The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda

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  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
    @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2189

    Legos, pandas, and PBS Eons. What a perfect combination.

    • @cheesebottle2844
      @cheesebottle2844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why

    • @AlexDaviesXD
      @AlexDaviesXD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lego*

    • @gloomylobster111
      @gloomylobster111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@J_Caban *Fact

    • @reignorshine.
      @reignorshine. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@gloomylobster111 agreed them is facks!

    • @madiisonrivera
      @madiisonrivera 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dank_Smirk 2nd Channel yay!! i’m not the only one who thinks so! :)

  • @mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable
    @mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1626

    “Pandas Are Like Vegan Gym Bros”
    Bruh I goootta get me that bambu protein scramble but little olive oil cuz I gotta lose ten by spring brake bruh

    • @LuinTathren
      @LuinTathren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      BRILLIANT!

    • @juxie9229
      @juxie9229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ... that hurt to read. Either you're a kid or a dumb adult that also cant spell...
      ...."babu" really dude? 🤦‍♂️

    • @PedroTricking
      @PedroTricking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@juxie9229
      ... that hurt to read. Either you're a kid or a dumb adult that also cant spell...
      ....""babu" really dude? 🤦‍♂️" really dude? 🤦‍♂️

    • @LuinTathren
      @LuinTathren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@juxie9229 He's imitating a gym bro. Obviously. Haven't you ever heard of a gym bro?

    • @picolete
      @picolete 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      "You have to try this nuts"

  • @kathrine7813
    @kathrine7813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1267

    the amount of panda related dad jokes are honestly impressive

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    "Nothing about the giant panda is black or white. But it is fuzzy"
    I see what you did there.

  • @cintronproductions9430
    @cintronproductions9430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4104

    So basically, pandas are carnivores but they're too lazy to hunt so they eat oversized grass blades all day and sleep a lot. 🐼

    • @newbiechu7024
      @newbiechu7024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

      Snorlax anyone.

    • @diebesgrab
      @diebesgrab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Seneir Bello
      I mean, Snorlax is absolutely based on pandas.

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Cintrón Productions and still cute. Jealous??

    • @judychiang3031
      @judychiang3031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Well, they live like in a salad bowl. That makes their lives easier lol

    • @christopherneelyakagoattmo6078
      @christopherneelyakagoattmo6078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      They fill up on salad and never get to the steak.
      Naps are more important...

  • @MewtwosPie
    @MewtwosPie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    It would be cool to have a timeline with everything discussed on this channel; sometimes it's hard to remember and conceptualize all the timescales you talk about

    • @LoLotov
      @LoLotov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Chronological order playlist? Love it, would rewatch the series for sure.

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@LoLotov More like having a visual representation of all or most geological timescales when they show those time diagrams

    • @rondoclark45
      @rondoclark45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Check out Aron Ra's Systematic Classification of Life.

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      A poster of the timeline of the evolution of the ancestors of animals? I'd hang something like that on my wall. A book or series of books with a chapter on each family group? I'd love that even more.
      Yeah, I'm one of those people whe read the encyclopedia as a kid....before it was online.

    • @Rno352
      @Rno352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Dss-bm3rz This a link to the Eons video "A Brief History of Geologic Time" th-cam.com/video/rWp5ZpJAIAE/w-d-xo.html

  • @Pedrosa2541
    @Pedrosa2541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    There is videos showing that Pandas will still occasionally eat carrion and small mammals if given the chance, in accord to their carnivora origins.

    • @GotPotatoes24
      @GotPotatoes24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Fair enough, but deer also do that. A lot of non-ursine herbivores will snack opportunistically on other animals too.

    • @felafnirelek8987
      @felafnirelek8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Most livestock will too.

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      He did use qualifiers for herbivorous. Virtually all herbivore species will occasionally consume animal matter and even hypercarnivores like cats will sometimes eat plants.

    • @diebesgrab
      @diebesgrab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Elizabeth Frantes
      The extent to which hummingbirds have evolved to mirror insects is honestly kinda freaky.

