00:17Two hundred and one million years ago, the dinosaur's world is collapsing beneath them.
00:35The continent of Pangea is tearing apart, creating a great divide and a molten apocalypse for any creature caught in
00:56this hell.
01:13For both reptiles and dinosaurs, escape is impossible.
01:31But the worst is yet to come.
01:38An invisible killer is choking the air itself.
01:49Clouds of toxic gases wreak devastation.
02:08Acidic fog poisons everything in its path.
02:35As the gases in the atmosphere grow thicker, temperatures soar.
02:43Annihilating three quarters of all plant species and millions of animals across the planet.
03:11It's known as the End Triassic Mass Extinction.
03:16And it will change everything for the dinosaurs.
03:24Because their versatility and ability to adapt help them survive this catastrophe far better than the reptiles.
04:04And it will change everything for the animals.
04:07And it will change everything for the animals.
04:08And it will change everything for the animals.
04:10The reign of the ancient reptiles is over.
04:24The end Triassic Mass Extinction
04:24The end Triassic Mass Extinction
04:53With their rivals out of the way, the dinosaurs now have a chance to rise from their ruins
05:07and conquer the world.
05:27To be continued...
06:28Two million years later, the dawn of the most famous era in Earth's history, the Jurassic.
06:48Pangea has split into two new landmasses.
06:57In the southern continent of Gondwana, life is thriving again.
07:08Pterosaurs have survived the destruction.
07:14The sky is allowing them to seek refuge away from the chaos.
07:30There are now endless forests here.
07:37And they are filled with dinosaurs.
07:52Dinosaurs like Massospondylus.
08:02He's barely the height of a human, so it's hard to reach the freshest food high in the trees.
08:21But he's got a bigger problem.
08:25A newly evolved rival, Volcanodon.
08:47At 11 meters long, she's more than twice the size of Massospondylus.
08:57She's part of a new branch of plant-eating dinosaurs known as the sauropods.
09:11Famous for their long necks and huge bodies that are supported by four legs instead of just two.
09:27These profound changes will help these giants become the largest animals to ever walk the Earth.
09:40If Massospondylus can't compete, it will be left behind.
09:54While the sauropods are on the rise,
10:00another legend in the making is waiting in the wings.
10:15Caves like these are crawling with strange creatures.
10:23And one of them will give rise to some of the greatest dinosaurs in history.
10:50The tiny Heterodontosaurus.
11:09What makes him exceptional is hard to spot at first.
11:21One thing is clear, however.
11:27He's not one to back down from a challenge.
11:39Especially when there's food at stake.
11:48It's all about the food.
12:03He may only weigh as much as a chihuahua, but he does have a superpower.
12:12An incredibly strong beak and jaw that allow him to devour almost anything.
12:26And that's not all.
12:29He also has cheek pouches where he can store food to eat later in safety.
12:35He's not one to go.
12:51He's not one to go.
13:02He's not one to go.
13:04This multi-tooled mouth will allow his descendants
13:09to become some of the greatest dinosaurs of all time.
13:18Descendants like the mighty Stegosaurus,
13:21and even Triceratops.
13:26From small beginnings, great things can grow.
13:45But the dinosaurs will need more than cheek pouches to conquer the planet.
13:54On the northern side of the Great Divide
13:58lies the other new continent, Loresia.
14:04Not dancing, not dancing.
14:34...are the remnants of a once great empire.
14:50The reptiles.
15:00They are a deadly threat in these murky shallows.
15:06But they also need to be wary.
15:14Because they no longer rule the Jurassic swamps.
15:27They have been usurped...
15:29...by those they once hunted on Pangea's shores.
15:40Dinosaurs.
15:47Dilophosaurus.
15:52With over 60 serrated teeth.
15:57She's twice the length of a polar bear.
16:09And a laser focused hunter.
16:28But in these flooded forests...
16:35...there are creatures...
16:37...even more frightening than her.
16:40You are who we ever were.
16:42You're that star.
16:51You die.
16:57You're stinking.
16:59You're part of this fire.
17:03You're all alone.
17:07You're just here.
17:08You're the only one in the woods.
17:08You're all alone.
17:09You're all alone.
17:10You're not alone.
17:20Like a moth to a flame, she follows the mysterious calls.
18:01A male dilophosaurus, larger and deeper, larger and deeper.
18:10Deadlier than her.
18:25He's drawn her here for a reason.
18:35But it's not bloodlust.
18:39It's just plain lust.
18:45A coating ritual.
18:50Clawing at the ground is a display of strength.
18:56And to show off his virility, behold his crimson head crest.
19:17Finally, the grand finale.
19:23The song of the Swamp King.
19:45For a ferocious predator, he's remarkably gifted.
19:57But the future of her bloodline depends on her choice.
20:02And he's just not gifted enough.
20:16Ensuring the continuation of their species is critical.
20:22But far below, the Earth itself poses a threat to their very existence.
20:46This time, from the Jurassic Seas.
21:02An alien world.
21:07Full of bizarre creatures.
21:23The most dangerous of them all.
21:28The pliosaurs.
21:34The great sea monsters that rule the oceans.
21:41They are one reason that dinosaurs have not entered this frontier.
21:50But the real threat to the dinosaurs lies below.
22:14This greenhouse gas was frozen under the seabed for millions of years.
22:23But warming oceans are causing it to leach out, with a devastating sound effect for the entire globe.
22:42Extreme heat.
22:49The endless forests that Massospondilus once roamed are now a parched wasteland.
23:07The plants he relied on for food are nearly all gone.
23:19Many of his kind have died from starvation.
