Alpha's egg remake-Dinosaur planet remake

Here's a look at yet another episode of the remake series of Dinosaur Planet, enjoy!

* Setting: the forests of Patagonia in South America, 79 M.Y.A.
* Filming Locations: Kings Canyon National Park, California; and Sequoia National Forest, California.

The episode starts with a herd of *Saltasaurus*, all of them female, heading for their nesting grounds. Alpha, a young heifer, is making the trip for the first time since she was born. The narrator explains that their only protection is their numbers and size. *Saltasaurus* are not the only dinosaurs in the area, however: *Aucasaurus* lurk in the forests. Dragonfly, a teenage male, and his mate have been drawn by a corpse of a dead *Saltasaurus*. Knowing that no one is around, they walk and eat. However, a pair of carcharodontosaurs called *Aerosteon* appear from the shadows and ruin their lunch, much to Dragonfly's dismay.

The nesting ground is a large flat river plain, larger than 3 football fields. Although Alpha needs to find a spot to lay her eggs, she's not the first to arrive, since the older females are veterans of building nests. Alpha builds a nest and lays her eggs for the first time. Then she and the herd head back to the forest to collect bushy leaves to incubate their eggs.

The program jumps back in time 15 years to the same ground, showing how Alpha's own story began.

Approaching the hatching period, the nesting ground is still guarded by a couple of female *Saltasaurus*, keeping some potential plunderers off the nests. One of these, an *Austroraptor*, pecks at an egg while pushing Alpha's away. However, a crocodile, *Notosuchus*, scares the plunderer off, and pokes a hole in Alpha's egg, only to be fended off by an adult *Saltasaurus*. Alpha is the first of her nest to hatch.

Meanwhile, in the forest as an *Austroraptor* catches fish, a young *Aucasaurus*, Dragonfly, is also born. His mother hears some rustling from the bushes, and a male *Aucasaurus* appears. She bares her teeth and hisses at him. The male is her mate, and he soothes her by inflating his throat pouch. While the female takes a nap, her babies have some fun. Dragonfly, the oldest, is goofing off with a dragonfly. He tries to grab it, but misses. Dragonfly will become the main enemy to Alpha.

That night, all the baby *Saltasaurus* have hatched, and they rush for the safety of the forest, dodging *Austroraptor* and *Notosuchus*. Dozens of *Saltasaurus* calves are slain and devoured while they make a run for their lives. That morning, as some *Alvarezsaurus* catch some tasty insects, Alpha comes face to face with a hungry *Notosuchus*, but just in time, an adult *Saltasaurus* scares it away. Alpha and her fellow youngsters travel along with the adult *Saltasaurus* herd.

Moments later, the herd stops to browse on the treetops. At one point, they are interrupted by the same family of *Aucasaurus*. The male and his mate are teaching Dragonfly and his sisters how to hunt. They confront the adult *Saltasaurus*, but Dragonfly alerts his mother to one of the groups of *Saltasaurus* calves that split up in alarm. She turns her head, spots them and directs their assault on the calves, devouring five of them. As the adult *Aucasaurus* and the young females pass by, Alpha comes face to face with Dragonfly. Luckily, a dragonfly flies by and Dragonfly starts to chase it, and Alpha survives.

As Alpha enters adolescence, she meets Dragonfly again, this time in the wild lands. While Alpha and her herd head for a forest to eat, Dragonfly and his family are right behind them. Dragonfly eagerly darts towards Alpha. She startles him with a bellowing growl, and he jumps away. The *Aucasaurus* pack trots ahead. As Alpha browses from a tree, another female *Saltasaurus* comes forward and angrily shoves her aside to eat the leaves, but stumbles on a log, and tumbles down a hill, breaking bones. Alerted by the injured females's screams of pain, the *Aucasaurus* pack heads over to her and kills the wounded animal, with one *Aucasaurus* piercing the *Saltasaurus'* jugular. As they eat, Dragonfly slams his thigh into one of his sisters, but his father scolds him for this action and his rude behavior. The pack continues to eat. A while later, Dragonfly wakes up from a good nap, gets to his feet and heads off to look for a mate to start a pack with, since he knows that as long as he stays, he'll end up being scolded by his father.

Sometime later, the mating season ensues, and Alpha is in heat. One young bull attempts to try his luck, but the older bull, who is the leader of the herd, challenges him to a duel: this involves shouting, followed by necking (like modern giraffes) and headbutting. The younger bull wins the duel and mates with Alpha. After the mating season ends, the herd heads toward the grasslands. On the way, Alpha, watching a stalking Dragonfly rather than the ground in front of her, nearly trips on a log and sprains her wrist. Soon after, Dragonfly finds a female *Aucasaurus* around his age and attempts to seduce her by inflating his throat pouch, but she at first refuses. However, his persistence and inflating of his throat pouch finally win her heart, and they become mates. Meanwhile, the herd passes through the grasslands, but watching them from the shadows are a pair of carcharodontosaurs. In spite of her sprained wrist, Alpha manages to outpace a sick, older female, who is mauled and devoured by the carcharodontosaurs called *Aerosteon*.

Soon, the herd reaches the nesting ground where the story began, and lay their eggs. But, after their nests are complete, a thunderstorm brews over the plain, and the nesting ground is in ruins. Following the deluge, the unborn *Saltasaurus* babies drown.

Later, as Alpha looks for a spot to eat, she senses Dragonfly and his mate nearby and readies herself for a duel with them. Dragonfly bares his teeth and goes for an attack. Alpha headbutts him, whips the female *Aucasaurus* with her tail, knocking the *Aucasaurus* off her feet and rendering her unable to get up, and then rams Dragonfly, disorienting him for a short time. He wakes up from his disorientation and clamps his jaws on Alpha's left shoulder, but Alpha loses her balance and falls, crushing Dragonfly's skull under her weight, killing him. Alpha then rises to her feet, stares at Dragonfly's lifeless corpse and leaves victorious. The Aucasaurus female rises to her feet, having just witnessed the whole thing, and tries to wake Dragonfly up. To her horror, her attempts to awaken Dragonfly fail miserably, and this causes her to throw her head back and let loose a loud, mournful howl. However, a male Aucasaurus named Dragon-fly the 2nd cheers up the female, and a young Aucasaurus named Dragonfly Jr is born, ready to carry on his ancestor's legacy on a happy note.

Alpha returns to her herd, and soon makes a full recovery despite her injury. The program also ends on a happy note for Alpha, claiming that she will have hundreds of offspring during her hundred-year lifetime.