Prehistoric Planet -bigdoc S01E01 (2022) Subtitles

At 00:00:16,560, Character said: Surely one of the most remarkable animals
that had ever existed,

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At 00:00:22,148, Character said: and certainly one of the most famous,
is a dinosaur.

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At 00:00:27,404, Character said: Tyrannosaurus rex.

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At 00:00:30,699, Character said: An animal to spark the imagination
for all of us.

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At 00:00:35,328, Character said: What kind of an animal was it?

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At 00:00:38,373, Character said: What did it look like? How did it live?

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At 00:00:41,668, Character said: Now, scientific research has answered
such questions.

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At 00:00:45,714, Character said: And not just about T. rex,

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At 00:00:48,049, Character said: but the other species
that lived alongside it.

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At 00:00:51,469, Character said: And the latest imaging technology
enables us to bring them all to life.

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At 00:01:01,980, Character said: Planet Earth, 66 million years ago.

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At 00:01:13,992, Character said: The skies are filled with flying giants.

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At 00:01:20,081, Character said: In the seas,
monstrous reptiles patrol the depths.

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At 00:01:26,171, Character said: And on land, dinosaurs of every kind,

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At 00:01:30,508, Character said: all facing the struggle to survive.

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At 00:01:39,434, Character said: We now know so much about a world
that was ruled by the dinosaurs.

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At 00:01:49,694, Character said: This is their story.

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At 00:02:09,381, Character said: The southern shores
of the great inland sea

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At 00:02:12,968, Character said: that splits North America.

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At 00:02:23,311, Character said: And the tracks of the land's top predator.

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At 00:02:32,612, Character said: A Tyrannosaurus rex taking a swim.

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At 00:02:39,869, Character said: Hollow, air-filled bones
and powerful hind limbs

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At 00:02:43,248, Character said: make T. rex very effective swimmers.

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At 00:02:52,424, Character said: This is an adult male
with his young family.

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At 00:03:02,267, Character said: His offspring are now just old enough
to follow him on a journey

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At 00:03:06,980, Character said: to one of the many offshore islands
that fringe this coast.

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At 00:03:34,466, Character said: It's a short enough crossing,
but it can still be a dangerous one.

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At 00:03:44,309, Character said: A mosasaur.

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At 00:03:45,810, Character said: A giant marine lizard over twice the size
of a tyrannosaur

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At 00:03:50,065, Character said: and weighing over 15 tons.

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At 00:04:03,161, Character said: It's the largest predator on the planet.

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At 00:04:13,797, Character said: Turtles are normally on a mosasaur's menu.

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At 00:04:19,344, Character said: But this brood would make a welcome snack.

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At 00:04:33,900, Character said: An adult T. rex, even in water,

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At 00:04:36,653, Character said: could still defend itself
very effectively.

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At 00:04:43,827, Character said: But the young must stay close.

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At 00:05:30,373, Character said: Tyrannosaurus rex often lose
at least two-thirds

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At 00:05:34,085, Character said: of their original brood of 15 or so
in the first year.

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At 00:05:45,597, Character said: Now there are only four.

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At 00:05:57,776, Character said: The island offers safety
and the promise of food.

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At 00:06:02,113, Character said: Giant two-ton turtles are here to nest.

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At 00:06:10,163, Character said: But this is the one
that has drawn him here.

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At 00:06:17,254, Character said: It's dead, and the tyrannosaur
has smelled its rotting body.

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At 00:06:33,019, Character said: If he can just get to the underbelly,

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At 00:06:35,522, Character said: he will have over 2,000 pounds
of easy meat.

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At 00:06:54,791, Character said: T. rex has the most powerful jaws
in nature.

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At 00:07:00,714, Character said: And can b***e
with the force of over five tons.

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At 00:07:06,469, Character said: The young are keen for a taste,
but he's not sharing it.

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At 00:07:12,601, Character said: It's time for them to learn
to hunt for themselves.

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At 00:07:18,106, Character said: The beach, however,
doesn't look very promising.

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At 00:07:27,574, Character said: But as the evening approaches,
things start to change.

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At 00:07:38,043, Character said: Baby turtles are beginning to hatch
from the sand and rush down to the sea.

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At 00:07:55,268, Character said: The young T. rex have been brought
to an ideal training ground.

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At 00:08:06,112, Character said: Hatchling turtles are the perfect size
for a novice to tackle.

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At 00:08:19,042, Character said: It pays for any hunter to be inquisitive.

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At 00:08:40,020, Character said: There's a lot to learn.

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At 00:08:55,662, Character said: And there's enough food here
to satisfy both parent and young.

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At 00:09:09,676, Character said: And if all else fails,

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At 00:09:11,386, Character said: you can always steal supper
from someone else.

