02x07 - That's Not a Dinosaur/Tiny's Garden

[bunniefuu]

Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today we're gonna

Meet a lot of creatures from the age of dinosaurs that were

Not dinosaurs, so come on along with me on the dinosaur train.

All aboard!

♪ 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 , , ♪

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]

[Train whistle blows] tickets, tickets, please!

Hello, pteranodon family.

Hello, mr. Conductor!

Hmm. Big pond, eh? Going to the big pond carnival?

Yeah!

Whoo-hoo! Uh, wait. Mr. The conductor, what exactly is the

Big pond carnival?

Excellent question, mr. The don. It's a big party that

Celebrates all the creatures that live in and around the big

Pond's habitat.

Awk! A habitat is a nature community we all live in.

Together from the tiniest little plant...

To the biggest meat-eater, everyone depends on everyone

Else.

Yes, indeedy-do, buddy and tiny. Let's take a gander at

Just some of the creatures that live at the big pond.

Turtles!

Birds!

Snakes!

Amphibians!

Fish!

Ahh. I love fish.

Heh heh. I know.

And since this is a celebration, there will be all

Kinds of fun things to do at the carnival--snack stalls,

Rides, races! Hoo hoo! It will be spectacular!

[Cheering] you know what? Even I can't

Wait to get to the big pond!

Ooh! Bless my scales and feathers! We're here!

Big pond station! Big pond!

[Cheering] kids, don't run.

Yippeeeeee!

Ohh.

Heh heh. Oh, well. Last one to the big pond is a rotten

Dinosaur egg. Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha! Ohh!

[All laughing] whoa!

[Indistinct chatter]

[Whistles]

Come on!

Yeah!

Whoo!

A carnival!

What's going on here?

Sea turtle races, tiny!

Sea turtle races?

Yep. The baby sea turtles hatch, and then they all race

To see who gets to the pond first. We watch from a safe

Distance. They are little babies after all.

Hmm. That doesn't sound very inter--ohh! Look!

They're hatching! They're hatching!

[Cheering] I'm rooting for the cute one.

Well, they're all kind of cute, don.

Look! He's winning, or she's winning! Anyway, it's winning.

[Cheering]

Hey, hey, hey, neighbors.

Hello, mr. Lambeosaurus.

What's your booth about?

Glad you asked, buddy. We're having a leaf necklace contest.

A leaf necklace contest?!

Here's how it works. Each event that you complete at the

Carnival, you receive another leaf, which you put on your

Necklace. At the end of the day, the dinosaur who's got the

Most leaves on his necklace wins.

Ooh! Wins what?

Ooh. A wonderful prize.

Oh, mr. Lambeosaurus, we all watched the baby sea turtle

Race. Do we get a leaf for that?

You most definitely do, tiny.

Awk! This is gonna be so fun! Come on, nature trackers!

Tracking means following clues to solve nature mysteries.

And we track nature!

Nature trackers, huh? Heh heh. Terrific!

Awk! What are we waiting for? Let's do every single

Thing at the carnival and get the most leaves!

We'll ride every ride!

Eat every snack!

Collect every, uh, thing you can collect.

Ready? Ok.

Go, nature trackers! Yeah!

Yippee!

Ha ha!

Whee!

Yeah!

Whoo-hoo! Awk! Oof.

I'm ok.

Ahem. Name creatures that eat leaves.

Hadrosaur!

Brachiosaurus!

Triceratops!

Stegosaurus!

Good. That's . One more?

Um, pteranodon. Maybe I eat leaves.

Yuck! Definitely not pteranodon. Ok. I give up.

Einiosaurus?

Correct!

[Cheering] ahem. Show different ways

That animals move.

Slither like a snake!

Hop like a horny toad!

Crawl like a cute, little lizard!

Fly like a bird or a pteranodon!

Awk!

And stomp like a huge, ferocious t. Rex! Rawwr!

Rawwr!

Yeah!

, , ! Each of us has leaves. At this rate, I know

We'll get the prize.

Haw! Like you're gonna win any price. Ha ha!

Hi, keenan.

What are you talking about?

We could win just as easily as you!

Oh, yeah? Didn't you hear what mr. Lambeosaurus said? The

Dinosaur that collects the most leaves wins.

So?

So you're a pterosaur. Only a dinosaur can win the prize,

And last I heard, pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.

Really? Who told you that?

Ha. The conductor, and he knows pretty much everything.

Oh, yeah. I'm a pterosaur. I knew that.

