04x08 - Spooky Tree/Spinosaurus Super Model

[bunniefuu]

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

Today, the family welcomes their friend Annie for a sleepover.

Hope they're brave enough to go see the spooky tree at night.

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]

- Okay, first we'll show Annie the nest, and then the cave.

Or should it go first cave, then nest?

- Shiny, relax.

Annie's been to Pteranodon Terrace before.

- I know, but this is her first sleepover here,

and I'm the one who invited her.

I want to make sure she has fun.

- Well, maybe you can show her something new this time.

- Yes, but what? She's already seen everything.

- Well, she hasn't seen everything at night.

- Ooh.

That's true.

Things do look different at night.

- And it'll be so much fun to do our Tyrannosaurus

"stomp around and roar in the neighborhood" at night.

Roar!

- [clears throat]

- Or maybe the tiptoe and whisper

so we don't wake anyone up at night?

- Good idea, Buddy.

[train whistle blows]

- There she is! all: Annie!

- Hi, guys.

I'm so excited for our sleepover.

- [giggles] Me, too.

- I brought my toothbrush and my favorite pebble.

I'm ready for fun.

- Ooh, we have a lot to show you.

I've dug two new holes.

One of them has worms at the bottom.

- Great, I can't wait to see it!

- And I've got a new Tyrannosaurus foot stomp dance

we can do on the way home.

- Neat! Let's go!

- [humming] Rawr!

[all humming] all: Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

- Thanks so much for having Annie for the night,

Mrs. Pteranodon.

- It's our pleasure, Delores.

Any special instructions?

- Well, I was thinking,

Annie's been so excited about coming over,

it may be difficult for her

to calm down and get to sleep tonight.

- Thanks for letting me know.

I'll make sure we have a calm, quiet evening.

[all humming] all: Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

- Well, at least they're getting their energy out now.

all: Rawr!

- I'm so happy you asked me to sleep over, Shiny.

- I know, right?

So, there's our nest, of course.

- And here's our beach and the cave that goes under our nest.

both: Hi.

- And there's the spooky old tree

that everyone says is weird.

- Whoa, whoa, time-out.

What was that you said about a spooky old tree

that everyone says is weird?

- Actually, only Don says it's weird.

- Hmm.

It is weird. - It is?

What's weird about it?

- I heard, at night, the tree comes alive.

[both gasp]

I don't know if it's true, but that's what I've heard.

La la loo!

- Comes alive at night?

Wow! That does sound spooky.

- That's what I've been saying.

So you probably want to stay away from it.

- Actually, I've got a great idea.

We should go take a look at the tree.

- Um, it's right over there, remember?

We just saw it.

- No, no, not right now. Tonight.

We wait until it gets dark, then go see if the tree comes alive.

- Cool. - I'm in.

- What about you, Shiny?

- Well, you know, of course I want to go.

I just don't think we'll be able to stay up late enough

to see the tree.

- I can stay awake. - Me, too.

[excited chatter]

- [gulps]

all: Stomp! Roar! Stomp! Roar!

Stomp! Roar!

- Gee, it's getting kind of late, kids.

How about we find something quiet to do

so we can all wind down for bed?

- But, Mom, we're not tired yet.

Look, I'm wide awake.

- How about you, Annie?

- I just want to solve the mystery of the spooky tree.

Ooh!

- We have a spooky tree mystery?

- Yep, see, there's the spooky tree.

- Ooh! And it comes alive at night.

I think. Maybe.

That's the mystery part.

- But you probably don't think it's such a good idea

to see it now, do you? Right?

- Well, if we do go investigate the mystery of the spooky tree,

it'll give you kids a chance to form a hypothesis.

- I love that idea.

What's a hypothesis again?

- A hypothesis is an idea that you can test.

My hypothesis is that something is making the tree

look like it's alive, but it really isn't.

- Cool! Come on, everyone.

Let's go test Buddy's hypothesis.

- My hypothesis is that either way,

it's not a good idea to go there.

- Tell you what.

