- Hello, folks.
It's me, the conductor.
Today, at the classic in the jurassic,
It's an air, water, and land race
Where we'll meet a very different kind of crocodile.
So come on along with me
On the dinosaur train.
All aboard!
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ Once upon a time ♪
♪ There was a mom ♪
♪ Her name was mrs. Pteranodon ♪
♪ Sitting on her nest ♪
♪ She heard a scratch and then said ♪
- Oh, boy, my eggs are hatching!
- ♪ One by one, the 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 ♪
- [Roaring]
[Upbeat music]
[Together] ♪ running, jumping ♪
♪ Flying, spinning ♪ - yeah!
[Together] ♪ racing, chasing ♪
♪ Trying, winning ♪
All: ♪ it's the classic in the jurassic ♪
♪ Dinosaurs from far and near ♪
♪ Yeah, it's the classic in the jurassic ♪
♪ The sporting event of the year ♪
♪ ♪
- Hoo!
[All cheering]
So everyone remember what today's classic event is?
- No.
[Together] air, water, and land!
- Exactly!
Today's classic is a three-part contest.
Each time period's team will consist
Of a pterosaur and a crocodile.
- A crocodile race? All right!
- And you kids all get to help out during the race.
I'll tell you more about that when we're there.
- Yes!
I'm ready for whatever my job is!
- Oh, miss tiny, all in good time!
[Watch chimes]
All in good-- uh, time?
Time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching!
Next stop, classic in the jurassic
Sports station!
[All cheering]
[Bell dinging]
[Brakes squeal]
Follow me to the classic, folks.
Today it's on the beach.
- Dinosaurs, pterosaurs,
And assorted creatures,
Welcome to the classic in the jurassic
Air, water, and land contest!
- Hey, it's mayor kosmoceratops!
Let's move up closer.
- I know that today will prove to be
A memorable mesozoic matchup.
For team cretaceous,
In the air, teddy pterodaustro,
And in the water,
That formidable crocodile,
Deanna deinosuchus!
[Cheers and applause]
For team triassic, peggy peteinosaurus
And newcomer crocodile effie effigia!
[Cheers and applause]
And representing the hometown
Jurassic time period,
Remy rhamphorhynchus
And another newcomer,
Gary goniopholis!
[Cheers and applause]
- Tiny, shiny, and mrs. Pteranodon
Will be up on that cliff top
Tossing sticks to the flying pterosaurs.
- I can do that.
We play catch-the-stick all the time.
- Buddy, don, mr. Pteranodon,
We need you in the cheering section
To, well, cheer on the flyers
And swimmers and runners!
[All cheering]
- Let's review our air, water, and land route.
First, in the air, our pterosaurs
Will fly out from here to that cliff top,
Catch a stick, then fly to that big rock,
Where their crocodile teammate waits in the water.
The flyers will drop their stick
Into their teammate's jaws.
[Together] got it!
- The crocodiles,
Stick in mouth,
Will swim to the shoreline.
Once on land, they'll race one lap
Around that oval track.
The first croc to cross the finish line wins!
[Together] right!
- Racers,
Make your final preparations!
- [Squawks]
Let's go meet the new crocodiles!
Hi, deanna! Ready for the race?
- Oh, yes!
And it's so good to see you pteranodon kids.
Have you met effie effigia and gary goniopholis?
[Together] hi, effie!
Hi, gary!
- I'm buddy.
I love meeting new creatures
And comparing their features.
- Hey, that rhymes!
And it sounds fun,
But maybe we can look at features later.
I'm a little nervous.
This is my first race.
- Don't worry, effie.
Do what I do-- swim like you're alone at home,
And run like you're hungry and chasing some food!
- Good advice. I like that.
Thanks!
- Racers, to your marks!
[Together] bye!
Good luck!
- [Squawks] I can feel it!
Deanna's gonna win this for team cretaceous.
- I agree. No question. End of story.
- Hmm, deanna looks like
The strongest swimmer and runner,
But you never know.
Anything can happen during a race.
- All true, buddy, my buddy.
But the classic isn't just about winning.
It's about having fun and meeting new friends.
- [Scoffs] it's about winning.
- [Squawks] time to do our jobs, girls.
- Tiny, shiny, mrs. Pteranodon, ready?
[Together] ready!