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      They never would have turned to bamboo if Slim Jims grew as abundantly.

  • @dramaprincess0119
    @dramaprincess0119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    I want a T-shirt that says “pandas: the vegan gym bros”

    • @seantheguy1391
      @seantheguy1391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NO!

    • @donkarara7964
      @donkarara7964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I will get it printed

    • @j.t8529
      @j.t8529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They don't work out they eat and sleep

    • @issagahan6693
      @issagahan6693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vegan buddies 😍

    • @errohaze2683
      @errohaze2683 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seantheguy1391 YES!

  • @hantingchen5497
    @hantingchen5497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I find it incredibly fascinating how the pandas gradually knew what types of bamboo to eat depending on season....and even more incredible how researchers were able to recognize this pattern

  • @michaelbiscay9836
    @michaelbiscay9836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Wow, my childhood has returned full circle. Disney's re-releasing everything, Brontosaurus is back, and Pandas are bears once again.

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmao

    • @drew8443
      @drew8443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your profile pic matches your comment, nice

    • @apdroidgeek1737
      @apdroidgeek1737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      but pluto is still not a planet

    • @realtalk6195
      @realtalk6195 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless you were in a coma the last four decades, they were classified bears through DNA tests in the 1980s.

  • @hollyodii5969
    @hollyodii5969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    Research shows dad jokes and prehistory science go back together thousands of years.

  • @snowlynx1585
    @snowlynx1585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    3:01 omg she melted my heart she’s so cute

  • @Evil_Florida
    @Evil_Florida 4 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    I’m gonna start calling raccoons trash pandas now

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Raccoons have been called that for years now.

    • @roseonthemove
      @roseonthemove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cintrón Productions me too!! Hahahahaha

    • @sourgreendolly7685
      @sourgreendolly7685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Cintrón Productions The more the merrier, we’re not special for knowing it longer lol

    • @kingofthebeast4024
      @kingofthebeast4024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cintrón Productions we have similar subscriptions I see...

    • @Sergio-fu7mv
      @Sergio-fu7mv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same. Trash pandas are dope asf.

  • @optimalhazza
    @optimalhazza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    One other thing about Panda's, they're somehow really good at kung fu.

    • @JA-ru3il
      @JA-ru3il 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah as opposed to their brown cousins who are wrestlers 😂

  • @andrewmazza5184
    @andrewmazza5184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    How about an episode on the evolution of the Okapi. Or an episode on ancient giraffes and Giffafoids.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Y E S

  • @KilldeerCheer
    @KilldeerCheer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    I feel like lot of the confusion people have with red pandas and giant pandas could be solved if we switched from 'giant panda' to 'panda bear'.

    • @Brickman1000
      @Brickman1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Joan Turmelle Which is kind of ironic considering I’m old enough to remember when people did called them panda bears and they were corrected for doing so LOL.

    • @firethylacine1976
      @firethylacine1976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or we could use a local name for the red panda. I think that would be cool

    • @nydydn
      @nydydn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@Brickman1000 wait... we were not calling panda bears panda bears for a while? Why didn't I get the memo? Well... I guess I was right all along, without even realizing that I could be considered wrong.

    • @Brickman1000
      @Brickman1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Andrei Mirt Oh yeah, as they talk about in this video for a long time people were like oh no pandas aren’t bears. But now we know that they are which is awesome! So panda bears!

    • @KilldeerCheer
      @KilldeerCheer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Not to forget that the red panda was the original panda, named as such several decades before the panda bear was discovered (hence why it's called a 'giant' panda). So it's only fitting that we reserve panda for the red panda only.

  • @shellknight1323
    @shellknight1323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    🐻 Bear: so are you a bear?
    🐼 Panda: Yes but also No

    • @Anxiou5Panda
      @Anxiou5Panda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "It's... complicated bro."

  • @zerodadutch6285
    @zerodadutch6285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The changing parts of the bamboo they eat during the year is very interesting. Would never have thought that was possible.

  • @NawDawgTheRazor
    @NawDawgTheRazor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It's impressive they made it all the way without remarking how cute they are.

