The Scientific Accuracy of Walking With Dinosaurs - Episode 4: Giant of the Skies
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- More than 20 years after it first aired, how accurate is the fourth episode of Walking With Dinosaurs? Trey the Explainer joins me as we take a look at what Giant of the Skies got right or wrong and how much our understanding of palaeontology has changed in the last two decades.
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The Utahraptor in the thumbnail encapsulates my reaction when I saw the notification for this video.
Same
i hear this weird "tim ditdit" sound in my head when i see it
You and me both, I had ridden off this series continuing... but I should have remembered their azhdarchid series
“No it’s was rob who did it!”
Same
“I’ll try and make you not wait 1 year for another episode”
*2 years later*
Well, better late than never.
[Waits five years for Death of a Dynasty]
For posterity: Ice Forest and Dynasty actually look like they came in just 2 months or so apart. And that while the episode on Dynasty had a massive run length. I guess the production of Ice Forest just got... frozen for a few winters.
I'll let myself out.
My biggest problem with the series even back in the day was just how skinny they made the T-Rex. I mean this makes the JP rex look downright obese.
A perfect example of "shrink wrapping"! It's annoying!
And it’s short tail and bobble-head
When Dinosaurs Roamed America from 2001 had a much better Rex.
I guess that was the only way they thought could differentiate them from Jurassic Park.
it's T.rex tho
This was like my ENTIRE childhood I must have watched WwD dozens of times
Same
I doubt that for 18 years all you did was watch walking with dinosaurs
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal I was too old for WWD but the highlights of my childhood was indeed nova and other documentaries. The other memories were bad so yeah when I think of my childhood I think of these videos. I'm glad you had more then that. It wasn't abuse but neglect. I had riding around in a car and then these fun documentaries. You decide which is more fun.
@@Drak976 wwd is on Netflix
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal It's also on Curiosity Stream. I re-watched the whole thing about a year ago.
Fun Fact: Baryonyx and Cetiosaurus were to appear in this episode, but the former was presumably replaced with Utahraptor & the latter was scrapped entirely. I guess that would partially explain why we see Utahraptors in Europe. Strangely, Baryonyx's 3D model can be seen in some merch, such as the official sticker album.
Thanks for so much background info! Do you have some link to the making of or a picture of the Baryonyx?
Never knew that.
Oh! Thanks for the explanation of the Euro-Utahraptors. I always wondered why they were there.
@@gunternikodim6339 TH-cam is very picky with links as most of the time they mistake them for spam. I can say that "The Making of Walking with Dinosaurs" is available on Dailymotion & Vimeo in its entirety. Also, just search "Walking With Dinosaurs: The Official Sticker Album" to see the unused Baryonyx & Cetiosaurus models. Though I think they just reused the Cetiosaurus model from the pilot episode.
They should've had both genera. Have the Utahraptors be the North American predators, while Baryonyx be the European predator. Plus, it would've been interesting to see how the WWD team at the time translate how Baryonyx could've fished & hunted terrestrial prey.
I hope this series continues with “The Scientic Accuracy of Walking with Beasts” or When Dinosaurs Roamed America.
Me too!!
and chased by dinosaurs
Possibly also Walking with Monsters.
How about Sea Monsters at some point
Might as well throw Dinosaur Planet in there as well. You know the 4 episode series set 70MYA in various locations across the globe. I could take or leave Planet Dinosaur as a series to review. I have a severe dislike for that series.
Accurate or not, can we at least agree that this is one of the most emotional episodes in documentary history?
Yes. It set the way for many documentaries. Speaking of which any new confirmed?
Yes
Agreed
@@altithoraxperotorum5133 “Prehistoric Planet”, being made by the BBC Natural History Unit and executively produced by Jon Favreau for Apple TV+. We may get a trailer this year.
@@hypn0298 i know that but anything else?
"Babe get in here, the scientific accuracy of 'Walking with Dinosaurs: Giant of the Skies' video is out!"
