Fully accurate or not, we were lucky to grow up with this. Kids these days don't get much like this to fuel their imagination and passion for the beasts of old.
Oh absolutely! Just a nature style documentary showing these animals living their lives, and not a loud and obnoxious "the biggest, the baddest, the deadliest" non-stop hunting, fighting and killing fest that most dinosaur documentaries seem to be.... This was truly giving us a glimpse into the Mesozoic life, and even if things are a bit inaccurate and certainly outdated by now it is still the best dino doc out there imo!
DangerVille “kids these days don’t get much like this to fuel their imagination” as if they didn’t get inspired by other documentaries and films and watching this show now
Me too. Luckily, there's fossil evidence of a giant pliosaur called the Monster of Aramberri. Now, this fossil isn't fully complete and it could be the same case with liopleurodon, but from what scientists assume, it's around the size of the liopleurodon in this episode. Fingers crossed it's a new species.
My very favourite episode of Walking with Dinosaurs. Even if the Liopleurodon was terribly inaccurate, the music, scenery, and atmosphere are all absolutely fantastic. Out of all the episodes, this is the one that does the best job of taking you back to the Mesozoic.
Well Liopleurodon size maybe inaccurate but still valid for the predator X which is speculated to have been around 20 metres. Like Jurassic Park this iconic BBC serie has just invented a prehistoric animal that was revealed to be true at the end 😉.
@@JohnyX8881 One minor correction to your post. The species name is always written in lower case, only the genus is capitalized. So, Pliosaur Funkei and P. Funkei should be Pliosaur funkei and P. funkei respectively. Very well written otherwise.
The therapod literally saved my life. When suddenly faced with drowning, I emulated the doggy paddling of the dinosaur in this very episode to try and somehow swim.
I used to do the same thing being a kid thinking it was cool…. It wasn’t, but I was having so much fun, the Eustreptospondylus has to be one of the most underrated creature of the WWD series.
Bewilderbeastie awww. I saw how many months old the first episode review was and hoped that all 6 had been completed once I started watching them. A shame :(
Some guys used footage of JWE and some effects, and made their own follow up. Check ouf Past Eons Productions. They made a pilot and 2 episodes so far. Narration and effects are going up, music is the original first, then their own later, and the images... considering it is not a multi-million dollar project, they are amazing. Try it out.
adamd664 ikr, the nostalgia hits hard, but there is a possibility that liopleurodon did get this big, there has been remains of an 18 meter liopleurodon found in Mexico and the teeth were smaller than the teeth that were used for the dimensions of the bbc’s liopleurodon, so maybe at one point we did have a 25m monster out there, but still, regardless of its size, it will always be the best episode cruel sea.
@@Jackysutarrodetierra Not to my knowledge. They both seem like really great guys sharing their passion of paleontology. I was kind of sideways hinting at the fact that knowledge in this field is changing so fast and constantly that it would be funny if THIS information was revised in a couple of years! :-)
@@Martial-Mat I ask because I've seen only a few videos of the Paleo Guy and they did contradict things that have been said in this channel, so I don't know if there's something I'm missing 😂
@@Jackysutarrodetierra No but in a way, what you just said is exactly what I'm talking about. Paleontology and astrophysics are two sciences that are constantly changing and contradicting themselves. It's quite possible that they read different interpretations of the same thing in the same week. I think they should have a paleo-punch-up to determine the "truth"! :-)
As wrong as Liopleurodon is depicted in this episode, I still love it. This monster was presented as a true force to be reckoned with, and has a sad death scene, just like the T-Rex in the last episode.
Easily my favorite episode as a kid. I know the kaiju sized liopleurodon is out dated but to kid me that opening was freakin awesome. I remember watching it with my mom and we were both surprised at the scene
Really it was only a matter of time before the series became outdated both with new science and evidence along with the cgi (which is still pretty good not gonna lie).
These have been among my favourite videos of yours so far, keep up the amazing work! I love the eerie and primordial atmosphere of this episode, the combination of music and striking visuals really help you feel transported into the Mesozoic Era, as well as just plain nostalgic for being an enraptured kid watching the series for the first time.
Part of why I think it's eerie is because we don't see any other dinosaurs besides Eustreptospondylus, it makes it seem as though its the only species that lives on that island so it all feels like one big liminal space while the ocean is flooded with large beasts.
I'm debating heavily on going to school for paleontology along with paleo art, I have no doubt that this show helped me realize how much I love prehistoric animals. I've always had a close tie to paleontology, even my baby blanket was dinosaurs, I can't wait to be a part of new discoveries.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You strike the balance between respecting the producers' work, and bringing us fans up to date on the science. Fun fact: There's a German dinosaur park (Saurierpark Kleinwelka) that includes a section based on "Cruel Sea", including a life-sized Liopleurodon model, and smaller Ophthalmosaurs. One of the caves shows a clip from that episode, too.