Whoever wants to go can go look at this tree.

If there's nothing there,

we can all come home and go back to bed.

Does that sound okay, Mom?

- I think that'll be fine, Tiny.

- Okay. - Sounds good to me.

- Let's go.

- Well, you can all go ahead. I'm way too sleepy.

Good night.

- Are you coming, Annie?

- Well, I'm gonna stay here with Shiny.

It is our sleepover.

- Really? Thanks, Annie.

- We're going on a tree walk.

all: We're going on a tree walk.

- It's gonna be a spooky one.

all: It's gonna be a spooky one.

- We're not scared.

all: We're not--

- Well, uh, maybe a little.

- Let's try that again.

- Annie? Are you still awake?

- Yeah, kinda.

Okay, very.

- Me too.

You really wanted to go see the tree with everyone, didn't you?

- What? Who, me? No.

Well, maybe.

- Mom? - Yes, Shiny.

- I think it's time to find out the secret of the spooky tree.

- Really? You're not scared?

- Sure, I'm scared.

But you're my sleepover guest,

and if you want to go see the spooky tree,

then we're going to see the spooky tree.

- Whoo-hoo! Let's go! Yes!

- Shiny, that's very brave of you.

- Thanks, Mom. Oh, and Mom?

Is it still brave if I hide behind you the entire time?

- Yes, Shiny. It's still very brave.

- Nothing.

[knocking]

- Yep, nothing.

- Yeah, good thing it wasn't spooky...I guess.

- Well, we all had fun walking around at night, didn't we?

Sometimes stories about things turn out not to be true.

Come on. Let's head on home.

- Hmm.

Are you sure this is the right tree?

[knocking]

- I'm positive.

But where are Dad, Buddy, Tiny, and Don?

- They must have gone home when they saw

that it's just a regular, dark, old tree.

Hello! Tree? Anyone home?

- I know, girls, that this was a little disappointing,

but sometimes a story turns out not to be true,

and even if you hear a story from someone else,

it doesn't mean--

- [gasps]

both: T-t-t-t-tree!

- Yes, the tree is just an ordinary tree,

but at least you were brave enough to go out

and see for yourselves.

- Mrs. Pteranodon, I think I'm ready for bed now.

Let's go.

- Hey, there you are. Where have you been?

- T-t-t-t-tree. Tree.

- You went to see the tree?

That's great, Shiny.

- Tree--glowing tree.

- Right. Too bad it didn't glow.

- Don, you were right. We saw the tree.

- And it was definitely glowing.

- But we didn't see it glow.

- Did Mom see it glow?

- Mm-mm.

But if Annie and Shiny say they saw something...

- Then they saw something.

- Aw. I wish I saw something.

- Guys, I really hate to say this,

but I think we have to go back now.

It's the only way we'll know for sure what's really going on.

- Then let's do it, Team Pteranodon.

We'll stick together.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

- Do you see anything, Don?

- No, do you, Buddy?

- No. Um, why are we whispering?

- 'Cause it's spookier.

- Okay, everyone, I know we've all come to the tree

because Annie and I saw something.

all: T-t-t-tree.

- The tree. - Tree!

- Look, we know we made a mistake

and it's just an ordinary...

all: Tree!

- Glowing! Look!

♪ ♪

- Whoa!

- Hello? Tree? I'm Annie.

Who are you? Are you spooky?

♪ ♪

[fireflies buzzing]

- [gasps]

[both laugh]

- Kids, this isn't a spooky tree.

It's a home for some fireflies.

- Wait, those lights are fireflies?

- Right, fireflies' bodies light up at night,

which makes this tree look like it's glowing.

both: Ooh, pretty!

- My hypothesis was right.

The tree wasn't alive.

The fireflies were, inside the tree.

- Yes, Buddy, very good.

Fireflies have a chemical reaction in their bodies

called "bioluminescence"

in order to communicate with each other.

It says, "Here I am," to other fireflies.

- And the glowing bioluminescence

also tells other animals, "Hey, don't eat me.

