- ♪ Dinosaur train
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ Once upon a time
♪ There was a mom
♪ Her name was mrs. Pteranodon
♪ Sitting on her nest
♪ She heard a scratch and then said ♪
- Oh, boy, my eggs are hatching!
- ♪ One by one, her kids popped free ♪
♪ Baby pteranodons, one, two, three ♪
- I'll name you tiny, shiny, and don.
- ♪ But tiny said
- Wait, there's one more, mom.
- ♪ The last little baby
♪ Was a different size
♪ With teeth and a tail
♪ And big green eyes
♪ He didn't look anything
♪ Like the rest
- What am I doing in a pteranodon nest?
- ♪ But dear old mrs. Pteranodon said ♪
- Oh, this is your family, and I'm your mom.
You may be different, but we're all creatures.
All dinosaurs have different features.
Come on, buddy. We'll take a vacation.
I'll get us a ticket at pteranodon station.
We'll travel the world in sunshine and rain
And meet all the species on the...
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ We're gonna ride
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- [Roaring]
- [Snoring]
[Laughter]
- Okay, cindy, it's your turn to play
The "if I was" game.
- [Clearing throat]
If I was a pteranodon,
I would fly through the air.
[Squawks]
Ta-da!
- Very good.
Okay, my turn.
If I was a cimolestes,
I'd run right up this tree
And then back down again!
[Squawks]
- [Chattering]
My turn!
If I was a pteranodon,
I would dive straight into the sea!
[Squawks]
[Panting]
Ta-da!
- My turn!
If I was a cimolestes,
I'd eat a big, delicious fish for lunch.
Mmm.
- Bleh!
Sorry, tiny,
But I don't like fish at all.
- You don't like fish?
But other cimolestes must like fish, right?
- Um, I don't think there's a single cimolestes
That likes fish, tiny.
- [Gasps]
- See, we're mammals,
And mammals are land animals,
So we don't go in the water.
We eat food we find on the land, like bugs!
- But there's so many kinds of creatures, cindy.
There must be some mammal somewhere
That likes the water and eats fish.
- Hmm, I bet I know a way we could find out.
- Really?
How, buddy?
- We could ask the conductor
On the dinosaur train.
He knows practically everything.
- Oh, buddy, that's a great idea!
Come on, cindy.
Dad!
Can we go to the dinosaur train?
We have a question for the conductor.
- Well, can't you just ask me?
I know quite a lot of things too, you know.
- Okay.
Are there any mammals in the mesozoic
That like to eat fish?
- Hmm.
Okay, I don't know the answer to that one.
Let's go ask the conductor. Both: yeah!
- Oh, cindy,
Would you like to come along with us?
- Uh... [Titters]
I don't know, mr. Pteranodon.
I've been on the dinosaur train,
And it's so big!
And it's fast!
[Squeaks]
- But what if we find a mammal that loves fish?
Wouldn't you want to meet it?
- Oh, gosh, you're right, tiny.
That would be incredible.
All right, I'll do it!
- [Chuckles] to the dinosaur train!
- [Gulps] don't look down.
Don't look down. Don't look down.
- How you doing, cindy?
- I'm--i'm--i'm okay.
How are you doing?
- [Laughs] I'm great!
We're going on a fishing trip.
- Plus, we get to search for a new species--
A mammal that eats fish--
And ride the dinosaur train.
[Sighs]
Life is good.
[Train whistle toots]
- Tickets!
Tickets, please.
Both: hello, mr. Conductor!
- Hello, pteranodon family and--well, bless me!
If it isn't cindy cimolestes.
Greetings.
- Ah, hello.
- Where are you all headed today?
- We brought cindy along
To ask you a question, mr. Conductor!
- Yeah, since you know practically everything.
- [Chuckling] well, gosh, now, buddy.
I don't know everything.
Just quite a bit. - Right.
Our question is,
Is there a mammal anywhere in the mesozoic
That loves to eat fish?
- Ooh, a mammal that loves fish?
Oh, tiny, sometimes you ask some tough ones.
- [Chuckles]
Kids, I think you may have finally stumped the conductor.
- Ah, ah, not so fast, mr. Pteranodon.
I remember an amazing creature from way back in the jurassic.
A fur-covered, web-footed, egg-laying early mammal
Called castorocauda
That lives both on land and in the water
And loves fish.
- [Squawks]
Cindy, I was right!
- Oh, wait, wait.
Did you say a mammal that lays eggs?
I thought only dinosaurs lay eggs.
- Actually, cindy, many animals lay eggs.
Snakes, amphibians, dinosaurs...
- And pterosaurs.
- Gosh, how exciting.
I can't wait to meet a castorocauda.
It sounds like the most amazing creature!
- Wait till you get a load of this!
Kids: ooh.
- It looks like it's about my size.
- And covered with fur, like you.
- But look at those feet.
They remind me of fish fins a little.
It looks like castorocauda is made for swimming.
- Exactly, miss tiny.
Castorocauda is a land animal that is adapted for swimming.
See its big, flat tail
And how its hands and feet are webbed?
Those features help it swim faster.
And it's true that most mammals live on land,
But some are comfortable living on land and in water,
Like castorocauda,
Which is what we call an aquatic mammal.
All: an aquatic mammal.
- I can't wait to meet one!
- Well, it won't be long,
'Cause we're about to enter a time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching!
- Time tunnel?
Oh, dear.
I'm not sure I like the sound of that!
[Shimmering tone]
- Don't worry, cindy.
This part of the trip only takes a minute.
We'll be in the jurassic in no time.
[Bell dinging]
- Castorocauda corners station, in the jurassic time period.
Just follow that path down to the lake.
If there's a castorocauda around,
It would be there fishing, most likely.
Good luck!
[Together] thanks, mr. Conductor!
Bye!
Kids: whoa!
- It's beautiful.
[Gasps] I wonder how deep it is.
- I can't wait to dive in and see!
- Some of us don't really swim, tiny.
- Some of us have never even been in the water!
- Yeah, why don't we search along the shore
For a castorocauda first?
Maybe we'll find a nest.
All: okay!
- [Gasps]
Hey, everyone!
Look what I found!
Both: ooh, a nest!
- Think they're castorocauda eggs?
- Well, it would take a castorocauda to tell for sure.
- [Sighs] but there's no castorocauda.
Dad, I'm getting tired of looking.
- Hmm, you know what I do when I'm tired?
I take a break and go fishing.
- [Squawks]
Yeah, and we can also look for a castorocauda while we fish.
- Let's go, team.
- But what will I do, buddy?
I don't know anything about fishing.
- That's no problem.
When we fish, we're all part of the team.
You can help me!
Come on.
See, we're the spotters.
We look for fish and then--
I see some!
Over there!
[Whooshing, splashing]
- Yeah!
- [Muffled shouting]
- What did you say?
- [Gulps]
I said, "no castorocauda!"
- Well, it's a big lake, tiny, and deep.
If at first you don't succeed, try again!
[Whooshing and splashing]
- Dad! Dad, buddy, cindy!
I found it!
Hello, my name is tiny.
Are you a castorocauda?
- [Crunching, gulping]
Oh, excuse me.
Mouthful of fish.
Yes, my name is cassie castorocauda.
- Hi, cassie!
We've come all the way
From the cretaceous time period to find a castorocauda!
Would you mind coming to the shore?
- Hello, buddy and mr. Pteranodon and cindy.
- Uh, hello.
- So you're a mammal too?
- Yes, I'm a cimolestes.
I live in a tree.
- Cassie, do you mind if we compare features?
It's kind of my favorite thing to do.
- Sure, buddy.
Let's compare the mammals first.
I have this big flat tail that helps
To push me through the water.
- And I have this little skinny tail,
I guess 'cause I don't swim at all.
- Buddy, I see that you and I have lots of sharp teeth.
Mine are for grabbing at fish
And keeping them from wiggling away.
- It's pretty interesting that pteranodons have no teeth,
And you've got a mouthful.
- Yeah!
Aah. - Aah.
- I'm a t. Rex, so I like meat best,
But since I live in a nest full of pteranodons,
I guess I've learned to like fish.
- I love fish!
I even have a song about it!
- [Gasps] wait.
You have a song about how much you love fish?
So do i!
♪ If I could wish
♪ For just one dish
♪ My greatest wish
♪ Would be more...
[Together] fish!
- [Laughs]
That's great!
Here's mine.
[Acoustic guitar music]
♪ I dive into the water
♪ When I'm ready for a treat
♪ I wiggle with my big, flat tail ♪
♪ And kick with my webby feet
♪ And then I catch a lovely fish ♪
♪ My favorite thing to eat
[Applause]
- Wow, a flat-tailed, web-footed mammal that loves fish.
Now I've seen everything.
- Oh, yeah, I forgot to ask you about your webbed feet.
They're so cool!
- Thanks, buddy.
They help me to swim faster,
They're great for digging in the mud for shellfish,
And they're great for building a nest in the mud too.
- Ooh, ooh, I think I know where your nest is, cassie!
- So these areyour eggs!
When are they going to--
Both: ooh, the egg!
