOU CAN HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
>> [GRR] >> [GASP] [LAUGHING] >> I NOTICE THAT YOU'RE COVERED WITH TOUGH-LOOKING ARMOR.
IT'S KIND OF KNOBBY LIKE AN ANKYLOSAUR.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT PROTECTS ME FROM OTHER CROCODILIANS, AND I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE A T. REX AND HAVE A MOUTHFUL OF BIG TEETH LIKE ME.
>> YEP.
T. REXES HAVE LOTS OF TEETH, TOO, AND WHEN THEY FALL OUT, NEW ONES JUST GROW IN RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
>> YOU KNOW, MINE DO THAT, TOO.
HEY.
OPEN WIDE.
LET'S COMPARE THEM.
AHH.
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] >> YOU KNOW, I'VE ENJOYED THIS TALK.
RARELY DO I GET TO SEE THIS MANY TEETH, BUT THAT'S THE DINOSAUR TRAIN WHISTLE, FOLKS, AND WE'D BETTER GET BACK TO THE STATION.
>> I'LL WALK BACK WITH YOU.
I FEEL LIKE STRETCHING MY LEGS.
>> BYE, DEANA!
NICE TO MEET YOU!
>> BYE, PTERANODON FAMILY.
THANKS FOR BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO MEET YOUR NATURAL ENEMY.
WHAT A GREAT ATTITUDE YOU HAVE.
>> THANKS.
IT WAS TINY'S IDEA.
>> RAWK!
THE ULTIMATE TINY CHALLENGE!
>> HOW DO YOU DO IT, TINY?
HOW IS IT SO EASY FOR YOU TO TALK TO OTHER CREATURES AND NOT BE AFRAID?
>> WELL, I CAN'T REALLY SAY, BUT I CAN SURE SING IT.
♪ I'M NOT THE BIGGEST DINOSAUR IN FACT, I'M KIND OF TINY I DON'T HAVE TEETH OR SCARY CLAWS BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE ME WHINY WHENEVER I MEET SOMEONE NEW I MARCH RIGHT UP AND WHAT I DO IS SAY, "HELLO, THERE NICE TO MEET YOU MY NAME IS TINY" >> I BET YOU'VE MET SOME DINOSAURS AND SOME OF THEM WERE SCARY >> AND WHEN I STAND RIGHT NEXT TO THEM I'M KIND OF ORDINARY >> BUT IF YOU CAN MEET A CROCODILE WITH NOTHING BUT A FRIENDLY SMILE I GUESS I'LL DO THE SAME AND SAY TO YOU IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU, TINY ♪ >> [CHEERING] >> ALL ABOARD!
[WHISTLE BLOWS] >> BYE!
>> HI, THERE, I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.
DEINOSUCHUS WAS A HUGE, 40-FOOT LONG CARNIVOROUS CROCODILE THAT LIVED IN THE CRETACEOUS TIME PERIOD.
THIS GIANT CROC WAS A REPTILE BUT NOT A DINOSAUR.
DEINOSUCHUS WAS EASILY BIG ENOUGH TO FEED ON DINOSAURS, BUT MANY PALEONTOLOGISTS THINK IT FED MOSTLY ON TURTLES.
EITHER WAY, DEINOSUCHUS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST CROCODILES THAT EVER LIVED AND DEFINITELY WAY BIGGER THAN ANY CROCODILES ALIVE TODAY.
ABOUT HALF THE LENGTH OF THIS ANCIENT CROC WAS ITS MASSIVE TAIL, WHICH HELPED MAKE DEINOSUCHUS A STRONG SWIMMER.
MOST CROCODILES ARE CARNIVORES, OR MEAT-EATERS.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, LONG BEFORE THE FIRST DINOSAURS, AND THEY'RE STILL VERY SUCCESSFUL TODAY.
NOT ALL CROCS ARE BIG.
THE SMALLEST KIND ALIVE TODAY IS THE AFRICAN DWARF CROCODILE, WHICH GROWS ONLY TO ABOUT 5 FEET LONG.
