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Modern Dinosaurs

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By the time she's fully grown, she
will have more than tripled in size. - Modern Dinosaurs

By the time she's fully grown, she will have more than ...

The giant worm is ground down
while still alive. - Modern Dinosaurs

The giant worm is ground down while still alive.

The ability to shed their tail
when attacked - Modern Dinosaurs

The ability to shed their tail when attacked

New Zealand's extraordinary
giant invertebrates
are found nowhere else in the world. - Modern Dinosaurs

New Zealand's extraordinary giant invertebrates are fou...

The whole idea is
the tail keeps wriggling, - Modern Dinosaurs

The whole idea is the tail keeps wriggling,

It's a phenomenon
known as island gigantism. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's a phenomenon known as island gigantism.

The research team carefully release
their male wetapunga. - Modern Dinosaurs

The research team carefully release their male wetapunga.

Tuatara were once plentiful
throughout New Zealand, - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara were once plentiful throughout New Zealand,

To fully appreciate
the scale of these insects, - Modern Dinosaurs

To fully appreciate the scale of these insects,

The arrival of humans and introduced
predators nearly wiped them out. - Modern Dinosaurs

The arrival of humans and introduced predators nearly wiped ...

Their eggs were easy targets
for introduced rodents. - Modern Dinosaurs

Their eggs were easy targets for introduced rodents.

The fossil records show
that the moment rats arrived, - Modern Dinosaurs

The fossil records show that the moment rats arrived,

What caused New Zealand's animals
to evolve to be so much larger - Modern Dinosaurs

What caused New Zealand's animals to evolve to be so mu...

In its nearest neighbour, Australia, - Modern Dinosaurs

In its nearest neighbour, Australia,

Little Barrier
is one of the few places - Modern Dinosaurs

Little Barrier is one of the few places

A breeding programme
was started in the 1990s - Modern Dinosaurs

A breeding programme was started in the 1990s

The threat of extinction
was very real. - Modern Dinosaurs

The threat of extinction was very real.

Tuatara have been here
over 200 million years - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara have been here over 200 million years

To understand the giants
that evolved in New Zealand, - Modern Dinosaurs

To understand the giants that evolved in New Zealand,

A very different land, - Modern Dinosaurs

A very different land,

But these animals survived - Modern Dinosaurs

But these animals survived

How did tuatara survive
the catastrophic events - Modern Dinosaurs

How did tuatara survive the catastrophic events

Just like New Zealand, - Modern Dinosaurs

Just like New Zealand,

In both countries, - Modern Dinosaurs

In both countries,

What have we got here?
One of the females here - Modern Dinosaurs

What have we got here? One of the females here

Although similar forces
are at work in both nations, - Modern Dinosaurs

Although similar forces are at work in both nations,

We'll dig them up,
because if we leave them here
and the young ones hatch, - Modern Dinosaurs

We'll dig them up, because if we leave them here and th...

Naracoorte, in South Australia,
is famous for two things. - Modern Dinosaurs

Naracoorte, in South Australia, is famous for two things.

Cannibalism is a common
survival strategy among reptiles. - Modern Dinosaurs

Cannibalism is a common survival strategy among reptiles.

Great care is taken when removing
the eggs from the burrow. - Modern Dinosaurs

Great care is taken when removing the eggs from the burrow.

When the owners of a local vineyard
were excavating, - Modern Dinosaurs

When the owners of a local vineyard were excavating,

Richard will transport them from here
to an incubator. - Modern Dinosaurs

Richard will transport them from here to an incubator.

Underneath the vineyard, - Modern Dinosaurs

Underneath the vineyard,

They can take a little bump,
but of course, - Modern Dinosaurs

They can take a little bump, but of course,

It was found about 12 years ago, - Modern Dinosaurs

It was found about 12 years ago,

Palaeontologist Dr Liz Reed
and her partner Steve - Modern Dinosaurs

Palaeontologist Dr Liz Reed and her partner Steve

These precious eggs - Modern Dinosaurs

These precious eggs

The vineyard owner sealed up
the entrance to protect it, - Modern Dinosaurs

The vineyard owner sealed up the entrance to protect it,

And we're now at the point
where we can go in and excavate, - Modern Dinosaurs

And we're now at the point where we can go in and excav...

The cool New Zealand climate
forces the young - Modern Dinosaurs

The cool New Zealand climate forces the young

It's the longest incubation period
observed in a reptile. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's the longest incubation period observed in a reptil...

So, I just write a little number
on them for records - Modern Dinosaurs

So, I just write a little number on them for records

Dr Reed is a palaeontologist
from the University of Adelaide. - Modern Dinosaurs

Dr Reed is a palaeontologist from the University of Adelaide...

Her team hopes to find the remains
of a group of giant animals - Modern Dinosaurs

Her team hopes to find the remains of a group of giant anima...

Though tuatara can lay
up to 19 eggs at a time, - Modern Dinosaurs

Though tuatara can lay up to 19 eggs at a time,

It really is like you're digging up
treasure, isn't it? - Modern Dinosaurs

It really is like you're digging up treasure, isn'...

