04x05 - Where Have All the Lizard's Gone?/Conductor's Sleepover

[bunniefuu]

- Hello, folks. It's me, the conductor.

Today, the Pteranodon family

heads off to Lizard Island,

where there seems to be a shortage of lizards.

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train.

All aboard!

- ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪

[train whistle toots] - ♪ 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, one, two, three ♪

- I'll name you Tiny, Shiny, and Don.

- ♪ But Tiny said ♪ - Wait, there's one more, Mom!

- ♪ The 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 ♪

[train whistle toots]

- ♪ The Dinosaur Train ♪

- [roars]

[giggling]

- Lizard Island!

[excited chatter]

- [laughs]

Looks like someone's all excited

about their trip to Lizard Island.

- We are!

We're gonna see all kinds of lizards.

- I can't wait to see a real-life Hoyalacerta.

It's a small lizard that's almost like a snake.

- I want to see a Brazil iguana.

That's a type of iguana

that bobs its head to talk with

other Brazil iguanas.

- I want to see the best lizard of all:

the Cretaceogekko.

It's got sticky pads on its paws

so it can climb up flat surfaces,

and maybe even upside down.

Oof!

Lucky Cretaceogekkos.

[all giggling]

- Oh, I know you'll have a great time

on Lizard Island.

Huh, I was there years ago,

when I was just a young conductor.

[chuckling]

Huge fields with tall plants,

a few insects here and there,

and, of course, all those lizards

you're hoping to see.

- Wow! It's beautiful!

- That's because the lizards

eat the insects and the plants,

which keeps the island's ecosystem working perfectly.

- Ooh, it looks like a great place to dig holes.

- I took the Changyuraptor family there

on one of my very first runs.

They liked Lizard Island so much, they decided to stay.

That was a long time ago.

[bells ringing] Oh, and speaking of time...

[gasps] Time Tunnel!

Time Tunnel approaching!

[whooshing]

[whooshing]

[train chugging]

Next stop: Lizard Island Station!

And don't be surprised if there are a bunch of lizards

right there at the station.

[excited chatter]

all: [gasping]

- Eww. - What?

- Mr. Conductor,

are you sure we've stopped in the right place?

At the right time?

- This sure doesn't look like

the pictures you showed us.

- And I don't see any lizards.

[fly buzzing] - Ew!

There's bugs! Lots of them!

[all shooing and groaning]

- Right in my mouth!

Hmm.

We're at Lizard Island Station, all right.

In the late Cretaceous time period.

As we should be.

But it's completely different

from the last time I was here.

Oh, I should get to the bottom of this.

- And we'll investigate with you, Mr. Conductor.

[bugs buzzing]

- Bugs! Bugs!

Blech!

- Why are there so many bugs?

- [swallowing] I like bugs.

But why haven't I seen one single lizard?

- Lizard? Where? Where?

[sighing] Another false alarm.

Hey, are you guys lizard-hunting, too?

- You're hunting lizards?

- Sure, lizards are what we Chagyuraptors eat.

But they're getting harder and harder to find.

- Well, we're not hunting.

We're investigating.

- We're the Pteranodon family.

- That's Buddy, Shiny, Tiny, and Don.

all: Hi!

- Hi! I'm Chandler Changyuraptor.

- Say, would you happen to know where

we could find Chelsea and Chester Changyuraptor?

- Nope. Oh, wait.

I think you mean Grandma and Grandpa!

- Oh, Grandma and Grandpa aren't here.

- No, my grandma and grandpa.

- Oh. Well, then yes.

- Just keep going in that direction

and you'll see a whole lot of nests.

They'll be in one of them.

- A whole lot of nests?

How big is your family?

- Oh, pretty big.

I got to find some lizards.

Nice meeting you!

all: Bye!

- Why is this place even called Lizard Island?

Maybe they should call it Bug Island?

I mean, there's plenty of those.

- Miss Shiny, that is a very interesting point.

- Mr. Conductor?

Do you have a hypothesis about the island?

- Indeed I do, Buddy.

The island's ecosystem is out of balance.

And the Changyuraptors may be the reason why.

- What do you mean the ecosystem is out of balance?

- Is it like when I spin around

in a circle too fast?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Ooh. [giggles]

- Not quite, Don.