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At 00:09:35,785, Character said: Across the globe,

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At 00:09:37,162, Character said: these shallow coastal seas cover an area
of 25 million square miles.

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At 00:09:43,251, Character said: Far more than even the largest continent.

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At 00:09:48,215, Character said: That, combined with the richness
of the waters,

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At 00:09:51,092, Character said: makes them very important habitat.

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At 00:09:59,935, Character said: Wherever land meets sea,

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At 00:10:02,229, Character said: nutrients rise from the deep,
fueling an abundance of life.

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At 00:10:09,402, Character said: It's especially rich here
in the North Atlantic,

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At 00:10:12,781, Character said: where huge shoals of fish
come close to the shore.

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At 00:10:26,670, Character said: One kind of animal thrives in such places
and forms immense colonies.

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At 00:10:37,556, Character said: Flying reptiles. Pterosaurs.

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At 00:10:41,518, Character said: Here, on the beaches of North Africa,
there are seven different species of them.

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At 00:10:49,192, Character said: They come here to feed, to rest,
and to raise their young.

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At 00:10:56,658, Character said: Tethydraco are well-adapted
to spend time on the ground

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At 00:11:00,537, Character said: and not only make their nests here
but stay to protect their brood.

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At 00:11:10,005, Character said: And their young certainly need protection.

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At 00:11:17,554, Character said: The dagger beak of Phosphatodraco.

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At 00:11:28,106, Character said: A nine-foot-tall predator
that stalks through these colonies,

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At 00:11:31,985, Character said: looking for a chance
to snatch an unguarded hatchling.

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At 00:11:41,786, Character said: But some types of pterosaurs
are less well-adapted to life on land.

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At 00:11:46,041, Character said: They have a slightly different
nesting strategy.

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At 00:11:52,464, Character said: They make their nests where they will
attract less attention from predators.

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At 00:11:58,011, Character said: Isolated cliffs like this are ideal.

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At 00:12:03,475, Character said: Pterosaur eggs are leathery
and can easily dry out,

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At 00:12:07,771, Character said: so they need to be covered.

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At 00:12:11,691, Character said: Beneath this pile of seaweed,
something is stirring.

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At 00:12:22,202, Character said: A tiny Alcione hatchling,
just a few inches high

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At 00:12:25,956, Character said: and weighing less than two ounces.

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At 00:12:34,047, Character said: Their mothers left the eggs here
about two months ago.

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At 00:12:51,565, Character said: Calling to each other
synchronizes hatching.

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At 00:12:55,610, Character said: There is safety in numbers.

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At 00:13:02,617, Character said: Their first instinct is to climb.

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At 00:13:29,394, Character said: Hatchlings from hundreds of nests
gather on the cliff-top

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At 00:13:33,398, Character said: to prepare for their first flight.

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At 00:13:44,159, Character said: But their wings are still unformed.

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At 00:13:47,662, Character said: The bones of the long finger
that supports their wing membrane

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At 00:13:51,166, Character said: must first straighten and lock together,
and that will take some hours.

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At 00:13:59,090, Character said: But they can't stay here for long.

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At 00:14:08,350, Character said: Their bones are extremely light,
up to 90% air,

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At 00:14:12,354, Character said: and that makes the effort needed
to take off much easier.

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At 00:14:18,652, Character said: Even so, test flights are essential.

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At 00:14:23,073, Character said: There will only be one chance
to get it right

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At 00:14:26,117, Character said: when the time comes to launch.

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At 00:14:35,669, Character said: The cliff edge creates updrafts,
and they can help.

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At 00:14:39,589, Character said: So, it pays to gather there
facing into the prevailing winds

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At 00:14:43,802, Character said: and towards the mainland.

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At 00:14:49,391, Character said: But no one seems quite ready
to take the plunge.

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At 00:14:59,693, Character said: Until, at last,
one youngster sets them all on their way.

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At 00:15:44,821, Character said: They're not heading for the beach
and its colony.

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At 00:15:47,574, Character said: They need to get to the mist forest
that lies beyond.

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At 00:16:00,795, Character said: Barbaridactylus.

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At 00:16:02,964, Character said: Powerful, predatory pterosaurs
that normally catch fish.

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At 00:16:07,719, Character said: But the hatchlings are too good to miss.

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At 00:16:19,856, Character said: One way to take evasive action is
to simply fold their wings and drop.

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At 00:16:32,077, Character said: But losing height will make it harder
for them to reach the forests.

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At 00:17:13,159, Character said: A crash landing in the colony.

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At 00:17:15,495, Character said: It's no place for a hatchling on its own.

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At 00:17:42,814, Character said: A lucky survivor
from the first wave of...