23:25And the rising temperatures have turned his home into a tinderbox.
23:31The
23:59The
24:00The
24:00The
24:25It's the final nail in the coffin.
24:28For my suspenders.
24:37Their 17 million year existence brought to a tragic end.
25:08Eventually other dinosaurs will rise to take their place.
25:19In that time, Earth's two continents will drift even further apart.
25:27Creating a fragmented world with new lands for the dinosaurs to conquer.
25:56It's more than 20 million years since the fall of Masospundulus.
26:02And here in the mountains of what will one day be China, the climate has cooled.
26:12Life is flourishing.
26:23And a revolution is taking place.
26:44Within these cold dawn forests, something is stirring.
27:10The great four-legged dinosaurs.
27:27Mamentisaurus, a giant of the Jurassic.
27:51Nearly 40 million years after their ancestor, Fulcanodon, made its monumental rise.
28:00Mamentisaurus is now so gigantic that just standing up is a mammoth task.
28:38Mamentisaurus, a giant of the universe.
28:54They have the longest necks of any animal in history that can reach as high as a five-story building.
29:09And they're not the only giants that live in this forest.
29:15The trees are reaching ever greater heights as well.
29:18To avoid being completely consumed by these towering beasts.
29:29But there is a catch to being this tall.
29:35A 15-meter-long neck can only support a tiny head.
29:46That houses a brain smaller than an apple.
30:10The evolutionary focus on size over smarts will help the sauropods become the most dominant
30:18herbivorous herbivores of the Jurassic Age.
30:34But they are not the only ones in this forest who are moving up in the world.
30:50Anki Ornis.
30:54Yes, he looks a bit like a chicken.
30:58And he is about the size of one.
31:01But he is nevertheless a dinosaur.
31:10A dinosaur with feathers.
31:15And newly evolved wings.
31:38Cyanraptor.
31:39Cyanraptor.
31:44Another dinosaur.
31:48But one willing to hunt its own tiny cousin.
31:52Cyanraptor.
32:10His primitive wings are next to useless on the ground.
32:34But that doesn't mean he's confined to the ground.
33:05He's confined to the ground.
33:12Up here, his wings aren't just for show.
33:31He's one of the first dinosaurs to be able to glide.
33:44And with such skill that he can even catch food midair.
33:55Flight will turn out to be one of the dinosaurs' greatest leaps forward.
34:11But Anchionis is still just a beginner here.
34:22For the time being, this airspace...
34:31belongs to the pterosaurs.
34:40The flying dinosaurs are outgunned in the skies for now.
34:50But in time, the pterosaurs will meet their match.
35:03As the planet continues to evolve, so do the dinosaurs.
35:15And as the end of the Jurassic draws nearer, their control over the land on both continents is only getting
35:27stronger.
35:36It's seven million years since Anchionis took to the air.
35:48Here, in what will one day be North America...
35:56Geothermal heat simmers at the surface.
36:02An echo of past extinctions.
36:05An echo of past extinctions.
36:14The sauropods here are larger than ever.
36:21Their strategy of bigger is better is paying off.
36:31But these dinosaurs are evolving on an altogether different track.
36:43Stegosaurus.
36:49A far cry from their tiny, cheek-stuffing ancestors.
36:57They are now as heavy as elephants.
37:01And equipped with armor, camouflage, and weapons.
37:09And here in the late Jurassic, they need the protection.
37:30Because there is danger in these dark forests.
37:42Allosaurus.
37:45Allosaurus.
37:48Eight meters long, with dagger-like teeth.
37:52They are the most successful predators of their day.
38:02But this young male is not stalking.
38:08He's stealing.
38:16A female.
38:17A female.
38:21Same species.
38:24But larger.
38:26Stronger.
38:28And battle-scarred.
38:29...
38:30...
38:35...
38:40...
38:41...
38:59I don't know.
39:11The young male is lucky she didn't kill him.
39:59The rainstorms have passed.
40:05The young male hasn't eaten in weeks.
40:16He has no choice but to try his luck on a herd of Stegosaurus.
40:33But he can't hide his approach when he's out in the open, which gives the herd time to prepare
40:43their defenses.
40:48They form a wall of moving bodies and spikes.
40:58It's intimidating and confusing for the young Allosaurus.
41:07He can't pick out which one to attack.
41:21But he's got other problems.
41:26The veteran female has just joined the game.
41:32And she's been playing this game for a lot longer than he has.
41:44She's able to isolate one of the herd.
41:52But Stegosaurus has evolved a perfect weapon, a mace-like tail with meter-long spikes called
42:04a thagomizer.
42:07A thagomizer.
42:13funktioniert.
42:15The sg osg.
42:15The fagomizer.
42:24The fagomizer.
42:28A thagomizer.
42:33The fagomizer.
43:03For the female, it's game over.
43:12For the young male, it's payback and lunch because Allosaurus are cannibals.
43:3750 million years after surviving an apocalypse, the dinosaur's dominion over Earth is now absolute.
43:59But the world they've come to know is changing.
44:10Temperatures are dropping across the globe, bringing snow to the northern regions of the
44:23planet.
44:26Something few dinosaurs have ever experienced.
44:38From these frozen lands, a new kind of dinosaur will rise.
44:53The Tyrannosaurs are coming.
45:00The Tyrannosaurus
45:01The Tyrannosaurus
45:14The Tyrannosaurus
45:15The Tyrannosaurus
45:16The Tyrannosaurus
45:26The Tyrannosaurus
45:28The Tyrannosaurus
45:35The Tyrannosaurus
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