You see, ecosystems thrive only when

all the plants and animals are

in balance with one another.

But too much of one thing and not enough of another

can have disastrous consequences.

all: Hmm.

How about a little demonstration?

Shiny and Tiny,

could you please teeter-totter?

- Whoo-hoo! - Yippee!

- You see, it's easy,

because both sides are perfectly balanced.

Now see what happens when Don and Buddy

get on the same side as Shiny.

- [caws] Whoa!

[caws]

- Too much on one side

put the teeter-totter out of balance.

And it's the same for an ecosystem.

In this case, as the Changyuraptor family

has gotten bigger...

- There's more and more Changyuraptors.

- Eating more and more lizards.

- Which means there's less and less lizards

to eat the plants and bugs.

- Which is why there's so many bugs!

- Too much of one thing,

and not enough of the other.

Out of balance.

- Of course, that's just a hypothesis.

We'll need more evidence to know for sure.

- Chandler said his family's nests are that way.

[oohing and awwing]

- These are all Changyuraptor nests?

- Bless my wingspan!

Grandma, take a look at who's come to visit.

- Mr. Conductor!

[laughs] You haven't changed a bit.

Except now you're all grown up.

- Pteranodon family, I'd like you to meet

Mr. and Mrs. Changyuraptor.

Two of my very first passengers.

all: Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Changyuraptor.

- Are all these nests yours?

- [laughs] Oh, no, no.

That one belongs to our son, Chester Jr.

Hi wife, Charlene,

their sons Chester the Third, Fourth, and Fifth--

- And that one's our daughter, Charmaine.

Her husband, Chip, their kids Charles and Chantel,

Chip's sister Cherie--

- That's a lot of family!

- [laughs]

And that's not even all of them.

I wish we could introduce you to them,

but they're all out looking for food,

which has been a tad more difficult

to find these days.

[bugs buzzing] - Oh my, yes.

And there are so many more bugs and plants.

It's changed so much since we first arrived here.

- Well, the conductor has a hypothesis about why.

- Really?

- Well, I'm sorry to say, but...

my hypothesis is that your huge family

has put Lizard Island's ecosystem out of balance.

both: [gasping] Our family?

- Well, you see, as your family has gotten bigger,

you've been eating more lizards,

which means there are less lizards

to eat the bugs and plants.

That's why there are so many bugs and plants.

- Hmm.

I don't think so.

- Oh, we love this island

and would never do anything to harm it.

- And there's still plenty of lizards.

They're just harder to find, is all.

- I know that sometimes hypotheses can be wrong,

but I think this one's right.

- Yeah, we just need to prove it.

- Hmm.

I think I know just what to do.

[playful music]

[clears throat]

Grandma and Grandpa Changyuraptor,

could you please show us around the island?

- Maybe we can find some clues

about what caused the island to change.

- And I still haven't seen a single lizard.

- Of course we'll show you around.

Come on!

♪ ♪

- Now, probably the best place

for you to see lizards

is Lizard Rock.

- Sometimes there's so many lizards

around sunning themselves,

you can hardly see the rock at all.

- You see-- Uh...oh.

Well, there used to be a lot of lizards here.

- Hmm.

No lizards on, uh, Lizard Rock, huh?

- Oh, why don't we show you folks

where the lizards lay their eggs?

- Lizard eggs? Cool!

- Yup, the great lizard hatching ground.

♪ ♪

- Hmm.

Mm. Hmm.

♪ ♪

- Uh... sorry, kids.

There used to be eggs everywhere.

Well, I know one place

where we're bound to see lizards for sure.

The lizard watering hole.

- Of course.

It's where the lizards gather

to drink water and eat bugs.

[bugs buzzing] [discontent chatter]

- I still don't see any lizards.

- There's nothing here but bugs!

Ew!

- Ah, get away, you varmints!

[coughing]

- Might I suggest we run!

[all yelling]

- Well, I guess we can't deny it any longer.

It's our fault this wonderful island is different now.

- [sighs] We're the ones

who made the ecosystem all out of balance.

- Oh, we know you didn't mean to do it.

- Whether we meant to or not,

fact is, because of us, there's less lizards,

more plants, and more--

[gagging]

- Maybe we can get this island

back to where it was

if we learn to eat plants and bugs.

both: Hmm.

