The two siblings stared at the seal.

The seal stared back at them.

For quite a while, nothing happened.

But then, finally, the seal seemed to lose its curiosity with the group, and tried to approach them.

Out of nowhere, a second seal appeared and started growling at the first. The teens, perplexed by this, tried to back away slowly, only for the seal to start crying out at them.

A moment later, and the more aggressive of the two seals was promptly sent flying into the time portal.

Tristan stared for a moment, completely stunned silent.

"...Where'd you learn to lift two hundred and fifty pounds?"

"Rock climbing," was his sister's blunt reply.

"Oh. Well, what now?"

"Now we rescue more seals," replied Elise, who gestured to the rest of the beach. Sure enough, dozens of seals were resting on the beach, with many staring at the humans in curiosity.

Tristan let out an embarrassed laugh upon seeing the group, having not noticed their presence when he had first arrived. As he prepared to walk toward the horde, though, the battering sound filled the air - the one a woodpecker made when it searched for food.

Instantly, both Tristan and Elise froze up. Then, slowly, they turned their attention inland.

There, on one of the nearby trees, was a woodpecker - one with a large red headcrest, and a very white beak. Nearby it was a bird that would match many people's descriptions of a parrot.

"...Is that an Ivory billed Woodpecker?" questioned Elise.

"Cuban Ivory-Billed Woodpecker," corrected Tristan. "And I think the bird next to it is a Cuban Macaw."

"...Both of those are extinct, right?"

"Yes. And before you ask, I brought a net gun."

"Good. You get them, and I'll handle these adorable balls of blubber."

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Back at the park, work was underway preparing the new aquatic exhibts, as well as expanding some old ones. In particular, Deinosuchus Dip was in need of a major renovation.

The problem was not necessarily the size of the exhibit, but rather what it encompassed. When the park had brought back the giant prehistoric alligaotrs, they had already made consideration toward just how much space the predators would need to tolerate each others presence. What they had not considered, though, was that the giant crocodilians, which, unknown to the humans, preferred to feast upon sea turtles instead of dinosaurs, would become uncomfortable if they could not access a supply of salt water. To be fair to the staff, this was mostly a product of the location the most recent arrivals had come from - the resident ones were content with their current surroundings, but the newest rescues preferred a marine environment, and thus the staff had decided to accommodate them.

Of course, that left the staff with the unenviable task of keeping the predators occupied.

And it was for this reason that Ted was throwing a hextet of eland carcasses into the giant alligatorids' holding pen.

Hopefully, they wouldn't get too greedy about them.

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Some distance away, Pamela was busy carefully gathering a pile of dung. In a nearby container, she deposited a small lump of the disgusting substance, which was swiftly devoured by beetles. Disgusting, yet, but necessary to ensure the growth of the park's various plants.

The sound of hissing briefly turned her attention toward the nearby shoreline. There, the park's Dryptosaurus were ambling down the shoreline, looking for food. Recently, the carcass of a minke whale had washed ashore. The carcass lacked any signs of harpoons or turbine cuts upon it, and examination of the stomach showed no plastic waste within. It was likely he creature had died of either illness or age.

With the cause of death determined, a new task lay before the staff: disposing of the body. Normally, whale carcasses were towed back out into the sea, or detonated with explosives, in order to ease decomposition. The pieces were then buried, for the safety of the public. The park, however, ahd a different solution: use the remains as a east for its various carnivores. Already, a Ceratosaurus, Bistahi, Bathos, and Sabrina were feasting upon the carcass, with Terence having dragged a few morsels back home for his family. As a tyrannosaur, he had gotten first pick of the carcass, and besides, it was unlikely other creatures would be able to eat from the carcass unitl something large tore a hole through its tough hide.

The dryptosaurs briefly eyed Pamela, before retrating as a huge shape crashed through the nearby forest. It was a Suwwassea - a type of dicraeosaur. Once thought to be native only to the Southern Hemisphere, its discovery in the Morrison Formation was had proven the group had in fact been found in the Morrison Formation.

Smiling, Pamela offered the herbivore a cycad leaf. Even if these giants did demolish the plants she looked after, they could still be endearing.

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Back in the past, Tristan had finally caught all of the birds he could find. Having carefully secured them in bird cages, he was already making his way to Elise, who was busy trying to coax the seals to follow her. So far, no success.

Then she pulled out a marlin...wait, where had she got that from.

Instantly, all of the seals were looking at her.

Elise couldn't help but smile.

Said smile vanished when she realized how fast the seals were moving toward her.

Realizing what was about to happen, her brother hastily set up the portal and charged through, taking the birds into the present. A moment later, Elise vanished through the glowing aperture, followed by the horde of seals.

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Phobos watched on as the humans exited the portal, followed by an uncountable horde of hesperornith-mammals. The swimmers crawled after the humans, creating a spectacularly amusing sight. Within moments they were on the other side of the beach, still pursued by hordes of hungry mammals.

Phobos observed all of this for five minutes, then sunk his crocodilian teeth into an ox he had been offered as a meal. So tasty!

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