In modern times, a town stood in a region of New Mexico.
Albuqueue, New Mexico
Were it not for the Rio Grande River, New Mexico's largest city would be bone dry and uninhabitable.
But 90 million years ago, the land beneath Albuquerque was a tropical swamp.
The moon shined through the vast ocean of space as the Earth was below it.
During the Cretaceous, sea level began to rise slowly flooding the interior of North America. In time the Arctic Ocean joined the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico, creating a shallow Inland Sea that split the continent in 2.
North America was showed as it was split in 2 by the Western Interior Sea.
On the southwestern shore of the sea, cool summer breezes and warm winter rain nurtured the seeds of different kind of forest.
Below on Mid-Cretaceous New Mexico, the trees of a forest stood in a similar appearance to some places in modern day Alabama. And the forest echoes with many roars and calls of animals.
For the first time, ancient stands of conifers and palms were joined by broad-leaf trees like sycamores, magnolias, and poplars. Along with a new crop of dinosaurs that had never been seen before.
New Mexico
90 Million Years Ago
Sunlight peeks through the trees of the Cretaceous forest where Albuquerque will one day stand. And the calls of many animals rang through the trees.
At a stream of water, a herd of horned-dinosaurs foraged by the water.
This is Ziniceratops, the first dinosaur with horns and frills to appear in North America.
The Ziniceratops lightly growled as they browsed.
Although they're small now, about the size of a cow. In a few million years, their descendants will be 4 times as big.
Until then, these docile plant-eaters need protection.
Where a herd of Ziniceratops goes, danger can't be far away.
Lurking about are predators, and now, they're more cunning than ever.
Some distance away, at a different section of stream, a small feathered dinosaur rushed by along with another.
Coelurosaurus are too little to be a threat to Ziniceratops.
Elsewhere in the forest, the Wild Kratts were out exploring the ancient forest.
"Wow, I can't believe it." Martin said. "New Mexico 90 million years ago."
"Looks like were in where Albuquerque will be." Koki said looking through her tablet of their location.
"Am I crazy, or is there a sea in the middle of North America?" Aviva said looking at the map.
"It's no trick, Aviva." Chris said. "At the Mid towards the Late Cretaceous, North America was split in 2 when sea levels rose. Connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico."
"Weird." Jimmy said.
"Yeah, and new plants started to appear as well." Martin added. "Broad-leaf trees start appearing, and flowering plants as well."
"Along with a new cast of dinosaurs." Chris said.
"Like what kinds?" Aviva asked.
"Let's find out." Martin said.
They continued wandering through the Cretaceous forest.
But nearby, what look like a flock of weird birds is actually a band of dromaeosaurs already lunching on a carcass.
Not far away, a trio pack of dromaeosaur raptors were gorging on a Ziniceratops carcass.
The Wild Kratts continued wandering as they were unaware of the pack, and Jimmy was busy eating a slice of pizza.
But then, Koki started hearing a loud munching.
"Jimmy, would you stop eating so loud?" Koki asked slightly annoyed. "It's like you're breathing down my neck."
"Huh? I'm not munching that loud." Jimmy frowned.
They then looked around, and got down and quietly crawled by some bushes. And soon saw the raptors feeding.
"Whoa." The Wild Kratts said in unison.
"Raptors." Martin said quietly.
"Velociraptor?" Jimmy nervously trembled.
"No, no." Chris said. "Velociraptor lived in Mongolia, Asia. This is a North American species, but I don't know what species."
"Yeah, dromaeosaurid remains aren't much known here in New Mexico." Martin said. "Most predatory dinosaurs of this state known is Suskityrannus, but that doesn't mean smaller predators live in the region."
They watched as the raptors munch away on the carcass.
Not far away, a lone dromaeosaur rushed across a fallen tree as it trilled.
The odor of a fresh kill lures an uninvited guest.
The intruder is a loner out for a free meal.
The lone raptor leaps off the tree, and onto a boulder and heads down it as it looks around and leaps onto the ground.
