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Modern Dinosaurs

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The team has been alerted
to a crocodile in a trap - Modern Dinosaurs

The team has been alerted to a crocodile in a trap

If we didn't have
this programme going, - Modern Dinosaurs

If we didn't have this programme going,

A lot of people live
just not very far away from here, - Modern Dinosaurs

A lot of people live just not very far away from here,

We have taken a four-metre croc
out of here, - Modern Dinosaurs

We have taken a four-metre croc out of here,

Despite the croc's
relatively small size, - Modern Dinosaurs

Despite the croc's relatively small size,

A cable tie
is secured around the snout - Modern Dinosaurs

A cable tie is secured around the snout

Although he's been
partially incapacitated, - Modern Dinosaurs

Although he's been partially incapacitated,

He'll be moved to a new home - Modern Dinosaurs

He'll be moved to a new home

This size is a problem, but not just
to kids, also to some adults. - Modern Dinosaurs

This size is a problem, but not just to kids, also to some a...

These reptiles have maintained
their intimidating size - Modern Dinosaurs

These reptiles have maintained their intimidating size

The survival of the crocodile
suggests being small - Modern Dinosaurs

The survival of the crocodile suggests being small

What other traits could explain
why both species avoided extinction? - Modern Dinosaurs

What other traits could explain why both species avoided ext...

The theory that dinosaurs
never lived in New Zealand - Modern Dinosaurs

The theory that dinosaurs never lived in New Zealand

But how did the tuatara
survive the event - Modern Dinosaurs

But how did the tuatara survive the event

Clues to the mystery
can be found by studying - Modern Dinosaurs

Clues to the mystery can be found by studying

Te Uri stream
is a small winding waterway - Modern Dinosaurs

Te Uri stream is a small winding waterway

It's also one of the most remarkable
geological sites in the world. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's also one of the most remarkable geological sites i...

Where most people see rocks,
Chris Hollis and his team - Modern Dinosaurs

Where most people see rocks, Chris Hollis and his team

As we continue
walking up the stream, - Modern Dinosaurs

As we continue walking up the stream,

We're looking for a dark sandstone. - Modern Dinosaurs

We're looking for a dark sandstone.

We're hoping to get
to the extinction layer, - Modern Dinosaurs

We're hoping to get to the extinction layer,

Their target is a coloured band
only a few centimetres wide. - Modern Dinosaurs

Their target is a coloured band only a few centimetres wide.

The layers of rock on either side - Modern Dinosaurs

The layers of rock on either side

So, we've gone from a warm
subtropical climate - Modern Dinosaurs

So, we've gone from a warm subtropical climate

Changes in temperature and humidity - Modern Dinosaurs

Changes in temperature and humidity

Conditions post extinction
led to the formation - Modern Dinosaurs

Conditions post extinction led to the formation

Beneath this green sandstone - Modern Dinosaurs

Beneath this green sandstone

So, it can't be
the dinosaur extinction layer. - Modern Dinosaurs

So, it can't be the dinosaur extinction layer.

If you could have a look that way, - Modern Dinosaurs

If you could have a look that way,

Yeah, this is one.
There's no green sand at all. - Modern Dinosaurs

Yeah, this is one. There's no green sand at all.

This is green sand.
Well. - Modern Dinosaurs

This is green sand. Well.

As the team clean the narrow strip,
a dark band is revealed in the rock. - Modern Dinosaurs

As the team clean the narrow strip, a dark band is revealed ...

A rich seam of a mineral
called Iridium. - Modern Dinosaurs

A rich seam of a mineral called Iridium.

As the dust
from the meteor's impact settled, - Modern Dinosaurs

As the dust from the meteor's impact settled,

Research conducted in Te Uri stream
and similar sites around the world - Modern Dinosaurs

Research conducted in Te Uri stream and similar sites around...

Though they were located
thousands of kilometres - Modern Dinosaurs

Though they were located thousands of kilometres

Each has a unique reptile survivor - - Modern Dinosaurs

Each has a unique reptile survivor -

We know an asteroid hit the Earth, - Modern Dinosaurs

We know an asteroid hit the Earth,

What we then discover
is that at the time of the impact, - Modern Dinosaurs

What we then discover is that at the time of the impact,

And for a brief moment in time,
there's nothing. - Modern Dinosaurs

And for a brief moment in time, there's nothing.

We surmise that
the main killing mechanism - Modern Dinosaurs

We surmise that the main killing mechanism

The reason the dinosaurs died
versus other things - Modern Dinosaurs

The reason the dinosaurs died versus other things

Tuatara and saltwater crocodiles - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara and saltwater crocodiles

When food is scarce, the ability
to not eat for up to a year - Modern Dinosaurs

When food is scarce, the ability to not eat for up to a year

Both the tuatara and the crocodile - Modern Dinosaurs

Both the tuatara and the crocodile

Their slow pace of life
left them better suited - Modern Dinosaurs

Their slow pace of life left them better suited

500 kilometres away
on Little Barrier Island, - Modern Dinosaurs

500 kilometres away on Little Barrier Island,

Together with threatened species
ambassador Nicola Toki, - Modern Dinosaurs

Together with threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki,

NICOLA: Little Barrier's probably
the jewel in the crown - Modern Dinosaurs

NICOLA: Little Barrier's probably the jewel in the crow...

It's a perfect microcosm
of healthy New Zealand - Modern Dinosaurs

It's a perfect microcosm of healthy New Zealand

An old burrow
surrounded by vegetation - Modern Dinosaurs

An old burrow surrounded by vegetation

So, some of the ones that have
come from the same parentage - Modern Dinosaurs

So, some of the ones that have come from the same parentage

Right.
(CHUCKLES) - Modern Dinosaurs

Right. (CHUCKLES)

That looks like a...tail. - Modern Dinosaurs

That looks like a...tail.

Just be ready when he runs.
If he doesn't wanna go in, - Modern Dinosaurs

Just be ready when he runs. If he doesn't wanna go in,

OK. Then he could take
a very gentle tickle there. - Modern Dinosaurs

OK. Then he could take a very gentle tickle there.

This tuatara will spend
much of its life near its burrow. - Modern Dinosaurs

This tuatara will spend much of its life near its burrow.

It's a pretty cool moment
in his life, isn't it? It is. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's a pretty cool moment in his life, isn't it? I...

Just gonna mark this site
so we know where he is. - Modern Dinosaurs

Just gonna mark this site so we know where he is.

That's it. We know where he is.
Gone in quite fast. - Modern Dinosaurs

That's it. We know where he is. Gone in quite fast.

Often, when they're hunting,
they literally - Modern Dinosaurs

Often, when they're hunting, they literally

The tuatara's slow lifestyle
is a big part of their success. - Modern Dinosaurs

The tuatara's slow lifestyle is a big part of their suc...

The ability to slow
its metabolism down - Modern Dinosaurs

The ability to slow its metabolism down

Evolving to thrive
in New Zealand's colder temperatures - Modern Dinosaurs

Evolving to thrive in New Zealand's colder temperatures

And with no competition from mammals
for millions of years, - Modern Dinosaurs

And with no competition from mammals for millions of years,

They are the last remaining
member of a family - Modern Dinosaurs

They are the last remaining member of a family

If a species like this can survive - Modern Dinosaurs

If a species like this can survive

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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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