There is something missing from our world.

The amazing animals that time has left behind.

But what if we could bring them back, what if extinction didn't have to be forever.

We're going back in time on a safari with a distance.

As wildlife adventurer Nigel Marvin plunges into prehistory to rescue creatures on the brink of extinction.

This time, Nigel heads back one hundred thousand years to rescue the mammoth.

His is plan is to bring them back to the safety of the present and give them a second chance.

Nigel stood in a giant glass dome. "This is the Prehistoric Park Ice Dome, which was made to house animals of colder climates, mammoths to be exact." he explained as he moved around the enclosure. The enclosure had wide plains, a small collection of pine trees in the far corner and a small stream.

Bob walked up behind him and said "You ready to head off then Nigel?".

"Yes I'll be off in a few minutes, I was just going to see you before I left, I need you to fence off an area of the biosphere for a predator, it's a little surprise." he replied.

To save the mammoth, Nigel is travelling back 100,000 years to a time when mammoths were at their peak. However they were not the only ice age mega fauna, nor the most dangerous.

"This is Bob's little surprise, a cave lion" Nigel explained as he pointed towards a large, robust cat that was drawn on a wrinkled piece of paper. He was standing next to a packed jeep with a large snow mobile attached and wearing a large wool coat.

He drove through and detached his snow mobile. He grabbed a few items of the jeep. A tranquilliser gun, a first aid kit, a tent, some matches and an extra can of fuel for the snow mobile.

Back at the park, Bob is feeding Goliath, no easy feat.

The massive tyrannosaur paced back and forth near the fence. He knew it was feeding time. "This great big lizard has been trouble since he got here" commented Steven. "When he first came through, he tried to eat the two juveniles and just two days ago, almost ate a keeper when he knocked over a feeding truck. Since then we've had to feed him with a cherry picker" he said as he pointed at the large feeding contraption.

It seems that Goliath has waited long enough to eat.

Goliath reared back and charged at the fence. He burst through and let loose a victory roar. He then set his sights on a real hunt, the nearby Triceratops enclosure.

Back in the ice age, Nigel has found some interesting tracks.

"These are cave lion tracks" he explained as he followed the tracks. They led him to the scene of epic clash, a massive bear was brawling with three cave lions. "That's a cave bear and it's fighting with those lions for territory." he explained as one of the lions bounced off the bear in pain. It roared in an unmatchable fury and the lions ran, seizing his chance Nigel set up the portal and moved into the open.

Back at the park, Goliath and Theo are in the midst of a confrontation that hasn't happened for sixty five million years.

Goliath roared and ran at Theo, who bravely stood his ground. Theo flushed his frill with blood, turning his frill from bright orange to vibrant red and charged. Goliath dodged and rammed him. Theo held his ground and hit Goliath's shin with the side of his skull. The hulking tyrannosaur roared in agony and tried to get behind him.

"Quickly, tranquillise them!" Bob screamed to Steven, who was lining up his shot. Something hit Goliath near the rear, a dart. The same happened to Theo and they became drowsy. The next two minutes looked quite comical, a groggy Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus of the same condition wavered from side to side, giving the occasional tired growl or rumble. They collapsed side by side.

Now that the fight is resolved, Bob is about to meet the surprise.

Bob looked down upon three pale, robust lions demolishing a carcass. "So this is what 'at fence was for eh." said Bob as he helped Nigel up the ladder.

"Yep. This lot weren't to powerful so they can stay in there and still be ok." he explained as he stared down at them. "Beautiful animals" he muttered. Nigel climbed down and back through the portal.

He walked through many hills covered in snow. He came into a small valley with many mounds of grass. In the valley was small herd of musk ox and small herd of large cows. "I was hoping to see these, Aurochs, they are, an ancestor to the modern cow." he walked down into the valley. "I would love a herd of these for the park, they went extinct in 1627" he explained as he set up the portal.

Saving the Aurochs is all good and well, but as Nigel is about to learn, they are a lot less timid than your average cow.

Nigel walked up to the group and tried to coax them into the portal. Instead of coming quietly, the beasts charged him. As fast as he could he sprinted towards the portal.

Through the portal he burst, climbing the ladder as quickly as humanly possible. Although Nigel just nearly died, Bob seems unusually happy. "Of all the dangerous, throat-rippin', man-eatin', maulin' animals he could of brought back, he brings back a big cow" said while laughing at the trouble it had caused Nigel.

Although he has just rescued what Bob thinks to be a harmless cow, Nigel must get straight back through in search of a woolly mammoth.

Nigel headed back through the portal. He jumped up on his snow mobile and headed off. He soon found a herd of massive deer. "These are Megaloceros, the Irish elk." he explained as he tried to get closer. A few backed away, while one or readied itself to charge. "Let's move on, they obviously don't like me."

He soon came to a large plains area with one, giant lake at the centre. To one stood a group of massive, brown haired woolly mammoths. Nigel set up a portal near the only possible exit, a mountain pass to the east. He then walked of to figure out how to get them through.

While Nigel ponders about how he is going to rescue the mammoths, Bob, like Nigel did, is learning the Aurochs should not be taken lightly.

Bob drove through the massive Ice Dome, which he had populated with a herd of bison, two yaks, some reindeer and three musk ox. He came to the herd of Aurochs and dropped several bales of lucerne onto the ground. He looked at the recreated ice age environment with wonder.

What he didn't realise, was that a full grown bull was charging him. Crack! The jeep took a massive hit to the side, leaving a dent shaped to an Aurochs skull. Bob took off in terror towards the exit. "He can never brin' back somethin' cute an' cuddly, can he" he growled as he left.

Back in ice age Siberia, Nigel has come up with a plan.

Nigel stood next to his snowmobile, only it was changed. It now took the appearance of a massive bear. He climbed in through a makeshift door and drove down into the valley. He scared two females and a young male calf through and closed the portal, letting the others past.

All is going well, until Nigel meets a full grown bull.

His snowmobile broke down at the most unfortunate of times. He jumped out as the bull mammoth charged. He quickly set up the portal and sprinted through, followed by a massive bull mammoth.

Next time...

Nigel heads back one hundred and twenty million years to a mysterious and ancient china after a four winged dinosaur.

A black shape glides through a massive forest.

But ends up at the mercy of a fierce predator.

The vibrant green head of a large theropod.

And Bob deals with an Ice Dome breakout.

The cave lions roar at massive mammoth.

Rescued:

3 Cave Lions, 2 females, 1 male

A herd of Aurochs

4 Mammoths, 2 females, 2 males

Thanks for reading, please PM or review if you have any suggestions, questions or comments.

To Drew, Tyrannosaurus had a bite force of several tons and although I am also not sure whether T. rex could crack an Edmontonia's armour, the cracking of the shell was to emphasise the power of the massive predator. Thank you for reviewing and please continue to tell me if you have any concerns.