PROLOGUE Part 1: The Cretaceous Period (65 Million Years Ago).
Cue the Universal logo. The earth slowly changes into a blue and green version of the Jurassic logo.
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The young sun rose from its nightly slumber, peeking above the prehistoric treetops.
The light glistened off of the traveling water currents in a flowing river.
As the sun rose higher in the early morning sky, it emerged from behind the trees and mountains, causing plants to bloom to life.
(cue the beginning notes of the "Jurassic Park Theme " by John Williams)
As the sunlight hit the ground below, in the forest floor of the sleepy landscape lay a huge lightly feathered 40-foot-long animal named Roberta snoozing peacefully.
A Dinosaur. But not just any dinosaur...
A Tyrannosaurus Rex, or T-Rex for short. Its name meaning "Tyrant Lizard King."
One of the most powerful creatures to have ever walked the earth.
She had a dull gray, brown, and orange color scheme with degradation color zone running down her neck, back, and tail. She looked muscular and robust, with faint scars all over her body from fights with other dinosaurs, dark stripes on her neck all the way to the tail, and had a dark splotch around her eyes, which when opened were yellowish brown. Roberta had two short supinated arms with two claws on each hand.
As the dinosaur slept, a small fly buzzed in the air. Landing on the Tyrannosaurus Rex's snout, the tiny insect settled down to rest.
The giant predator snorted in her sleep, expelling air from her nostrils. Meanwhile, the tiny fly buzzed away unharmed.
The T-Rex growled as she slowly opened her eyes. She let out a loud yawn, which echoed across the landscape. The theropod growled once more as she stood up on her powerful legs, using her forearms to push herself off the ground, reaching up to her 18 foot height. Now fully awake, she was ready to begin a new day.
Another small fly landed on the dinosaur's light feathers.
Roberta shook her head in annoyance, causing the insect to buzz away. The dinosaur snorted once more before walking away from its sleeping spot. Each of its footsteps caused the ground to tremble.
Once the Tyrannosaurus Rex had left, another creature awoke from its long night.
(Cue the beginning music notes of "Hay of the locusts" by Michael Giacchino)
A giant locust, with long, pointed, spiked legs, yellow, green, brown, and red color markings, and large leathery wings, emerged from a small bush. It made a buzzing sound along with a chirping chatter and produced a rattling noise with its wings. The insect was approximately one foot in length and had an omnivorous diet.
The large insect took off into the sky.
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A moment later, the locust stopped to rest on a huge tree stump—or so it thought.
Not only did the tree stump feel soft, but when the arthropod fluttered to what looked like another tree stump, it twitched and started to move up.
What the insect perceived as a mere wooden pillar was in fact a leg of a Titanosaur.
A humongous Dreadnoughtus. It's name meaning "Fear Nothing."
One of the largest sauropod dinosaurs and terrestrial vertebrate animals known.
It had a length of 86 feet and a height of 30 feet. The Dreadnoughtus had a dark brown color with dark orange stripes.
The giant behemoth bellowed as it strode forward across a muddy swamp. The earth shook as the huge dinosaur approached the lake where other sauropods bellowed in return. A Dreadnoughtus herd drank from the lake and grazed on small plants growing along the wet ground. The massive, long-necked dinosaurs bellowed at each other, appearing to enjoy each other's company.
While the gigantic Dreadnoughtus herd was hanging out together by the lake, the sky was filled with all kinds of different birds and pterosaurs flapping and soaring in different directions.
The common Pteranodons. Its name meaning "Toothless Wing."
They had feather-like hairs called pycnofibers on their bodies. Their wingspans were as long as a school bus and had different colors all over their skin. The males had large long pointed crests on top of their heads and the females had smaller stubbier crests.
Several Pteranodons fluttered down to investigate a rotting carcass of a juvenile Dreadnoughtus that was previously killed by an unknown predator. The pterosaurs started picking at the dead body of the young dinosaur, until several huge pterosaurs flew down and roared at the smaller Pteranodons.
A flock of Quetzalcoatlus. The biggest flying creature on the planet. It was named after the Aztec feather-serpent god called Quetzalcoatl.