- Pterosaurs, crocodiles, ready?
[Together] ready!
- On your marks, get set...
Fly!
[Cheers and applause]
- They're neck and neck!
- And beak and beak!
[Cheers and applause]
- Ready? Here comes the stick!
- [Squawks]
Now back to the big rock,
And drop the stick to your crocodile teammate!
- [Squawks] here come your sticks!
- Good catch! Now fly!
Fly to your crocodiles!
- Fly hard!
- Wow. This is something, isn't it?
- I'll say.
I don't know when I've had this much excitement.
- Just drop it straight, peggy!
- What a catch! Nice, effie!
- Thanks! Got to swim!
- Keep going, deanna! You're winning!
- Effie's in front. Now it's deanna.
Now it's effie. Deanna.
Could be anyone's race.
- And remember, the crocs still have to run on land.
[Together] go, deanna, go!
[Cheers and applause]
- Okay, keep going. Keep going.
- Remember, crocs,
Once you're out of the water,
Then it's once around the track!
- And deanna is the first croc to reach the track!
- You're way ahead, deanna! Keep it up!
- You can do it! We know you can!
- [Chirps] look!
Effie isn't even out of the water yet!
Deanna is so far ahead.
- Ooh!
It is not looking good for team triassic.
[Crowd gasps]
- Effie's running on two legs!
- Huh--what? - Yeah!
I thought crocodiles only run on four legs.
What in the jurassic is going on?
[All murmuring]
- Two legs! - Oh!
- I'm a different kind of crocodile.
I'm bipedal.
Sorry! Time to run!
[Together] go, cretaceous, go!
Go, deanna!
- Go, deanna go! Cretaceous croc power!
- Wha...
- Watch out, deanna!
Effie's right behind you!
- My stars! She is one swift crocodile!
- Effie is running faster than anyone thought she could!
- Or any crocodile could.
- And the winner is effie effigia
For team triassic!
[Cheers and applause]
- Guess I forgot to mention that even though
I'm not the fastest swimmer,
I am a pretty fast runner!
- "Pretty fast"?
You run like oren and ollie!
- Wait. No fair.
How do we know that effie is even a real crocodile?
[Crowd murmuring]
She certainly doesn't look like one--
Or run like one!
- Of course I'm a crocodile!
I'm just a triassic crocodile,
Which is not the kind that anyone in the jurassic
Or cretaceous is used to seeing.
- [Squawks] that's for sure!
- She's amazing! Look at those long legs!
- Um, effie, now can we compare features?
- Sure, buddy.
I'll show you all my triassic crocodile features.
- Have you always been a crocodile?
- Is everyone in your family a croc?
- Do you ever walk on four feet?
- Well, let's see.
I've always been a crocodile,
Just like my whole family.
And, no, I've never walked on four legs.
Two is how we do it.
In fact, I've never seen a crocodile walk on four
Until today!
- Almost everything about you is different
From the jurassic and cretaceous crocodiles.
Look at your mouth. It's more like a beak.
Could we see inside your mouth, please?
- Sure!
Ahh...
- Mm-hmm. Strong jaw, no teeth.
- What do you like to eat, effie?
- Plants and sometimes carrion.
[Together] ooh, an omnivore!
[Crowd murmuring]
- Interesting, eh?
And how about that long neck, effie?
- Your hands and feet kind of look like
The other crocodiles.
- You're right, buddy.
But it's these back feet that really matter.
That's what I run around on.
- Well, now I have seen everything!
But it's true.
Look at those crocodilian hands and feet.
I am completely satisfied that effie
Is officially a triassic crocodile!
- And therefore the winner
Of the classic in the jurassic
Air, water, and land trophy!
[Cheers and applause]
- Whoo-hoo!
- You okay, tiny?
- Well, not really.
I thought we-- I mean, the cretaceous--
I mean, deanna would win!
- I know how you feel, tiny.
But it was a great race.
We all tried our best. I certainly did.
And sometimes unexpected things happen
When different creatures compete--
Like effie running on two feet!
- A bipedal crocodile?
That was a total surprise.
- [Chuckles]
Well, that's the mesozoic for you!
- And remember, tiny, we were part
Of classic in the jurassic history today.
- You're both right. Thanks.
There'll be plenty of other classics in the jurassic.
- Right!
- Congratulations, team triassic!
