There is something missing from our world: the amazing animals that time has left behind.

But what if we could bring them back? What if extinction didn't have to be forever?

We're going back in time on a safari with a difference as wildlife adventurer Nigel Marvin plunges into prehistory to rescue creatures on the brink of extinction.

His plan is to bring them back to the safety of the present and give them a second chance.

This time Nigel travels back 155 million years to the seas of prehistoric England to capture the largest carnivorous reptile ever known.

Welcome to the ultimate wildlife sanctuary.

Welcome to Prehistoric Park!

Chapter 2- The Sea Monster

A giant bull mammoth was walking towards Martha. His tusks curled like giant claws as his rumbled in the direction of the female. Martha was using her trunk to signal to the bull mammoth by making low rumbling sounds. The male repeated them.

"This behaviour is seen in elephants," Nigel said "To attract a mate the male will make a low rumbling sound that humans can't here but Martha can. Look you can see his chest heaving. The female will respond with another rumble that we can hear. This means she may be interested in him but this will last for days before anything happens."

As he was speaking Martha made a huge rumble that shook the jeep. The other elephants were eating away from the mammoths. Head ranger Bob waved at Nigel from the bottom of the hill. It was ready.

In minutes Nigel had arrived at the docks where a submerged portal area was located but it was far deeper than the normal portal area was high. A large yacht sat in the dock portal with a mast that reached towards the sky. On the sail was the sauropod of the Prehistoric Park logo.

"I've wanted to bring back sea creatures for a while but I didn't know how until I had this bright idea," Nigel explained "We build a portal area in the water so the creatures can immediately go through and we have a portal generator on the back of the boat so all we do is lure the creatures to the boat and they go through the portal."

"What you're bringing back for me this time Nigel?" Bob asked.

"When I did Sea Monsters I saw the 20 foot long Liopleurodon but in 2006 an even larger pliosaur was discovered. It was nicknamed Predator X and was twice the length of it so I'm going to the South of England 155 million years ago to catch it."

"Good grief Nigel! Can't you go back to get a little otter or somethin' like that?"

Nigel could have bitten more off than he can chew this time. 155 million years ago the world was in the Late Jurassic and the entire of Europe having climate more like the Caribbean and was swarming with giant reptiles in the sky, land and sea.

The yacht was in the middle of a light blue sea with the sun beating lovingly down on the crew making the day fine. Seagull like pterosaurs flew in the sky, occasionally swooping down to catch a small fish on the surface. Nigel emerged from under the yachts' deck holding a cup of coffee.

"These beautiful creatures above us are called Rhamphorhynchus and as you can see they are the Jurassic's answer to the seagull and aren't they splendid."

As one pterosaur swooped down to catch a fish a small head on a long neck darted out of the tranquil sea and dragged the poor creature into the abyss.

"Wow! I must see what that was."

In a matter of seconds Nigel had donned his scuba gear, (with special Prehistoric Park adjustments), and jumped headfirst into the warm sea to the crew saying words of unheeded warning. There were three of the creatures in the water but they served no danger to Nigel. They were 8m long to which two of those metres composed of the neck. They were brown with black spots and had two pairs of flippers which moved in synch with each other. They swam peacefully and agilely in the water as modern day dolphins do.

"These creatures are plesiosaurs, more specifically Cryptoclidus. They pose no danger towards us because their teeth are peg leg, more suited to catching fish, squid and that poor pterosaur. Just in case though I'll use this cattle prod to deter them if they get to curious."

The plesiosaurs swam curiously over to Nigel and swam around him in a circle. Their teeth could easily be seen, peg like similar to a dolphins.

"These would be an excellent addition to the park. Luckily our new gadgets can bring them to the 21st century."

Nigel pulled out a small harpoon and fired it at the hull of the yacht. From the dart a cloud of chum issued from it, attracting the attention of the Cryptoclidus. As they swam towards it Nigel pressed a button on his wrist and the portal opened to which the creatures went through it.