It soon arrives near the pack as they continued feeding, and cautiously approaches as the pack screeches at the trespasser.
"Whoa, a lone raptor." Chris said. "The pack likely won't tolerate him to feed."
The carcass is carefully guarded and the leader of the pack, the "alpha male", is in no mood to share.
The pack's alpha, bares scars on the right side of his face and screeches out clearly not willing to let the outsider join in on the frenzy.
"Whoa, 3 against 1." Martin said. "This is not a fair fight."
"Yeah, even the lone raptor knows he's outmatched." Chris said.
The alpha raptor leaped on the carcass screeching as the pack screeched as the lone raptor begins to back away. And the Wild Kratts could even see that the pack has a ranking order just like with modern pack animals like wolves.
The lone raptor knows it won't be getting a meal from this pack, and the pack stood by with their hand claws out. And the alpha leaped onto the mud holding it's famous killing claws up.
The alpha raptor screeches, and the lone raptor slowly backs away knowing it wasn't a fight it can win.
Outnumbered 3 to 1, the intruder knows when to quit.
Soon, the lone dromaeosaur turns and retreats as the pack chased after him.
The Wild Kratts quickly followed them as the lone raptor quickly got back to the boulder and fallen tree and shrieks out. It then quickly climbs up the boulder as the pack's alpha snaps his jaws at the intruder. He heads up the boulder as the lone raptor got to the fallen tree, and then rushed across the log as the alpha got on the log and screeches out loudly as the loner rushed off.
And soon as the loner was out of sight, the alpha turns away and regroups with the pack.
A dromaeosaur, or "raptor" is the smartest, quickest, and most dangerous dinosaur alive.
Alone or in a pack, it's well equipped to deliver a lethal blow.
After getting around the raptor pack, the Wild Kratts soon caught up with the lone raptor and watched it.
"Whoa, a real raptor." Koki said.
"Looks totally different one the ones in Jurassic Park." Jimmy said.
"Yeah, the Velociraptors in real life are way smaller than in the movie." Chris said. "But still deadly."
Aviva then brought her CreaturePod out, and scans the raptor, and soon a holographic screen was shown as it shows the raptor's most deadly weapon: the killing claw.
The nasty claw in its foot work like a switchblade. A tendon attached to the calf muscle pulls it into the attack position.
The screen then shows its skeleton.
Its legs are strong, yet lightweight for speed.
The screen then shows it's tail.
Its tail is stiffened by boney rods for balance.
The screen then moves over to it's arms.
And its arms and hands are extra-long for grappling with prey.
The screen moves over to it's skull.
Good eyesight, a keen sense of smell, and a big brain make the raptor a dominant predator.
The escape from the pack was a close call.
"Wow, are these readings right?" Aviva asked.
"Yeah, the raptor's body is almost built like birds." Koki said.
"Yeah, they have a lot in common in birds." Chris said. "You can even see that the raptor have feathers."
The raptor then turns to them, and they froze as the raptor cocked it's head in a curious matter. It then sniffed the group as it looked more like trying work out what they are. The Wild Kratts stood still as Jimmy nervously shook at the thought of being shredded alive.
Luckily, the raptor lost interest of them and heads off.
"Phew." Jimmy sighed in relief. "I thought we were done for."
"Me too." Koki said.
They soon followed the raptor.
To keep on running is playing it smart, but the raptor's not out of the woods yet.
The dromaeosaur soon stops and looks around, but the a rustle was heard nearby.
Something's hiding in the bushes, but it's too large to elude detection.
"Hey, I think I see something over there." Martin said.
"What is it?" Aviva asked.
"Not sure." Chris said trying to make it out.
The dromaeosaur was also trying to figure out what it was.
The raptor's leery.
The raptor then shrieks out.
Soon, they saw the creature's hand claws, and they look lethal.
These are the claws of a carnivore, they look lethal.
But looks can be deceiving.
The raptor is still trying to work out the creature it was looking at, as well as the Wild Kratts.
