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Bat, v/o: there's a reason they Called it the wild west.

That fang didn't come Off a cougar.

This tooth came from A dinosaur.

I'm chartering an expedition. ♪ [tense music] ♪

You boys expecting trouble?

[grunt, thud]

Mr. Mudge: There is one man, a rival.

Edward cope: There are thousands of fossils,

And should some Of them go missing...

My old friend needn't know.

[gunshot]

[cocks rifle]

[train whistle blows]

Bat, v/o: I was just a young man When I first headed west.

In the years that followed, I became

A cowboy... A gunslinger...

And even served as sheriff Of dodge city,

One of the most lawless towns In the country.

My name is bat masterson.

Now I'm a reporter and I've come West again to chronicle

The world that I know best...

The american west. [gunshot]

The lure of gold, land, Destiny flooded the

Frontier with men both Good and bad.

These are the incredible True tales of the wild west.

[creaking sound]

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In the old west, gold wasn't The only treasure

Buried in the earth.

[creaking sound]

Oh, I can't believe I'm holding this.

I couldn't believe it Myself the first time I saw it.

Thought my eyes Were playing tricks.

- whew, where'd you come by it? - wyoming.

Scrap of land called Como bluff.

My first dig.

Is that when you worked for Professor marsh?

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Mr. Reed, You saw it all.

The fight over these fossils, They called the bone war.

That was a long time ago.

Too long to recount?

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Well I saw it all, alright. I saw what happens when

Brilliant minds get Fixed on a thing.

Could make them crazy.

What were you doing In wyoming?

[grunts] I was a foreman

For the union pacific rail.

I'd spend days alone hunting for Big game to feed the crews.

That country was not fit For man or beast.

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[vultures screeching]

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What in the world?

[blowing]

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[horse neighing]

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[fires rifle]

That's close enough!

- whose man are you? - no one's!

I work for the railroad.

What are you Digging for?

Trackingbuffalo.

Not looking For trouble.

Turn out your pack.

I don't think I will. [cocks rifle]

Ride on, friend.

Plenty of space Out here for us both.

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You'll quit this place... [horse neighing]

If you know what's Good for you.

[hoofbeats]

[blows]

Bat: what did you make of it?

I had no idea.

I asked around cheyenne and Heard about a professor

From yale who paid handsomely For strange bones.

Professor marsh.

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[coins, mugs clanking]

[doors creak open]

[footsteps]

[doors creak closed]

[footsteps]

You reed?

Could be. You marsh?

[clears throat] It's a pleasure.

Do you have The specimen?

Sir, we've come A long way.

Have you brought It or not?

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When I do business with a man,

I like to look him In the eye.

How about you Professor?

Othniel charles marsh. Mr. Mudge is my assistant.

Excuse the theatrics but there Are spies everywhere.

If you say so.

[soft thud]

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That's the largest I've seen!

A theropod! It must be!

I'd wager anything.

- that could be 20 or 30 feet! - even larger!

Fellas, I can't say whatcha Got there,

But I figure it's Worth somethin'.

That fang didn't come Off a cougar.

No sir, mr. Reed, it did not.

This tooth came From a dinosaur.

A what?

In greek it means "Terrible lizard,"

An immense predator from The time before time.

You're talkin' About dragons?

In wyoming?

I didn't expect a yale man To trade in fairytales.

Oh, they were very real.

And where there's one fossil, There's more.

Perhaps thousands more!

You ought to know

I wasn't the only one diggin Around out there

Who'd you see?

Unfriendly sort; Scar down his cheek.

Aarghh!!!

- professor. - jones. I knew it.

If he's here, his master Can't be far behind.

Mr. Reed, the nature Of our deal has changed.

I'm chartering an expedition and I'm hiring you as guide.

Alright, I need a few days To settle things.

This is a race, sir.

We leave at dawn.

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Easy, easy, easy!

[thud]

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No cause for alarm, dynamite's A standard tool for excavation.

Let's be more careful, Shall we?

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You boys expecting Trouble?

Dinosaur fossils are buried Deep in sediment;

Too deep for shovels.

Back in cheyenne, the professor Mentioned someone...

A master?

Marsh a man with enemies?

[claps hands] He has many allies in our field,

But there is one man... A rival...

His name is cope.

What's the story?

They were colleagues once, Friends even.

They named species After each other but...

Cope is a jealous breed.

He grabbed the professor's Own diggers to

Steal fossils; they've Been enemies ever since.

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If you see cope, Stay away.

The professor Does not forgive.

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Reed, v/o: while marsh's men Broke ground at the dig site,

I went hunting for game.

And that's when I realized I was In way over my head.

[footsteps approaching]

[grunting, fighting]

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[both grunting, grappling]

[thud, groans]

[groaning]

[footsteps]

Hello, railroad. [cocks gun]

Got somebody Wants to meet you.

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[footsteps]

Don't touch Nothin'.

