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00:03There is something missing from our world.
00:08The amazing animals that time has left behind.
00:13But what if we could bring them back?
00:16What if extinction didn't have to be forever?
00:25We're going back in time on a safari with a difference.
00:28As wildlife adventurer Nigel Marvin plunges into prehistory
00:33to rescue creatures on the brink of extinction.
00:37His plan is to bring them back to the safety of the present
00:41and give them a second chance.
00:45This time Nigel's going back 75 million years to prehistoric Texas.
00:51He wants to catch one of the top predators of all time.
00:54A crocodile so huge that it hunted dinosaurs.
01:01Welcome to the ultimate wildlife sanctuary.
01:06Welcome to prehistoric park.
01:26Prehistoric park's mission to bring back extinct animals has so far been a big success.
01:31A herd of hungry titanosaurs, two large and dangerous T-Rex, and a flock of ornithomimus.
01:39Just a few of the park's current residents.
01:42But according to Nigel, there's still room for one more huge reptile.
01:47As head keeper Bob's about to find out.
01:58Bob's come to feed Henry, one of the park's modern day residents.
02:02A four metre long Nile crocodile.
02:14But even Henry and his friends will soon have to watch their backs.
02:18Because Nigel wants to bring back one of these.
02:22A prehistoric crocodile.
02:24What the heck is that?
02:26It's a cast.
02:26Can we turn it round, boys?
02:29It's the skull of Dinosuchus, the giant crocodile.
02:32Based on the fossils I had it made.
02:34So that's the head.
02:35Watch this, mate.
02:36Look.
02:41The tail would be here.
02:44It's that long.
02:45And weighing up to nine tons, Dinosuchus is the biggest crocodile that has ever lived.
02:51I think he's been a bit ambitious this time.
02:54I mean, you see our nail crocodiles over there.
02:56We have enough trouble getting them to do anything.
02:58How he thinks he's going to get a 50-foot Dinosuchus through the time portal.
03:02I don't know. It's a mystery to me.
03:03I think he may have overstretched himself this time.
03:08To catch a live Dinosuchus, Nigel is about to go back 75 million years
03:14to prehistoric Texas.
03:17Back then, North America was very different from today.
03:21Split into three separate islands by a vast inland sea.
03:27The swampy coastline of prehistoric Texas provided the perfect habitat for giant crops.
03:52At this point in prehistory, there are more than giant crocs to worry about.
03:58Right now, North America is also home to a whole host of dinosaurs.
04:03Many of them large predators.
04:06It's an exciting new world to explore.
04:21The swampy coastline of prehistoric Texas is well.
04:24The swampy coastline of pledgingolet
04:51I've just been here a couple of minutes, and my first dinosaur, and they look vegetarian.
05:00I can go closer to them.
05:25Come on, slow down!
05:31Moving so fast.
05:33I've seen fossils of these.
05:35I'm pretty sure they're Parasaurolophus.
05:36And some dinosaurs stand upright all of the time, but these spend most of the time on all fours.
05:43They only run bipedally when they're moving fast, so I think they were chased by predators.
05:47But now you can see they're down on all fours, and that means I think they feel like they're safe,
05:54and that's good for me as well, because hopefully whatever was chasing them is staying back there.
06:01They are lovely. They're not nervous at all.
06:05Hey, what are you doing around the Jeep?
06:08You are gorgeous!
06:11Don't nibble my rope!
06:14What are you doing?
06:18You've never seen anything like me before, have you?
06:46You've never seen anything like me before.
06:50You've never seen anything like me before.
06:51The Parasaurus are early ancestors of T-Rex.
06:56If you rev the engine, look, they're nervous about approaching.
07:02But it won't take them long to get used to this noise.
07:07Quick!
07:09They're charging.
07:13They're coming at us now.
07:22They are really shifting.
07:24More lightweight than T-Rex.
07:26They're moving about 30, over 30, 38 miles per hour.
07:35And they've given up now. They've turned away.
07:43Back at Prehistoric Park, headkeeper Bob is struggling to keep up with his workload.