It's hatching! It's hatching!
- [Yawns]
- Oh, it's so cute!
- It is!
And it's a mammal that hatched from an egg!
- Well, congratulations, cassie.
What a beautiful baby castorocauda.
- What are you going to name it?
- Hmm.
How about "cindy"?
- Huh?
Ahh.
- I'll bet you'd like to hold her.
- [Sighs]
[Whooshing and splashing]
Both: yeah, all right!
- [Squeaks]
[Train whistle toots]
- Oop! That's the whistle, kids.
Well, cassie, that means it's time for us to get going.
- Oh, already?
I was just getting to know little cindy!
[Chattering]
Bye!
Good-bye, cassie!
Bye, baby cindy!
- Cassie, we'll come back and visit again
And fish in your beautiful lake.
- That sounds great!
Bye, everyone!
- All aboard!
[Together] bye!
All: ♪ if I could wish
♪ For just one dish
♪ My greatest wish
♪ Would be more fish
- [Snoring]
- Hmm.
- [Snoring continues]
- Huh? [Laughs]
- [Snoring continues]
- [Laughs]
- Hi, butterflies.
Welcome to our nest.
Don't get hurt by dad's snores.
- Hey!
Those three are flying away!
- Hey, butterflies,
Where are you going?
You forgot your brother!
[Laughter]
- That guy near dad, his name is dan.
- How do you know that? - I just know.
Dan, where did your brother and sisters fly away to?
- Wait, those other butterflies are his brother and sisters?
- Yup, dan's just like me.
He has one brother, whose name is benny,
And two sisters, teeny and sheila.
- That sounds like our names.
- I know. Isn't that funny?
But those are their real names.
- [Snores]
- Whoops, there he goes.
Come on, you guys, let's follow him.
Dan, here are the rocks we play on.
My nature collection's over there,
And way down there is our beach.
- Dan's wings are so beautiful and colorful.
I really like them.
- And he actually flies really fast.
- [Gasps]
[All grunt]
- You okay, don?
Why did you stop?
- I think I know what dan is doing.
- Me too.
He's flying around like a butterfly.
That's what he does.
- No, he's flying around,
Looking everywhere for his sisters and brother.
All: huh?
- I'm sure he is.
He's probably feeling lost and sad.
[Sighs]
I know I'd be sad if you and buddy and shiny
Left me by mistake, and I was all alone.
- Well, we wouldn't let that happen.
- Thanks, buddy.
I know what I have to do.
Help dan find his brother and sisters!
Dan, I promise I'll find your brother and sisters for you.
All: we'll help you, don.
- That's wonderful that you're helping don
And his new butterfly friend.
I'll help too, don.
- [Yawning] me too.
I'll help you find dean.
He's a butterfly, right?
- He is a butterfly, but his name is dan,
Not dean, dad.
- Oh, dan, not don or dean.
I will try to remember that.
Dan, dan, dan.
- Huh?
Speaking of dan, where is he?
- [Gasps]
Dan! Where did he go?
- Maybe he's playing hide and seek?
- Or he may be hiding to keep safe.
- To keep safe?
But he's safe here with us!
How much safer can he be?
- I know a few things about butterflies.
I can explain like the conductor does
On the dinosaur train!
- Too bad you don't have a conductor's screen, mom.
- Hmm.
[Whispering]
- [Chuckles]
Okay, then, I'll be the conductor's screen.
Ready?
[Laughter]
[All squawk] ready!
- [Imitating mr. Conductor] hello, I'm mom the conductor.
All: hello, mom the conductor.
- Butterflies survive on something called nectar
That they get from flowers and plants.
- [Whooshing]
[Gulps]
[Exaggerated gasping]
[Slurps]
[Laughter]
- And butterflies like dan have an amazing sense of smell.
They use their antennae to smell things.
- [Sniffing]
- Smell me! - Me too!
[All chattering]
- Butterflies also have very good eyesight.
Many have brightly colored wings
And are most active during the day.
- Whoo! I'm a colorful butterfly!
Whee!
- But butterflies also have many predators
That try to attack them:
Frogs, lizards, spiders, and certain birds.
[Laughter]
To protect themselves,
Many butterflies, like dan,
Use the color patterns on their wings to blend in
With the leaves, trees, flowers, and rocks.
They sort of play hide and seek.
This blending in is called camouflage.
All: camouflage.
[All cheer]
- Blending in, huh?
I wonder if dan is doing that right now.
I still don't see him.
Do you think dan is playing hide and seek?
Dan, don't hide!
You don't have to use camouflage!
I'm not a scary predator. I'm your new best friend.
- Well, let's help don find dan.
Maybe he's somewhere in the nest.
- Or on dad or mom?
- [Gasps]
Wait. Buddy, don't move.
Look at buddy's back, everyone!
- Hey, it's dan, right on your back, buddy.
Hi, dan!
- [Giggles] dan's orange-colored,
So he blends right in with you, buddy.
- Yeah, because I'm orange too.
[Together] that's camouflage.
- Exactly.
- Dan, even if you're camouflaged,
I will not let you out of my sight.
Now let's go find your brother and sisters.
- Wait. We need a plan.
- Right, where have we seen butterflies before?
Both: near the water!
- Our beach is near the water.
- Okay then, team.
To the beach!
- Hop on, dan.
Well, it shouldn't be hard to find butterflies
That look like dan.
- Yeah, he's mostly orange, some yellow.
Okay, let's start the beach search!
All: yeah!
- Hello, benny, teeny, and sheila!
Where are you?
Your brother dan is right here!
- [Squawks] there's a dragonfly.
Definitely not a butterfly.
- And there are some flying beetles.
- And a frog!
[Frog croaking]
- Look, it's butterfly camouflage again, don!
Dan's just protecting himself by blending in.
- Oh, right.
Wow, dan, you really blend in with this orange rock!
Dan, you can come out now.
The frog hopped away.
Just stick with me.
We will find your family.
I know they're here somewhere.
- [Squawks] look, two lizards.
- Dan's using camouflage again.
[Whispers] you're good at that.
Now don't worry.
I won't let the lizards bother you.
- Finally, I see some butterflies!
Maybe it's dan's sisters and brother.
- Wait, these butterflies aren't dan's brother and sisters.
- Yeah, they're the wrong color.
They're not orange and yellow like dan.
- [Sighs]
Well, I guess this search
Will be harder than I thought it would be.
- Let's think.
Where would dan's brother and sisters be
If they were on this beach?
- [Squawks]
What if we all act like butterflies?
Then maybe they'll see us and come play with us.
[Laughter]
- I'm using my butterfly antennae!
- And I'm using my amazing butterfly eyesight!
- I could use my camouflage to hide, but I'm not.
I want my brother and sisters to see me.
[All panting]
- This is hard work.
- How's it going, team?
Any luck finding dan's sisters and brother?
- No, we've looked and looked.
We found a dragonfly and some beetles
And lizards and a frog.
But we can't find benny and teeny and sheila.
- [Squawks] I'm sorry, don.
We didn't have any luck either.
- I found some shiny shells.
- That's nice, shiny.
[Sighs]
- I know.
Why don't we go back up to the nest and have a snack?
That'll make us all feel better.
All: yeah!
[Dinosaurs squawking]
- Look, dan's hiding again.
[Whispers] we can hardly see you.
Nice camouflage job, danny boy.
- Okay, dan, the coast is clear!
- Hop on, dan.
Dan, you're gonna be okay.
And I'm still gonna find benny and teeny and sheila for you.
- Come on, don, eat some fish.
You'll feel better.
Dan can stay with us.
- You hear that, dan?
You can stay with us.
We'll just take a short break.
Wait, where are you going now?
Oh, to mom's flowers.
- What's he doing?
- He's drinking flower nectar.
- Cool! I want to see.
I love flowers too, dan.
They're so pretty.
I like the petals, myself.
- Tiny, don, come back to the nest and eat some fish.
Dan will be fine.
You can watch him from here.
Both: okay.
- [Humming]
- What are you making, tiny?
- [Squawks]
A flower headband.
- It's lovely, tiny.
- Thanks, mom. It was fun to make.
- I'm sorry we couldn't find
Your sisters and brother today, dan.
But I promise I will.
[Dinosaurs squawking]
- Wait. nowwhere did dan go?
- Oh, no, did he go back to the beach?
- I think he's closer than you think.
- What's going on, don?
Are you hiding him?
- I'm not, but--
Both: oh, there he is!
- I knew he was there the whole time.
[Laughter]
- [Squawks] now what's happening?
- Yay, it's benny, teeny, and sheila!
They were all-- what's it called--
Camouflaged together!
♪ La, la, loo
[All cheer]
- Tiny, your headband of flowers was a headband of butterflies!
I'm so happy our search worked.
We got dan back together with his brother and sisters.
Just look how happy dan is!
- And we're happy you found them, don.
Now he's with his sisters and brother.
- Yeah, just like you're with us,
yoursisters and brother.
I'm proud of you, don.
All: me too.
- Group hug! [Squawks]
- Here, you wear it, don.
