There is something missing from our world. The amazing creatures that time has left behind. But what if we could bring them back?
What if extinction didn't have to be forever?
We are going on a safari with a difference as wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven's temporary substitute, Jim Lessue lunges into pre-history 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.
On his first mission, Jim goes back to the Cretaceous to rescue the largest flying creature ever!
Welcome to the ultimate wildlife refuge!
Welcome to Prehistoric Park!
The Sky King
As the employees of Isla Sorna hurried to get all their chores done, one particular employee had a lot more on his plate.
Max was running to get to his next location. He was running to catch a jeep to drive over to Mammoth Mount. This wasn't his normal location, his range consisted of the Modern Mash building and Santa Cruz Formation. But lately, Will had been moved over to Isla Pena to train Will the Argentavis. He needed someone to take his shifts and Max was the first to raise his hand.
Last month he had been asked to join the expedition team and declined, he wasn't the adventurous type, unlike his friends, Carter and Rachel who, while still nervous, accepted the promotion. He was still being called crazy by some of his friends and he wanted to prove to them that he made the right choice and what better way than by doing even more work! He was proud of his friends and was grateful for the opportunity but he liked his position and Bob even promoted him to regional head-keeper. He was also very proud of his best friend Will. News spreads fast in Prehistoric Park, especially news about a keeper trying to tame a giant bird of prey that nearly ate him.
On Isla Pena a crowd gathered around the Argentavis Aviary as Will the employee entered.
Will, the Argentavis, saw his keeper/trainer enter and gave him a wary look.
While Will the Employee had stopped the recurrent attacks by the giant bird, it didn't mean that he could put his guard down. Their trust in each other still had some mending to do. Over the couple of weeks that he'd been training Will, his goal had been able to touch him. He had a few instances where he got close but he would either chicken out or the Argentavis would fly away before he could.
He held the squirrel carcass in his hand. The smell of meat caught the attention of the giant vulture who flew down once Will threw it. The bird of prey landed and swallowed the carcass whole.
Will had to hurry up or else Will the Argentavis would glide away.
The Argentavis spread its wings to catch the wind but Will was faster. He walked over and touched the Argentavis' wing.
Will shrieked and bit at Will but purposely missed. He flew up back onto his perch and watched as his caretaker walked out with looks of awe in the audience's faces. He started to preen and noticed that his human didn't do anything, just touched him.
Will the Employee walked out, this was going to take some time.
Jim looked over his new office. He had spent the day after Nigel's departure to transfer all his belongings into his new bungalow.
The first few nights had been restless. The new noises including the bellow of the Borealosaurus and snarl of the Sinotyrannus replaced the peaceful chirps and moos of Thescelosaurus and Edmontosaurus. But soon he got used to the new noises and he liked having his own room. The snores of his companions kept him up most nights.
But it was day now and almost two weeks after Nigel left. In front of him, a list of random animals. Including long-horned bison, Adinotheirum, the finally named Shenmionyx (the giant fish from China), and right up front, Quetzalcoatlus.
"For my first mission as Leader, I wanted to go back to some familiar places and rescue some creatures that we weren't able to before. So, out of these four, I've decided on the biggest thing to ever fly, Quetzalcoatlus!". Jim explained that he wanted to prove that he could be just as good of a leader as Nigel and what better way than to one-up him? He got the second biggest flying BIRD, why not get the largest thing to ever fly.
"Bob had said that he set aside a quarter of the aviary for this giant beast.", Jim explained He planned on going to the Javelina Formation just before the asteroid hit Mexico. "This would be a very dangerous mission and the perfect test for the new recruits and his leadership skills.".
As Bob drove by the Borealosaurus Grove, he noticed it was empty.
He wasn't surprised, the Borealosaurus herd had been spending their time in the North-East edge of Sorna along the coastline. They had been wandering around the area for a couple of weeks while they lay eggs.
