Clearing up two things here. 1. This wasn't some weird anti-hunting message. 2. Of course it being a herbivore doesn't mean it will be easy to kill or that it isn't aggressive. The next line is "not that killing a stegosaurus isn't badass". Point is the official image and the Mandalorian's telling is supposed to make you think they were hunting apex predators, you're supposed to think they fought massive killers with razor sharp teeth ect. So it's kinda funny if they were just chillin eating leaves and the maniac mandos showed up and challenged them to a fight to death for ownership of Mandalore.
Hippos and buffalos are more agressive and dangerous than any carnivore in Africa, so mythosaurs could be herbivores and still the most dangerous animals on Mandalore.
Has anyone ever thought that when he says "ancestors rode the great mythosaur", that perhaps it was a callback to the animated holiday special? Boba Fett's first appearance was in the cartoon, and he was riding a huge dinosaur, as well as weilding a weapon similar to the Mandalorian's rifle. Although, both beasts are different in design, take it skull-wise. Just a thought, a callback to the obscure.
Totally wild to piece those parts together. A fair theory but, I dont think Boba Fett is actually a mandalorian, hes a clone of his father and a bounty hunter soooo.. I dont know if he is or isnt but, anyways it's not as crazy as the shop owner giving grandpa wookie VIRTUAL SPACE PORN FOR CHRISTMAS!!😄😄
Boba could totally be a Mandalorian. Being a Mandalorian isn't about what species you are, it's about following "The Six Actions" (Resol'nare) which are: Wearing the armour, Talking the Language, defending yourself and your family, raising your children as Mandalorians, Helping the Clan and Rallying to the cause of the Mand'alor when requested. If you follow them, You will be considered a Mandalorian.
The aspect of being a clone may seem a little off-putting since Boba isn't a DIRECT Mandalorian descendant, yes, yet Drakefance's comment about Mando culture can be put into aspect here. Even though Boba isn't technically a "blood-born" Mandalorian, he still posesses his father's DNA (and we know Jango was an actual Mando), and had taken up Mandalorian gear and virtues, and so essentially is one, albeit a sort of bastardization of sorts. It is what you think, and I appreciate the opinions on the idea.
I think "mythosaur" is a catch-all term for several species of animal, or at least an entire clade of animals, similar to the word "Dinosaur" on our planet.
Or even more similar to dragons in our legends. There are many types of dragons on the paintings, statues etc. And there were certainly some real animals that inspired the legends, like crocodiles, big monitor lizards, Komodo dragons which even have the word dragon in their official name...
@@martinxy1291 no. their digestive system is that of a vegetarian, but similarly to pandas who have a carnivorous digestive system, they eat food that isn't beneficial to their digestive systems due to circumstance.
Id like to believe that its the art style in which the sigil was drawn in that makes it look like that. kinda how shark faces are on old war planes. We know the sharks dont look like that exactly but thats what they represent if that makes sense.
Well just think of the hippo, they are murderous herbivore. The Mythosaur could have been like the hippo but more territorial and more murderous. Think how hard it would be to kill a hippo with axes and swords
What's pretty interesting is that the Mythosaurs are actually related to the Basiliskans with the Basiliskans being their ancestors. The Basiliskans being the race which made the Basilisk war droids which are also a staple of Mandalorian culture
The mythosaur was probably too large for a Taung's clan's ship to move to their home otherwise they would have done so. A venator can hold a 60 ton zillow beast if the war material is cleared out and given how cargo capacity doesn't change much in the galaxy, i am guessing the mythosaur is the size of around the weight of 20 thousand dewbacks?
If the bones of the beasts still decorate the landscape, massive size would be required. Smaller bones wouldn't stick around long after death. We also know of titanic life forms with dramatically disproportionate bodies. Brachiosaurus had rather tiny heads, huge bodies, and long slender tails. Add a pair of horns and adjust the jaw and you got a pretty solid critter that any Mando worth his blaster would get a battle boner over. Not to mention hunting them for epic battles has their own suggestive insights. These creatures were probably herbivores that outgrew any natural predator, and would have probably become highly territorial and aggressive, to avoid sharing food sources with competitors. If a large alpha predator hunted them naturally, they would've been the Mando target of choice.
Those teeth look almost like a shovel. Makes me wonder if the teeth and tusks weren't used for rooting and digging work, turning over logs, rocks etc, scraping down walls of something like a termite mound, working bark off trees, getting thick roots out of the ground, that kind of thing.