[disgusted sighs]

- Aw, we got to face facts.

It's best for the island if the whole family

picked up and left.

[sighs]

But where else can we go?

- What about the place where you used to live?

- Where you'd be in your natural habitat.

And have plenty of food.

- Now that's not a bad idea.

- I do have so many fond memories

of our old nesting grounds.

And we had so many friends there.

- Well, the next train to Changyuraptor Valley

can leave as soon as you're ready.

- Then what're we waiting for?

Changyuraptor family, pack your nests!

We're moving!

[all laughing]

- As soon as we get moving,

the first stop will be Changyuraptor Valley Station.

- Where's the rest of your family?

- Oh, they're going right to the dining car

for a snack or two.

Or three.

- [sighs]

- I'm sorry you didn't get to see any lizards, Don.

- [gasps] Mom, look.

It's a Cretaceogekko.

And it's eating bugs.

Yay!

- Yup!

Oh, it won't be long

before there are a lot more like him.

- And then we can come back and see Lizard Island

when there's more lizards.

- And the ecosystem's back in balance.

- Like me.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Oof!

I'm okay.

[train whistle blows] [all laughing]

[playful music]

- Hi, there.

I'm Dr. Scott the paleontologist.

Imagine if you could travel back in time

million years to the late Jurassic time period

right here in the United States.

If you could, you would probably be able to see

a battle between Allosaurus and Stegosaurus.

Allosaurus the predator,

Stegosaurus the prey.

All ecosystems need both kinds of characters.

And both of these animals were built

to do their jobs well.

Allosaurus: claws on its hands and its feet.

[exciting music]

As well as a big head with sharp teeth.

Stegosaurus wasn't able to outrun Allosaurus,

but it had large spikes on the end of its tail

that it could probably swing around

and use to protect itself.

Now, no matter where you go in time and space,

including today, we find predators and prey.

We might think about Allosaurus and Stegosaurus

as the lion and the zebra of the Jurassic time period.

The predator and the prey.

Ecosystems need both.

So, remember: Next time you see

a spider capturing a fly,

that's just another version of predator and prey.

♪ ♪

Okay, remember:

Get outside, get into nature,

and make your own discoveries.

- Hello, folks.

It's me, the conductor.

Today, the family--

and a certain someone who might just be yours truly--

have to take shelter from a hurricane!

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train.

All aboard!

[train chugging]

[train whistling]

[playful music]

Well, look at this.

The last passengers of the last trip of the evening.

- You mean we have the whole

dinosaur train to ourselves?

- Yes, indeed-y.

For the next couple of minutes,

it's the Pteranodon Train!

- I like the sound of that.

♪ Pteranodon Train ♪

all: ♪ Pteranodon Train ♪

♪ We're gonna ride ♪

all: The Pteranodon Train!

[cheering]

- [laughs] Bravo!

[thunder clapping] [gasping]

- What kind of dinosaur was that?

- It wasn't a dinosaur, Shiny.

It was... [lightning crashes]

[caws] Lightning!

- [caws]

[groans]

♪ ♪

[lightning crashing]

- Oh, that looks like one doozy of a storm.

- It does, but I've seen this kind of weather before.

Lots of rain, great big winds.

- I sense a hypothesis coming on.

- I have a hypothesis.

This isn't just a storm,

it's a hurricane.

- I think you're right, Buddy.

And we know exactly where to go

in a hurricane, don't we, Team Pteranodon?

all: The cave!

- You should come with us, Mr. Conductor.

The cave is the safest hurricane hideout

in Pteranodon Terrace.

- Oh, thanks, Buddy.

But I'm the conductor.

It's my job to stay and shut everything down

until it's safe to roll again.

- Are you sure? [thunder rumbling]

- [yelps]

Yeah, yeah, I'm staying right here.

- Mr. Conductor, I insist you come with us.

You'll be much safer in the save.

And the train will be just fine.

- Well, I guess it would be smarter for me

to lock her up tight and come with you.

[train screeching]

[sighs]

Good-bye, my friend.

Until we meet again.

Be well.

Well, looks like the hurricane hasn't made it

all the way here quite yet.

- Ah, it will, though.

And we'll be glad to have this place all to...

ourselves.

