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A music video featuring footage from the "Evolving Planet" exhibit at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

BY Lars Fields and Jilli Rose of Phlesch Bubble Productions/1:40

"This strange beast was one of the first predators of the ancient Cambrian seas."

BY dananddna1 at

Walking with Monsters (also distributed as Before the Dinosaurs: Walking With Monsters or Walking with Monsters: Life before Dinosaurs) is a three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles. It is narrated by Kenneth Branagh, and by Avery Brooks in the American version. Using state-of-the-art visual effects, this prequel to Walking with Dinosaurs shows for example how a two-ton predatory fish came on land to hunt. The series draws on the knowledge of over 600 scientists and shows nearly 300 million years of Paleozoic history, from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago). It was written and directed by Tim Haines.(1)

EPISODE 1: "WATER DWELLERS" (PART I/3)
530 Million Years Ago, Cambrian period, Chengjiang, China(1)

9:40

Episode 1 (PART 2/3)

9:40

Episode 1 (PART 3/3)

9:43

EPISODE 2: "REPTILES BEGINNING" (PART 1/9)

9:40

Episode 3 (PART 1/3)

9:40

Episode 3 (PART 2/3)

9:40

Episode 3 (PART 3/3)

9:38

Resources
Prehistoric Life on the BBC web site. This site has print information, games, and images.

1. Walking with Monsters from Wikipedia. Detailed background information on this documentary series in addition to explanations of the various evolutionary periods.

approx. 60 mins.

EPISODE 1: "NEW DAWN" (PART 1/3)

Episode 1 (PART 2/3)

9:53

Episode 1 (PART 3/3)

9:26

EPISODE 2: "WHALE KILLER" (PART 1/3)

9:53

Episode 2 (PART 2/3)

9:58

Episode 2 (PART 3/3)

8:49

EPISODE 3: "Land of Giants" (PART 1/3)

9:50

Episode 3 (PART 2/3)

9:55

Episode 3 (PART 3/3)

9:05

EPISODE 4: "NEXT OF KIN" (PART 1/3)

9:48

Episode 4 (PART 2/3)

9:47

Episode 4 (PART 3/3)

9:00

EPISODE 5: "SABRE TOOTH" (PART 1/3)

9:54

Episode 5 (PART 2/3)

9:58

Episode 5 (PART 3/3)

8:52

EPISODE 6: "MAMMOTH JOURNEY" (PART 1/3)

9:53

Episode 6 (PART 2/3)

9:55

Episode 6 (PART 3/3)

8:56

RESOURCES
BBC Science & Nature: This site contains the making of Walking with the Beasts and "The Evolution Game."

90 mins.

RESOURCES
• Walking with Cavemen on Wikipedia.

• BBC Science & Nature. This site contains behind the scenes information on the documentary, "cavemen facts," and a "caveman challenge."