Science is always improving itself. And this just goes to show how much we have learned in the last 20 years. 20 years from now we will know more once again. Sometimes just to inspire and make people think. Then it has all been worth it. Thanks for your insightful commentary
I just wanted to say the amount of work that goes into these videos is mind-blowing. They're all extremely in-depth, and this shows. Can't wait for the next installment!
I always find it a little bizarre when I come across someone who keeps defending the Liopleurodon's size in this episode because of the Predator X remains and seem to act like the more reasonable (and supported) length of 5 - 10 meters is too small, when that still puts the animal within the upper size range of great white sharks, orcas, and many of the medium to large predatory theropod dinosaurs. None of which are small animals by any measure.
persianking44, Were they talking about a juvenile or an adult? It may make a difference. They just may have found fossils and records of one & not the other and then, generalize.
@@ondinamedina2974 As far as Predator X is concerned, I think they assumed it was an adult. As far as the 5-10 meter lengths for Liopleurodon, I do believe those are based on some incomplete adult specimens as well, with 10 meters being for exceptionally large individuals.
20:52 speaking about an inaccuracy you left out (which you are showing) is that the episode shows some eustreptospondylus feeding on a Sea turtle carcasse but the episode takes place in the Jurassic and sea turtles hadn’t evolved yet Btw great video
During an outdoor performance of Mozart's fantasy opera "The Magic Flute" at the Lake of Constance in Austria -the Act I monster that is part of the plot was in the shape of full scale Liriopleurodon that shot out of the water -that was about 20 years ago so the designers of this production must have been watching "Walking with Dinosaurs."
I loved this when I was a kid. I remember begging my mom and dad to pick up the dvd for me and watching it nonstop! I still to this day have it with me wherever I move and I have never grown out of a love for dinosaurs. But I’d say that I’m not the most caught up scientifically anymore, and I would love to be more up to date so I’m subscribing! Can’t wait to learn more and for the next WWD episode!!! Awesome stuff! (I’m also hosting a D&D campaign that starts in a primarily dinosaur heavy setting because hell yeah)
Giant of the Skies was my absolute favorite growing up, while I love Cruel Sea as I wanted to become a Marine Biologist at the time, the different scenes throughout Giant of the Skies and the feeling of traveling the world with such a majestic creature is the best thing ever! I cannot wait for it! Thanks for doing this series its so nice to go back and revisit something that used to bring me so much joy, especially now in life where I'm not doing as well as I should. Keep up the great videos!
My favorite part of the walking with series was the antarctic episode that really showed expression in the animals and making me actually care about them while still being able to show how life was like at that time
I've heard some debates regarding the plesiosaurs' locomotion. They may have only used their front flippers while cruising to save energy, then switched to all four while chasing prey for acceleration and maneuverability.
Rewatched the entire series because of your videos on it. Thanks for the memories and for spending the time to fill us in on recent findings and potential inaccuracies!
i'm mad, I was having a nap after the evolution of horses video and this series has been auto playing, the magical leopluradon was so loud and scary it woke me up like a night terror, I thought it was a dream and dozed off but then you did it again and I woke up screaming, now I am forever, and always will be in a state of constant anxiety wile watching your videos, terrified that you will surprise me again, I solemnly swear will never again fall asleep to one of your videos again Ben, i'm sorry, I have learnt my lesson. love the content keep up the good work.
As a kid, I believed it all. As an adult, I appreciate the storylines it tells; it makes these "monsters" more relatable, you could say... Now I wanna buy it again lol. I wore out two full VHS sets of this series, and one set of "Walking with prehistoric beasts" as a kid.
This is fantastic Ben! My grandmother bought me walking with dinosaurs on VHS from the Milwaukee Museum when I was a wee little boy. Ever since then I have been absolutely fascinated with dinosaurs. I still watch the series even though the information may have changed, it is just such an incredible experience to be brought into the living world of these creatures.
Even though Liopleurodon wasn't as huge as portrayed in Cruel Sea, the depiction of a pre-historic equivalent of a Typhoon class submarine appearing from the deep blue nothingness is undoubtably terrific.
loving watching these after every episode!! walking with dinosaurs is a favourite from when i was a kid and its nice to be able to appreciate it more critically :-) thank you!
This is my favourite episode ! As a child I fixated on the Liopleurodon ! I was so happy to hear your take, information updates and oooooh so happy to learn about the size inaccuracy, it always bugged me when I saw the scene of beach hunting. Didn't seem possible. So cool !! Cool cool cool !
Yes, this was always my favourite one from the setting to the music and definitely the animals shown, despite the inaccuracies, the liopleuradon is still one of my favourite prehistoric animals just because of this episode.