Yay, I’m glad this series is back!
It took a while, but atleast it was worth the wait (:
Where are you feathers dude?
@@LeoStaley my ancestors left them behind.
ur my fav dino
@@tyrannosaurusrex8183 Btw ur completely busted in a game
*cough cough the isle beasts of bermuda cough cough*
God that thumbnail really is the closest a dinosaur could get to 👁️👄👁️
lmao it really is
It looks plastic, wym?😂
Props to you admitting the episode made you sad. I'll never forget my short tempered mother telling me off for crying at the last episode.
I got weepy about our Pterosaur's death too, and I'm in my twenties last time I saw it. It reminded me too much of my rescue pigeon JonJon who was an old dominant male, bullied out of the flock by younger males. I found him in bad shape under a café table in the rain, not really caring about anything. After the episode was done I gave him a big cuddle.
Heads up, Spirits of the Ice Forest is my favourite title of anything ever. It sounds so ethereal in nature and the score kind of captures that I feel.
Is that Lucy from Elfen Lied?
@@Walamonga1313 Yep drew it myself
I got told off for screaming and crying when my dog attacked a bird mid air and killed it, so I feel you. I was maybe 10
Why don't your mom's want you to feel bad for such amazing creatures.😢
@@minthantlin9168 Because she was an abusive bitch
OMFG Trey and BGT together, the real biggest crossover we actually wanted 💜💜💜
Much better than any other crossover.
Saaaaame
Now we just need Rick Raptor.
Suck it Godzilla and Kong!
@@jtbfii Hey, don't insult lizard and monke.
FINALLY ANOTHER EPISODE!
Can't wait for the day you analyse the accuracy of Chased by Sea Monsters...
That poor tanystropheus
@@Infernoraptor Imo the best one of all, I loved all of it no matter how inaccurate.
I remember seeing Tapajara in a book for the first time, and it was such a bizarre looking pterosaur I instantly fell in love with it
Imagine if thousands of years from now, the aliens depict all humans like these perfectly sculpted ancient Greek bodybuilders because that's their only remaining depiction of humans, and they just think we all looked like giant, perfect gods
I wonder if they would understand working out and thus the growth of muscles.
Umm no, unfortunately they would see our Shitty society from the videos on TH-cam that may survive, plus the Nuclear war that is coming, we would be remembered just as we think of apes, primitive creatures with low intelligence. Aliens would never think we are gods, other way around
Worse, imagine if all they find is, ahem, adult media.
@@Infernoraptor well then the issue of “how does the genitalia look like” that we have with dinosaurs wouldn’t be much of an issue!
I say much, as all film has media magic and shouldn’t be considered the norm.
@@TheDarkSoul6660 thanks for the unnecessarily pessimistic comment
We cant think positively nowdays
It may be riddled with outdated information but walking with dinosaurs is still not only my favourite piece of dinosaur media but my favourite documentary in general.
Almost everything we know about dinosaurs will be outdated in 20 years, that's just how paleontology works
But quality lasts forever
@@roccopiosaracino3681 and that’s another reason why I love documentaries like this, it’s fun to look back and see what we got right and wrong.
@@razorshells6392 It also treats dinosaurs as animals and respect, unlike some newer "documentaries" that make them like cartoon villains.
Land before time.
What other documentaries about Dinosaurs do you know ? I would be interested
First time I ever felt for the protagonist of the Show! Poor Large Pterosaur Elder just wanted to smash and dash for one more time! He at least deserved to grumply survive :[
Disagree you see brain isn't big enough to have complex thoughts enough to figure that out as such no matter what he can't be happy as such can't be grumpy as such he requires a biscuit
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal I think one last bang (lmao) would have made the dude at least have a decent end under much mor applicable conditions
@@thedoruk6324 to qoute liberty prime "impossible!"
How heavy would a fukuititan weighed?