THE BIGGEST LIVING SPECIES IS THE SALTWATER CROCODILE, WHICH CAN GROW TO BE OVER 20 FEET LONG, STILL ONLY ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF DEINOSUCHUS!
SO CROCODILES ARE REPTILES THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE AGE OF DINOSAURS.
I HAVE THIS FUNNY FEELING THERE MAY BE A CROC RIGHT BEHIND ME.
WHOA!
TIME FOR DR. SCOTT TO GET ON OUT OF HERE!
OK. KEEP WATCHING FOR MORE DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES!
>> HELLO, FOLKS.
IT'S ME THE CONDUCTOR.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA MEET THE KIDS' GRANDMA AND GRANDPA WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT PTERANODON TERRACE, SO COME ON ALONG WITH ME ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN.
ALL ABOARD!
[SQUAWKING] >> HA HA HA!
>> ♪ LA LA LOO ♪ >> HEY!
THE FISH ARE OVER THERE NOW!
>> THANKS, BUDDY!
OK, KIDS.
WATCH THIS NEW FISHING DIVE I JUST CAME UP WITH.
HEH.
I CALL IT THE SINKER.
GUH--OHH!
>> YEAH!
>> WHOO-HOO!
>> WAY TO GO, DAD!
>> COOL TRICK!
>> WHERE ARE THEY NOW, BUDDY?
>> USE YOUR KEEN T. REX EYESIGHT, BUDDY.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY FISH, BUT I SEE TWO PTERANODONS, AND THEY'RE COMING THIS WAY.
>> REALLY?
CAN YOU TELL WHO THEY ARE?
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.
THEY LOOK KIND OF FAMILIAR, THOUGH.
>> HELLO, SON.
LONG TIME, NO SEE.
>> HEY!
MOM AND DAD!
>> RAWK!
IT'S GRANDMA AND GRANDPA PTERANODON.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GRANDMA AND GRANDPA PTERANODON?
>> OH, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER US.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE YOU WERE HATCHED.
>> HELLO!
I'M TINY, AND THIS IS SHINY, DON, AND BUDDY!
>> HELLO, TINY!
DID YOU GET THAT NAME BECAUSE YOU'RE THE SMALLEST?
>> HEE HEE HEE!
YEAH!
TINY POWER!
HUH!
>> HELLO, SHINY.
I SEE HOW YOU GOT THAT NAME.
YOU'RE VERY SHINY.
>> YES, I AM.
HA HA HA!
>> LET ME GUESS.
ARE YOU DON?
>> UH-HUH.
>> HE'S GOT YOUR BEAK, DOESN'T HE, GRANDPA?
>> SO HE DOES.
WELL, LA DEE LOO.
>> AND, BUDDY, YOU'RE THE T. REX I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT, AREN'T YOU?
>> UH-HUH.
>> OH, YOU'RE GOING TO GROW TO BE 40 FEET LONG AND AS TALL AS A TREE, I UNDERSTAND, AND STOMP AROUND AND ROAR AND EAT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU WANT.
>> YUP!
RAWWR!
RAWWR!
>> HA HA HA!
WELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT?
>> HERE ARE SOME FISH WE JUST CAUGHT.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOME, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.
>> WELL, DON'T MIND IF I DO.
>> OHH.
THIS NEST WAS OUR HOME ONCE AFTER ALL.
YOUR DAD WAS HATCHED HERE.
IT'S WHERE HE GREW UP.
>> WAIT.
DAD WAS HATCHED RIGHT HERE?
WHOA.
>> DID YOU FLY FAR TODAY?
>> OH, YEAH.
JUST FLEW HERE FROM APPALACHIA, AND ARE MY WINGS TIRED.
[RIM SHOT] >> RAWK!
BUT ISN'T APPALACHIA ALL THE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA?
>> WHY, SURE IS.
PTERANODONS CAN TRAVEL OVER LONG DISTANCES, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE FOOD SOURCES AND FINDING NEW NESTING AREAS.