Since the Mandalorian started. I keep coming back to this quote from The Man who shot liberty Valance. “ This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Idk. It may be a mute point. I just think it fits so well with their race.
A theory is that there were two types of "mythosaurs", huge apex dinos that were similar in appearance, one species was carnivorous and another that was herbivorous (or perhaps omnivorous). The carnivorous species was already dying out, due to the greater success of smaller more agile predators, and Mandalorians wiped them out rather quickly. However, the herbivore species was far more plentiful, and still very difficult to kill due to its size and natural defenses, so the early stories based on the great carnivores were simply attached to the other huge dino that remained. As time passed however, the herbivore mythosaur died off as well due to overhunting, and only the shared legend remained.
I really like it how he said they road them rather than killed them. The team they have doing the story and checking the compatibility with lore aren’t stupid so this was definitely done on purpose. It’s like how stories are stretched, exaggerated, and straight up misinformed. It’s nice immersion :)
Yeah I agree. I expect a lot of people to think it's new canon not knowing the lore but I think it's the opposite, that like you said in real life the stories change and myths spread more
MetaNerdz Lore I wish there were speculations on Jedi and Sith. Maybe having people share stories that greatly exaggerate the powers of force users. Even if they had people describe known battles in far flung language around a campfire.
I personally feel like the mythosaur was very similar to the Krayt dragon. They went from the size of a person as babies to gargantuan as adults. The thing was no matter how big or small it was it was still a mythosaur. I'm also going to nix the them being a herbivore. I'm not meaning to be aggressive here but you can't be the apex predator if you're a herbivore... except maybe on Felucia. Edit: I also feel a heavy need to point out that the teeth likely do not point directly down like in the artwork, I think it's just there to exaggerate what it actually looks like. Also to simpilize the sigil, like how human skulls tend to have the teeth just jut out of the skull.
In my mind, I stick to the first appearance of the mythosaur, whose bones were so big buildings could fit inside them. That is the most epic and worthy of the lore surrounding the species. I think however, there is another option. On Earth we have hundreds of thousands of dinosaurs, so the most obvious way to solve all of the apparent discrepancies with mythosaur appearance, size, and dentition, is to accept that mythosaurs were likely many different species just like dinosaurs. Suddenly it makes more sense, solves continuity issues, and I think seems even more impressive as a feat. It also makes the Mandalorians were to mythosaurs what meteors were to dinosaurs joke much more accurate as well.
I think they are most likely a herbivore like that drawing you showed, but the front teeth would likely be covered by lips. I think those front teeth could be used to pull tough plants from the ground, and since it has forward facing eyes it probably had no predators. Thats because most herbivores have eyes on the side of their head so they can see approaching carnivores, but mythosaurs had front facing eyes so that means they were able to adapt to stereoscopic vision instead of needing to watch for predators. The horns/tusks were probably used to battle other mythosaurs, or maybe to dig up roots of plants to eat or help pull them out easier. I wish there were bones other than just the skull, i would love to see what this thing actually looks like!
Another theory is that the sigil represents the skull of an immature Mythosaur, not yet fully grown. Perhaps the adults proved too difficult even for the Tuang to take down, so they had to kill the juveniles, rendering the species extinct over time. I also like another theory from comments about 'Mythosaur' being a cognomen for many different species, much like Dinosaur is for us
Ive heard accounts of them being city sized creatures though and to be fair I have yet to have heard anything specifying a diet for the mythosaur though at least as for the history of earth the largest dinosaurs where in fact herbavores probably due to available food
Comments I seen from the Mythosaur clips: “After 40+ years, we finally get to see what the Mandalorian Sigil is based from.” Deep fans and people who watched this video years prior: “Kids.”
Herbivores are usually the ones that put up large fights. Predators tend to run away unless theyre the ones attacking. Also, if visitors were afraid of the corpses then these things had to be huge.
Teeth suggest a herbivore, but that doesnt mean it's any less intimidating. Rhinos, elephants and hippos aren't exactly pushovers especially if you're taking them on with a pointed stick.
It could have been a massive herbivorous creature that evolved to have very strong defensive capabilities so that no predators on the planet could challenge it for territory. Sort of like rhinos on earth. Great video man! I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about the species.
