02x22 - Dome-Headed Dinosaur/Treasure Hunt

[bunniefuu]

Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today the kids have

A play date with spikey, and they'll meet some

Pachycephalosaurus, the biggest dome heads around, 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]

Whoo-hoo! Ha ha ha!

♪ La la loo ♪ ooh! Fish!

Watch this!

All right, dad. Watch me.

Way to go, son! I wonder how mom and your brother and

Sisters are doing.

Yeah.

[Signal dinging]

Next stop stygimoloch station.

Stygimoloch station in another part of the cretaceous time

Period.

[Whistle blows] spikey!

The kids have a play date today with spikey stygimoloch.

Mm-hmm!

Hiya, pteranodons!

Hi, spikey!

I forgot what an amazing set of horns you have, spikey.

Uh-huh. They don't call me spikey for nothing.

Rawk!

You've got long ones and short ones.

Mind if I rub that shiny dome of yours, spikey?

Hee hee hee! Go ahead. My dad always says it's good luck.

[Squeaking] I'm so glad you could spend

The day with us!

Me, too, but you know what?

The conductor told me something that makes our day even better!

Even better than your spikes?

Ya-huh. There are two pachycephalosaurus on the train

Today!

Pachycephalosaurus?

What kind of species is pachycephalosaurus?

Ahem. Funny you should ask.

Spikey, would you assist me, please? You're all familiar

With spikey's horns and dome.

Sure. We've been rubbing them.

Well, those features put your pal spikey here in a

Larger group of creatures called pachycephalosaurs.

Ooh!

Pachycephalosaurus are bipedal. That means they walk

On two legs. They have a big, bulky body that can grow up to

Feet long! They also have a heavy tail and strong, short

Arms.

Short arms! Oh, yeah!

But do you notice anything similar about this creature and

Spikey?

They both have spiky dome heads.

Correct! Pachycephalosaurus has the biggest, thickest dome

Head around, and, boy, oh, boy, do they use those strong domes!

Use them for what?

Well, you could find out from the two that are on board?

They're in the dining car.

Mrs. Pteranodon, is it ok if we all go meet the

Pachycephalosaurus?

Of course, spikey. I may join you. I'm curious, too.

Good idea. There's no better way to learn something than by

Observation, and you better step along. We're almost at

Their stop.

Yeah! Come on!

Eat your leaves, sis. We got a big game today.

Patrick, do you get the feeling we're being watched?

Huh. Uh, hi, there.

Uh, I can still see your dome head.

Heh heh. Hi! I'm spikey, and these are my friends.

Shiny...

Tiny...

And buddy!

Hi. I'm pamela pachycephalosaurus. This is my

Brother patrick.

Nice stygimoloch dome you got there, spikey.

Thanks! I'm a pachycephalosaur like you guys.

But you two have even bigger domes. They're amazing!

Yeah. Aren't they something?

The conductor said you use your big domes for something.

We do. A little something called dome ball

Ooh! What's dome ball?

Only the most popular pachycephalosaurus sport ever.

And today, sis and I are competing in the dome ball

Championships.

Rawk! You must be really good!

Do you think we could come along and cheer you on?

Only if you can cheer really loud. We love to hear fans

Cheering for us.

We just have to ask our mom.

Rawk! That's a wonderful idea. I can't wait to see my

First dome ball game.

And you won't have to wait long, mrs. P. Next stop

Pachycephalosaurus plateau in the cretaceous time period.

[Cheering] yes! It's almost game time!

Ready, fans?

Yeah! Ready!

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah!

Enjoy the dome ball game, everyone. Good luck, patrick

And pamela!

Thanks, mr. Conductor!

So you guys use your domes for showing off for other

Pachycephalosaurus, right?

Well, that's part of it, buddy.

I bet you do some head-butting--i mean

Dome-butting, too.

Ha ha!

Actually, we call it side-butting.

Side-butting? That's a new one.

Yeah! See, we use our domes to butt other pachycephalosaurs

In their sides.

It's like saying, "move it, buddy!" Well, not you, buddy,

But-- ha ha ha! Can you show us?

Unh!

Ha ha ha! Unh!

Ha ha ha!

I bet if a pachycephalosaurus dome-butted

Another creature really hard it would knock them flat.

It's been known to happen.

Grownups use their domes to dome-butt each other really,

Really hard.

Why?

To show who's stronger, you know, to prove they're in

Charge.

Look at me! I'm in chaaaarge!

Whoa!

Ha ha ha!

Nice try, spikey.

Yeah! Pretty good, spikey, but come on. It's time to play

Dome ball!