07:49At the top of his very long list is looking after the park's biggest residents,
07:55the leaf-eating titanosaurs.
07:57He's worked out that to keep their monster appetites at bay,
08:02he needs to plant 2,000 trees a year.
08:05And the titanosaurs themselves are not helping.
08:21One day, Nigel is also going to bring back something small and cuddly.
08:33elsewhere head vet Suzanne is also working hard on a breeding program for the park's saber-toothed
08:40cats brought back from the South American plains of 10,000 years ago at first the two adults were
08:49reluctant to get together but Suzanne's efforts have paid off there are two brand new arrivals to
08:59prove it it's unfortunate their mother wasn't able to produce enough milk to feed them naturally it's
09:11just as well they were here not in the wild because they would have died Suzanne doesn't know why the
09:16mother's milk dried up now the cubs have been hand fed the maternal bond is broken forever if they
09:24were put back in with her mother the chances are she would kill luckily the cubs are feeding well
09:30but it does mean lots of work for Suzanne okay just wait you're next just wait it's really demanding
09:39hand-rearing these cubs the sabre teeth won't come through until they can hunt for their own prey but
09:44they'll be able to eat meat in a couple of months will make things a lot easier for us
10:03in prehistoric Texas Nigel has arrived at the shores of the vast sea that covers much of America at this
10:10time it's the perfect place to look for giant crocs
10:31this sea here will one day become Northeast Texas I'm standing right where Dallas will be and we've come
10:38here because most of the Dinosuchus fossils were found in that part of the Texas state and I imagine
10:44that like estuarine crocodiles in Australia and Papua New Guinea in the 21st century Dinosuchus made forays
10:51we're going to have to collect these into the open ocean to feed
10:59hey hey
11:03hey hey hey hey hey hey keep away
11:14We're going to damage the paintwork.
11:32And they've stopped now. I think they feel safe.
11:35Parasaurolophus, they're hadrosaurs.
11:37That was a common group at the end of the late Cretaceous.
11:39They've got these duckbills for grinding vegetation.
11:43These combs on the top of their head,
11:45they're brightly coloured and they use them for display.
11:47They're pretty big, about 10 metres, over 30 feet long,
11:51weigh in at five or six tonnes.
11:53And it really puts what we're looking for in perspective.
11:57The dinosuchus can actually take out dinosaurs like that as prey.
12:10Look, I think we can have some fun with this.
12:14What I need to do is just modify it a bit.
12:18That's it.
12:19He's no Dr. Doolittle, but Nigel wants to strike up a conversation.
12:24Let's see if they respond to this.
12:30The distinctive voices of the Parasaurolophus are down to their hollow crests.
12:38I'm talking to the dinosaurs.
12:58A jeep is not the best way to spot a dinosuchus.
13:03Nigel needs to try something different.
13:08Up ahead.
13:09There's some flying.
13:11Flying reptiles.
13:13There's a flock of pterosaurs.
13:17Beautiful.
13:20The flock's a long way off.
13:23But by the colour and the head shape, I'm pretty sure they're nicked there.
13:32Pterosaurs spot their prey from the air.
13:36Luckily, Nigel's team has brought something to help him do the same.
13:54Prop clear.
13:56avent Rolls not fast.
14:00They probably have to go and teach us all of the things to watch it.
14:02They need to moveעzione.
14:29Nictosaurus is a type of flying reptile.
14:32Their extraordinary crests are used for display, much like the tail of a pig.
14:48Just down there, there's a Nictosaurus fishing.
14:52Look, it's skimming the waves, lower beak goes into the water.
14:56Snap! Got one!
15:06The Nictosaurus is going for another fish.
15:32Catching a Dinosuchus in open ocean would be virtually impossible,
15:36but from his aerial vantage point, Nigel soon spots a better hunting ground.
15:42There's another Dinosuchus down there, just swimming up that creek.
15:47The giant crocs must live upriver,
15:50but to catch one, he's got to leave the safety of the air
15:53and confront it in its own territory.
16:03Back in the 21st century,
16:06Suzanne has managed to get some time away from the saber-toothed cubs.