>> WOW!
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU.
>> WELL, THAT'S FINE.
FIRE AWAY, TINY.
>> DID YOU REALLY LIVE IN THIS NEST WHEN DAD WAS LITTLE?
>> OH, SURE, BUT WE REBUILT IT SEVERAL TIMES.
IT BLEW AWAY IN A HURRICANE ONCE OR TWICE.
>> BUT WHY DID YOU GO AWAY?
>> WELL, ONCE YOUR DAD AND MOM GOT TOGETHER TO RAISE A FAMILY HERE, WE DECIDED TO GO OUT ON OUR OWN AND TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.
>> WOW!
>> YES, SIR.
WE'VE BEEN TO EVERY CONTINENT, EVEN ANTARCTICA.
>> AND NOW WE'RE BACK AT THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEA, SO WE THOUGHT, "WHY NOT DROP IN ON OUR FAMILY IN PTERANODON TERRACE AND VISIT THE GRANDKIDS?"
>> YEAH!
WHOO-HOO!
>> YEP.
IT'S NICE TO BE BACK VISITING THE OLD NEST, I GOT TO SAY.
HEH HEH.
YEAH.
>> BBBBLLLL!
OK, TEAM PTERANODON.
THAT'S ENOUGH REST.
LET'S GO OUT AND GET SOME FISH FOR OUR LUNCH!
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S FISH CATCHING TIME.
WHO'S OUR SPOTTER?
>> BUDDY'S OUR SPOTTER, RIGHT, BUDDY?
>> RIGHT, GRANDPA.
>> WHAT DO YOUR T. REX EYES SEE, BUDDY?
>> WELL, I THINK I SEE SOME FISH WAY OVER THERE.
>> OH.
WELL, BUST MY BEAK IF THAT ISN'T SOME AMAZING SPOTTING.
HEY, UH, BUDDY SAYS THEY'RE OVER THERE.
>> OK, TEAM.
ON 3.
1... 2... 3!
>> PTERANODON!
[SPLASH] >> HA HA HA!
GOOD JOB, EVERYONE.
>> WELL, SON, YOU HAVE DONE VERY WELL FOR YOURSELF.
WHAT A GREAT FAMILY YOU'VE GOT HERE.
>> RAWK.
WHAT A FINE BATCH OF GRANDKIDS.
>> THANKS, MOM AND DAD.
>> AND DID YOU SEE WHAT A GREAT FISH SPOTTER BUDDY IS, GRANDMA?
>> HOO HOO HOO!
I'M SURPRISED BUDDY COULD SPOT ANYTHING, WHAT WITH YOU ASKING HIM ALL THOSE CONSARNED QUESTIONS, GRANDPA.
>> WELL, NOW I CAN'T HELP IT.
HOW OFTEN DO I GET TO TALK TO A TYRANNOSAURUS?
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, OH, LIKE WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HAVE TEETH?
>> THEY'RE GREAT, AND IF ONE FALLS OUT, ANOTHER ONE GROWS IN ITS PLACE.
>> WELL--HEH HEH HEH--LA DEE LOO.
>> LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND, GRANDPA, A FEATHER.
>> AN ENANTIORNITHINE FEATHER UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN.
>> GRANDPA, YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO LIKE COLLECTING THINGS, DO YOU?
>> WHAT?
HOW'S THAT, DON?
ASK ME IN MY GOOD EAR.
>> DO...YOU...LIKE...
COLLECTING...THINGS?
>> COLLECTING THINGS?
WHY, IT'S ONLY MY FAVORITE THING TO DO.
>> REALLY?
BECAUSE IT'S MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, TOO.
>> OH, YEAH, DON.
I'VE GOT A HUGE COLLECTION BACK HOME, ALL KINDS OF CRAZY STUFF I'VE FOUND.
YOU WOULD LOVE IT.
>> WHOA!
>> YEP.
WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO EXPLORE ALL AROUND THESE TIDE POOLS FOR SHELLS, FUNNY-SHAPED ROCKS.
