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!


Lost But Not Forgotten Pt 1

On Isla Pena, the number of employees assigned to the island has tripled along with the number of residents.

The addition of the nine Quetzalcoatlus in the aviary next door has given Will the Argentavis some much-needed entertainment. Sure his trainer and namesake, Will, did give him some moments of fun, but it wasn't constant like his new neighbors. He liked watching them fight over the food even though they get plenty or watching the female protect her two eggs from the lead flyer. It kept him occupied while his keeper was away.

Will was watching the Argentavis watching the Quetzalcoatlus as they created their hierarchy. Suzanne had ordered one of her veterinarians to be posted around that area until they stopped fighting just in case one gets hurt. Thankfully that hasn't happened yet and by what was happening, there wouldn't be any more to come. They haven't been fighting as much so hopefully they'll stop altogether soon. But Will could have sworn he saw amusement in Will the Argentavis' eyes as he watched two males fight over a cow leg. This guy was very confusing, one time he could be chill and another he could be enjoying violence.


On Isla Nublar, an airplane flies over a river to see a herd of Borealosaurus making their way to the Southern Swamps. The two Ankylosaurus, Triceratops, and Torosaurus were nowhere to be seen.

Bob was the only one in the airplane besides the cameraman.

"I've been watching the Borealosaurus herd over the past week and a half to make sure that no extra eggs were laid. Currently, only one had been laid but hadn't been fertile. They've been staying around the Southern part of the island, while Andy and Alice chose the cooler mountains and the ceratopsids just wander wherever they want." As Bob explains, a Borealosaurus looked up and bellowed at the passing contraption.

Its moldy green body shook as each footstep made contact with the ground. The grasses and flowers underfoot stood no chance.

Off in the distance, the bellow of a Triceratops could be heard just before the mini herd broke into the edge of the rainforest. One Triceratops was limping, it must have twisted her ankle while walking through the dense forest. "I'll have to call Suzanne and tell her about the Triceratops," Bob announced as he drove back to Isla Sorna.


On Isla Sorna, most of the employees are enjoying their lunches, most have sandwiches with some sort of sides like french fries or chips.

"I could have died…" Max blocked out Carter, he couldn't stand to listen to another story. It had been almost 2 weeks since his encounter with the female Quetzalcoatlus, which he nicknamed Judy because she is just as mean as his great aunt Judy, but still, he acted like he's some sort of superhero because Jim saved him.

It was a good lunch story the first couple of times he told it, but now, it's just bragging. He wasn't the only one who was annoyed either, Bob, Will, even Rachel, who is pretty much his girlfriend, was nagging at him to tell a different story. But soon they had given up and were praying that either he would stop telling the story or for Jim to send him on a mission and give him new material.

It seemed that their prayers were answered when Jim walked up to the table, "Carter and Rachel, I don't need anyone else to accompany me on my next mission.". Almost instantly, everyone let out a huge moan, a few more weeks of Carter's repetitive stories.


At Mammoth Mount Suzanne and a small team of keepers was working together to give the mammoth herds long overdue haircuts, "Even though it is winter time it can reach up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The Wooly Mammoths and Rhino were built to withstand temperatures like -70 degrees due to their thick coat and fat. Now we do have coolers around their exhibits, but those can only do so much. Since we don't want them overheating, especially once summer comes around, we decided to give them all hair cuts." Suzanne explained.

She stood on a platform, looking over Martha the mammoth. Her friend and mate, Beth and Manny, were watching as humans clipped away at Martha's thick winter coat. Already, they had had their own coats cut, and now they felt as cool as ever. To their left, the larger herd was wandering as another group of keepers and vets were separating the male from the herd for his trimming.


"I am planning on going to a couple of different places, kinda like what Nigel did when he went back to rescue mates for our more lonely members.", Jim explained as he packed some beef jerky into his backpack. "The earliest animal we have in the park is Martha the mammoth, but I want to rescue some more modern animals," Jim announced.