@@LoudmouthReviews agreed. When I originally learned this fact (before this video came out) it actually hurt my love for dinosaurs and paleontology. I felt lied to
I never watched Walking With Dinosaurs but your content makes me really appreciate the show and the influence it's had on you. Side note, if you read this and have ever wanted to experience diving in the ocean during that period, I can recommend a very exciting VR experience if you happen to also have access to a VR headset and computer lol.
It’s also worth mentioning that Rhamphorynchus is also much smaller in this episode then IRL some having wingspans 6 feet long Also Rhamphorynchus was recently found to have been nocturnal
I remember watching this series when I was little it was what got me really into biology and is probably why I'm going into that field now, thanks BBC and thank you for clearing up inaccuracies ❤️
Ammendum, maybe that's a good thing because the wrong accounts in the video was being focused here. That means that there was nothing wrong w/the Ammonites depiction & fossil findings. Hip, Hip, . . . !
I love these episodes. You clearly have such respect and love for the series, as I'm sure we all do, and it is fascinating to see science 'moving forward' in action I wonder could the remains cited as evidence for Liopleurodon have been misidentified fossils of Predator X?
A better Ichthyosaur for the time and place would have been Brachypterygius or Aegirosaurus . And the Pliosaur should have just been... Pliosaurus. Bigger, and more accurate to the time period.
@@damnationdaniel4726 I didn't say it got *that* big, but it did get bigger than Liopleurodon. We're talking an upgrade from about 25 feet to about 35.
This documentary-story-crossover series was a big part of my childhood alongside "Prehistoric Park", long before I watched Jurassic Park for the first time. I never thought I see something about it ever again, but now watching this video series, it kinda makes me wanna rewatch this documentary series.
Even with some inaccuracy the Walking with .... series where one of the most fascinating series I've seen as an adult. I think it's the best way to inform children and grown ups about the early days of life.
How did I miss this!? I have been waiting with excitement for the next video of your WWD review! Yay! This was always one of my favorites of the WWD series.
The sea is my favourite part of nature. There are much more large organisms and is just more mysterious than the land. It also has the deadliest and most powerful predators on earth. Overall cruel seas is my favourite episode.
what I like about the sea is that it doesnt really affect me. idd rather learn about a deepsea creauture killing by simply looking at their prey then learning about a sonic wasp xD
Sea is cool but it feels kind of empty compared to land. Nothing grows there when you go a bit deeper and it doesn't come even close to the biodiversity of say, rainforests.
@@ustanik9921 Although the majority of animals and organisms live in the sea, the fact that the sea is so vast, makes it look empty. If we look at coral reefs it’s biodiversity is just as impressive as that of a rainforest.
@@Man-ds9ir yeah shallows have a lot of stuff going on. Deep sea animals are crazy intresting but also extremely rare. Maybe its bias for being on land and knowing more about it.
@@ustanik9921 yes, we still have lots to learn about the ocean, and it’s more mysterious than land ( despite not being properly occupied, and by that i mean, the population density for visible organisms of the ocean is lower than that on land since it’s so much more vast )
I really enjoy this review series. Please do more episodes of this! I got WWD for my 8th birthday and must have watched it at lest 20 times. I really appriciate accurate and evidence based information. I love how you're basicaly updating WWD. This review series is very tasty.
Thank you 🙏 , @Ben G Thomas I’ve been eagerly anticipating this episode of your Walking with Dinosaurs 🦕🦖 retrospective ‘twas likewise my favorite episode back in those halcyon days of Post-Jurassic Park 90’s Paleontology. One day you’ll be an Oxford or Cambridge Don of Paleontology or angry 😤 peasants with pitchforks will besiege the University. You’ve single-handily rekindled my youthful love of Dinosaurs & Paleontology, I am in your debt Young Master!
Like you, I too am a big fan of Walking With Dinosaurs. I have greatly enjoyed your analyses of the first 3 episodes so I hope you do the rest as well.
These were made a couple years before I was born, but I still managed to watch them many times growing up, thanks to my elder brother buying buying the box set
12:57 NO ONE TOLD ME OSTRICHES COULD SWIM But yeah, this episode's a weird one for me, as I remember putting a comment on one of the videos (about the "big" boy that I can't remember the name of) and people calling me an idiot.
Fully accurate or not, we were lucky to grow up with this. Kids these days don't get much like this to fuel their imagination and passion for the beasts of old.
Oh absolutely! Just a nature style documentary showing these animals living their lives, and not a loud and obnoxious "the biggest, the baddest, the deadliest" non-stop hunting, fighting and killing fest that most dinosaur documentaries seem to be.... This was truly giving us a glimpse into the Mesozoic life, and even if things are a bit inaccurate and certainly outdated by now it is still the best dino doc out there imo!
Hey, I’m 13 and this was my childhood.
Wreck-It Rolfe I have an amazing dad
Sure. Because people nodaways cannot watch this.
DangerVille “kids these days don’t get much like this to fuel their imagination” as if they didn’t get inspired by other documentaries and films and watching this show now
I was actually low-key heartbroken when I found out Liopleurodon was nowhere near as big. My childhood a lie.