Soon, they saw a large strange feathered dinosaur.
It may have the claws of a killer, but it's long neck and small head belong to a plant eater.
Soon, the Wild Kratts saw it was a bizarre plant eating dinosaur, and Chris and Martin were soon able to recognize the species.
This is Nothronychus.
"Whoa, a Nothronychus." Martin said.
"Nothro-what?" Jimmy frowned.
"Nothronychus." Chris said. "It's a large vegetarian dinosaur with large claws."
"Huh. They also look like sloth claws." Aviva said.
"Yeah, and that's what Nothronychus means... Sloth Claw." Martin said.
"This guy belongs to a family of dinosaurs called the Therizinosaurs." Chris said. "Different species in North America and Asia."
The raptor stares at the Nothronychus as it's toe claws twitched.
The raptor's never seen a dinosaur like this before.
Is it a predator, or is it prey?
Soon, the Nothronychus turns to the raptor it dwarfs as the dromaeosaur stares at it.
Not other creature in the world looks like a half-plucked turkey and walks a pot-bellied bear.
The raptor shrieks at the Nothronychus.
Still, an oddball can be dangerous.
The dromaeosaur confronts the Nothronychus, and soon it leaps into the air towards the herbivore with it's claws out. But the Nothronychus quickly swatted it's right hand at the raptor, sending it flying back and hits the ground near the stream.
"Ooh!" The Wild Kratts cringed.
"He'll feel that tomorrow." Koki said.
Soon, the raptor recovers from the hit.
Raptors seldom make mistakes, but Nothronychus is rare in North America.
The Nothronychus grunted at the raptor as it got to it's feet.
Like Ziniceratops, its ancestors also migrated from Asia.
The Nothronychus held it's hand claws out, and the raptor soon heads off.
"Guess that raptor learned his lesson." Chris said.
The Nothronychus then turns to the Wild Kratts, and stares at them like they were the strangest creatures it ever seen. But soon, it loses interest on them and got back to browsing in the tree branches.
Therizinosaurs, such as Nothronychus, were once streamlined predators, until they evolved into plant-eaters, unlike the raptors.
"You know, as crazy as it sounds, Therizinosaurids were once predators." Chris said.
"Really?" Aviva said bewildered.
"Get outta here." Koki said.
"It's true, some of their closest relatives are Tyrannosaurids." Martin said. "But they evolved to harmless herbivores."
"That's crazy." Jimmy said.
"But... why change their diet anyway?" Aviva asked.
"No one really knows." Martin said completely unsure. "Fossils can only tell so much of animals. Therizinosaurus along with it's relatives are still a mystery."
"Guess it's much easier to understand when studying the creature alive." Koki said.
Some distance away, the raptor rushed by a crevice.
Zini Basin, New Mexico
"In 1996, we began to find evidence of dinosaur bones here. After several months of exploring, we discovered a little bone bed and it was in that bone bed we found an animal that has never been in the New World before." Douglas G Wolfe said standing by Dr. James Kirkland.
DOUGLAS G WOLFE
Mesa Southwest Museum, Arizona
Dr. Kirkland held a fossilized claw of a dinosaur.
"It has claws as you see here and it's fairly nondescript, you'd think it's a meat-eating dinosaur." Dr. Kirkland said.
Dr JAMES KIRKLAND
Utah Geological Survey
"They told us we had a therizinosaur." Dr. Kirkland said. "These are amazing animals, only known from Asia. Very poorly understood, and we now know they're extremely bird-like dinosaurs. But unlike the other bird-like dinosaurs, they're not meat-eaters they've become plant eaters."
"And right behind me here we discovered this small skull." Douglas said holding part of a fossilized skull. "This little skull belongs to a small Theropod or meat-eating dinosaur, and we believe it belongs to a group of dinosaurs called the coelurosaurs, a brand-new dinosaur from 90 million years ago."