So far all but one female had laid eggs and Bob is busy getting ready to move the Borealosaurus mothers and father to the newly established Safari Zone. The Park had bought Isla Nublar a couple of months ago as a present for Nigel. However, nothing has been added until now. Bob is planning on moving the Borealosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and some of the Triceratops and Torosaurus. In just a few days Bob will be able to, he just has to get some of the toxic plants out of there and into the greenhouse. He had spent almost all his time with Gretchen in identifying plants. It had to have been the most boring thing he had ever done but it had to be done if his plan was ever to be put into action, and also it added on to the neglected greenhouse.
Sometimes his job is unbelievably boring.
The hangar doors flew open. A familiar plane rolled out with Carter and Ted in the seats. Jim walked out with Katrina and Rachel walking behind him.
"I have decided to split us up so we can cover more ground, We don't know if Quetzalcoatlus lived in groups or a solitary life so we need to explore as much land as possible to get some breeding pairs.". Jim explained.
While it was a risk separating the group during this time, it was a risk that Jim was willing to take, and besides, the worst thing that could happen was they don't find any by the time the asteroid hits or they run into some sort of predator. But to be honest, with the Troodon or T-Rex twins, any predators wouldn't be much of a problem and same with the asteroid, the two teams would just walk back through the portal.
One of Bob's workers opened up the portal from the catwalk and Ted and Carter flew through, soon followed by Jim, Rachel, and Katrina.
Jim looked out over the savannah, to their left and right were huge mountain ranges and behind them, a desert. It was a very interesting area as right in front of them, an opening out of the valley that they found themselves in.
He watched as Ted and Carter flew over the mountains, soon covered by the clouds.
"Wow, this place is cool!" He heard Rachel exclaim behind him.
"Yeah, isn't it? You should have seen the Jiufotang Formation when we went to rescue the Microraptors. I really wish you could have be….".
Soon they were more caught up in past explorations, than the current mission ahead of them. Jim wasn't surprised, he had two sisters and four aunts. You couldn't get a word in because they would always be talking about the dumbest stuff, like how their manny petties went or this cute guy in their class. While it was a pain to go to family reunions, Christmas' and Thanksgivings were the absolute worst. They would talk when they had food in their mouths, or not. It really was gross.
They walked for quite a while before they had to stop or tumble to a stop more like.
Jim took one step and fell and started rolling down a muddy bank. He was just barely able to stop himself or else he would have rolled right into a raging river.
"Wow, you sure took quite a fall there, are you alright?" Katrina asked from the top of the bank.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little winded," Jim replied as he scraped mud off of his clothes.
Once he stood up, Katrina and Rachel ran over to help him but soon realized that their assistance wasn't needed.
The three humans looked out over the water. It reminded Rachel of that one time her family went white-water rafting in Colorado when she was a teenager. They weren't getting through this anytime soon.
The land was beautiful up here, or he thought. The wind caused Carter's hair to keep getting in his eyes, making it difficult to see anything, even Ted who was only a couple feet ahead of him.
He didn't mind, he was still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that he was in the time of the dinosaurs, granted he hadn't seen any. The loud noise of the airplane motor was kind of annoying and he had to pee but didn't tell Ted to land, he didn't want to seem needy.
He and Ted hadn't really talked much, except when they worked together to capture Mimic, the Confuciusornis and Microraptor during the last mass breakout.
"Hey, Ted, are animals always this sparse?" Carter asked.
"No not really, I mean not that I've seen, Nigel talked about the lack of big animals when he went back to rescue the Smilodon Pack but even then, he found them plus an armadillo and those birds," Ted said.
"Well he was on the ground, maybe we should fly lower!" Carter offered.
"Sure, I'll try, I'm not a master pilot though," he warned.
They slowly made their way down.
Down here, the wind wasn't so bad and Carter could finally see. But there wasn't anything to see, no dinosaurs.
"Come on we have to catch up or else we'll be stuck here forever!" Rachel yelled.
