Tarbosaurus Segments

Tarbosaurus4 Appearances
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Deserts (Segment 2) 4 adults Deserts (Segment 4) 1 adult Badlands (Segment 2) 3 adults How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big? Stock footage from Deserts

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These are Prehistoric Planet segments which feature Tarbosaurus.

Deserts

Segment 2

	Deserts, Segment II
	Setting Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Deserts, Segment II

Setting
Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

In the second segment of Deserts, a group of four Tarbosauruses surround a rotting sauropod carcass, their presence keeping a flock of azhdarchids from landing and scavenging the carcass. A few lizards approach the Tarbosauruses to feed on the flies attracted to the carcass and the smell of the Tarbosauruses who fed on the carcass. The presence of the lizards, in turn, attract Velociraptors. One lizard, pursued by a Velociraptor, sneaks under a Tarbosaurus, causing its pursuer to accidentally bump into the tyrannosaur, awakening and enraging it. Following the commotion, the Velociraptors make a quick getaway, and the Tarbosaurus group eventually decided to move on from the carcass, allowing the azhdarchids to finally come down and scavenge the rotting corpse of the sauropod. With their opportunity to catch flies now gone, the lizards leave.

Segment 4

	Deserts, Segment IV
	Setting Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia Filming Location Namibia, South Africa

Deserts, Segment IV

Setting
Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Filming Location
Namibia, South Africa

“ Much like everyone else, the hunter is here just for water. ”

― David Attenborough, Deserts

Later on, in the fourth segment of Deserts, when many dinosaurs are shown drinking from an oasis, a Tarbosaurus arrives, causing a herd of Barsboldia to cautiously make way for it to avoid conflict. However, the theropod ignores them and simply proceeds to drink water as well.

Badlands

	Badlands, Segment II
	Setting Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia Filming Location Some places in Saudi Arabia, like Al-'Ula city in the Medina Province and Tabuk City of the Tabuk Region

Badlands, Segment II

Setting
Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Filming Location
Some places in Saudi Arabia, like Al-'Ula city in the Medina Province and Tabuk City of the Tabuk Region

“ Tarbosaurs. Asia's version of Tyrannosaurus rex. As the predators approach, panic spreads. ”

― David Attenborough, Badlands

In the second segment of Badlands, as a herd of Mongolian Titans, Nemegtosaurus, and Prenocephale traverse through a system of rocky gullies, a trio of Tarbosaurus launches an ambush on the herd, causing the herbivores to panic and stampede in an attempt to escape the attack. In the chaos, an unfortunate Nemegtosaurus stumbles off a low ledge and dies in the process. The Prenocephale attempt to escape to higher ground, allowing a pack of Velociraptors to exploit the panic caused by the tyrannosaurs to hunt the Prenocephale, with a female isolating one of the pachycephalosaurs and chasing it up a cliff, where a male springs out at the crucial moment to kick their target off the cliff.

Tarbosauruses feed on a Nemegtosaurus

“ Now, the Velociraptors can finally spring their ambush. At last. Working together, they have secured a meal for the whole family. The Tarbosaurs have also had success. For predators, it's actually a time of plenty. And for the Velociraptors, the perfect time to start a family. ”

― David Attenborough, Badlands

As the Velociraptor family feeds on the Prenocephale they kicked off the cliff, the trio of Tarbosaurus feed on the dead Nemegtosaurus, showing the success they have earned without having actually attacked any of the sauropods.

Uncovered: How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?

	How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?
	Subject The evolutionary means and efficient systems that let sauropods attain their massive sizes. Experts Professor Paul Barrett, Dr. Susannah Maidment

How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?

Subject
The evolutionary means and efficient systems that let sauropods attain their massive sizes.

Experts
Professor Paul Barrett, Dr. Susannah Maidment

“ One of the reasons why gigantic carnivores may have reached their large sizes is actually simply because they're trying to keep up. They're trying in an evolutionary arms race to stay in the game, to be able to take on some of these very large herbivores. ”

― Professor Paul Barrett, Natural History Museum

Near the end of the Uncovered segment "How Did Dinosaurs Get So Big?", stock footage from fourth segment of Deserts is shown, featuring a Tarbosaurus approaching a temporary oasis surrounded by Mongolian Titans, being presented as one example of predators growing larger to be able to tackle the large prey in the environment, with both carnivores and herbivores growing in size over millions of years to better deal with each other.

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Trivia

• Of the four tyrannosaurs featured on Prehistoric Planet, Tarbosaurus is the only one that is never seen in a forest environment, or even close to any form of vegetation. However, concept art by Dr. Darren Naish, Prehistoric Planet's lead consultant, revealed that there was an idea for an encounter between a pair of Tarbosaurus and a pair of Therizinosaurus in the forests of the Nemegt Formation.