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The Dinosaurs Episode 4
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00:15In the depths of space, a threat is looming.
00:22Trapped between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars,
00:28the asteroid is in the depths of space.
00:32One and a half million chunks of ancient rock circling the sun,
00:43drifting endlessly.
00:55But in a single moment of pure chance,
01:04one asteroid is thrown out of its orbit.
01:10A fleeting instant, millions of kilometers from Earth,
01:16sends it on a new trajectory towards the very center of our solar system.
01:34But its journey will come to a sudden and violent end in one of the most catastrophic events in Earth's
01:47history.
01:50And the final chapter in the epic story of the dinosaurs.
01:58It was.
01:59It was.
02:00It was.
02:01It was.
02:04It's.
02:04The.
02:29Columbia.
02:31You can see your train forward from the moon.
03:23It's three million years since the asteroid started its journey towards Earth.
03:31And the dinosaurs rule the planet.
03:35They dominate the land and are now entering the ocean as well.
03:43The high sea levels have split North America in two, creating endless coastlines, hundreds
04:01of tropical islands, and opportunity.
04:20But these islands are no paradise.
04:26They are home to a formidable predator, one of the fastest, most agile dinosaurs of its
04:39kind.
04:44North America's answer to the Spinosaurus.
05:00Just not in the way you would think.
05:02Not even remotely.
05:08This is Hesperonis.
05:13He is formidable.
05:15And he is fast.
05:20But he's pretty much the opposite of his giant, terrifying cousins.
05:35He's awkward and clumsy and has tiny teeth.
05:44Not exactly the traits of a ferocious hunter.
05:49But what he does share with Spinosaurus is that he's not confined to dry land.
06:04In fact, he's the most advanced aquatic dinosaur in history.
06:17Like some sort of prehistoric penguin, he's able to swim far out the sea to access feeding
06:26grounds that were previously out of reach.
06:51This is the bounty of his new blue realm.
07:05Down here, his big, clumsy feet become powerful propellers.
07:14And his 94 needle-sharp teeth snatch fish with ease.
07:38But as an air breather, he's still tied to the surface.
07:56And the surface is not a safe place to linger.
08:00And the surface is not a safe place to linger.
08:27The apex predators of these seas.
08:33The apex predators of these seas.
08:41The apex predators of these seas.
08:42And he removesety in the benefactors of these seas.
08:42The defenses of the cosmos.
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08:57What's the peak?
08:58We are starting to seeralyness and deputy witnesses for the darkness?
09:00Ah, you weren't seeing a constant winds that he's setting.
09:01Of unfairly?
09:08I certainly reached the core way to Patton Smonsaurus.
09:09I don't remember.
09:09Monday, the milRIiminus for cloning.
09:12Which gives the Mosasaur one last shot.
09:36Esperonis is a true survivor.
09:41Venturing further into the ocean than any dinosaur ever has.
09:49But these waters are treacherous.
09:52Even for the best swimmers.
10:03Despite the dinosaur's success in the shadows,
10:06the Mosasaur's rule the waves.
10:19800 miles north, on land, it's a different story.
10:37Furelled by a warm, stable climate, the dinosaur's dominance here is unrivaled.
10:53The great soror ponds are thriving among the tall trees, as they have since the dawn of the Jurassic.
11:08But down below, there has been a revolution.
11:18A female handersaw.
11:25While she may be dwarfed in present company, she's actually larger than an elephant.
11:34And she won't be held up by these giants.
11:39Because nothing can stop a mother on a mission.
11:45And that mission is to feed her family.
11:52Who are somewhere down there.
12:07Long ago, their cheek-stuffing ancestors were scarce and scattered.
12:16But hadrosaurs are now so successful, their herds are thousands strong.
12:25The greatest gatherings of dinosaurs the world has ever known.
12:33But this female's family isn't traveling with the herd.
12:40There in the safety of the creche.
12:44A sprawling nursery for hundreds of young hadrosaurs.
12:51Including her own.
12:58At six months old, they have insatiable appetites.
13:03And will eat almost anything she brings them.
13:11Anything.
13:25Feeding in this bird-like way takes a lot of refills.
13:30So, she's constantly leaving to go find food.
13:36And when mons are away, little ones will play.
13:57grrrr.
13:59Grrrrr.
14:00Your the three-shot.
14:02A six-shot wound.
14:05While a ladyr think of their regular animal reports.
14:06With the wing-span of a fighter jet.
14:09But pterosaurs are now bigger.
14:11than ever.
14:15And creches are the perfect hunting crowns,
14:19where unguarded nests
14:22are the easiest pickings.
14:43Despite the threat from this towering monster,
14:46the mothers will defend their babies at all costs.
15:07But the giant pterosaur is determined.
15:11To feed.
15:19The screams from the nest
15:22are like a dinner bell to the predator.
15:41But the little ones aren't just crying in fear.
15:45They're calling for help.
16:07This fear's instinct to protect their young
16:11is central to the hydrosaur's remarkable success.
16:18But other dinosaurs are taking defense to a whole new level.
16:25Because the arms race between predator and prey is escalating.
16:33And this will give rise to the most iconic dinosaurs of all time.
16:45This will take so long that the continent of North America will shift.
16:53The land buckling up into the sky.
17:06The Rocky Mountains.
17:11It's here in the foothills below
17:14that the dinosaurs are making an impact.
17:28Pachycephalosaurus.
17:32Using their outrageously thick skulls.
17:37To do them for supremacy.
17:44Pachycephalosaurus.
17:47Pachycephalosaurus.
17:49Pachycephalosaurus.
18:00Pachycephalosaurus.
18:05Pachycephalosaurus.