Me too. Luckily, there's fossil evidence of a giant pliosaur called the Monster of Aramberri. Now, this fossil isn't fully complete and it could be the same case with liopleurodon, but from what scientists assume, it's around the size of the liopleurodon in this episode. Fingers crossed it's a new species.
@@elijahkelley7616 when do you think we'll hear more updates about it? It sounds fascinating
Richella River look up Pliosaurus Funkei
We also have the classic Mosasaurus which is speculated at up to 60 feet, so that's pretty close
Same the thing was probably epic to see regardless
Cruel Sea has been my favourite since I was a child! I used to be terrified of puddles thinking there was a liopleurodon lurking in them
Rhiannon K yeah, I was afraid of swimming pools thanks to this one.
Magical liopleurodon
@@razorshells6392 me too
I didnt got scared of Lipluerodon but of that postosuchus roar 😒
I tired to imitate the liopleurodon's swimming style in the pool as a kid. Not surprising I sank to the bottom almost immediately
“But like Ophthalmosaurus, it’s apparently a time traveler too”.
IT IS A MAGICAL LIOPLEURODON!
Bruh, what a reference
@@JaimePrietoSanzo ark reference?
@@ZaMus Charlie the unicorn. This is high level meme culture
@@JaimePrietoSanzo k thx!
Charlie . . . Charlie!
My very favourite episode of Walking with Dinosaurs. Even if the Liopleurodon was terribly inaccurate, the music, scenery, and atmosphere are all absolutely fantastic. Out of all the episodes, this is the one that does the best job of taking you back to the Mesozoic.
Well Liopleurodon size maybe inaccurate but still valid for the predator X which is speculated to have been around 20 metres. Like Jurassic Park this iconic BBC serie has just invented a prehistoric animal that was revealed to be true at the end 😉.
Ayyyyeee!!! Wolverhampton Wanderers Fan! I have a teddy of Wolfie! 😄 My Uncle supports them and got me into them a bit lol
Wouldn't it be awesome if Liopleurodon was the size of a humpback whale🦕🐳🐋🐬
@@JohnyX8881 One minor correction to your post. The species name is always written in lower case, only the genus is capitalized. So, Pliosaur Funkei and P. Funkei should be Pliosaur funkei and P. funkei respectively. Very well written otherwise.
Celednikov
Thanks for all the great information. I’ll be sure to check out the sites you linked.
More than twenty years?! God, now I feel like a dinosaur...
Well your a human so you shouldn't
I'm not weird everyone else is weird and I'm normal how do you know he isn’t a T. rex
@@Pablo-fk3tn oh easy there dead
Oh my god....... That long ago!? Ooooof I'm a dinosaur too now ha ha
Laura Chapple, Ha, ha! Me too : ) "Dino. . .mite"
The therapod literally saved my life. When suddenly faced with drowning, I emulated the doggy paddling of the dinosaur in this very episode to try and somehow swim.
I used to do the same thing being a kid thinking it was cool…. It wasn’t, but I was having so much fun, the Eustreptospondylus has to be one of the most underrated creature of the WWD series.
One time, a kid supposedly saved himself and his sister with survival knowledge he learned from world of warcraft
I taught myself the breaststroke by watching frogs as a kid, similar principle I guess
I learned how to swim by watching our dogs swim in the pool lol
I guess that's our 100 IQ average for you
More like the dino paddle
6:15 didn't think I'd be sad about a dead ichthyosaur baby that died 160 million years ago
Remember the Gastornis baby scene from walking with beast? Yeah...
@@KhanMann66 oh god not that scene
@@KhanMann66 shit i remember
@@KhanMann66 omg spoilers spoilers
@@KhanMann66 The one I remember most was the one where an australopithecus was killed by a leopard
[stares at the recommended column] where is Giant of the Skies I NEEEEEEEEEEED IT
Bewilderbeastie awww. I saw how many months old the first episode review was and hoped that all 6 had been completed once I started watching them. A shame :(
I do greatly hope they return to this series soon
@@reine_higashikata Same. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
@@sixbases6793 yes
@@justabunchofatoms1944 indeed
*This still had one of the greatest intros to any tv episode ever aired though.*
speeeedowaGON
Yes
Yes lol honestly everything about this episode in particular is a masterpiece (except the blue whaleopluerodon)
i pray we one day get a new "updated" follow-up series to walking with dinosaurs. God i loved that series as a child :D
Det ku være fantastisk at se en opdateret version.
I've been dreaming of this for years!
Amazing Dinoworld on curiosity stream supposedly blows walking with out of the water
Some guys used footage of JWE and some effects, and made their own follow up. Check ouf Past Eons Productions. They made a pilot and 2 episodes so far. Narration and effects are going up, music is the original first, then their own later, and the images... considering it is not a multi-million dollar project, they are amazing. Try it out.