This pterosaur species have a blue crest on their heads, with black and light pink wings, and had pycnofibers like their fellow Pteranodon cousins, the color being mostly light gray and black tuffs on the back of their heads. They were 18 feet tall and had a wingspan of nearly 40 feet.
The giant pterosaurs steadied themselves for ground contact. Smaller Pteranodons scattered as one of the Quetzalcoatlus landed on top of the Dreadnoughtus corpse. The giant flying creature snapped aggressively at the pterosaurs, causing a few of them to retreat back into the sky. The Quetzalcoatlus shook its light feathers as more large pterosaurs landed, folding their immense wing spans. As the sun shone behind it, the enormous Quetzalcoatlus roared up into the bright morning sky.
Far off in another part of the landscape, a small herd of armored quadrupeds were drinking from a small watering hole.
The large Ankylosauruses. Their name means "Fused Lizard."
They were built like a living tank, with extremely thick, bony plates of armor on their bodies, even including armored eyelids. Their tails also had a deadly function; they could also act as clubs. The clubs were used to swing around and smash into attacking dinosaurs. They had a color of dark brown armored plates and light gray scales. They had a height of 10 feet and a length of 26 feet.
Their reflections shimmered in the crystalline water. One of the armored dinosaurs lifted its head out of the pool, its mouth dripping with fresh water. It snorted water out of its nose and bellowed softly at its companions. On the far side of the shore, a small group of ceratopsians were foraging.
The centrosaurine Nasutoceratops. Their name meaning "Large-Nosed Horned Face."
They have short yet thick snouts and large horns above its eyes that extended almost to the end of its beak-like mouths. They have a length of 16 feet. Their scales had a color of dusty bluish brown with red patterns on their backs as well as their frills. They also have black tips on their white horns.
Further away, on some cliffs, more Pteranodons flew around and squawked at each other. Some of the flying reptiles basked in the sun, while others dived into the water below to hunt for fish. A male Pteranodon caught a medium-sized fish and brought it to his mate. She accepted the food, and the two pterosaurs nuzzled their beaks affectionately, purring.
Further down the landscape, in a deep and dark cave, one small, but sneaky feathered dinosaur hunted for food.
An Oviraptor. Name meaning "Egg Thief." He was stealing eggs!
It was 3 feet tall and 6 feet long, and was covered with a full coat of white feathers over its body down to the top of its stomach and bottom of its neck, ending in a fan of feathers at the end of its tail, although its arms are wingless. The scales of the Oviraptor were grey, while its beak and head crest was red. A black stripe runs down from the neck to the tail.
The Oviraptor chirped softly and glanced around to determine whether any mother dinosaurs were near. Afterward, it cautiously approached a nest containing four dinosaur eggs. The feathered creature surveyed its surroundings once more before seizing the opportunity to begin breaking into one of the eggs. Blood and yolk spilled from the shattered shell as the Oviraptor began devouring the meal, pecking like a bird.
A roar suddenly echoed from within the cave, startling the egg thief. The mother of that nest was returning, and she sounded furious!
Back out in the beautiful sunshine, a large female horned Nasutoceratops bellowed as she walked out of the jungle. Her infant walked beside her, bellowing softly. The two dinosaurs were at the back of a migrating herd that was now crossing a river. Several of the Nasutoceratops were cooling off in the cold water. Some of them splashed in the refreshing pool.
In the other side of the river, a hungry herbivore had its mouth full of some soggy plants that grew at the bottom of the water.
The Iguanodon. The first dinosaur ever discovered. It's name meaning "Iguana Tooth."
The biggest ornithopod ever found. The Iguanodon is a very robust and large herbivorous dinosaur. With a vaguely horse-like head, muscular forelimbs, and wide body. The default coloration was dull green with pale green stripes down its back, especially on the tail. The underbelly, throats, and cheeks were also pale green. Unlike the later hadrosaurs, the Iguanodon sports very large thumb spikes used for fighting as well as an opposable fifth digit (a "pinkie") for grasping food. The Iguanodon runs and chiefly walks on four limbs, but can rear up and stand partially upright like a bear to look more intimidating in a fight.
As the hadrosaur chews on its food, it stood up on its hind legs and looked around for any predators that might sneak up on it, causing rays of sunlight to peek over the animal's beak. Then the Iguanodon kicked back its head, chomped on the plants, and then swallowed its food. After finishing its small snack, the Iguanodon dropped down to all fours and walked away from the river, then it stopped by the edge of the forest, leaned its head down, and started eating some more plants.
