01x36 - Going Toe to Toe with a Dinosaur/Sassy Ladies on Ice

[bunniefuu]

Hey, everyone-- it's me, Molly!

♪ Molly of Denali ♪

Let's go!

♪ She's Molly of Denali ♪

(laughing): Whooo!

♪ By plane or sled or snowshoe ♪

♪ She is ready to explore ♪

♪ From Kaktovik down to Juneau ♪

♪ Always wanting to learn more ♪

Yeah!

♪ Together with her best friend Tooey ♪

♪ Always by her side ♪

And Trini!

♪ Discovering the outdoors ♪

♪ On adventures day and night ♪

♪ Come along with Molly ♪

♪ Molly ♪

♪ Through fields of fireweed ♪

♪ Come along with Molly ♪

♪ Molly ♪

♪ From tundra to the sea ♪

Mahsi'choo-- let's go!

♪ Molly of Denali ♪ Yeah!

♪ She's Molly of Denali ♪

♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Let's go! ♪

♪ Molly of Denali ♪

♪ She's Molly of Denali ♪

MOLLY: "Going Toe to Toe With a Dinosaur."

(softly): I'm here in the field with dino-scientist Vera Malackas,

who's just made an amazing discovery.

I have just dug up a new species of dinosaur called...

the Plushie-saurus!

(roars)

(laughing): Okay, so maybe we haven't

uncovered an actual dinosaur yet.

But we're headed to a real dig site

with real paleontologists.

Real what?

Paleontologists.

Scientists who study fossils.

(sighs): It's what I want to be

when I grow up.

Molly, Vera!

Let's pick up the pace.

Coming, Dad.

Stay tuned, dino hunters.

(laughing, imitating roars)

The Plushie-saurus has caught up to the herd!

There is no escape!

Not even in Dino Valley.

(roars)

(chuckles)

We're almost there.

Dr. Batra found this site a few months ago,

but a storm forced her team to pack up early.

Thanks for letting us tag along.

Oh, Dr. Benedict and I are glad you're here.

Young people can notice things adults overlook.

I can't wait to start digging.

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Whoa! (gasps)

MOLLY: You really think we're going to find fossils here?

I mean, was this really where dinosaurs lived?

Yes!

Try to imagine what it was like million years ago.

It was a lot warmer and wetter in Alaska back then.

And it would have been filled with creatures!

(pterosaurs cry) Like flying pterosaurs.

(pterosaurs cawing)

(cawing and squawking)

And -foot tall troodons.

(roars)

(cries)

And huge hadrosaurs! (hadrosaurs lowing)

They could have weighed up to tons.

(pterosaurs calling)

(with Benedict's voice): Vera, I'm impressed.

BOTH: Huh?

Dr. Batra and I are working over here.

Why don't you two start digging over at site B?

Just chip away gently at the dirt.

Who knows?

A hadrosaur might be lurking there.

Okay.

So, rock hammer, chisel...

MOLLY (gasps): Vera! Look!

Quick, hand me the brush.

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It's a tha'an.

A bone!

Hm, maybe.

I bet it's a leg bone!

(gasps): Or a fang!

Dr. Benedict! Dr. Batra!

BATRA: Mm-hmm.

Now, this...

This is no ordinary find.

Wow! Whoa.

A plastic ruler! (laughs)

It must have been left behind from our dig last spring.

(laughs awkwardly): Sorry.

Okay, from now on, let's be a little more careful

before we... (gasps): Vera, look!

It's a head!

Or part of the head.

Dr. Benedict! Dr. Batra!

BATRA: Not a head.

Claw? Tail?

A, a little pinky bone?

A rock.

Oh.

How can you tell?

Mmm, if this were a fossilized bone,

it would likely be a different color and shape

than the rock around it.

This is fossil bone.

Feel this, then feel that rock.

The fossil feels...

I don't know, more like a dry sponge?

(chuckles): Yes!

Bones are porous.

