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The Death of the Dinosaurs

Episode 3: Doomsday — Check the TV Schedule for future air dates.
Sixty-five million years ago a comet the size of Mount Everest struck the Earth, toppling the kingdom of the dinosaurs in a mere 24 hours. The next 24 hours unleashed a punishing onslaught of destruction that swept the globe: a shockwave of vaporized rock, a devastating magnitude 13 earthquake, tsunamis hundreds of feet high and a lethal rain of flaming rock debris. In an instant, the kingdom of the dinosaurs crumbled. But their demise actually benefitted one kind of animal... our ancient ancestors, the mammals. The Earth was now theirs for the taking.

Episode 4: Panic in the Sky — Check the TV Schedule for future air dates.
The impact of a massive comet or asteroid 65 million years ago, which many scientists believe caused the end of the dinosaurs, was just beginning. As the dust settled, the survivors awakened to a drastically different and highly unstable world. For the dinosaurs, it was the day of judgement... wave upon wave of catastrophe crashed over the dinosaur kingdom, like Biblical plagues: scorching heat and drought followed by blistering cold and acid rain. The 150 million year reign of the dinosaurs was over and those left behind had to pick up the pieces. Improbably, it was the meek that inherited the earth as tiny mammal scavengers, our own ancestors, arose as the survivors that would build tomorrow.

Meet the Creatures of the Death of the Dinosaurs
Name: The Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Event | Time: 65 Million Years Ago | Size: Killed 62% of All Species | Cause: A Comet the Size of Mount Everest Strikes the Earth | Result: Dinosaurs Die Out, Mammals Take Over

ALAMOSAURUS
Alamosaurus may have been one of the last dinosaurs to go extinct.

AMMONITES
Good swimmers in open water and feeding arms that extend to grab its prey, ammonites weren’t just bottom dwellers.

DROMAEOSAURUS
In the family with the Velociraptor but with a more powerful bite!

EDMONTOSAURUS
Edmontosaurus reared up in times of danger to look for predators, could run on his hind legs, or meander on all fours.

GINSU SHARK
The Ginsu Shark had a mouthful of 2.5 inch teeth; as many as 490 in a full-grown shark.

MOSASAURUS
Ancestors of the snake, Mosasaurs breathed air and were powerful swimmers that were well-adapted to living in warm seas.

PHOBOSUCHUS
The Phobosuchus is the largest species of crocodiles known to have ever walked the earth.
PROTOCERATOPS
Although an herbivore, Protoceratops had muscular jaws capable of a powerful bite. It did battle with Velociraptors.

PURGATORIUS
Purgatorius is one of four extinct species believed to be the earliest example of a primate or a proto-primate.

QUETZALCOATLUS
Quetzalcoatlus was one of the largest known flying animals of all time.

TRICERATOPS
Triceratops most recognizable and distinctive feature, its large skull with frills and horns, makes it among the largest skulls of any land animal.

TROODON
Troodon is believed to have been one of the most intelligent dinosaurs, even more intelligent than mammals of the time period.

TYRANNOSAURUS REX
Tyrannosaurus Rex was one of the last great carnivores to rein in the dinosaur kingdom before their collapse approximately 65 million years ago.