16:10She's come to visit Martha the mammoth, who's got problems of her own.
16:18Nigel rescued Martha from Ice Age hunters,
16:21but when she first arrived at Prehistoric Park, she seemed lonely.
16:27Suzanne introduced her to the park's herd of elephants,
16:30and Martha seemed much happier.
16:33But joining a herd is a slow process,
16:36and she's still got a long way to go.
16:47Just like elephants, mammoths are highly social animals.
16:51It's vital for Martha's health that the herd treat her as one of their own.
16:56You can see Martha's trying to look after the matriarch's calf.
16:59It's probably a way of becoming accepted by the herd.
17:07The matriarch's really not impressed.
17:09She just doesn't want Martha around at all.
17:14She's actually being really mean to her again,
17:16and being quite aggressive and trying to make her go away.
17:19Look, there she is. Martha's just wandering off by herself again.
17:23Poor thing, she's on her own.
17:33To find the croc, we've got no choice but to do this,
17:36but I'd say I feel a little vulnerable.
17:38And all there is between me and a huge Dinosuchus is this frail boat.
17:46The key to staying alive in giant cropped country
17:50is to keep your eyes peeled at all times.
18:19The key to staying alive is all by the same sea.
18:20It's just a huge village.
18:26The rain is all about the sea.
18:27The 2nd.
18:30The sky is in the sea.
18:36Eerie is all about the счets from the country.
18:36The sky is being held by the sea.
18:37The sky is waving as a making world.
18:37The sky is a new island.
18:37The sky is rising in the sky.
18:37The sky is losing the sea.
19:01Wow, I think he went down.
19:04He's awake.
19:15A couple of miles upstream, Nigel finally finds what he's looking for.
19:22This seems a perfect habitat for Dinosuchus.
19:25Easy access to the sea, a big freshwater lake, and big sandbanks.
19:31There, five or six Dinosuchus basking on that sandbank.
19:37And there, there's that herd of dinosaurs, the Parasaurolophus.
19:42So there's big predators and the prey.
19:47The herd of Parasaurolophus that Nigel met on the beach need fresh water.
19:52Despite the dangers, they've had to come to this lake to drink.
20:07I should be safe sneaking up on them like this.
20:10Unless there's a mother crocodile guarding a nest, they rarely attack on the land.
20:14They launch assaults from the water.
20:20This is as close as you need to get.
20:27These are the biggest crocodiles that have ever lived.
20:32One Dinosuchus weighs as much as a double-decker bus.
20:38These are immense.
20:41And there's some down there with their mouths open.
20:43They do that just like dogs panting, to actually lose a bit of heat.
20:50Those colossal jaws are being close to fish-eating kinds of crocodiles, like Garil.
20:55They've got narrow jaws for sweeping through the water, through shoals of fish.
20:58But this, Dinosuchus, is adapted to dragging down huge prey.
21:04This crocodile feeds on dinosaurs.
21:15The Parasaurolophus herd, they're milling about on the other bank.
21:18I think they're going to go down to drink.
21:20And when they do, I bet they're at risk from these Dinosuchus.
21:23And if we can get over there, we may see some hunting.
21:34That was a spectacular sighting.
21:37But it's such a shame.
21:38Those Dinosuchus, those awe-inspiring crocodiles, are soon going to be extinct.
21:43They've got very specialised habitat requirements.
21:46And soon these sandbanks, these lakes, are going to be flooded by the sea.
21:51And they'll be gone.
21:52But we've got to save one for prehistoric part.
22:16There's a young Parasaurolophus on its own away from the herd.
22:21They're showing no caution at all.
22:24Straight to the water's edge.
22:27And most animals are really wary when drinking.
22:30Maybe because Dinosuchus are so rare,
22:33it's never experienced them before,
22:35doesn't realise there's danger lurking in the water.
23:00It's gone leapt out there.
23:02The Parasaurolophus is being dragged back.
23:10The young dinosaur has no hope against such a large predator.