  • @MrGinw6
    @MrGinw6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I think we just underestimated bamboo

  • @adamthespinygiant
    @adamthespinygiant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    How about an episode on the relationship between large sauropods and the large theropods that preyed on them. And how there's evidence of these predator/prey relationships in almost every continent:
    Ex: Puluxisaurus and Acrocanthosaurus in N.A.
    Argentinosaurus and Mapusaurus in S.A.
    Paralititan and Carcharodonotosaurus in Africa etc.

    • @zooemperor3954
      @zooemperor3954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Both Allosaurus and Saurophaganax/Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus and Barosaurus in Jurassic North America
      Plus, Paluxysaurus is almost certainly Sauroposeidon

    • @adamthespinygiant
      @adamthespinygiant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zooemperor3954 sorry about that. Sometime I forget about the renames.

    • @turicaederynmab5343
      @turicaederynmab5343 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pls this

    • @onyxsky2304
      @onyxsky2304 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aww please give us that PBS

    • @robinliesens7983
      @robinliesens7983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And lets also not forget the Sauropodomorphs and the Rauisuchids from the Triassic, because that's where it all began.

  • @adrianortega1431
    @adrianortega1431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I can't help but feel like they're trying to... panda to us.

    • @paulrussell1207
      @paulrussell1207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Quite the opposite, I think they were trying to bamboo-zle us.

    • @luhueychua3468
      @luhueychua3468 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t get it

    • @paulrussell1207
      @paulrussell1207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@luhueychua3468 Paws and think about it. You're not slow per se, they're just difficult to digest.

    • @THEE.apples
      @THEE.apples 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Botassiumm
      @Botassiumm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also don't get it

  • @RiggingDoctor
    @RiggingDoctor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I’ve always wondered how such a selective eater who never likes to breed came to exist!

    • @rondoclark45
      @rondoclark45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      When you're the only ones partaking, you have that food source all to yourselves.

    • @xephyre6955
      @xephyre6955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably extremely lucky.

    • @natemiller926
      @natemiller926 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I seen something saying they don’t exist and I’m currently researching

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Pandas eat different parts of bamboo at different seasons. Sometimes the special bamboo need to be flown out from China

    • @PainterVierax
      @PainterVierax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      IIRC, zoos which loan giant pandas need to import special varieties of bamboo.

    • @yevgeniyaleshchenko849
      @yevgeniyaleshchenko849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PainterVierax That's what the OP said.

  • @rebelpoxy
    @rebelpoxy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Pandas are the bear family's vegans.

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      rebelpoxy - soi-bears

    • @joshuakusuma5953
      @joshuakusuma5953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      An odd thing since pandas eat fish if no bamboo is around.

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joshuakusuma5953 hahaha humans are herbivores

    • @joshuakusuma5953
      @joshuakusuma5953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@WackoMac No. Humans are omnivores. It's why we have canines.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

  • @aellalee4767
    @aellalee4767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Only time I didn't skip listening to the ad at the end. LEGOs are cool. Glad to hear they're trying to be more eco friendly

  • @Blue_Fire-Chibi
    @Blue_Fire-Chibi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    its cool PBS eons teaches us things that we wouldn't even think of!its pretty darn cool I say!

  • @gyozakeynsianism
    @gyozakeynsianism 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    The cutest vegan gym bros ever.

  • @ibbi30
    @ibbi30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    3:05 Its closest living relatives are all other bears, not just the south American speckled bear. Pandas are a sister taxon to all other bears and thus equally related to every other bear.

  • @Onus6688
    @Onus6688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love that you guys sponsor things responsibly, thank you for doing that and not just going after easy money

  • @unidentifiedbipedallifeform
    @unidentifiedbipedallifeform 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Fascinating to learn this. When I was a kid we always called them panda bears then I learned in school they were not really bears and were more closely related to the red panda. Now they're bears again. Could the similarities with red pandas be a case of convergent evolution?