18:07Pachycephalosaurus.
18:10She may look like a rhinoceros.
18:13But she's twice the size of one.
18:17Pachycephalosaurus.
18:19And armed with spear-like horns
18:22over one meter in length.
18:26Pachycephalosaurus.
18:28Pachycephalosaurus.
18:30Pachycephalosaurus.
18:32Triceratops and Pachycephalosaurus have impressive weapons, yet there are some here that are
18:44even more armed and dangerous.
18:58Under the cover of darkness, the latest and greatest of the armored warriors, six meters
19:08long and highly territorial.
19:15Ankylosaurus and Deventris.
19:26He's on patrol for intruders, bold enough to breach his borders.
19:43His tank-like torso is covered in dozens of thick, bony plates.
19:54And what's more, he has a powerful new weapon.
20:04A club-like tail, weighing half a ton, that he can use to take on whatever stalks these
20:13forests.
20:20He senses something.
20:21Okay.
20:51His borders have been breached.
20:55By the worst possible intruder of all.
21:12A Tyrannosaurus Rex.
21:14A Tyrannosaurus Rex.
21:28A Tyrannosaurus Rex.
21:44Let's go.
22:41Ankylosaurus versus T-Rex.
22:50Ankylosaurus.
22:52An evolutionary stalemate.
22:57Millions of years in the making.
23:20But in this arms race, there's one thing that does set these dinosaurs apart.
23:30Intelligence.
23:32No!
23:34No!
23:37No!
23:47No!
23:54No!
24:01No!
24:03No!
24:04No!
24:07No!
24:11No!
24:13No!
24:13No!
24:14No!
24:14No!
24:15T-Rex is one of the most fearsome predators of all time.
24:23And to remain at the top of her game, she must eat the equivalent of 200 steaks every day.
24:34And yet, so far, she hasn't eaten a single bite.
24:43That's because she has special plans for this takeout meal.
24:53But Ankylosaurus is no light snack.
25:03wop, wop!
25:05and bumps and bumps.
25:06Six tons of muscled and bone with an assortment of lumps and bumps.
25:25Even for T-Rex, it's quite a drag.
26:05Finally, her journey's end.
26:17And the reason she's gone through all this effort, five hungry hatchlings.
26:51A ferocious killer?
26:52Yes, but also a devoted mother.
27:16She will ensure her little ones are well fed.
27:51Dinosaurs in the making, forced to live in the shadows, hiding from the ruling reptiles.
28:03But when fate intervened, they turned catastrophe into opportunity.
28:15And began their monumental rise.
28:22Growing bigger, stronger, and ever more formidable.
28:34In time, they would triumph, not just on land, but in the sea and the sky.
28:47After 160 million years, the dinosaurs are now so dominant, nothing on earth can stand in
28:59their way.
29:06But something not of this earth will.
29:10No.
29:12Because as this family's journey is just getting started, another journey is approaching its
29:22end.
29:27The asteroid, now hurtling towards earth at 50 times the speed of sound, will finally
29:37have its date with destiny.
29:51The asteroid, now hurtling towards the tide of the sea.
30:03The asteroid will be reached.
30:05The asteroid will be reached both turret, but currently in the sea.
30:06The desired value of the bird will be reached the main one by the sea.
30:13It smashes into the ocean off the coast of Mexico
30:18with the power of a billion atomic bombs.
30:24Temperatures are hot enough to vaporize the seabed.
30:30Along with every living thing for hundreds of kilometers.
30:44Far away in the foothills of the Rockies,
30:48these great dinosaurs have no idea what's about to hit them.
31:16The largest earthquakes in history.
31:29But the worst is yet to come.
31:34An enormous wall of superheated debris explodes outward.
31:57The dinosaurs caught beneath this death cloud are entombed.
32:07Their world is so hot, it literally bursts into flames.
32:21Even the toughest armor is no protection.
32:35The cloud quickly engulfs the entire planet,
32:40suffocating it with ash,
32:44shrouding it in darkness.
33:16It's dangerous.
33:32The few, still standing at the end of the day, are in a nightmare, choking in the gloom.
34:14The few, still standing at the end of the day, are in a nightmare, choking in the gloom.
34:16For the dinosaurs, is catastrophic.
34:49Otherwise, an impact winter descends on the earth.
35:00Global temperatures drop by 25 degrees Celsius, conditions too cold for almost any dinosaur
35:13to withstand.
35:27Giant sauropods laid to rest in the cinders of the buried trees that made them so tall.
35:53In their crowded colonies, those who live together, die together.
36:08Protective mothers cannot shield their young from their freezing temperatures.
36:20The punishing cold has also taken its toll on the most famous dinosaur of all.
36:36The tyrant king has fallen.
37:01Even the mighty tyrannosaurus rex will not survive this.
37:31The tyrant king has fallen.
37:39The reign of the dinosaurs has finally come to an end.
38:16But 66 million years later, the dinosaurs are rising again, this time at our hands.
38:41Today, their fossils stand as monuments to a lost world, but more than that, they are
38:52the keys that unlock the secrets of the dinosaur story.
38:59Our understanding of their lives is now greater than ever.
39:05From their very first moments to their very last.
39:14And the revelation that on Earth's darkest day, not all dinosaurs died.
39:24Some were small enough to find shelter from the apocalypse.
39:33And survive even to this day.
39:40The flying dinosaurs we now call the birds.
39:50And the clues to their past are hiding in plain sight.
40:17The remarkable journey that started 235 million years ago continues.
40:26Alongside us.
40:31They are the last remaining link to a long lost kingdom that was the age of the dinosaurs.
40:46All of us.
40:47All of us.
40:56All of us.
40:57Let's see.
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