23:24Other Dinosuchus soon join the feast,
23:26taking it in turns to hold the carcass,
23:29while others roll pulling off lumps of flesh.
23:36But how do you catch one of these prehistoric monsters
23:39without ending up inside it?
23:54At the park, Bob and his team are struggling with the unusual demands
23:59of looking after so many prehistoric animals,
24:02like this terror bird rescued from South America a million years ago.
24:08The little rascal's done this twice now.
24:11It likes a dust bath, just like some other birds.
24:15Trouble is, it's been taking the bath too close to the fence,
24:18and you can see what's happened.
24:19And once he gets his head under the fence,
24:21he's off and away.
24:24I've been meaning to replace the whole fence
24:26and dig the post, you know,
24:28three or four feet down into the grove,
24:30but I just haven't had the chance.
24:32So this is just a temporary measure.
24:36Firefighting, if you like.
24:41The Dinosuchus slides in and out of the water down there,
24:44so if you can start putting the stakes in,
24:46I'll draw these lines down.
24:48We'll take it right down to the water.
24:50Don't worry about these reeds.
24:52They'll help camouflage the trap.
25:05Nigel seems to think he can catch a giant croc
25:08with just a few wooden stakes and some rope.
25:12We've strategically placed it right next to a Dinosuchus slide.
25:16You can see here where the scales have gouged out a pathway.
25:19And hopefully the crocodile will come up here,
25:23be funneled in by these wooden stakes,
25:25and it gets narrower and narrower.
25:28The higgledy-piggledy thing is important.
25:30That's why there's all these bends.
25:31It's just putting the finishing touches here.
25:34And because it's bending and curving,
25:36when the crocodile gets up here,
25:38it's funneled into this narrow portion,
25:40and it can't back out.
25:42If it does, the tail gets caught up with the stakes up here.
25:45And I'm going to add an extra enticement,
25:48get a big hunk of meat,
25:49hopefully it will smell it,
25:51and that will be an extra inducement for it to walk all the way up here.
25:54So we need to get that from the Jeep.
25:59Having arrived at the lake by boat,
26:01Nigel now needs to get back to the Jeep,
26:04which is parked on the beach several miles away.
26:06There is a shortcut.
26:08The trouble is prehistoric forests are dangerous places.
26:28There's something crashing about here.
26:29Did you hear that?
26:30There's something crashing about here.
26:32And what I'm worried about,
26:33the Albertosaurus,
26:35when paleontologists find the fossils,
26:37they're often in groups.
26:38We've seen two.
26:39But there may be a whole pack.
26:47That's definitely just feel like there's something watching you.
27:09There's something there.
27:19Luckily, Nigel's stalker turns out to be a lot smaller than an Albertosaurus.
27:51In terms of shooting them,
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28:07This is a species from my field guide.
28:10I've always wanted to see them.
28:11Under better circumstances than this, of course, stealing the meat.
28:15This is Troodon from the fossils,
28:17the first dinosaur ever described in America.
28:20And they're in the same group as Velociraptors.
28:22You can see they've got that big claw on the back leg.
28:25They don't use that for killing prey like raptors do.
28:28You can see one there. That's what they use it for,
28:30holding down the meat so they can pull away bits of flesh.
28:35These are clever blighters.
28:37Relative to their size, they've got the biggest brains of any dinosaurs.
28:42Got to stop that as we'll have no bait left.
29:03At Prehistoric Park, it's all hands on deck.
29:07And even head keeper Bob has to get his hands dirty.
29:12This is one of the less glamorous signs of being a park keeper.
29:18Still, at least that fella seems to be happy enough here.
29:21Judging by the amount he eats and the amount the dung he's creating.
29:25And this stuff really smells...
29:31Here we'll go again.
29:34Hello, control room. Bob here.
29:37Yeah, can you send somebody down as soon as possible?
29:40The terror bird's out again.
29:42Yeah, yeah, they know what to bring.
29:44Bob out.
29:46All right, now, you just stay there, son.
29:48There you are.
29:48Whoa, whoa, whoa, keep your eyes on me.
30:01That's it, lads, go on now.