  • @kokroucz
    @kokroucz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thank you for that episode, There's been a lot of misconceptions about origins of pandas and twenty years ago i remembered I learned that giant panda and bears are not that closely realated and it is a red panda who is its closest family member. I knew the theory has changed but that clears out a lot.
    I'm glad that bell is there cause first thing in the morning I see mail on my phone with new PBS Eons minidocument. I didn't even eat and I got to learn something.
    also first time watched sponsor's material with such smile :)

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You know what would be a great video idea? If they could do a video on the big 5 mass extinctions (or 6).
    And no I’m not talking about the one that is human caused, I’m talking about a newly discovered one that happened during the Permian period.

  • @EJayMD-11
    @EJayMD-11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Me when they got the protein part at the end "Whaaaaaaat!!!!". It all makes sense now, it's like they're not even herbivores. Pretty cool.

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All proteins come from plants buddy. Where you think the cow gets its protein?

    • @lessforloans
      @lessforloans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      EnGage With Nature you’re kind of right. That’s not how they have protein however.

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They just want to make a point that you can get all proteins from a plant-based diet...

    • @criticalsage
      @criticalsage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pandas have longer gut for bacteri to conver nitrogen to protein, humans however have shorter gut meaning we cant process plants like cows and pandas

    • @alaapsarkar
      @alaapsarkar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@criticalsage So how are plants processed in humans and can you give sources for your claims?

  • @captainbonkerang
    @captainbonkerang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I bloody love this channel

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed.

  • @demonking86420
    @demonking86420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He's a panda! You're a panda! What are you gonna do, big guy? Sit on me?

  • @TheMobMaster
    @TheMobMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So pandas ARE bears. Everyone else who tells me says otherwise. TIME TO YEET KNOWLEDGE AMONG THEM

  • @theodorebear6714
    @theodorebear6714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *They practice kung fu. Dad's a duck, and eats dumplings.*
    That's all you need to know.

  • @AtomicPrimate
    @AtomicPrimate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this is the first time i'm actually interested in the sponsor product

  • @vladimirlagos2688
    @vladimirlagos2688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It would be really interesting to compare how the droppings of pandas correlate to those of therizinosaur coprolites given that they represent the two major cases of members of strictly carnivorous groups secondarily evolving a herbivorous lifestyle. I am pretty sure that any parallels or contrasts would provide interesting clues as to the limits in adaptability of tetrapod digestive systems.

  • @menkomonty
    @menkomonty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seeing as we're in the Winter season, how about an episode on the evolution of Penguins or Polar Bears?

    • @adnannaemaz1989
      @adnannaemaz1989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Menko Monty or the arctic ecosystem in general from the age of the megafauna

  • @LuinTathren
    @LuinTathren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I loved this episode! Thanks for teaching me some evolutionary history in pandas. I love them even more now.

  • @mirsad96
    @mirsad96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Lego as sponsor? Respect! :)

  • @cobayanigiri
    @cobayanigiri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Fun Fact: 'maci' is the pet name for 'bear' in Hungarian.

    • @catowisdom1922
      @catowisdom1922 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Elizabeth Frantes i think they mean naming there pet dog, or other animal "bear"

    • @RLutin
      @RLutin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love that Hungarian has a word for pet muder machines

    • @cobayanigiri
      @cobayanigiri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Elizabeth Frantes Maybe some of us keep pet bears illegally, but in this case pet name means nickname ('medve' is the actual word for bear, but in children's tales they call them 'maci' or 'mackó')

    • @sourgreendolly7685
      @sourgreendolly7685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Elizabeth Frantes Pet name is a nickname. You can have a pet name for something that isn’t a pet. Like my bf calls all small bird birbs, that’s a pet name

    • @kristianferencik8685
      @kristianferencik8685 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's mainly for something like a teddy bear though, medve is the actual name for a bear

  • @LeoDomitrix
    @LeoDomitrix ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What bemuses and amuses me is that many animals have a lot of similarities but aren't very closely related. It fascinates me. And, btw, I totally get that spectacled bear being related. I kinda assumed they *were* before this.