I don't taste very good."

- Oh, that's useful to know.

- Are fireflies the only creatures that glow?

- Nope. Look around.

Once you know what you're looking for,

you can find them more easily.

- Look, a little glowing trail.

- That leads us right to the glow worm.

See?

- Why does it leave a glowing trail?

- So it can distract animals who try to eat it

and then escape.

- Wow.

So glowing is really useful.

- And not spooky at all.

- If you look around, you can see glowing in lots of places.

- Whoa. Neat-o!

- I'm glad we went out at night. I like this adventure.

- Mr. and Mrs. Pteranodon, is it all right

if we stay here with the fireflies a little longer?

- I guess spending time with the fireflies is sort of special.

- A sleepover treat.

- Yay! Let's have a glow-in-the-dark dance party!

[all humming] all: Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

[all humming] Rawr!

- This is the best sleepover ever!

both: Ooh!

- And the shiniest.

- Hi, there. I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist.

And I'm here in the Dinosaur Hall

at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

How did dinosaurs grow up?

Well, for a long time, we paleontologists

couldn't answer that question, but now we can.

More recently, we've had more dinosaurs found,

and we've got a new tool.

We can slice the leg bones of dinosaurs

and look at the growth rings and see how old they were

when the animals d*ed.

And from that information we're able to reconstruct

the whole life pattern of a particular dinosaur,

like T. rex.

Tyrannosaurus rex is a giant carnivore.

You all know that.

It lived in the Late Cretaceous time period.

Behind me are three Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons:

a -year-old, a -year-old, and a -year-old,

and it turns out that T. rex grew up kind of like us.

They started slow and they had a growth spurt

when they were younger.

They slowed down for a while, and then in their teenage years

they had a big growth spurt

and they kind of stop growing around years old,

which is pretty phenomenal.

So the next time that you measure yourself

to see how tall you are, remember,

you're growing up just like T. rex.

Okay, get outside, get into nature,

and make your own discoveries.

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

Today, Don tries to make a sculpture

that looks exactly like the Old Spinosaurus.

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train.

All aboard!

- Okay, Buddy, you're it.

Everyone hide!

- One, two... - [giggling]

- Three, four,

five, six--

- Ugh! Ooh.

- [squawks] Don! Are you okay?

- [gasps] - What? What is it?

Are you hurt?

- You guys, this stick looks exactly like

the Old Spinosaurus.

Look!

- I kind of see it.

Maybe. A little?

- I can see a stick figure. [squawks]

- Hmm, well, all I see is the Old Spinosaurus.

Maybe if I made a few adjustments,

you'll be able to see him, too.

Wait, does the Old Spinosaurus have one fin or two?

- Not sure. I know he has long legs, though.

- I thought he had short legs.

- No, he has a short snout.

- Yeah, but what about his legs? Are they long or short?

- Uh, both?

- I'm kind of getting the feeling you guys don't remember

exactly what the Old Spinosaurus looks like.

- Yeah, maybe not. - I guess not.

- Yeah, no.

- Well, I think we need to go ask the Old Spinosaurus

to pose for me.

- Uh, are you sure that's a good idea, Don?

The Old Spinosaurus isn't exactly thrilled

to see visitors.

- And I have a hard time picturing him

modeling for a stick sculpture.

- Yeah, he's really not-- wait.

Where did Don go?

- Come on, guys. Let's go ask Mom and Dad.

Old Spinosaurus, here we come.

[laughter]

- Well, hello there, Pteranodon family.

all: Hello, Mr. Conductor.

- And where are we off to today?

- I found a stick that looks

exactly like the Old Spinosaurus.

See? - Oh, okay.

- And now I'm gonna go ask the Old Spinosaurus to pose for me

so I can make a stick sculpture

that looks even more exactly like him.

- Don wants to make sure he gets all the details

of his features right.

- Well, I think that's a fantastic idea.

- I agree.

Except for the part about the Old Spinosaurus posing for you.