Meanwhile, in a large valley, Roberta the female feathered Tyrannosaurus Rex was still searching for some food. The dinosaur walked to one of her favorite hunting grounds. She growled and sniffed the air. Her strong sense of smell was rewarded with the scent of a rotting carcass of an Iguanodon that had died a peaceful death in a meadow next to a small cliff. The theropod growled hungrily and stalked up to her easy meal. When she reached it, she happily began to devour her food.
Nearby, a tiny feathered dinosaur was feeding on rotten flesh left by another sleeping dinosaur.
The Moros Intrepidus. One of the most recently discovered dinosaur species today. It's name meaning "Intrepid Doom."
This small adorable little carnivore is about the size of a duck. The color on its feathers are predominantly gray with some whites along the back, around the neck, and along the underside. It's skin has tan on the legs, hands, and along the jaws, and the face is dark brown. It also has some reds as patches on the eyes, splotches on the hip, and from the middle to the tip of the tail.
All of a sudden, a loud rumbling growling sound erupted from the mouth of the sleeping dinosaur. The tiny tyrannosaur squeaked in alarm and ran away.
That small dinosaur had a good reason to flee. The sleeping dinosaur had just awakened from its nap.
(Cue ominous music composed by Michael Giacchino).
The Roberta the T-Rex noticed and heard the unknown creature's ominous growling and stopped eating. She growled softly in anger to see this dinosaur in her territory.
But this wasn't just any dinosaur.
It was a Giganotosaurus! Or Giga for short. And his name was Zeb. Its name means "Gigantic Southern Lizard."
On of the largest-known carnivorous dinosaurs ever discovered!
The Giganotosaurus roared at the T-Rex.
The Giganotosaurus had large crests running from the top of its brow and down halfway along the skull. Along its back, there was a row of spines starting at the top of the head and extending all the way to the hip region, where they formed a hump-like cluster before continuing as individual spines to the tip of the tail. Its 70 teeth were similar to those of a crocodile. The skin was pale gray with dark gray markings on its head and turning into rough stripes down its back. This massive carnivore stood 20 feet tall and measured 50 feet in length.
The Zeb the Giganotosaurus snarled down at Roberta, glaring at the smaller carnivore with its green eyes.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex growled back and attempted to resume its morning meal, but Zeb snapped at the predator and growled in aggression. The carnivorous intruder desired to steal the tyrannosaur's prey.
The T-Rex growled back, as if saying that this was her territory.
The 2 Apex-Predators glared at each other and started to circle around the carcass.
Roberta snapped at the larger carnivore's tail.
Zeb snarled.
Then the T-Rex roared. The Giga roared back.
These two dinosaurs were preparing to fight to see who would claim this place as it's territory.
The 2 Apex-Predators charged at each other.
Roberta tried to bite her opponent's neck, but Zeb rammed the smaller carnivore with its spiky spines on its head. Then the two predators wrestled each other to the ground. The T-Rex tried to push her enemy off the cliff, but the Giga regained her balance, rammed the dinosaur again, and bit down on the carnivore's neck. Roberta roared in pain as Zeb swung her around and sliced open her throat. The female dinosaur shrieked in extreme pain as blood leaked out of her body and her heart stopped beating. She went limp moaning, dying in the jaws of the biggest carnivorous dinosaur in the world.
The Giga slammed the dead body of the T-Rex into the wall, damaging the dinosaur's skull. Then it pushed its victim off the cliff, watching it fall to the bottom of the water below.
A curious mosquito hovered over the deceased apex predator. Landing on its feathered face, which was still dripping with blood, it took its chance and began to drink the blood. After finishing, it flew away from Roberta the dead Tyrannosaurus Rex.
(Cue the "Giganotosaurus Theme/Motif" by Michael Giacchino in a low, ominous tone).
Above on the cliff, Zeb the Giganotosaurus growled down at its dead victim, its snout dripping with blood. It had won the battle to the death and had claimed its rival's territory as its own. Then it picked up the dead Iguanodon with its jaws and walked away as the sun shone brighter in the sky.