In front of her, a small herd of ceratopsids was about to cross the river. Behind her, Jim and Katrina were struggling to keep up in the mud. Rachel wasn't going to wait for them until she reached the dinosaurs. She wasn't going to spend the entirety of her first mission on one side of a river.
Soon she reached a ceratopsid and slowed down, not wanting to seem a threat to a creature that could crush her like an egg.
The dinosaur barely acknowledged her as she climbed up its tail and onto its back.
Jim and Katrina finally caught up and got onto their own dinosaurs. The herd was waiting along the shore, wondering if they should cross or not.
Jim was able to get a good look at them and had time to even identify them. Their entire body was covered in dark brown and black splotches except for their underbelly which was bright white. They looked like the Triceratops back in Prehistoric Park but their frills were almost double the length. The three horns were also a little bigger but their overall body size was a little smaller.
Jim watched as the lead ceratopsid jumped into the raging river, and stumbled as the water tripped it. Thankfully, it was able to recover and the herd followed.
First Rachels went first, then Jim, and lastly Katrinas. The spray of cold water made Jim shiver, he only had a T-shirt on with pants. Soon, the entire herd made it across. The river was thinner than anyone originally thought.
"Alright, let's get off here," Jim said as they reached a small boulder.
The trio sat under the sun as the herd of yet to be named ceratopsids walked away.
"Bravo, Bravoceratops!" Jim yelled out as they disappeared.
"Oh my god, is that their real name?" Rachel laughed as Katrina clapped behind her. Jim nodded.
Carter's ears popped as the elevation changed. They soon were on land again.
They had landed next to an oasis with ancient palm trees and ferns dotting the area. The vegetation was different than what they had passed. Ahead of them, the savannah changed into a lush field of tall grass. But they didn't spend much time on that but more attention on the hundreds of little sauropods who waddled out of it.
"Hm, Alamosaurus hatchlings, I'm guessing that these guys hatched just last night, there are still a lot of them."Ted inferred.
"Too bad, they won't get to truly live out their lives, the asteroid is going to hit here in a matter of days.".
"Hey, why don't we save a few, give them a chance?", "Sounds like a plan!".
Carter was excited as he closed the gap between him and the Alamosaurus.
The ones up front saw the pair and started to retreat back into the grass. They were faster than the humans expected and were in the grass before the humans could reach them.
"Are you up for a game of needle in the haystack Carter?" Ted asked.
"More like hundreds of needles in a haystack." He joked. They then walked in after them and soon found their quarry.
Ted opened the portal and watched as Carter scooped up four with his two hands and placed them in front of the portal. He didn't even notice as two more wandered in on their own.
Again and again, he did this until all the remaining babies were long gone.
"Once those grow up, Bob will definitely have his hands full." Ted laughed.
"Especially once the Borealosaurus eggs hatch!" The duo had a laugh and then headed to the plane.
As they gained altitude, Carter saw the long trails of Alamosaurus they didn't save. But not too far away, a herd of hadrosaurs was grazing, so maybe they would make it to witness the end of the dinosaurs.
"OH MY GOD, I'm going to kill Ni... Jim when he gets back!".
Back in Prehistoric Park, Bob is surrounded by the Alamosaurus hatchlings in the holding pens.
Around him, 4 other employees were trying to entice the baby sauropods into a pen but none of them seemed interested. Two more employees carrying brooms were shuffling them into a pen.
"It's going to take all day to count all of them!". one of the employees exclaimed.
But Bob didn't have time for that and left his workers to deal with the new rescues. He had to get back to the Borealosaurus herd.
Just two hours ago, Gretchen, Suzanne, and Rodger had given him an okay to move the assigned animals and at the same time the last Borealosaurus, named Becky, had laid her last egg. Meaning that all the Borealosaurus had laid their 30-40 eggs.
Suzanne wanted to leave them in the ground, so not to disturb them. Bob was waiting for Jim to get back before he transported any animals. But that didn't mean he couldn't prepare them for transport.
