Last Day of the Dinosaurs Page #3

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to spread at high altitude.

As it spans the globe, the effects

on the ground very dramatically.

the cloud rolls in

silently from the east.

In Mongolia, temperatures

on the ground tick upwards

a few degrees

hotter every second.

There's no audible warning,

only mounting heat.

As the air reaches

the only hope is shelter.

At 160 degrees, survival

is measured in minutes

Over 200 degrees, just seconds.

The temperature on the ground

in Mongolia peaks at 300 degrees.

But not every dinosaurs's

baked alive

The micro climate of a cave

can keep a handful of survivors

cool enough to breathe,

but it's a refuge

that has to be shared,

forcing an uneasy peace

between sworn enemies...

one that's already

fraying at the edges.

Back in the Pacific Northwest,

the dense fog still shields the valley

from the intense heat above.

In sheltered areas like this,

small pockets of dinosaurs

hang on.

For the Triceratops here,

the high temperatures and humidity

force them to keep moving.

For scavengers

There's no shortage of food.

But most animals caught by

Ejecta Cloud aren't so lucky.

The female Quetzalcoatlus,

is one of the few

survivors of her species.

The last thing these animals need

is a new threat.

But the aftereffects of impact

are just getting started.

Above the valley, and

across North America

The intense heat of the Ejecta Cloud

has ignited fires.

blazes so intense

they generate their own winds.

Down in the valley

the air pressure plummets,

creating a vacuum

that sucks in the flames.

The dry vegetation goes up

like a powder keg.

Building a wall of fire.

The front of the fire burns

hottest and fastest...

moving across the valley floor

at nine miles an hour.

T-Rex can run twice that speed,

but it can't keep

the pace up forever.

The valley basin is now

a fire storm

hot enough to melt

solid aluminum.

The panicked animals race up

the valley slopes.

but fire goes faster

uphill.

Some lucky creatures escape

below the flames.

But large dinosaurs

have no place to hide.

Her wings still damaged

from the falling ejecta,

the wounded Quetzalcoatlus

struggles to take off.

For dinosaurs,

time is running out.

Two hours after

the asteroid impact,

the entire planet is covered

in dust and smoke.

Fires rage across

The Western Hemisphere.

One of the few

remaining Quetzalcoatlus,

a flying pterosaurs

as big as a giraffe,

is struggling to get airborne.

From above, what was once

a lush valley

is now an inferno.

Animals that fly

can escape the flames,

but there are few places to land

and almost nothing to eat.

A food chain once is enough

to support giants

now lacks its basic components,

... Plants.

the temperatures are

finally dropping.

A handful of animals remain

safely holed up in their cave.

It seems the worst is over.

The Ravenous Saurornithoides

can't resist the sight of

an easy meal.

Soon,

The Braver Kronosaurus follow,

making their way back

towards the watering hole.

One stays near the protection

of the cave.

As the ejecta begins to clears,

the parting clouds reveal

the shift in temperature

is throwing earth's weather systems

into turmoil.

And in Mongolia,

powerful winds are gathering

billions of tons of dust and sand.

A dust storm forms as

hot air rises.

Thermal imaging shows

how it builds,

whipping up loose particles

of sand and dust

and gaining energy from

the heat of the sand itself.

The 300 degrees temperatures

that baked Mongolia

turn a common weather phenomenon

into a superstorm.

As it hits, The Saurornithoides

are small

enough to crouch for cover.

But the Kronosaurus

are out in the open.

The sand blasts their bodies.

The harder they struggle

and the deeper

they gasp for oxygen,

the more sand fills

their lungs...

until finally they can't breathe.

The superstorm engulfs much

of the continent.

It's hours before

the winds die down.

The last Kronosaurus,

protected once again by the cave,

heads to the watering hole

on her own.

Halfway there,

she finds

she's the last of the herd.

But she's not the last remaining

dinosaur in the neighborhood.

Huddled close to

a Kronosaurus Corpse,

the Saurornithoides was sheltered

Sukentang

from the worst of the storm.

But the sand has

swallowed their meal.

Instinct drives them

back to their prime hunting spot...

the watering hole,

where the last surviving

Kronosaurus

is taking in the

much-needed fluid.

She's lucky to be alive.

But too exhausted to run

from any new sign of danger.

And danger has arrived.

The Saurornithoides are

desperate for food.

But they're weak from hunger

and abofitting from the sandstorm.

Only one has the confidence

to attack.

Its prey is still too

exhausted to run.

But this time,

size dose matter.

The remaining Saurornithoides

moves in.

But it has no intention of

making a run at the Kronosaurus...

not when fate offers it a meal

that can't fight back.

A week after impact,

food is in very short supply

across the entire planet.

Life is hardest for

the plant eaters.

Huge herbivores have to eat

vast amount

just to sustain

their massive bulk.

But there are simply no

plants to be found.

They can only hope that something,

somewhere is growing.

The Carnivores are

more fortunate.

they can eat the Herbivores.

But two triceratops

are a little too much to take on...

for now.

Three days after

the asteroid impact,

A once blue planet

is shrouded in darkness

and the landscape is

anything but green.

Fire, heat and acid rain

have battered the terrain

until it's unrecognizable.

Normally, Triceratops wouldn't travel

more than a few miles a day.

They wouldn't have to.

But now most of the continent

is stripped of vegetation.

Hunger drives the

giant herbivores

toward the Pacific coast.

The devastation reaches

all the way to the sea.

But Geography has a way of

protecting certain places

from Cataclysmic events...

in this case, an island,

apparently untouched by

the surrounding desolation.

There may still be food here.

The female Quetzalcoatlus

has been flying for three days.

She's weak and

in desperate need of food.

From 1,000 feet up,

the island comes into view.

But all is not as peaceful

as it seems.

Deep below the surface,

The Ocean floor was shaken by

the asteroid's initial impact.

Sedimentary rock disintegrates

under the strain

and Collapses hundreds of feet

into the ocean floor.

On the surface

Sea level plunges,

triggering a massive swell.

At the coast,

the ocean is dragged back

hundreds of feet from the land.

Exposing huge expansive seabed.

The path to the island

is suddenly dry land.

The forest ahead of them

appears untouched

by the hellstorm of the ejecta.

it seems too good to be true.

Half a mile from the coast,

the three Triceratops

finally reach the Promised Land.

Sheltered from the ejecta

by sea mist

and protected from fires

by the surrounding ocean,

the island has all

the food they need.

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