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1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:11,480 This is one of the most awesome dinosaurs ever discovered. 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,920 Meet Spinosaurus, 3 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,680 a truly amazing predator that lived 95 million years ago. 4 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,880 In the dinosaur world, this is the Terminator, 5 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:32,800 at a stunning 17 metres in length and 12 tonnes in weight. 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,440 Spinosaurus is one of the largest predators 7 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,520 to have ever walked the planet. 8 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,520 It lived in North Africa. 9 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,040 Here, it's roaming a swamp, 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,960 but this hunter's favourite prey lived elsewhere. 11 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:54,480 HISS 12 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,680 Spinosaurus's meal of choice was fish, not meat. 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,800 This is a dinosaur that loved to hunt in water. 14 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,640 Standing in the river shallows, Spinosaurus plays a waiting game. 15 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,920 It's on the lookout for one of these. 16 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:22,280 Onchopristis, a giant eight-metre long swordfish. 17 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,800 There's enough fresh sushi there for a whole Japanese restaurant. 18 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:34,400 You can find this kind of hunting going on in the wild today. 19 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,400 This grizzly bear loves a bit of raw fish too. 20 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,760 He and his mates know that thousands of juicy salmon are swimming 21 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,840 up river, and they're waiting for a meal to come their way. 22 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:53,440 And their super-quick reactions mean they can catch this fish in mid-air. 23 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,600 But how do we know that Spinosaurus was as partial to fish 24 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,120 as that grizzly bear? 25 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,680 By looking at the evidence, that's how. 26 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,000 These are the tooth sockets in a Spinosaurus's jaw. 27 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,800 It was found in 2005 in North Africa. 28 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,600 Stuck in one of the sockets is a tiny piece of backbone 29 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,440 from another creature. 30 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,400 This spino clearly didn't brush his teeth before he went to bed! 31 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:29,120 That bone fragment was from a swordfish, possibly Onchopristis. 32 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,720 These juicy fish were one of Spinosaurus's favourite foods. 33 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,520 And, a bit like a bored angler, 34 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,640 Spino would spend hours waiting for these tasty river treats to swim by. 35 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,600 Here was a beast that loved poking its snout into a fast-flowing river. 36 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,960 And Spinosaurus's way of catching fish is really clever. 37 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,160 Its secret lies in that snout. 38 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,320 It has lots of small holes in it that are very similar 39 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,680 to those of a crocodile. 40 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,480 In a crocodile, these snout holes contain special sensors. 41 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,280 These help the croc to feel small changes of pressure 42 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,960 caused by other creatures disturbing the water nearby. 43 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,560 That signal is one of the ways it zeroes in on prey. 44 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,040 And dinosaur experts believe that the Spinosaurus had sensors 45 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,760 like the crocodile, an amazing ability that meant 46 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,960 it could strike at these onchopristis 47 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,360 without even seeing them. 48 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,320 Take a look at this amazing creature. 49 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,480 A flying monster, its name is Hatzegopteryx. 50 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:09,640 This is a kind of prehistoric flying reptile called a pterosaur 51 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,280 and it's one of the largest flying creatures ever known. 52 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,960 This mind-blowingly massive beast 53 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,480 patrolled the skies 65 million years ago. 54 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,680 At that time, Europe was made up of lots of islands, one of which 55 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:32,480 was called Hatzeg, which is how this monster gets its name. 56 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,720 And it really is a monster. 57 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,480 Hatzegopteryx was over five metres tall 58 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,800 and had an enormous ten metre wide wingspan. 59 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,280 That's as big as this modern jet fighter. 60 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:55,000 Hatzegopteryx was an incredible flying machine. 61 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,600 But it preferred to hunt on the ground. 62 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:08,200 It could gobble up these much smaller herbivores with ease. 63 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:13,000 Usually, long-necked sauropods, like these magyarosaurs, 64 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,000 were the biggest beasts in the dinosaur world. 65 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,400 Here, though, they're dwarfed by Hatzegopteryx. 66 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:28,560 How do we know that a flying reptile could actually get this big? 67 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,720 By taking a look at the evidence, that's how. 68 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,720 These are the fossilised footprints of a pterosaur, 69 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,520 very like Hatzegopteryx. 70 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:48,400 Discovered in 2002, they measure a massive 35 centimetres across, 71 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,280 proving that these creatures could be huge. 72 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,840 Imagine, if the hatzegopteryx were around today, 73 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:01,560 it would be three times bigger than the world's largest flying bird, 74 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,320 the wandering albatross. 75 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:09,480 And when it landed on the ground, it would be as tall as a giraffe. 76 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,000 Take a look at this condor from South America. 77 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,040 This bird glides a bit like Hatze. 78 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,680 A condor's wings take advantage of warm air currents called thermals. 79 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,160 They help it stay in the air for hours on end. 80 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,960 Dinosaur experts believe pterosaurs like Hatzegopteryx 81 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,720 could do the same. 82 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:58,960 If you thought Tyrannosaurus rex was an impressive dinosaur, 83 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,560 take a look at this prehistoric predator. 84 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,480 This is Carcharodontosaurus. 85 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,120 ROAR 86 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,640 Its name means "shark-toothed lizard". 87 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,880 This monster grew up to 13 metres long. 88 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,960 An adult weighed a hefty seven tonnes. 89 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:28,000 It ruled the roost in North Africa 95 million years ago. 90 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,200 ROAR 91 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,640 Carcharodontosaurus was a carnivore, 92 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,880 and a whole ton heavier than T-Rex. 93 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:42,040 How much meat do you think a killer of this size ate each day? 94 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:48,600 The amazing answer is that a full-grown carcharodontosaurus 95 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,560 needed to eat a whopping 60 kilograms of meat every day 96 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,160 just to survive. 97 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,480 That's like having 480 hamburgers every day. 98 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,840 Now, the carcharodontosaurus liked to hunt 99 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,440 by creeping up slowly on its prey. 100 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,480 But amazingly, for such a large beast, 101 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,880 we've recently discovered that it could really move it too. 102 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,400 Watch this. 103 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,160 Over short distances, this hunter's explosively powerful legs 104 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,200 could get it running up to 20 miles an hour. 105 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,960 That meant it could catch lighter prey like this ouranosaurus. 106 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:41,560 So, where would you have found one of these ruthless killers? 107 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:47,200 Most of the 95 million-year-old carcharodontosaurus bones 108 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,640 have been found in various sites across North Africa. 109 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:59,040 Life for these big killers was a constant battle. For food... 110 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,240 For territory... 111 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,040 For dominance over other carcharodontosaurs. 112 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,400 ROAR 113 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,320 But how can we tell this kind of head-to-head battle went on? 114 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,280 By closely looking at the evidence, that's how. 115 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,880 This is a recently discovered lower jaw bone. 116 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,960 It came from a meat-eating dinosaur. 117 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:35,120 It's big, nearly half a metre long, and the exciting...