He parked outside Ceratopsid Creek and walked out to observe the Triceratops and Torosaurus. He had decided to move the younger members who hadn't had babies over the breeding season. In total 14 Triceratops and 5 Torosaurus will be moved. This will diminish the numbers from 43 Triceratops and 18 Torosaurus to 29 Triceratops and 13 Torosaurus. Good thing that Isla Nublar is big.
Back in Prehistoric Texas, night has fallen and all of the team had regrouped in a canyon.
Just outside the canyon, a large herd of Gryposaurus and Kritosaurus were grazing and keeping their young safe from the occasional Troodon.
"So what have you two been up to while we were finding a place to spend the night?" Katrina asked Ted while they were all sat around the fire.
"Well, we didn't see much, but when we landed for a rest, hundreds of newly hatched Alamosaurus waddled out of some tall grass and we rescued a few!" Carter boasted.
"Wow, we were held back by a river for a while until a herd of Bravoceratops came to rescue us!" Rachel pressed.
"Bravo, Bravoceratops," Jim repeated, "the heroes of the cretaceous.".
They all had a good laugh until a shadow covered the light from the moon. The wind caused by the shadow caused the fire to go out.
Jim grabbed his flashlight just before he felt whatever caused the wind land. He shown the light up and down the shape.
It was taller than a giraffe and it's beak was longer than his arm. It had a grey underbelly with a light brown back. Its beak was yellow and the crest was green. Its wings were huge, and a faded yellow, like the beak.
"QUETZALCOATLUS! RUN!" Jim yelled.
The five small humans scattered, Ted and Katrina ran into their tent.
Jim grabbed Carter and jumped over a log. The two boys heard a loud, low squawk and looked over their log to see Rachel running away from the Quetzalcoatlus. However, while the giant pterosaur was awkward on land it was closing in on Rachel and Jim could tell as soon as she was grabbed, there'd be no getting her back.
He felt a shove to his left and saw Carter jump over the log, "Carter, no!" but it was too late. Just before the now gliding Quetzalcoatlus grabbed Rachel, she was pushed out to the side and Carter took her place. The pterosaur grabbed his shoulders with its feet and shot up.
"NO!" Rachel shouted. Jim stepped up over the log and Ted and Katrina climbed out from their protective tent.
Soon, Carter had been carried over the out-cropping and his screams ran out of range.
"Oh my god," Ted whispered.
The remaining four humans looked at each other, this mission was not going as planned.
"Well, what are we doing just stand here, Ted get in the airplane and follow them!" Rachel pleaded.
"There aren't any headlights installed, there's no point." Ted reasoned.
Rachel stormed into her tent and spent the rest of the night in her tent.
The next morning, before anyone else woke up and as soon as the sun gave its first rays of light, Jim jumped into the airplane and flew off.
He noticed that the noise woke Ted and Katrina up once they walked outside.
They watched with astonishment as Jim took the route the Quetzalcoatlus.
He didn't see the Quetzalcoatlus yet but if he kept heading straight, he hoped he'd find it.
He rode for another twenty minutes before he found a nest. He wasn't sure if it was the right nest, but he landed the airplane on the ground and walked up to the nest.
Inside, 2 long, navy blue eggs with cinnamon splotches lay randomly across the huge nest.
Jim wasn't going to estimate the size of the nest, but it was bigger than 3 Bald Eagle's nest.
Off on the edge, 7 broken eggshells were stuffed with little remnants of the yolk and hatchlings that once lived in them.
"Hm, wonder what would be brave enough to attack the babies of the biggest aerial creature ever?" Jim pondered.
His question was soon answered when the pile of eggs fell away to reveal a yolk covered Carter. His once blonde hair was now brown with the grime and dirt he collected.
"Oh my god, your alive!" Jim yelled.
"SHHH! She may come back, she's been gone for a while." Carter warned.
But it was too late, a familiar shadow blanketed the nest, blocking the sun for a minute.