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Read up on convergent evolution, all will become clear.

  • @icedtea649
    @icedtea649 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like this guy. I like how he works in small bits of humor. That and he seems like he knows what hes saying rather than just reading off a teleprompter.

  • @ShaneNotSean69
    @ShaneNotSean69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Steve is the eontologist we all aspire to be

  • @biglil771
    @biglil771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Please do a video on the greatest cats to ever live. Natodomeri lion, American lion, Ngandong tiger, and more.

    • @gygy2095
      @gygy2095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And the machairodus giganteus or smilodon

    • @natodomerilion5392
      @natodomerilion5392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That would be awesome

    • @TheDragon-v7d
      @TheDragon-v7d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@radzination8784 nah the American lion is

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My cat Chibi.

    • @biggay8140
      @biggay8140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lestatangel Chonker

  • @limiv5272
    @limiv5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:39 That diagram would've been a lot more informative if we could see the species names and the branch points at once

  • @eximago
    @eximago 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'd love to see you guys deep dive into the relationship between cheetahs, pumas, and American cheetahs. I've done some reading, but there's conflicting stuff out there. You guys always make these difficult, debated subjects digestible.

  • @ClintWestwood-nj4fg
    @ClintWestwood-nj4fg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Can't believe they got Killian to be in this video

  • @MagSec40
    @MagSec40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for all you do, PBS Eons. It's wonderful.
    A small issue: You said that the closest living relative of the panda is the spectacled bear, but the diagram contradicts this. It shows that pandas are equally related to spectacled bears and all other bears. I think the diagram is correct. Spectacled bears are more closely related to ursinae than they are to pandas; so spectacled bears and ursinae together are equally and more distantly related to pandas.

  • @jackthunderbolt4307
    @jackthunderbolt4307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Dude, pandas are awesome, but who knew their fossil history was so interesting?

  • @darastrixmaekrix
    @darastrixmaekrix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Can we please get a video on red pandas all alone on their little branch of the evolutionary tree of life?

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, that would be great.

    • @helzimgiger9077
      @helzimgiger9077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YAS!

  • @AlphaNumeric123
    @AlphaNumeric123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’m really surprised you guys haven’t covered EARS yet! The transition from jaw bone to inner ear bones would make a great vignette for Eons and it also encapsulates some key ideas of evolution-it would be perfect!
    👄->👂

  • @abdielrodriguez1386
    @abdielrodriguez1386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One video I’ve been hoping for is a video that goes over the different ways we can determine behaviors from the fossil record

  • @brunopereira6789
    @brunopereira6789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great stuff!
    I'd love to learn how aquatic mammals such as seals, sea lions, whales, dolphins and orcas came to be!
    An exploration of how the isolation of Antartica shaped its fauna and flora (wait, are there any plants native to Antartica?) would also be very welcome!

  • @agisuru
    @agisuru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's important to note that, since both giant pandas AND red pandas can't really digest bamboo terribly well, this implies that being incapable of digesting bamboo well is actually better when eating bamboo. One theory not mentioned in the video is that bamboo is just so nutrient-poor and difficult to digest that better fiber digestion doesn't provide a substantial enough benefit, potentially even becoming detrimental.

  • @csengemolnar7955
    @csengemolnar7955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Okay, so I've looked in the comments, and I haven't seen anyone say this, so: as a Hungarian, I find Miomaci Pannonicum's name super adorable because 'maci' means 'teddy bear' or 'bear cub' in Hungarian so its name means The Hungarian Teddy Bear of the Miocene epoch

  • @yungxtsunamiyt8996
    @yungxtsunamiyt8996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    pandas are those people that are trying to switch to plant based meats

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      justin lagrange - and having zero success

    • @iainmawhinney8867
      @iainmawhinney8867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and they chose excellent plant based meats

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Iain Mawhinney - there is no such thing as plant meat, meat plant, or peat mlant - wtfever. Hate to burst everybody's imaginary world bubble. Actually I quite enjoy it, but I'm going to be called a racist now which makes about as much sense as Meat Plant...smh it's either meat or its plant. I know... reality sucks for most of you people.

