The worst episodes of Prehistoric Planet
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With much of the planet's water supply frozen, rock-climbing sloths and marsupial lions must find a way to withstand barren landscapes.
- 02
Giant herd animals thrive with the expansion of the grasslands, dominating the plains—but fearsome hunters shadow their every move.
- 03
Rising temperatures mean every habitat on the planet is transforming, and for the Goliaths of the Ice Age, the world as they know it is ending.
- 04
As sea levels drop and continents shift, animals begin migrating to unknown territories full of new possibilities—and new threats.
- 05
Trudging through a scorching desert, two young Tarchia find relief at an oasis and encounter an adult twice their size, ready to lay claim.
- 06
Within the snow-covered forest, a tense standoff develops between ancient rivals, Pachyrhinosaurus and Nanuqsaurus.
- 07
In a world covered in ice, woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats fight to survive the coldest temperatures in millions of years.
- 08
A journey through an underground cave in North America turns perilous when a young Triceratops is separated from its mother.
- 09
Above the deserts of North Africa, aerial combat ensues as male Barbaridactylus pterosaurs fight for the attention of females below.
- 10
On a small island, a monumental display takes place as the giant Hatzegopteryx reveals his gentler side to woo a mate.
- 11
With its feathered body and duck bill, the eight-ton Deinocheirus wades through an Asian wetland in search of relief from pesky biting flies.
- 12
A pregnant Tuarangisaurus is in distress—and her young calf can sense it—as she travels waters that are home to the ocean's deadliest predators.
- 13
Not many can intimidate North America's top predator, T. rex, whose size and bite are a deadly combo—except for a giant winged foe.
- 14
Deep beneath the water's surface, the world's largest predator—the Mosasaurus—lies in wait to ambush unsuspecting prey.
- 15
In a drought-stricken basin where much has perished, an old Pachycephalosaurus bull defends his leadership against a young challenger.
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