"Yeah, at first when we're looking at the teeth, which're very well preserve here, we thought we might have a dromaeosaur, or as many people know the raptors." Dr. Kirkland said as Douglas hands him the fossil. "But as we uncovered the skeleton, we began to realize we had a more primitive animal: a basal coelurosaur. This animal may help unravel the origin of our classic Cretaceous dinosaurs."
The sun shines through the forest of Mid-Cretaceous New Mexico.
New Mexico
90 Million Years Ago
Soon, a Ziniceratops appeared lightly growling.
Once a year, come spring, some dinosaurs have more on their minds than food.
A herd of Ziniceratops forages for food by the stream of water, and the Wild Kratts have recently came upon them.
"Wow, Ziniceratops." Chris said.
"They kinda look like small Triceratops." Aviva said.
"Yeah, and these are smaller cousins of Triceratops." Martin said. "But they're only as big as cows, and they only have 2 horns."
"The Ceratopsians or horned-dinosaurs will get bigger over time." Chris said. "But these guys are just as impressive as their 3-horned cousins."
For Ziniceratops, it's the rutting season, and this young male is in his prime.
Near the Wild Kratts, they noticed a young male as he seems to have his eyes on some of the herd's females.
The challenge is to entice a female into mating.
"I sure like that head frill." Jimmy said. "It's a like a shield."
"Yeah, but the frill has a different purpose than you would think." Chris said. "Not as weapons, but for intimidation."
Horns and frills evolved to scare off predators and discourage rivals.
The male Ziniceratops then roars out, trying to interest a female.
But... to a female they're... sexy. If she's impressed.
The male Ziniceratops continues calling out, but a female didn't seem interested as he continues roaring. And then another Zinceratops roars out.
The female's not interested, but someone else is.
The female walks out, and a much older male walks across the stream as he starts to confront the younger male.
The male Ziniceratops roars out.
"Uh-oh." Martin said. "Someone's not happy with him around."
"Yeah, the leader of the herd." Chris said.
Only the leader of the herd is allowed to mate with the females and he's not about to relinquish his control.
The old leader started swaying his head side to side to discourage the younger male. But the young Ziniceratops wasn't buying it as he swung his head from side to side growling.
Close by, the other Ziniceratops of the herd watched.
The 2 Ziniceratops males roared out at each other in an attempt to discourage one another to back down.
The object isn't to kill, it's to win by intimidation.
The young male swung his head once more, and then roars out as he then charges towards the lead male.
An impact sound was heard along with a loud roar as it echoed through the forest.
The roars continued as the feeding Nothronychus momentarily looked around.
For Nothronychus, the noise is a minor distraction.
The Nothronychus soon lost interest and continues feeding.
Elsewhere in the forest, the roars continued as they got the interest of a pack of raptors.
For the raptors, it's a trumpeting roll call.
The 3 dromaeosaurs begin to rush off.
The 2 Ziniceratops males clashed horns roaring as they fought.
The roars from the Ziniceratops fight echoed as the raptors rushed across a log over a stream following the roars.
The Wild Kratts continued watching the fight, and it was almost as intense as fighting Bison.
"Whoa, these guys are serious not backing down." Martin said. "The goal is for one of them to win with intimidation."
"Yeah, things could get ugly." Chris said.
"They seem evenly matched." Aviva said.
There may be injuries and a wounded Ziniceratops is an easy kill.
Meanwhile, the raptor pack stopped momentarily as the alpha sniffs the air and they soo rushed off.
The opportunity is too good to pass up.
The fight continues as the Ziniceratops roared as things were heating up.
The raptor pack continued following the echoes of the roars as they brushed pass a small tree.
They soon leaped down from a small ledge.
Raptors share over 30 anatomical features with birds, which is why they look more like birds than primitive reptiles.
The pack then stopped as they listened to the distant roars as they echoed.
Claws to the ready, the raptors are patient.
The Ziniceratops continue fighting as the dromaeosaurs looked down from a ledge some 20 feet over them. The 2 males continue fighting unaware they were being watched, they then backed away from each other, and then the young male jabs his right horn at the older male's frill as he roared in pain.