Id say the herbivore theory makes more sense, i honestly think it makes it cooler, that drawing of it looks awesome. A predator being that large would just be ineffective, but a herbivore that big is much more plausible because it wouldnt need to hunt and theres food everywhere. Those elongated front teeth could be used to pull tough plants from the ground which could be chewed with the thick molars inside the mouth. And i do think it couldve been very large, but definitely not the size of an ATAT, maybe around the size of a T.rex, id put it at around 40 feet long. Maybe the tusks/horns could be used by males fighting over mates, or other purposes.
Lets just say that the image of the mythasaur at 4:20 is dead on what episode 2 of mandalorian just showed....!! I paused them both to analyze the beasts side by side and yessir! Bo Katan was literally only about the size of the nose ridge on its brow... O.o
Don't forget Mandalorians used the Mythosaur bone for edged weapons, pole axe blades, spear heads. the Taung, Mandalore the Indomitable's spear was mythosaur bone. I recall the bone being valued because something about not needing to ever be resharpened of something. There's some other weirdness on a failed mandalorian retconn with Durge's Master Jaing and the mythosaur emblem also where for while the emblem was suppose to be his head, i just remember it being presistant barrage of annoying prequel retconning around episode 2 at the time, in this case didn't stick as well as others. p.s Glad you mentioned the City of Bone base.
Years after this video and now watching the book of Boba fett up to episode 6 I think Mando is gonna tame a mythosaur when he goes to redeem himself in the salt mine thats when we will see one for the first time but that's what I think is gonna happen .
APMEX just came out with the Mandalorian Mythosaur Silver Coin. Only 25,000 produced worldwide if anyone wants to collect it. The coin is also legal tender under the island of Niue as well.
I think it was more of an Omnivore. Much like Dragons (referencing “Gate: Thus the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fought There”), individual Mythosaurs have Active Periods that focused on eating meat AND inactive hibernating periods proceeded by eating vegetation. The younger ones probably has shorter cycles & the larger ones probably had longer cycles & such.
I like this way of looking at it, and could even toss in something like certain bear behaviors where they can spend large amounts of time eating whatever plant matter they come across but won't hesitate to make or steal a kill of meat.
To clear things up, Draco Safarius, there is a specific reason I referenced GATE, its because the elder Mythosaurs can sleep hundreds to thousands of years, long enough for its Food supply to Replenish & such…
Given their presumed size and dragon inspiration, they might have also fed on rocks and they would clear out entire ecosystems, resetting and renewing the land.
I think mythosaurs where a large group of species, like dinosaurs were. So you had some very dragon like warmachine sized mythosaurs like the one in the art, meant to be taken down by groups in a sort of raid, and others with an elongated snout and herbivorous teeth that posed a major threat to one or more people (a sort of boss fight, if you will). I wouldn't be suprised if there were raptor sized pack hunters for 1v1 duels or large herbivores that were equivalent in size to an AT-AT that were meant to be taken on by the highest rank groups.
I kinda figured that the comment about riding the mythosaur was an in-universe mistake. Like, he/society remembered that the ancient Mandalorians rode something, and they obviously had some connection to the Mythosaur, and so the legend began that they used them as mounts.
To be fair, the most dangerous animals tend to be herbivores. A lot of predators actually won't attack unless they think that they'll win, and that it'll be worth the effort. When you have to hunt to eat, you need to be in fighting condition, so predators often tend to be somewhat cautious (this is obviously not always the case). A lot of really big herbivores, however, do not have this caution, and it's on sight if they decide that they don't like your vibes - hippos and rhinos for example. The mythosaur teeth in that image do look like an herbivore's, they remind me of a horse's teeth. I'm now imagining the mythosaur as sort of a combination rhino/zebra (zebras are basically undomesticated donkeys and also fall into the category of herbivores who will unalive you on sight) Which still leads to a funny image; the mythosaur peacefully grazing and minding its own business, the Mando'ad coming a little too close, the mythosaur losing its shit and the Mando'ad responding entirely in kind.
I think that juvenile mythosaurs were apart of the right of passage of young mandalorians. I think they were predatory, and but that they start exclusively herbivore and in later life they go through a metamorphosis into their adult phase that is usually killed by whole tribes. based on the skull it would look like a pig because the skull shape and form is that of an ungulate. the long teeth might be used for cutting bark, digging, or cutting trees. since this is suppose to be a bird-lizard the closes earth equivalent appears to be P. Placerias with the teeth forming a beak. the long tusk may have been an Elder, with the depiction of a more predatory subspecies, or because of humans a later mutation hunted, or that there are a range of species called mithosaurs simply because they were killed and not documented.
