Dinosaur Island (Quest for Beasts)

Dinosaur Island is the name given to a tropical island which appears in The Quest for Beasts episode Return to Paradise, which aired on May 8, 2001. It also makes an appearance in the spinoff The Quest for Beasts: A New Generation.
== History ==
Millions of years ago, the continents were joined together as the supercontinent Pangea. What later became Dinosaur Island was connected to South America, which was also connected to Africa. As Pangea began splitting apart, dinosaurs that were migrating from other continents-mainly from the mainland of the Americas-eventually became isolated there and when the island floated into the Pacific Ocean, near what is now Colombia, the animals that were living there when the meteor that hit the earth and wiped the dinosaurs out everywhere else in the world were spared.
As time went by, the dinosaurs continued to survive unknown to the world. Prehistoric mammals migrated to the island-among them mammoths, sabretooth tigers and cave bears-followed eventually by humans, descendants of South American Indians and native Polynesians. The tribes' culture was based around that of their prehistoric neighbours and they were revered as gods and featured heavily in their artwork.
Explorers-among them Columbus and Magellan-sailed past the island, but didn't set foot on it thanks to legends of monsters surviving there. The culture of the indigenous inhabitants began dying off as Westerners visited, bringing with them disease.
In the early years of the 20th century, explorer and hunter John Caspar visited the island after hearing stories about it. Ignoring warnings by the locals, he wanted to prove the existence of the island to the world. Upon returning to the United States, he was ridiculed for his stories and died, bitter and broken. Nearly a century later, his grandson John Caspar III would travel to the island to capture the animals.
== Description ==
The island is located near the South American coast. It is near to the Equator and the climate is tropical. True to its name, it is home to surviving populations of dinosaurs, as well as a number of other prehistoric animals. 
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Category:Islands