Hello, folks. It's me, the conductor. Today, we're gonna
See the mighty ankylosaurus in action and learn about its
Boney armor plates, 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] [captioning made possible by
The jim henson company] ok, kids. Team up!
I pick don.
And I pick shiny!
Our dinoball team will be the shiniest and the best ever!
So the dinoball rules are-- buddy, we all know the rules
Of our most favorite game!
Let's play dinoball!
I got it! I-- I don't have it.
I almost had it.
Score!
Hey! I'm on your team!
Whoa! Ow!
Shiny, it's me!
Yes! Score again!
♪ We win, we win ♪ yahoo!
Shiny sure is good at dinoball.
Maybe she's too good. We're all getting bumped and banged
Up.
Yeah. I wish we had something to protect our bodies
When we play dinoball.
[Whistling] ok! Timeout, team pteranodon.
Great scrimmage, but it's time for my big surprise for you!
Something to protect us?
Even better! Tickets to see the best players to ever
Punt, pass, or kick a dinoball.
We're going to a game!
Yay! Our very first dinoball game!
Including my number one favorite dinoballer hank
Ankylosaurus, the biggest, strongest, toughest player the
Sport has ever seen.
Whoa!
Yep. And no one can play the game like hank. So let's all
Hop aboard the dinosaur train and go see hank for ourselves.
Yeah! The dinosaur train!
A train ride and a dinoball game? Life is good.
Tickets, please. Tickets!
Well, now hold on, buddy. These aren't train tickets.
No, mr. Conductor. They're dinoball tickets.
We're going to ankylosaurus acres!
Of course. It's game day!
The roar of the crowd, the rumble of the players stomping
In the mud! Oh, you kids are lucky! Hank's playing today!
Hank is dad's dinoball hero.
You are all in for a treat.
Ahem.
Wow! He really is big!
I wonder why the ankylosaurus have all those
Boney things all over their bodies.
I have a hypothesis. It looks like those plates on
Hank's body protect him so well that maybe nothing can hurt him.
Interesting hypothesis, buddy.
Thanks! And we can all test it when we get to watch hank
Today!
But, buddy, if hank has so much armor, can he move at all?
Oh! Hank can move!
Yeah! Like this! I'm hank!
Rawwrr!
And very soon, you'll see hank in action. In fact, time
Tunnel! Time tunnel approaching, folks!
Ankylosaurus acres in the early cretaceous time period. Enjoy
The dinoball game, pteranodon family!
Thanks! We will!
There's that roaring crowd the conductor told us about.
Just in time! The game's about to start!
Whoa!
It's beautiful.
It's amazing.
[Squawk] it's nothing like playing
Dinoball back at ourest.
Here come the players now, and there he is, kids, the best
Of the best, hank ankylosaurus.
Look. He's covered with hard, boney plates, even above
His eyes.
Whoa! Check out hank's tail.
It's like a big club.
And those legs! They may be short, but they look really
Powerful.
I know! And even his legs have plates. I wonder what
They're made of, and I wonder how hard they are.
Really hard, buddy. We're about to see him in action
Because it's the kickoff!
[Whistle] whoa! Did you see how fast
He swung that tail?
[Squawk] look at hank go!
[Cheering] [roars]
Ha ha!
Way to go, hank!
That's the hankster!
Unstoppable!
Hey. Look at the other players.
You ok, jerry?
Yeah, fine. Never felt better.
They aren't hurt a bit.
It's all that armor plating.
I think my hypothesis about ankylosaurus is right. Their
Armor plates completely protect their bodies.
Yeah. Hank didn't even feel that big gourd when
It hit him.
But all that heavy armor means they can't move their
Bodies as fast as other species.
Except their tails! Look!
♪ Hank, hank, way to score you're our favorite dinosaur ♪
Us.
Kids, we just witnessed the greatest dinoball goal ever.
Look. The game's almost over.
[Groans] and time's up! We win!
Yeah!
Dinoball!
Dad, can we talk to hank?
Can we, can we, plea?
He'll talk to you. You're his biggest fan.
Well, sure. I guess so.
[Muttering] whoa, sport! Hey. How's it
Going?
Ha ha! Uh--h-hank.
That's my name. How you doing?
Doing--doing--going--going-- hi, mr. Hank sir. I'm tiny
Pteranodon, and our dad brought us all out to see you play.
He's a really big fan of yours.
F-fan. I am.
Well, I'm glad to hear it.
So, mr. Pteranodon, these little sports are all yours,
Huh?
Yeah. Yep. Shuddy, diny, tinny, and bon.
Ha ha ha!
Hank, my dad's a little nervous meeting his hero. This
Is shiny, don, and buddy, and of course me--tiny!