They seem to really like it.
- Want to camouflage in the flowers again?
Maybe?
- It worked.
Look, the butterflies are having a snack!
- Eat up, dan.
Stay for dinner too...
Or fly away for a while.
Bye, benny, teeny, and sheila!
Bye, dan!
Visit anytime!
See you soon!
All: bye, dan!
- I'm open, shiny!
- Go get it, don!
- Hiyah!
- Look up!
[Grunts]
- [Laughs, grunts]
- [Grunts]
Both: goal! Whoo-hoo!
- [Chuckles] hey, good game, kids.
Nice teamwork!
- [Squawks]
Come here, everyone.
We have a surprise.
- What's the surprise?
Are we getting a bigger nest?
- Or all the fish in the world?
- Even better.
Your dad and I
Are going on a special date night
And someone is coming over to babysit:
Kiera chirostenotes.
Kids: hooray!
Hi, kiera!
[Kids laugh]
- [Laughs] hi, guys.
What a greeting.
- I'm glad kiera could come today.
The kids love her so much.
- Yeah, she's the greatest.
[Gasps] oh, no.
- What's wrong?
- I forgot to get you--
Tap, tap!
A bouquet for you, hon.
- Aw.
- You look great, mom!
Dad, tell her she looks great.
- You look great, hon.
- Did you do something different with your wings, mom?
- Why, no, I just--
- Well, they look great!
Okay, you don't want to be late.
- Order extra dessert!
Kids: bye, mom and dad!
[Both laugh]
- Kids.
- All right.
Have a great time with kiera.
Listen to her,
Be nice to each other,
And don't fight.
- Don't worry.
Your kids are the best.
We'll have fun.
You should too.
Both: okay, then!
Bye!
- [Squawks]
- So what should we do first?
- Let's rearrange my whole nature collection.
We can start with the rocks and pebbles
And then twigs.
- Let's make a feast!
Dessert can be a seven-layer fish cake.
- No, let's build a nest on the beach
Covered with really, really shiny shells!
- We could play a game.
- A game! Now, that sounds manageable.
- Yeah!
A running, flying, diving, climbing game!
We can even give out awards at the end.
- Wow, you guys have a lot of ideas.
- [Squawks]
Here's our date night train.
- Hello, pteranodons.
All aboard for a special date night.
[Upbeat music]
- It looks lovely in here.
- Please have a seat.
Your waiter will be with you shortly.
Both: thank you.
- It's so nice to relax and know
That kiera has everything under control back at the nest.
- Yeah, the kids are so happy when they're with her.
[Kids shouting excitedly]
- Let's do my collection!
- Let's play a game!
A nature game!
- Let's make a big meal! Come on!
- Let's do my idea!
You'll love making a nest
And doing what I say!
- [Whistles loudly]
[Chuckles] I like all your ideas,
But first, I have something to show you.
Follow me.
- Tonight's date night dinner
Will be one you'll remember forever!
It'll be served on the beach at the big pond.
- Really?
Ooh, I can't wait!
- I love the beach
And the big pond
And eating.
- And on the way there,
I thought it might be fun
To visit some of the train cars
That you don't usually see at night.
Follow me!
- It's just around this bend.
There.
- Um, that's a big dead log.
- Right!
- Are we going to play...
A balancing game on it?
- Or plant a new garden inside it?
- Great guesses, but, actually,
We are going to discover a whole new world
Right underneath it.
[Grunts]
- Wow!
- Cool.
- Bugs.
- Ew.
- I forgot how beautiful it is here.
- And relaxing.
- And friendly.
Both: oh! Laura. Hi.
- I trust you are enjoying your special date.
- We certainly are.
- I wonder if you'd like me
To draw a special picture of you two
To commemorate your evening.
- Oh, sure.
We'll pose.
Come on, hon.
- Oh, there!
That's perfect.
[Laughter]
- There's one with antennae,
And that one has black eyes.
Ooh! And here's one.
- With a bunch of eyes
And so many feet!
- Okay, so they have a lot of feet,
But I don't get what's so great
About poking around under an old dead log.
- Hmm, did you know
That even though the log is dead
There's more life in an old rotting log
Than in a whole living tree?
- Really? How?
- Dead trees are a source of food
For lots and lots of different creatures.
- Like these bugs? [Gasps]
- Exactly.
Everything that lives,
Including trees,
Decomposes into food
That helps other living things survive and grow.
- [Squawks]
That's pretty amazing
For a rotten log.
- So nothing gets wasted?
- Right, shiny.
There's no waste in nature.
- What else is under there?
- Ooh, look at that!
- That's great!
- Ready for your specially-prepared,
One-of-a-kind, date night dinner?
- [Squawks] yes!
I'm so excited.
- I'm so hungry...
[Chuckles] and excited.
- Perfect!
'Cause we're here.
Big pond station,
Next stop!
[Train hisses]
- Look.
Mine is kicking its feet.
- Mine's eating a dead leaf!
- Mine is really good at squirming.
- Mine has the shiniest shell.
- Yep, those are all great insects.
- Ooh, kiera, can we bring the log
Over to the nest?
Then we could play with our bug friends
Whenever we want.
- That would be fun,
But not so much fun for the bugs.
Their whole habitat
Would really get shaken up by the move.
- Yeah, they're so tiny.
Moving it would be like an earthquake for them.
- Right; it's better just to leave the log here
Where we found it.
- [Sighs]
At least we can still visit.
- Two open-faced fish-wich grandes
For your date night dining pleasure.
- Oh! Everything is so beautiful.
- Mmm, yeah! And delicious.
[Gulps]
- How is your meal?
- Delightful!
So tasty.
- Then you'll love your next course.
Shellfish a la big pond.
- Ooh, look at you,
Eating shellfish for once.
- [Chuckles] well, it's just served up so nice.
I can't help myself.
Besides, I wouldn't want them
To think we're not having a good time.
- Because we are.
- Wait till you get to dessert!
It's simply amazing!
- [Slurps, gulps]
We're ready!
- And so are we.
A frothy fish pudding for two.
Both: oh, amazing!
- Told you!
- Okay, guys, time to get ready for--ah!
- It's just for one night.
- It's a bug sleepover.
- They're our new nature tracker log friends.
- [Laughs nervously]
I think he loves me.
- [Chuckles] aw.
Don't you all like to sleep in your own nest?
Kids: yes.
- The bugs do too.
They'll be happier in their log home.
Come on.
Let's take 'em back.
Kids: okay.
- I'll miss you, squirmy.
- Don't worry, don.
We'll go visit squirmy tomorrow.
- [Sighs]
What a perfect evening.
- Yeah, I don't know.
It seems like it's missing one thing.
- Beautiful views,
Amazing dinner,
A gorgeous drawing.
The perfect date.
What's possibly missing?
- This.
[Romantic acoustic guitar music]
- [Swoons]
- ♪ The sun has set
♪ It's a lovely view
♪ But no one is lovelier than you ♪
♪ Our food was tasty
♪ Every plate
♪ Even our babysitter's great
♪ And now we're all alone, my queen ♪
♪ The prettiest pteranodon
♪ That I have ever seen
[Trills]
- Oh!
[Squawks]
When did you take guitar lessons?
[Train screeches]
- Come back for another date!
- [Squawks]
Oh, it was wonderful.
Thank you so much.
- A great night, mr. Conductor.
Thanks.
- Well, that was just perfect.
- It was fantastic.
- And I'm so thankful for kiera.
She makes it easy to relax
When we know the kids are safe and happy with her.
- [Chuckles] yeah.
We're pretty great parents, aren't we?
- [Whispers] everything is so quiet.
- [Whispers] yeah, kids must be asleep.
Let's just sneak over and peek at them.
- [Squawks loudly]
- Oh, my gosh! Where are the kids?
- Where's kiera?
Look in the trees!
Check the beach!
And the cave.
- Track their claw prints!
- Whose claw prints?
[Both sigh]
- Hey, mom and dad.
You're home.
- Oh, you're home!
- We didn't know where you were is all.
- Everyone is fine.
We were just putting some things
Back where they came from.
- We like bugs now!
- And dead logs!
- I always liked bugs.
- Guess what!
Dead trees have more living stuff in them
Than live trees.
- Well, it looks like
Everyone had a great time.
- And learned a lot.
Thank you so much, kiera.
- Anytime.
Your kids are lots of fun.
Bye, everyone!
- I feel a group hug coming on.
- You're so fun!
- Bye!
- Please babysit us again soon!
- Really soon!
- I'll let you hold squirmy.
- [Laughs]
- [Yawns]
Well, I for one am tired.
[Chuckles] let's go to sleep.
- The perfect ending to the perfect day.
Good night, kids.
Kids: good night, mom!
Good night, dad!
[All snoring]
- [Squawks]
What's that under my head?
[Dramatic music]
- [Gasps]
- [Laughs]
Well, I took most of the bugs back to their log.
- This is only some of the bugs?
- Yep, and they all live in a rotting log.
That's jakey. That's sam.
He's the shiny one.
Those ones over there
Are kylie and cole and reese!