They have tiny holes,

and that makes the fossils they turn into

feel different.

BATRA: It's why this feels sticky to the tongue

if you lick it.

Want to try?

Uh... No, thank you.

I'm okay-- thanks.

You might prefer this method.

It's my hadrosaur binder.

I compare the photos in here

with the rocks I'm digging up in the field.

It helps identify possible fossils.

Wow!

Mahsi', thanks!

You're welcome.

Back to work! (chuckles)

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Wow.

So many different bones in a hadrosaur.

(Vera gasps)

What?

VERA: Look!

That whitish bit.

Now, that's definitely something.

I'm gonna go get Dr. Benedict and...

Uh, Molly?

Maybe we should dig it out more first.

You mean, be a little more sure before we bother them?

Good idea.

Okay.

So, is this rock a different color

than rocks near it?

Hmm.

A little.

How about the shape?

It's sort of triangle-shaped.

And texture?

How does it feel compared to other rocks?

VERA: I'm not sure.

Maybe you should lick it.

You're the paleontologist- in-training.

Maybe you should lick it.

(laughing): No.

Wait, I have an idea!

This way, we can study pictures of it tonight in our tent.

Oh, hold on.

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Looks like the rock

is four inches long.

(phone camera clicks)

VERA: So, we're looking for a bone

that has the same shape...

Doesn't match

any skull bones or leg bones.

Come on-- triangle, triangle...

(gasps): Vera, look!

This is the hadrosaur foot, right?

Look at that toe.

(gasps): That's a pretty close match.

MOLLY: The ungual phalanx.

Wait, check the size.

It looks like the bone

should be between three and five inches.

MOLLY (gasps): And our rock is four inches!

Yes! Woo-hoo!

I think we might have found the toe

of an actual -foot-tall, five-ton,

-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur!

Amazing.

(sighs): We should get some sleep.

We have a lot of digging to do tomorrow.

(wind howling)

Vera?

I think I hear a dinosaur.

That's impossible.

(wind howling)

But maybe we should keep my flashlight on, anyway.

(girls screaming)

Oh.

(chuckles): Plushie-saurus.

(Molly laughs)

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It's totally a toe.

I'm pretty sure it's a toe.

Okay.

This is not looking like a toe anymore.

I know.

There's more of it than there seemed to be yesterday.

I'm not seeing anything like it in the binder.

Molly?

I think it's just a rock.

DAD: We'll have to start hiking back to meet Mom's plane soon.

You should start gathering your stuff.

Well, I guess the discovery of a lifetime will have to wait.

But, from out of the dig site,

a hadrosaur snatches Plushie-saurus and runs away!

A pterosaur follows in hot pursuit.

(squawks)

(roaring and squawking)

(continue roaring and squawking)

Huh?

(gasps)

Oops.

We'll save you, Plushie-saurus!

♪ ♪

Huh.

Hey, Molly, look at these holes in the rock.

MOLLY: It kind of looks like a hadrosaur foot.

(gasps): You're right.

This one looks like one, too.

It's even got the little...

The little triangle shape at the top of the middle toe.

VERA: Look!

It's a foot, all right.

But are these bones?

They seem more like...

Tracks!

We didn't believe it at first.

But then we checked the pictures in the binder.

It's an actual dinosaur dance floor!

That's what scientists like to call

a site with lots of fossilized dinosaur footprints.

Seriously?

Whoa.

You girls have made a significant discovery.

BOTH: Yes!

That's dino-mite!

(all laughing)

(sighs)

Hey, everyone!

Molly here with a dino update.

Dr. Benedict and Dr. Batra let the other paleontologists know

about the dino dance floor.

And now scientists from all over

are coming to check out the site!

We even got our picture in the local paper.

So, Vera and I have been working

on a little video to celebrate.

(dance music playing)

Hey, everyone!

Molly here to answer your questions

about life in Alaska.

Ivy from Nebraska asks,

"What kinds of dinosaurs lived in Alaska?"