So you can pretty much give up right now. You're not

Dinosaurs, so you can't win. I guess buddy could win. He's a

T. Rex.

Hey. I know mr. Lambeosaurus may have said the dinosaur who

Collects the most leaves, but he must have meant everybody.

Yeah. Buddy's right. Dad must have meant everybody.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah!

Well...pbb. Come on! Let's ask him.

Heh heh. Of course I meant everyone. We all live in the

Mesozoic era, so everyone here's a dinosaur, right?

Well, actually, mr.

Lambeosaurus, not everyone here is a dinosaur.

Uh, really?

First of all, we're not dinosaurs. We're pterosaurs.

[Ribbit] [ribbit] I'm not a dinosaur. I'm a frog.

I'm not a dinosaur. I'm a hermit crab.

We're not dinosaurs. We're archelons, sea turtles.

[Whispering] don't be shy. Go ahead and

Tell them.

Uh, I'm not a dinosaur. I'm an albanerpeton. That's an

Amphibian.

Ooh! An amphibian. Very fancy. Thanks for coming.

Uh, you're welcome.

We're both amphibians. We're comfortable in the water and on

The land, but we like to stay near the pond to keep our skin

Moist.

[Indistinct chatter] see? There are lots of

Creatures here that aren't dinosaurs.

So? What's your point?

Well, my point is this. Just because we're living in the

Same habitat, we shouldn't forget that there are lots and

Lots of creatures living here that aren't dinosaurs. Awk! Am

I right?

Yeah!

♪ That's not a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

We may be living in the mesozoic era

And there's plenty of dinosaurs everywhere-a

But I took a look around and this is what I found

You're always gonna see something more

Lots of critters aren't dinosaurs

There's hopping frogs there's bees and bugs

That's not a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

There's turtles that swim and amphibians

That's not a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

There are slithering snakes well, for goodness sakes

But he's a dinosaur then what makes

A dinosaur a dinosaur?

Perhaps I can answer that, senor

Well, other creatures lay eggs close to the floor

Dinosaurs sit upright on legs are

It's mostly in our hips you see

Or you might be an amphibian like me

Oh, now I think I see that's not a dinosaur

That's not a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

That's not a dinosaur that's a dinosaur

That's a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

That's not a dinosaur we may be living

In the mesozoic era there's plenty of dinosaurs

Everywhere-a but that's not a dinosaur ♪

[Cheering] ok. Fine! So you're not

Dinosaurs. That just means none of you can win the contest.

[Sigh] ahem. Well, keenan, if I'd

Had any idea there were so many non-dinosaurs here at the big

Pond, I would have made different rules.

You know, larry, if you want to officially change the rules,

It's up to you.

Ooh! It's up to me?

Terrific! Then I say that whatever creature, dinosaur or

Non-dinosaur, has collected the most leaves wins the prize!

[Cheering] , , , , ! Wow!

The creature who collected the most leaves is

Shiny pteranodon!

[Cheering] thank you, thank you. Thank

You.

I knew I should have entered that slug-eating contest.

And the prize is the winner gets to toot the whistle on the

Dinosaur train.

[Cheering] um, mr. Conductor. Well...

[Whispering] yeah. Heh heh.

Awk! Ready? Pull!

[Whistle blows] yep. That's not a dinosaur.

♪ That's not a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

That's not a dinosaur that's not a dinosaur

That's not a dinosaur ♪ whoo!

Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott, the paleontologist. And I'm here

At the big pond.

[Croak] did you hear that? Oh, hey!

It's patricia palaeobatrachus!

She's a frog from the cretaceous time period. Patricia and her

Friend albert albanerpeton are amphibians, a group of animals

That include frogs, salamanders, and newts. Most amphibians live

On land and in the water.

They're amazing creatures that go through big changes as they

Grow up. Frogs, for example, start their lives in the water

Hatching from eggs as fish-like creatures called tadpoles. As

They get bigger, tadpoles grow front and back legs and slowly

Lose their tails. Eventually, they're able to crawl out onto

The land, where they learn to hop. Oh, and amphibians are

Great survivors. They've been swimming, crawling and hopping

For millions and millions of years, since long before there

Were any dinosaurs.

We're both amphibians. We're comfortable in the water and on

The land. But we like to stay near the pond to keep our skin

Moist.

Well, that's true. But many amphibians did live with the

Dinosaurs, and lots of different kinds of amphibians live with us

Humans today. So the next time you're near a pond or lake,

Listen up for frogs. Or see if you can spot a tadpole swimming

In the water. Ok, keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries.

Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Have you ever planted

Your own garden? Neither has tiny, but today she'll get the

Chance to by planting seeds, so come on along with me on the

Dinosaur train. All aboard!

[Whistle blows] ♪ I love flowers

Yes, I do all the flowers love me, too

I love flowers and I don't care

I want flowers everywhere flowers everywhere ♪

Awk!

Heh heh. Hi, mr. Conductor.

Great song, tiny! I love flowers, too.

We're on our way to the big pond so tiny can see her

Favorite flowers.

Know what would be really great? If all my favorite

Flowers grew at home. Then I could see them every single day.

Well, you can see them every day, tiny.

By riding the dinosaur train! All aboard!

Ahem. Well, that is one way, don, but you could also plant a

Garden.

A garden?

Well, sure. All you need to do is collect seeds from your

Favorite plants at the pond, then take them back to plant

Them at pteranodon terrace.

Would that really work?

Absolutely. A seed is just a plant waiting for the chance to

Grow. Different plants keep their seeds in different

Places. Some have seeds in pods. Others have seeds in the

Middle of their petals. Still others make puffy seed balls

That fly off in the wind.

Ooh!

So we just gather a bunch of seeds and plant them and

They'll grow?

Well, not right away of course, and not every seed

Grows into a plant, but, yes, that's exactly what you do.

First you give the seeds a home in a nice bed of soil, make

Sure they get plenty of water and sun, and after a bit of

Time, they'll grow into a garden.

Planting a garden! That sounds like a job for...

The nature trackers! Yeah!

Can we do it, mom?

I want to help, too.

Me, too!

I'm ready to dig some holes.

What a wonderful idea. I'd love to have a garden at the

Nest.

Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

♪ Garden at our nest, yeah gonna be the best

Yeah garden at our nest, yeah

Gonna be the best, yeah garden at our nest, yeah ♪

Awk! Ok, nature trackers.

Everyone have their leaf pouch super seed holders?

Check!

Then we're ready to play speedy seed seek and see.

Speedy seed seedy, uh--what?

Speedy seed seek and see. We all race around and find seeds

We can plant at home. Ready, go!

Hey! This looks like a seed pod. Mom, is it ok to take it?

You always say not to pick flowers.

Well, that's true, but since you're just taking the one seed

Pod and not the whole plant, I think it's ok.

Thanks, mom.

This kind of plant has seeds in the middle. Can I take some,

Mom?

Absolutely, shiny.

Look. I found the seeds that--that-th-th-ah-ah-choo!

That fly off in the wind.

[Sniffles] heh heh heh. Let's gather up

The seeds, kids. It's almost time to head home.

Heh heh heh!

Hmm. Where should we plant a garden? Where should we plant a

Garden? Not here. Not here.

Here!

Unh!

This is the perfect spot for the garden. There's plenty of

Soil, plenty of sun, and it's right under my tiny place, the

Hole in the tree where I like to play.

It's great, tiny.

So what do we do to start?

We dig holes and start planting.

Did you say, "dig holes"?

Heh heh heh! Go for it, don!

♪ La la loo ♪

Don, there's a rock in the bottom of your leaf pouch.

Naw. That's a seed.

It's a rock.

Seed.

I have an idea. Let's plant it. If it grows, we'll know

It's not a rock.

Ok. Hop into the hole, little seedy.

Ehhhnnn.

I'll put this rock next to the hole so we remember which one

It is.

[Humming] tiny, what's that you're

Humming?

Glad you asked!

♪ You plant your seeds in the ground and wait

For them to grow but they're pretty slow

It's pretty slow the way they grow

It takes a lot of time you know

Water and sun are what they need it's what you need

If you're a seed you wait and wait

For a little sprout come out, you sprout

Will it ever come out? ♪ Err.

♪ I planted in spring they should be tall

Will they ever come out at all? ♪

Hey, look!

♪ A sprout a sprout came out

Our plants are blooming the seeds, they grew

Our garden's green and fresh and new

It makes me smile because it all came true

Our garden grew ♪ awk. I'm so proud of all of

You. I know it wasn't easy waiting all those weeks for

Your plants to grow. It took a lot of patience, but look at

The result. Your garden is absolutely beautiful!

Except for my seed. It never even sprouted. I guess it was a

Rock.

It could have been a seed, don. Remember? The conductor

Said that not all seeds grow.

Don, are you ok?

I'm great! Now I get to dig a hole and get it back, and I

Get to add it to my collection.

♪ La la loo ♪ awk! Our garden is the best

Ever!

Hey. Who says it's your garden? This is our garden, too!

Who said that?

Ahem. Down here.

Hiya.