I think the front teeth would sheer with the bottom. And the back would grind and crack Bone. So a Hadrasaur sized preditor. With short tusks for defence.
They could be like prehistoric dinosaurs with various carnivorous and herbivorous species that thousands of years later were just classified as one as with many jurassic theropods being classified as megalosaurus subspecies in the late 19th century despite the fact that some of those species were herbivorous theropods as seen by studying their fossils
Theory: Mythosaurs weren't just one single species. Also, maybe Disney retconned them back into existence with The Mandalorian, changing the lore to that they rode them as well?
It’s possible that the size may vary between species and the fact that these creature can be seen throughout the planet may mean some of them may have evolved to better suit their environment like a form of subspecies like the jungle rancor
Clearing up two things here. 1. This wasn't some weird anti-hunting message. 2. Of course it being a herbivore doesn't mean it will be easy to kill or that it isn't aggressive. The next line is "not that killing a stegosaurus isn't badass". Point is the official image and the Mandalorian's telling is supposed to make you think they were hunting apex predators, you're supposed to think they fought massive killers with razor sharp teeth ect. So it's kinda funny if they were just chillin eating leaves and the maniac mandos showed up and challenged them to a fight to death for ownership of Mandalore.
Hippos and buffalos are more agressive and dangerous than any carnivore in Africa, so mythosaurs could be herbivores and still the most dangerous animals on Mandalore.
RIP
Mysikrysa Yup
@@Mysikrysa They don't call the Cape Buffalo the "Black Death" for nothing.
Yea like the Mud Horn in the Mando series,I'm sure that was a Herbivore and it would have killed him
Mythosaur: Minding its own business chewing some grass
Mandolorians: FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT
Just like how American settlers nearly hunted the Buffalo to extinction.
Largest animals on earth are herbivores.
"Our battle will be legendary!"
Just chilling sipping some tea...
"What are those odd little bipedals doing?"
I love learning the history and culture of sci-fi warriors.
Has anyone ever thought that when he says "ancestors rode the great mythosaur", that perhaps it was a callback to the animated holiday special? Boba Fett's first appearance was in the cartoon, and he was riding a huge dinosaur, as well as weilding a weapon similar to the Mandalorian's rifle. Although, both beasts are different in design, take it skull-wise. Just a thought, a callback to the obscure.
Totally wild to piece those parts together. A fair theory but, I dont think Boba Fett is actually a mandalorian, hes a clone of his father and a bounty hunter soooo.. I dont know if he is or isnt but, anyways it's not as crazy as the shop owner giving grandpa wookie VIRTUAL SPACE PORN FOR CHRISTMAS!!😄😄
Boba could totally be a Mandalorian. Being a Mandalorian isn't about what species you are, it's about following "The Six Actions" (Resol'nare) which are: Wearing the armour, Talking the Language, defending yourself and your family, raising your children as Mandalorians, Helping the Clan and Rallying to the cause of the Mand'alor when requested. If you follow them, You will be considered a Mandalorian.
The aspect of being a clone may seem a little off-putting since Boba isn't a DIRECT Mandalorian descendant, yes, yet Drakefance's comment about Mando culture can be put into aspect here. Even though Boba isn't technically a "blood-born" Mandalorian, he still posesses his father's DNA (and we know Jango was an actual Mando), and had taken up Mandalorian gear and virtues, and so essentially is one, albeit a sort of bastardization of sorts. It is what you think, and I appreciate the opinions on the idea.
@@natarito2056 Mandalorians arent just a people, it's a culture and way of life.
Fett wears the armor and follows the old laws, he's a Mandalorian.
@@Drakefance5 ok I didnt know that that's actually really cool. Glad to have that cleared up.👌
I think "mythosaur" is a catch-all term for several species of animal, or at least an entire clade of animals, similar to the word "Dinosaur" on our planet.
Or even more similar to dragons in our legends. There are many types of dragons on the paintings, statues etc. And there were certainly some real animals that inspired the legends, like crocodiles, big monitor lizards, Komodo dragons which even have the word dragon in their official name...
@@Mysikrysa the skull looks like it came from a retarded goat though
@@carlosandleon Well that's just the sigil, realistically speaking it's probably gonna look like a dragon as fan artwork shows
@@DracoSafarius sure, a dragon with rabbit teeth
@@carlosandleon Probably akin to working like a beak, with bottom jaw offering a wider set that passes on the sides
The deadliest animal to man in Africa is the hippo, also a herbivore.