Didn’t BBC make a documentary of the Mesozoic in 2013?
The nostalgia I’m getting rn...... lol who remembers thinking lioplorodon was that big lol
it will always be that big in my heart
Yup - fooled me at the time but I started to get suspicious when there was no other reference I could find to it being that large.
I used to think it's the size of a blue whale. I mean it literally one shot the theropod dinosaur!
adamd664 ikr, the nostalgia hits hard, but there is a possibility that liopleurodon did get this big, there has been remains of an 18 meter liopleurodon found in Mexico and the teeth were smaller than the teeth that were used for the dimensions of the bbc’s liopleurodon, so maybe at one point we did have a 25m monster out there, but still, regardless of its size, it will always be the best episode cruel sea.
The fossil record is tiny.
We don't know how big they got.
Bigger and badder dinos are being discovered all the time.
You know Cruel Seas is out of date when it does not include feathers on the ichthyosaurs.
WTF
@@santiagoruizdiaz7782 He's obviously joking
@@Joakim1400 i know, but WTF ;-;
Lol
Xd
The Lie-opleurodon of the Size-opleurodon makes me wanna Cry-opleurodon.
xD
Well at least he has the guts to try-opleurodon
Ya'll made me Laugh-opleuro... oh :(
Those puns were sly-opliradon
😂😂😂
I'm looking forward to The Paleo Guy's, "The Scientific Accuracy of Ben Thomas's "The scientific accuracy of Walking With Dinosaurs."
I'm new to this paleo-things-comunity... Is there beef between them? 😂
@@Jackysutarrodetierra Not to my knowledge. They both seem like really great guys sharing their passion of paleontology. I was kind of sideways hinting at the fact that knowledge in this field is changing so fast and constantly that it would be funny if THIS information was revised in a couple of years! :-)
@@Martial-Mat I ask because I've seen only a few videos of the Paleo Guy and they did contradict things that have been said in this channel, so I don't know if there's something I'm missing 😂
@@Jackysutarrodetierra No but in a way, what you just said is exactly what I'm talking about. Paleontology and astrophysics are two sciences that are constantly changing and contradicting themselves. It's quite possible that they read different interpretations of the same thing in the same week. I think they should have a paleo-punch-up to determine the "truth"! :-)
@@Martial-Mat yes, most likely the videos are from different years and have different sources, it's a broad and changing topic
As wrong as Liopleurodon is depicted in this episode, I still love it. This monster was presented as a true force to be reckoned with, and has a sad death scene, just like the T-Rex in the last episode.
This is my personal favorite episode, I really love the creatures and the habitat of the animals.
So glad to see you guys continuing this WWD accuracy series. Keep up the good work!!!👍🏻🦖🦕
Liopleurodon: Aw s***, here we go again.
*Absolute Unit has entered the chat*
Hmmmm I feel like I've seen you on a certain video about hater comments
@@PapaDrago OMG yeah he was 😳 😳😳😳😳😳
Hello spino
I love that you did that Charlie the Unicorn reference.
I actually didn't get it. Is it some meme that i am unaware of?
@@volodyanarchist it's a whacky video from the 2000s that does, in fact, feature a magical liopleurodon
th-cam.com/video/CsGYh8AacgY/w-d-xo.html
@@milu3779 OK thanks for clarifying that. And thanks for the link, my life is a bit richer now
I remember seeing that meme 6 years ago lol
I just learned about the unicorn last week
Easily my favorite episode as a kid. I know the kaiju sized liopleurodon is out dated but to kid me that opening was freakin awesome. I remember watching it with my mom and we were both surprised at the scene
I wish they'd make more episodes with updated tech, discoveries and theories.
I really loved this series growing up and its so interesting to see the now outdated science in it. keep up the good work!
Really it was only a matter of time before the series became outdated both with new science and evidence along with the cgi (which is still pretty good not gonna lie).
As inaccurate as the episode was, this was definitely my favourite episode. Absolute perfection!
Pierre Begley, if it's 'inaccurate:, then it cannot be 'total perfection'. "Two wrongs don't make a right"
Pierre Begley it wasn’t absolute perfection if it had inaccuracies man. It’s supposed to be a documentary with factual info
I think he meant absolute perfection in other things, like story or atmosphere, because if so I agree with that
4:59 Yee boi. There's me boi.
Thanks for having my stuff feature here, and especially giving credit.
Congrats man! You deserve it!
Watching these is always a kind of nostalgia trip. Love it
These have been among my favourite videos of yours so far, keep up the amazing work!
I love the eerie and primordial atmosphere of this episode, the combination of music and striking visuals really help you feel transported into the Mesozoic Era, as well as just plain nostalgic for being an enraptured kid watching the series for the first time.