Australia is a land
ruled by marsupials, - Modern Dinosaurs

Australia is a land ruled by marsupials,

To think that this is holding - Modern Dinosaurs

To think that this is holding

In Australia, - Modern Dinosaurs

Some are fierce predators,
like the infamous Tasmanian devil. - Modern Dinosaurs

Some are fierce predators, like the infamous Tasmanian devil...

Thanks to Little Barrier's
breeding programme, - Modern Dinosaurs

Thanks to Little Barrier's breeding programme,

Others are leaf-eaters, - Modern Dinosaurs

Others are leaf-eaters,

Over only a few years, the population
has increased to nearly 300. - Modern Dinosaurs

Over only a few years, the population has increased to nearl...

The red kangaroo is the largest
marsupial alive on earth. - Modern Dinosaurs

The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial alive on earth.

So, that head start just gives them
that little bit of extra push, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, that head start just gives them that little bit of extra...

But not long ago, - Modern Dinosaurs

But not long ago,

Tuatara, that means
"spiny back" in Maori. - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara, that means "spiny back" in Maori.

It's the bit for me that just links
them straight to the dinosaurs. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's the bit for me that just links them straight to th...

The team believes the remains
of these mega-marsupials - Modern Dinosaurs

The team believes the remains of these mega-marsupials

He's like a mini stegosaurus
or something. (LAUGHS) Yeah. - Modern Dinosaurs

He's like a mini stegosaurus or something. (LAUGHS) Yea...

Its spine is made of keratin,
the same material as fingernails. - Modern Dinosaurs

Its spine is made of keratin, the same material as fingernai...

And while it might look like
a miniature dinosaur, - Modern Dinosaurs

And while it might look like a miniature dinosaur,

Thirty million years ago, - Modern Dinosaurs

Thirty million years ago,

From its third eye, unique teeth,
long life and slow lifestyle, - Modern Dinosaurs

From its third eye, unique teeth, long life and slow lifesty...

Sediments turned into limestone, - Modern Dinosaurs

Sediments turned into limestone,

Over millions of years, - Modern Dinosaurs

Over millions of years,

Researching this ancient
reptile's competition - Modern Dinosaurs

Researching this ancient reptile's competition

The first would be discovered
in an unassuming stream bed - Modern Dinosaurs

The first would be discovered in an unassuming stream bed

These holes became deadly traps
for animals living on the surface. - Modern Dinosaurs

These holes became deadly traps for animals living on the su...

When Liz and Steve saw
the main fossil chamber - Modern Dinosaurs

When Liz and Steve saw the main fossil chamber

Now they will excavate them - Modern Dinosaurs

Now they will excavate them

So, when we first came in, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, when we first came in,

The Maungataniwha Forest is in
New Zealand's central North Island. - Modern Dinosaurs

The Maungataniwha Forest is in New Zealand's central No...

Accessing its remote
and rugged landscape is not easy. - Modern Dinosaurs

Accessing its remote and rugged landscape is not easy.

Geologist Julian Thompson
and fossil enthusiast Pete Shore - Modern Dinosaurs

Geologist Julian Thompson and fossil enthusiast Pete Shore

Desperate animals
who had fallen into the cave
would have tried to get out, - Modern Dinosaurs

Desperate animals who had fallen into the cave would have tr...

The ancestors of the tuatara
were called Rhynchocephalians, - Modern Dinosaurs

The ancestors of the tuatara were called Rhynchocephalians,

Claw scratches line the cave walls, - Modern Dinosaurs

Claw scratches line the cave walls,

(GROWLS) - Modern Dinosaurs

Every square inch
will be painstakingly studied. - Modern Dinosaurs

Every square inch will be painstakingly studied.

Some people might think
it looks quite tedious and boring, - Modern Dinosaurs

Some people might think it looks quite tedious and boring,

180 million years ago,
the Southern Hemisphere - Modern Dinosaurs

180 million years ago, the Southern Hemisphere

So, I often think of it
like a jigsaw puzzle, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, I often think of it like a jigsaw puzzle,

But what I'm digging up
are pieces of history, - Modern Dinosaurs

But what I'm digging up are pieces of history,

Over millions of years,
Gondwana broke apart - Modern Dinosaurs

Over millions of years, Gondwana broke apart

So, for me, that is so intriguing, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, for me, that is so intriguing,

Steve has found the skull
of an extinct kangaroo, - Modern Dinosaurs

Steve has found the skull of an extinct kangaroo,

By the time New Zealand separated, - Modern Dinosaurs

By the time New Zealand separated,

Yet for years,
no fossil record of dinosaurs - Modern Dinosaurs

Yet for years, no fossil record of dinosaurs

Many scientists thought
when New Zealand split from Gondwana - Modern Dinosaurs

Many scientists thought when New Zealand split from Gondwana

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Director: N/A

Writer: James Heyward

Production: AB Filmcenter

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Year: 2017

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ImdbRating: 7.9

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Released: 01 Sep 2017

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