- [Sighs] oh, don.
[Kids giggling]-
- Okay, nature trackers,
Ready to play catch the sticks?
- [Squawks] ready!
- Throw 'em, buddy.
- [Grunts]
- [Chomps]
- [Grunts]
- [Grunts]
- Hey, where did tiny go?
- She's not there.
I think she's hiding.
- Well, then, let's find her.
Come out, come out...
All: wherever you are!
- Oh, well.
Let's head back, then.
- [Gasps] I knew it!
You're in your tiny place.
- [Squawks] yep!
I'm in my very own tiny place.
- Wait, how come tiny's the only one
With her own tree?
I wish I had my own tree
With a don's place in it.
- I guess I got the idea from dad.
He's got his own tree too.
[Together] oh, yeah!
Let's go see it!
[Kids laugh and squawk]
Hey, dad!
- What's the password?
- Um, fish?
- Correct!
[Laughs] hi, kids.
I was just hanging out in my tree.
It's kind of my dad place.
- What kind of tree is this, dad?
- Well, this is a sycamore tree, buddy,
Like a lot of the trees in this area.
- [Squawks] time to go to the train station, kids.
- Oh, right, of course.
Today's your special visiting day with...
Kids: grandma and grandpa!
- Should we bring anything to grandma and grandpa's nest?
It's a long trip,
- Actually, grandma and grandpa
Are coming here for the day
To stay with you kids.
Kids: really? Yay!
- And while you play with grandma and grandpa,
Your mom and I are gonna have a day at the beach,
Just the two of us.
Both: ooh! Fun!
- Time to meet the dinosaur train
At the station.
All: to the dinosaur train!
[All squawk and roar]
- [Giggles]
[Train screeches and hisses]
- Pteranodons, t. Rex, omnivores, and carnivores,
Please, flap your wings and clap your hands
For the two pterosaurs we all adore,
Grandma and grandpa pteranodon!
[Kids cheering]
- Ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo!
Hi, kids!
Great to see you.
- Group hug.
[All laughing]
- Well, pteranodon family,
Have a fantastic day together!
Bye!
All: bye, mr. Conductor!
[Train whistle toots]
- Well, team, let's fly back to our nest.
- We can make a big meal and play dinoball.
- We can find new shells!
- I'll show you my collection section.
- This is gonna be a great nature trackers day!
- Ooh, I like all your plans.
- I have other ideas! - Me too!
- Me three! - Me four!
- Now, kids, calm down.
Try not to all talk at once.
Kids: okay! We'll try not to!
- Remember, play nice,
Listen to grandma and grandpa,
Don't fight, and--
- Go on, hon.
Have fun.
Don't worry about the kids.
- Or us! [Chuckles]
We know what we're doing.
Remember, this used to be our nest.
We lived here when your daddy was a kid.
- A kid?
Oh, right. I knew that.
- Okay, grandma and grandpa, thanks!
We'll go now.
[Together] bye!
See you later!
Kids: bye!
[Laughter]
- Okay, grandma, can we go fishing?
- Or explore the cave?
- Or get a tree that's my very own?
- Wait, did you say,
"Get your own tree," don?
I think you read my mind.
- I didn't know I was reading anything.
- Kids, we can all fish, explore caves,
And collect shells
After our special nature trackers activity.
[Kids cheering]
- So what's the nature trackers activity?
- I'm trying to read what you're thinking.
- I think it has something to do with trees.
- I was just gonna say that!
Buddy, you read my mind.
[Laughter]
- Maybe he did, don.
[Trills loudly]
Okay, team pteranodon,
Let's stroll!
We're going someplace that you've been to before,
But we have a surprise waiting there.
Kids: ooh! A surprise?
- So, grandpa, what's the surprise?
- Well, if I tell you,
Then it won't be a surprise anymore.
- Ah, okay. I understand.
So what's the surprise?
- Look at all these wonderful trees.
- I've known this tree for a long time.
In fact, the first time I saw it
Was when it was this high.
- [Laughs] wow!
That's so tiny! And I know tiny.
- Trees are never that small. Are they?
- All sycamore trees start off that small as babies.
- Wait, this is a sycamore tree too?
- Dad told us that a lot of the trees around here
Are sycamores.
- Well, your dad's right.
Want to know a little more about sycamores?
- Yeah, 'cause we're the...
Kids: nature trackers!
- Yeah! - Whoo-hoo!
- Yeah! - All right!
- Ah, the sycamore tree.
This tree has an interesting life cycle.
It grows from seed ba*ls
That fall to the ground.
As they fall,
Little hairs on the seeds
Act like parachutes,
Helping to spread them over a wide area.
Then the seeds get covered with soil,
Watered by rain,
Warmed by sunshine,
And they grow and grow!
After years, a baby tree
Becomes large, strong, and leafy,
And even grows flowers.
- [Squawks] really?
- Yes, really.
Sycamore trees belong to the group
Called flowering plants.
- And look how tall they can grow!
- Oh, sycamores can grow
Up to feet tall!
That's taller than ned brachiosaurus' neck
Stretched all the way up!
Kids: wow!
- Plus, they're all covered with leaves!
- Mm-hmm.
Sycamores make the perfect shade tree.
- No wonder dad likes them so much.
- Once a year,
The green leaves turn gold,
And they all fall off.
The word for trees that drop their leaves
Is "deciduous."
- Wow, grandma and grandpa,
You both know so much about sycamore trees.
- Yeah! You're so smart!
- Well, we've been around for a long time.
- [Laughs] yeah, but not as long as sycamore trees.
They can live over years.
- Years?
That's almost years older than me!
- Hey, here's dad's favorite tree.
- Dad's is a sycamore, too, grandma and grandpa.
- [Squawks] that's right, buddy.
- You know, some young kids
Planted both these trees a long time ago.
- Those kids were just about your age.
- What?
Kids can't plant trees.
- [Chuckles] why, they sure can, shiny.
A kid planted this one,
And that kid was me.
I was this little when I planted this
With my mom and dad.
Both: really, grandpa?
- Can any of you guess who the kid was
That planted this tree?
That kid visited it many times
To see if it grew.
- Did you plant it, grandma?
- Or mr. The conductor?
Both: your dad planted it!
- [Gasps] [together] dad?
- The one we know?
- But where did he get a tree to plant?
- Well, we gave it to him.
He dug the hole,
And he put the little sycamore sapling in it.
- And then packed soil all around it.
- Wow, dad's so lucky to have his own tree.
- Would you like your own tree, don?
- Oh, yes!
But that wouldn't happen
Till I'm much bigger and older.
- [Chuckles] or...now.
[Wheels squeaking]
- [Panting]
Am I late?
- You're right on time, mr. Conductor!
[Together] ta-da!
Your own trees to plant!
[Kids gasp]
Kids: these are really ours?
- My...own...tree.
- Yes, these are your own trees.
Thank you, mr. Conductor, for your help.
Kids: thank you, mr. Conductor!
- Oh, I will have a sip of this water,
If you don't mind, grandma pteranodon.
- So are you ready
To plant your trees?
Kids: yes!
We planted our trees!
- Yay! - Whoo-hoo!
- Hi, tree.
I'm gonna call you leafy.
We're gonna have fun
Growing bigger and taller together.
I just know it.
- I know my tree will grow
Just like dad's.
- [Squawks]
Did someone mention dad?
- Dad!
Do you remember planting your tree?
- Did you plant it with grandma and grandpa?
- Did you know how tall it would grow?
- [Chuckles]
I do remember planting this tree
Like it was yesterday.
Oh, I was so excited.
Your grandma and grandpa helped me plant it,
And I came to visit it a lot.
- Look at our new little trees, dad and mom.
Mine's named leafy.
- Oh, that's great! - Oh, look at that!
- Oh, I can't believe
How tall your little tree has grown, son.
You were so excited that day
When we planted it.
- Now as you kids grow,
Your trees'll grow too.
Oh, they'll be here for a long, long time,
Maybe years!
- Yeah, that's even older than me!
- And hopefully, someday your grandkids
Will come here with you to look at your tree.
- [Creaky voice] grandkiddies, this is my tree
I planted way back when I was a little kid.
It was a baby tree then,
And look at it now.
La-la-ooh!
[Laughter]
- So, dad, do you remember our race to the top game?
- [Laughs] of course I do!
And no, I'm not too old to race to the top
Of your tree, son.
[Both squawk]
Both: can we race too?
- [Laughs] sure.
Both: the more, the merrier.
- On your marks.
Get set.
Go!
I say...
It's a tie!
- I love your tree, dad.
I want to come here all the time.
- Ooh, speaking of time,
It's time for dinner!
Both: can we go fishing?
- Aw, do we have to leave our trees now?
- [Squawks]
I have an idea.
Everyone, wait here.
I'll be right back.
- Ah, what a feast, hon.
Kids: yeah! Thanks, mom!
- This has been the best visit
With grandma and grandpa ever.
- Yeah, we got our own trees.
Kids: thanks, grandma and grandpa!
Both: you're so welcome, kids!
- I can't wait till leafy grows really tall.
