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In a dark quiet environment, a strong and steady heartbeat gently fills the silent.
And then, a wall of scales appeared as it was soon revealed to be some kind of reptile. And soon revealed to be inside a wall like structure as shapes of a group of creatures was outside. And small dust like particles floated around as 5 fingered hand with a small nub of a spike as a thumb appeared as it made a small squeak.
3 shadows loomed outside the wall structure as 2 of them were the same shape, and another appeared to be on 2 legs.
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And then the little creature softly cooed as a long slender tail gently lowers down.
And then a large shadow looms outside as it hovers above it.
"Some things start out big..."
And then a little head appeared.
"...and somethings start out small."
And then the little creature opened it's eye for the very first time.
"Very small."
And the little creature cooed as it was safely curled from the outside world.
"But sometimes the thing... can make the biggest changes of all."
But the little creature has hardly any idea of the world outside awaits him.
Outside, tiny holes called pores covered the hard surface allowing the creature to breathe. And the surface, happens to be a shell.
WILD DINOSAUR
The object then reveals to be an egg, safely inside a nest with 11 other eggs all the rim of the inner nest. And the egg rests in the middle.
And then a shadow looms over them, and a gently low growl was heard. And then the snout of a large reptilian creature lowers down to the egg in the center of the nest. And then ever so gently, pressed it's snout over the egg and gently nudged it tenderly. And then the snout lifts up, and reveals to belong to a legendary creature.
A dinosaur.
It is in fact, an Iguanodon, and she happens to be the mother of the egg clutch.
The mother Iguanodon lifts her head up, and then smiled as the egg seems only hours from hatching. And then the mother lifts up on her hind legs as a few other female Iguanodons were close by with nests of their own. And then a sound of distant brush was heard as she turns and saw some birds flying off.
The Iguanodon watches the birds and sniffs out if there's anything around. And soon, she turns back to her clutch and gently used her left front foot and pushed the egg along with the other eggs.
Although rare in reptiles, caring for the young has been observed in crocodiles for instance. In dinosaurs, it's enough to be reminded of birds.
And then, a baby dinosaur with a long tube like crest called a Parasaurolophus appeared curiously looks at the nest. But the mother wasn't interested with the nosy infant around, and gently swatted her foot at the baby as it leaves.
But the curious Parasaurolophus came back, and this time the mother snorted irritated. And the Parasaurolphus infant jumps back, and clearly gets the message this time and rushes off.
The mother watched as the infant runs off, and nears another nest with a mother Iguanodon. But was soon warded off by her, and runs off.
And all around him were lots of other dinosaurs in a valley with a mountain range less than a mile away. And there other Iguanodons, adult Parasaurolohus drinking at a lake along with some Pachyrhinosaurus. And even 4 Brachiosaurus as 2 were behind a grove of trees, and 1 walks by the shore of the lake, and one in the water as it lifts it's head up to over 40 feet into the air.
And then the baby Parasaurolophus runs towards the lake, and a flock of birds flies off as the baby dinosaur chased them and runs through the water and around a Brachiosaur's leg.
And soon reaching the other bank, he watches as the birds flew away in the air.
And then suddenly a green flash flew pass his head, and he turns to it. And watched as a lizard with strange wings lands on a log and is called a Longisquama.
And soon, the Parasaurolophus approaches the lizard curiously.
The Longisquama rests on a small branch on the long, and then a dragonfly appeared as the lizard readies to strike. And then the insect tries to fly off, but the Longisquama caught the dragonfly with it's long tongue. And then the little Parasaurolphus appeared behind it as the lizards to the little dinosaur, and then flies off as the baby chased after it.
The Longisquama flies near the edge of a grove of trees, and the little dinosaur was behind it. And then the lizard flew back as the baby playfully jumps back as it flew a little higher. And then the Longisquama flew into the treeline as the Parasaurolophus follows it.
The baby Parasaurolophus enters pass the treeline as sounds of distant frogs and insects fills a chorus as 2 Brachiosaurus were in the background. And soon it spot the lizard again flying deeper into the trees and he follows it.
And then the Longisquama lands on a root of a tree and rests as the Parasaurolophus appeared. He slowly walks up to it for a closer look, and the lizard noticed the nosy dinosaur just half a foot away. And opens his frill like wings and jolts up as the dinosaur cringed back a bit.
And the Longisquama flew up to the tree canopy, and lands on the underside of a surprisingly thick tree branch.
The little Parasaurolophus looks up at the lizard as a strange blowing sound was heard. And then strangely a drop of wet substance lands on the root in front of him. And then another droplet appeared and lands in front of the baby dinosaur catching his attention unlike with the first.