Hank, your armor is awesome!
And nothing hurts you!
And your tail's so fast! It slammed that tree over and
Scored! Scooore!
When we play dinoball, we never knock anything over
Except each other.
You kids play d-ball? Ha ha!
That's the way to do it, take up the game fresh out of the
Egg. Hey. How's about you show me what you can do, and I can
Give you some pointers?
You mean we get to play dinoball with you?
Absolutely. Let's do it!
Ok. Now you guys try to score against me with those practice
Balls.
Oh! It's a gourd just like at home. Unh!
[Groans] oh! Heads-up, hank! I'm
Bringing the thunder! Unh!
Ohh. Unh!
Good thing you've got those armor plates all over.
Yeah. This armor is great for d-ball, but you know the
Real reason I have it? It's to help keep those big carnivores
Away who might want to hurt me.
Go ahead, kids, hit it!
Ow! Heh heh heh. Just kidding, tiny.
One real dinoball coming up! Unh!
Wow! What a tail!
Yeah. Ankylosaurus need quick tails. Our armor slows us
Down more than other species.
Wish I was as fast and limber as you kids.
Hank, can we give it one more shot?
Another shot on goal? Heh heh. Do it, buddy.
Team pteranodon, huddle up.
Ok. Now it's time we work as a team. Now here's what we do.
[Whispering] go, team pteranodon!
Ha ha ha! I can't believe this is happening.
[Squawk] whaaa?
He did it! Score!
What? My own kids scored on hank?
Yes, sir. Team pteranodon is something else. You coached
Them real good, pops.
I'm--i'm so proud I could screech.
[Train whistles blows] whoa! Did I do that? Oh, i--the
Train did it for me. Ha ha ha!
Say, hank, now that I can talk, I don't know what to say.
You're the greatest! None of us will ever forget what happened
Today.
We thank hank! We thank hank!
We thank hank! We thank hank!
Ha ha ha! Thanks, kids. Hey.
You keep playing dinoball, and, dad, great to meet you.
I--i'm ok. Heh heh heh.
Let's go, kids.
Bye!
Great play!
Dinoball rules!
And we got to see hank run onto the field and score the
Greatest goal in the history of d-ball! Ho ho ho! Yeah! Oh, and
Hank said I coached the kids real good.
Oh, what an amazing day!
And we learned that ankylosaurus dinoball players
Are protected by thick, boney plates that cover their whole
Body.
And they may be pretty slow, but their tails are superfast.
And we learned that team pteranodon simply cannot be
Stopped!
Especially dominating don!
Don snags the ball! He runs and runs and--whoa! Shiny steals it
From him and scores, and I dance!
♪ Da da da da da ♪ ha ha ha!
Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott, the paleontologist, and this is
Ankylosaurus.
Ankylosaurus.
Ankylosaurus.
Ankylosaurus.
This big and powerful dinosaur weighed almost ,
Pounds, about as much as an african elephant, but unlike
Elephants, ankylosaurus had boney plates or armor in its
Skin. Now where do you see this armor?
All over its body.
That's right. Ankylosaurus had armor over most of its
Body, even around the neck and over the eyes. Now why would a
Dinosaur need all those boney plates?
For protection!
Yep! Even though ankylosaurus was huge, it
Couldn't move very fast, so instead of running away from
Predators, it probably stayed put most of the time, using its
Covering of boney armor for protection.
[Doorbell rings] point of fact! Dinosaurs did
Not play dinoball.
Aw!
Thank you.
But ankylosaurus did have an amazing tail club that it used
To whack other animals, maybe even big meat-eaters.
Yay!
Can you think of an animal alive today that moves slowly
And has a body covered with armor?
An armadillo.
Exactly, the armadillo also has a covering of boney plates
That it uses to protect itself from predators. Ok. That's it
For now. Keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries.
What do you use feathers for?
I have a hypothesis. I have a hypothesis. I have a new
Hypothesis to test out. Tiny, I have a hypothesis.
You mean, an idea you can test?
I have a hypothesis. I think you guys are faster because
Your legs are longer. So I have a hypothesis.
But how can we test that?
It was an interesting hypothesis.
Buddy really likes the word "hypothesis." It means an idea
You can test.
♪ I'm a t. Rex yeah, I'm a t. Rex
A-roaring round the forest tyrannosaurus rex
T. Rex rowr
I'm a tyrannosaurus I'm the biggest carnivore
In the cretaceous forest gonna romp and stomp around
The biggest dinosaur in town a-roaring round the forest
Tyrannosaurus rex rowr ♪
Hello, folks. It's me, the conductor. Today, we're gonna
Visit the big pond for a campout, where we'll meet a
Night creature called paleobatrachus. So come on
Along with me on the dinosaur train. All aboard!
