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Welcome to the Ultimate Wildlife Sanctuary!
Prehistoric Park is the wildlife sanctuary that aims to bring live specimens of extinct animals to the present day with the ultimate goal of starting breeding programs. Spearheaded by wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven, the park acquires its long-extinct residents via the time portal, which allows people, objects, and animals to travel back and forth through time.
Employees[]
Prehistoric Park has many employees. Below is a list of the known names of a few employees:
- Nigel Marven - Head Animal rescuer
- Bob - Head Keeper
- Suzanne - Head Veterinarian
- Bill - Animal rescuer
- Jim - Animal rescuer
- Ben - Animal rescuer
- Sarah - Veterinarian
- Saba Douglas-Hamilton - Big cat expert, field veterinarian, and consultant
Prehistoric Creatures[]
Prehistoric Park's main priority is to bring back the amazing animals that time has left behind from the brink of extinction and give them a 2nd chance at the ultimate wildlife sanctuary. The park currently houses 14 species of extinct animals. The species Nigel and his team have successfully brought back are:
- Triceratops (1 male, named Theo)
- Ornithomimus (14 individuals, and later a female had about eight to twelve chicks)
- Tyrannosaurus (2 juveniles; 1 male and 1 female, named Terrence and Matilda)
- Woolly Mammoth (1 female, named Martha)
- Elasmotherium (1 male)
- Microraptor (4 individuals)
- Titanosaur (2 males and 7 females)
- Terror Bird (Phorusrhacos) (1 male)
- Sabre-Tooth Cat (Smilodon) (2 adults; 1 male, and 1 female, later had 2 cubs)
- Giant Dragonfly (Meganeura) (1 male)
- Giant Scorpion (Pulmonoscorpius) (1 female)
- Arthropleura (1 male)
- Deinosuchus (1 female)
- Troodon (1 male, named Rascal) (accidental)
Nigel has also encountered several other prehistoric creatures during his rescue missions, but never attempted to rescue them for numerous reasons, such as the species not being part of the mission objective, or a lack of means to transport them to the park and contain them. They are:
- Nyctosaurus (T-Rex returns, Supercroc)
- Cave Bear (A Mammoth Undertaking)
- Cave Hyena (A Mammoth Undertaking)
- Unidentified piscivorous pterosaur (Dinobirds)
- Incisivosaurus (Dinobirds)
- Mei long (Dinobirds)
- Toxodon (Saving the Sabretooth)
- Crassigyrinus (The Bughouse)
- Parasaurolophus (Supercroc)
- Albertosaurus (Supercroc)
Extant Creatures[]
Main Article: Modern Prehistoric Park Residents
Prehistoric Park is not only home to many extinct species but also is the home to many endangered or rare animals that are still alive today, these include:
- African bush elephants
- Nile crocodiles (including Henry)
- Cheetahs
- African sacred ibises
- Egrets
- Seriema
- Weaver birds
- Blue-and-yellow macaw (Nigel's pet)
- Jackson's chameleon (Nigel's pet)
- Western hog-nosed snake (Nigel's pet)
- Hermann's tortoise (Nigel's pet)
- Red-tailed boa (Nigel's pet)
Locations within the Park[]
Main Article: Locations in Prehistoric Park
Prehistoric Park has multiple enclosures to house the park's residents and facilities that help run the day-to-day operations of the park.
- Main Complex
- Time Portal Site
- Nigel's Base
- Mammoth Mount
- Triceratops Creek
- Big Cat Climb
- Deinosuchus Dip
- T-Rex Hill
- Ornithomimus Pond
- Bughouse
- Titanosaur Treetops
- Microraptor Enclosure
- Crocodile Lake
- Elasmotherium Paddock
- Terror Bird Paddock
- Observation Pen
- Control Room
- Vet's Surgery
- Bob's Workshop
Trivia[]
- Despite being called a wildlife sanctuary, Prehistoric Park is more akin to a zoo than an actual wildlife sanctuary.
- By the end of the series, Prehistoric Park was home to 14 species of extinct animals; 6 dinosaurs, 3 mammals, 3 arthropods, 1 crocodilian, and 1 bird.
- Out of these 14 species, only 9 were intentionally rescued. The rest were either unexpected or accidental.
- The first three species Nigel rescued, Triceratops, Ornithomimus, and T. rex, were all put in enclosures located near or next to the river on the west side of the park.
- Despite plans of having a woolly mammoth be brought back to the Park, Prehistoric Park was built in a warm, open savannah; not ideal for an Ice Age mammal adapted to the cold. Logically, it would've been better if the park was built in a more temperate environment, cool enough for the mammoth to thrive but warm enough for the dinosaurs to not get too cold.
- However, this might caused problems for cold-blooded reptiles like the Deinosuchus, which require heat to regulate their body temperature.
- Prehistoric Park managed to successfully breed both sabre-toothed cats and Ornithomimus. These were the first extinct animals to have offspring in the modern day.
- Troodon was the only animal at the park without a proper enclosure by the end of the series, due to it being an accidental rescue.