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Wondrous, is it not?

Edward cope.

[scoffs] Yes, I imagine you've

Heard all sorts of unsavory Things about me.

Would it surprise you to learn That marsh is the one

With the blackened Reputation?

Do you know he is Prone to dynamiting

Entire fossil sites just to Deny another man a chance.

It's barbaric!

An affront To science.

Mr. Cope...

I don't care for Small talk

When there's a gun To my head.

What do you want?

That footprint belongs to one of The largest carnivores...

Meat eaters...

We've ever seen.

Only one of us Can claim that find.

I would like your Help with that.

How's that Exactly?

There are thousands Of fossils in these hills.

Should some of them Go missing...

Well...

My old friend Needn't know.

I will make it Worth your while.

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I believe we have An understanding?

Bat: what made you turn spy?

Anything more than money? - back then...

I lived by the one true law Of the west.

A man who survives, Is one with gold in his pocket.

Do you regret it?

If I could turn back The clock...

I'd never come between Marsh and cope.

[coyote howling]

[fire crackling]

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What are the devil You doing in here?

Speak up! - [stuttering]

Easy, easy professor, I was looking for ya.

- what do you want? - the bones.

I was...

Wondering what they belonged to.

- why? - I found the first,

I'd like to know what we're Doing out here.

I believe we've uncovered A new species of carnivore.

The full skeleton may be The largest yet assembled.

Settled on a name.

Allosaurus fragilis.

And this... Beast...

This dinosaur, If that's what it is...

What did it look like?

Difficult to say exactly.

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I imagine it looked Something like this.

You're saying this thing...

Actually walked around In the world?

Dinosaurs didn't just walk The earth...

They held dominion over it, Likely for over

100 million years.

I dream of them.

Strange, terrifying, Magnificent.

To bring them back would change Man's sense of time.

Its place in history.

That's what we're doing here Reed.

To keep these treasures out of The hands of lesser men...

There is nothing I would Not do.

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What stopped you Taking it?

There's a reason they called It "The dinosaur rush."

Those professors had a fever For those bones.

And you didn't Want to catch it.

[laughs]

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Seeing allosaurs take shape...

Seeing what once ruled the Earth.

Marsh was right.

It changes you.

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How did cope Take your decision?

Reed: I wondered that myself.

I went to go meet jones At a secret place.

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Tell your boss I'm out.

No hard feelings, it's just The way I want it.

That sounds an awful lot like Bad news.

He don't care For bad news.

Well, that's my message.

You gonna deliver it or not? [gun shot]

Marsh!

Draw any closer I'll put A bullet in your man!

We both know he's not my man.

[gun shot]

[loading chamber]

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[digging]

I knew it!

Snake in the grass! - professor...

What do we do?

I say we leave the turn-coat Here, let him rot in the sun.

Professor marsh!

Riders approaching!

Waving a white flag.

Your master's here.

Gentlemen, grab your weapons!

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Othneil marsh...

How many years has it been?

There's nothing For you here, edward.

I suggest you move along.

Well, I beg to differ.

These hills are rich enough For both of us.

No need to do something foolish.

This is my dig site.

I'll do what I please.

These lands don't Belong to you.

Nor the fossils beneath them.

They belong to all mankind.

I've had enough! What are you doing?

I suggest you leave while You canedward.

- are you mad?! - no professor, professor!

I beg you, don't do this.

You're unworthy, cope.

You'll not take them.

Not while I draw breath.

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[sizzling]

No! [gun shot]

[shouting, grunting]

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[explosion]

[dirt scattering]

You are a lucky man.

I don't feel like one.

[grunts]

The injuries aren't serious, But we're sparing a wagon

To take you back to cheyenne.

Was anyone else-? - no other casualties.

The professors agreed To a truce.

Thought they might even Shake hands, but...

That well's poisoned.

It shouldn't have come To this.

You'll be compensated.

And reed I wouldn't...

Share anything you've seen.

They're not scientists, They're treasure hunters.

You should get out before you End up like them.

[grunts]

Well, that's the danger of Digging up the past.

Always a chance You'll get buried.

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[grunts]

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I never thought I'd get My hands on a dinosaur.

Ah, I wish you could keep it Longer but I gotta get it back.

- where's that? - reed: university of wyoming.

I'm the field collector for the Department of paleontology.

After all that you're still Digging up fossils?

Well the professors may have Ruined it for themselves,

But they left plenty of bones For the rest of us.

Oh...

And as a rule, I never use Dynamite.

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Bat masterson, v/o: william Harlow reed collected jurassic

Fossils in wyoming for Thirty-eight years.

Marsh and cope continued their Rivalry for decades,

Wrecking each other's Reputations in the press.

Their expeditions led to the Discoveries of allosaurus,

Stegosaurus, apatosaurus and Many more species.

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Slow and steady boys, don't let It chip.

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One hundred million years...

Right in the palm of your hand.

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