We now return with your regularly scheduled chapter.

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In Prehistoric Arizona, the team is searching for glyptodonts. Despite their slow and cumbersome nature, this is not nearly as easy as it sounds.

The team trekked across the scrubland, the sun mercilessly beating on their backs. They scanned the ground, searching for dung and footprints that might lead them to some creature, but so far, they had found nothing. Occasionally, a lizard would dart across the ground, a rabbit would rush past them, or a bird would soar overhead, but nothing big revealed itself to the team. The relative thickness of the brush only made it harder to find their target.

"Ugh, several thousand years and there's still scrub," remarked Tristan, "I missed it when we were doing the rescues underwater."

"We all do," replied Elise, "but for now, lets focus on finding a glyptodont."

"Fine with me."

Suddenly, a loud bellow filled the air. Surprised, the team came to a halt, looking everywhere to find the source of the sound.

Another one followed. This time, the group was able to recognize it: the sound was the bellow of an elephant. It seemed to originate from just past a large clump fo trees, and the team could make out the shape of an elephant on the edge of the trees. Cautiously, they begin to circle around, taking ample time to make sure that they do not disturb the animal on the other side of the trees.

When they finally do make it around the trees, they find themselves staring at a long tusked elephant, or at least something that resembles it. More are visible nearby, browsing on the nearby plant matter for sustenance. The one they first saw notices them, but after a brief staring contest, backs down.

"Is that a Stegomastodon?" asked Violet.

"I think so. They're known from fossils that go to South Dakota in the North to Uruguay in the South, though the Southern ones might be part of a different gomphotheres altogether known as Notoimastodon. Still, these things are amazing."

Amazing as they may be, these gomphotheres will soon be extinct, owing to climate change and human hunting. That, however, makes tehm perfect rescue targets for Prehistoric Park.

"So, can we rescue them?" asked Elise to Nigel.

"I don't see why not."

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While the team prepares to rescue the gomphotheres, back at the park, Bob is having to deal with some wayward amphibians.

Nearby one of the Temnopsondyl exhibits, Bob is offering some fish to the residents. Few of them are moving to eat, though, and the ones that do aren't don't each much. Bob sighs at this, a look of puzzlement on this head.

"I don't know what's up with these ones, they just don't seem to be doing so well. The rest of the amphibians Nigel brought back with those sail backs moved in just fine, but these ones don't seem to be happy at all in their new home. I'm not really sure why: its deep enough for them to keep cool even in the hottest parts of the day, its wide enough that they can all have their own little territories in it, and there are plenty of basking spots on the shoreline. Yet they still aren't happy. I've caught some of them trying to escape from this lake and... and one of them is missing. Oh dear."

Sighing, Bob pulled out a radio and called up Park Control.

"Control, another temnospondyl escaped. I need some assistance checking the nearby exhibits."

"Roger, we're sending some staff to help you. Good luck."

"Aye," responds Bob, before hanging up and sighing once again.

"We really need to figure out why these giant amphibians are unhappy, otherwise they might not last long here."

Hopefully, a solution can be found.

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On the other side of the park, Ted and Vera are busy examining one of the park's resident cephalopods.

With some difficulty, Vera and Ted use a crane similar to the one Bob used to feed the tyrannosaurs to hoist a Mahi-Mahi over one exhibit. As soon as it settles over the water, a quartet of tentacles shoot out of the water and tug it of the crane, and into the depths below. Vera and Ted stare on in shock for the moment, before turning their attention toward a nearby screen.

"So, you think the ROV will let us find out why it just seems to leave the fish we feed it to rot on the sea floor?" questioned Vera.

"Hopefully," replied Ted.

Turning their attention back to the screen, the group watched as the cephalopod descended toward the ocean floor, occasionally taking bites out of its catch. On the way down it scared off a nurse shark and several barracudas, all of which retreated at the sight of the giant cephalopod. When it at last reached the ocean bed, it gently deposited its catch between a few large heads of coral, taking care to avoid placing it too close to any of the other fish carcasses in the area. When it was sure that the meat was secure, it moved away from the fish, only to return to scare off a shark that tried to take a bite out of the fish.

Curious as to why the belemnite was abandoning its kill, the duo moved the ROV toward the carcass, trying to find clues as to its importance. Before they could examine it too much, though, another of the giant belemnites darted past it, knocking the ROV into a coral crag, trapping the machine in the depths.

Ted and Vera both stared at it for a moment, utterly stunned by the ROV's entrapment.

Then Ted spoke up.

"...Well, I guess we're going diving."

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Back in Prehistoric Arizona, the team is moving to save the gomphotheres.

The team stares at the proboscideans for a moment, attempting to determine which among them is the matriarch. Eventually, they identify her as a the largest of the females, with a trio of scars on her side. Advancing slowly, they try to get her attention without making her feel threatened. It takes a while, but eventually, she does notice tem and stair at them, curious.

Their chance now present, the team pulls out a banana from Elise's pack and offer it to the matriarch. Cautiously, the female reaches out and eats it. Immediately, her stance changes, indicating enjoyment of the food. Now more trusting of the group, she holds her trunk out, silently prodding them for another one. Smiling, Elise, Sean, Nigel, and Violet oblige the request, while the rest of them set up the portal. By the time the matriarch has finished the second banana, the portal is active, which momentarily surprises the female, though she soon adjusts. Seizing the opportunity, Elise, holding out a third banana in front of her, slowly backs up, moving slowly enough for the matriarch to keep pace, until the girl is through the portal. Wanting her treat, the matriarch follows her, though not before calling the rest of her herd to follow her. Soon, the entire herd is through the portal, and a few minutes later, Elise returns to the group, the portal closing behind her.

So far, so good.

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AN: Read and Review! Sorry about the hiatus, had to study.

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