"Ooh, that has gotta hurt." Chris cringed.
The old male's been bested.
The old male started to back away.
His wound his minor, but his prides been dealt a stinging blow, and the excitements not over yet.
Nearby, the raptor watches the 2 Ziniceratops closely as it's eye blinked.
"And... done." Aviva said bringing out 2 gray Ziniceratops Power Discs from the M.I.K.
"Ziniceratops Power." Martin said grabbing a disc. "Cool." He inserted the disc into his Power Suit.
Chris then took the other disc, and they went to a Ziniceratops and touched it by it's tail. And soon press the Activation Button, the Ziniceratops then noticed a blue and green flash behind it and quickly turns and saw the 2 strangest members of it's kind.
"Wow, these horns are cool." Chris said checking out his horns.
"Hey, up for a match?" Martin asked in a challenging way.
Nearby, the alpha raptor watches the herd and begins to move in.
"Uh, guys." Jimmy said spotting the raptor. "We got company!"
Soon, the Ziniceratops herd was aware of the dromaeosaur as it confronts them and, and screeches at the old male.
The old Ziniceratops swung his head side to side to discourage the raptor, but then suddenly a second raptor rushed in and leaps into the air and lands on the Ziniceratops' side. The old male roars as he tries to shake the dromaeosaur off like an angry bull shaking a rider off. And the dromaeosaur slashed it's claws on the old male's side.
Then, a Ziniceratops rushed in and knocks the raptor into the air and away from the old male as it hits the ground.
When it comes to survival, the bonds of kinship transcend a family feud.
The Ziniceratops stood shoulder to shoulder as Chris and Martin joined them, and the raptor stumbled a bit and quickly moves away.
Soon, the pack begins to fall back.
The skirmish over, the raptors retreat.
But they'll be back.
The old male Ziniceratops weakly groans as the raptor attack has left serious gashes on his side.
"Whoa, he sure doesn't look good." Martin said.
"Yeah, the raptors will be back for sure." Chris said.
For the once proud leader of the herd, time is running out.
Elsewhere in the forest, water gently flows through a stream as echoes of animal calls were heard.
In the lush forests of New Mexico, an experiment in evolution is underway.
Fleet-footed predators aren't new, but coelurosaurs are different.
They're on the fast track.
After leaving the Ziniceratops herd, the Wild Kratts explored the forest move and soon came across a coelurosaur by a creek.
"Whoa, who's that?" Koki wondered.
"Looks like a coelurosaur." Martin said.
"Whoa, it has feathers." Jimmy said.
"Yeah, some dinosaurs had feathers like him." Chris said.
"And coelurosaurs are new out here." Martin said.
Their bones are lighter, which makes them even more agile and quick. They're also more active and coordinated.
They watched as the coelurosaur picks at a fish, and soon a second coelurosaur as they fought over it. They were soon in a tug-of-war match, but the first coelurosaur slipped and hit it's back on the ground.
The primitive feathers are for insulation.
This is the body plan for the future.
The first coelurosaur climbed up a rock as the second grabs the fish in it's mouth, and soon swallows it whole as the first coelurosaur rushed off.
"Soon, how did dinosaurs form feathers anyway?" Aviva asked.
"Well, the first dinosaurs with feathers appeared in the Jurassic, some dinosaurs in China of that time had feathers." Chris said working on his CreaturePod and shows a holographic screen of a fossil of a small dinosaur. "This is Epidexipteryx. A pigeon-sized dinosaur with feathers, and 4 long tail feathers for display. Which it's name means Display Wing. And it's body had smaller feathers on it's body."
"It's believed that dinosaurs first evolved feathers for insulation." Martin said. "But later on, they started to use them for different purposes. Some started to use them for display like how birds do today."
"But, 1 dinosaur took feathers to a new level." Chris said and his CreaturePod shows a small dinosaur with long feathers on it's arms and legs. "This is Microraptor. A study on the feathers on it's arms and legs showed something revolutionary. They showed the same design of modern flying birds."