We've seen them fuckers eating corpses, definitely not a full veggie diet
@@martinxy1291 no. their digestive system is that of a vegetarian, but similarly to pandas who have a carnivorous digestive system, they eat food that isn't beneficial to their digestive systems due to circumstance.
Actually it’s technically the mosquito, but fair point anyways
@@martinxy1291 they'll eat corpses but frequently throw it back up. Because they are herbivores.
Really it’s not like a lion, or something else 😂
Anyone here after the Mandalorian Season 3 episode 2? Crazy episode man
Id like to believe that its the art style in which the sigil was drawn in that makes it look like that. kinda how shark faces are on old war planes. We know the sharks dont look like that exactly but thats what they represent if that makes sense.
Yeah the front teeth almost look cartoonishly stretched out, the proportions must have been manipulated for artistic detail to atleast some extent
Its most definitely an art style
Was thinking the exact same thing
Who else got chills from seeing the Mythosaurus?
Plot twist
Mythosaurs are actually the size of iguanas
The iguana in Godzilla 1998 was pretty big
And they’re just really hard to catch.
meaning the shoulder image is real size
Well just think of the hippo, they are murderous herbivore. The Mythosaur could have been like the hippo but more territorial and more murderous. Think how hard it would be to kill a hippo with axes and swords
Robert Larson true! Additionally, there could’ve been more features on its body that would’ve potentially added to how dangerous it was in combat.
@@blunderabluez besides its massive tusks. . . I'm thinking the size of an elephant with the behavior of a hippo, that would do it
Herbivores are usually the ones that put up large fights. Predators tend to run away unless theyre the ones attacking.
More like a "Reek" from the petranaki arena, even Mando fight it and baby yoda lift that thing. It's a full size rhino, strong indeed.
Giant dragons hunted and admired by the Mandalorians, and also symbol of their powerful culture in Legends of course.
The newest episode of the mandilorian showed a bona-fide mythosaur ! It's way bigger than a dragon but a godamn mountain
It’s freaking huuuuugeeeee, I’m so glad we all got to see it the legendary greatness that is the mythosaur!!
What's pretty interesting is that the Mythosaurs are actually related to the Basiliskans with the Basiliskans being their ancestors. The Basiliskans being the race which made the Basilisk war droids which are also a staple of Mandalorian culture
I love it how this vid gives one the feeling that this is real history that needs to be researched
Why do I feel like a lot of new people are going to watch this?
Forget bounty hunting and crusading, the mandalorians should open a marketing firm
I’m wondering why that mythosaur skull has a Harry Potter scar… 😂
"Yer a wizard, Anakin!"
More like, why does Harry Potter have a Mythosaur scar?
The mythosaur was probably too large for a Taung's clan's ship to move to their home otherwise they would have done so. A venator can hold a 60 ton zillow beast if the war material is cleared out and given how cargo capacity doesn't change much in the galaxy, i am guessing the mythosaur is the size of around the weight of 20 thousand dewbacks?
Fucking what?
@@soupcake3092 ikr
I think that their were multiple species referred to by the same name is what happened
Like how we call all dinosaurs as such, but we dont call all dinosaurs t-rexs.
@@daorkimedes7076 exactly
If the bones of the beasts still decorate the landscape, massive size would be required. Smaller bones wouldn't stick around long after death.
We also know of titanic life forms with dramatically disproportionate bodies. Brachiosaurus had rather tiny heads, huge bodies, and long slender tails. Add a pair of horns and adjust the jaw and you got a pretty solid critter that any Mando worth his blaster would get a battle boner over.
Not to mention hunting them for epic battles has their own suggestive insights. These creatures were probably herbivores that outgrew any natural predator, and would have probably become highly territorial and aggressive, to avoid sharing food sources with competitors.
If a large alpha predator hunted them naturally, they would've been the Mando target of choice.
Legends has it, that there is still existing mythosaur in the living river.
They say it hibernates deep below the surface of the river to keep away from those that struck down the rest of its kind.
2:27 Now that's a clan….
When I was little I loved boba fett but I always thought it was a picture of his weird dog
Lol
that´s a cool theory. :D
Those teeth look almost like a shovel. Makes me wonder if the teeth and tusks weren't used for rooting and digging work, turning over logs, rocks etc, scraping down walls of something like a termite mound, working bark off trees, getting thick roots out of the ground, that kind of thing.