Great race! [Squawks]
- Thanks, tiny!
- And thank you, everyone!
- Well, this was indeed a classic in the jurassic!
[Whistle blares]
And that whistle means
It's time to get back to the train!
All aboard!
[Together] bye, effie!
Great to meet you!
Bye, everyone! Bye!
[Upbeat music]
♪ Running, jumping ♪
♪ Flying, spinning ♪ - yeah!
[Together] ♪ racing, chasing ♪
♪ Trying, winning ♪
All: ♪ it's the classic in the jurassic ♪
♪ Dinosaurs from far and near ♪
♪ Yeah, it's the classic in the jurassic ♪
♪ The sporting event of the year ♪
♪ ♪
- Hoo!
- Hi there.
I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist.
Deinosuchus was a huge -foot-long
Carnivorous crocodile
That lived in the cretaceous time period.
This giant croc was a reptile but not a dinosaur.
Deinosuchus was easily big enough to feed on dinosaurs,
But many paleontologists think it fed mostly on turtles.
Either way, deinosuchus
Was one of the largest crocodiles that ever lived
And definitely way bigger than any crocodiles alive today.
About half the length of this ancient croc
Was its massive tail,
Which helped make deinosuchus a strong swimmer.
Most crocodiles are carnivores, or meat eaters.
They've been around for millions of years--
Long before the first dinosaurs--
And they're still very successful today.
Not all crocs are big.
The smallest kind alive today
Is the african dwarf crocodile,
Which grows only to about feet long.
The biggest living species is the saltwater crocodile,
Which can grow to be over feet long--
Still only about half the size of deinosuchus.
So crocodiles are reptiles
That have been around since the age of dinosaurs.
Now, I have this funny feeling
There may be a croc right behind me.
Whoa!
Time for dr. Scott to get out of here.
Okay, keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries!
- Hello, folks.
It's me, the conductor.
Today the pteranodon kids visit a hot desert.
But is it always hot, even at night?
Let's find out.
So come on along with me
On the dinosaur train.
All aboard!
- Okay, it's my turn to play hot and cold.
We're at the north pole.
[All shivering]
- Ooh! - Cold!
- Okay, my turn.
Now we're next to a hot volcano.
- Ooh! - Hot! Hot! Hot!
- Hot! Hot!
- My turn.
Now we're in a cold, um...
Ooh, desert!
- Wait.
There's no such thing as a cold desert!
- How do you know?
There might be.
- Maybe some deserts
Are colder than others, shiny.
Who knows?
- Well, I do remember the conductor
Once mentioning something
About different kinds of deserts.
Or was it desserts?
Ah, no, deserts.
- But nothing really happens in a desert,
And hardly anyone lives there,
And aren't all deserts always hot?
- Don and I have a hypothesis.
Maybe deserts are colder at night.
Hey, wouldn't it be cool to find out
What happens in a desert at night?
- Not cool-- hot!
I'd go visit a desert.
But we'd probably sweat a lot.
- [Squawks] but it'll be an adventure!
A hot, sweaty desert adventure.
- Well, I know what team pteranodon loves the most--
An adventure!
And since mom is away for the day,
I say we ride to a desert adventure!
- Sounds like we're going to...
The dinosaur train!
- [Laughs]
Tiny, you took the words right out of my beak.
Okay, team! Let's fly!
[All shouting and cheering]
- Tickets! Tickets, please!
Well, hello, pteranodon family!
[Together] hello, mr. Conductor!
- Where are you off to
This fine cretaceous afternoon?
- Well, we were talking about
What it's like in the desert.
- It's really empty and hot there
In the day and in the night, right?
- Really, really hot, right?
- But maybe a little less hot at night?
- Excellent questions, nature trackers.
Ah, the desert...
Yes, it can be very hot and look empty,
But in fact, the desert environment is full of life.
Observe!
Deserts are extreme places that get low amounts of rain,
Yet they are home to many animals and plants.
Desert plants have special features--
Like long roots and thick, tough leaves--
That help them get water from the ground
And collect rainfall
And store it so they can live in low-water conditions.
- Does the desert have a lot of animals?
- Oh, there are plenty of desert animals, tiny--
Lizards, moths, scorpions, and even some mammals.
But you often have to really
Look for them in the desert.
They lay low when it's hot.