Larry, I see you've found

the most comfortable place in the cave.

- [chuckles] Sure did.

Looks like you and me get to be hurricane buddies, huh?

- Hm. - [chomping]

- Are those leaves from my tree?

- Mm...

[chomps, swallows] Maybe.

- Oh.

- Is that the conductor?

- He's spending the entire hurricane

down here with us.

- Even if it goes all night.

- It'll be a Mr. The Conductor sleepover.

all: Hooray!

- Oh, you're all too kind.

I'm just grateful you're willing to share

your safe, cozy spot with me.

[thunder rumbling] Oh, wait a minute.

What's that? - What's what?

- That rumbling.

Was that thunder?

Hm.

It wasn't thunder.

It was my tum-tum grumbling.

- Oh, if you're hungry,

we have plenty of snacks.

- Mrs. Lambeosaurus and I stowed some

after the last hurricane.

- Food?

Gangway!

- [grunts]

Yes.

Now I have the most comfortable spot in the cave.

[laughs]

[grumbling] Oh.

But I'm hungry.

[slurping, chewing]

- What's the matter, Mr. The Conductor?

Aren't you hungry?

- No, it's not that.

- Since you're an omnivore,

we have leaves and carrion

Take your pick.

- Hmm.

Hasn't that carrion been down here a while?

- Yeah, that makes it even more delicious.

- Oh, I'm sure it is.

I'm sure it is.

It just might not be

the freshest carrion around.

- Oh, we have fresher carrion at the nest.

Would you like me to get some for you?

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

I'm sure this is just fine.

[clears throat]

[chews]

Oh.

- Actually, fresh carrion sounds good to me, too.

I'll go get some.

- I'll come with you, Buddy.

- I will, too.

And let's make it quick.

- No, you don't need to go all the way back

to the nest for fresh carrion.

- Let's go, Dad!

- Okay. - Have a good trip.

Ooh, aw.

See you when you get back.

[sighs]

[wind blowing]

- Whoa. Look at all the birds.

- Wow! I wonder why there's so many.

- Excuse me?

Mr. Seabird?

- [caws]

Can't stop, can't talk.

Hurricane's a-coming.

Got to take cover.

- The bird's right.

We need to grab our leaves and carrion

and get back to the cave.

[whooshing, thudding]

- Special delivery for Mr. Conductor!

A heaping helping of fresh, yummy carrion.

- Oh, thanks. That was, uh...

[clears throat] Really nice of you.

[sighs] [mimics train whistling]

- Buddy, Tiny?

Can you help me with something?

- What is it, Mom?

- I think the conductor

misses the Dinosaur Train.

If we want him to feel better,

maybe we should have him teach us something.

Like he does on the train.

- Oh, I know just what to ask.

[playful music]

- Mr. Conductor?

When we were outside,

we saw tons of birds.

They were flying away from the water.

- Why?

- You mean you want me to explain?

both: Please?

- Well, bless my scales and feathers.

I'd love to!

If you'll just feast your eyes on my screen.

Oh! Oh, wait.

Um...

- Ooh, I can be your screen, Mr. The Conductor.

I'll act out what you say.

- Oh, that would be great, Don.

Now, you all know that a hurricane

is a big wind and rainstorm.

- [mimics swirling wind]

- But you might not know

how bad a hurricane is for birds.

The storm can knock down trees.

- [creaks] Oof.

- And wash away beaches.

- [whooshing]

- That's why seabirds fly away from the shore.

It's too dangerous.

- [cawing]

- Hurricanes are also bad for marine animals.

Water rises in the storm,

but when it goes back down,

marine animals can be left behind on dry land.

- [barking like a seal]

- When that happens,

we say the animals are "beached."

And a beached animal needs to get back to the water

as soon as it can, or it might not survive.

- [snoring]

- [laughs]

I think our beached sea animal fell asleep.

- We could all use some sleep.

Let's everyone curl up and get to bed.

- Bed?

Can't be bedtime yet, can it?

- I bet it's hard for him

to sleep away from the Dinosaur Train.