30:06It takes more than bird seed to catch a terror bird.
30:10As voracious predators, what they like is meat.
30:15There you go.
30:16There he goes.
30:19All right.
30:21There he is.
30:23There's another panning over.
30:25Dude, dude.
30:31Jim, give us a hand with this, please.
30:35We've got to stop dithering here.
30:37Oh, it's heavy.
30:38Back in prehistory,
30:40Nigel is baiting his crocodile trap with the last of the meat.
30:46Thanks, mate.
30:48We've got time to set up camp.
30:50Nothing's going to come into the trap until the wind changes.
30:53We need it to blow towards the lake to carry the meaty smell to the Dinosuchus
30:57and draw them out of the water.
31:18The wind has totally changed direction.
31:21Look at the leaves now.
31:23I'm going to go and check the trap.
31:25I'll see you later, guys.
31:50The bait certainly seems to be attracting animals, just not the right ones.
32:03It seems Troodon are even more common than Nigel thinks.
32:09Hey!
32:12Leave that!
32:19Nigel!
32:22What's happened?
32:23Taking the meat!
32:27I can't believe it.
32:29And we've got no chance against them.
32:31They've got these big bulging eyes.
32:33They can see really well in low light levels.
32:35They've scurred off deep in the bushes there.
32:38I just don't know what we're going to do now.
32:43The remaining scraps of meat are just too small to attract a giant croc.
32:49Nigel will have to think of a new plan in the morning.
33:05Next day, Nigel is woken by some worrying noises from the lake shore.
33:11There's something going on over there.
33:14Sounds like an Albertosaurus.
33:25Look.
33:27It's really close.
33:32He's so close.
33:37We're oblivious to us.
33:39Let's follow.
33:47Oh, my gosh.
33:51This is terrifying.
33:54We'll hide down behind this bush.
33:57Get in this bush.
34:05Three Albertosaurus.
34:07They pulled down an adult by the looks of a Parasaurolophus.
34:11And the Dinosuchus are approaching this.
34:14It's going to be a battle royal.
34:18It seems that dinosaurs don't always rule the roots.
34:24It's going to be a battle royal.
34:26It's going to be a battle royal.
34:40It's going to be a battle royal.
34:50The Albertosaurus, even though they're the biggest predator on the land, they're backing off, they're backing down from the Dinosuchus.
34:58The animal we've come back for really is the top predator of this time.
35:17Back at the park, Martha the mammoth is looking more isolated than ever.
35:33I'm really worried about Martha.
35:35She's separated from the rest of the herd.
35:36She's standing by herself.
35:38I'm worried that if she feels isolated again, she'll stop eating.
35:42It's a really big concern, though.
35:44I'm really worried.
35:51So we've got to keep those posts rigid.
35:54Back in prehistoric Texas, Nigel's briefing the team on his new and dangerous plan to trap a Dinosuchus.
36:08With hardly any meat left, he's going to use himself as bait.
36:16This is desperate.
36:18What I'm going to try to do is cause some vibrations in the water.
36:24Just like that young dinosaur, when it came down to drink, the vibrations attracted the Dinosuchus.
36:29I don't know where they are.
36:30As soon as this water gets deeper, there could be one waiting.
36:35I'm going to make...
36:38...smashy noises.
36:54My heart's in my mouth.
36:56With crocs this size, you just can't predict the ferocity or the power of the attack.
37:06It's like a game of chicken.
37:09There's bubbles there back!
37:11Back there!
37:16It's gone down.
37:17I backed off too quickly, then.
37:20I'm sure there's a Dinosuchus lurking in the deeper water.
37:25Come on, stay back.
37:26Don't get too close.
37:27I'm sure there's a Dinosuchus lurking in the desert.
37:42Come on!
37:48They're coming too close!
37:56Get on the coast, quick!
37:59Just watch the head!
38:02Get that one back in, quick!
38:04Just push that coast this way!
38:10This is backing up now, back down here!
38:12This is backing up, watch this way!
38:14Don't let the coast go out this way!
38:18Reptiles tire easily, no matter how big they are.
