Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today, the
Pteranodon family will take the train under the sea to meet the
Amazing elasmosaurus, so come on along with me on the
Dinosaur train. All aboard!
This progra ♪ dinosaur train ♪
[Whistle blows] ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ Once upon a time there was a mom
Her name was mrs. Pteranodon sitting on her nest
She heard a scratching and said... ♪
Oh, boy! My eggs are hatching!
♪ One by one her kids popped free
Baby pteranodons , , ♪
I'll name you tiny, shiny, and don.
♪ But tiny said... ♪ Wait! There's one more, mom!
♪ 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 ♪
[Whistle blows] ♪ the dinosaur train ♪
[Roaring] [captioning made possible by
The jim henson company] ♪ wha-hoo, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh ♪ [squawk]
I can't believe it! We're taking the dinosaur train under
The ocean!
I don't get it! How does the train go under the ocean?
Well, kids, the train goes through a tunnel that goes down
Under the water. It's made of glass, so we'll be able to see
Everything around us.
Ooh! You mean, we'll see all the fish?
Yep!
Hooray! I love fish!
And then, we'll arrive in an underwater train station. It's
Like a big, glass cave.
Whoa! A tunnel and a cave!
This is gonna be the best trip ever!
[Cheering] underwater!
Hey, buddy. That wasn't your usual buddy cheer. Aren't you
Excited to go under the ocean?
Well, sure, tiny. I'm always glad to go on the dinosaur
Train, but maybe I'm more of a land kind of dinosaur. I don't
See how there could be much to see down there.
What? There's lots to see down there. It's like a whole
Other world.
You can dive and swim and fly over the ocean. I'm just
Saying it's probably more of a pteranodon thing.
Ha ha ha! Oh, buddy, you just wait.
[Train whistle blows] here comes the dinosaur
Train!
[Squawk] and look, kids!
Whoa! It's pulling a new car!
Why, that's right, buddy.
It's the aqua car for carrying our sea-going creatures like
Elasmosaurus.
Like me! Hi. I'm elmer elasmosaurus!
Hi, elmer!
We're the pteranodon family.
Hello, pteranodon family!
Ready for some underwater adventure?
Yes!
All rightie, then! All aboard!
[Whistle blows] hang onto your hats, folks.
We're heading out to sea!
Ooh!
[Squawk] it's like we're flying over the
Water.
That's right, shiny, but with all the comforts of the
Dinosaur train.
Mr. Conductor, can you tell me what it's gonna be like
Under the ocean?
Well, I could tell you, buddy, but how's about I sing
It to you?
Yeah! A song!
♪ Wha-hoo, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Oh, we're going to the ocean
Gonna have some fun gonna introduce some sea life
To everyone gonna check out some creatures
That we never met and compare some features
That we haven't seen yet so come on along with me
We're taking dinosaurs under the sea
While the dinosaurs are on the land
And breathing the air there's a whole other world
Down under there yeah, we're going in the ocean
Gonna take a peek we'll be doing some exploring
Gonna look all week so come on along with me
We're taking dinosaurs under the sea ♪
♪ Wha-hoo, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Elasmosaurus ♪ yeah!
♪ Cretoxyrhina ♪ wow!
♪ Michelinoceras ♪ whoo!
♪ Pliosaurus ♪ yeah!
♪ So come on along with me we're taking dinosaurs
Under the sea yeah, come on along with me
We're taking dinosaurs under the sea ♪
♪ Wha-hoo, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ♪
Cowabunga! Hoo hoo!
[Cheering] I like that song!
Thank you, thank you very much. Ahem. Now, buddy, to be
Specific, today's undersea adventure will take us to
Elasmosaurus reef station in the middle of our own western
Interior sea to meet some local cretaceous creatures called
Elasmosaurus.
Hey! There's one of those in the aqua car right now.
You're absolutely right, buddy, and if you want, you
Kids can go back and talk to him. He's very friendly.
Oh! Can we, mom?
Please!
[Squawk] sure, and then come right back!
Hello, laura the giganotosaurus!
Hello, kids.
Have you met the elasmosaurus in the new aqua
Car?
Oh. Elmer? He's right over there.
You mean, me?
Hello, elmer!
Elmer, this is buddy, shiny, and don, and I'm tiny!
Pleased to meet you.
Are you riding the train to elasmosaurus reef station?
I sure am. That's where my family lives. I've been
Traveling on the dinosaur train to visit other oceans.
Heh heh. Wait! There are other oceans?
Yeah, don! Lots of oceans.
The world is full of them. I've become interested in oceans.
Some are deeper, some are colder, some are warmer, some
Are saltier, some are even different colors.
I like oceans, too!
I like diving into them to catch fish. That's what we
Pteranodons do.
How about you, buddy?
Me? I'm a t. Rex. I'm a land animal. I've never been under
The ocean before.
