Apple TV Plus’ groundbreaking natural history series Prehistoric planet returns later this month for its second season, and a new trailer offers a look at some of the new dinosaur species set to make their debut in this next batch of episodes.
The star of the show may be the mighty Quetzalcoatlus, a giant light aircraft-sized pterosaur believed to be the largest flying creature Earth has ever seen. Named after the Aztec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl, a pair of Quetzalcoatlus is seen in the trailer facing off against a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Exciting!
Viewers will also meet Isisaurus, a long-necked sauropod that lived in an extreme volcanic region of what would eventually become India, and Pectinodon, a bird-like predator from North America. According to the press release, the show will also feature early mammals, lizards and snakes that lived alongside dinosaurs in the Cretaceous Period — including the incredibly named Beelzebufo, a giant Madagascar frog with a bite as powerful as a tiger’s.
Prehistoric planet‘s imagined documentary style, featuring CGI dinosaurs, pays homage to the classic 1999 BBC and Discovery series Walking with dinosaurs. It’s a collaboration between Apple and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the famed production team behind it Planet Earth. Like that show, it is narrated by official British National Treasure Sir David Attenborough, who, aged 96 – 96! — just released its latest on-location documentary series, wild islandsin the United Kingdom
Prehistoric planet 2, like its predecessor, will be released as a five-day event with a new episode released every day. It will premiere on Apple TV Plus on May 22.