My friends in Anchorage can show you.

KIDS: Hi, Molly!

Today, we're at the Museum of Science and Nature.

I want to learn about dinosaurs that actually lived in Alaska.

(kids laughing)

(giggling)

Hey! This painting is in the book we have.

The caption says the picture is

of a pterosaur flying over Denali National Park.

CHILD: The sign next to the pterosaur said that this pterosaur

lived million years ago.

CHILD: Guys, there's more information about the pterosaur!

CHILD: We know it lived here

because its tracks were found in Denali National Park.

Its three-fingered hand

are found in the edge of its wing.

CHILD: This says it's a pterosaur skull.

This has teeth.

Pterosaurs were covered in fur and had hollow bones,

so it can be lightweight and fly.

♪ ♪

My book has a picture of pterosaur.

Elliott, what does your book say?

ELLIOTT: Pterosaurs lived among the dinosaurs,

but they were not dinosaurs.

Wait, they weren't dinosaurs?

It says pterosaurs were not dinosaurs.

They were actually flying reptiles.

We learned lots of facts about the pterosaur today.

We looked at a lot of sources of information,

and we learned a ton about the pterosaur.

KIDS: Bye, Molly!

Mahsi'choo!

Thanks for asking, and see you next time.

MOLLY: "Sassy Ladies on Ice."

Hey, everyone!

You'll never guess who's with me in Mom's plane.

It's the Sassy Ladies of Saskatoon!

Hello!

Greetings.

Hi.

We're on our way

to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

to find this:

It's a glacier!

Pretty cool, huh?

We found that glacier on a hike in the preserve

years ago.

We wandered off our trail, and whoop!

There it was!

Now, years later,

we want to get a photo of us in front of it again.

Eh.

I, Molly Shahnyaa Mabray,

have lived in Alaska my whole life,

and have never seen a glacier this big.

I couldn't believe it.

Shocking!

Eh.

So the Sassy Ladies let me come along.

I'll take the new picture of them

for their photo album.

MOM: Hold on tight!

We're moments away from Glacier Bay.

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How long will it take us to find the glacier?

Should be about a two-hour hike.

Were there

this many trees the last time we were here?

Uh...

Uh-uh.

Things grow fast in Alaska.

My friend Trini grew a -pound cabbage

in two months.

Ooh. Hmm.

MOM: Let's plan to meet back here at : p.m.

That should give you five hours to get to the glacier and back.

Perfect!

Ladies, let's suit up!

♪ ♪

(groaning, bones cracking)

(cracking knuckles): Okay, ladies, move out!

♪ ♪

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(raven cawing)

(caws)

Hey, Raven!

Friend of yours?

Dotsoo is more like an uncle who loves jokes.

(laughing): Sounds like my kind of bird.

(cawing)

♪ ♪

(exhales): Ladies,

we have reached the puffin!

(gasps): Puffin? Where?

(women laugh)

Puffin rock.

Oh!

It is kind of shaped like a puffin.

Cool!

But not as cool as a glacier.

Which, if my memory serves me,

is right over this hill.

Really?

What are we waiting for?

Let's go!

♪ ♪

Whoa!

(Charlotte grunts)

Heavens!

Sorry!

OLIVIA: Oh, dear.

Heavens.

What?

What is it?

Hey.

Where's the glacier?

Well, it was right there, I think.

Huh?

♪ ♪

It kind of looks like your photo,

except the glacier's gone.

And those hills.

The hills in your photo are rocky and don't have any plants.

ABIGAIL: But the hills here have plants all over them.

Are we in the right place?

Olivia, can you check the map again?

Checked.

This should be the place.

And we did see the puffin rock.

But the glacier isn't here.

If this is the right place, then what happened to it?

Good question.

My first guess is it melted away.

Melted? No!

But could a glacier that big just melt?

(alarm goes off)

(sighs): We have to start hiking back to the plane.

Let's take a picture anyway.