Oh, you're in for a treat.
Wait till you see what's under the water. You'll love it!
Really? It just looks flat.
It doesn't look like there's anything down below there.
Oh, there is. Stick with me, buddy. You'll see the sea.
Your home may be under the sea, but I observe that you can
Breathe air just like us.
Right. All elasmosaurus are air breathers.
Does that mean you can run around on the land?
With these flippers? I can barely get around. Naw. I don't
Like to be on land.
Heh heh! That's funny. I don't really like to be in the
Water.
What?! Buddy, how can you not love the water? I love
Everything about water--being wet, playing in it.
Ha ha ha!
Swimming in it, fishing in it.
I love fish!
So elasmosaurus and pteranodons both love fish, but
We're really different, too.
Elmer has a really long neck.
Yep! More than half of me is neck. Hey! How you doing?
[Giggling] I have a hypothesis!
You mean, an idea you can test?
Yep! Since land animals like brachiosaurus use their long
Necks to reach plants that are way up high, maybe you can eat
Tall underwater plants.
Hmm. I'm not sure if that's why I have a long neck, buddy,
But my long neck tells me all right! The tunnel is coming up.
You're right, elmer. I see it, too.
Time tunnel approaching, folks, and this one will take
Us under the sea!
[Squawk] come on, you guys. Let's go
Back and sit with mom and dad.
Bye!
Bye!
Next stop elasmosaurus reef station under the cretaceous
Western interior sea.
Whoa!
[Squawk] pretty neat, huh, buddy?
I had no idea how amazing it is under the sea. Look at all
These fish. There must be as many kinds of animals in the
Ocean as there are on land.
Ha ha ha! I told him, but he wouldn't listen.
Ha ha ha!
[Squawk] look! They're huge!
Wow!
Whoo-hoo!
Neato!
This place is so cool!
Hey! There's my family! Hi!
Hey, elmer! Welcome home!
[Thunk] [gasp]
Whee! This is fun! Look out below!
Come on, elmer. Let's get some lunch!
Watch this, you guys!
Ohh!
[Squawk] there they are!
Whoa!
I agree! What a fishing technique!
I've got to try that when we get home.
[Squawk] don, pteranodons aren't deep
Divers like elasmosaurus.
Yeah, and we sure don't have those kind of necks.
Yeah. Oh, well. This is fun!
Hey, guys! What do you think?
Fantastic! But I guess my hypothesis was wrong. Your long
Neck isn't for eating tall underwater plants. It's for
Fishing.
Ha ha! That's for sure!
[Train whistle blows] ha ha!
There's the train whistle kids! We should get on board.
Let's say our good-byes.
Aw!
Hey! You guys swim fast.
I wanted to say good-bye and get a breath of air. We can
Hold our breath for a long time but not forever. Thanks for
Visiting!
Bye, elmer! Bye, elasmosaurus family!
All aboard.
[Whistle blows] oh! Hey, tiny, look!
[Both sigh] wow! What a day.
So, buddy. Now how do you like it under the sea?
I love it. Today, I met a creature who breathes air like
We do and lives under the ocean.
And they love fish like we do.
And there's lots more to discover, buddy! We can take
The dinosaur train under all the oceans in all the different
Time periods and meet all kinds of different sea creatures.
I can't wait! Let's keep exploring under the sea!
Take it away, mr. The conductor.
♪ So come on along with me we're taking dinosaurs
Under the sea yeah, come on along with me
We're taking dinosaurs under the sea ♪
♪ Wha-hoo, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ♪
Cowabunga! Hoo hoo!
Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist, and this is
Elasmosaurus.
Elasmosaurus.
Elasmosaurus!
Elasmosaurus.
Elasmosaurus!
Elasmosaurus was a giant marine reptile from the
Cretaceous time period. The word marine means that it lived
In the ocean. Now what do you notice first about elasmosaurus?
It has a really long neck.
Absolutely. The neck of elasmosaurus was over feet
Long. That's more than half the length of its body. Can you
Think of a dinosaur that has a long neck?
Brachiosaurus.
That's right. Brachiosaurus and elasmosaurus both had long
Necks even though one lived in the water and one lived on the
Land. Scientists think that the long neck of elasmosaurus
Helped it hunt for fish.
Let's go fishing!
Wow! You guys are great swimmers. Because of its large
Size, elasmosaurus was probably a slow swimmer, so it may have
Swum under large schools of fish and then used its long
Neck to reach up and grab its prey with those long, sharp
Teeth.
Whoa!
Ok. Keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries.
Dinosaurs were big!
Tiny, look at all these dinosaurs.
Oh! They're huge!
Someday, I'm gonna be one of the biggest carnivores on land!
Rawwr!
Rawwr!
Rawwr!
I'm a tyrannosaurus rex.
Hi, mrs. Gigiganotosaurus.