- Maybe we can help.

both: ♪ Every day I go down to the station ♪

♪ And I look on down the shining tracks ♪

♪ And I hear that old lonesome whistle blowing ♪

♪ And I'm so glad that old train is coming back ♪

all: ♪ 'Cause I love trains ♪

- [sighs]

all: ♪ Whoo-ooh-whoo ♪

♪ I just love trains ♪

- [sighs]

all: ♪ And I can't explain ♪

♪ But I won't complain ♪

♪ I only know that I love trains ♪

- [snoring]

[mumbling]

[snores]

[mimics train whistle]

- Good job, everyone. Good night.

all: Good night.

- [mumbling] All aboard!

Tickets, tickets, please.

- How can everyone sleep through this?

- [mumbling gibberish]

[both laughing]

- Hey! Hello!

Anyone there?

Can some please help us out?

- Hey, did you hear that?

It sounds like it came from the big cave entrance.

Down below.

[both gasp]

both: Icthyosaurs!

- Hi! I'm Tiny Pteranodon.

And this is my brother, Buddy.

Were you calling for help?

- Yes, I'm Igor Ichthyosaur.

My friend and I washed up here during the storm.

We cannot get back to the water.

- It's like Mr. Conductor told us.

You've been beached.

- We'll help you, Mr. Ichthyosaur.

But we can do it faster if we get our family.

- We'll be right back.

- Mom! Dad!

- Shiny! - Mr. Conductor!

- What happened?

Is everything okay?

- No. There are two Ichthyosaurs

outside the cave.

They were beached!

- Beached? That's terrible!

We have to get them into water right away.

- What about Larry and his family?

- It's early.

Let them sleep.

- Yeah, it's early for me too, but...

- Everybody ready?

all: Ready!

- One, two, three!

[all grunting]

One more time.

Ready?

One, two, three.

[all grunting]

- [laughs]

Thank you, Buddy and Tiny!

Thank you to everyone.

- We're glad we could help.

- Have a good swim.

- Well, it sure felt good

to help those Ichthyosaurs.

Made me realize I'm one lucky dinosaur

to be safe with you through the storm.

I know I might not have been the easiest guest.

- Oh, you weren't a problem at all.

We were happy to have you.

- And if it weren't for you,

Tiny and I wouldn't have been awake

to hear the Ichthyosaurs call for help.

- What do you mean?

[gasps] Do I snore?

- No. [giggles]

You sleep-conduct.

both: [imitating conductor] Time tunnel.

[snoring]

Time tunnel approaching!

[laughing] - Oh!

Well, my best dreams are dreams of the Dinosaur Train.

Oh, speaking of which...

I have to go see how she handled the storm.

- We'll come, too.

Can we, Mom and Dad?

- We'll all go.

We can have breakfast afterwards.

- [snorting]

Breakfast? Did someone say breakfast?

[giggles]

- That he wakes up for.

Unbelievable.

[upbeat music]

- Well, the Dinosaur Train is in perfect shape

and ready to go.

all: Hooray!

- Oh, we're so glad.

- I'm glad, too.

But I'm even gladder I have great friends

like all of you who work so hard

to make me comfortable.

Especially you, Buddy and Tiny.

both: Thanks, Mr. Conductor.

- In fact, I'd like to do it again.

What do you say we have another

conductor sleepover real, real soon?

[bells ringing] Ooh! Look at the time.

I got to get going

if I want the train back on schedule.

[both giggle]

All aboard!

Thanks again, Pteranodon family!

all: Good-bye!

- Hm, I guess now we can go back to the nest.

What does everyone want to do first?

all: Nap!

[laughter]

[upbeat music] [snoring]

♪ ♪

- Hi there.

I'm Dr. Scott the paleontologist.

We don't know a lot about how dinosaurs slept,

but we can make some good guesses

by looking at animals alive today.

Shh.

One kind of animal that likes to sleep a lot is the cat.

All cats, from tabby cats to lions,

are big sleepers.

That's because meat is very nutritious.

So cats and other carnivores

don't need to eat very much to get their fill.

But big plant-eaters, like zebra and wildebeest,

are different.

They have to spend a lot of time eating every day,

which doesn't leave as much time for sleeping.

When they do sleep,

herbivores always need to keep an eye out

for predators that might be hunting them.

So plant-eating dinosaurs like Triceratops

probably slept a lot less

than big meat-eaters like T. rex.

Okay, remember:

Get plenty of sleep before you get outside,

get into nature, and make your own discoveries.

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