Later in the night, the storm subsides. While most of the crew is still resting, Nigel is already up and active.

"After storms is one of the best times to search for animals, because some of them might have been displaced by rainfall."

As he says that, Nigel turns on a UV light.

On a nearby tree, a new shape suddenly light's up.

It's a giant scorpion, roughly the size of a cat.

"Now that is a big scorpion. That's a Pulmoniscorpius, the biggest scorpion in the Carboniferous. This guy is the dominant predator on the ground after amphibians. As for why it's glowing, scientists still aren't sure yet, but it's assumed it's because of a chemical in their bodies."

As Nigel speaks, the scorpion moves off the tree. Unfortunately, it's moved onto the camera man. *

Worried about his friend, Nigel carefully approaches the scorpion. If the arthropod senses any movement, it may sting, and Nigel has no idea how that will affect a human.

Eventually, the scorpion relaxes. Seizing his chance, Nigel grabs the scorpion by the tail and places it within a cage.

At long last, Nigel has finally captured a giant arthropod.

At that point, the camera man awakens. After a short chat over what happened, the crew heads back to sleep. It seems that, finally, the crew's luck is turning up.

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Back at the park, Suzanne is trying to play Cupid with The saber-tooths. The female's cub has been weened, causing the mother to go back into heat. Unfortunately, she isn't interested in the male at the moment.

"I think the female might be uncomfortable in her pen, which is why she's refuses the male's advances. I'm having Bob work on a solution for that, but for now, we'll just have to watch and wait."

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AN: Since all Susan can do right now for Terence is hope he gets better, she's decided to play cupid with the Saber tooths. You should already know this if you watched the show, so this is only advice for people who have never seen it before.

*What was that guy's name in the show?

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