I wonder who really is the biggest dinosaur.
Good question.
Big he is, huge!
Whoa! That's one big dinosaur!
♪ Of all the dinosaurs you might meet
Some are big, some petite but the way I make
My day complete I stomp in the swamp
With my dinosaur feet ♪ ♪ with my great big
Stomping dinosaur feet ♪ rawwr! Yeah! Rawwr!
♪ My great big whomping, stomping
Dinosaur feet ♪ rawwr!
Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today, the
Pteranodon family is having all the species in the neighborhood
Over for a big block party, so come on along with me on the
Dinosaur train. All aboard!
Have another leaf, mrs.
Lambeosaurus.
Thanks.
I can't get over your magnificent view of the sea,
Mrs. Pteranodon.
Yes. Isn't it nice? It seems a little different every day.
I am so glad we moved to pteranodon terrace. I can't
Wait to meet all the other species that live around here.
[Squawk] what if our families threw a
Block party and invited the other creatures from the
Neighborhood? That way, you could meet them all at once.
What a wonderful idea, a dinosaur block party!
We're gonna have a dinosaur block party? That sounds like
Fun.
We could all compare features.
And play games.
And have contests!
And eat bugs!
But aren't the bugs our neighbors, too?
I guess. I never thought about it before.
Enough about bugs! We've got a party to plan, and I love
Parties!
Let's have the party on the beach! It's a great place for a
Picnic. Block party! Block party!
Block party! Block party!
Did someone say, "block party"?
Yeah!
We're inviting all the species from the neighborhood.
Great. Uh, are they here yet?
Nope. We have to actually invite them first.
Hey! Let's go to the train station and tell the conductor
About it. He can help us tell everyone that lives at the big
Pond.
That's a wonderful idea.
After all, the big pond is right down the coast, so those
Creatures are our neighbors, too.
Yeah, like adam adocus!
And eugene euoplocephalus!
And patricia palaeobatrachus! She's a frog!
And the bees!
The bees?
Well, we can ask them.
They're all welcome to our block party.
Can I help somehow with the food maybe?
Oh, yeah! What kind of food should we have?
I'm not sure, buddy. There's so much food we'll have to find
When you consider all the different creatures. Some are
Herbivores.
Like lambeosaurus. We eat plants.
And some are carnivores.
Like t. Rexes! We eat meat.
We could make the party a potluck.
What's a potluck?
Well, that means all the different guests bring their
Own favorite foods to the picnic.
That way, we'll be able to learn about each creature by
The food they bring.
What a great idea!
We just show up! Ha ha ha!
I love it!
Come on, team! Let's fly to the station and spread the word
About our big block party!
Block party! Block party!
Block party! Whoo!
Ha ha ha!
A dinosaur block party, you say?
Yep, and you're all invited.
We were hoping that you could tell everyone at the big
Pond about it.
Our next stop. It's right in our neighborhood.
And don't forget to tell him it's going to be potluck!
That means each guest brings their own food to the picnic!
What fun. I'll bring some insects.
I'll bring fruits and nuts and some meat!
[Squawk] laura, will you come to our
Block party, too?
I would love to come!
[Cheering] all aboard! We'll be there
Soon, pteranodons!
Bye!
It's getting late. I wonder where--
[Squawk] oh, that must be the kids
Now.
We're here!
Whoo-hoo!
[Indistinct chatter] come on, laura!
What a view, mrs.
Pteranodon. Thanks so much for inviting me to your block party.
It's our pleasure, laura.
Come on down to the beach, everyone. Follow me!
Whoo-hoo!
Wow! Pretty much everybody from the neighborhood came to
Our block party.
What about adam adocus?
I'm a-coming! I'm a turtle.
We move very slowly.
Hi, adam!
Ohh! Heh heh heh! Oh, hi, buddy and tiny.
Everyone's gone down to the beach. Come on, adam.
[Squawk] uh, I'll be right down.
This is so great! Everyone's eating their own favorite food!
Yep! The carnivores brought meat, and the herbivores
Brought plants!
And the troodons brought both. We're omnivores.
Even the bees found something to eat. They're
Eating the nectar from inside the flowers.
Yeah! The bees help the flowers grow, and then the
Flowers and plants feed the herbivores.
I have a hypothesis. The different plants and creatures
That live here in our neighborhood all depend on each
Other to live.
Excellent hypothesis, buddy, and the creatures living in
This neighborhood all share the place they live in together.
It's called a habitat.
A habitat!
Good word!
It is a good word. To make a habitat work, you need everyone
From the tiniest little plant to the biggest meat-eater. We
All have an important part to play in what we call our
Ecosystem.
Ecosystem! An even better word.
Oh! Ohh! Ggg, ggg, ggg, ggg.
Hey! Who's ready to play some games?
We are!
Um, has the picnic started?