@@Shoebill1447 7
Walking with dinosaurs was revolutionary to me when i watched at age of 11. i keep going back to it now as an adult. Maybe you could do Walking with monsters.
Yes! I second this. Walking with Monsters is the best.
i third this, WWM is the best documentary ever.
I’ve waited ages for this video lol I know it’s gonna be worth it and also great to see Trey here
When you brought up the music I had to stop the video just to listen to it again. Both Giant of the Skies and Flight of the Ornithocheirus are so memorable, I think they're the reason why this episode was always ingrained in my memory.
My favorite Episode Theme Music is actually from my least favorite Episode (the very next one...)
14:10 Fun fact: in the Spanish dub of walking with dinosaurs, the narrator refers to the utahraptor as velociraptor
Bro
That...somehow makes it worse XD
In the latin american dub, the narrator says "ornitholestes" instead of "plateosaurus". Go figure.
(amazing dub nevertheless)
@@jorgecobospaz6936 😂
Lol
over 20 years later and there still hasn't been a paleo documentary series that even comes close to topping this one. I will always love this series but I also think it's sad that there is such a lack of great paleo documentaries today.
This is series is just prefection,and I'm gald it's back.
Also I love the collaboration with TreyTheExplainer,cause Trey is also cool( also Giant Of The Skies is my fav too.)
It’s my favorite to
I remember being so sad when I first finished watching this episode when I was a kid. Great video!
'Giant of the Skies' review with bonus Trey? It's not even my birthday!
Watching these as a kid and seeing them now as an adult makes me remember how much I love dinosaurs and our ancient history of the world.
he wont make us wait a whole year for the next episode guys cmon he said it himself
lmao
good rewatchability in this series, 11/10
This was the best episode, by far. They really make you emotionally invested in the Ornithocheirus/Tropeognathus storyline. I really felt for the poor dude :'(
Touching on the Utahraptor kill scene, I have to commend the episode for having the animals target the throat of their prey rather than slash it to death with their claws as that seems equally realistic to RPR, especially since Utahraptor's foot claws weren't particularly recurved.
I think walking with dinosaurs would be extremely successful if they bring it back. A new up to date version with all the new stuff we know now and more advanced editing etc
Yes! Not only could they do reboots of the original episodes, but they could also explore other ecosystems like Asia, North Africa, South America, it could be so good!
That thumbnail is great. The Utah raptor looks like it’s spying on its neighbours.
Been waiting for this:)
Bro..,Weren’t you there?
LMFAO JAKEY bruv love the vids
For some reason, I find the WWD Utahraptor kind of cute.
me hearing trey the explainer: ''so this is where you have been''
I’m pretty sure the reason for Utahraptor being in Europe had more to do with the (still to this day) unpublished remains of a large Velociraptorine and since it wasn’t named at the time they said “Just stick Utahraptor it’s close enough”
Actually that’s pretty much what y’all said to begin with but adding a little extra tid bit there
Is anyone gonna talk about the fact that the raptor puppets look a LITTLE bit silly when facing front
Nice to have you onboard Trey! And yay, another "Walking With" episode. Or should I say, "Flying With."
It's really bold of this show to give its lead character a tragic ending. Not only does it add some realism to the story, but it also emphasizes the brutality of nature, along the lead pterosaur bullying that smaller one for its food.
As for the Utahraptor, its animatronic head always looked kind of goofy to me. It seemed more like a weird hand puppet rather than a believable animal. At least the patterns on its body were pretty cool.
I found funny that yesterday i begin discovering and seeing videos from that guest "trey".
I watched his videos about some "unknown creatures" that came to shore and its theories.
I find it fascinating, really.
Good luck for both channels.
I love when history, natural history and science themed TH-camrs cooperate on videos.
Trey actually used to be a paleontology TH-camr but he mostly focuses on anthropology nowadays
@@samuelwhite1228 I know, I remember the paleo profiles.
