Video: The Ballad of Big Al

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:55:37 -0500

This first program is a stunning recreation of Al s life. A 15-year story of a lone battle against formidable prey and voracious predators. After hatching, the young Allosaurus leaves the nest to start life feeding on insects and lizards. Through his youth and adolescence Al learns to tackle larger prey. In a gripping chain of events to bring down a giant Diplodocus, 5-year-old Al receives a blow that cracks a bone in his tail. At 6, he is sexually mature and with the scent of a female, Al pursues his first mate. His attentions are unwanted, however, and she lashes out at him, tearing his arm and claw sheath and smashing his ribs. Having recovered from this unsuccessful amorous encounter, it is now the dry season and Al needs food. When dried carrion cannot satisfy him he turns to stalking Dryosaurs, but again his luck is not in as he trips in the chase and breaks his right foot.

Video: Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:46:41 -0500

A few years ago, an amazing fossil was unearthed in Wyoming, USA. Not only were the bones they found those of a dinosaur that lives 145 million years ago, but the skeleton of this creature was very nearly complete. Never before had such a comprehensive find been made and it allowed scientists to piece together the life of this ancient creature to a level of detail hitherto impossible. Now the scientists find has been resurrected even more widely as the life of Big Al is recreated for the television screen.

TV Guide: Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special

Video: The Ballad of Big Al

Video: Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special