Media aimed at young audiences:

While our generation may endure the initial shock of encountering a reptilian "alien," there are emerging media outlets that prepare our children for the intelligent reptilian-human coexistence of the future.

Our next generation of children may seem primed for contact with familiar bipedal reptiles through educational entertainment, cartoons, and illustrated literature. Here are some examples of television programs and literature:

"MARIO BROTHERS." The film opens with the sentence, "What if not all dinosaurs were wiped out? What if the impact of this meteorite had created a similar dimension where dinosaurs continued to develop and evolve into intelligent, ruthless, aggressive creatures like us?" "And, hey, what if they found a way back?" The film's heroes risk descending into an underground passage to reach this other realm, fight human-like dinosaurs, and prevent the impending invasion of our dimension by lizards.

"BARNEY," a heavily marketed educational children's series featuring a purple lizard as the host, portrays a trustworthy and friendly reptilian who imparts knowledge to the innocent. This could be seen as an attempt to invert the image of evil, with the image of a reptilian angel rejecting Satan's evil in the Garden of Eden.

"MUTANT NINJA TURTLES." A hugely successful television series, it tells the story of amphibian-reptilian warriors who eradicate crime and injustice by applying just, yet draconian, rules of law.

"DINOSAURS" (1991-1994). A children's television show featuring a delightful prehistoric working-class dinosaur family faced with ordinary social challenges. The Sinclair family members are Earl, a 44-year-old Megalosaurus, a manual laborer pushing trees for Wesayso Development Corp.; Fran, wife of Earl Karl, an Allosaurus; Robie, a 15-year-old who doesn't respect authority; Charlene, a "I wanna be a material girl" sister half his age; and Bobby, a terribly rambunctious two-year-old dinosaur. Together, they live in a cave-like house, living, loving, and learning all about life around them. The children are taught from an early age that there should be no distinction between humans and reptilians Cartoons like Dinosaucers, Mutant League, GI Joe and Dino Power Hour, Johnny Quest, and others feature young heroes who are bipedal, intelligent reptilians. These characters have both friendly and hostile personalities, illustrating the positive-negative divide inherent in all living organisms.

DINOTOPIA and DINOTOPIA: THE WORLD BENEATH, a beautifully illustrated children's book written by James Gurney.

The story follows a boy and his father who accidentally discover a world inhabited by intelligent, animalistic reptilians and humans. Both species are independent and, to survive, have developed social systems and forms of communication.

The sequel, Dinotopia: The World Beneath, takes place in a distant land of shadows, where a fantastic kingdom exists within the caves.

The two children in the book share information and knowledge that is intended to prepare the young reader to accept the physical form of reptilians.

(When one of these people realizes that the black world project people and the reptilian "aliens" can live and work right next to each other in the subway, there comes a point where they try to create their own version of a utopian society, a "fantasy" like Dinotopia, which becomes incredibly random when compared to what might actually be happening under our feet.)

"WE'RE BACK" is an animated film produced by Steven Speilberg about two-legged, talking dinosaurs who befriend two children and teach them to be understanding and honest. It includes scenes like: A gecko-like ET talks to a T-Rex in his spaceship, giving the primitive Rex intelligence, traveling through time, and showing him life on Earth. The most significant scene is the one that closes the film. After the children watching the parade express their wish for an intelligent form of lizards, Grandma tells them about the upright, talking dinosaurs: "Have your dreams and the beauty of the world, and tomorrow you will begin to fulfill the wishes of many children. We will pretend we are statues. Adults, wait outside, because you will reveal your miracle to the young. That would be very good. That would be very good indeed." Fun for children or a prophecy for everyone...?LAND OF THE LOST" – a children's series about a family who, traveling back in time, find themselves in a lizard realm dominated by aggressive reptilians. One of the most engaging children's shows about lizard people. The family's goal is to adapt to the new (ancient) conditions and survive periodic attacks by reptilians called "Sleestak" and other dinosaurs. In one particular event, a reptilian called "Zarn" arrives among humans radiating "natural warmth." Experience reports reveal much about the reptilians' claims to enjoy their heightened emotional state and perhaps even find a food source.