Then he spun off on tangents of debunking young Earth creationism, which I fully understand. because he used to be part of that group, to be fair so was I. Which is why I enjoyed the debunking.
I enjoy his anthropology and environmental stuff. Though It would be nice if he would do a Paleo profile once in awhile.
@@grantwillis8542 >has dinosaur pfp and logo
>doesn’t do shit about dinosaurs anymore
I want more paleocontent from trey damnit
Last vid was over a year ago
@@grantwillis8542 there aren’t even paleo recaps anymore
We need more episodes of this
I think this show, while inaccurate, was ahead of its time and seriously taught a generation of kids to be interested in and view these animals as animals instead of folklore or mythological creatures.
yeah, they accomplished their intent, even tho a lot of budget and time limits made it less than perfect. we loved it! still do even tho we know now a bunch of stuff was just wrong haha
@@pauls5745 Yeah, I remember watching this on repeat as a kid. Probably one of the reasons I dedicate so much time to keeping up with dinosaur science nowadays. My friends come to me when they wanna know anything about just about any animal, living or dead (I'm happy to say I don't know when I don't) and I think at least part of that can be attributed to WWD and my access to it as a kid. They were very effective at being both educational and interesting even to a child.
Please don't let it be another year before Spirits of the Ice Forests. That's actually my favorite episode but I still want to see it analyzed.
That didn't age well
2 years has passed 💀💀💀
The Gabriel Ugueto drawing of the Utahraptor has the same "wow" impact for me as the appearance of the T-Rex in Jurassic Park!
The thumbnail for this is beautiful.... 😳🥺
This episode being so sad is why I, for quite a time as a kid, only rewatched the first VHS tape with episodes 1-3 (as they came in a 2-pack). I eventually got over it, though.
This series was an undeniably beautiful, if flawed, work of art and scientific vision.
Speculative idea: Maybe the reason baby Taperajas had curved claws is because they're like the hoatzin bird and the babies had claws to hold on to branches so they wouldn't fall and when they've grown up they no longer need those claws because they can fly and don't spend as much time in the trees
The Ornithocheirus traveling the world for nothing always bothered me, even though you knew from the beginning he was going to die, but his corpse getting eaten eyeball first just felt like unnecessary insult to injury to me. I mean, at least start at the shoulder or something. I still *love* that episode, though.
WE NEED THE NEXT EPISODE!
Omg I love you. I was literally was just watching your other walking with dinosaurs videos yesterday and I was so sad to see its been a year since you released a new one. Then I get this great surprise in my recommended while watching your Cruel Sea video. Thank you for the great return 🙏🏼
Oh thank heavens! I’ve been waiting for this forever! 😅 Thank you for not giving up on this series. Please, do all the Walking With shows if you can. Thank you!!
That thumbnail. . . . . . As a kid for some reason those specific shots terrified me as a kid. I still feel un easy looking at it again 10 years later.
YES IT'S FINALLY HERE I'VE WATCHED THE EARLIER EPISODES SO MANY TIMES!!! I THOUGTH WE WOULD NEVER SEE THESE! THANKS!!
sorry for the caps the excitement got to me
Wooo! Finally this series is back. It’s been 84 years. Can you review Walking with Beasts and Walking with Monsters next?
84 years since what? The 6 episodes of this show all premiered in 1999, just 22 years ago, on the BBC.
@@genedryer-bivins8314 it’s a meme from Titanic. The main character Rose says it’s been 84 years since she has spoken about the sinking of the famous ship. People use the meme when they have waited so long for something.
Oh my god yes! I thought you stopped doing this or at least wouldn’t do it until it’s next anniversary. Thank you.
"Ill try not to make you all wait another year for the next episode"....as we wait a year for the next episode hahaha
Took two years 💀
Yooooo I did not expect this Trey crossover that’s so sick
Oh my God... i lost the hope so long ago, but here it is, in all it's glory, im so happy you continued this series
I would adore to see this series continued, and I would pay good money to see it continued into Walking with Prehistoric Beasts!