- Do you know any desert mammals, mr. Conductor?
- Desert mammals...
Hmm, let's see.
Well, I do know a small jurassic mammal
Called fruitafossor.
[Together] fruitafossor?
- It sounds cute!
- [Laughs] it is cute!
- Fruitafossor has peg-like teeth,
A pointed nose,
And long, thick front limbs with claws.
They're diggers--
One of the first digging mammals ever.
- Digging?
I bet they dig a lot of holes
And eat bugs, right?
Bugs?
- Yes, indeedy, don!
They dig holes, tunnels, and burrows--
Those are underground nests.
And they do enjoy bugs.
- Holes? Bugs?
This fruitafossor sounds like my favorite animal ever.
- Mr. Conductor, is there a big difference
In the desert from day to night?
[Watch chimes]
- Well, there's a time tunnel nearby
That would take us to a jurassic desert.
That is, if you are interested...
[Together] yes!
- Oh, goody! I knew you would be!
Time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching!
[Bell dinging]
[Whooshing]
[Bell dinging]
Next stop, jurassic desert station
In the jurassic time period!
Have fun!
And take some water with you, mr. Pteranodon.
You'll need it!
[Together] bye, mr. Conductor!
Thanks!
- Now, remember, team,
The desert will be hot the whole time we're here.
We have to keep cool, so try to stay in the shade
And drink lots of water.
- Good thinking, don.
You kind of sound like dad.
- [Laughs]
Very good thinking, don.
And now I'll sound like you--
To the desert!
La-la-loo!
[Laughter]
- Oh, dad! - [Giggles]
- Phew!
Told you it was really hot.
- And empty!
- All right, team, the conductor said
That the desert is actually full of life,
But you have to look hard.
Let's see what we can discover.
Follow me.
- Ooh, look! Some tiny flowers!
- I see some moss on these rocks.
- And I'll look for shade.
Oh, here's some.
Ooh, there's some other shade.
Come on, you guys! Get in the shade!
- Uh, no, move over. - You can have this one.
- This is tinier than my tiny spot.
This isn't really working.
- How about this?
- Ahh, a cool breeze!
All: thanks, dad!
[Faint squeaking]
- Hey, I heard something.
I'll be right back.
Keep flapping, dad!
Ooh! Hot!
Hot-hot-hot! So very hot out!
Hey! Hi, mister!
- [Chittering]
- Hello! Who are you?
What are you doing down there?
- Don, no, we can't just yell
Into someone else's home.
- But, dad, I want to meet him.
Plus, I bet it's cooler down there.
- But it's not our place to just go down and visit.
We have to be invited.
Kids, even though the sun is going down,
Let's go sit in some better shade
And have a cool drink.
- Whoo! - Yeah!
- I could go for that right now!
- Well, it's definitely shadier now.
- And it's getting darker too.
It's almost night.
- Maybe now we'll see some desert animals.
- What's up, visitors?
Frankie fruitafossor here.
Welcome to my desert!
[Together] hi, frankie!
- The conductor in the dinosaur train
Told us to look for you.
We're the pteranodons.
I'm tiny, and these are my brothers,
Buddy and don.
This is my sister, shiny, and our dad...
Dad.
- [Laughs] bing-bong!
What a bunch. Glad to meet you all.
You came here to see this place at night, eh?
- Yeah, but isn't the desert just as hot
At night as it is during the day?
- Well, it pretty much is hot temperatures
And snoozeville around here while the sun is out.
But I think you'll really like the nighttime.
Ooh, speaking of which--
Looks like we're there!
I'll tell you what--
I like you guys,
So I will personally take you
On a frankie tour of the night desert.
You in?
All: yes! We're in!
- Well, come on!
Okay, count with me.
All: five, four,
Three, two, one!
- Open yours eyes!
Welcome to nighttime!
[Creatures chattering]
[All chittering and squeaking]
- Whoa! Look at all those creatures!
- Yup!
It's nighttime, our time to shine!
[Creature chittering]
- Incoming!
- I can't believe how busy the desert is now!
- It's like a completely different place.
- Worth sticking around, huh?
[Together] yeah!
- Hi, artie! Oh, hey, norman!
Hello, mabel.
- Wow, you know everyone here, frankie.
- Well, this is my home.
I lived here all my life.