Part of why I think it's eerie is because we don't see any other dinosaurs besides Eustreptospondylus, it makes it seem as though its the only species that lives on that island so it all feels like one big liminal space while the ocean is flooded with large beasts.
I'm debating heavily on going to school for paleontology along with paleo art, I have no doubt that this show helped me realize how much I love prehistoric animals. I've always had a close tie to paleontology, even my baby blanket was dinosaurs, I can't wait to be a part of new discoveries.
Me2
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You strike the balance between respecting the producers' work, and bringing us fans up to date on the science. Fun fact: There's a German dinosaur park (Saurierpark Kleinwelka) that includes a section based on "Cruel Sea", including a life-sized Liopleurodon model, and smaller Ophthalmosaurs. One of the caves shows a clip from that episode, too.
Science is always improving itself. And this just goes to show how much we have learned in the last 20 years. 20 years from now we will know more once again. Sometimes just to inspire and make people think. Then it has all been worth it. Thanks for your insightful commentary
*"MAGICAL LEOPLUERODON!"*
Charlie!
Bo Davidson he is a die-opluerodon
Where the hell that came from?
@@sixbases6793 Charlie the Unicorn, this is some fucked up shit, but the good kind.
I just wanted to say the amount of work that goes into these videos is mind-blowing. They're all extremely in-depth, and this shows. Can't wait for the next installment!
I always find it a little bizarre when I come across someone who keeps defending the Liopleurodon's size in this episode because of the Predator X remains and seem to act like the more reasonable (and supported) length of 5 - 10 meters is too small, when that still puts the animal within the upper size range of great white sharks, orcas, and many of the medium to large predatory theropod dinosaurs.
None of which are small animals by any measure.
persianking44, Were they talking about a juvenile or an adult? It may make a difference. They just may have found fossils and records of one & not the other and then, generalize.
@@ondinamedina2974 As far as Predator X is concerned, I think they assumed it was an adult.
As far as the 5-10 meter lengths for Liopleurodon, I do believe those are based on some incomplete adult specimens as well, with 10 meters being for exceptionally large individuals.
Predator x only estimated reach 30 tons in weight similar like grey whale
@@widodoakrom3938 no that’s way too much. The consensus is that they reached 10~12m in maximum length and a bit more than 11 tonnes
@@goryeo-p7l that's liepeurodon not predator x aka pliosaurus funkei the biggest pliosaurus species
20:52 speaking about an inaccuracy you left out (which you are showing) is that the episode shows some eustreptospondylus feeding on a Sea turtle carcasse but the episode takes place in the Jurassic and sea turtles hadn’t evolved yet
Btw great video
During an outdoor performance of Mozart's fantasy opera "The Magic Flute" at the Lake of Constance in Austria -the Act I monster that is part of the plot was in the shape of full scale Liriopleurodon that shot out of the water -that was about 20 years ago so the designers of this production must have been watching "Walking with Dinosaurs."
I’d have loved to see that
Magic Flute, Magical Liopleurodon.
That must have been amazing to watch! I saw a play of The Hobbit in Banff National Park once, and it was outstanding.
"So obviously the main issue with the walking with dinosaurs interpretation of the leopleurodon is its"
Lack of feathers?
According to Trey the Explainer, yes.
lol nice
I loved this when I was a kid. I remember begging my mom and dad to pick up the dvd for me and watching it nonstop! I still to this day have it with me wherever I move and I have never grown out of a love for dinosaurs. But I’d say that I’m not the most caught up scientifically anymore, and I would love to be more up to date so I’m subscribing! Can’t wait to learn more and for the next WWD episode!!! Awesome stuff! (I’m also hosting a D&D campaign that starts in a primarily dinosaur heavy setting because hell yeah)
Giant of the Skies was my absolute favorite growing up, while I love Cruel Sea as I wanted to become a Marine Biologist at the time, the different scenes throughout Giant of the Skies and the feeling of traveling the world with such a majestic creature is the best thing ever! I cannot wait for it! Thanks for doing this series its so nice to go back and revisit something that used to bring me so much joy, especially now in life where I'm not doing as well as I should. Keep up the great videos!
The dislikes are from living Liopleurodons
Their a great bunch of lads. Once you get to know them though. 😃
My favorite part of the walking with series was the antarctic episode that really showed expression in the animals and making me actually care about them while still being able to show how life was like at that time
I've heard some debates regarding the plesiosaurs' locomotion. They may have only used their front flippers while cruising to save energy, then switched to all four while chasing prey for acceleration and maneuverability.
God I LOVED this series as a kid, as much as some of the episodes made me cry. I do hope you are still going to continue this series!
I like how they overestimated its weight by potentially 150x
Not really the biggest pliosaurus is pliosaurus funkei can reach length around 16 m long with weights around 30 tons similar like grey whale
@@widodoakrom3938 no 10~12 m in maximum length and a bit more than 11 tonnes is the consensus
Rewatched the entire series because of your videos on it. Thanks for the memories and for spending the time to fill us in on recent findings and potential inaccuracies!