The Parasaurolophus looks at the substance and sees clearly it's not rain water as it was too thick and slowly oozes. He sniffs the substance, and realized something was not right here. And then a soft growling sound was heard as he looks again.
And then saw a large head with large blade like sharp teeth in it's mouth slowly craned forward into view. And had a hungry look in it's eye, and almost thought it's looking at him.
Outside the treeline, the Parasaurolophus frightfully jumps out and hits the ground with a panicked call. And then glanced back and then started running for his life as if he saw a ghost.
And soon, the other dinosaurs turned to the fleeing baby as well as the mother Iguanodon and 2 other female Iguanodons. And nearby by the lake, a Pachyrhinosaurus and 2 Brachiosaurus turn to the fleeing dinosaur as they were confused of his behavior.
The baby Parasaurolophus continues calling out in distress as he ran, and movement was seen in the trees. And then suddenly the leaves bursts and erupts as a large predatory dinosaur with tiny 4 fingered hands and 2 horns on his head erupts out of the treeline roaring.
A Carnotaur.
The Carnotaur roars out as he rushed out of his ambush sight, and then soon noticed the baby Parasaurolophus.
And the baby dinosaur ran for his life as the Carnotaur's shadow looms over him. And then Carnotaur growls as he nears the baby, but then he noticed ahead and roars and decides to go for bigger game.
The Parasaurolophus infant ran as the Carnotaur runs directly over him. And bits of dirt was kicked up by the predator's feet, and he avoids getting stomped, and he quickly bolts to the right to find cover. And the Carnotaur pursuits after the herd.
The dinosaurs flee in panic, all but the mother Iguanodon who was shielding her clutch as long as she could. And the dinosaurs ran pass her as an Iguanodon leaped over her, and then another Iguanodon ran pass behind and hits her by the tail and knocks her aside.
And the Carnotaur roars out as he pursues the herd, and then looked like he spotted his next target.
The mother Iguanodon shields her nest as best as she could. And then an Iguanodon leaped over her, and then another Iguanodon literally ran over her and was kicked in the face by his back foot.
And then as the Carnotaur nears, she quickly got to her feet and was forced to abandon her nest and flees to save herself. And a Pachyrhinosaurus and Iguanodon ran as the Carnotaur roars as he continues running. And then a few seconds later, his left foot stomps over the nest and crushing the eggs all but one. And his foot lifts up as the egg bounced on the ground a bit.
The Carnotaur continues pursuing the herd, and then the mother Iguanodon quickly bolts left as the Carnotaur roars. And then turns back ahead, and saw a Pachyrhinosaurus. And then he roars as he begins to close in on the distance and lifts up, and the Pachyrhinosaurus looks back as the predator readies to strike with a panicked look in his eyes.
And the Carnotaur pulls along next to him as he ran, and then he lifts high and then quickly lowers over the Pachyrhinosaur's shoulder. And then clamps his jaws on him and forced him off his feet, and pulls him to the ground. And begins to deliver the final blow.
The Pachyrhinosaur struggles as a dust cloud looms over them as the Carnotaur soon made the killer blow. And the herd ahead of them continues running off to safety as some dinosaurs ran towards some trees.
And soon, the Carnotaur lifts up and lets out a loud roar in triumph.
And then he turns to his kill, and begins to feed. And at 4 tons, there is enough meat of his kill to keep him feeding for hours. And will probably won't have to eat again for a few weeks.
And over at the remains of the nest, the lone surviving egg sits motionless.
And a low growling sound is heard, and then a small 2 legged dinosaur with an odd head crest and toothless beak appeared at the nest. And is called in Oviraptor.
The Oviraptor looks around, and then noticed the egg in front of him. And then he leans his head over the egg eyeing it. And then the egg lightly stirred showing signs of life as the baby inside was still alive from the stampede.
And then the Oviraptor grabs the egg with his long fingered hands, and then runs pass a few other nests and into the forest to find a safer place to eat.
In the forest, the Oviraptor ran across a stream of water and up a tree limb and turns to the left pass some trees. And ran across the tree limb over the water.
And he soon ran across another long tree limb and moves across it as a bridge as it bounced a little.
And the Oviraptor came to a stop near a ledge, and then he looks back to make sure he was alone and wasn't followed. And once he was sure he's alone, he sets the egg down now wanting to eat. Oviraptors are thought be omnivores, he'll eat just about anything like plants, insects, lizards, small mammals and even carrion if they wanted. But eggs happen to be an Oviraptor's favorite, and the name Oviraptor means Egg Thief.
The Oviraptor picks the egg up, and throws the egg to the ground hard. But strangely the eggshell didn't even break or crack, and he grabs it and tries to crack it open. But was having no luck as the shell was thicker than he thought.