When Bob is dealing with the three new residents to the park Susan has to deal with a pregnant older resident. Unfortunately this resident is Matilda the Tyrannosaurus.

Susan the vet was standing in a specially made hide that offered a perfect view of the entire Tyrannosaur territory. The pregnant Matilda was charging around her area angrily, roaring at the fence that separated her from her brother Terrance and from her mate.

"We had to separate Matilda from her mate because she started becoming territorial. We couldn't afford another incident like last time."

The last time Matilda became territorial she attacked her brother Terrance and almost killed him.

Matilda roared angrily at the hide where Susan was watching her.

"Terrance learned to stay away from females so he's staying away from the mate Nigel brought him but they still haven't even done mating calls."

Terrance was drinking out of the lake in his territory as a larger female walked towards the lake. He roared at her before slinking off into his forest. The female tyrannosaur is larger than the males and much more violent.

"I just hope when she comes to lay the eggs we can get a look at them."

Back in the Late Jurassic on the radar the crew have picked up something big. Could it be Predator X?

"This is exciting," Nigel laughed "We know little on pliosaur social behaviour so these big creatures that we've picked up could be a whole family of them."

Due to the danger of the creature the crew decided to use the yacht camera to view the creatures. However the camera showed a very different creature. They looked like giant fish, each the size of a blue whale but at the same time they were fish.

"These are Leedsichthys. Despite their size they are perfectly safe. They eat small fish and plankton like the whale and basking sharks of the 21st century but our pliosaurs will see these as lunch."

One Leedsichthys looked visibly sick and was swimming much slower than the others. Small creatures could be seen darting at the injured fish. One type was a shark with small spines at the dorsal fin, a hybodus, while the other was a crocodile which had flippers instead of a normal crocodile hand, a metriorhynchus. There was about half a dozen of each feasting on the dying fish.

"We cannot bring back the Leedsichthys through their sheer size but the Metriorhynchus and Hybodus would be good additions to the park. We just need some chum to attract them."

The fish guts were thrown overboard which immediately caught the attention of the crocodilians and sharks. Luckily they all went through the portal. Nigel knew then how to catch the super predator.

"They are most likely nocturnal so we need to wait until night to catch it. The fish may be dead by night which would attract them."

Later that night the carcass of the behemoth fish was floating on the surface but already giant predators. There were two giant reptiles feasting on the fish which resembled the Cryptoclidus except they lacked the long neck, which had sturdy head with crushing teeth. They were Liopleurodon.

"Bob will kill me but they will be good additions to the park. Especially as it looks like they're male and female."

The chum basis worked well with the leviathans and they were soon through the portal. Nigel was grinning until the whole boat rocked. Something bigger was here and hungered for the yacht.

"There it is….Predator X!"

It was twice the size as the Liopleurodon and was as black as the abyss or the night. The crew swerved the yacht to stop the giant creature from sinking its' jaws into the hull. They opted to put the Leedsichthys and the Predator X between them.

"Grab some hooks and open the portal." Nigel yelled "We're going to drag the fish through and hopefully it will follow."

The crew through hooks at the fish and hooked the carcass. With all their might they pulled the fish through the portal and the hungry pliosaur followed.

Back in the 21st century Bob settled the new aquatic arrivals in their specially built enclosures in the sea.

"That new Predator X thing will keep me out of the water for the rest of my life. I thought Jaws was bad enough until I saw that monstrosity."

"Don't worry Bob, you'll be fine."

"Until next time."

New Arrivals:

3 Cryptoclidus

6 Hybodus

6 Metriorhynchus

2 Liopleurodon

1 Predator X

Next time Nigel travels back to three time periods to capture recently three recently extinct animals including the Dodo and how does the park react to a giant thunderstorm? All next time on Prehistoric Park.

Thank you for reading and I hope you post your suggestions for what Nigel will bring back in future chapters!