Your voice is so relaxing and these videos are such a nice nostalgia trip, thank you for making these!
i'm mad, I was having a nap after the evolution of horses video and this series has been auto playing, the magical leopluradon was so loud and scary it woke me up like a night terror, I thought it was a dream and dozed off but then you did it again and I woke up screaming, now I am forever, and always will be in a state of constant anxiety wile watching your videos, terrified that you will surprise me again, I solemnly swear will never again fall asleep to one of your videos again Ben, i'm sorry, I have learnt my lesson. love the content keep up the good work.
^^ Yay I'm so glad you're continuing with the walking with dino episodes!
Love how you add that gijinka of ophthalmosaurus. I even saw some of the rest of them earlier today. Including Liopleurodon.
As a kid, I believed it all. As an adult, I appreciate the storylines it tells; it makes these "monsters" more relatable, you could say... Now I wanna buy it again lol. I wore out two full VHS sets of this series, and one set of "Walking with prehistoric beasts" as a kid.
This is fantastic Ben! My grandmother bought me walking with dinosaurs on VHS from the Milwaukee Museum when I was a wee little boy. Ever since then I have been absolutely fascinated with dinosaurs. I still watch the series even though the information may have changed, it is just such an incredible experience to be brought into the living world of these creatures.
Even though Liopleurodon wasn't as huge as portrayed in Cruel Sea, the depiction of a pre-historic equivalent of a Typhoon class submarine appearing from the deep blue nothingness is undoubtably terrific.
I cant tell you how much i love your channel and honesty in sharing science, knowledge and our never ending search for truth. Thank you Ben
Ben got through the Liopleurodon and ran out of steam.
In all seriousness, I really hope he continues this series
loving watching these after every episode!! walking with dinosaurs is a favourite from when i was a kid and its nice to be able to appreciate it more critically :-) thank you!
please come back to this series, these are so fun :'3
Walking with Dinosaurs has lived rent free in my head since I was little xD
This is my favourite episode ! As a child I fixated on the Liopleurodon ! I was so happy to hear your take, information updates and oooooh so happy to learn about the size inaccuracy, it always bugged me when I saw the scene of beach hunting. Didn't seem possible. So cool !! Cool cool cool !
Yes, this was always my favourite one from the setting to the music and definitely the animals shown, despite the inaccuracies, the liopleuradon is still one of my favourite prehistoric animals just because of this episode.
Yeah but the reality that it was at least ten times smaller than this episode portrays is kind of depressing
@@LoudmouthReviews agreed. When I originally learned this fact (before this video came out) it actually hurt my love for dinosaurs and paleontology. I felt lied to
It was still as big as a tiger shark. 6-7 meters is quite big for today's standards.
11:07: Something that would later be foreshadowed in the WWD prequel, Walking with Monsters (from 2005).
"20 years" ouhh felt that bro
I never watched Walking With Dinosaurs but your content makes me really appreciate the show and the influence it's had on you.
Side note, if you read this and have ever wanted to experience diving in the ocean during that period, I can recommend a very exciting VR experience if you happen to also have access to a VR headset and computer lol.
Discovering that Liopleurodon wasn't actually a 20+ meter giant hit HARD as a kid
I actually really thought you forgot about this series lmao, glad to see it's still going :)
It’s also worth mentioning that Rhamphorynchus is also much smaller in this episode then IRL some having wingspans 6 feet long
Also Rhamphorynchus was recently found to have been nocturnal
Oh cool. Terrifying bat is way bigger AND hunts at night
I've watched episodes 1-3 and enjoyed them. Thank you for doing them.
I was hoping for Charlie the Unicorn to get a reference when Liopleurodon was getting talked about and was not disappointed.
I remember watching this series when I was little it was what got me really into biology and is probably why I'm going into that field now, thanks BBC and thank you for clearing up inaccuracies ❤️
A bit disappointed that you didn't talk about the ammonites. Still a great video, as usual.
Ammendum, maybe that's a good thing because the wrong accounts in the video was being focused here. That means that there was nothing wrong w/the Ammonites depiction & fossil findings. Hip, Hip, . . . !
This was SO cool back then, and it's awesome that our new generation has people like Ben doing these videos now.
I love these episodes. You clearly have such respect and love for the series, as I'm sure we all do, and it is fascinating to see science 'moving forward' in action
I wonder could the remains cited as evidence for Liopleurodon have been misidentified fossils of Predator X?
I hope you continue these! They are really fascinating and interesting. I have been greatly enjoying them!
A better Ichthyosaur for the time and place would have been Brachypterygius or Aegirosaurus
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And the Pliosaur should have just been... Pliosaurus. Bigger, and more accurate to the time period.
No Pliosaurus got nearly that big either
@@damnationdaniel4726 I didn't say it got *that* big, but it did get bigger than Liopleurodon. We're talking an upgrade from about 25 feet to about 35.
