05x09 - Migration Vacation/Moms Rawk!

[bunniefuu]

- Hello, folks! It's me, the Conductor!

Today, Buddy is going on his first stay-over visit

and migration with Annie and her Tyrannosaurus Family!

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train!

All aboard!

- ♪ Dinosaur Train, 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, 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 ♪

- [roars]

[mysterious music]

- It's going to be the best week ever!

Annie Tyrannosaurus and her family invited me

to come with them on their big migration!

- Oh, a migration, eh?

You must be pretty excited, Buddy.

- Oh, he's excited all right. - [squawks]

Really, really excited.

- Ooh, I'm excited, too. Wow, a migration.

Wait, what's a migration, Mr. The Conductor?

- Well, Mr. The Don,

let's explore what migration is.

You see, plant-eating animals like Nasutoceratops

and Triceratops need to consume a lot of plants to survive.

But sometimes the weather gets hot, and plants disappear.

And when that happens these big plant eaters have to move on--

or migrate-- to find more plants to eat,

which means the big meat eaters,

like Tyrannosaurus, have to follow them.

Sometimes for a long, long way.

- Annie said it's an adventure. Look, I even made a backpack!

- Ooh, sporty.

You know, the migration sounds like fun

but a lot of work.

Which reminds me, I have to work, too.

More tickets to collect, friends.

Tickets, tickets, please.

- Well, I'm proud of you, Buddy.

- You know, Buddy, I remember the first time

I stayed overnight with another family.

I got kinda homesick. - Really, Dad?

I'm sure that's not gonna happen to me.

- Okay, well, I just want you

to know it's okay to miss us.

We'll miss you, too.

- That's why I'm giving you this,

my favorite sea shell.

So you'll remember me. - Thanks.

It's so shiny, like you. - [giggles]

- And I made you this Tiny Doll.

In case you get lonely. - Thanks, Tiny.

- And I found you this cool-shaped stick!

If you need to think of me, just hold it tight,

close your eyes, and say,

"La-la-loo!" [laughter]

- Thanks for the presents, you guys,

but I really don't think I'm going to need them.

- But if you do miss us at night

and feel far away from home,

just look at the moon and remember--

it's the same moon you see from home.

And I'll probably be looking up at it at the same time,

thinking of you too, Buddy.

- Thanks, Mom. I love you guys.

But I am not

gonna get homesick.

- Rexville!

Rexville Station,

in the Cretaceous Time Period!

- Huh, I wonder where the Tyrannosaurus family is.

- Buddy! - [laughs]

Good to see you too, Annie.

- Oh, Buddy. I'm so happy you're here.

We're gonna have so much fun on the migration.

- Annie, where are you?

- Over here, Ma!

[feet stomping]

- Hello there, Pteranodon family.

- Boris, Delores, great to see you.

-Yeah, sorry we're late.

Took us a while to get going,

but we are "roarin'" to go now.

You get it? "Roarin'"?

- [laughs] Boris, you are hilarious.

[roaring laughter]

- We can't thank you enough

for inviting Buddy here to go with you.

- Oh, it's our pleasure. - Sure.

After all, Buddy is a T. rex himself.

He'll get to see how we live.

- Sorry we couldn't invite all you guys along.

- That's okay. - Yeah, we eat fish,

not meat like you guys.

- Speaking of which, we have a herd to follow.

Or haven't you heard? Get it?

Herd, heard? [laughter]

- Okay, we'll look after Buddy. He'll be just fine.

both: Thanks, Delores! - Bye!

I'll see you in a week! both: Bye, Buddy!

- And don't worry, Mr. and Mrs. Pteranodon.

I'll take good care of Buddy or my name isn't--

- Annie!

- Coming, Ma!

[footsteps approaching, laughter]

- Aww. - Have fun.

- Migrate well, Buddy.

- Oh, he sure is growing up fast.

- Yeah, I remember when he was just an egg.

[rumbling]

- [panting]

Whoa-oh-oh!

- Isn't migrating neat?

