Brachiosaurus and Monkey Puzzle 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

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# Hey, join the crew!

# Looking at the dinosaurs

# Collecting something soon

# Yeah, you can come too

# 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-y-y-y

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# Come on Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

# Hey, join the crew

# Looking at the dinosaurs, collecting something soon

# Yeah, you can come too!

# Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

# Dinosaur, Dinosaur Adventures! #

Hi, I'm Andy. I work in the dinosaur gallery of the National Museum.

This morning, Hatty's been working hard on a display

all about the largest dinosaurs to have ever lived.

Can't wait to see it and to find out what's inside this box.

Hi, Hatty, I've got the box you asked for.

Hatty?

Hello, Andy.

Hatty, what you working on there?

-Just putting the finishing touches to my latest display.

-What is it?

This is the skull of a brachiosaurus,

one of the longest dinosaurs that ever lived.

26m from nose to tail.

26m! That's like...

Two double-decker busses end to end.

-That's right.

-But not as long as the diplodocus, though.

You're right, diplodocus may have been longer, but if you look here,

you'll see brachiosaurus was taller because it had a longer neck.

So it could eat the leaves of the tallest trees.

Like this incredible monkey puzzle tree.

Monkey puzzle tree, that's a strange name.

It certainly is, but then it's a very strange tree. It can grow 40m tall

and its leaves are super sharp and pointy.

That's why it's called a monkey puzzle tree,

cos a monkey would be puzzled climbing it.

Now, you've brought the box I asked for, excellent.

I've got a branch in here

that I found in the forests of South America

and I want to put it in the brachiosaurus mouth

before the museum opens. I haven't seen this in a long time.

Possibly too long.

Erm...

Is it meant to look like that?

-It's meant to be green.

-Ah.

I suppose I could try to make another one

or see if they have any at the garden centre or...

-Don't worry, Hatty, I'll sort it out.

-But there's hardly any time.

The museum opens in a moment.

CLOCK CHIMES

-I'll make time.

-Thanks, Andy.

-I knew I could count on you.

-Always!

Time to go on a dinosaur adventure.

Waistcoat, gizmo, hat

and, last but not least, Hatty's backpack.

To the time of brachiosaurus!

CLOCK WHIZZES

Whoa!

DINOSAUR GROANS

I made it!

I've travelled back in time 150 million years,

to the time of brachiosaurus.

Hmmm... I don't see any monkey puzzle trees around here, though.

Come to think of it,

I don't see any trees at all.

Time for a walk, I think.

Look at this!

Two young diplodocus having a drink.

Oh, look!

But I think they're too small to reach the top of a monkey puzzle.

But THEY'RE not.

A whole heard of adult diplodocus!

Right, I'm going to join them.

DINOSAUR GROANS

Finally, I've caught up with them.

They may be lumbering giants, but they take ginormous footsteps.

Whoa, what's he doing there?

It says here that the males sometimes stood up

on their back legs to impress the females.

That must be what he's doing now.

There's another one doing it too.

Uh-oh.

Things are heating up here.

Come on, you two, we can sort this out,

no need to get angry. Before someone get hurt.

Like me.

That's it, just walk away. That's a sensible thing to do...

Whoa!

And no name-calling.

Did you see that? He stomped his foot and the whole ground shook.

It says here that they do that when they like each other.

Let's see if they do it again.

He did do it again, they do like each other.

Whoa!

Forgot about the tails. I'm going to make a move in case I get hurt.

What's that?

It's an allosaurus.

Oh, and it's got its hungry eyes on that diplodocus over there.

Oh, be careful!

That's it, stand as tall as you can!

Whoa! Where did that come from?

I said you had to watch their tales.

Right, I'm going to follow that herd down there.

They're walking to some trees,

I might find some monkey puzzle trees there.

Monkey puzzle trees, and they're everywhere!

I've just got to get to those branches up there.

Whoa!

Hatty was right.

These monkey puzzle trees are really hard to climb.

It's because there are no low branches to hold on to.

And if I can't climb the trunk,

how on Earth am I going to get to the top?

Whoa.

Whoa! It's a huge brachiosaurus!

It's the tallest dinosaur I've ever seen.

That one's munching on top of the monkey puzzle tree.

That gives me an idea.

This is incredible, look how high up I am!

What a view!

Now I just need to get one of these branches, then I can head back.

Right...

-BOING!

-Ouch!

They really are sharp. Erm...

Ah! Got an idea.

Look at that!

Brilliant!

Time to go down now.

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Who-a-a-a!

Yeah!

Perfect. Now I'm going to take a shortcut through the woods

and I should get back to the museum just in time.

Uh-oh.

There's a mist coming and it's getting thicker.

And thicker.

Oh!

Can't even see the end of my nose.

Oh, there it is.

No, it's gone again.

If I can't see anything, how am I going to get out of the forest?

Erm...

Oh, Hatty's backpack, it's always full of useful things.

Erm...

What's this?

Sounds funny.

There's a rope attached.

Wait a minute, is this a weather balloon?

Whoa! Agh!

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Ho-ho! This view is incredible.

Look at them all down there.

See you later, brachiosaurus!

Time to head back!

Whoa!

CLOCK CHIMES

Hurry along now.

This is the skull of a brachiosaurus, a plant-eating dinosaur

that lived in North America and grew to around 26m long.

It had a very long neck, which was perfect for reaching

-up to the tops of the trees.

-And even better for sliding down.

As you can see,

they loved eating the extraordinary branches of the monkey puzzle tree.

Thanks, Andy. The branch of that monkey puzzle tree looks fantastic.

Oh, I'm glad you like it.

What's puzzling me,

is how you got it so quickly.

Shush!

See you next time.

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