0:00:02 > 0:00:04# I'm Andy and I work here at the National Museum
0:00:04 > 0:00:06# We've got dinosaurs and Ice Age beasts
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# You should see them
0:00:08 > 0:00:10# Jenny's my assistant Mrs Pickles runs the show
0:00:10 > 0:00:12# Come on my adventures
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# Ready, steady, go... One, two, three, four!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures
0:00:19 > 0:00:21# Hey, join the crew!
0:00:21 > 0:00:25# Travel back in time and discover something new
0:00:25 > 0:00:26# Yeah, you can come, too!
0:00:26 > 0:00:30# We'll see woolly mammoths Dinosaurs, cavemen and more
0:00:30 > 0:00:33# When I jump in to the old museum clock to explore
0:00:33 > 0:00:35# Take me off to prehistoric times, I say
0:00:35 > 0:00:39# Hold on tight, shut your eyes and then we fly away
0:00:39 > 0:00:41# One, two, three, four
0:00:41 > 0:00:45# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures
0:00:45 > 0:00:46# Hey, join the crew!
0:00:46 > 0:00:50# Travel back in time and discover something new
0:00:50 > 0:00:52# Yeah, you can come, too!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures! #
0:01:00 > 0:01:01OWL HOOTS
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Hi, I'm Andy.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I'm in charge of the Prehistoric Gallery
0:01:26 > 0:01:30here at the National Museum. I have been working on a display
0:01:30 > 0:01:34about a giant bird that lived 49 million years ago.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35This is a model of its egg.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I can't wait to see what it looks like on the nest.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42ANDY HUMS TO HIMSELF
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Right, I'll just pop this down here.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Hello, Andy!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Eugh! Oh.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Hi, Jen! You scared me. I almost dropped the egg.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- It's very fragile. - Sorry, Andy. I've got those
0:02:03 > 0:02:06pictures you asked for, here on this disc.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Brilliant. I just need to finish this off.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12I hope you're not having that rotten egg for your dinner.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15No! This isn't real. Mrs Pickles made this out of plaster
0:02:15 > 0:02:17and just finished painting it.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23- Then I definitely wouldn't eat it! - No, I wouldn't recommend it.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28This is the egg of a Gastornis - a huge, prehistoric bird.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29And this is the nest.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32We're not sure what colour the eggs were,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36but Mrs Pickles has spent a long time studying Gastornis and she
0:02:36 > 0:02:40seems to think that this shade of green is right.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Um...but I thought bird eggs were white.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Well, actually, bird eggs come in a whole range of different colours.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- If you load up these pictures, I will show you.- OK.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Chicken eggs... CLUCKING
0:03:01 > 0:03:04..what we eat for breakfast.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08CHIRPING
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Starling eggs are blue.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Peregrine falcons, they lay brown eggs.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19STRAINING
0:03:22 > 0:03:27And there's even a bird called Cetti's warbler that lays red eggs.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- That's brilliant.- I know!
0:03:29 > 0:03:33So, you see, it is perfectly possible that Gastornis eggs
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- were green.- Ah. Um...white.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- No, Jen - green. - No, the egg's white.- Hmm?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45What?!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48What's happened to the paint? What...?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Oh, no!
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Mrs Pickles spent ages working out the right colour for this.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55She'll be so upset.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Well, don't worry, Andy. We could just paint it again.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Yes, we'll paint it again. We just need some lime green paint.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Don't you mean grass green?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Or was it apple green?- Or pea green?
0:04:07 > 0:04:12- I can't remember what green it was! - Um...we could ask Mrs Pickles.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16She has already gone home. We need to sort this out ourselves.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- I don't know if we have enough time. - CLOCK CHIMES
0:04:23 > 0:04:27SQUAWKING
0:04:27 > 0:04:30"Time"... That's it!
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Jen, you stay here and go and get the paints and the paintbrushes.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I'll be back soon with the right colour.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Time to go on a prehistoric adventure!
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Um, but, Andy...where are you going?
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Hmm.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Waistcoat, hat, backpack, gizmo.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11To the time of Gastornis!
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Whoa!!!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Whoo-hoo-hoo!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Whoa!!!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Wah-hoo!!
0:05:34 > 0:05:40Oh... Ooh, I've made it!
0:05:40 > 0:05:44I've travelled back in time 49 million years...
0:05:45 > 0:05:47..to the time of Gastornis.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49SPLURGE!
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Whoo! These mud springs, they stink of rotten eggs!