Came here after The Mines of Mandalore. It's Huge!
This is the Way.
Since the Mandalorian started. I keep coming back to this quote from The Man who shot liberty Valance. “ This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Idk. It may be a mute point. I just think it fits so well with their race.
Word. Great movie too.
Not to be an ass - it's a 'moot' point. Easy mistake if you've never seen it in print.
Here after the mandalorian episode
would be cool to see it live action one day.
You got your wish
I would like to see it in the Mandalorian in future seasons like as a flash back or something
This video is probably about to start getting a bunch of views in the next day
A theory is that there were two types of "mythosaurs", huge apex dinos that were similar in appearance, one species was carnivorous and another that was herbivorous (or perhaps omnivorous). The carnivorous species was already dying out, due to the greater success of smaller more agile predators, and Mandalorians wiped them out rather quickly. However, the herbivore species was far more plentiful, and still very difficult to kill due to its size and natural defenses, so the early stories based on the great carnivores were simply attached to the other huge dino that remained. As time passed however, the herbivore mythosaur died off as well due to overhunting, and only the shared legend remained.
Its HERE ITS HERE!!!!
I really like it as a symbol. I got it tattooed on my arm as one of my two star wars tattoos
Mandolorains:come to planet
friendly reptile:eating a salad
Mandolorains: we must kill them all
I really like it how he said they road them rather than killed them. The team they have doing the story and checking the compatibility with lore aren’t stupid so this was definitely done on purpose. It’s like how stories are stretched, exaggerated, and straight up misinformed. It’s nice immersion :)
Yeah I agree. I expect a lot of people to think it's new canon not knowing the lore but I think it's the opposite, that like you said in real life the stories change and myths spread more
Rode*
MetaNerdz Lore I wish there were speculations on Jedi and Sith. Maybe having people share stories that greatly exaggerate the powers of force users. Even if they had people describe known battles in far flung language around a campfire.
I personally feel like the mythosaur was very similar to the Krayt dragon. They went from the size of a person as babies to gargantuan as adults. The thing was no matter how big or small it was it was still a mythosaur. I'm also going to nix the them being a herbivore. I'm not meaning to be aggressive here but you can't be the apex predator if you're a herbivore... except maybe on Felucia.
Edit: I also feel a heavy need to point out that the teeth likely do not point directly down like in the artwork, I think it's just there to exaggerate what it actually looks like. Also to simpilize the sigil, like how human skulls tend to have the teeth just jut out of the skull.
Who’s here after seeing the Mythosaur in ep 2 on mando season 3
In my mind, I stick to the first appearance of the mythosaur, whose bones were so big buildings could fit inside them. That is the most epic and worthy of the lore surrounding the species. I think however, there is another option. On Earth we have hundreds of thousands of dinosaurs, so the most obvious way to solve all of the apparent discrepancies with mythosaur appearance, size, and dentition, is to accept that mythosaurs were likely many different species just like dinosaurs. Suddenly it makes more sense, solves continuity issues, and I think seems even more impressive as a feat. It also makes the Mandalorians were to mythosaurs what meteors were to dinosaurs joke much more accurate as well.
Here after the new Mandalorian episode
That was some pacific rim kaiju shit right there from the mandalorian episode
Mythosaur vs Krayt Dragon
I think they are most likely a herbivore like that drawing you showed, but the front teeth would likely be covered by lips. I think those front teeth could be used to pull tough plants from the ground, and since it has forward facing eyes it probably had no predators. Thats because most herbivores have eyes on the side of their head so they can see approaching carnivores, but mythosaurs had front facing eyes so that means they were able to adapt to stereoscopic vision instead of needing to watch for predators. The horns/tusks were probably used to battle other mythosaurs, or maybe to dig up roots of plants to eat or help pull them out easier. I wish there were bones other than just the skull, i would love to see what this thing actually looks like!
When marvel comics decide to change the punisher logo to a mythosaur skull and gave him katanas instead of guns.
We need someone to do a forensic recreation based off the skull.
Another theory is that the sigil represents the skull of an immature Mythosaur, not yet fully grown. Perhaps the adults proved too difficult even for the Tuang to take down, so they had to kill the juveniles, rendering the species extinct over time.