Yay! Dome ball!

Welcome to the dome ball field. This is where the best

Domers in the mesozoic come to compete.

Ooh!

Pamela, is dome ball anything like dinoball? Because

I love dinoball!

Well, dome ball is played mostly using your head or dome.

The ball is a gourd. You hit it, knock it, pass it, all

Using your dome. So the harder your dome, the better you can

Bounce that dome ball.

Well, with your domes, you guys must be great!

You know, shiny, we kind of are.

So the idea is to head-butt the gourd over the net to the

Other team of two players. They head-butt it back. It goes back

And forth...

Until one team can't hit it back or the gourd goes under

The net.

Unh!

Nice spike, patrick!

Spike? Hey! That's me!

Dome's up, spikey!

I got it!

Hey! Nice pass, spikey.

Hey. Wait a minute. Is that your new player?

Heh. Hi, pete. No. These are our new friends. My sister and

I are ready to outdome you and patty.

And we're their cheering section. Right, you guys?

Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

All right, dome ballers, take your sides. It's time to

Start this game.

This is gonna be great.

I know. It's the best day ever.

Domers ready?

Ready!

Let's play!

[Cheering] pass it, pass it!

Point for patrick and pamela!

[Cheering]

Agh!

Unh!

I got another one, dad.

Great job, don. Heh heh.

Hey!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoop!

I got it! Oh!

Ha ha! Nice catch! I don't know about you, but I'm ready

For a nap.

Yeah.

Hyah!

Ready? Ok!

Hit it, kick it, use your dome!

Spike that gourd and send it home!

Gooooo, dome heads!

All right, dome ballers. The score is tied at points

Each. First team to get points wins.

[Gulp] rawk! Oh, dear me. What a

Game.

The tension's so thick you can cut it with a stygimoloch's

Spike.

Patrick and pamela, your serve.

[Cheering]

Where is it? I can't see it!

Here it comes!

Huh? Where?

Unh!

Ohh! Ohhhhh!

Ohh!

Pamela and patrick pachycephalosaurus win!

[Cheering] thanks, you guys. It was

Great to have so many fans cheering us on.

Yeah. We couldn't have won it without you. We have to

Thank spikey for hooking us up.

And so, spikey, we'd like to present you, our fellow dome

Head, with this.

Oh! The game gourd? Gosh.

Thanks so much! Ok, everyone!

Domes up!

Over here, shiny!

Rawk! New game! Wing ball!

Wing ball? That sounds like my kind of sport.

[Laughter] you guys are naturals!

Later, dome ball fans.

Thanks for cheering us to victory.

And thanks for telling us all about pachycephalosaurus

And dome ball.

High-five!

High-three!

High-two!

High-dome!

Boo-yah!

[Laughter] you're a natural at dome

Ball, spikey. You should come back and play with us sometime.

Ohh! Really? I'd love to.

All aboard!

Patrick, pamela, what an exciting day for the kids and

For me, too. Come on, kids.

Bye, patrick and pamela!

Bye!

Ooh! Get it, buddy!

Rawwr!

Not too loud. You'll wake dad up.

Oh, sorry.

Over to me, buddy.

Ohh! Your father! Rawk.

Yay, mom.

That was pretty good.

[Giggling] [snoring]

Hi there. I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist. There were many

Dome-headed dinosaurs. They probably used their thick domes

To try to show that they were the strongest. The largest of

The dome heads was a plant eating dinosaur called

Pachycephalosaurus, a name that

Means "thick headed lizard." Pachycephalosaurus live

Alongside t. Rex, but the bony dome of this plant eater

Probably wasn't used to fight off the giant meat eater.

Instead, many paleontologists think that pachycephalosaurus

Used its thick dome to butt the sides of other

Pachycephalosaurus. Other dinosaurs, such as einiosaurus,

Probably used their head gear to

Fight with each other, too. Today animals have lots of

Different ways to figure out who's the biggest and strongest.

Many species use horns to fight each other. Check out these

African antelopes. The male antelopes lock horns together

And have pushing and shoving contests. And how about these

Mountain goats? The males use their sharp, pointed horns to

Hit the sides of other mountain goats. Because so many kinds of

Animals today use their head gear mostly to fight with others

Of the same kind, paleontologists think that a lot

Of dinosaurs, like pachycephalosaurus, did the very

Same thing. Ok. Keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries.

Hello, folks. It's me--the conductor. Today the kids

Discover amber, an amazing substance that can preserve bugs

And leaves for millions of years. So come on along with me

On the dinosaur train.

All aboard!