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lestatangel I'm still gonna call it plant meat. Or maybe I will call it healthier meat. 😅

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      EnGage With Nature - and I'm going to call your children disadvantaged. With a parent like you it's an absolute fact. UC facts matter, not feelings. Quick, run to your safe space.

  • @ashleylooksfab
    @ashleylooksfab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really like the puns in these videos! 😂

  • @ButterflySeraph612
    @ButterflySeraph612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My childhood love for pandas just reappeared. Y'all have no idea how many excited emotions I made as I watched this video. I knew about the unusual bearness of the Giant Panda, but seeing how science has (very recently, may I add) solved many of this silly bear's conundrums, I am so excited to see what else is in store for this fluffy ball of fur!

  • @niccalee
    @niccalee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm glad that they're making a comeback after how much money we've put into them. I love pandas but it's hard to see not-cute keystone animals in trouble when the panda gets so much love. So it's really good news that at least it's not in vain. :)

  • @ForeverLumoz
    @ForeverLumoz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fascinating! Love this video. So many questions answered...
    And perfectly explained, my man 👌🏻👍🏻

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sure, science says pandas only eat bamboo.... but has anyone even TRIED feeding one a Big Mac?

    • @WackoMac
      @WackoMac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would prolly give them cancer.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      EnGage With Nature GRAMMAR PLEASE.

    • @AshVK
      @AshVK 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hat- They have a slow metabolic rate so it'd probs make them queasy for an afternoon. I don't think they'd sleep well

  • @tsukuyomirai4823
    @tsukuyomirai4823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos...and the historical timeline of earth and her inhabitants....WOW...thank you!

  • @dcguorker
    @dcguorker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Vegan gym bro" That killed me lol

  • @firestorm1088
    @firestorm1088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Pandas are such amazing and adorable animals. I'm glad they're starting to come back after coming so close to extinction. Wiping out these animals is something humanity would never be able to atone for.

  • @oxcart4172
    @oxcart4172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They're also un-bear-ably cute!😁😁

  • @flederfox
    @flederfox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    everytime the shot of the red panda sleeping and wobbling on the branch shows, i'm like WAIT FOR IIIIIT

  • @andrewmcgrath273
    @andrewmcgrath273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You said that pandas' closest living relatives are the spectacled bears of South America, but this isn't true according to the evolutionary tree you showed. They are equally related to all living bears since they are the earliest-diverging branch.

  • @berniethekiwidragon4382
    @berniethekiwidragon4382 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:04 The panda looks like it's trying to run away from the conclusion that it is a bear.

  • @paulaburnett5587
    @paulaburnett5587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always enjoy your videos. Thank you for all the knowledge you give us! Keep up the good work.

  • @jhonfamo8412
    @jhonfamo8412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is high quality and excellent. Congratulations ☺

  • @faroukhossam4370
    @faroukhossam4370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Panda+Eons=Epic
    🌌🌌🌌

  • @thessibus1041
    @thessibus1041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should do an episode about various theories/what we know best about how life started in the first place

  • @nichtrichtigrum
    @nichtrichtigrum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can you please at some point make an interview with an archaeologist who works with teeth? It seems so unlikely and amazing what you can find out by looking at an animals teeth!
    Thanks, and keep up the great work!

  • @mekorare
    @mekorare 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Glad humans found panda late, if earlier, they would be hunted down

  • @marcustulliuscicero5443
    @marcustulliuscicero5443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Therizinosaurs: We did it first!

  • @kat-he5rk
    @kat-he5rk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i wish you guys made videos about social studies, like ideologies and philosophers and stuff. I really need to learn about it and the way you guys teach is so easy to understand 🥺

  • @Horsie112
    @Horsie112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We Chinese call it literally bear cat... I'm even more confused.

    • @99999bomb
      @99999bomb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup we do call it that

  • @neilc.8368
    @neilc.8368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has PBS EONS done a video about the American Lion? Much more fascinating since it’s bigger then the Sabor-Toothed Tiger!