Actually, adam, we're about to have a race.
Good. Count me in. Just kidding. Ha ha ha.
[All laughing] bbbrrr!
Ok. Who in our habitat is the fastest runner?
I'd say the theropods like you, buddy, and daphne and the
Troodons.
We've got toe claws for traction.
[Squawk] some creatures in this habitat
Are fast fliers. Why don't we make it a running and flying
Relay race?
Yeah!
Ready, relay racers? First, the runners race across the
Beach and touch your teammate's hand, and then the fliers fly
Back here to the finish line.
Got it!
On your mark, get set, goooo!
Ta-da!
Ooh, boy!
Good race, shiny.
Aw, I ate too many insects just before the race. Hard to
Win a running race on a full stomach!
Hey! Now how about the fish-eaters in our habitat show
Off our diving skills?
Hi! Hope I'm in time for the diving part of the program.
Hi, jess!
[Giggling] hey! I see some fish over
There.
[Cheering] let's play what neighborhood
Creature am i? I'll start. I have a flat beak, and I reach
Way up into the trees to eat leaves, and I have a crest that
Hoots.
That would be our local hadrosaur, a lambeosaurus.
That would be me!
[Hoot] my turn. I'm covered all
Over with bony armor, so nothing can hurt me, and I'm
Really good at dinoball.
That's our local ankylosaur eugene euoplocephalus.
Heh heh heh! I'm covered with bony armor all right.
My turn! I live in this neighborhood. I hunt for food
Every day, and I am an important part of its habitat.
Hmm.
Hmm?
Ooh!
Hmm.
Hmm.
Is it all of us?
Ding ding! You are correct, sir, and it's always been this
Way, in the triassic, jurassic, and cretaceous. Every
Neighborhood in every time period has its own ecosystem
Where every creature plays his or her part.
It's true. I just got to eat trees.
But you can't eat all of them because if all the trees
Are gone it will cause problems for the other neighbors.
Heh heh heh! You bet.
After mr. Lambeosaurus ate the tree I was living in, I had
To go and find another one. If he ate all of them, I'd have
Nowhere to live!
Oh, come on, you two. Hug it out.
[Sniffing] aw!
I'm glad we could all have this little talk. You know,
This reminds me of a song.
A song?! Sing it, please!
Oh, I don't know. Everyone's full of food and all pooped out
From running around and playing games. You don't want to hear
Me.
Come on! Sing it! Please!
♪ Well, a bunch of different species
Of dinosaur came looking for a party
On the sandy shore some came swimming
Some came running then we all sat
And learned a little something about our habitat
We're having a ♪ ♪ block party
And and block party
It's you and you and me block party
You like this and I like that
Everybody's part of this big habitat ♪
♪ Everyone's got features that are good for surviving ♪
♪ Like some of us are really good at swooping
And diving ♪ ♪ and some of us are better
At sneaking and hiding ♪ ♪ we all fit together ♪
♪ Like I like this ♪ ♪ and I like that ♪
♪ We're part of a big habitat it's all good
Wow, it will be hearty when we all come a-rockin'
At the dinosaur block party ♪ ♪ block party
And and block party
It's you and you and me block party
You like this and I like that
Everybody's part of this big habitat
Yes, everybody's part of this big habitat ♪
Yeah!
[Cheering] hi, there. I'm dr. Scott the
Paleontologist, and this is an ecosystem. Pteranodon terrace
Is an ecosystem. In fact everywhere you look in nature,
You'll find ecosystems. An ecosystem is made up of the
Local plants, animals, and other organisms that link
Together to make a circle of life. The circle starts with
Plants, which get their energy from the sun. Herbivores eat
The plants, and then carnivores eat the herbivores. The remains
Of all these plants and animals then become food for insects
And other tiny creatures, which make food for more plants. This
Happened back in the time of the dinosaurs, and it's still
Happening today. Everything in an ecosystem is connected to
Everything else in a circle of life.
Circle of life!
In an ecosystem, everything becomes food for everything
Else. Ok. Get outside, get into nature, and make your own
Discoveries.
Did you know that the dinosaur train travels
Everywhere in the mesozoic era?
Let's look at them map. There was the triassic, jurassic, and
Cretaceous time periods. Let's visit the cretaceous. All kinds
Of sea creatures lived during this time period. Many large
Fish, including sharks, and long-necked reptiles like
Elasmosaurus lived in the cretaceous oceans, and that's
Just one of the stops on the dinosaur train.
♪ Whenever I need a little space
I fly up to my tiny place when everyone's getting
In my space I fly up to
My tiny place ♪ ha ha ha!
We love playing games!
Like pteranodon f dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train dinosaur train
We're gonna ride the dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ we're gonna ride ♪
♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪ ♪ the dinosaur train ♪
01x34 - Elmer Elasmosaurus/Dinosaur Block Party
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Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train
Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train