38:24She's tiring now.
38:27Get that posted!
38:32Okay, calm down, girl.
38:36Calm down.
38:39She's still quite energetic,
38:42but my plan is to tie this rope to the three main posts,
38:47put the time portal somewhere over there,
38:49tie the other end of the rope to the Jeep,
38:52and then accelerate away.
38:54Hopefully these posts...
38:55Oh!
38:57As she does that hiss, it goes right through you.
38:59When these posts fall away,
39:01she'll have nowhere to go except her head,
39:03and will run through the time portal
39:05back to Prehistoric Park.
39:13Everyone's now ready to go back to the park.
39:38Look at the size of that!
39:40Shoot the kids!
39:42Get the meat ready!
39:53It's a waste of time.
39:55Come on, then.
39:57Come on.
39:58Luckily for Nigel, Bob's built the Dinosuke's pond just behind the portal.
40:10It's safe in her new hope.
40:12To see the bubble, she'll feel really secure under the water.
40:16Probably won't see her for another half an hour or so.
40:19What a relief.
40:21With the Dinosuke safely in its pond, as usual, its Bobu has to pick up the pieces.
40:35This time, he's picked up more than he realizes.
40:44I've got the best job in the world.
40:46There's no doubt about that, but there's just so much to do.
40:50I've had trouble with a terror bird this morning.
40:55Suzanne's been up half the night with the saber-toothed cubs.
40:58That lot, they eat too much.
41:01And Nigel, bless him, just keeps coming back with more creatures, which is lovely.
41:08But we need to take on more stuff.
41:12Oh, my God, what the...
41:21Nigel has brought back one more animal than he thought.
41:24Doug!
41:26Doug!
41:42What was that?
41:44Oh, no, no.
41:45Now, come back!
41:46Doug, it's all right, look, there's nothing to worry about.
41:49Come back!
41:50Look!
41:56Come in, Nigel.
42:00We've got a bit of a situation here.
42:11One panicking titanosaur can cause an awful lot of damage.
42:28The man who's coming to the ground is so Speak.
42:34Come back!
42:34We've got a bit of a situation here.
42:35And so that's heavy!
42:35You need to go back!
42:36We need to go back!
42:37There's nothing to go back!
42:37We need to go back!
42:39There's nothing to go back!
42:48Oh, God, it seems like every enclosure in the park has gone down.
42:59Come on, now. Come on, lads and lasses. Where do you think you're going?
43:03Come on. That's it.
43:06Oh, look.
43:09Bob, do you read over?
43:11Matilda's behind you. Just run. Just run, mate.
43:22All right.
43:31Bob, the T-Bex is heading for the elephants.
43:34OK, l'll try to get there first.
43:40The T-Rex has managed to separate the baby elephant from every member of the herd, except for one.
43:59I need to lure her.
44:03Matilda decides to go for a smaller, but easier.
44:07She saved me.
44:35It may have seemed like a good idea at the time.
44:38But now, Nigel is in serious trouble.
45:09Thanks to the Dono-suiters,
45:11Nigel is still one step ahead of Matilda.
45:45Got you, Matilda.
46:02Oh!
46:04Yeah, emergency over. Wow!
46:07I managed to lure her after me and got her caught in one of the enclosures there.
46:12Look, I'm climbing the ladder. She's just about misbiting my foot off.
46:16Anyway, thanks, everyone. That's brilliant.
46:25A few weeks later, Prehistoric Park has brought in the extra keepers it needs.
46:32Soon the animals are all back in their enclosures,
46:36and the park is finally beginning to look ship-shape again.
46:42Suzanne has managed to wean the sabre-tooth cubs off the bottle and onto meat.
46:49Things are looking up for Martha the mammoth as well.
46:53She's now an accepted member of the herd,
46:55and is allowed to play with the baby elephant whose life she saved.
47:05And once Bob finally deals with the stowaway Troodon,
47:09at last the park is back under control.
47:13Got you, you little rascal.
47:16At least until Nigel's next adventure.
47:43Have a great day.
47:59We had all the equipment.
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