In the morning, Nigel is back at the lake. This time, he's brought a new tool and is determined to catch a dragonfly.

"This (holds up out plastic tube gun) is a water gun. I'm going to use it to catch a Meganeura. The tip is coated in detergent, so when it hits a dragonfly, it should knock it into the water, where the detergent will break the surface tention. That will make it sink a little, get its wings wet, and give me the chance to catch it."

Nigel quickly gets to work on his plan. He takes aim and fires at one of the dragonflies. However, it's still moving too fast to hit.

Eventually, though, it comes to a log and rests. Nigel takes his chance and fires. This time, the shot connects, and the dragonfly falls into the water.

"Yes!"

Nigel moves toward the giant insect and catches it in his net. He's quick to secure it.

As he readies to leave, though, he suddenly noticed something. Nearby is a large, orange, snakelike creature with a tiger-stripe coloration.

Nige quickly hands one of his crew the dragonfly, then dives in after the amphibian. After a short while of swimming and wrestling, he emerges with the creature in his arms.

"This thing is Crassigyrinus scotticus. He's one of the top predators in this lake. I think he's the one who bit me earlier. This is interesting, but this guy has legs that are absolutely tiny compared to his body. Crassigyrinus has no common name, but I think I'll call him the swamp monster."

Nigel hands his swamp monster to one of his crew for transport, then heads toward the shoreline. As he does, he sees two more giant amphibians. The are heavier built than his swamp monster, though.

"Those are Spathicephalus. They are more akin to grazers, scraping off plants and animals from rocks to eat."

Seeing a chance to gain more residents for the park, Nigel dives in, wrestles down the giant salamanders, then hands them to his crew for transport.

After taking a moment to get a cool breeze in his face from the dragonfly, Nigel sets off to find more giant bugs.

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Back at the Park, Suzanne is putting her plan into action.

She's had Bob give the cats large climbing structures as environment enrichment. This allows them to acclimate better to the present. Now, she's going to try and get them to mate.

She opens up the divider between the male and female's exhibits. Cautiously, the male approaches the female. If the cats don't hit off, Suzanne has a hose nearby. No cat would like a jet of water in it's face.

Fortunately, though, the cats seem to hit it off quite well. It seems that Prehistoric Park may yet breed the saber tooth.

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Meanwhile, Bob is putting a plan of his own into action.

"One of Nigel's friends showed me some fossils of sauropod guts. Inside were a bunch of smooth stones. We think that they use 'em to help break up their food. I think the titanosaurs are looking for some."

With this is mind, Bob has a simple plan for calming down the giant plant eaters: use a wheelbarrow filled with rough stones. It proves to be an instant success among the gentle giants.

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Back in Prehistoric Scotland, Nigel is still searching for giant bugs.

Suddenly, he spots something beneath a log. He removes the log...

And finds himself staring at another giant scorpion.

"Well, this is just like last night, except for the fact that now, the scorpion is fighting back. I'm real worried about this one because it has small claws, because for scorpions, small claws mean more potent venom."

Nigel works to maneuver around the scorpion, but has some difficulty doing so. Eventually, though, he manages to grab the scorpion by its tail, just below the stinger.

"Well, that was tough. This scorpion is colossal, but it doesn't hold a candle to it's ancestors, the eurypterids. I saw some when I did Sea Monsters and the absolutely dwarf this creature."

Nigel gets ready to put the scorpion in a cage. Unfortunately, this means he has to let it go.

The minute he does so, the scorpion falls into the cage, but not before stabbing him.

Nigel is quick to grasp his arm in pain, but that is only the least of his problems. He has no idea how potent the venom may be.

And that isn't even his biggest concern.

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Back at the Park, Bob has finally finished the big house. As he examines it, however, he reveals a real danger within it.

The extremely high oxygen content means that fires are much more dangerous in this kind of environment. A match he uses as an oxygen tester burns up in seconds.

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Back in Prehistoric Scotland, Nigel is finding out these effects firsthand.

The storm last night has caused a forest fire. If Nigel doesn't leave soon, then a scorpion sting is most definetly going to be the least of his problems.

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AN: Read and review. This is Flameal15k, signing off.