Then I can have my own don's place.
It'll be so great.
I'll have a double-decker nest in my tree.
- Ooh, I like the sound of that.
- And I'll have lots of fish-wiches
To eat all the time
And a special collection section
That only you guys can see,
And it'll be so great!
- Sounding better and better, don.
- I see a herd of triceratops.
- I see a volcano!
- I see elliot enantiornithine!
- Well, hello there!
Both: yeah!
- Elliot, it's great to see you.
- Thank you!
It's great to be seen.
- But we almost never see you on the dinosaur train.
- This is true.
I normally fly alongside the train,
But today I thought, "why not ride?"
- Why not, indeed.
Say, elliot, tiny and buddy know this train very well.
Maybe they could give you a tour?
If it's okay with their dad.
- Ooh, could we, dad, please?
- Oh, sure.
I'll even come along.
It's been awhile since I've seen the engine
Or the caboose or--
- The dining car?
[Laughter]
- To the dining car!
- What great stuff!
Bug stew, beetle broth, c*ck casserole.
[Laughs] I could feast for ages.
[Belches]
Ooh, or maybe not. Excuse me.
- Hey, elliot, would you like to visit our friend laura?
- The giganotosaurus?
I'd love to.
But first, one more bite.
Done.
Let's go.
Both: hi, laura.
- Oh, hello, buddy and tiny.
It's so good to see you.
[Sighs]
- Um, is everything okay?
- Yes, it's just that today is my bird-watching
And bird drawing day,
My favorite day of the month,
But I haven't found a single new bird to watch.
[Sighs]
- What's going on?
- Laura's sad because she can't find any birds to watch.
- And draw. We have to help her.
There's got to be a bird around here somewhere.
- What am i, chopped carrion?
I'm a bird, remember?
Laura can watch me!
- Oh, right!
I always think of you as a theropod,
But of course you're a bird too.
- And a theropod!
Just like in the theropod cheer!
Both: ♪ one, big legs with three-toed feet ♪
♪ Two, lots of teeth for eating meat ♪
♪ Three, a long tail for balancing well ♪
♪ And four, theropods have a great sense of smell ♪
- But wait, I'm a theropod with wings
And lots of feathers, and I can fly.
That makes me a bird.
- Hmm, how about:
♪ When theropods all get together ♪
♪ The birds are the ones with wings and feathers ♪
- That's great, tiny!
Plus, it rhymes.
- You could even call it the bird call.
[Laughter]
- Oh, dad. - Wow.
- Elliot, this is wonderful.
Of course I've seen you before,
But never on a bird-watching day.
May I bird-watch you?
- [Clears throat] you may.
- Thank you.
Nothing makes me happier than to observe birds,
Identify their species, and study their features.
- Well, observe and draw away!
I am strutting.
[Laughs]
Now I'm stopping.
Now up I go!
How about a loop-de-loop?
- Whoo-hoo! Both: way to go, elliot!
- Perfect.
And there's one other way I remember birds I meet.
This is my special feather collection book.
Whenever I can, I try to collect a feather
From every new bird I meet.
Would you mind, elliot?
- Mind?
It would be my pleasure.
- Here's one.
- Thank you.
And thank you,elliot.
Okay, kids, place it right there.
- Well, there we go!
Laura, it looks like your bird-watching and drawing day
Was a big success.
- Yes, I love bird-watching.
I wish I could find more birds to watch.
[Sighs]
- Never fear, laura!
You're with the nature trackers now.
If you want to find more birds,
We'll help you.
- And so will elliot, right?
He can help us find other birds.
- Yup, yup, yup!
Let's do it!
- Excuse me, folks,
But I couldn't help overhearing
That you're looking for birds.
This might interest you.
[Clears throat]
Next stop, archaeopteryx lagoon
In the jurassic time period.
Both: that's where arlene archaeopteryx lives!
- She's one of the first birds ever!
- And we know just where to find her.
- Oh, it's been a very long time since I met arlene.
Do you think she'd mind being bird-watched?
[Both giggle]
- I don't fly much.
I glide and prance.
Oh yes, this old bird still can dance!
[Chuckles] hey, that rhymes!
[Laughs]
[All cheer]
- Come, elliot.
Let's give laura something worth drawing.
Hoo-hoo!
Both: yeah, go, arlene!
Whoo-hoo!
- Brava! Incredible.
- I'm so glad we found you at home, arlene.
- It's nice to see you all.
So, laura, did you get my good side?
- Oh, I think every side is your good side.
I did notice something unusual about your wings and tail.
Buddy and tiny, do you see
Anything interesting about arlene?
- Arlene has wings, like a bird...
- But her bony tail is like a dinosaur's!
- That's because I'm a bird anda dinosaur.
[Laughs]
- And a theropod?
- Better believe it.
And don't forget my feathers.
- Speaking of feathers,
May I collect one of yours
For my feather book?
- [Gasps] a feather book?
What a lovely idea.
If you really want to learn about feathers,
You want to meet my friend peng protopteryx.
He has a lot of amazing feathers.
- [Squawks]
I know peng.
He's kind of my distant cousin.
He lives in the cretaceous.
And arlene's right,
His feathers are something to see.
Both: can we go meet peng?
Please?
- Well, I don't know.
Let's see.
[Both giggle]
- Sure we can go.
I want to meet this peng fellow too.
Okay, let's take a ride on--
Now, what's it called?
[Together] the dinosaur train!
[All cheer]
- Peng protopteryx, eh?
I believe we can stop off at protopteryx plains.
It's not too far out of our way.
- [Squawks]
Yes, that's where peng lives.
I wish we had a picture of him.
- Consider it done, sir.
Behold peng protopteryx!
- [Gasps]
Elliot, protopteryx looks like you!
- Eh, you think?
Well, we are sort of cousins.
- Yeah.
You both have a beak full of teeth,
Long claws, and soft-looking feathers.
- What about your tails?
Mr. Conductor, do you have a picture of its tail?
- That you should see in person.
Don't want to spoil your bird-watching.
- But, mr. Conductor--
- Sorry, buddy.
I promise you'll find out soon, though, because--
Time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching!
[Train whistle toots]
Next stop, protopteryx plains station
In the cretaceous time period.
Have fun! Say hi to peng.
I can't want to hear your tale of the tail!
All: bye, mr. Conductor!
- Peng!
Peng!
- You sure this is where he lives?
- I may have been around for a long time,
But my mind is as sharp as a troodon claw.
Yes, this is where he lives.
Hello, peng?
- Here I am!
Now I'm here!
Right behind you!
Nope, down here.
Now way up here!
- Whoa!
[Laughter]
- Um, are you peng?
- Yepper-dee-dee, that's me, me, me.
- But you're so tiny, and I know tiny.
- Your picture made you look bigger.
- [Squawks] that's peng.
Small but feathery.
Hey, cuz, these are my friends
Buddy and tiny pteranodon and their dad.
And you know arlene archaeopteryx.
And this is laura giganotosaurus.
She's a birdwatcher and a bird-drawer.
- Nice to meet all of you!
So, laura, would you like to draw my picture?
- I'd love to.
I live to meet new birds and draw them.
Do you mind?
- Not at all!
But do you think you can draw
All my different feathers?
- You have different kinds of feathers?
- Three different kinds.
Check it out.
Elliot, arlene,
I have these soft feathers on my belly that keep me warm,
Wing feathers that help me fly,
And thesefeathers on my tail.
- Those are feathers?
They look so stiff!
- They are stiff, but they're still feathers.
Want to touch them?
- No wonder the conductor wanted us to see your tail.
It's really cool!
- Amazing feathers, peng, just amazing.
A bird-drawer's dream!
- Hey, peng's not the only one with cool feathers.
Watch this!
[Squawking]
- Oh, yeah?
Let this old bird show you how it's done.
[Grunts]
- Aw, come on, that is nothing.
[Laughter]
- Perfect. Don't move, please.
I must draw the three of you like that.
[Train whistle toots]
- Oh, it's the dinosaur train.
I'm afraid we have to go, kids.
Both: aww.
- And before I finished my drawing.
[Sighs]
- Whoa! - Got you!
- Wait, laura, maybe you can still do your drawing.
Peng, will you come for a ride on the dinosaur train?
- Yes, I'd love to!
Last one there is a rotten dinosaur egg!
[Laughter]
- Race you there!
- Okay, fly.
Have fun!
- [Laughs]
This aviary car is amazing.
- Yeah, and it's especially for birds.
Hey, race you to the top!
- Buddy, tiny, I have a request.
Would you join me for bird-watching next month, too,
And every month?
- You mean like a bird-watching club?
- Exactly.
Both: we'd love it!
- Um, mind if I join too?
- Of course. The more, the merrier.
- Buddy, tiny, come fly with us!
- Go. Go. Have a great time.
- Look out, birds, here we come!
[All cheer]
♪ When theropods all get together ♪
♪ The birds are the ones with wings and feathers ♪
- Whoo-hoo! Theropods!
[Laughter]
- [Munching loudly]
- Larry, I'd appreciate it if you would not eat
Any more leaves off my trees.