It's like hiking, but you're following the food,

which is great, because when you don't have food,

you get hungry, and when you're hungry you can't hike.

- Cool--oof.

Uh-huh. Real neat.

- [giggles]

[soft music]

Look at that neat tree.

[gasps] And that neat hill.

Oh, and that neat cloud!

- [huffing]

When do we stop for lunch? - [laughs]

Lunch? We don't have lunch!

That's why we're following the herd.

- Oh, yeah. Didn't think of that.

- Annie! - Coming, Ma!

[slurping]

- This is a great place to camp.

Now let's get down there into the valley

and get something to eat. - Oh, good idea, Delores.

We'll stay together. Annie, you and Buddy--

Hey, where is Buddy, anyhoo?

- Over there.

- [snoring]

- Poor thing's not used to migrating.

- Yeah, but we can bring food

up to him here and surprise him, right?

[stomach grumbling] [laughs]

My stomach's ready to go.

- Well, come on then. Let's get it.

all: Rawr!

- [snoring]

- Huh--what? I'll clean the nest!

- The nest? You're not home, Buddy.

We're here, and it's dinner time.

- Already? - [burping]

- Hey there, Buddy. Have a nice nap?

Sorry you missed all the fun.

- We did get lots of good food to eat.

Have some, Buddy. - Wow.

Thanks.

Mmm.

It's kind of... [slurping]

Wow-ow-ow! This--this is great!

Oh, I guess I was really hungry.

Mm, it really fills up my belly.

Back home my family eats fish, which is okay,

but I like this so much better.

[sighs]

They're probably eating their fish dinner right...

now.

- Well, it's been a big day.

Night, honey. - Night, dear.

Night, Annie. - Night, Mom.

Night, Dad. Night, buddy.

- Night, everybody.

- Don't you love how the moon looks

when you're migrating, Buddy?

- Yeah, it's really... beautiful.

- And wasn't it fun seeing that neat stuff today?

I had so much fun getting food with my mom and dad.

- Yeah, sorry I didn't come with you guys and help.

I guess I'm not that good at this migrating thing.

- Hey Buddy, can I ask you something?

Are you having fun?

- Oh! Sure, lots of fun.

It's just kind of weird for me, being out here.

- Yeah, the first time I went on a migration

was weird for me, too.

Being so far from home and not in my own bed.

You know, I never told anybody this,

but I think that's why I talk so much when I hike.

I get nervous

and talking keeps my mind off of it.

- Gee, I didn't know you felt that way, Annie.

The thing for me is-- - [snoring]

Rawr... - Hm...

[sighs]

Maybe mom is looking up at the moon right now,

just like I am.

La-la-loo...

- [sighs]

- Huh? Buddy?

Buddy?

Hey, are you okay?

- Yeah. Actually... no.

I kinda really miss my family.

Maybe I'm not meant to be a T. rex after all.

- Well, you are a T. rex,

but I get that you miss your family.

I'm not sure I'd be as brave as you.

I've never gone off without my mom and dad

for a whole week. That must be really hard.

- Yeah, I didn't think

it would be for me, but it is.

- I get it, and I know a couple of other dinosaurs

who'd get it, too. - Really? Who?

- Aww, we know exactly how you feel.

- Mm-hmm. Sure do.

It's perfectly normal to miss your family, Buddy.

In fact, if you want to go home early,

we can stop at the next Dinosaur Train station

and send you back.

- Really? - Yeah!

There's one on the other side of the mountain.

- Oh! - Right!

Well, the sooner we get going,

the sooner we get going.

[laughs]

[percussion music]

♪ ♪

- Wha--uh--oh!

- [struggling] - Hey, thanks!

You're getting the hang of this.

- Yup.

[rumbling]

- Well, there's the next Dinosaur Train station.

Let's get down there and put you on the train, Buddy.

We'll send a message to your parents.

- Actually, I've been thinking.

- Thinking, eh? - Yeah.

If you guys have to stop at the station,

the herd will get way far ahead of you.

- That's okay, we'll catch up again.