It's a beautiful view.

Okay.

Say "caribou."

WOMEN: Caribou!

(camera clicks)

(wind howling)

And when we got to the top of the hill,

the glacier was gone!

It vanished.

(sighs): I was afraid that might happen.

What do you mean?

Take a look outside the plane.

MOM: That's the Davidson Glacier.

Gorgeous!

Whoa.

Beautiful.

Now, look closer.

See the lake at the edge of it?

It wasn't always there.

Over the last years,

parts of the glacier retreated and formed the lake.

Retreated?

Does that mean melt?

Kind of.

I brought a book about glaciers with me.

Let's read it when we get to Haines.

♪ ♪

"Snow that has piled up for many years

"and transformed into ice

"is called a glacier.

A glacier is like a river of ice that keeps moving forward."

Wait.

Glaciers can move?

Yep.

That is so cool!

What else does it say?

MOLLY: This part says that glaciers

can retreat, or shrink, and advance, or grow.

Wow.

The first bit talks about how glaciers retreat,

and the next describes how they advance.

"When a glacier gains more ice than it loses, it grows."

That's how it advances.

Hey, I wonder if the glacier we're looking for retreated.

Maybe that's why it wasn't there.

One reindeer sausage pizza.

Hope you're hungry.

Starving! Thanks, Marjie.

Let's pause the mystery of the missing glacier

till after lunch.

Missing glacier?

Yeah.

We were trying to find the glacier in this photo.

It was there years ago, but now it's gone.

♪ ♪

MARJIE: Yep.

Same one as your photo.

But it looks smaller in your photo, Marjie.

MARJIE: This photo must have been taken

several years after your photo.

That glacier is moving, but it's also melting.

Why?

Because the climate is getting warmer.

Many glaciers up here are getting smaller.

I think you have solved the mystery of the missing glacier.

Marjie, do you know how far the glacier retreated?

Can we hike there?

Hmm.

Sorry, it's too dangerous.

(groans)

But I never said you couldn't kayak.

(gasps)

Mom? Mom? Mom?!

(women laughing)

Ooh, yeah...

(laughing): Marjie,

could you give us some directions

and spare a few kayaks?

Whoo! Yes!

♪ ♪

ABIGAIL: Are we almost there?

I'm not sure.

Marjie said we'd be on this river for at least an hour

before we got to the edge of the glacier.

How long have we been kayaking?

An hour and a half.

CHARLOTTE: Well, maybe we got on the wrong tributary.

We should have reached it by now.

Oh, dear.

Maybe we're lost.

Or maybe the glacier retreated even more.

(sighing): Oh.

Maybe we should head back.

But we must be almost there.

Don't you want to see the glacier

after we've come all this way?

Oh, Molly.

We appreciate everything you've done

to help us get to this point, but...

(object thumps against hull)

What was that?

(thudding, splashing)

It's ice!

Maybe it broke off from the glacier.

We must be getting close!

♪ ♪

MOLLY: More ice! Let's keep going.

There it is!

♪ ♪

MOLLY: We made it!

(all cheering and exclaiming)

MOM: We did it!

Yes! Yes!

Beautiful.

CHARLOTTE: Oh!

It's as gorgeous as it was years ago.

Yes.

Mm-hmm. (laughs)

How far do you think the glacier moved

since you took your photo?

Based on where we are now, I'd say about ten miles.

That's a long way!

I hope we can come back again before it disappears.

Yes.

Everyone should be able to appreciate

the beauty of this glacier.

Ladies, I think it's time for a new photo.

Ooh! Ooh! I'll take it!

Oh, no, this is going to be

a photo with all the Sassy Ladies!

(gasps): That means...

That means the new ones, too.

That's right!

You two are now officially Sassy Ladies.

Whooo!

(laughing): Mahsi'.

We are honored, Charlotte.

♪ ♪

Say "sassy!"

ALL: Sassy!

(laughing)

(camera clicks)

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