He spent the next afternoon packing up and driving the jeep to the holding pens. The employees walked around the catwalk, getting ready for anything that Jim might bring back.

"We shouldn't bring the jeep, we wouldn't get very far," Jim said. The cameraman agreed and they walked through.


On Isla Pena, Will was preparing to take another shot at his animal. The Argentavis was currently perched on a tree, watching the Quetzalcoatlus.

He grabbed his pole and walked in. The creaking of the door caught the attention of Will the Argentavis. He stared at his keeper as he walked into his usual spot. A dead squirrel was hanging by the tail as the keeper shook slightly. The Argentavis lifted his mighty black wings and caught the wind produced by one of the fans. He jumped off his tree and glided down to Will. he landed a few feet away. The keeper slightly shook.

The large vulture lifted one leg and took a step towards Will, then another, and another, until he was eating the squirrel out of Will's hand.

Now the keeper was violently shaking. The movement was felt by the bird but he took no notice. Once the squirrel was all gone, the bird spread his wings to take off. His feet left the ground and Will circled around the other Will.

The human watched as his animal dove towards him and picked him up by his arms. His sharp talons encasing the small mammalian arms. Will felt his feet leave the ground as the Argentavis headed for his nest.

He was soon back on a solid surface but now he was worried. How was he going to get down, he wasn't the best climber in the park.

Will the Argentavis landed right next to him and gave him a look. He didn't know what kind of look but it definitely wasn't an I'm going to eat you look, he'd seen the way he looked at his squirrels and cows. Will looked out at the glass where a small crowd of employees was watching.

He gave them a thumbs up, this was progress.


Jim walked out onto a white beach. The ocean waves lapped against the debris of a past storm. Little fish were scattered all over.

"Welcome to the island of Mauritius, 1650, 12 years before the last dodo was sighted. We should be careful, humans have been here and there is a chance that there are still some here. Now, the reason dodos went extinct was overhunting, and introduced species ate their eggs and young." Jim summarized.

He stepped over a log and headed into the rainforest. He pushed aside a palm leaf and almost immediately saw some wildlife.

A small herd of pigs was rooting at some plants.

"Pigs, debatably the worst of the introduced species," Jim said. The pigs noticed him and soon ran off. Seeds and roots were everywhere, it looked like a mini-tornado had been here. But soon the mess was cleaned up by some indigenous animals. A pair of birds flew down from the trees and started eating at the seeds.

They were mostly green but their beaks were red, they had a black line that looked like a choker along their neck and one had a blue spot on the top of its head. "Those are Mauritius Parakeet, or the Echo Parakeet," Jim whispered. "They are the only remaining parrot species on the islands in modern-day and still, they are endangered, I would really like to add them to the Modern Mash Building.".

He grabbed the same net gun Nigel used to rescue the Microraptor. He loaded it and aimed at the pair of parrots. He shot and soon the Echo Parakeets were in a little cage with some seeds. Jim carried the pair through the portal and handed them off to Bob before returning to 1650.


The Modern Mash Building had never been so alive. The Echo Parakeets were adjusting to their new exhibit, a rainforest aviary, clinging to the side with a door for their indoors food and water. They shared their exhibit with Patrick, Nigel's Scarlet Macaw. They were "talking" by squawking. The noise had caught the attention of the White-Naped Jays and chickens on the other side of the building. And just outside, the water was foaming as the Mesopotamian Barbel were being fed. The noise was overpowered when the Matriarch of the African Elephant herd trumpeted at the Cheetah pair next door. At the Santa Cruz Formation, Sabre was trying his hardest to sleep as his neighbor Phorusrhacos family was singing along with the modern-day birds only a few meters away.


Jim had been walked for hours, passing pig after pig, and now had reached the other side of the island. He watched as the sun lowered over the ocean, casting a picture worthy scene. He was walking backward to get a bigger view when his foot stepped on empty air and he felt himself falling. He landed with a thud on cold stone, the wind knocked out of him.

The camera zoomed in on him, 12 feet down.