- I know, but--well, the truth is,

I'm having a really good time.

- So maybe you just want to

keep on hiking for the rest of the week?

- And your family can pick you up

at the end like we planned?

- If that's okay with you? - Rawr!

Is it okay? It's great!

- Well then, let's catch that herd!

- Yes! - So you're not

missing your family anymore, Buddy?

- Oh, no, I still miss them, but if I went home now,

I'd miss this, too.

Hey, look at those neat rocks! - And that neat lake!

- And neat trees, and neat mountain.

both: Neat! [laughter]

[soft music]

- Oh, here they come!

- Hello! La-la-loo!

all: Buddy!

- Wait for me! La-la-loo!

- So, how was the migration?

- Oh, Buddy was an absolute delight.

- I had a blast, Mom,

and I was only homesick a little.

- Really? Well, if you want to keep on following the herd...

- No! [nervous chuckle]

I mean, I'm kind of ready to go home.

But maybe if it's okay,

I could go again

with you guys next year?

- That would be so neat!

[laughter]

- Hi, there, I'm Dr. Scott the paleontologist,

and I'm at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Have you ever wanted to be as big as a dinosaur?

Well, you're not as big as Allosaurus,

but you're bigger than many dinosaurs

including the little feathered theropod called

Yi Qi. [chirping]

[roaring]

- We are a third grade classroom from Oregon.

- And we're studying dinosaurs.

[percussive music]

♪ ♪

- A lot of dinosaurs were big.

- This is a Titanosaur footprint.

- But some dinosaurs were tiny.

- We made models of a tiny dinosaur named Yi Qi.

♪ ♪

- Yi Qi was about the size of a pigeon.

It lived in the Jurassic period in the treetops.

- Yi Qi means "Strange Wing"

because it had leathery wings

and it could glide through the trees

like a flying squirrel, or a bat.

both: Tiny Dinosaurs have incredible tiny power.

all: Tiny power!

[roaring]

- Remember, get outside,

get into nature, and make your own discoveries.

- Hello, folks. It's me, the Conductor!

Today, Buddy gets to follow a migration,

but this time he does it with Tiny, Shiny, and Don.

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train.

All aboard!

[upbeat music]

- So then we found them.

A whole herd of Nasutoceratops!

- But--but-- how did you find them?

- Well, we followed their tracks

with our keen T. rex eyesight,

and then I guess we used our excellent T. rex hearing

to tell that they were up ahead.

- What about your amazing T. rex sense of smell?

- Oh yeah, we used that, too.

I could smell my food from a mile away.

[sniffing] - Wow, Buddy.

What amazing T. rex skills.

I can't believe I'm your brother.

- Thanks. I guess I was just

being a T. rex. That's what we do.

- [squawks] Pteranodons don't have to migrate

because their food is fish,

and it's always right in front of us, in the sea!

- So we get to stay near our nest.

- Right, and T. rexes need to be more on the move.

[grunting]

- No wonder you've got those big legs, Buddy,

- Oh, oh, oh! And big stomping feet!

[sighs]

I wish we could go on a migration.

- Me too, Don.

The only thing missing this week

was that you weren't along on the migration with me.

all: Yeah. - Us, too.

[whispering]

- [squawks] Wake up, kids.

I've planned a surprise for you.

all: [yawning]

- Morning. - What's going on?

- How would you all like to go

on a pretend migration to the Big Pond?

all: We're going on a pretend migration?

- Yes! Today you can all play

T. rex migration and pretend

that you're T. rexes for the day.

I've set up clues for you to follow to your destination,

the Big Pond. - Oh, the Big Pond?

Yay! - Right.

You kids will follow my clues

pretending you're following a migrating herd.

- Wow, a pretend herd?

- Yes, but you will be actually following the food, though.

There will be a great big dinner waiting for you

at the Big Pond. all: Whoo-hoo!

- To the Dinosaur Train! - [laughs]

Actually, Don, since it's a pretend migration,

you're going to walk to the Big Pond.

