Ornithocheirus and Sand Dollar Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

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

There's dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes, you should see them!

Hatty's a collector of things from long ago.

-Come and see the dinosaurs!

-Ready, steady, go!

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The old museum clock takes me back in time

to when dinosaurs ruled the world.

"Take me to the time of the dinosaurs," I say.

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

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Hello, I'm Andy. Welcome to the National Museum.

I work in the dinosaur gallery with Hatty, our expert.

And there's nothing she doesn't know about dinosaurs.

She asked me to bring her this bucket of sand for her display.

Come on, let's go and take a look.

I've got the sand you asked for.

That's a strange-looking creature.

Oh, I didn't mean you, Hatty.

Hatty? What are you doing?

I'm trying to work out exactly

how this lovely ornithocheirus would've flown.

So I can make sure I've got his head in exactly the right position.

Ornithocheirus.

It was a huge flying reptile at the time of the dinosaurs.

Like a giant lizard with wings?

Yeah. Except they weren't just any old wings,

these were more than five metres from tip to tip.

One, two, three, four, five.

So each wing is about as long as I am tall.

Can you imagine these huge reptiles flying over the oceans,

catching fish in their beaks,

then landing on beautiful sandy beaches

covered in these beautiful things?

-That's an interesting-looking shell.

-It's not a shell, it's a skeleton.

Just like that's a skeleton.

This is the skeleton of a little sea creature called a sand dollar.

Sand dollar?

They spend their lives crawling on the ocean floor,

then when they die, their skeletons wash up on the beach.

Is that the time? I'd better be going.

The museum opens soon and I've got lots to do.

Do you think you could spread some sand around?

I want it to look like a proper beach.

-Leave it to me.

-Thanks, Andy!

HE WHISTLES A TUNE

Ooo! Better be careful I don't bury Hatty's sand dollar.

No, no! Come back! No, not down there!

Oh, no! What am I going to do?

I suppose I can make a new one out of glue and sand and something.

CLOCK CHIMES

Squawk! Squawk! Squawk!

Even better.

I can get myself a brand-new one.

Time to go on a dinosaur adventure!

Right. Waistcoat.

Check! Gizmo.

Check! Hat.

Check! And last but not least, Hatty's backpack!

The time of ornithocheirus!

I've made it!

I've travelled back in time 127 million years

to the time of ornithocheirus.

I can't see one among these pterosaurs, though.

And I'm here in Brazil.

This is what Brazil would've looked like millions of years ago.

Look at those amazing rock towers!

OK, sand dollar.

I'm not going to find any sand dollars on this rocky beach.

If I can get over those cliffs,

there might be a sandy beach on the other side. Let's go!

Just look at them!

SQUAWKING

That is the strangest pterosaur I've ever seen! I wonder what they are.

I'm going to get closer to them.

This really is incredible!

It says here they're called tapejaras.

And that the males use those huge red crests

to scare off other males and to attract the females.

That must be why they're moving their heads up and down -

to attract the girls up there.

What's that?

It's an ornithocheirus!

Look at the crest on its beak! And its huge sharp teeth!

Perfect for catching fish when it's flying over the sea.

What did Hatty say? Ornithocheirus gather around sandy beaches.

Maybe he can give me a lift.

Come on, let's do it!

It's not easy climbing these cliffs. Better watch out for that blowhole!

There he is!

Oh, no! How am I going to get to those sandy...? Argh!

Wha-ha-ha-hah!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Ho-ho-ho! I've landed on an ornithocheirus!

Whoo-hoo!

It looks like we're already heading to the beach.

There's loads of his friends. Watch out, coming into land!

Whoa! Whoo!

Oh!

There really are a lot of them, aren't there? And they're so noisy!

The reason they're noisy is because

the males are trying to attract the females.

SQUAWKING

I can't believe how sharp their teeth are!

Their breath smells of fish!

Oh, sorry.

What's that? Is that a sand dollar?

Oh, no, it's just a shell.

Ooo! But that looks promising.

Is it? Yes! It's a sand dollar!

CLOCK CHIMES

I've got to get back to the museum! Right.

Hang on, wait for me! I need a lift back to the clock!

Wait! Wait for me! Come back!

Come back! Oh! What am I going to do now?

I need to get myself back to the museum!

Hatty's backpack! It's always full of useful things!

A wetsuit? How's this going to help me?

Unless...!

The great thing about wetsuits...

..they're incredibly...

..stretchy!

Wh-aa-aa-aa-aa!

Oh, no, not the blowhole again!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

HE SCREAMS

Whoa!

CLOCK CHIMES

CLOCK CHIMES

Hurry along now.

We don't want to turn into dinosaurs ourselves, do we?

This is an ornithocheirus.

A large pterosaur that filled the skies in the time of the dinosaurs.

-They were truly incredible fliers.

-You're telling me!

They would've easily flown thousands of miles in just a few months.

And this...

is...

a sand dollar.

A sea creature that's been washing up on our beaches

for millions and millions of years.

Thanks for finishing the beach. It looks great!

And you look like you've already been for a swim.

Ssh!

See you next time.

One, two, three, four!

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