"You mean... like flying?" Aviva said.
"Yeah, it was a 4-winged dinosaur." Martin said. "But it doesn't used powered flight, it actually glided through the forests of China."
"Whoa, no wonder birds are descendants of Theropod dinosaurs." Koki said.
"And recently, some mid-sized dinosaurs were found with feathers." Martin said. "The biggest known dinosaur with feathers was Yutyrannus."
"A giant relative of Oviraptor called Giganotoraptor is thought to have feathers." Chris said. "But it hasn't been proven yet."
"Same story with Deinocherius." Martin said.
"I gotta try it out." Aviva said slipping her Power Suit on.
"Huh?" Chris frowned.
"I just finished a Coelurosaur Power Disc." Aviva asked holding a yellow Coelurosaur Power Disc and inserts it into her vest.
The coelurosaur then turns to them, and curiously went up to them and sniffs them. Then Aviva placed a finger on the coelurosaur's head, and press the Activation Button as a purple flash made the dinosaur leaped back in surprise. And it fades away as Aviva was now in Coelurosaur Power.
"Yeah, I like it." Aviva said looking at her reflection in the water.
Then, some distance away, thunder was heard.
On the inland sea, the days are hot and humid, and the atmosphere unstable.
At a different part of the forest, a coelurosaur rushed by a stream.
But deep in the forest, it's business as usual.
Animal calls echoed through the trees.
Deep in the forest, the dinosaurs are unaware a storm is brewing.
Soon, the sky started to grow dark with storm clouds.
The Ziniceratops herd continues foraging as the old male wasn't looking well as the Wild Kratts soon returned.
Ziniceratops live most of their lives eating.
They mate yearly, they're vulnerable when they're young, and old, or injured.
The old male Ziniceratops roars in pain as he was getting weaker from his wounds.
"He sure doesn't look very well." Aviva said still in Coelurosaur Power.
"Yeah, he may not hold on for much longer." Martin said and looked around as if he was looking for something.
The encounter of the raptors has taken its toll on the old male.
Chris and Martin soon reactivated into Ziniceratops Power as the old male soon lost the use of his hind legs.
And nearby on a hill, a raptor foot lands on the ground.
Since the attack, the raptors have been stalking the herd.
The pack soon joins up as a fourth raptor was with them.
They're here to finish what they started.
The dromaeosaur pack watches the herd waiting for the right moment.
Suddenly, thunder crashed with a lightning flash, and the Ziniceratops got spooked and quickly turns and ran.
Spooked by the lightning, the herd scatters and runs.
But the old male lags behind.
The old wounded male Ziniceratops unable to get up, roars out weakly as the raptors started to surround him as one screeched. And the Wild Kratts were forced to leave knowing they couldn't do anything for the wounded dinosaur.
The pack's alpha watches the Ziniceratops as lightning crashed, and soon he lunges forward to make the killer blow.
Elsewhere in the forest, a lightning bolt struck the ground and dried leaves starting a fire and it grew.
The tinder is dry. Within seconds sparks leap through the underbrush setting the forest floor on fire.
By a clearing, smoke spews from the trees as the flames grew.
At the edge of the forest, the fire continues burning as smoke billows through the trees.
Soon the flames leap from tree to tree, igniting a firestorm.
The flames continue growing as it spreads through the forest.
As it races through the forest, some creatures ignore the peril.
The light from the flames cast over the raptor pack as they were too busy gorging on the Ziniceratops corpse to even notice what was going on.
When it comes to food, danger has no meaning for the raptors.
A large of smoke billows from the forest.
Ziniceratops has been on the run since the first bolt of lightning struck.
At the clearing, a pair of Ziniceratops came running out of the smoke.
Now what remains of the herd heads for safety as fast as their legs and can carry them.
The rest of the Ziniceratops herd quickly rushed down a hill, and then a Nothronychus came out of the smoke fleeing as fast as it's legs can take him. And the Wild Kratts were right behind him as they hurried to safety heading back to the Tortuga.