But first, breakfast.

[squawk]

Ready to begin your pretend migration?

all: Yes! - Oh, wait.

We're playing T. rexes today, you guys.

Rawr! all: Rawr!

We're T. rexes! - Very good.

Today, as you follow the pretend migration

to the Big Pond, you will face

a series of challenges.

You'll need to use your senses.

- Uh, what are my senses again?

- You know, our seeing and hearing.

- And our smelling and tasting. both: And touching.

- Oh, and digging holes?

- Well, digging holes does use

your sense of touch, Don.

This first challenge will need your sense of sight.

Now, use your sight

to carefully look down the beach

toward the Big Pond.

What do you see?

all: [gasping] Dinosaur tracks!

- Wow, they even look like big quadruped tracks.

- Right! You'll use your sense of sight to follow them.

- Let the pretend migration begin!

all: Roar!

- Okay, [squawks]. I mean, roar.

We need to make up some rules

for tracking this pretend migration.

- Like what?

- Don, we're being T. rexes now.

So no flying. - Aww...

- Back on the sand.

We need to use our big, stomping feet.

Rawr. - Is that real T. rex stomping?

- Ask Buddy. He's our T. rex expert.

- Yeah, I'm the "T. rex-pert"! - Okay.

Tell us how you used your senses

when you followed quadruped tracks on your migration.

- Well, we followed the quadruped tracks

up over a hill and into a valley.

The tracks sometimes got hard to see.

But then we picked up the tracks again

and finally found the quadrupeds in the valley.

all: [gasping] There's the tracks!

- Come on! - Let's go!

- Yeah! - Whoo-hoo!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[laughter, chatter]

all: Huh? Oh, hi, Mom!

- [squawks] You kids did a great job!

You used your sense of sight to follow the tracks

to this spot, where the trail

forks into the woods.

Now, for the next challenge on your pretend migration,

you'll need to use your T. rex hearing,

and listen to all the creature sounds

in this habitat and see if you can hear

the sound of the herd.

- I love this idea.

I remember all the night sounds when I camped out

with the Tyrannosaurus family.

- What did it sound like?

- Pretty noisy. Lots of birds and insects.

But farther away I could hear the sound

of the Nasutoceratops herd in the distance.

It was pretty exciting to hear them.

I knew we were getting close to our food.

all: Wow. Cool.

- Wait, where did Mom go?

- She was just here a second-- [horn bellowing]

[stomach rumbling] - [giggles]

Um, excuse me. - No, it's not you, Don.

It sounds like what I was telling you about.

It must be the sound of our pretend herd!

Come on. - La-la-loo!

- Don, no flying! Remember?

- Can't I be a flying T. rex? - No!

[horn bellowing]

- Wait, where did it go?

[honking]

- There!

[grunts]

- Come on! A little privacy, please!

all: Oh, sorry!

- We were on a pretend migration.

- Oh, yeah. I'm on a real migration!

[straining effort]

[horn bellowing] - [squawks]

There it is! Come on!

[horn bellowing]

[laughter]

- Congratulations. You passed another challenge.

You used your sense of hearing

to follow the sound to this spot.

You're most of the way to your goal!

And dinner. - Whoo-hoo!

all: Yeah!

- Wow, my feet are getting tired.

I never do this much stomping.

- I know, kids. Isn't it fun to try to walk

in Buddy's T. rex footsteps for awhile?

all: Yeah! - And stomp in them.

- Now, for the last challenge of your pretend migration,

you'll need to use your sense of smell.

- [squawk] Everybody knows that T. rexes

are great at smelling, 'cause they're theropods!

- Now it's time for you all to use your smelling sense

by sniffing the air

for the smell of your Big Pond dinner.

all: Yay! Dinner!

- And Big Pond! [sniffing]

- See you at dinner!

[upbeat percussive music]

♪ ♪

- I'm not really smelling anything.

[sniffs] But I think I'm getting a cold.

- Don't worry, Don.

T. rexes have a keen sense of smell.

Let me sniff. [sniffing]

[gasps] Come on!