Yes!!! I was so afraid you had dropped this series, glad to see it back!
"Try not to make you wait another year"
Time's running out Ben
Been a while, but I'm glad you're back to it. Honestly this maybe one of the best if not most emotional ep of the series.
When are the reviews of Episodes 5 and 6 coming out?
The thumbnail scared the shit out of me. Itll haunt my dreams now
*When the world needed him most, he returned*
he said he wouldn't make us wait another year for a new episode, he's right, he's made us wait, 2!!!!❤❤🎉🎉😊😊
Tray and Ben:
“I tip my hat to you, one legend to another”
Finally the Ben and Trey collab we've all been begging for!
I like how you cover all the outdated and positive facts, as well as the real inaccuracies, without having to be all “Karen” or “rant mode” about it. Also, when are we going to see the next to episodes?
Was not expecting to see this today!
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
Please keep doing these! We need to see Spirits of the Ice Forest!
As inaccurate as it may be, Walking with Dinosaurs will forever be in my opinion the best documentary series ever made and I will forever consider Giant of the Skies the best documentary episode of any documentary ever made, period.
They should do an updated series with new stories and all our new discoveries in paleontology and CGI
Are you even going to finish this series
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE COLLAB!!! Definitely two of my favorite youtube channels, you guys research so well and have such interesting video topics, thank you so much for the epic paleontology content!
Clicked immediately. I've been looking forward to this for so long!
I was afraid you’d given up on this series. So great to see it back 😍
I hope Ben and Eons find more opportunities to collaborate. As a fan of both channels this was a fun vid to watch.
Not even the show name was accurate this time! Because this was *Flying With Pterosaurs!*
I was promised the next episode in less than a year! Where's it at??
Trey is the best man, an absolute treasure! Nice seeing him here
Do my eyes deceive me? The Scientific accuracies of Walking with Dinosaurs episode 4? And with Trey the Explainer!
why have I the music in my head now? nice to see it come back
I love Walking With Dinosaurs. I own the who series on DVD and have watched it many times. I'd absolutely love to see it done again with modern information.
This is exactly what I've been waiting for, I don't mean to sound crass but this is exactly what I've been waiting for
11:03 the black and white skeleton diagram reminds me of cursed memories of David Peters.
No way I thought you dropped this series. Hell yes this is gonna be great 40 minutes
Oh how I'd wish they would remake a Walking with Dinosaur series with the latest informations
Oh shit Trey! This just got even better
And here I am a year later 😅
ben out here making us reminisce and fall in love with the series all over again...
I watched this every Saturday. Every week. For at least a year or two. When I was a wittle 8 year old girl.
And the opening gives me chills to this day. Even back then I had my doubts about some of the stuff - MOSTLY the size stuff, and my dad worked at a museum of palaeontology but STILL the stories it told still made it SO enjoyable. and I love it to this day.
Are you going to make videos of the scientific accuracy of the last 2 episodes? Please do!! Also, videos about the scientific accuracy of Walking With Monsters, Walking With Beasts, and both seasons of Prehistoric Planet.
Yeah...I sure hope we don't have to wait a whole year for part 5...
Ahhh . . . My favourite sub-series on this channel! And its been entirely too long since the 'Cruel Sea' episode!!
You've got 2 more episodes of Walking with dinosaurs . . . And then all of walking with beasts and monsters to work through!!
Can't wait for all of them!
the utahraptor in the thumbnail really lookin like that meme of the woman yelling at a cat at a restaurant
(Still waiting for the next episode) …………….
It’s officially been 2 years since he posted the episode 1 of walking with dinosaurs accuarcy review
I’m glad you decided to continue this series.
Trey with Ben great two of the best together, I hope for much much more in future from you guys I'm chuffed.. More please...