0:05:53 > 0:05:54SQUEAKING
0:05:54 > 0:05:58I don't think I'm going to find a Gastornis egg here.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Whoo! No, I'll look somewhere else.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07PARP!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11BRAYING
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Look at these guys!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21They are called Palaeotherium.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25They were the great-great-great-great-great
0:06:25 > 0:06:27great-great-great-great-great-great
0:06:27 > 0:06:30great-grandparents of the modern-day horse.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It also says that they were very shy,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38so I am not going to speak too loud. I don't want to scare them.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40SWOOSHING
0:06:42 > 0:06:43BRAYING
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Oh...you see?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48They are even scared of falling seeds.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50BRAYING
0:06:52 > 0:06:54That's not a falling seed...
0:06:56 > 0:06:57..it's a Gastornis!
0:06:59 > 0:07:02CAWING
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Come on!
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Whoa! Look at the size of her!
0:07:17 > 0:07:19She is at least my height...
0:07:20 > 0:07:22..and about five times as heavy.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23And her beak!
0:07:23 > 0:07:25It's massive!
0:07:25 > 0:07:26CAWING
0:07:26 > 0:07:29She wasn't chasing the Palaeotherium,
0:07:29 > 0:07:32but she definitely wanted to get her in a hurry.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Maybe she's protecting her nest.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40And where there's a nest, there might be an egg.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47CAWING
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Of course!
0:07:49 > 0:07:53When you are as big as she is, and you can't fly,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57you have to build your nest on the ground.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59CAWING
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I think there's even an egg in there!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I can't quite see the colour.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Oop, she's going.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08CAWING
0:08:10 > 0:08:15I need to try and get closer, but without being spotted by mum.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I know - I'll shrink down to the size of a chick.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30To the size of a Gastornis chick.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Perfect!
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Ah!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Amazing! Not only is there an egg in the nest, but it is exactly
0:08:55 > 0:08:59the same colour as the one that Mrs Pickles made.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Right, I'll just take a photo. DISTANT CAWING
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Hang on a minute. What was that?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10The Gastornis is coming back!
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Um...
0:09:15 > 0:09:17CAWING
0:09:17 > 0:09:23CAWING
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Oh! Thank goodness for that.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33For a moment there, I thought I was going to be bird food.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Right, now, let's take a picture and get back to the museum.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42All right. One, two...
0:09:42 > 0:09:43CRACKING
0:09:43 > 0:09:45What's that?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47What's going on?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49It's hatching!
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Oh, wow!
0:09:56 > 0:09:59It's a Gastornis chick!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Oh, this is incredible!
0:10:03 > 0:10:07And now, I can take a piece of shell back to the museum.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09That's much better than a photo!
0:10:09 > 0:10:11HIGH-PITCHED CAWING
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Excuse me, could I have one of your eggshells, please?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16HIGH-PITCHED CAWING
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Oh, great!
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Thanks.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Oh, eggshells are quite heavy when you're tiny like me.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31HIGH-PITCHED CAWING
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Now to get back to the museum, so I can paint Mrs Pickles' egg.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37See you later!
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Huh! Oh, no!
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Ants!
0:10:41 > 0:10:44And they're not just ordinary size.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46These are giant ants!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49And if I don't distract them, they could eat the chick!
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Over here! Come and get me! I'm the tasty one! Whoa!
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Whoa!
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Oh! Ohh... I've saved the chick, but who's going to save me?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23My backpack! It's always full of useful things.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28A scarf.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Flying goggles? How are these things going to help me?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41All right! This is going to be fun.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46See you later, ants!
0:11:46 > 0:11:47It's time to go!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49SWOOSHING
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Whoa! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Whoa-ho-ho-ho!
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Yeah!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00This is brilliant!
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Time to head back!
0:12:05 > 0:12:08BIRDSONG
0:12:11 > 0:12:13DOING!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18SQUEAKY VOICE: Oh, no! I'm still really small!
0:12:18 > 0:12:19BEEPING
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Back to normal size!
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Yes!
0:12:28 > 0:12:29CHIMING
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Oh! Mrs Pickles!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Jen!- Andy, I got the paint. Did you get the right colour?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- I have got the exact colour right here.- Where did you get..?
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- No time to explain. Mrs Pickles is on her way.- I'll mix the paint.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- Good morning, you two! - TOGETHER:- Morning, Mrs Pickles!
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Just popped in to see how my egg looks in your new display.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Fantastic! Good job, you two!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29That green colour looks great!
0:13:29 > 0:13:32You don't look too great, though, Andy.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36I think you might be coming down with something. Perhaps you had
0:13:36 > 0:13:40better take the morning off. Ooh! You, too, Jen!
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- It's OK, Mrs Pickles.- No buts! Off you go. Have a nice lie down.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Join me when you feel better.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49See you next time!
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Come on, Jen.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04# One, two, three, four!
0:14:04 > 0:14:07# Andy's Prehistoric Adventures
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