[sniffs]

[sniffs]

These rocks look like turtles.

And they smell like turtles!

- [squawks] They actually are turtles.

- And shy ones.

- Hey, we're already at the Big Pond!

I can really smell dinner now. Come on!

Carrion! all: And fish!

[horn bellowing]

- Ta-da!

You finished all your challenges

and found your dinner.

all: Hi, Mr. Conductor! Hi, Mom!

- Oh, you kids must be hungry after all that stomping around,

following the pretend migration of the pretend quadrupeds.

[horn bellowing]

- Wait, I hear a quadruped hoot but...

it's coming from your horn thing-y, Mom.

- Yes, that was me hooting, Don.

And now it's a dinner horn. [horn bellowing]

- Whoo-hoo! - Dinner!

- Dig in, kids!

- Your mom tells me that you kids got here

by using your seeing, hearing, and smelling senses.

- Mm-hmm.

Now that we're eating we get to use our sense of taste.

- Most fun pretend migration ever!

- Whoo! All that walking.

No wonder it's easier for Pteranodons to fly.

[squawks] No more walking today, please.

- Luckily, we're near Big Pond station

so you can ride the Dinosaur Train

back to your nest.

all: Whoo! Yeah!

- Welcome dinosaurs, Pterosaurs,

and assorted passengers.

We got a lot of moms on board this evening,

since it's "Moms Ride Free Night"

on the Dinosaur Train.

[cheering]

- Mom, thanks for thinking and planning all this.

- Oh, you're welcome, Buddy.

- I mean, what a perfect day.

What a great mom. How did I get so lucky?

- What can I say, Buddy?

This is your family and I'm your mom.

all: Yay, Mom! Whoo-hoo!

- [squawks] Moms rock!

[rock music plays]

- ♪ Anything you need we can do it ♪

♪ While we're makin' like there's nothin' to it ♪

♪ Takin' care of you around the clock ♪

♪ 'Cause moms rawk! Yeah, moms rawk! ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Y'know we're turnin' it up to ♪

♪ Now we're open / ♪

♪ 'Cause we taught you how to walk and talk ♪

all: ♪ Moms rawk! ♪

♪ Yeah, moms rawk! ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Who's the one who knows what it's all about? ♪

♪ Who's the one who knows you inside out? ♪

♪ Keepin' it real while we're rockin' it steady ♪

♪ Any time you need us--we're ready! ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Moms rawk ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Moms rawk ♪

- ♪ Takin' care of you around the clock ♪

♪ 'Cause moms rawk ♪

♪ Yeah, moms rawk ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Anything you need, we can make it ♪

♪ And you know your mama's never gonna fake it ♪

♪ 'Cause we taught you how to walk and talk ♪

♪ Moms rawk ♪

♪ Yeah, moms rawk ♪

♪ Yeah, moms rawk ♪

♪ Yeah, moms rawk! ♪

♪ ♪

- Hi, there. I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist,

and I'm here in the dinosaur hall

at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

How did dinosaurs grow up?

Well, for a long time, we paleontologists

couldn't answer that question.

But now we can.

More recently, we've had more dinosaurs found,

and we've got a new tool.

We can slice the leg bones of dinosaurs

and look at the growth rings and see how old they were

when the animals d*ed.

And from that information we're able to reconstruct

the whole life pattern of a particular dinosaur,

like T. rex!

Tyrannosaurus rex is a giant carnivore.

You all know that.

It lived in the late Cretaceous time period.

Behind me are three Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons.

A -year-old, a -year-old, and a -year-old.

And it turns out that T. rex grew up kind of like us.

They started slow

and they had a growth spurt when they were younger.

They slowed down for a while, and then in their teenage years

they had a big growth spurt,

and they kind of stopped growing around years old,

which is pretty phenomenal.

So the next time that you measure yourself

to see how tall you are,

remember, you're growing up just like T. rex.

Okay, get outside,

get into nature, and make your own discoveries.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[train whistle blows]