OH, YOU NAME IT, I COLLECTED IT.
LET'S LOOK ALONG THE SHORE.
MAYBE WE CAN FIND US SOME SHINY SHELLS.
>> SHINY SHELLS?
CAN I COME?
>> RAWK!
OOH!
LET'S ALL GO!
>> [CHEERING] >> OOH!
LOOK AT THIS SHELL.
IT'S ESPECIALLY SHINY.
HEH.
THAT SHOULD GO IN YOUR NATURE COLLECTION, SHINY.
>> RAWK!
THANKS, GRANDPA.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE EVEN STARTED A NATURE CLUB.
WE CALL IT THE NATURE TRACKERS!
I JUST MADE UP A NEW CHEER AND TAUGHT IT TO EVERYONE.
>> WELL, LET'S HEAR IT.
>> READY?
OK!
>> 2, 4, 6, 8, NATURE'S FUN TO INVESTIGATE!
PLANTS AND TREES AND BIRDS AND BEES!
MAKE YOUR OWN DISCOVERIES!
GO, NATURE TRACKERS!
>> OH, BOY!
THAT'S TERRIFIC!
>> SO YOU GO ON NATURE TRACKING ADVENTURES AROUND THE NEST?
>> YEAH, AND DOWN HERE ON THE BEACH!
>> AND UP IN THE TREES!
>> AND DOWN IN HOLES AND CAVES, WHICH ARE KIND OF SIDEWAYS HOLES.
>> WE DECIDE WHAT KIND OF NATURE TRACKER GAME TO PLAY.
USUALLY I COME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA.
THEN WE ALL DO IT.
>> ACTUALLY, ALL OF US HAVE PRETTY GREAT IDEAS, BUT SHINY-- >> THEN WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, TEAM?
LET'S GO NATURE TRACKING!
READY?
OK!
>> GO, NATURE TRACKERS!
[CHEERING] >> HOW ABOUT WE PLAY WHAT KIND OF TREE AM I?
>> NAW.
HOW ABOUT ONE FISH, TWO FISH?
THAT'S EVEN MORE NATURE TRACKERY!
>> YOU KNOW, TEAM, ALL NATURE TRACKER IDEAS ARE GOOD ONES.
HOW ABOUT IF WE ALL GET DOWN REALLY LOW AND LOOK ALONG THE GROUND AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND?
>> OOH!
I LOVE THAT GAME!
I CALL IT HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
>> HOO HOO HOO!
THAT'S A GREAT NAME FOR IT.
LET'S DO IT, TEAM!
>> AREN'T YOU GONNA PLAY HOW LOW CAN YOU GO, GRANDPA?
>> OH.
WELL, WITH MY LUMBAGO, THIS IS ABOUT AS LOW AS I CAN GO, BUDDY.
>> RAWK!
YOU MUST BE TIRED FROM YOUR LONG TRIP, GRANDPA.
>> OH, I'M FINE.
GLAD TO BE HERE.
IT'S SO NICE TO SPEND TIME WITH THESE WONDERFUL GRANDKIDS.
>> I KNOW!
AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE A T. REX FOR A GRANDSON.
>> YEP.
ALL THE OTHER OLD PTERANODONS AT THE COLONY WILL BE JEALOUS WHEN WE TELL THEM.
>> YEAH!
WE'RE A DIFFERENT KIND OF FAMILY, AREN'T WE, MOM?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, BUDDY?
YOU MAY BE A T. REX, BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS BE PART OF THIS PTERANODON FAMILY.
>> NO MATTER HOW BIG I GROW UP TO BE, RIGHT?
>> RAWK!
RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, BUDDY, WE MAY HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU REALIZE, LIKE I HAVE GOOD EYESIGHT, TOO.
WELL, NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS T. REX EYESIGHT OF COURSE.
>> OH, AND I LIKE TO STOMP AROUND AND ROAR ALL THE TIME.
JUST ASK YOUR GRANDMA.
OH.
HEY.
RAWWR!
>> OH, GRANDPA.
