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Walking With Dinosaurs (2)



The six episodes are set in the following times, and have the following plots: "New Blood," 220 million years ago (mya), in the Triassic Period, follows the rise of dinosaurs from their earlier rivals. "Time Of The Titans" is set in the Jurassic Period of 150 mya and follows Diplodocus hatchlings as they survive in a sequoia stand, pursued by all sorts of predators, including Allosaurs. "Cruel Sea" is set 149 mya, also in the Jurassic Period, but follows the sea-dwelling dinosaurian reptilian cousins, such as Liopleurodon and Ophthalmosaurus. "Giant Of The Skies" is set 127 mya, in the Cretaceous Period, and follows the last flight and death of an aged Ornithocheirus, a type of pterosaur. "Spirits Of The Ice Forest" is set in the Cretaceous Period, 106 mya, and follows life in the Antarctic, when it was not covered in ice, and was connected to Australia and South America. The final episode is, naturally, called "Death Of A Dynasty," and set 65 mya, a few days before the K-T Impactor that hit off what is now the Yucatan Peninsula. The show follows the birth of Tyrannosaurus rex hatchlings right before the impact. But it also posits two other main believed causes for dinosaur extinction: the rise of mammals, and the acidifying atmosphere of the earth, due to the volcanic activity of the Deccan Traps.