  • @domesticonion8026
    @domesticonion8026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    watching a video and a panda popped on the screen the same time as I got this in my sub box.

  • @redddirtgaming6955
    @redddirtgaming6955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congrats on 1 million subs! I hope they are showing these in schools. Everyone on planet Earth that has internet access should watch these.

    • @carriehunt9741
      @carriehunt9741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Justin McBeth Absolutely! 😀😀😀

  • @daliborjovanovic510
    @daliborjovanovic510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun Fact: There was a South American panda living 4-3 million years ago! Well, actually....it wasn't a panda, but a giant raccoon called Chapalmalania, which was pretty much identical in size and shape to the giant panda. If you're wondering how scientists could mistake the panda for an overgrown raccoon, look up this animal, who was, coincidently, originally misidentified as a bear.

  • @Boom12
    @Boom12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Lego for loving Eons! Everything is Awesome!

  • @slayer2450
    @slayer2450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Never forget that panda bears are still bears and have one of the strongest bites in the world.

    • @slayer2450
      @slayer2450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @NOOKEY69 Hard!! One of, not the strongest

    • @slayer2450
      @slayer2450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @NOOKEY69 Hard!! I believe hippos have the strongest bite force out of any animal.

    • @slayer2450
      @slayer2450 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @NOOKEY69 Hard!! Touche, I had to search to make sure. You win

  • @danielifechukwu1453
    @danielifechukwu1453 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The evolution of chameleons and their prehistoric origin is a topic that is real amazing and I would be the mostly excited person to learn about it

    • @danielifechukwu1453
      @danielifechukwu1453 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am just saying that chameleons would be a nice topic to learn about

  • @Burn_Angel
    @Burn_Angel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Other people: Panda jokes
    Me: STEVE!

  • @achyutmurari1218
    @achyutmurari1218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel literally ameliorated my interests on evolution!!!

  • @maheshsehgal4598
    @maheshsehgal4598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THE FUZZY ORIGINS OF TH-cam RECOMMENDATIONS!!

  • @SMAnthonyW
    @SMAnthonyW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Despite how it looks, nothing about the history of the Giant Panda is... *black and white.*
    But it is... *kind of fuzzy.* "
    And this is why I'm subscribed.

  • @tomasvrabec1845
    @tomasvrabec1845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    You know, I think LEGO Should (if not already) make it's products entirely out of fully recycled materials (plastics) and perhaps even set up recycling branch).

    • @benallgeier5932
      @benallgeier5932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lego has said they'll probably be using fully sustainable materials by 2030

    • @Its_Me_Romano
      @Its_Me_Romano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It already does if I'm not mistaken

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lego is recycled every time you take apart whatever you build to build something else. The bricks can last for generations and have the same value.

    • @Its_Me_Romano
      @Its_Me_Romano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lakrids-pibe most of the time they even go up in value!

    • @zantonsus
      @zantonsus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if they could they would I reckon. With the patent gone, they are all about everything apart from bricks. Maybe one of the copy companies could do it.

  • @IronWolf-Fitness
    @IronWolf-Fitness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you steve!

  • @Its_Me_Romano
    @Its_Me_Romano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    How advertiser friendly does one get to get sponsored by Lego...

  • @Aoki85
    @Aoki85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Koalas still win the title of "Most Bear-like Non-bear."

  • @dirgecry2047
    @dirgecry2047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Man, if you think pandas are weird, just wait until you hear about koalas.
    Thinking about it, is an episode about the origins of koalas possible?

    • @nicholaslewis8594
      @nicholaslewis8594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      An episode on Marsupials would be awesome.

    • @Hat-
      @Hat- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nicholas Lewis Y e s P l e a s e.

  • @NicWalker627
    @NicWalker627 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those branch sleeping panda's and red panda's are absolutely adorable.
    They *must* be saved.

  • @JoeJoeTheCapybara
    @JoeJoeTheCapybara 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the punniest episode!

  • @chancekahle2214
    @chancekahle2214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eons has the best presenters of all the PBS channels.