Monsters and Man (Land of Lost Monsters)

Have you all heard of the Animal Planet special Land of Lost Monsters? If you haven't, then let me tell you about it! The whole plot is early man's duel with Prehistoric megafauna. It also tells of mankind's early journeys around the world(Australia, America, and New Zealand).

The first band is called the Aboriginies, and their adventure in Australia. At first they come face to face with a Diprotodon(A giant wombat). They are terrified of this beast, only to realizeit is slow, ignorant, and potentially gassy. Little do they know, that this world isn't the paradise they thought it was.

One day when gazing at a Diprotodon, their worst nightmare appears. Megalania, a.k.a the giant ripper lizard barges in, at first he's interested in the Diprotodon, but turns on the humans instead. Soon he bites a man, killing him with lethal bacteria(like its cousin the komodo dragon).

The Tribe retaliates by setting the whole savanna on fire, burning Megalania in its sleep! Supposedly, this is how the Australian monsters died out. Up next, mankind will endure their second challenge, AMERICA!

This part begins when a group of the first Native Americans come to North America and find themselves in a valley where the woolly mammoths are thriving. The next day they come face to face with another tribe, who offers them arrowheads. For this, the two tribes use these weapons to hunt down a mammoth, however its carcass attracts the biggest predator in America, The SHORT FACED BEAR!

One Paleoindian strays to far from the clan, only to be chased by the short faced bear. He fails to kill it with a spear, and the bear catches up and kills him with his paw. At the end, the North American beasts go extinct. But next, the humans will arrive at their final destination, NEW ZEALAND!

800 years ago, the Maori first settle on the island of New Zealand. There they face a variety of birds, all of which are harmless. The first beast they encounter is the Moa, a large flightless bird in which one gets killed for dinner. Unfortunately, the Moa is the least of their problems.

A Maori mother and child are soon attacked by the most frightening non terrestrial predators the world has to offer the Haast's Eagle! Soon, the Maori's hunting will go to far and wipe out half of the native bird species on the island.

Pretty soon, all the megafauna will die off. The mammoth and others will all face the same fate. If this program comes on anytime soon, I'll let you know, and there's more to this documentary I haven't talked about.

Here is a link to its official website

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/lostmonsters/lostmonsters.html