I also like another theory from comments about 'Mythosaur' being a cognomen for many different species, much like Dinosaur is for us
Maybe
Ive heard accounts of them being city sized creatures though and to be fair I have yet to have heard anything specifying a diet for the mythosaur though at least as for the history of earth the largest dinosaurs where in fact herbavores probably due to available food
Who’s here after watching Season 3 Episode 2 of The Mandalorian? 😂😂
Yes, the Mythosaur made it!
It's finally here!!!!!
Comments I seen from the Mythosaur clips: “After 40+ years, we finally get to see what the Mandalorian Sigil is based from.”
Deep fans and people who watched this video years prior: “Kids.”
Herbivores are usually the ones that put up large fights. Predators tend to run away unless theyre the ones attacking.
Also, if visitors were afraid of the corpses then these things had to be huge.
So mandalorians are what would have become the dragon riders if hiccup didn't happen.
Good to know :D
I would love to see a Mando theme park
Teeth suggest a herbivore, but that doesnt mean it's any less intimidating. Rhinos, elephants and hippos aren't exactly pushovers especially if you're taking them on with a pointed stick.
It could have been a massive herbivorous creature that evolved to have very strong defensive capabilities so that no predators on the planet could challenge it for territory. Sort of like rhinos on earth. Great video man! I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about the species.
I would think of the Mythosaur as gigantic carnivore beast. I would even go far as to put it at the size of a AT-AT.
Id say the herbivore theory makes more sense, i honestly think it makes it cooler, that drawing of it looks awesome. A predator being that large would just be ineffective, but a herbivore that big is much more plausible because it wouldnt need to hunt and theres food everywhere. Those elongated front teeth could be used to pull tough plants from the ground which could be chewed with the thick molars inside the mouth. And i do think it couldve been very large, but definitely not the size of an ATAT, maybe around the size of a T.rex, id put it at around 40 feet long. Maybe the tusks/horns could be used by males fighting over mates, or other purposes.
Lets just say that the image of the mythasaur at 4:20 is dead on what episode 2 of mandalorian just showed....!! I paused them both to analyze the beasts side by side and yessir! Bo Katan was literally only about the size of the nose ridge on its brow... O.o
Don't forget Mandalorians used the Mythosaur bone for edged weapons, pole axe blades, spear heads. the Taung, Mandalore the Indomitable's spear was mythosaur bone. I recall the bone being valued because something about not needing to ever be resharpened of something.
There's some other weirdness on a failed mandalorian retconn with Durge's Master Jaing and the mythosaur emblem also where for while the emblem was suppose to be his head, i just remember it being presistant barrage of annoying prequel retconning around episode 2 at the time, in this case didn't stick as well as others.
p.s Glad you mentioned the City of Bone base.
I seriously have to subscribe to watch most of your videos ???
I'm saying the mythosaur was about the size of a teenage sauropod, probably with the temperament of a bull or worse
Years after this video and now watching the book of Boba fett up to episode 6 I think Mando is gonna tame a mythosaur when he goes to redeem himself in the salt mine thats when we will see one for the first time but that's what I think is gonna happen .
sounds like a myth
Mythosaurs are really fascinating when it comes fo Star Wars lore...
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APMEX just came out with the Mandalorian Mythosaur Silver Coin. Only 25,000 produced worldwide if anyone wants to collect it. The coin is also legal tender under the island of Niue as well.
Looks like you got to see it on Tv afterall
The skull emblem wasn't stylized?
I wanna say it was and that whoever commissioned that "model" just wanted to make that 2d into 3d, rather than try to imagine what it should look like
Uhmmmmm.... Mythosaur? A creature of Myth?
Alright guys! Who is back here getting caught up on the old Mando lore after the newest Mando episode?
Here after Mandalorian S3 ep2
People who came to see this video after seeing mandalorian season 3 episode 2
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I think its a bit bigger than a Krait-Dragon.
yeah i could see that
I think it was more of an Omnivore. Much like Dragons (referencing “Gate: Thus the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fought There”), individual Mythosaurs have Active Periods that focused on eating meat AND inactive hibernating periods proceeded by eating vegetation. The younger ones probably has shorter cycles & the larger ones probably had longer cycles & such.
I like this way of looking at it, and could even toss in something like certain bear behaviors where they can spend large amounts of time eating whatever plant matter they come across but won't hesitate to make or steal a kill of meat.
To clear things up, Draco Safarius, there is a specific reason I referenced GATE, its because the elder Mythosaurs can sleep hundreds to thousands of years, long enough for its Food supply to Replenish & such…
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Given their presumed size and dragon inspiration, they might have also fed on rocks and they would clear out entire ecosystems, resetting and renewing the land.