[Giggling] I can't believe it! We're
Going on a campout! It's gonna be great!
It's gonna be so fun! Mom, have you seen my tiny doll?
Oh, phew. There you are, you cutie-pooty.
Now remember, kids, you can each bring one thing on the
Campout.
Yep! I got my t. Rex teeth, my weird-shaped rocks.
Don, I said you could bring one thing on the campout.
I am! I'm bringing my one big collection.
I'm bnging my favorite chewing stick. How about you,
Shiny?
Oh, I don't even know about going on a campout.
Shiny, are you ok?
Well, I'm a little nervous.
I've never slept anywhere but at home in the nest. An
Overnight campout, well, it sounds kind of scary.
But we're all doing this adventure together with mom and
Dad along, so it can't be too scary, right?
I guess so.
Oh, ho. There's nothing to be nervous about. We'll make a
Nest at the big pond just like our nest at home, and you kids
Can help make it.
Better hurry if we want to catch the dinosaur train.
Yeah!
Hooray.
So has anyone been to the big pond?
Ahem.
At night?
Oh, never mind.
It's even better at night because of all the amazing
Night sounds that you'll hear.
Night sounds?
Yep. Insects, crocodilians, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs,
Ichthyosaurs! Ho ho! And if you're lucky, you might even
Hear this guy. He's called paleobatrachus.
Look. It's so small, and its skin is really shiny.
Right! And he's nocturnal.
That means he's active at night.t's a full moon, so it
Will be really bright out. The night creatures will be even
More active.
Will it be scary at night?
Scary? No, shiny. Things might be new and different, but
You'll be just fine.
[Gulp] [train whistle blows]
Here we are!
[Cheering] [whistles]
Ok, team pteranodon! Let's huddle by the puddle, avoid the
Slime, and make a plan to have a great time!
So what's the plan, dad?
Well, the game plan, before we all run off and play, is: ,
We gather materials for our nest; , we build the nest; ,
We go fishing; , eat dinner; and , tell some stories.
Don't forget !
?
Dancing!
♪ Da da da da da ♪ [squawk]
Let's not forget we also have to sleep.
Oh, yeah. Sleep. That's a great idea, too. Heh. So come
On, team. Let's have the best campout ever.
Yeah!
Hooray!
The best ever!
Campout! Campout! Campout!
Come on, shiny. The whole team's here together. Join in!
All right. Let's get to work building a nest.
[Groans] wha-ha!
[Squawk] oh, oh, oh!
Ha ha ha! Oh, don.
Look for the long, soft grass, kids. It's great for the
Bottom of the nest.
Ok! Come on, shiny!
[Ribbit] whoa! Dad, was that you?
Dad? Buddy?
[Ribbit] oh!
How you doing, shiny?
Did you find some good grass?
Oh, no. I heard something weird.
Really? What did it sound like?
Sort of like rrrabbbit.
Hmm. What makes that sound?
Shh. Let's all listen and see if we can hear what you
Heard, shiny.
[Squawk] hey! That's mom!
Maybe we should get back to the nest.
Heh heh heh. Ok. Let's go, kids.
[Ribbit] [squawk]
Dad, buddy, wait up!
[Squawk] nice work, kids. I think we're
All finished.
You know what that means, team! It's time to go fishing!
Hey, dad! I see some fish over there.
Oh! What a great dinner.
Nothing tastes better than a fresh-caught fish from the big
Pond.
Hey, dad! Tell us a story!
Yeah! Please!
All right. I got one. This is a story about when I was a
Kid and my dad was trying to teach me to fish, but I wasn't
Too coordinated because every time I dove for a fish, I ended
Up landing head-first in the mud!
That must have looked pretty funny.
Oh, yeah! The weeds stuck to the mud and covered my head!
Ha ha ha!
My dad couldn't tell if I was a pterosaur or a plant with
A beak!
Dad!
Well, my family came here and camped out when I was a
Kid, too.
Wow, mom! You did this, too?
That seems like so long ago.
Ha ha ha! Buddy, we're not that old.
Yeah. We're not from the triassic.
Hey. How about some dancing?
♪ Da da da da da da da da da da ♪
♪ Da da da da da da da da da da ♪
Hey!
♪ Da da da da da ♪ [laughing]
Oh! What a day. Kids, time to shut your eyes.
Both of them?
Yes, sir. Sleep time, team pteranodon.
Mom, can you tell me a story?
Oh, it's late now, sweetie.
Try to go to sleep.
Mom, how come the pond sometimes looks blue and
Sometimes looks green?
Please, shiny. I'll try to explain in the morning. Go to
Sleep. It's very late.