Hi, don. Checking out you collection?

Mm-hmm.

Rawk! You have so much stuff.

I see teeth, feathers...

Shiny gems...

Claws, fossils...

Shiny shells...

Dried leaves, flowers, bugs...

Shiny rocks...

I bet you have everything that anyone would ever want to

Collect.

Not everything. There's still some cretaceous bugs I want to

Find, and my collection is missing a really cool thing

Called amber.

What's amber?

Well, it starts in a tree and comes out as a sticky liquid.

After a long time, it becomes something hard called amber.

Ooh, is it shiny?

Not when you first find it, but sometimes you can see

Through it.

See through it? Whoa.

How did you learn so much about amber, don?

Someone told me all about it, someone who rides a train and

Yells, "all aboard!"

The conductor!

Yeah. He kind of knows about everything.

I bet he'd know where to find everything, too.

You're right. Maybe mr. The conductor could help me find

Amber.

Rawk! This sounds like the perfect adventure for...

The nature trackers!

It'll be a nature trackers treasure hunt.

Rawk! A nature trackers treasure hunt? That sounds

Exciting. What do you say, team?

To the dinosaur train!

Yeah! Whoo hoo!

Tickets. Tickets, please.

Where to today, pteranodon clan?

We're on a nature trackers treasure hunt to find some

Amber.

Ah, amber, eh? Observe.

The liquid dripping out of that tree is call resin, a

Substance that, over years and years, will harden and become

Solid.

And that's amber?

Correct, but what's really amazing is that sometimes before

The liquid turns to amber, it flows over something, like a bug

Or a leaf, and traps it inside.

Then long after the liquid hardens into amber, it's clean

Enough to see through so you can look at the thing that's trapped

Inside. And that is amber.

Did somebody say amber?

Gilbert?

Gilbert!

Hi, everyone. I thought I heard about guys talking about

My favorite substance in the world.

You like amber, too?

Are you kidding? I love it.

It's the only thing missing from my collection.

You have a collection, too?

Not to brag, but I may just have the biggest nature

Collection in the entire mesozoic era.

Well, I have a collection, and it's pretty big, too.

You don't say. Do you have archaeopteryx feathers?

Yep. T. Rex teeth?

Got them. Emeralds?

Yes, and other gems.

Different colored seashells?

Yes. Oddly shaped rocks?

Yep.

Bits and pieces of freshly hatched oviraptor eggs?

Several.

I see. The collecting skill runs strong in you, but I am

Missing one thing that could make my collection the greatest

Ever--a piece of amber with a cretaceous leaf in it.

Really? I want to find amber with a cretaceous bug in it.

Hmm, maybe the nature trackers can help both of you

With your collections.

Yeah. Mr. Conductor, is there a place we can go to find amber?

Well, amber is extremely rare and hard to find, but there is a

Very special place called amberollo. It's said that the

Caves there have amber inside them.

Did you say caves?

Caves and amber?

La la loo!

Wow. This sounds like the best nature treasure hunt ever.

Yes, indeedy doo, nature trackers. Next stop--amberollo

Station.

Yay! Whoo hoo!

Hooray.

[Brakes screech] good luck with your treasure

Hunt, kids. Hope you find some amber.

Thanks. Bye.

I think the best way to find things for a collection is to be

Logical and find clues and keep an eye on your surroundings.

But I find my best things when I kind of stumble into

Them. Whoa! Whoops. I stumbled.

Hey, look. A hole.

It's not a hole, don. Look.

It's the entrance to a cave.

Which is a sideway hole.

Wow, great discovery, don.

It's a fine discovery, but I don't think we'll find amber

That way. You have to be more logical. Let's see. Which cave

Should we choose?

I like this one. Come on.

No. That one is better. See?

There are more trees around it, and amber comes from trees.

Yeah, but I still like this one.

Well, we could split up and explore both caves. Can we, mom?

All right, but you know the rules.

Stay within rawking distance.

That's rawk-- I mean, that's right.

I'll got with gilbert, I mean, you know, if you want the

Company, gilbert.

I'd love it, shiny. Thanks.

You're welcome. Hee hee hee!

[Snorts] ok. Buddy and I will go with

Don.

And the best collector will emerge with the perfect prize to

Complete his collection.

Yes. I will.

Or we could all realize that the fun is in the search, no

Matter who finds what, right?

[Sighs] ok. Rawking distance.

I'll be here.

Come on.

Let's go.

Um, gilbert, caves don't make you nervous, do they?

Nervous? Nah. There's nothing in caves to be nervous about.

[Creak] what's that?

