- Hello, folks.
It's me, the conductor.
Today the pteranodon family
Gets to take a flying trip
On the brand-new dinosaur train zeppelin!
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, 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 ♪
- [Roaring]
- Tickets!
Tickets, please!
- Well, hello, pteranodon family!
All: hello, mr. Conductor!
- And bless my scales and feathers!
If it isn't quincy quetzalcoatlus
And his father, mr. Quetzalcoatlus!
- Howdy, mr. Conductor!
- [Squawks]
They're spending the day with us on the dinosaur train!
- Yep, the pteranodons are showing us
Around their neck of the woods!
- Oh! See, quincy?
There's one of the waterfalls near our train station.
- Pretty big, huh?
- Well, sure, I reckon it is
For a little old small waterfall.
All: huh?
- We know some big waterfalls, right, dad?
- Right, son!
Back where we come from,
There's some real big waterfalls.
- Really big, huh?
- There's a huge one, in fact.
It's way out on the edge of the western interior sea.
- I've heard of that waterfall.
It's the biggest in this part of the world.
Never seen it, though.
The dinosaur train doesn't go very near that part of the sea.
- Yep, it's a long way to fly out there.
- [Squawks]
Probably too far to fly for us pteranodons.
We certainly don't have the wingspan
That quetzalcoatlus has.
- [Chuckles]
What, these little old things?
All: wow!
- Yep, it's a shame we can't all fly out there
To see that big old waterfall.
- Why?
- Yeah, what's the big deal about big waterfalls?
- Excellent question, miss shiny!
The thing about a really big waterfall is,
If it's big enough,
It can create its own microhabitat!
- Is that a tiny habitat?
- "Micro" means small,
But it can be full of many kinds of creatures
That thrive in that misty, moist, humid place.
Many kinds of fish like to hide under the falls--
- Someone say fish?
- Yeah.
Moss grows on the walls,
And amphibians like to hide
In the misty places nearby.
- [Squawks]
That sounds fantastic!
All: yeah!
- Yep, it'd be the perfect place
For an afternoon visit,
Wing king.
- Well, we'd love to, wing king,
But it's just too far of a flying trip for the kids.
Plus, I'd be carrying buddy, so...
- [Squawks]
It's probably just too much of an outing for one day.
All: aw.
- Yes, that's too bad.
The best way to observe a waterfall that big
Would be flying above it.
Wait just one minute.
I have an idea!
- What's your idea, mr. The conductor?
- Well, there's an experimental train station near here
Where the troodons have been building a brand-new invention--
The latest from dinosaur train industries!
- What is it?
- The dinosaur train zeppelin!
All: zeppelin?
- Hooray, the zeppelin!
Wait, what's a zeppelin?
- You'll soon see, don!
Dinosaur train zeppelin station!
Zeppelin station, next stop!
[Brakes squeal]
[All oohing]
- The dinosaur train zeppelin--
A flying machine that can carry the whole family
Higher and farther than even a pteranodon can fly!
Step this way, if you please!
- Mr. Conductor,
Do you actually know how to fly this thing?
- Fly this thing?
The conductor?
[All gasp]
All: thurston troodon!
- Who's that?
- He's the conductor's rival
And sort-of friend from conductor school.
- Hello, pteranodon family.
And you appear to be of the quetzalcoatlus species.
Hmm, greetings. Hello.
And what makes you think you're qualified
To fly this contraption?
- Hah!
I am just as qualified a conductor as you are, thurston!
- Yes, but I've been stationed out here
At this wretched outpost for weeks,
Training to take the zeppelin on its maiden voyage!
- That means its very first trip.
- Oh.
- And there is no way
I'm going to let you steal my thunder
By flying it first!
If there is going to be a maiden voyage
Of the dinosaur train zeppelin,
It will be with thurston troodon at the wheel!
- Ha! You think?
- Yes.
- Well, you've got another think coming!
- Well, of course you want to fly the zeppelin
On its maiden voyage, thurston!
- What now? Well, yes!
- And it's all ready to go, right?