[Snoring] hey, don. Your wing is on my
Nose.
Well, your nose is on my wing.
Ha ha ha!
Look at all those stars.
[Crunch] what was that?
Nothing.
I'm not scared.
Me neither. I have my tiny doll.
W-what do you think it was?
[Rustling] shiny, are you scared?
No!
[Yawning] kids, sleep time.
[Screeching] aah!
Oh!
What is it? What's wrong?
I--i heard something out there.
Well, there are critters out there, but we're safe. Don't
Worry.
[Ribbit] what was that?
Let's listen and figure it out.
[Ribbit] is it a bird?
M-m-maybe it was a fish.
No way! That was definitely too close to be a fish.
I just hope it wasn't a monster.
[Ribbiting] I think it's getting closer.
Maybe it is a monster.
Or some huge, hungry predator we've never heard of.
Oh! You guys, look!
I have a...hypothesis. That is one huge dinosaur.
[Insects buzzing] [smack]
[Screeching] [squawk]
What? What is it?
[Ribbit ribbit] [ribbit ribbit]
Huh?
The shadow made it look huge, but it's only a little,
Tiny creature, and it's really cute.
And look, shiny. It's shiny.
Can we go talk to it, mom?
Hi. My name is tiny pteranodon, and this is buddy and shiny and
Don.
Hi!
[Ribbit] hello. I'm patricia. I'm a
Paleobatrachus.
Oh, hey. We've heard about you. Are you a night frog?
[Ribbit] yep. I live in the water, but
At night when its cool and I'm hungry, I come out and hunt for
Bugs with my long, sticky tongue.
Ooh!
Whoa!
That's amazing!
But why do you make such a huge sound, and how do you do
It?
I do it so the other night frogs can tell where I am. It
Is dark at night, you know, and I make the sound by puffing out
My throat like this.
[Ribbit] boy, for such a small
Dinosaur, you make the biggest noise we've ever heard.
Actually, I'm not a dinosaur.
Wait. You're not a dinosaur?
[Ribbit] nope. I'm an amphibian.
A who whatian?
An amphibian. I have legs, and I live in the water and on
Land.
There are lots of amphibians near the big pond, kids.
Other kinds of amphibians?
Oh, sure. Frogs, salamanders, newts, caecilians,
Worms.
Whoa! Slow down!
Kids, it's time to go back to bed. Patricia, it's lovely
To meet you, but my kids have to go to sleep now.
[Ribbit] I understand.
Aw. Can't patricia stay in our camp, mom?
Yeah. I like our new friend.
She's shiny!
Actually, I better get back to the pond and find some more
Insects. I'm still hungry. Heh.
Good night.
Good night!
Can we see your tongue one more time?
Yuh-huh.
Ooh!
Wow! The mesozoic era has so many kinds of
Creatures--dinosaurs, amphibians, snakes, turtles,
Insects, crocodilians, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs,
Ichthyosaurs.
[Train chugging] [whistle blows]
So did you meet any interesting creatures last
Night?
We sure did! We met the night frog you told us
About--paleobatrachus! She was lovely and very shiny.
Ooh! She didn't scare you, huh?
Pfft. Not at all.
[Ribbit] aah! Oh, don!
[Giggling] hi, there. I'm dr. Scott,
The paleontologist. What would you call this animal?
A frog.
Right. Now this particular frog lived a long time ago when
The dinosaurs were alive.
Paleontologists call it paleobatrachus, a big name for
Such a small animal.
Paleobatrachus.
Paleobatrachus.
Paleobatrachus.
Paleobatrachus looks very similar to frogs you see today.
It had a big head with large eyes and used its long back
Legs to swim in water. It probably fed on small fish,
Crabs, and other little critters. Paleobatrachus and
All frogs belong to a group of animals called amphibians,
Which live in or near the water. So the next time you see
A frog or a salamander, think about their prehistoric
Relatives like paleobatrachus that lived with the dinosaurs.
Ok. Remember, get outside, get into nature, and make your own
Discoveries.
Did you know that the dinosaur train travels
Everywhere in the mesozoic era?
Let's look at the map. There was the triassic, jurassic, and
Cretaceous time periods. Let's visit the cretaceous. Many new
Kinds of flowers and insects appeared during this time. The
Most dinosaurs, like tyrannosaurus rex, and flying
Creatures, like pteranodons, lived in the cretaceous, and
That's just one of the stops on the dinosaur train!
♪ If I could wish for just one dish
My greatest wish would be more... ♪
Let me guess. Fish?
Yeah! Fish! Ha ha ha!
We love playing games!
Like pteranodon fis dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train dinosaur train
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 ♪
01x09 - Armored Like an Ankylosaurus/Campout!
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Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train
Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train