Tyrannosaurus Rex and how BBC's Planet Earth was filmed
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2017
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
James Aldred is a pro tree climber, cameraman and adventurer, who has spent his life travelling the world filming wildlife for the BBC. Dan chats to James about filming one of the most iconic shots for David Attenborough's Planet Earth series and discovers the amazing animals that live high in the trees.
Plus, we explore the world of delta wings and Stealth Bombers, and learn more about two terrifying beasts... the Tarantula hawk wasp and the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB Digital Radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:11.5 | Welcome along. Hello. It is here. The Fun Kids Science Weekly. How are you doing? My name's Dan. I am your guide as we explore some of the most dangerous, weird and wonderful |
| 0:23.8 | things that are out there in the universe. Today we'll learn about some of the most incredible |
| 0:29.1 | inventions to ever take to the sky. Also, you can hear how there's an asteroid right now, |
| 0:35.4 | currently hurtling, really close to the earth. |
| 0:38.2 | That's a load of fun. |
| 0:38.9 | It's on the way. |
| 0:39.5 | And we'll chat to a man who climbs trees as a proper job. |
| 0:44.9 | First, it's our Age of the Dinosaurs series. |
| 0:48.0 | And today, one of the most scary and amazing ones ever, the T-Wex. |
| 0:53.0 | Imagine going back in time, not 100 years, or 1,000 years, but millions of years. |
| 1:04.9 | To the age of the dinosaur. |
| 1:09.2 | Welcome to the end of the Cretaceous period, around 65 million years ago. |
| 1:15.6 | Around this time, there were more dinosaurs than ever before. |
| 1:20.6 | The world was crowded with groups of triceratops, |
| 1:24.6 | duck-billed Edmontosaurus, squawking birds and a wide variety of plant and sea life. |
| 1:33.1 | The end of the Cretaceous period is also where you'd find one of the best known dinosaurs of the mall, |
| 1:39.2 | Tyrannosaurus Rex. |
| 1:42.8 | He's coming this way. Quick, run! |
| 1:46.0 | You'd definitely want to run from a T-Rex. |
| 1:49.0 | His name means King of the Tyrant Reptiles. |
| 1:52.0 | And he was a terrifying meat-eating dinosaur found in the continent that is now North America. |
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