It's just the wind rubbing a branch against the cave opening.

Oh. Sorry. I guess I'm not much help.

Sure, you are. You're shiny.

You like shiny things. Maybe you'll see some amber shining

Among the rocks.

You know what? You're right.

I'll look for something shiny.

Come on.

Is this amber?

Nope. Rock.

Is this amber?

Nope. Dinosaur tooth.

I've got it.

Nope. Bug. Bug?

Yeah. It's not a bug in amber, but at least it's a bug,

Right?

[Gulp] mm. Good. Thanks, buddy.

Ooh, gilbert, look.

Is it amber?

No. It's a piece of wood, but look. It's kind of shaped like a

Sauropod.

Heh. You're right, shiny.

It is.

"Hi. I'm a brachiosaurus.

I have a really long neck, and I want to join shiny's

Collection."

Rawk! I think I'm really getting the hang of this collecting

Thing. Come on.

Uh-oh. It's a dead end.

Mm-hmm. I guess we won't find your amber in here, don.

But I have to. I have to at least find something. Maybe I

Can find a new hole.

A new hole? Where?

Right here.

Waah! Whoa! Ooh!

Don! Don! Are you ok?

Rawk! Where's don? What's wrong? Don?

I'm fine, mom. Everything is great. I found amber, lots of

Amber.

You did?

Well, where's all the amber?

I just see a bunch of yellowish rocks.

And that's amber, tiny.

But I thought the conductor said we could see things through

The amber. I don't see anything through this.

That's because it's raw amber.

So we have to cook it?

No, no. We have to polish it.

Then we can see what's inside.

Polish it? Hey, look. I see a little bit of a leaf. I have a

Hypothesis. If this amber was polished, we'd see the whole

Leaf inside.

Ooh, then it would look perfect in my collection, oh,

Except amber with a leaf in it is exactly what gilbert wants

For his collection.

[Train whistle blows] oh, there's the train. Time

To head back to the station.

Shiny, gilbert, time to head back.

Successful collecting day, I see. All aboard!

[Train whistle blows] boy, collecting is so much

Fun. No wonder you guys love it.

Yep. Making my own collection is pretty great, but sometimes

It's even better collecting for someone else. Gilbert, I've been

Thinking, and even though I found this, you're my friend,

And I want to give it to you because I know you really,

Really want it.

Amber with a leaf in it. For me? Wow, thanks, don.

Glad you like it, gilbert.

Gilbert, show him.

Oh, right. I found something, too. I thought about keeping it

But realized it would mean more to you, don.

It's amber with a cretaceous bug inside. Thanks, gilbert.

You're the best collector ever.

No. We're the best collectors ever.

Yeah. I bet it's a big bug in here.

Only one way to find out.

Whoa, what's that?

Why, it's the dinosaur train shine-o-matic. I use it to

Polish interesting rocks I find.

I'm a bit of a collector myself, you know?

We just slip the pieces of amber inside...

Press this little button...

And voila! Ready to see the results?

Wow, my piece of amber with a cretaceous bug in it.

And my piece of amber with a cretaceous leaf in it.

This was the best nature trackers treasure hunt ever.

Yeah! Whoo hoo! Yeah!

I just love collecting things.

I do, too, don. I do, too.

I think this calls for a collecting song. Come on,

Everybody.

♪ Pinecones and bird bones and dried leaves and flowers

Round rocks and flat rocks all piled up in towers

Fossils and seashells and feathers from wings

I...

Love collecting things i...

Love collecting things ♪ I certainly love collecting.

Hi there. I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist. I'm on the beach

Ready to have a nature treasure hunt. Let's go. Who can find a

Sea star? Hey. That's great. How many arms does it have? You have

A nice shell of a crab. Way to go. Does anyone see a seashell?

Yeah. There's lots of different kinds here. I'll bet you can

Find a sea snail living in this tide pool. You got it. How about

A bird feather? Oh, there's one.

That's a feather from a sea bird. Do you see any seaweed?

Yeah. That's one. That's an ocean plant. Now can you spot a

Mussel? No, not that kind of muscle. I mean a shelled animal

Called a mussel. Good job. There are thousands of mussels

Attached to the rocks here at low tide. Having a treasure hunt

On the beach, in a park, or even in your back yard is a fun and

Exciting way to be a nature tracker. Ok. Remember, get

Outside. Get into nature and make your own discoveries.

We love playing games!

Like all aboard!

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And lots of other games!

There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs!



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♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ We're gonna ride ♪ ♪ ride, ride, ride, ride ♪

♪ The dinosaur train ♪