- It so happens that we just fueled it
And ran a final instrument check.
- And isn't a waterfall the perfect place to go
For its very first trip?
- Uh, yes.
- But you could probably use a copilot to help you,
Right?
- Well, i--
- And mr. Conductor is the best!
Plus, he's your old friend from conductor school.
- What a... Perfect copilot!
Don't you think, thurston?
- Hmm.
Mr. Conductor, I have an idea.
Why don't we take the zeppelin out to the waterfall, hmm?
Your friends may come along as passengers,
And you can be my copilot!
What do you say?
- Hmm...
Agreed, thurston!
[All cheering]
- Well, I might be a little big for the inside of that thing.
Quincy and I can fly alongside you
Out to the waterfall and keep you company.
What do you say?
- Great idea, mr. Quetzalcoatlus!
- Well, what are we waiting for?
To the dinosaur train zeppelin!
♪ We've rocketed ♪
♪ Through space and time ♪
♪ And had ourselves a blast ♪
♪ We drilled the deepest tunnels ♪
♪ To the future and the past ♪
- ♪ We tunneled under hills and fields ♪
♪ Even tunneled under seas ♪
♪ Now here's an innovation from ♪
Both: ♪ dinosaur train industries ♪
[Rock music]
All: ♪ all aboard the zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I can't believe I'm steppin' in ♪
♪ ♪
All: ♪ the dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ We'll navigate above the clouds ♪
♪ Maybe even kiss the sky ♪
All: ♪ we'll fly it even higher than ♪
♪ A pteranodon can fly ♪
Yeah!
♪ All aboard the zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ This whole amazing day ♪
♪ Just makes me grin ♪
♪ ♪
All: ♪ the dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
[All cheering]
- Oh, my!
[Laughter]
What a view!
- Oh, yeah, that's right, dad!
- Those quetzalcoatlus wings are amazing
To be able to fly this high up and not get tired.
- I know!
I don't think any pteranodon
Has ever flown this high up before!
Have you, dad?
- Hmm, I don't know, tiny.
Let me see.
Buh!
O-o-okay...
I'm just gonna sit down for a sec.
- Sit here, dear.
I'll get you a drink of water.
- Yeah, thanks, hon.
[Clears throat] how do you like it?
- [Squawks]
I love it!
It's wonderful to be able to fly so far
Without having to work at all!
I'm sure we'll be there soon.
- Aha! Waterfall ahoy!
Look alive, mr. Conductor!
[All oohing]
- [Squawks]
It's so beautiful!
- Yes, it is, shiny!
Notice how a waterfall forms
When a river flows over a cliff
And falls below!
And this microhabitat is full of life!
Many kinds of fish like to hide in the water
Under the falls.
- Ooh!
Time for a little exploratory fishing expedition, huh, kids?
All: yeah!!
- Mr. Conductor,
Can we fly the zeppelin down near the water
So we can try a little fishing?
- I don't see why not!
We'll see what the big brass has to say about it.
- I heard that!
Of course we can take the zeppelin
Down near the water, tiny.
But this thing isn't gonna fly itself.
Copilot!
Back to your station, hmm.
- Copilot? I don't like that tone.
- Level off!
Back /!
I said /!
Helm's a lee!
Steady as she goes!
Look alive, laddie!
- Hey, quincy!
We're gonna go fishing!
- And I'm gonna be the spotter!
- Want to join us?
- I reckon not, thanks.
I'm more of a lizard eater than a fish eater.
Y'all go ahead and fish,
And I'll fly around with my daddy.
- I see some!
Over there!
[All squawking and laughing]
- Hoo!
Mercy, what a wonderful spot!
All: yeah!
- You know what, nature trackers?
This waterfall is a perfect place
To use all five of your nature tracker senses!
Certainly we can see how beautiful nature is.
But now close your eyes and listen
To that unbelievably loud roaring of those falls!
Isn't it something?
And now smell that mist
And the dampness and the moss.
[All sniff and sigh]
- And feel that water on your skin!
- [Laughs]
It's freezing!