Awk!

Whoa!

Who are you?

Sammy the slug's my name, garden living's my game. Are

You the ones responsible for these digs?

Huh?

Are you the ones that planted the garden?

Oh, yes. Hi. I'm tiny pteranodon, and these are my

Brothers buddy and don and my sister shiny.

Tiny, buddy, don, shiny, to you I say thanks. You built

Yourselves and me one perfect slug home filled with great

Leaves to eat.

Delicious!

You really live here in the garden?

Not just me. We got a whole nature community, a big group

Of folks all living and working perfectly together with

Everything in this here spot.

You do?

Allow me to make with the introductions. Aside from me,

The plants attract all kinds of insects like bees.

Bees live here?

Whoa! You bet you! They're here for the nectar, which they

Eat. Then pollen sticks to their legs, and they carry it

From flower to flower. Same with the butterflies. Show

Yourselves, butterflies.

They're so beautiful.

Of course insects like the butterflies also attract

Spiders. Ahem. I said, "spiders!"

Whoa!

Showoffs but talented showoffs.

This is amazing! It's like there's a whole world living in

This garden.

Not just living in it, helping it. The garden gives us

Food and shelter. We keep it nice and trimmed back, and we

Pollinate the flowers. That means we help plants make more

Plants. Everybody wins.

Kids, guess who's come by for a play date!

t*nk!

Wait. t*nk?!

What's wrong, tiny?

t*nk's a herbivore, a plant eater, and he's the hungriest

Herbivore ever! He'll eat our whole garden.

Oh, I don't know about that.

Foooood!

t*nk, wait!

[Groaning] the garden is not food!

It's not? But it's a garden.

Ok. It is food, but when you eat plants, you eat a lot of

Plants, and this garden is important to us. We planted it

Ourselves.

Can I see it? I promise I won't eat it.

He promises he won't eat it.

Wow! You planted this?

All of us did. We even planted a rock. It didn't grow,

Though.

Heh heh. Butterflies live here, too?

And bees and birds and spiders and slugs.

It's a whole nature community.

[t*nk's stomach growls] was that thunder? I think

It's gonna rain.

No. That was my stomach.

Your garden smells really, really good. I think I'd better

Go.

Hey, you, horn boy. Hold up a minute.

Me? Horn? What was that?

t*nk, meet sammy the slug.

Uh, hello.

Hiya. You're a herbivore, right?

A hungry, hungry herbivore.

Well, that's great! This garden needs help. Little

Herbivores like me can't eat enough, so everything's all

Overgrown. If gardens get too overgrown, nothing new can

Grow, so, uh, can you help?

What?

Wait. You want t*nk to eat the garden?

Not all of it, but big herbivores are part of our

Nature community. A little snacking from the big guy will

Help the garden, not hurt it.

You man I get to eat?

Yup! Let me tell you where we need you to eat. You want to

Take a little from there. Grab some of those. They're

Delicious.

Easy, big guy, easy.

And a big hunk from right there. You just chomp right

Into those. Melt in your mouth.

Ha ha! Bon appetit!

What?

Sammy and t*nk look so different, but they both love

To eat leaves.

Yeah. I guess leaf eaters come in all shapes and sizes.

And that's perfect! You're done. That was great work, t*nk.

Thanks, everyone. Mmm. What a great snack.

[Stomach growls] uh-oh, I know that sound.

Are you still hungry, t*nk?

Uh, no. I ate too fast. Now I have a tummy ache.

Tummy ache? I got the best prescription for that--a little

Rest in the shade of a garden.

I'm really glad we grew this garden, tiny.

Me, too, buddy, my old buddy.

♪ Our garden's green and fresh and new

It makes me smile because it came true

Our garden grew ♪

Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott, the paleontologist. Have you ever

Helped to plant a garden? It's a great way to learn about nature,

And a lot of fun. There's lots of different kinds of gardens:

Flower gardens, rock gardens, and my personal favorite:

Vegetable gardens. To grow a garden of vegetables, you need

To plant seeds, water them, and let the sun give the plants

Energy to grow. Even if you live in a big city, you can plant a

Community garden where everyone pitches in. You can help plant,

Water, and pick what you grow.

Eventually, you get to enjoy the best part of growing vegetables:

Eating them!

Wow! Carrots. Strawberries.

Peas. What a great garden!

Point of fact: dinosaurs did not grow gardens. Thank you.

That's true, but you kids can grow your own gardens. 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.

We're gonna ride the dinosaur train ♪

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ we're gonna ride ♪

♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪ ♪ the dinosaur train ♪