"Are you okay Jim?" the cameraman asked. Jim was still trying to catch his breath so he held up a thumb. "Is there any other way down?" he asked once Jim finally was able to breathe.

Jim looked around and only saw one way which went down. He shook his head.

"Throw the camera down, I want to record this!" Jim yelled.

"Okay, I'll head back and grab a rope or ladder." the cameraman said as Jim barely caught the camera. Jim heard the sound of the portal opening and closing. He turned around and looked into the darkness. He took a step and slipped on some water before everything went black.


At Mammoth Mount, Suzanne was wrapping up her haircut convention. The wooden gate opened up, allowing a small female mammoth to run back to her herd. The female was the last one to get her haircut. Suzanne looked down at her apron and saw just how much hair they had cut. The pink and yellow flower design was almost impossible to see. She looked to her right and saw four barrels full of mammoth hair. One of her assistants picked one up and headed for the clinic.

"I'm going to use some of the softer hair to line our makeshift nest for our Kritosaurus eggs," Suzanne said. Currently, the clinic had been fostering a trio of Kritosaurus eggs since their young mother wasn't ready to care for them after crushing one of them. Soon the barrels were gone and Suzanne could tell the mammoth herds were much happier. Now to the Elasmotherium.


Soon night had fallen and the employees all headed back to Isla Muerta, except Will who was still in the Argentavis Aviary. He pulled out his phone and started recording.

"I've been up here for about 4 hours and I'm starting to get a little thirsty, thankfully this guy has slept through the entire thing." just as he said that the giant vulture yawned and sat up. He looked down at the little human like he didn't remember carrying him up here. But soon he remembered and spread his wings to take off. But just as he did, Will climbed on his back.

The Argentavis squawked at the sudden weight but adjusted and started flying to the ground. They were soon back on the soft coastal grass. Dust was stirred up as Will's legs touched the ground. They were a little unstable from sitting all day. The Argentavis flew back up to his nest before settling back down for the night. Will opened the door before heading to the monorail. Someone is going to get a beating tomorrow.


Jim woke up to the pecking of beaks. His head was still hurting but the pain had subsided for the most part.

He opened his eyes and saw the black cover of cave rocks. He sat up and heard a multitude of squawks. He looked around him and saw a pair of large birds. They were mostly brown with their backs being darker than their bellies. The face was the same shade of grey as the rocks around them. They had a clump of white feathers, indicating tail feathers, and their wings were very small.

The pair started to walk back towards Jim. He reached out his hand, seeing just how cautious they were. The first one sniffed at it before rubbing his neck against it. The feathers were very cold and stiff.

Jim turned on the camera to record himself.

"These are dodos, big pigeons, I'm guessing that they fell down here and since they can't fly couldn't get back out," Jim concluded. He tried to get up but fell down because his head became dizzy. The dodo birds started waddling towards the cave and, not wanting to lose his prize, Jim crawled after them.


They had walked a while in the darkness, by now Jim's knees and hands were frozen and he had a runny nose. The dodo birds seemed to know where they were going but they were stereotyped to be dumb and trusting so Jim didn't get his hopes up.

However, they didn't wait for permission and skyrocketed when they came to a large clearing. The moon and stars cast light down from a huge opening. A small waterfall trickled into a stream that fed many types of plants and mushrooms.

The two dodos walked towards a bush and settled down. Jim watched from a distance as a large number of other dodos gathered around them. Some were old, some were barely able to walk, they were all so cute.

He walked closer to the group. He hit a little rock and the noise echoed. In unison, all the heads turned to him and gave him a stare. Nothing happened until the hatchlings started to waddle to him. They tried to fly onto his lap as he sat down. The adults took their time to get close to them, their squawks sounded like city pigeons.


He had a cuddle fest with the dodos for a few minutes before he turned to his backpack and grabbed the portal sticks, well portal stick. He forgot that the cameraman had the other for some reason. He was stuck down here until the cameraman got back and who knew how long it would take. He waited and waited all night, he even tried to sleep but the cold stones made it almost impossible for him.