- Okay, that's seeing, one,
Listening, two,
Smelling, three,
Feeling, four.
What's left?
Oh, yeah,
Tasting!
Gulp!
Delicious!
[Chuckles]
[Laughter]
- [Chuckles]
Well, it's probably time to go,
According to commodore bossypants.
- I heard that!
To your station, mr. Copilot!
All aboard!
[Gasps]
Great thundering quadrupeds!
Look ahead, everyone!
[All oohing]
All: a rainbow!
- Copilot,
Care to take the helm, hmm?
- Ahead /, thurston!
Yes! Steady as she goes!
Yes!
[Bell rings, all cheering]
- Hey, hey, yay!
Okay, but seriously, it's my turn to steer again.
[Rock music]
All: ♪ all aboard the zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
Both: ♪ this whole amazing day ♪
♪ Just makes me grin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
[All cheering]
- Hi there.
I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist.
Wasn't it fun watching the pteranodon family
Fly around in a zeppelin?
What a great way to check out the sights
From way above the earth,
And some of the most beautiful sights in the world
Are waterfalls.
Waterfalls form when a stream or a river
Flows over a cliff.
Many waterfalls,
Like the ribbon falls in the grand canyon,
Are thin and delicate.
Others, like niagara falls, are huge and powerful!
Wow!
And how about the even bigger iguacu falls in argentina?
The iguacu falls are some of the largest in the world,
Making a curtain of water almost two miles wide.
Waterfalls of all sizes can be great sources of energy.
A long time ago,
People used water mills to run machines
That made things like lumber and flour.
More recently, we've learned how to build
Huge hydroelectric dams
That turn water power into electricity.
We use that electricity to heat and cool our homes.
Now, get this:
The larger the waterfall, the more powerful it is--
And the louder it is.
Some waterfalls are so loud,
They can be heard for miles away!
Listen to these falls!
Pretty loud, huh?
[Water crashing]
Okay, remember,
Get outside, get into nature,
And make your own discoveries.
- Hello, folks.
It's me, the conductor.
Today the pteranodon family heads out on a zeppelin--
A flying machine--
To meet a sea creature called polycotylus!
So come on along with me
On the dinosaur train.
All aboard!
Good afternoon, folks!
Did you have a good time at the big pond?
- The best!
We caught lots of fish!
- Yeah, and we-- [sniffs]
Wait a minute. I smell something.
- [Sniffing] is it me?
- No, I smell...
T. Rex!
- [Sniffs]
Is it you?
[Squawks]
No, it's annie tyrannosaurus and her whole family!
Can buddy and I go say hi?
- Please?
- Do we have time?
- If you hurry.
- Okay, then. We'll be right back.
Both: annie! Annie!
- Buddy! Tiny!
- We saw you from the dinosaur train!
- I saw you. Buddy smelled you!
- I knew I smelled t. Rex!
I just thought it was us!
- Aw, great seeing you!
We're migrating. Have to follow the food!
- We understand. We have to run too.
We just couldn't leave without saying hello.
[Train whistle blares]
- All aboard!
- [Laughs] and good-bye!
- Bye, annie! Bye, dolores!
- Have a great migration!
- Thanks, guys!
Say hi to don and shiny for me!
Both: we will!
- And when the t. Rexes migrate, they won't stop for anything
Until they get where they're going!
- They have to follow the food!
- Hey, look at me!
I'm a migrating t. Rex!
I follow the food!
Ow.
- Dude--whoa, hey!
- Oops--sorry, mr. The troodon waiter.
- We're lucky fish don't migrate.
I love our nest.
If we had to leave it to follow our food,
I wouldn't like it at all.
- Wait a minute.
Do fish or any marine creatures migrate?
- The ones at our nest don't.
- But tiny's right.
Maybe some sea creatures do migrate!
- Funny you should say that, buddy,
Because I happen to know a species of marine reptile
That does migrate!
All: you do?
- Sure do!
It's called polycotylus,
And they follow the food just like t. Rexes do,
Only they do it through the water.
- Wow!
I wish we could meet a polycotylus.