Now the Oviraptor is getting agitated and a little hangry of know trying to think how to break the shell. And he nears the egg to his mouth to see if he can break it with his hard beak. But then a loud rustle of plants was heard nearby, and he looked over his shoulder behind to see what it was.
And then suddenly a familiar set of 3 long fingers snatched the egg from his grip. And the Oviraptor screeched in surprise, and then turns and saw another Oviraptor with the egg in it's grasp. And they growled at each other, and fought over in a tug of war match.
But then suddenly the egg slipped from their grip, and they both try to grab it which wasn't easy with their long clawed fingers.
And then the egg flew from their claws and fell down the ledge as the 2 Oviraptors watched as it fell into the water of the river below.
The 2 Oviraptors looked down at the ledge for a moment, and then turned to each other. And then the first Oviraptor started thrashing out with his claws at the other angrily for making him losing his lunch.
Underwater, the egg gently flows underneath as then a large amphibian called a Labyrinthodont swam towards the egg like a crocodile. And then he gaps his mouth open as the egg was suck in and the mouth closed.
And then as he tries to swallow his eyes widen and then spat out the egg. Clearly not likely the taste, and the egg gently floats to the surface as the Labyrinthodont swims off.
At the surface, 2 Tararurus on 2 different rocks were roaring at each other.
And then the egg pops to the surface as the 2 Ankylosaurids turn to it, and one sniffs it as it flows away by the river.
And then the 2 Tararurus turn back to each other after losing interest, and started roaring.
Meanwhile, the egg continues being carried by the river down as it floats, several tongues dipped in and scooped up some water.
They were actually a herd of Pachyrhinosaurus as some were drinking as others were near feeding. And then one Pachyrhinosaurus growls and then forcefully squeezes between 2 others as he kicks the egg out further into the river.
As the herd of Pachyrhinosaurus continues their business at the riverbank. The egg continues floating out into the river, and then a a flying creature called a Pteranodon appeared from above, and then snatches the egg in her beak.
And then the Pteranodon flew towards the edge of a waterfall, and then tucks her wings and dived.
And she flew downwards near the falling water.
And then she pulled up near the base as several other pterosaurs flew around the layer of mist. And the Pteranodon flew through the mist and flies off.
And soon she flew high over a cliff going a mile down. And she flies over above a large flat field where there were dozens of dinosaurs.
And then she flew lower just over 20 feet above the ground. And flew over an Iguanodon heading to a creek of water to drink. And she flew over dozens of dinosaurs grazing as there were Iguanodons, Parasaurolophus and Pachyrhinosaurs and even several Brachiosaurus. And she flew as several Parasaurolophus ran by.
And what a beautiful sight it was.
And the Pteranodon continued flying as she nears 3 Brachiosaurus. And then one to her right lifts it's head from grazing and she flew under the tail of the next to it. And then she soon flew over the field, and flies over a mile high cliff. And below her was a forest with a river and leading towards the distant ocean.
An hour later, the Pteranodon soon flew over a waterway leading the ocean between 2 cliffs.
And she flew over a wave of water, and then she begins flying towards an island just 3 miles away.
Later, 2 Pteranodon chicks called out as they were in a nest as the Pteranodon with the egg was their mother nears the island.
And then the Pteranodon flew upwards as she nears the cliff. And then 2 birds flew after her.
The 2 Pteranodon chicks continue calling out, and then their mother flew by then as the 2 birds were behind her.
And then a lightning began as the birds started modding around her face, and one pokes her face and then the pterosaur lost her grip on the egg as it slipped from her beak.
And she tries to grab it, but it soon fell towards the forest canopy below her.
The egg continues falling as it fell through a gap in the canopy of the trees as the Pteranodon flew around as the egg fell and hits something.
And everything went dark.
Author's Note:
2000 film DINOSAUR, is my all-time favorite Disney film. And in which is likely where I grew my interest in dinosaurs.
And I'll gave out a fun fact about the film.
The point of view of the Carnotaur charging the herd and the baby Parasaurolohphus was done by a trick of a camera called the Dino-Cam. A special equip camera with 360 rotation, and hooked to a wire by 50 foot towers and a cable stretching 1,000 feet.
And the locations in the first 6 minutes were from California, Florida, Venezuela and Australia. And even western Samoa.
And President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Thomas Schumacher said, "But the idea was to create the prehistoric world."
DINOSAUR surprisingly begun in development actually in 1988, 12 years before release.
And a special computer animation called the 3D Workbook helped out how the scene would go.
And the score of DINOSAUR was James Newton Howard. Who also been 2 other Disney films like Atlantis the Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.
But the soundtrack, The Egg Travels is probably one of his best scores.