I have a hard time picturing that.

- Me too. - Me three.

- Yeah.

- It does seem like quite a challenge.

- It's going to be easy.

Once I show him this stick, there's no way

the Old Spinosaurus is gonna say no.

- Well, Don, if you think you can do it,

then chances are it'll get done.

- Big Misty Sea Station, here we come.

All aboard!

- So, Mr. Conductor, we had some trouble

remembering a lot of Spinosaurus features.

- Well, kids, the Spinosaurus is the world's largest therapod,

and the world's largest land carnivore.

- Wow, it's even larger than the T. rex?

- Yup! - Hey, Don,

maybe you could just use that picture of a Spinosaurus

as a model instead of asking the Old Spinosaurus?

- Shiny, this stick doesn't look like that Spinosaurus.

It looks like the Old Spinosaurus.

There's a huge difference.

- Oh.

There is?

- The Old Spinosaurus spends a lot of time in the water, right?

- Well, that's right, Tiny.

That may be why he's able to get so big,

because it's easier to be big in the water.

Any idea why?

- I have a hypothesis.

Is it because when you're in the water,

it feels like you weigh less?

- Yes, Buddy.

No matter how big you are in the water, you'll still float.

That's called buoyancy.

all: Buoyancy?

- Yep, something as big as a Spinosaurus

can move a lot easier in the water.

[chimes jingle]

Oh, hold on. Time tunnel!

Time tunnel approaching!

Next stop, Big Misty Sea Station in the Late Cretaceous!

Here we are. Big Misty Sea Station.

- Bye, Mr. The Conductor.

Come on, guys. - Bye-bye, Mr. The Don.

Bye, Pteranodon family. Good luck!

With the Old Spinosaurus, you're gonna need it.

- Guys, come on.

Ooh, and look.

There's the Old Spinosaurus.

- Wait, the Old Spinosaurus can swim?

Maybe that's why his feet are webbed

and his nostrils are on top of his head.

Now I really want to see his features.

- That's the kind of excitement I'm talking about.

I'm gonna fly up there and talk to him.

- [squawks] What can we do?

- Maybe gather up a bunch of sticks, rocks, leaves,

you know, art-making stuff,

so when the Old Spinosaurus says yes,

I can start the sculpture right away.

- Uh, sure.

Just, you know, don't get your hopes up.

- Great! I'll be right back.

- I'm right behind you, Don.

- All right, kids, you heard Don.

- Yeah. But Dad,

you don't really think the Old Spinosaurus

is going to pose for Don's sculpture, do you?

- I think when you kids decide to do something,

you figure out how to get it done.

- Well, in that case, let's hurry up.

all: Come on! Let's go!

- ♪ Oh, Mr. The Old Spinosaurus ♪

Hello. - Yeah? What do you want?

- Hey, remember us?

I'm Don Pteranodon, and this is my mom, Mrs. Pteranodon.

- I remember you.

What do you want?

- Oh, uh, wow, you sure can swim a long time, huh?

How come you never told us you were such a great swimmer?

- Oh, well, that's easy. I didn't want you to know.

- Hmm, I wonder if this is going to change my sculpture at all.

I mean, I never thought of you as a great swimmer.

- Hold on! Sculpture? What sculpture?

- That's the whole reason I'm here.

I want you to pose for a sculpture I'm making.

You see, there's this stick I found and--

- [laughs]

You want me to pose for a sculpture?

Wow, I think that might be the funniest thing I've ever heard

in my entire life!

- So you'll do it?

- No. But hey, thanks for the laugh, kid.

Now leave me alone.

- Don, you okay, hon?

- Yeah, Mom. I'm all right.

Getting laughed at doesn't feel great.

But I'm pretty sure a fish-wich will help me turn it around.

- Well, then let's go get a fish-wich.

- Yeah! And plan our next move.

- Hey, Don? We're really sorry

that the Old Spinosaurus won't pose for your sculpture.

- Oh, he's going to pose for my sculpture.

He just doesn't know it yet.

