The episode also follows a male Liopleurodon, the largest carnivore ever. The episode follows several Ophthalmosaurus pups and their fight against the elements. This episode, like the previous episode, focuses on life in the late Jurassic period in Oxfordshire. This episode showcases some of the other late Jurassic fauna including the armored and dim-witted Stegosaurus, the egg-thieving Ornitholestes, and the lions of the Jurassic, Allosaurus.

The episode also follows an adult herd of Diplodocus and their ceaseless search for food. The episode mainly concentrates on the lives of a adolescent female Diplodocus and her constant fight for survival against predators and even her own habitat after hatching. This episode follows the diverse Jurassic megafauna in North America. The episode concentrates on the harsh conditions Triassic life is put through and the end of the episode emphasizes that the age of the dinosaurs has begun. This episode follows life in the late Triassic period in Arizona. It features Coelophysis, one of the first in the lineage of the dinosaurs, a pair of Thrinaxodon and their desperate struggles to stay alive and to raise a family and a female Postosuchus, a fierce predator designed only for killing. Walking with Dinosaurs brings to life the mystery and excitement of the age when these reptiles roamed our planet. Tracing the 145 million-year history of dinosaurs, from their first appearances to their abrupt demise, this series marks a watershed in television imagery.Ĭlassic natural history techniques, leading edge computer technology and animatronics combined with the latest scientific findings, recreate the sights and sounds of an endlessly fascinating era. Walking with Dinosaurs makes that distant world as real and natural as images from today's Serengeti. Imagine you could witness a prehistoric sunset - imagine you are watching insectivorous pterosaurs chase moths in the moist evening air and bull Torosaurus lock horns over a young female.

12.3 Andy's Dinosaur Adventures and Andy's Prehistoric Adventures.

The Guinness Book of World Records reported that Walking with Dinosaurs was the most expensive documentary series per minute ever made. The series uses computer-generated imagery and animatronics to recreate the reign of the dinosaurs, beginning in the late Triassic period and concluding in the late Cretaceous period at the K-T boundary mass extinction event, 66 million years ago. The series was subsequently aired in the United States on the Discovery Channel with Branagh's narration replaced with that of Avery Brooks. Walking with Dinosaurs is a six-part dinosaur television documentary mini-series that was produced by the BBC, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, and first aired in the United Kingdom in 1999.

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