But I guess we'd have to go underwater.
- Hey, maybe we could ride the dinosaur train submarine!
All: yeah!
- Sorry, kids.
The submarine is being re-carpeted.
It is unavailable.
All: aww.
- But we can see a polycotylus
From the dinosaur train zeppelin!
All: the zeppelin?
Hooray!
- Can we really go on the zeppelin, mom and dad?
- Of course!
I think it sounds wonderful!
Don't you, honey?
- Uh, sure.
Wonderful.
Just, um, how high will we go?
- Very high.
So what do you say? Shall we go?
All: yes!
- [Clears throat] exactly.
Yes.
- Next stop, dinosaur train zeppelin station!
[All cheering]
- Yay.
- Ta-da!
The dinosaur train zeppelin!
[All cheering]
- Uh, so who's gonna fly it?
- Why, me, of course!
- You know how to fly the zeppelin?
- Easy as pie!
Ooh, or should I say fly!
All aboard!
Ready to go! Contact!
Lift off!
All: one, two, three, four!
♪ All aboard the zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I can't believe I'm steppin' in ♪
♪ ♪
All: ♪ the dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ We'll navigate above the clouds ♪
♪ Maybe even kiss the sky ♪
All: ♪ we'll fly it even higher than ♪
♪ A pteranodon can fly ♪
Yeah!
♪ All aboard the zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ This whole amazing day ♪
♪ Just makes me grin ♪
♪ ♪
All: ♪ the dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
[All cheering]
- Look at us!
We're flying!
- Don, we always fly.
We have wings.
- Oh, right.
But we're flying without flapping!
- We really are so much higher
Than we can fly on our own.
What a view!
- Hey, look! Steaming holes!
- Those aren't just holes, don.
They're volcanoes. - Really?
From up here, they look just like my holes back at the nest.
- Hey, look over here!
- Careful there with all the running
And the rocking and the swaying.
- [Chuckling] oh, don't you worry, mr. P.
We're perfectly safe up here.
- Of course we are.
We are, right?
- Absolutely-tootly!
- See? Herds of dinosaurs!
It's so cool to see them migrating from way up here!
- Indeed it is, tiny.
We'd never have this kind of view from on the ground.
- I see t. Rexes!
- Oh! Triceratops!
- [Squawks] a lot of triceratops!
- Ooh!
I think I can see annie with the t. Rexes!
- I wonder if that is annie and her herd!
- Hi, annie!
- She can't hear you from up here.
We're all the way up in the sky.
- Hey, that's right.
Mr. Conductor, if we're so high up,
How will we see a polycotylus?
- Never fear, buddy.
The zeppelin here will get us near!
All: whoa!
[Laughter]
- Who-o-o-oa...
- See any migrating groups now?
- I just see water.
- Yeah, lots and lots of water.
- Oh, I see 'em! Look!
If you just let your eyes get used to the water,
Then you can see the shadows underneath!
- [Squawks] I see them!
- Me too! - Wow.
It's just like the herds on land, only underwater!
Mr. Conductor,
Are those migrating marine reptiles?
- Yes!
If my eyes don't deceive me,
It's indeed a pod of polycotylus!
- Really? Can we get close to them?
- Sure can!
Just hold on to your hats!
- Um, when you say, "hold on to your hats,"
Do you mean that literally?
'Cause I don't have one, and--
Whoa.
All: whee!
[Laughter]
- [Groaning]
- Hello there!
Paulette, is that you?
- Ahoy there, mr. Conductor!
- Do you have a few moments to chat with my friends,
The pteranodon family?
They're very excited to learn all about polycotylus.
All: hi, paulette!
- Ahoy, mateys!
My daughter polly and I
Would be happy to bend your ears,
But we're right in the middle of migrating!
Do mind if we meet you at the atoll off to starboard?
- The atoll?
We get to meet at the atoll?
I'd love to go to the atoll!
Wait. What's an atoll?
- And what's starboard?
- An atoll is a ring-shaped group
Of coral reef islands
With a body of water in the middle,
And "starboard" means to the right!