Soon the night was becoming dawn. A rock falling from above caught the attention of Jim. He looked up and saw an old man in a yellow jacket. He looked down at Jim and the dodos with interest.

His long, grey beard waved from the ocean wind.

"Do you need help down there?" He shouted.

Jim nodded, "Can you bring down some cages for these dodos?" Jim asked.

The old man shook his head and threw down some cages.

They were going to get out

The dodos took interest almost immediately and didn't hesitate to walk into them.

"No wonder you went extinct!" Jim thought.

Jim wrapped the rope around one cage at a time and tugged on it to tell the man to pull it up.

Soon, he was the only creature down here and he was being pulled up. He saw that the man had to get some help from his son.

He too had a beard but it was nowhere near as long as his father's. Jim had to cover his eyes when the sun came up. He tried to look around and saw that there was a small ship with lobsters and fishnets strewn around.

A woman was reading a map on a stool.


"Are you okay sir?" Jim heard a voice behind him. He turned around to see a little girl in a skirt with red flowers sewed onto it.

"Yes I'm fine, thank you," he replied in the lightest voice he could manage. His voice was a little raspy.

He noticed that she was hiding something behind her back.

She moved her arms around to show him a small glass of water.

He had water with him in his backpack but he politely accepted.

He took the glass from her and took a sip. It was warm and a bit salty, not too appetizing.

He handed her back the glass and told her to thank you again. She giggled and ran back to the ship.

"That was my daughter Daisy, she sure is something else, she's nice to anything that breathes. I once caught her talking to a beanstalk, said it helps them grow." He chuckled. Jim chuckled with him.

"That is my wife, Georgia, she is a teacher back where we're from. Then, that is my second oldest, Billy." Jim noticed that he was loading the dodos onto the ship.

"Um, pardon me for prying but what is your son doing with the dodos?" Jim asked.

"Well, he's packing em up for the sea. We're going to take them so we have something to eat or trade once we reach our destination." the man answered.

"Um, can I have them, I'll give you something else.". Jim offered.

"I'll tell ya what, you give us a map and I'll let you have em. Our's is ripped and almost impossible to read. We've been out on the water for far too long." The man offered.

"Deal!" Jim said.

He sat his backpack down and grabbed a map. He made sure it was accurate to what the people thought the Earth looked like around this time so he wouldn't look suspicious.

He finally found it, it looked brand new because it was. Prehistoric Parks Cartographers Clementine and Levi had been assigned to make maps of every time period. This was one of their most recent. He couldn't wait to see their faces when he told them where their new masterpiece was.


He handed the captain the map and he motioned his son over with the dodos. He looked into the cage to count and make sure everyone was accounted for. He counted 11 and thanked the man for his generosity.

"Where are you taking these little birds, are you going to eat em?" the little girl asked. She was hiding behind her dad's leg.

"No, oh my gosh I would never think of it. I'm bringing them to a very safe place so they can live peacefully." Jim reassured her.

"REALLY, can you bring Cranberry with you!" she shrieked.

"Who's Cranberry?" He asked.

"It's this little yellow bird she found yesterday eating at our fruit supply, she's been keeping him in a little cage forever. He seems fine with it but between you and me," The man leans closer to Jim, "we can't eat him, there's nothing to him." he whispered.

"Yeah, sure I'll take Cranberry, why don't you go get him," Jim exclaimed. He watched as the girl ran off to the ship.

"So, do you know what kind of bird it is?" he asked the man.

"No, we found it when we were leaving the island of Rodrigues though if that helps.".

"I'm sure it will, we have a couple of people back at the park who know their thing about birds.". Jim reassured.


"Here he is, be careful," Daisy warned.

"I'll pretend he's my own baby!" Jim said to reassure her.

"Well, what is going on here?" Jim heard a familiar voice behind him. He turned around to see the cameraman climbing out of one of the caves.