>> RAWWR!
>> GRANDPA, YOU'RE SO FUNNY!
[ALL LAUGHING] [CHEERING] >> CAN'T CATCH ME, GRANDMA!
>> OH, DEAR.
WELL.
>> KIDS, SLOW DOWN AND LET YOUR GRANDPARENTS CATCH THEIR BREATH.
>> OH, WE'RE FINE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT US.
>> ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR DINNER?
>> WE SHOULD GET GOING.
>> WHAT?
YOU'RE GONNA FLY HOME TONIGHT?
>> BUT IT'S TOO FAR TO FLY BACK TO APPALACHIA THIS EVENING.
>> NO.
WE'LL FINISH OUR TOUR BY TAKING THE DINOSAUR TRAIN BACK.
WE'RE POOPED OUT FROM FLYING ACROSS THE SEA THIS MORNING.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHOSE COCKAMAMIE IDEA IT WAS TO FLY HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHY DIDN'T WE JUST TAKE THE TRAIN?
>> YEAH.
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TAKE THE TRAIN, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA?
>> OH.
HEH HEH.
GUESS WE JUST LOVE FLYING, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO RIDING THE TRAIN THIS EVENING.
>> MAYBE OUR OLD FRIEND MRS.
CONDUCTOR WILL BE ON BOARD RUNNING THINGS LIKE SHE ALWAYS DOES.
>> HEH HEH HEH.
WELL, MRS.
CONDUCTOR IS RETIRED.
HER SON IS THE CONDUCTOR NOW.
>> WHAT?!
LITTLE SONNY BOY IS THE CONDUCTOR NOW?
WELL, LA DEE LOO.
>> HA HA HA!
NEXT TIME, YOU CAN COME VISIT US AT THE OLD PTERANODON COLONY IN APPALACHIA.
>> PLEASE!
CAN WE GO TO VISIT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA SOON?
>> RAWK!
ABSOLUTELY!
>> HELLO, PTERANODON CLAN.
OOH!
AND HELLO, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA PTERANODON!
>> WELL, HELLO.
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU GREW UP TO BE SUCH A FINE-LOOKING CONDUCTOR, SONNY BOY.
>> HEH.
YEAH.
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE AND YOU TRIED TO SAY, "ALL ABOARD," AND YOUR VOICE WOULD KIND OF WARBLE AND EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS SO CUTE?
>> HMM.
UH, WELL, NO.
ACTUALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER.
ANYWAY, AHEM.
ALL ABOOOARD!
[ALL LAUGHING] >> SO LONG!
COME SEE US SOON!
>> WE WILL!
BYE!
>> HI, THERE.
I'M DR. SCOTT THE PALEONTOLOGIST.
DID YOU KNOW THAT MANY ANIMALS LIVING TODAY GO ON A LONG TRIP EVERY YEAR CALLED A MIGRATION?
LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS GO ON MIGRATIONS, TRAVELING GREAT DISTANCES.
ON LAND, CARIBOU MIGRATE UP TO 3,000 MILES EVERY YEAR.
IN THE OCEANS, HUMPBACK WHALES MIGRATE 6,000 MILES!
AND IN THE AIR, A BIRD CALLED THE ARCTIC TERN MIGRATES ALL THE WAY FROM THE ARCTIC IN THE NORTH TO THE ANTARCTIC IN THE SOUTH, A ROUNDTRIP OF 44,000 MILES!
DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS, IT'S LIKELY THAT MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS ALSO MIGRATED.
SOME PALEONTOLOGISTS THINK THAT PTERANODONS MAY HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE YEAR ON ONE SIDE OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEA AND THEN MIGRATED TO THE OTHER SIDE TO HAVE THEIR BABIES.
YUP.
FLYING REPTILES LIKE PTERANODON PROBABLY SHARED A LOT IN COMMON WITH BIRDS LIVING TODAY.
OK.
REMEMBER, GET OUTSIDE, GET INTO NATURE, AND MAKE YOUR OWN DISCOVERIES!
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>> 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!
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