It's pretty simple: my trees, my leaves.
- That's not very neighborly, neighbor.
- I'm sorry. That's just how I feel.
- Look at those white, puffy clouds.
That one looks like an upside down dinosaur train.
- Hmm. What are clouds, anyway?
- Clouds are really nothing.
Just what you see: white pieces of fluff
That float along.
- I think clouds are more than that.
They are made of something. Maybe water.
- Water? [Laughs]
How could something be made of water?
- All right, sure, laugh.
But doesn't rain come from clouds?
- Those nice puffy clouds?
They're just shapes of fluff that blow around.
- [Sighs]
I really think rain comes from clouds.
- Well, that's fine. That's what you think.
I just don't.
Okay, time for us to go home, lily.
- Aww. - Oh, hey, say, pteranodons.
I promised lily a picnic tomorrow at the big pond beach.
Care to join us?
[All gasp] can we go, dad?
Please? - Well, it's fine with me.
Plus it'll get larry away from my trees and leaves.
All: yay! A picnic!
- [Laughs] great!
Tomorrow, then. It's a plan.
- Hey, look at those clouds.
They look darker. I wonder what that means.
- Yeah, they're probably full of rain.
Larry, you may want to make a different plan
For the picnic at the beach.
- Ahh. [Blows raspberry and laughs]
It's not gonna rain.
We're having the picnic tomorrow.
In fact, listen to this:
If it does rain tomorrow,
I will personally get dinner for you and your whole family.
All: really? - Really.
- Really? Dinner sounds good to me, larry.
And who knows? Maybe it won't rain.
But I think that--
- So we'll meet tomorrow morning at the station
And ride the dinosaur train to the big pond together
For a picnic.
[Laughs]
It'll be a bright, sunny day all day!
Well, hello, pteranodons!
What do you know? Blue skies!
Is it raining?
Oh, wait.
It's not raining, is it?
- You're right, larry, it's not raining now.
- Look, part of the sky is getting cloudy.
- [Laughs]
Let's not start with that silly
"Clouds are water and make rain" talk.
[Laughs]
- Hello, pteranodons and lambeosauruses!
All: hello, mr. Conductor!
- We're going to the big pond for a picnic.
- And it's a perfect sunny day for it.
No clouds or rain to get in the way.
[Thunder rumbles]
[Groans] really?
- I can't believe it. It started to rain.
- Okay, kids, hop on board.
- All aboard!
Mr. Lambeosaurus, all aboard.
- Hmm, it sure looks like the rain
Is coming from those clouds.
- Sure does, don. - [Sighing]
- Mr. Conductor, what do you know about clouds?
Everything? - Well, not everything.
That's why I like to explore-- so I can learn more.
And I do like clouds, miss tiny.
Clouds form when air is heated by the sun.
The hot air rises and cools,
Making water droplets that come together
To form a cloud.
- So all the clouds we see are full of water?
- Yes, indeed, don.
Clouds are made of billions of tiny droplets
Or water or ice crystals that are so light,
They can float in the air.
- Oh! Gah! [Sighs]
- So then why do the clouds make rain?
- Excellent question, shiny.
- I agree, and the answer is simple.
When a cloud becomes too heavy with so many drops of water,
It has to release them, so it rains.
But what always fascinated me about clouds
Were that there are different kinds.
Voila!
Don't they look different from each other?
- They do! - I never noticed that.
- These are called cirrus clouds.
They're thin, wispy clouds made mostly of ice.
Next are the stratus clouds.
They are usually grayish and large,
Covering the entire sky like a big fog.
And these third clouds are called cumulus.
They are the whitest and puffiest ones.
- I see those all the time.
They really look like they're made of nothing.
- Actually, mr. Lambeosaurus,
Cumulus clouds are definitely made of water.
You see, they can turn into very dark thunderstorm clouds
And produce a lot of rain.
[Thunder rumbling]
- Oh, okay, I get it. I was wrong about clouds.
They are made of water or ice, and rain does come from them.
- I just learned that right now too, dad.
- What if we try and spot those different kinds of clouds
In the sky today?
- What a great idea, buddy.
We could make cloud spotting into a game.
- Yeah, today at the big pond!
Those are three kinds of clouds.
We can have three teams.
I pick stratus clouds!
Dad, will you be on my team?
- You bet. We're the shiny stratus team.
- I like those cirrus clouds. - Me too, a lot.
Can I be on your team? - Sure, lily.
- And buddy and I are team cumulus.
- But, dad, you're not on a team.
- Believe me, I'm fine, lily.
I'll be team larry,
Watching you all find your clouds.
- Now we have to remember what our cloud looks like.
- Just do what I did as a troodon tot.
I used to play a cloud spotting game too.
And the way I remembered what the clouds looked was
By drawing a picture of them.
Mother would give me a leaf
And a small, pointy stick to draw with.
All: good idea!
- And, in fact, here are leaves and pointy drawing sticks
For each of you.
There you go. Now you can draw your cloud.
And keep your drawing with you to look at later
When you're cloud hunting.
All: thanks, mr. Conductor!
- You know, dads, I thought it would be fun
For the kids to take a little detour
To a great place I know
Where you can observe all different kinds of clouds.
It's called cloudy point.
- Well, sounds perfect to me.
- Sounds like a place with a lot of clouds.
- Indeed it is, mr. Lambeosaurus.
I spent many a cloudy afternoon in my youth there,
Watching the different-- oh, watching?
That reminds me!
According to my watch...
Next stop, cloudy point station!
Cloudy point!
- Kids, remember to take your cloud drawings with you.
All: we got them! Whoo-hoo!
- Okay, everyone, have fun!
And when you see your type of cloud,
Shout its name out loud!
Hey, that rhymes.
Ohh, they're gone.
- Okay, bring on the cloud show.
All: there's some clouds!
- Good.
Okay, compare it to your leaf drawing.
- Thin clouds, wispy.
Oh, like the conductor said.
Those clouds are ours.
[Together] cirrus clouds!
- Good cloud spotting, lily.
Got to say, that cloud doesn't look icy from here.
- I want to find my cloud next.
Help me, dad! - You bet, kiddo.
Okay, stratus cloud, where are you?
Hey, is that one?
- No, nope. Sorry.
[Gasps] there!
Here come my stratus clouds!
- Your gray clouds have pretty much taken over the sky.
- Hmm, I guess we won't see any puffy white cumulus clouds
In this gray sky.
- I still see a little bit of cirrus clouds.
Go cirrus!
Both: the sun!
- Oh, no!
The sunshine is burning through my stratus clouds!
- They're white. They're puffy.
Both: they're cumulus clouds!
- I can't picture those cumulus clouds
Ever turning dark and becoming rain clouds.
- Yeah, they're so white and puffy.
- Oh, no! Is that thunder?
- Nope, it's my tummy making noises.
I guess I'm a little hungry.
- Yeah. - I could eat.
- So, larry, yesterday, didn't you say something
About if clouds made rain, you'd get us all dinner?
- [Stammering] did I say that?
Me? Clouds? Rain?
- Dad. - Okay, okay.
- So where should we have our picnic?
- At the big pond, just like I promised.
[Kids cheer]
- To the dinosaur train
And a huge dinner from larry.
- [Groans]
- We saw all the clouds you taught us about,
Mr. Conductor.
- Excellent!
Cloudy point delivers again.
- The best thing was, lily and I saw our cirrus cloud first.
- I spotted my stratus clouds right after that.
And my clouds were the biggest.
- Kids, remember, it isn't a contest.
- Mr. Pteranodon is right.
- But, dad, didn't you and mr. Pteranodon
Have a contest about clouds and rain?
And isn't it dinnertime?
[Laughter]
- I know. I know.
I'm coming up with a dinner menu.
It should be a fun picnic
Now that the rain is over for today.
- And look, here we are!
Next stop, big pond station!
- Okay, first, I'll catch a bunch of fish, gather leaves,
Decide on a dessert-- something big!
- Ooh, sounds scrumptious, mr. Lambeosaurus.
- Look! Our cumulus clouds.
And they're turning darker.
- [Groans] they'll float away.
That's what clouds do.
Okay, to the beach and our picnic!
[Thunder rumbling, kids cheering]
- Wow, buddy.
Now look how dark our cumulus clouds are!
- Not my tummy.
- [Groaning] all right, cumulus clouds.
You win!
You're full of rain,
And you're letting us know it.
So no big pond picnic. New plan!
All: inside picnic!
Hooray!
- [Munching]
Well, larry, we all learned a lesson today.
Clouds are made of water and ice.
- Yes, we all know that now.
And there are many more kinds of clouds
Than any of us knew about:
Cirrus, stratus, and, of course, the cumulus,
That may look fluffy and white, but...
All: they make the most rain.
- Oh, bless my pointy-toe claws!
Everyone sure did learn a lot today.
- Even larry. - [Chirps]
We also learned that the dining car
Still makes really yummy fish-wiches!
[Laughter]
[Indistinct chatter]
- Roar!
I'm an argentinosaurus,
One of the biggest dinosaurs.
- Look out!