Nothronychus is not far behind.
The firestorm grows more intensely as it burns through the trees.
But the flames overtake the raptors' escape route.
Now nothing can outrun the fire.
The raptors continue feeding as they haven't noticed the flames just yards away from them. And one raptor continues feeding as it finishes a mouthful, and then suddenly flames engulf it as it screeches in pain as it was burned alive and drops to the ground.
The firestorm continues as the flames grew massive.
"In this area here, we have material coming out of this sediment here." Professor Karen Chin said brushing a bit a sediment away.
Prof KAREN CHIN
University of Colorado
"It's very likely that this material is actually, was actually produced by a fire." Professor Karen said. "There are several lines of evidence including the structure of the coaly material, but also not far from here we have an upright charcoalified stump, that was proudly burned in place. When you have forest fires, you often have the roots burning down into the soil, and if this is the case, this is really exciting because this is not just a vague time when the dinosaurs lived. This is an actual event that would have happened when the dinosaurs were here."
A large cloud of smoke billows through the forest.
New Mexico
90 Million Years Ago
In nature, disaster is a constant companion, and death comes in many guises.
A Nothronychus flees through the forest to find safety, but was suddenly caught in a large flame and bellows in pain as it was engulfed and gets burned alive.
Dinosaurs not trapped by the fire flee and panic.
Most will survive.
Elsewhere in the forest, the Ziniceratops continue fleeing along with the Wild Kratts. And even a few dromaesaurs rushed by fleeing from the flames as smoke billowed.
Days later, the fire has ceased away as a pair of Ziniceratops peacefully graze on the plants. And the Wild Kratts watched from nearby.
For the creatures that perished that conflict is over.
For those that remain, what lies ahead is 30 million years of evolution.
The Ziniceratops herd continues feeding.
Triggered by unseen forces, the environment will gradually change, and so will the dinosaurs that live here.
In a different part of the forest, a Nothronychus browses in the trees.
In the distant future, the offspring of Nothronychus will grow bigger, weirder, and even more perplexing.
Elsewhere, a pack of raptors patrol their hunting ground.
The raptors will stay small, agile, and quick, but they'll get smarter.
The pack rushed by as they brushed against a small tree.
At another part of the forest, the herd of Ziniceratops ran by a stream as their descendants are destined to become one of the most famous dinosaurs of all time.
And the kin of Ziniceratops will become one of the most famous dinosaurs in North America.
In the distant future, at a meadow, the shadow of a large dinosaur was casted by the sunlight and it bellows out.
Author's Note:
Only 1 chapter left.
Today, I saw a hummingbird this morning. And later me and my mom with to a reptile show, and saw many reptiles, and ones I've seen in videos and images. Like an Australia Water Python, Water Monitors, an Arizona Mountain Kingsnake. I even saw my first African Rock Python, a small one. And I even held a Madagascar Ground Boa, at a different room, I even saw a Yellow Anaconda, and held a File Snake, and it actually did felt like a file. There was even some Reticulated Pythons of different colors and patterns. And even saw 3 baby Burmese Pythons, and a Tokay Gecko as well as a few baby Crimson Giant Day Geckos. And a Dyeing Poison-Dart Frog, and I got a cobra necklace.
I also saw Savannah Monitors, a Tegu, Black-throated Monitors, some tarantulas and scorpions. Even Bearded Dragons and Ball Pythons and Red-tailed Boas. And Crested Geckos.
Also, I just watched Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet, it mentioned we were no longer in the Holocene, but in a new age called the Anthropocene: The Age of Humans. And that Covid-19 affected Attenborough's life like with everyone else, and that the pandemic is actually another sign of a sick Earth. And it mentioned of the Amazon will become a savannah if deforestation continues on it. And we're just least than a century away from the 6th mass extinction if we continue our destructive power against the natural world.
Or...
It may happen sooner than we thought, if something isn't done.
And last thing, for Wild Kratts fans, if you like cats or dogs, the new episode Cats and Dogs comes out tomorrow.