"I've been looking for you for about 2 hours now, I need a blanket, I me…" he shut up when he noticed the family standing right next to him.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I'm a friend of Jim's, Jacob, nice to meet you," he said reaching out his hand.

"Lance, Captain Lance Marven." the man shook back.

"Wait you're a Marven?" Jacob exclaimed.

"Yes, why?" Lance was getting confused.

"We work with a Marven." Jim butted in. He hoped Lance wouldn't ask… "Oh really, what's his name.". "Dang it,", "Um, Nigel Marven," Jacob replied.

Jim noticed he was setting up the portal. Before he could stop him the portal flared to life, bright colors of blue, green, and brown sparked and shook like a wave.

"Oh my god, what is that thing?" Billy asked stepping forward.

Jim sighed, there is no way out of this one. "It is a portal, a portal to the park where we are bringing the dodos and Cranberry," Jim said, not adding the future, time-travel part.

"Wow, that is so cool. How does it work." Daisy was now interested in it as well.

Georgia wrapped her arms around her little daughter, tugging her back.

"It doesn't matter how it works, it is witchcraft!" she shrieked at the two men.

"Honey, please, I'm sorry about my wife, she is a little witch crazy. So how does it work?" he continued his daughter's question.

Jacob and Jim continued to explain how you just walk through and you're at the park, simplifying it down so as not to confuse the kids or even the adults.

With a lot of pleases and pleading the kids were even allowed to try it out. Their faces returning back must have made Lance and Georgia curious because they too, despite Georgia's skepticism, decided to also try it out.

"Well, that is some contraption you two have here." Lance complimented.

"Thank you, but if you don't mind, don't tell anyone about what you saw today, please." Jim pleaded.

"Oh of course," Lance said.


After saying goodbyes and farewells, and Daisy giving both of the men and Cranberry a hug, they left.

When Jim and Jacob walked back to Prehistoric Park, Bob intercepted them.

"Who were those four people who walked through and back?" He sternly asked.

"Just some of Nigel's ancient relatives," Jacob said as if it were normal.

"Wow, the stories to tell Nigel when he gets back are just piling up aren't they!" Bob exclaimed.

"They sure are." Jim agreed. The three men went to help the other employees move the dodos.


Soon Cranberry was enjoying his new aviary arch which you would walk under to get to the Elephant Savannah. The Echo Parakeets had calmed down and were now sleeping. The dodos were situated to the West of the island, next to the Stygimoloch. Their tropical beach was right next to the ocean. Small rocks were littered all around.

Jim sat on a palm wood bench watching the birds.

One of them, waddled up to the fence to coo at him before returning to bath in the ocean.

The call of the male Stygimoloch fighting off in the distance was the only thing ruining the peaceful moment.


On Isla Nublar, Suzanne and one of her co-workers, Penny, are driving their jeep through the field looking for the wounded Triceratops Bob reported about earlier that day.

They turned left into the forest. Suzanne slowed down to stop from running into trees.

They had only seen Andy the Ankylosaurus so far, the dinosaurs were taking advantage of all this new space.

They were driving for a little longer when a huge earthquake occurred!

"Oh my god." Penny shrieked.

Trees instantly started falling.

Suzanne tried to drive out of the rainforest but their path was blocked by a pair of fallen Kapok trees. They were trapped!

Next Time on Prehistoric Park:

Jim continues on rescuing recently extinct animals

A creature like a mix between a tiger and a wolf opens its large mouth.

Bob and all the other employees search for Suzanne and Penny.

Bob yells out into the jungle.

And someone returns to Prehistoric Park.

A boot steps off of a boat.

All Next Time on Prehistoric Park

Animals rescued:

12 dodos (5 males 7 females)

1 Rodrigues Fody (Male)

2 Echo Parakeets (Male and Female)


Hey, Cowpie here.

I hoped you liked the story, and I'm excited to say that somebody will be returning after a break.

That's it really, not much else to say, except thank you for reading, it means a lot.

If you have any comments, ideas, or questions feel free to share them with me in the comments.

And always, have a tip-top day!