I'm a quetzalcoatlus, one of the biggest pterosaurs.
Look at my huge wings.
- Look, look!
I'm a shonisaurus, biggest marine reptile ever!
Great game you made up, don.
- Thanks.
I love playing "I'm the biggest."
And guess what.
I'm the world's biggest frog.
All: biggest frog?
- Ribbit.
- But, don, even the biggest frog
Is probably pretty tiny.
Every frog we ever met was tiny.
- And she knows tiny.
- Roar! Watch out!
I'm the biggest butterfly that ever lived!
[All laughing]
- Hey, dad, don says he's the biggest frog ever,
But that can't be very big, can it?
- Hmm.
I guess I don't know.
- I do.
And I bet he's huge, bigger than a small dinosaur.
And the biggest frog ever likes to eat a lot,
Whatever it wants, because it's so big and mean.
All: yikes!
- And imagine how long his tongue would be.
It shoots out-- [makes whip cracking sound]--
And grabs his food.
Ugh, a big, slimy frog tongue got me!
All: ew!
- And then he hops really far with every big jump,
Even over huge dinosaurs.
Boing!
- [Chuckles] where do you get all this, don?
- Right here, dad. Made it up.
But I'm sure it's all true.
- You know who would know all about the biggest frog
And answer our questions?
Both: the conductor!
All: can we go on the dinosaur train, dad?
Please?
- [Chuckles]
To the dinosaur train!
All: yay!
- Be back for dinner, hon.
- And the biggest frog
Is even bigger than some small dinosaurs.
And he's real mean 'cause he eats anything
And everything that moves.
And the big frog hops and jumps everywhere,
Even over huge dinosaurs.
When he sees his prey...
[All make whip cracking sound]
His long, sticky tongue gets 'em.
- Whoo! - Mercy!
Be still my troodon heart.
What a terrifying legend.
- Do you know anything about the biggest frog, mr. Conductor?
- Well, I actually do have some knowledge
Of this elusive species.
Let's see; biggest dinosaur, biggest marine reptile,
Biggest pterosaur.
Oh, here we go. Biggest frog.
All: wow!
- Meet beelzebufo.
All: beelzebufo!
- A unique name for a unique creature.
It lives right here in the cretaceous.
And the biggest of the big
Is a rarely seen frog I know named benny.
- Is beelzebufo rarely seen because he's mean and dangerous?
- Well, his appearance is part of it.
Beelzebufo has hard, armor-like plates on its body
That helps it keep away predators.
- Whoa! That mouth is huge!
- Beelzebufo has a very large mouth and strong jaws.
And this frog is a carnivore.
It eats many different types of prey.
- Imagine: a huge carnivorous frog.
- You won't have to imagine for long.
We're close to beelzebufo river station.
From there, you'll take a raft up to benny beelzebufo's home.
- Dad, can we try and meet benny beelzebufo?
- Aw, a chance to meet the biggest frog ever?
I say let's do it!
[All cheering]
- Hooray.
- Next stop: beelzebufo river station
In the cretaceous time period.
Just across the platform is the dock, folks.
And bucky's the best guide on the river.
Have a nice trip.
See you soon!
All: bye!
- Hey, it's bucky masiakasaurus!
- I'd recognize those teeth anywhere.
All: hi, bucky!
- Hi-de-h*, pteranodon pals!
What can I do you for?
- We want to meet benny beelzebufo.
Can you take us to see him?
- [Gasps] - benny?
- Benny, man?
You don't just see him, man.
You have to go find him, man!
But if you really want to, I'll help you try.
Hop aboard. - Ribbit.
[All cheering]
- We're river rafting, kids.
- Bucky, does benny not get many visitors because he's mean?
- Nah, he's just a big, quiet guy who keeps to himself.
He doesn't like a lot of distractions.
- Are we distractions?
- You'll see when you find his leaf.
- His leaf?
- Benny makes a home on a big floating leaf.
- But he's really big, right?
- Biggest frog I've ever seen.
Well, pteranodon family, all ashore.
Benny lives near here, and, uh, this is as far as I go.
- Thanks, bucky.
So anybody see anything?
- It's kind of misty. Can't see him.
Maybe we should head back to bucky's raft.
- Um, bucky left.
- Bye!
- But don't worry, shiny.
Benny must be around here somewhere.
- That's what I'm afraid of.
- Benny! Oh, benny!
- Is--is that him?
- Nope. Just some floating plants.
But what's that?
- Just a fish and a floating leaf.
- Ooh, is that benny's leaf?
- Shh. Look, over there.
Feature check: plates on his body...
- A huge mouth...
- Definitely a big frog.
- Um, I thought he'd be much bigger.
- Hello, are you benny beelzebufo?
- [Croaks] who's asking?
- I'm tiny pteranodon, and this is my family.
We came a long way on the dinosaur train and river raft
To meet a beelzebufo named benny.
- Well, you're in luck. I am benny beelzebufo.
All: yes, we found you!
- So what brings you up my river?
Who sent you?
- I sent us. I'm don.
We've met some of the biggest creatures
From all over the mesozoic, but not the biggest frog.
- The conductor on the dinosaur train
Told us some things about you, like how big you are...
- For a frog.
- He's right. Beelzebufo is the largest frog.
And they say I might be the biggest beelzebufo of 'em all.
- Is the rest of the legend true?
- Legend? What legend, kid?
- Oh, the one I made up.
- Oh, oh, oh. I'm gonna have to hear this.
- Well, you can eat whatever you want anytime.
You're a really fast hopper.
You have the longest tongue ever.
Oh, and no one comes near you
Because you don't want anyone to.
- Anything else?
- And you can hop really high, even over huge dinosaurs.
- Uh-oh. I think we made benny mad.
- Nah, nah. I'm not mad.
I've heard some wild ideas about beelzebufo over the years,
But you kids have the best imaginations ever.
- So do you always want to be alone?
- Well, I do spend a lot of time alone.
But it's just easier for me to hunt for food that way.
Heck, I love visitors.
- But not to eat, right?
- [Croaks]
Don't worry. I don't eat visitors.
Why don't I show you my leaf home?
But first, I'm ready for lunch.
Who's hungry?
All: I am!
- So what do you pteranodons eat?
- We eat fish, mostly. Mm-mm.
- I'm a t.rex, so I eat meat.
- Ah, fellow carnivore.
We're always ready to eat, right?
Being the biggest frog, I know I am.
- This will be great.
We'll hop through the woods, leap over rocks,
Oh, and benny will catch stuff with his tongue.
- Yeah! We're ready for action.
- I hope we can keep up with you, benny.
Let's go hunt for lunch.
- [Inhales slowly]
Actually, I am hunting.
All: you are?
- I am.
I use what I call my "sit still and wait" method
For catching food.
- Sit still and wait?
That doesn't sound very action-y.
- Nope, but it does require great calm
And tremendous patience and staying very still,
Like this.
- [Coughing]
[Chuckles]
- That was amazing! - Good job!
- Did you see the size of that mouth?
- That's the thing.
I don't have a long tongue like most frogs,
Just this big mouth.
Shh. More food.
Ah, tasty.
- Wow, your sit-still-and-wait method works really well.
- Hey, I got an idea.
How about we all try to hunt the benny way?
All: yeah, can we?
- Okay, I'll teach you.
Everyone find a comfortable place to squat.
Okay, everybody take a deep breath.
[All inhale]
- Whoa!
I'ma going for a swim!
Whoo! Okay, that was close.
- As I was saying, take a deep breath.
- [Inhales, coughs]
Sorry. Inhaled a bug.
Go on. No, I'm good.
- Now clear your minds.
I chant a little mantra to myself.
If I'm on a rock, I chant, "I am the rock."
All: I am the rock.
I am the rock.
- I am the log. I am the log.
- I am the ground. I am the--ah, gah!
Shoo, fly!
- Oy, oy, oy.
You guys got a lot to learn
About the sit-still-and-wait method.
- [Squawks] not as easy as it sounds.
- Hey, I think I see a fish.
I got one! I got one!
- You got one all right, a stick.
- At least I caught something.
- Here comes something else.
- That's my home.
And it is something else.
Best leaf around.
Hop on. I'll give you the grand tour.
- Well... Uh...
- Thanks for the invitation, benny.
It just seems like your wonderful leaf
Might not hold all of us.
- Ah, I see what you mean.
I'm lucky it holds me.
But there's plenty of other leaves in the neighborhood
To try out.
- Hmm, now, this one isn't bad.
Wha-- whoa!
Okay, I think I'm gonna need a sturdier leaf.
- [Laughing] I guess I'm just in time.
Ahoy, pteranodons!
I think you found benny.
All: bucky!
- It's getting near train time. Thought we ought to head back.
- I'm so glad you found us, bucky.
- It's hard to float on the river beelzebufo-style.
- Ha, yep.
Well, let's all float down to the station together.
- Where, oh, where can that pteranodon family be?
What in the cretaceous?
All: benny beelzebufo?
- Hi, mr. Conductor.
- Well, bless my scales and feathers.
The pteranodon family floating with benny beelzebufo
Down his very own river.
