Classic in the Jurassic - Air, Water and Land/Desert Day and Night
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It's time for the "Classic in the Jurassic" - the Mesozoic Olympics! Today's "Air, Water and Land" contest is a three-part competition pitting teams consisting of a pterosaur and a crocodile from each Time Period against one another. Mrs. Pteranodon, Tiny and Shiny are recruited to help in one of the three "legs" of the race, while Buddy, Don and Dad watch from the stands. The competition's three "legs" are flying, swimming and a lap around a track. Early on, Team Cretaceous pulls ahead and hold onto its lead, until the wild card of the race is revealed: Team Triassic's croc, Effie Effegia, who shocks the crowd when she runs, and then sprints, on two legs! Effie wins the race, and her bi-pedal ability prompts many questions - and a healthy discussion -- about her features. Tiny is disappointed her team lost, but cheers up when reminded that she was part of `"Classic in the Jurassic" history. While playing "Cold and Hot," a game they made up, the Pteranodon kids learn from Mr. Pteranodon that there might be more variety in the desert than they imagined. Their curiosity piqued, they plead for a trip to investigate the desert scene. Mr. Conductor tells them just how diverse plant and animal life can be in the desert. He happens to know a desert mammal: Fruitafossor. Upon disembarking from the Dinosaur Train, the Pteranodon kids meet Frankie Fruitafossor, a chipmunk-sized mammal. They quickly learn that their assumption that desert life was hot all the time and relatively uninhabited was incorrect. Come dusk, they find the desert hopping and crawling with life, as creatures emerge all over - mostly underground - where they hide from the blazing sun. Frankie gives our family a tour, including a peek at underground burrows he dug. Back on the desert floor, Don and the siblings can't believe how cold the desert has become. Nighttime in the desert is a different world than daytime! The family goes back to

Episode Duration: 28 minutes and 55 seconds

Episode Number: 310

About Dinosaur Train:

"Dinosaur Train" is an animated series for 3-to-6 year olds.

The series features a curious young T-rex named Buddy who, together with his adopted Pteranodon family, takes the Dinosaur Train to meet, explore, and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures.


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Thu, Mar 23 7:00 A.M. Shiny and Snakes/Tiny Loves Flowers     NHPBS KIDS
Fri, Mar 24 7:00 A.M. That's Not A Dinosaur/Tiny's Garden     NHPBS KIDS
Mon, Mar 27 7:00 A.M. Buck-Tooth Bucky/Tiny's Tiny Friend     NHPBS KIDS
Tue, Mar 28 7:00 A.M. The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers/Dads' Day Out     NHPBS KIDS
Wed, Mar 29 7:00 A.M. Carla Cretoxyrhina/Train Trouble     NHPBS KIDS
Thu, Mar 30 7:00 A.M. Great Big Stomping Dinosaur Feet!/Diamond Anniversary     NHPBS KIDS
Fri, Mar 31 7:00 A.M. An Armored Tail Tale/Pterasaur Flying Club     NHPBS KIDS
Mon, Apr 3 7:00 A.M. Junior Conductors Academy: Part One/Junior Conductors Academy: Part Two     NHPBS KIDS
Tue, Apr 4 7:00 A.M. Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day     NHPBS KIDS
Wed, Apr 5 7:00 A.M. The Beelzebufo Cometh/Dennis Comes to Visit     NHPBS KIDS
Thu, Apr 6 7:00 A.M. Paulie Pliosaurus/Elmer Visits The Desert     NHPBS KIDS
Fri, Apr 7 7:00 A.M. Dry Times at Pteranodon Terrace/Big Misty Sea Fishing Contest     NHPBS KIDS
Mon, Apr 10 7:00 A.M. King and Crystal Play Red Rock/Nick of Time     NHPBS KIDS
Tue, Apr 11 7:00 A.M. Love Day/A New Leaf     NHPBS KIDS
Wed, Apr 12 7:00 A.M. The Forest Fire/The Lost Bird     NHPBS KIDS
Thu, Apr 13 7:00 A.M. Haunted Roundhouse/Big Pond Pumpkin Patch     NHPBS KIDS

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