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Modern Dinosaurs

Their slow pace of lifeleft them better suited to survive monthsof cold and darkness

Their slow pace of life
left them better suited to survive months
of cold and darkness

Full Transcript

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Their slow pace of life left them better suited
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to survive months of cold and darkness.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:32
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
Production
AB Filmcenter

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She's got these amazing little claws on the end of her ...
S01 • E05 Like eels, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:11
Like eels,
S01 • E01 500 kilometres away on Little Barrier Island, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:10
500 kilometres away on Little Barrier Island,
S01 • E05 But in that time, she can lay, like, 300 to 500 eggs. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
But in that time, she can lay, like, 300 to 500 eggs.
S01 • E05 So, she looks really kind of ferocious, really, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
So, she looks really kind of ferocious, really,
S01 • E01 Together with threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
Together with threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki,
S01 • E05 So, it looks as though she's, like, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
So, it looks as though she's, like,
S01 • E05 She's very docile, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
She's very docile,
S01 • E01 NICOLA: Little Barrier's probably the jewel in the crown - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
NICOLA: Little Barrier's probably the jewel in the crow...
S01 • E05 Um, she might raise her legs up if she's in alarm. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
Um, she might raise her legs up if she's in alarm.
S01 • E05 But her ovipositor, the spine out the back, is actually for laying her eggs. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
But her ovipositor, the spine out the back, is actually for ...
S01 • E01 It's a perfect microcosm of healthy New Zealand - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
It's a perfect microcosm of healthy New Zealand
S01 • E05 And she'll push that down into the ground, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
And she'll push that down into the ground,
S01 • E05 And it splits, her eggs actually come down the middle, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:11
And it splits, her eggs actually come down the middle,
S01 • E01 An old burrow surrounded by vegetation - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
An old burrow surrounded by vegetation
S01 • E01 So, some of the ones that have come from the same parentage - Modern Dinosaurs 00:09
So, some of the ones that have come from the same parentage
S01 • E01 Right. (CHUCKLES) - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
Right. (CHUCKLES)
S01 • E05 (LAUGHS) - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
(LAUGHS)
S01 • E01 That looks like a...tail. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
That looks like a...tail.
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The eleven species of giant weta are all forest browsers.