Now I have seen everything.
- Ribbit. We learned so much about benny.
He's the largest frog ever, has a huge mouth,
Isn't mean at all,
And he floats around on his own huge leaf.
- Amazing.
- Well, all aboard!
And you can tell me all about it.
All: bye, bucky!
Thanks!
Bye, benny! Nice to meet you!
- [Croaks]
You too, pteranodons.
Float easy now.
Bye.
- [Squawks] I'm so excited!
- I know!
Both: we get to ride the night train!
- This is gonna be so great.
- [Breathing heavily]
- Right, shiny?
- Mm, I don't know, buddy.
I think it's a little scary being out here at night.
Everything sounds more spooky.
- Huh. That's just the wind, shiny.
[Train whistle toots]
- [Squawks] that wasn't the wind!
What was it?
Both: the night train!
- Okay, team, it's almost here,
So let's count heads.
Buddy, tiny, shiny-- wait, where's don?
Both: don!
Where's don?
- [Squawks] here he is, sound asleep.
- I'm awake.
Hey, look, it's the night train.
[All cheering]
- Tickets! Tickets, please.
Well, hello, pteranodon family.
All: hello, mr. Conductor!
- [Yawns]
Hello, mr. The conductor.
- I'm proud of you all for staying up late
To ride the night train.
- Are you kidding? I love riding the night train.
- I do too, buddy.
After all, troodons are nocturnal.
We like to go out in the dark.
[All laughing]
- [Laughs nervously]
- So where are you headed?
Ooh, all the way back to the jurassic, eh?
- Yep!
We're going there to visit our friend vlad volaticotherium.
He's nocturnal too.
- Yeah, he's a mammal who can glide.
Whoa, oh, oh...
- Whoa, tiny.
I know you're excited to be out this late,
But let's stay in our seat, please.
- [Laughs]
But you're absolutely right, miss tiny.
Volaticotherium is a mammal who is small and light enough
To glide through the air.
- But how does he glide?
He doesn't have wings like us.
- Correct.
The stretchy skin between his arms and legs
Works like wings, so he can swoop around,
Snapping up bugs as he glides along.
- Vlad eats bugs? I eat bugs.
I want to see him swoop around and catch bugs.
- Oh, I'm sure you will, don, if we have time.
Whoo! Time?
Time? Time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching!
Next stop: volaticotherium valley station
In the jurassic time period.
- Oh, we're almost there, don. Don?
Don!
- Oh, uh, I'm awake.
Wait, where are we?
- Volaticotherium valley station.
- Oh, hooray!
All: vlad!
- Pteranodon family! Hello!
Welcome to my humble valley.
It's so thoughtful of you to visit me in the nighttime.
- Well, we know that you're nocturnal.
- And that means you're mostly active at night.
- You're right, tiny and buddy.
I love being active at night.
- I'm a t.rex. We're diurnal.
That means we're active during the day.
- Pteranodons are active during the day too.
[Snoring]
That means we're sleepy at night.
[Yawns]
- Well, try to stay awake, my diurnal friends,
And I'll give you a tour of my home.
Follow me.
- [Laughs] let's go, team.
Follow the leader.
- So this is my path. These are my ferns.
And those are my favorite trees.
- Do you like to climb them?
- Yes, tiny.
I climb way up high.
Then I jump off and glide around them eating bugs.
- Eating bugs?
I eat bugs.
- But my favorite thing to do is to go caving.
- What's caving?
- "Caving" is a word for exploring caves.
- Oh, then I love caving.
- [Squawks] me too!
Let's go caving.
- Wait, we're going somewhere even darker?
- Don't worry, shiny. You'll be with me.
And I have great night vision.
[Laughs] - [laughs nervously]
- And you'll be with dad and me too, shiny.
- Mom's right. We'll be right here with you.
- I just don't get what's so great about caves.
- Well, since I like dark places,
I especially like them.
And I bet you'll like this cave too, shiny.
- I've been in caves before.
We have a big cave on the beach by our nest.
- But does your cave has stalactites and stalagmites?
- Um... Stalag what?
- What are they?
- Stalactites and stalagmites are beautiful,
Pointy rock formations.
I like to think of them as cave decorations.
And I like to show them off to my friends.
[Chuckles] and here we are.
All: ooh!
- Welcome to vlad's cave.
All: yay!
We get to explore vlad's cave!
- Hooray.
All: wow!
[Echoing]
- [Squawks] it's huge.
[Echoing]
Wow, do I really sound like that?
- What an echo.
Do it again.
- [Squawks] it's huge.
[Echoing]
- Hey, tiny! - Hey, buddy!
- La, la, loo!
[All laughing]
- Kids, don't get too far ahead of us.
- That's right. Stay within rawk-ing distance.
All: okay.
- [Squawks] - roar!
[All laughing]
- How do you like the cave so far, shiny?
- Well, I guess I just don't like caves.
To me, they're just dark and damp and kind of scary.
- Just wait until you see the next room in the cave.
I'll get it's not like any cave you've ever seen.
It's even shiny. Ha!
- Shiny?
- Vlad, where are those stalag--
The stalac--the styrac-- where are those pointy things?
- Glad you asked.
Please, follow me.
All: ooh!
- [Squawks] it's so beautiful, vlad,
And so shiny.
- Now aren't you glad you went caving with me?
- I am!
So are those the-- - yes.
The ones that look like they're dripping down from the ceiling,
Those are stalactites.
And these are stalagmites.
Remember, never touch them.
We just leave them be.
It's the first lesson of caving.
- Stalactites and stalagmites.
Those are such great words.
I'm gonna have a hard time remembering
Which is which, though.
- You know, I used to have the same problem.
But now I use a trick.
I just remember that a stalactite
Holds tight to the ceiling.
- Stalactite! I get it.
- But where do they come from?
How are they made?
- I have a hypothesis.
I think that whatever makes a stalactite
Is the same thing that makes a stalagmite.
- [Chuckles] an excellent hypothesis, buddy.
See, they are both made by water.
- They're made by water?
- Yes, as water drips from the ceiling,
It evaporates and leaves behind tiny bits of minerals.
Over time, these bits of minerals grow into a stalactite.
- They kind of remind me of icicles.
- That's right.
You can think of them as icicles made of rock.
- But what makes the stalagmites?
- The same thing. - Water?
- The water droplets drip down from the stalactites
And leave minerals where they land,
Causing stalagmites to grow up from the floor.
- I'm awake.
I was just resting my eyes.
Uh?
Wait, is it raining?
[All laugh]
- I think maybe it's time to head back to the train
So don and the rest of us
Can get home to pteranodon terrace and sleep.
All: aw.
Already?
- [Squawks] your father's right, kids.
Vlad probably has things to do, bugs to catch.
Vlad, thanks so much for this amazing tour of your cave.
- It was my pleasure, mrs. Pteranodon.
- Vlad, your cave is the neatest thing I've ever seen.
And it's the best place to take a nap.
- I'm so glad you liked it, don.
- Like it? I love it!
I want to live in a cave like this someday
And sleep upside down like a bat.
- So maybe you'd like to try catching bugs with me
On our way back to the station?
- [Squawks] would i?
- So what I do is pick out a tall tree,
Like this one.
And then I climb it.
Okay, then I open my arms and glide down looking for bugs.
Whoo!
- Ooh!
[Squawks]
Uh!
Whoa.
It's harder than I thought.
- Almost. Keep trying, don.
- [Gulps]
[All cheering]
- Mm, so that's how we volaticotheriums catch bugs.
- Mm! Jurassic bugs are delicious.
Let's do it again.
[Train whistle toots]
- That's enough bugs for one night, don.
Let's get back to the train, team.
- So how was your visit?
- It was the best!
Vlad's cave was so big and beautiful and colorful
And shiny.
I'm so glad I got to see it.
- And I'm so glad you did.
You're very brave and adventurous
And very shiny, shiny.
- [Laughs, snorts]
- All aboard!
All: bye, vlad!
- Farwell, pteranodon family.
Come again soon...
On the night train.
Yes! Ha-ha!
- ♪ Choo-choo
- ♪ The troodon night train
- ♪ Whoo-whoo
- ♪ The troodon night train
- ♪ Choo-choo
- ♪ The troodon night train
♪ All the troodons are coming out tonight ♪
- ♪ Choo-choo
- ♪ The troodon night train
- ♪ Whoo-whoo
- ♪ The troodon night train
- ♪ Choo-choo
- ♪ The troodon night train
Whoo-hoo!
[Laughing]
[All cheering]
E playing games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ We're gonna ride
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train
G games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ We're gonna ride
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train
Playing games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ We're gonna ride
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train
Playing games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ We're gonna ride
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train
Playing games...
- Like all aboard.
- You can play too online at:
- And lots of other games.
- There's so much to learn about all kinds of dinosaurs.
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ Dinosaur train
- ♪ The dinosaur train
- ♪ We're gonna ride
- ♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride
[Train whistle toots]
- ♪ The dinosaur train
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Dinosaur Train: Explore Outdoors! (2009)
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