- You know, just an idea.

The Old Spinosaurus likes to eat fish, right?

- Yeah.

- Well, maybe you can fly over the water

and scout out a bunch of fish for him to eat.

Then maybe he'll be less grumpy.

- Yeah, fish always cheer me up.

Tiny, you're a genius.

Hello again, Mr. The Old Spinosaurus.

Ooh, look, a huge school of fish right over there.

If you're hungry, you should go get it.

- Oh, yeah, don't mind if I do.

Mm! Mm! Mm-mm! [laughs]

Ooh, those were some tasty fish. Thanks, kid.

- No problem.

And now that you've had a nice lunch,

how about coming to shore and--

- Ah-ah, you can forget about that sculpture, kid.

I'm not posing and that's final. - Oh, yeah?

Well, I am just going to wait over there on the shore.

You're going to have to stop swimming eventually.

- Oh, yeah? You think so, do ya?

Well, good luck with that. [laughs]

- Uh, Don?

You've been waiting a really long time

for the Old Spinosaurus to stop swimming.

- And he's still swimming.

You know, I'm starting to think that

he might actually live in the water.

- That's it! I've waited long enough,

and I'm not waiting anymore.

- And this time we're all going with you.

Come on, guys.

Dad, wanna pick me up?

- Well, you're stubborn. I'll give you that.

- But Mr. The Old Spinosaurus,

if you just give me a chance to show you what I've found.

- Sorry, kid. Me posing for you just isn't gonna happen.

- But if you'll just-- whoa, whoa!

- Ow! Ooh!

Well, kid, if that was supposed to convince me to--

whoa! Wait a second.

That--that stick,

it--looks exactly like--like me!

- That's what I was trying to tell you.

- Wow! Okay, uh,

I guess when someone finds a stick

that looks exactly like you, well,

you gotta pose for a sculpture made out of that stick, right?

- Right. Let's go.

- How's this? - Nice. Nice.

Now show me that fin.

- Like this?

- Ooh! Yeah! And let me see those webbed feet.

- You mean these old things?

- Okay, just add this ginkgo leaf and it's done!

[excited chatter]

- See, I told you that stick looked exactly like him.

- Yeah. Hard to miss it now.

- Don, you were right all along.

- Hey, uh, listen, Don.

I'm sorry about being rude and laughing at you before.

- That's okay, Mr. The Old Spinosaurus.

I couldn't have done this without you.

That's why I want you to have it.

- What?

Oh, no, I couldn't.

- But you have to. I made it for you.

- Thanks, Don.

Well, it's perfect.

Hey, the next time you all want to visit me, don't....

hesitate to come on out.

I'll even give you a swimming lesson or two!

- That sounds amazing.

- Yeah! Thanks, Mr. The Old Spinosaurus.

Wait! Look! That rock!

It looks exactly like Cindy Cimolestes.

- If you see it, Don, it must look exactly like Cindy.

- Let's dig it up.

- For Don's next sculpture!

all: Yeah!

[excited chatter]

- Hi, there. I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist.

Did you know that some animals really do

float long distances across oceans

on natural rafts made of plants?

Take Madagascar, a huge island off the coast of Africa.

Most of Madagascar's animals,

from cat-like fossas to monkey-like lemurs,

are not found anywhere else in the world.

For a long time, scientists wondered

how the ancestors of all these strange animals

got from Africa to Madagascar.

Now we think they caught a ride on a floating tree or raft

made of plants and branches.

These natural rafts would have floated all the way

from the continent of Africa,

hundreds of miles across the ocean to Madagascar.

This island is also famous for other strange creatures

like pygmy hippos,

whose ancestors probably swam to the island,

and bats, whose ancestors could have flown there.

Okay, 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... both: PBSKids.org.

- ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪ - ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪

- ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪ - ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪

- ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪ - ♪ Dinosaur Train ♪

- ♪ We're gonna ride... ♪ - ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪

[train whistle toots]

- ♪ The Dinosaur Train ♪