"Run!" Jim ordered.
Carter and Jim climbed out of the nest and ran as fast as they could down the mountain and jumped into the airplane.
Only when they reached safety, did they realize that they weren't being followed. But where did she go?
Back in Prehistoric Park, Bob is loading up some Triceratops and Torosaurus for transportation to Isla Nublar.
Already three Triceratops and a Torosaurus were in a separate trailer and were enjoying a bale of prehistoric leaves.
Outside, Bob and another employee were separating two Torosaurus from the herd.
One, the male, made a quick jab at Bob as the female was corralled into the trailer where a male Triceratops was waiting. Seeing his mate was gone, the male followed.
The other keeper, Rustin, was about to close the gate but four more Triceratops came charging at him only to be stuck in the trailer too.
"Alright 6 Triceratops and 2 Torosaurus, that's all that's left," Bob said as he watched the herd.
Those 8 dinosaurs were currently in the center of the herd. How could they get to them now?
Outside, Thump and Stump were playing around in the daisies. They loved watching their adoptive father work. They were like his little reptilian shadows.
On the other side of the island, along the coast, the Borealosaurus made their way out of the forest to see four little humans digging in the sand.
"We are trying to get an idea of the amount of Borealosaurus eggs we have on our hands," Suzanne said, "Once we're done here, we aren't going to take them back to the clinic, I don't want to risk getting the temperature wrong.".
Behind them, a seagull dug at the sand. It saw Suzanne place some eggs in this area, and yes, he found almost 30 eggs in a clutch. This was going to be a feast.
In the Javelina Formation, Jim and Carter had found the Quetzalcoatlus.
Their plane lurched to the left as the giant pterosaur slammed her body against it.
"I didn't think they flew this fast!" Jim yelled.
Currently, they were going 40 MPH and the Quetzalcoatlus was keeping up. They could have been going almost three times as fast but they were low on gas and Jim wanted to get to camp. But currently, they were being forced in the opposite direction.
"Jim, isn't there a portal in the plane?" Carter said in between the assault.
"Yeah, but it's on the other side of the plane!" Jim replied.
Just then, an idea came to Jim. Just before their plane was hit again, Jim lurched downwards so the Quetzalcoatlus missed and was now on the left side of the plane, right where the portal was.
Jim pressed the button that activated the portal just before their attacker hit again, only to be sent to her new home.
"We did it, we rescued Quetzalcoatlus!" Jim heard Carter exclaim behind him. "Alright, let's head back to the nest and grab the remaining eggs and then head back to camp." He replied. "Sounds like a plan.".
After they grabbed the eggs from the nest, they headed home.
The noise of the engine spooked some nearby Kritosaurus away but attracted the attention of the three humans who were hunkered under an outcropping.
Jim and Carter both dropped down to be bombarded with hugs and praise.
"Oh, you're alright!", "Thank you for saving him!", and, "I thought we lost you man." seemed to be the most common.
Once the praises were done, they got settled down and talked about what they were going to do next.
"So we rescued our mission creature, that means we get to go home. Right?" Ted asked.
"Normally, but I want to get a few more, you know, for genetics sake," Jim said.
"Well you don't need all of us, I'm heading make to Prehistoric Park if that's okay with you," Ted asked.
"Yeah that's fine, I only need one other person on the plane, plus I want Carter to come with you, I want you to go see Suzanne and make sure you're not hurt." Jim addressed Carter.
In the end, Ted, Carter, and Rachel returned home, leaving Jim and Katrina.
"Alright let's pack it all up and I think we should follow the river," Jim ordered.
It was noon by the time they were off the ground, the roof of the airplane provided shade from the blistering savannah shade.
Once they reached the river, they took a right turn and followed the river for the rest of the day.
Below them, they saw huge herds of Gryposaurus and Kritosaurus, along with the occasional Alamosaurus trio and even a T-Rex pack. They were feasting on a dead Kritosaurus.
But nothing in the sky.