Awesome videos, really love the work and research you put into making them. Really hope you continue with the series and the Ballad of Big Al.
Since the 1st time watching this, I've always thought Lioplerodon was that big
i really hope this series continues cuz it's awesome!! from brazil
When are you going to do the review for the next episode?
Still waiting on the next installment... fantastic work, alot of interesting facts!
0:12 when you hit your elbow and your arm goes numb
This documentary-story-crossover series was a big part of my childhood alongside "Prehistoric Park", long before I watched Jurassic Park for the first time. I never thought I see something about it ever again, but now watching this video series, it kinda makes me wanna rewatch this documentary series.
I can’t wait for the Wallace II video.
Me to
Submitted mine!
This channel is a must watch. Thank you for all your work.
Waiting for this kind of series to be aired again with the latest research depiction of course
I am actually still waiting on you covering the rest of the series. These Videos are so interesting to me.
It has been over a year and "The Scientific Accuracy of Walking With Dinosaurs - Episode 4: Giants of the Sky" has yet to come out.
Even with some inaccuracy the Walking with .... series where one of the most fascinating series I've seen as an adult. I think it's the best way to inform children and grown ups about the early days of life.
Gosh I hope this review-series will be continued soon
How did I miss this!? I have been waiting with excitement for the next video of your WWD review! Yay! This was always one of my favorites of the WWD series.
If I were to bring five year old me to the present day and show him this, I don’t think He would be able to handle it.
I loved this episode back in the day. I’m so excited to see giant of the sky’s too. I recall really loving that one
The sea is my favourite part of nature. There are much more large organisms and is just more mysterious than the land. It also has the deadliest and most powerful predators on earth. Overall cruel seas is my favourite episode.
what I like about the sea is that it doesnt really affect me. idd rather learn about a deepsea creauture killing by simply looking at their prey then learning about a sonic wasp xD
Sea is cool but it feels kind of empty compared to land. Nothing grows there when you go a bit deeper and it doesn't come even close to the biodiversity of say, rainforests.
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Although the majority of animals and organisms live in the sea, the fact that the sea is so vast, makes it look empty. If we look at coral reefs it’s biodiversity is just as impressive as that of a rainforest.
@@Man-ds9ir yeah shallows have a lot of stuff going on. Deep sea animals are crazy intresting but also extremely rare. Maybe its bias for being on land and knowing more about it.
@@ustanik9921 yes, we still have lots to learn about the ocean, and it’s more mysterious than land ( despite not being properly occupied, and by that i mean, the population density for visible organisms of the ocean is lower than that on land since it’s so much more vast )
I really enjoy this review series. Please do more episodes of this!
I got WWD for my 8th birthday and must have watched it at lest 20 times. I really appriciate accurate and evidence based information. I love how you're basicaly updating WWD. This review series is very tasty.
Quick question
R u going to do the other spinoff
Monsters and beasts
Yes did you even listen in new blood
@@somegermanlegodragonthing2461 How does one "listen in new blood"?
@@Amateur0Visionary Thomas said in new blood video we might go to spin offs
@@somegermanlegodragonthing2461 Thank you :)
Hype Wall I’d suggest something like When Dinosaurs Roamed America or Dinosaur Planet over Monsters.
150 tons? Fucking hell. Sounds so outrageous now but as a kid it sounded like the coolest thing ever
I know its inaccurate, but the sight of that megladon like monster pulling down the theropod were some of my most cherished childhood memories
Gotta Craft ‘Em all he said megalodon like
Baron of Bahlingen oops
One of my favorite episodes from the season.
I loved how brutal it was and the liopluridon was one of my favorite creatures.
Thank you 🙏 , @Ben G Thomas I’ve been eagerly anticipating this episode of your Walking with Dinosaurs 🦕🦖 retrospective ‘twas likewise my favorite episode back in those halcyon days of Post-Jurassic Park 90’s Paleontology. One day you’ll be an Oxford or Cambridge Don of Paleontology or angry 😤 peasants with pitchforks will besiege the University. You’ve single-handily rekindled my youthful love of Dinosaurs & Paleontology, I am in your debt Young Master!
Like you, I too am a big fan of Walking With Dinosaurs. I have greatly enjoyed your analyses of the first 3 episodes so I hope you do the rest as well.
These were made a couple years before I was born, but I still managed to watch them many times growing up, thanks to my elder brother buying buying the box set
LOVE these videos. Eagerly awaiting the next installments!
12:57 NO ONE TOLD ME OSTRICHES COULD SWIM
But yeah, this episode's a weird one for me, as I remember putting a comment on one of the videos (about the "big" boy that I can't remember the name of) and people calling me an idiot.
Amazing and very informative episode! I had no idea there was such extensive soft tissue and even pigment preservation in ichthyosaurs!