So you ready for that tour?
[Together] yes!
- Well, you got your gingko, your cycads,
Seed ferns, your monkey puzzle tree--
All with specially adapted roots
And leaves that store water.
That's a lizard.
That there's a scorpion.
Oh, that's my cousin fiona fruitafossor.
All looking for food!
- So I guess that
Most desert animals are nocturnal.
- Bada-bingo, buddy!
Very smart.
- Frankie, do you
And the other nocturnal creatures
Sleep during the day in your holes?
- Exactly!
I sleep in a hole during the day,
And then the sun goes down-- bada-boom!
My real day begins.
- I really want to see inside a hole
And a fruitafossor tunnel!
- We haven't been invited, don.
- A hole? You want in?
Oh, sure thing, don.
I am inviting you!
I dug a bunch of them around here.
I'm your guy!
- Really? Hear that, dad?
Frankie's our guy!
Let's go in a hole!
All: yeah!
- Wait. What are we doing?
- This is so great!
Look at all these tunnels!
- Did you dig this burrow, frankie?
- With my own two paws!
We have a lot of tunnels.
That's what us diggers like to dig.
- Impressive.
You coming down, shiny?
- Very impressive,
But I'll stay up here with dad.
Thanks.
- Do you sleep and eat right here?
- I do, but if it gets too busy,
I just go farther down below
Where it's cooler and quieter.
- Gets too busy?
- Oh, I see.
If I lived here, I'd always stay down below
Because it's so hot up in the desert.
- Are you pteranodons ready
For another little surprise?
- Whoo-hoo! - Oh, yeah!
We love a surprise!
- Okay, then.
Back up top we go!
- So what's the surprise, frankie?
- [Shivers]
Hey, it's kind of cool out now.
Frankie, can you please show us the surprise
Before it gets any colder?
[All chattering and shivering]
- Dad!
- Huddle up. Huddle up.
- It's pretty cold now.
Wow.
- Yeah!
Is this even the same desert?
- Surprise-surprise!
It's cold!
- How could this have h-h-happened?
- Well, after the sun goes down,
The desert remains warm for a little while
But then--bam-- becomes really cold,
Sometimes very cold.
And get this-- there are even some deserts
That are always cold!
I know--sounds nutty, but it's true.
- [Stuttering] I'm cold, so cold.
Dad, can we go someplace warmer?
- Yeah, absolutely.
Kids, maybe we should get back to the dinosaur train, huh?
[Together] yeah! Good idea!
- Well, frankie, thanks for the tour.
- Your desert is a-a-amazing.
- [Squawks] it's so beautiful!
- And so crowded.
- I love your holes
And b-b-burrows and tun-tunnels.
- Yeah, this place is cool, huh?
I mean hot-- I mean cold--
Ah, you know where I'm going with it.
[Strained laughter]
Great to meet you all.
Visit anytime.
My burrow is your burrow.
Well, off to get some night lunch.
See ya.
All: thanks, frankie!
Bye!
- Okay, let's go.
[All yelling and shouting]
- Dad...
- Then frankie said, "my burrow is your burrow."
- I still can't believe
How cold it got in the desert.
- It's quite something, isn't it?
Very hot, then very cold.
Nature is amazing, kids, amazing.
- You know what else is amazing?
These hot fish-wiches!
[Chirps]
- And the dinosaur train,
Where it's never too cold
Or too hot.
- My dinosaur train is your dinosaur train, kids.
[All cheering]
- Hi there.
I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist.
Do you know something
That every living creature on earth needs?
Water!
From dinosaurs that lived
Millions of years ago
To us humans living today,
We all need water.
Most of the water used by land animals and plants
Comes from rain.
Some years, it rains a lot.
And other years...
Well, it hardly rains at all.
When it doesn't rain much for a long time--
Months or even years--
We say that a place is having a drought.
Animals and plants that live in deserts,
Like camels and cactus,
Have the ability to store water in their bodies,
And they can go a long time without any rain.
Eventually, the rain returns,
And the animals and plants come back too.
So we know that dinosaurs had to deal with droughts
Just like living animals do today.
Okay, keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries.
- We love playing games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
Both:
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- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
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- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ We're gonna ride ♪
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
03x05 - Classic in the Jurassic: Air, Water, and Land/Desert Day and Night
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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
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