Back in Prehistoric Park, Bob has come up with a way to get the remaining ceratopsids that were assigned for transportation.
A loud rumbling could be heard from a distance. The noise grew louder and louder until it got so loud, local birds fled through the treetops.
Finally, the source turned the corner and the atrocity was revealed.
A large tractor came strolling along the path, and in it, Bob. The tractor had two pieces of tubing on its front, resembling horns and tires covering almost the entire thing, and the finishing piece, the tail. It was made from scraps of cloth that Bob found in his workshop.
Stump and Thump were having the time of their lives messing around on it until Stump slipped and sent both of them tumbling off, it didn't faze the little dinosaurs though and they followed their dad on the ground.
Two trailers waited patiently while a worker opened the gate to Ceratopsid Creek.
The minute Bob's tractor entered it was mayhem.
The entire herd was scattering while Theo stood bravely in the center waiting for the threat.
The commotion, by now, had caught the attention of some workers including Max and Suzanne. The scattering of the herd was just what Bob wanted.
Five keepers weaved around the oncoming Triceratops and Torosaurus, leading the chosen ones into the trailers. Soon the 8 remaining ceratopsids were in their trailers and were being sent to the holding area along with the ceratopsids caught prior and the freshly caught Borealosaurus.
Now, Jim just had to finish his mission and they would be set free along with the Ankylosaurus on Isla Nublar.
It was the next day in Texas and Jim and Katrina had finally found what they were looking for. A large lake, being fed by the river, was surrounded by mountains and on those mountains, perched Quetzalcoatlus.
Just in time too. The sky was blood red, marking the incoming asteroid.
The huge rock could be seen, but it was small. Just enough time for Jim and Katrina to rescue a few.
A loud boom meant the asteroid was in Earth's atmosphere.
The noise spooked the Quetzalcoatlus and sent them flying, straight towards the airplane.
"Jim, now!" Katrina yelled. Jim pressed the familiar red button, allowing the portal to flare to life just as two Quetzalcoatlus reached the airplane.
Jim prayed that none of the giant pterosaurs would get caught in the blade but soon the huge flock was long gone and the plane was perfectly fine.
"Alright now to le…". "No wait, Jim look!" Katrina was pointing to the lake where a familiar herd of Bravoceratops was circling around their youngest, a small juvenile.
"Alright, I'm going to grab the portal and you're going to scare them towards it," Jim ordered.
By now the asteroid had quadrupled in size and they had only a few minutes before impact. Katrina traded Jim's spot as the pilot and let him off.
Jim ran to the herd and placed the portal North of them. Jim watched as Katrina circled around and herded the Bravoceratops towards the portal.
Jim had to steer the strays but soon the entire herd was through, followed by Katrina and then Jim. just before the asteroid hit.
It had been a few hours since Jim and Katrina arrived back from Texas and all the employees stood along the coast as a couple of dozen trailers flew over the ocean to the North-East. Inside, the Triceratops, Torosaurus, and Borealosaurus who were now on their way to Isla Nublar.
But Jim was nowhere to be seen, he was currently with Will on Isla Pena. they were watching the newly caught Quetzalcoatlus.
Bob had built a nest just for the mother and her 2 remaining eggs.
"They really are huge," Will commented. Jim nodded his head in agreement.
They had just been in the new Javelina Formation where the Bravoceratops and many Alamosaurus were being held. They were adjusting and soon would be fed by an employee.
The next week would be very interesting.
Next Time on Prehistoric Park
Jim goes on his first solo mission
Jim heads through the portal alone
To rescue animals only recently lost to extinction
A large bird waddles towards Jim
And Will make a breakthrough
Will holds his breath as feathers brush up against him.
All Next Time on Prehistoric Park
Animals rescued this episode:
9 Quetzalcoatlus: (4 females and 3 males 2 unknown)
11 Bravoceratops ( 8 females 3 males)
21 Alamosaurus (7 males 14 females)