Valid, @@andresmarrero8666, but only if their overall diet is forced them to eat such stones…
Can u do a vid on the interdictor class of ISDs?
I was looking for a video on this not too long ago 🙂
When I was younger I always thought they would look like the Reek from the clone wars arena fight.
I know this! A herbivore just chilling but gets pissed when it's chill is disturbed.
I think it's more of a top down view. As a way to symbolize the mandalorians looking down at such a creature once its been defeated
Myth..... it's in the name and I love it.
After season 3 episode 3 we are getting the opportunity to see a mythosaur. It'll be cool to see what happens with the mythosaur.
I think mythosaurs where a large group of species, like dinosaurs were. So you had some very dragon like warmachine sized mythosaurs like the one in the art, meant to be taken down by groups in a sort of raid, and others with an elongated snout and herbivorous teeth that posed a major threat to one or more people (a sort of boss fight, if you will). I wouldn't be suprised if there were raptor sized pack hunters for 1v1 duels or large herbivores that were equivalent in size to an AT-AT that were meant to be taken on by the highest rank groups.
I kinda figured that the comment about riding the mythosaur was an in-universe mistake. Like, he/society remembered that the ancient Mandalorians rode something, and they obviously had some connection to the Mythosaur, and so the legend began that they used them as mounts.
When ever I hear mythosaur I can only think of a massive dragon
4:40 ur wish came true with the release of the mandalorian season 3 ep 2… insane to think they’re in live action now
What is a mythosaur?
*My answer:* Space dragons 😂
Please do a video about the wampa
In the older lore the Mandalorian capital city was housed WITHIN a mythosaur skull.
Forward facing eyes usually entails predators
We need to see it in the new mando show reworked to look like it should.
To be fair, the most dangerous animals tend to be herbivores. A lot of predators actually won't attack unless they think that they'll win, and that it'll be worth the effort. When you have to hunt to eat, you need to be in fighting condition, so predators often tend to be somewhat cautious (this is obviously not always the case). A lot of really big herbivores, however, do not have this caution, and it's on sight if they decide that they don't like your vibes - hippos and rhinos for example. The mythosaur teeth in that image do look like an herbivore's, they remind me of a horse's teeth. I'm now imagining the mythosaur as sort of a combination rhino/zebra (zebras are basically undomesticated donkeys and also fall into the category of herbivores who will unalive you on sight)
Which still leads to a funny image; the mythosaur peacefully grazing and minding its own business, the Mando'ad coming a little too close, the mythosaur losing its shit and the Mando'ad responding entirely in kind.
.... "made from the sternum of a mythosaur"
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Lol, i was also wondering about mytgosaur since they mentioned it in the Mandalorian
Well, clearly it's on Lucasfilm to give us more accurate art, depicting ancient Mandalorian culture and leisure activities.
I think that juvenile mythosaurs were apart of the right of passage of young mandalorians. I think they were predatory, and but that they start exclusively herbivore and in later life they go through a metamorphosis into their adult phase that is usually killed by whole tribes. based on the skull it would look like a pig because the skull shape and form is that of an ungulate. the long teeth might be used for cutting bark, digging, or cutting trees. since this is suppose to be a bird-lizard the closes earth equivalent appears to be P. Placerias with the teeth forming a beak.
the long tusk may have been an Elder, with the depiction of a more predatory subspecies, or because of humans a later mutation hunted, or that there are a range of species called mithosaurs simply because they were killed and not documented.
I think the front teeth would sheer with the bottom. And the back would grind and crack Bone. So a Hadrasaur sized preditor. With short tusks for defence.
They could be like prehistoric dinosaurs with various carnivorous and herbivorous species that thousands of years later were just classified as one as with many jurassic theropods being classified as megalosaurus subspecies in the late 19th century despite the fact that some of those species were herbivorous theropods as seen by studying their fossils
Thought the Mythosaur was shown in Star Wars Episode 2 during the arena battle? Anikin was riding around while in battle.
Theory: Mythosaurs weren't just one single species. Also, maybe Disney retconned them back into existence with The Mandalorian, changing the lore to that they rode them as well?
It’s possible that the size may vary between species and the fact that these creature can be seen throughout the planet may mean some of them may have evolved to better suit their environment like a form of subspecies like the jungle rancor