A Mammoth Undertaking

Screenshot A Mammoth Undertaking General information Airdate 29 July 2006 Episode number #2 Animals featured Woolly mammoth Elasmotherium Cave bear Episode guide Previous T-Rex Returns Next Dinobirds

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[Nigel's] next adventure is into the ice age, where he'll come face to face with a woolly rhino, survive a showdown with a colossal cave bear, and solve the mystery of what is killing the last mammoth on Earth. — Opening narration.

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A Mammoth Undertaking is the second episode of Prehistoric Park. In this episode, Nigel saves a woolly mammoth from extinction, but finds her health quickly degenerating.

Synopsis

Nigel travels to the distant past to find the last woolly mammoth, but, when she returns to the park, she quickly falls ill. Meanwhile, at the park, the keepers struggle with caring for some of the animals Nigel has already brought back.

Appearances

Time periods

• Holocene
  • Present
  • Early
• Pleistocene
  • Late

Locations

• Africa
  • Prehistoric Park
    • Triceratops Creek
    • Ornithomimus Pond
    • T-Rex Hill
    • Elephant paddock
    • Nigel's Den
    • Portal site
    • Control Room
    • Mammoth Mount
    • Crocodile lake
    • Vets Surgery
    • Elasmotherium paddock
• North America (flashback)
  • Montana (flashback)
• Asia
  • Siberia

Animals and characters

Major

• Human
  • Nigel Marven
  • Bob
  • Suzanne McNabb
• Ornithomimus
• African elephant
• Cave bear
• Woolly mammoth
  • Martha
• Elasmotherium

Minor

• Triceratops
  • Theo
• Tyrannosaurus
  • Terrence
  • Matilda
• Jackson's chameleon
• Hermann's tortoise
• Caterpillar (mentioned)
• Hyaena
• Grey wolf
• Nile crocodile
  • Henry

Technology

• Jeep
• Time portal
• Snowmobile
• Tranquiliser gun

Images

Nigel with the African elephant herd at the park.

A startled cave bear roaring at Nigel.

Nigel observing two woolly mammoths from a distance. One has been killed.

The wounded mammoth trying to communicate with her dead sister.

The mammoth collapses into the snow.

A Human hunter stalking Nigel's camp.

Behind the scenes

Cut scenes and subplot

The "storyboards" special feature on disc 1 of the Prehistoric Park DVD release indicates that a cave lion was originally supposed to appear in a cameo. Nigel was also supposed to find a broken flute outside the cave bear's cave, suggesting it had killed a person. Originally, Nigel flees the cave scene before we see what is inside, and he is not chased. The storyboard shows that the cave bear was added in after the scene was concieved, suggesting that the cave lion was to play a role instead of the cave bear.