Gigantoraptor and Feather Andy's Prehistoric Adventures

# I'm Andy and I work here at the National Museum

# We've got dinosaurs and ice age beasts, you should see them!

# Jen is my assistant, Mrs Pickles runs the show

-# Come on my adventures

-Ready, steady, go!

# One, two, three, four

-# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures

-Hey, join the crew!

# Travel back in time and discover something new

# Yeah, you can come too!

# We'll see woolly mammoths, dinosaurs, cavemen and more

# When I jump into the old museum clock to explore

# Take me off to prehistoric times, I say

# Hold on tight, shut your eyes and then we fly away

# One, two, three, four

-# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures

-Hey, join the crew!

# Travel back in time and discover something new

# Yeah, you can come too!

# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures

# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures! #

OWL HOOTS

Hi, I'm Andy and I work in the prehistoric gallery

here at the National Museum.

I've spent all day building a nest for one of my favourite dinosaurs.

I've got a few more bits to add and then I'm finished.

-Hi, Jen.

-Hi, Andy.

One here...

..and here.

There you go.

Right... So, what do you think?

Pretty EGG-cellent, eh?

Yes, but what EGGS-actly is it?

-Well, it's a nest, of course.

-Ah. But these eggs are massive.

The bird that these belong to must've been enormous.

As tall as a house but it wasn't a bird,

it was a dinosaur called Gigantoraptor.

It laid one of the largest eggs of any animal ever.

Wow, that's amazing!

What's the feather for, then?

Oh! Mrs Pickles made this.

It's a model of what she thinks a Gigantoraptor feather

might have looked like. It's good, isn't it?

Very good but I thought that

you said that the Gigantoraptor was a dinosaur, not a bird.

I did. Some dinosaurs had feathers too, you know, just like birds.

Come on, I'll show you.

Done.

This is a fossil of a Microraptor,

one of the earliest feathered dinosaurs to be found.

They think they may've used their feathers to fly

just like modern-day birds.

So could a Gigantoraptor fly as well?

No, they were too heavy and too big to fly but they did have feathers.

-Wow, that's incredible!

-That's why I've put the beautiful feather

that Mrs Pickles made on the display.

-Andy...

-Mm-hm?

-It's not quite as beautiful as I remember it.

-Hm?

Oh, no! What happened?

-What am I going to do now?

-We can make another one?

I don't even know how Mrs Pickles made this one.

There's just not enough time. CLOCK CHIMES

SQUAWKING

Time...

That's it!

Jen, you stay here and make sure nothing else goes wrong.

I'll get another Gigantoraptor feather.

Time to go on a prehistoric adventure!

Andy, where are you going?

Waistcoat, hat,

backpack and last but not least, gizmo.

Check!

To the time of Gigantoraptor!

Wahoo!

Whoa!

Wahoo!

I've made it!

I've travelled back in time 85 million years.

All the way to Mongolia to the time of Gigantoraptor.

And it looks like I have landed in the middle of a desert.

Not much going on here.

SQUAWKING

But I can hear something. Listen.

SQUAWKING

And it seems to be coming from over that sand dune. Come on!

It's really hot walking up these sand dunes.

I just hope there's a quicker way...

down!

ANDY COUGHS

Well, it was certainly easier than getting up.

Oh!

Hey, look!

Oviraptors.

According to my gizmo, Oviraptors were a kind of dinosaur

that loved eating other dinosaurs' eggs.

Maybe if I followed them,

they'll lead me to the nest of a Gigantoraptor.

And hopefully I can get my feather.

Hey! Wait for me!

I hope these Oviraptors know where they're going

because I certainly don't.

That doesn't seem to be any kind of Gigantoraptor anywhere.

Uh-oh!

GROWLING

It's an Alectrosaurus.

A cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex,

who loved nothing more than a delicious meaty meal.

Oh, thankfully it didn't notice me.

Oh, wait for me!

If you thought the Alectrosaurus was big,

take a look at what we've just found.

It's a mother Gigantoraptor.

And she's on her nest.

Ooh, she's not too happy about the Oviraptors being here.

Oh, look at the size of her!

And her feathers.

They look just like the one that Mrs Pickles made.

Whoa! Easy now, Gigantoraptor.

I'm not after your eggs.

I'm just after a stray...

GIGANTORAPTOR ROARS

..feather.

Never get too close to a mum looking after her eggs.

She can get very angry.

Oh...

She's not the only one that looks after the nest.

The dad does too.

Oh!

It says here that Gigantoraptor eggs took up to 80 days to hatch,

that's far too long for one parent to sit all alone

without anything to eat.

Especially with hungry Alectrosaurus walking around.

Quick, get down!

There's two of them!

I think they've seen us!

Go get 'em!

Watch out behind you!

Ouch!

Wow!

Gigantoraptor kung fu. Hiyah!

Well done, Dad! That'll teach you to do mess with a Gigantoraptor.

Oh, no!

An Oviraptor. Quick, come back!

Quick, before he gets your eggs!

Phew! Safe and sound.

And even better, look!

A feather.

Yes! It must've fallen off

when he was fighting the Alectrosaurus.

Ooh, this wind is picking up. I better get back to the clock quick.

Wouldn't want to get caught in a sandstorm.

See you later, Gigantoraptor! Thanks for the feather.

This is ridiculous! I can't see anything.

I can't even see where the clock is.

Oh, at last! It's clearing up.

CLOCK CHIMES

And I can see the clock.

As long as I can get to it, I'm sure I'll be fine.

Oh, no!

I'm stuck too!

What am I going to do? I've got to get back to the museum!

My backpack. It's always full of useful things.

A map,

a water bottle,

what's this?

A mini vacuum cleaner?

What's that doing in there?

Hmm, I wonder...

Put the feather back in the backpack to keep it safe

and I'll have a good old clean-up.

ANDY HUMS

There, that should do it.

All right, here goes...

It worked!

Time to head back!

CLOCK CHIMES

Mrs Pickles, quick!

-Good morning, Mrs Pickles.

-Good morning, Jen.

I'm on my way to see the new Gigantoraptor display.

I made a feather for it, you know.

-Ah, hello, Andy.

-Good morning, Mrs Pickles.

Oh, what a terrific Gigantoraptor nest.

And my feather looks wonderful there. So realistic.

You might want to use a bit less sand next time, Andy,

you've got it everywhere.

Sorry, Mrs Pickles, I got a bit carried away.

Shh! See you next time.

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-Andy's Prehistoric Adventures

# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures! #