Postosuchus walking with dinosaurs series#

Postosuchus walking with dinosaurs series#

The Guinness Book of World Records reported that the series was the most expensive documentary series per minute ever produced. The programme explores ancient life of the Mesozoic Era, portraying dinosaurs and their contemporaries in the style of a traditional nature documentary.Дeveloped by Haines and producer Jasper James, Walking with Dinosaurs recreated extinct species through the combined use of computer-generated imagery and animatronics that were incorporated with live action footage shot at various locations. The series was subsequently aired in North America on the Discovery Channel in 2000, with Avery Brooks replacing Branagh. The series first aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom in 1999 with narration by Kenneth Branagh. Walking with Dinosaurs is a six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by BBC Natural History Unit. habilis.Kenneth Branagh (BBC broadcast and home video)ДЄvery Brooks (Discovery Channel broadcast)Д«ahamas, California, Chile, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tasmania rudolfensis, remarking that although they are taller, they are very similar to the H. boisei, will continue to survive, until it evolves into Homo ergaster, seen in the next episode, who has developed these traits to a greater extent. habilis, on the contrary, have become smart by eating fresh carrion and bone marrow among other things, and evolving a basic social behavior, which is more firm than that of P.

boisei are able to eat termites, tall grasses and hard acacia pods in difficult times, they will not be able to survive in the future, when at the beginning of the next Ice Age the climate will change, and these plants will be gone for good.

habilis being 'a jack of all trades', while P. habilis is depicted as an intelligent omnivore that is more adaptable than the herbivorous P. The second episode leaps forward to a time when Paranthropus boisei, Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis co-exist. The episode ends with the arrival of a migrating herd of the prosauropod Plateosaurus, foreshadowing the future dominance of the giant sauropods after the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. Finally, the wet season comes, and the majority of the Coelophysis have survived (including the female), along with the Thrinaxodon pair, who have a new clutch of eggs. The male Thrinaxodon also resorts to hunting baby Coelophysis during the night. The Placerias herd embarks on a trek through parched wasteland in search of water, while the Coelophysis start killing and cannibalising their young. As the dry season continues however, food becomes scarce and extreme measures are taken by all animals. Wounded, sick and without a territory, the female dies and is eaten by a pack of Coelophysis. The female Postosuchus is later shown to have been wounded by the Placerias in a previous attack (which left her with a tusk wound on her thigh), and after being unable to successfully hunt another member of the Placerias herd she is beaten out of her territory by a rival male Postosuchus. At night, the pair of Thrinaxodon are shown eating their remaining young, then moving away, while during the day, the Coelophysis work to expose the nest. Still searching for food, the Coelophysis are shown discovering the Thrinaxodon burrow (and are initially frightened away by the male when it emerges).Д®ventually, an inquisitive Thrinaxodon pup follows the father to the entrance and is eaten by the female Ceolophysis before he can drive the predators away. The last focus of the episode is a female rauisuchian Postosuchus (one of the largest carnivores alive in the Triassic) who is first shown attacking a Placerias herd and bites one of the members, driving the rest of the herd to retreat and leave the wounded and weakened member of the group to the carnivore.Д®arly pterosaurs called Peteinosaurus are depicted feeding on dragonflies and cooling themselves in what little water is present during the drought. A male Thrinaxodon is shown downstream, returning to his burrow from the river. A female Coelophysis is shown stalking a herd of dicynodonts called Placerias (a giant synapsid or mammal-like reptile), looking for weak members to prey upon.