We'll be there in two shakes of a polycotylus' tail!
- See you there!
- [Squawks] I see some islands!
Is that the atoll?
- It is, tiny!
And do you see the water inside it?
Atoll water is unusually warm
And, according to some large aquatic creatures I know,
Home to some of the tastiest fish
You'd ever want to eat!
And it's the perfect place to chat with paulette and polly!
Prepare for a landing!
- A landing? Like the sound of that!
- Land ho!
- Yes!
Ha, I mean,
It's kind of nice to be back on the ground, isn't it?
- Yes, dear. It is kind of nice.
- Hey, look! There's paulette and polly!
- Hello!
The conductor already introduced you to us,
But my name is tiny pteranodon.
These are my brothers, buddy and don,
My sister, shiny, and our mom and dad!
We came all the way from another part of the cretaceous
Just to meet the two of you!
- All the way from another part of the cretaceous?
What do you think I was, born yesterday?
- What? I, um...
- I'm kidding!
I was born yesterday!
- What? That's impossible!
You're almost half the size of your mom!
- True, but all polycotylus babies are born that big.
- Wow! Your egg must have been huge!
I'd love to have it for my collection,
But I bet it wouldn't even fit in the zeppelin!
[Laughter]
- I didn't come out of an egg.
Polycotylus babies are born live in the water,
From their mums!
- Oh, my. Really?
- Wow.
What other features do polycotylus have?
- Well, I've only been out in the world for a day now,
But I've noticed I move really easily through the water.
- You do move easily through the water!
And I noticed that you and your mom both have a long head,
A short neck, and flippers!
- I have a hypothesis!
I bet each part of your body is made
To help you swim through the water!
- You're right, buddy!
And since we migrate through the water,
We have to be shipshape swimmers!
- So you do migrate to follow the food, like t. Rexes do?
- Yep, just like t. Rexes!
Only instead of hunting for meat,
We ship out season after season
To follow the yummiest fish in the briny deep!
- That sounds delicious!
I can't wait till we finish migrating
And get to that yummerific fish!
- You don't have to wait, polly.
That yummerificness is right here!
This atoll is the spot!
- Yay!
- So this is your migration destination?
- Yep, for food that's a sensation!
- That gives me an inspiration!
How about a tiny ditty?
♪ If I could wish ♪
♪ For just one dish ♪
♪ My greatest wish ♪
♪ Would be more... ♪
All: fish!
[Laughter]
[All cheering]
- So you'll join us for a snack?
- We'd be delighted!
- That was the best fish ever!
- I know.
It almost makes me want to migrate.
- Yeah, almost.
- I hate to say it,
But the sun's getting low.
If I'm gonna get you back
To pteranodon terrace before dark,
We should get going.
- Okay.
Back in the zeppelin, team pteranodon!
- This'll be so fun, flying back!
- Right.
- Thank you, paulette and polly.
It was wonderful meeting you!
- And eating with you! [Slurps]
- And learning all about sea creatures who migrate!
- Oh, come back anytime.
You know you'll always find great fish,
Because we always...
All: follow the food!
[Rock music]
♪ All aboard the zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ This whole amazing day ♪
♪ Just makes me grin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The dinosaur train zeppelin ♪
♪ ♪
[All cheering]
- Hi there.
I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist.
Did you know that many animals living today
Go on a long trip every year called a migration?
Lots of different kinds of animals go on migrations,
Traveling great distances.
During the age of dinosaurs,
It's likely that many species of animals also migrated.
Some paleontologists think that pteranodons
May have spent most of the year
On one side of the western interior sea
And then migrated to the other side to have their babies.
Meanwhile, in the cretaceous seas,
A huge marine carnivore called polycotylus
May have migrated as well.
Although polycotylus was a reptile,
And most reptiles lay eggs,
This seagoing predator
Actually gave birth to live young.
Today, some whales travel through the sea
On migrations as long as , miles
Before giving birth to their babies.
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:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
Both:
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ Dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
- ♪ We're gonna ride ♪
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train ♪
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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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