Steve Backshall seems like a really good sport. Got right into the spirit of this and acted like one of the guys. Sounds like you all had fun making this
My little brother used to love Deadly 60 and some of his other shows. I really enjoy watching Steve because you can see just how fascinated he is by the natural world and how excited he gets over things that most people would be scared by, because it's just so cool what nature has brought into being and he wants to share that with everyone.
I am 100% behind utahraptor. I was in a natural history museum, came around a corner and came face to face with the jaws and teeth of a utahraptor mount right at my head height. There was some clenching that happened. Other dinosaurs could very well kill us if they wanted to, but utahraptors would absolutely hunt us.
A gun could penetrate utahraptors skin a lot easier, I’d be worried about Dino’s with thicker skins. Also, they weren’t that intelligent, not nearly as much as portrayed in the media. We also don’t have any fossil evidence of them hunting or living in packs.
@Dorkyartist I’m pretty sure the list is about which dinosaurs would have been a threat to early humans, if guns and other modern weapons are allowed than none of them stand a chance against us. So yeah Utahraptor would take the cake cause we would be the perfect prey for them.
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@@AnimeSunglasses I'd say that would be possible since they were intelligent enough to know friend from foe or friend from prey.
I also agree with utahraptor because of the key fact that they would regard is as ideal sized prey and out in an efffort. . T Rex would likely regard us as too small too be worth chasing
Oh! That would be awesome! I know a lot of it is now outdated, but I still rewatch his time travels from time to time. A while back I got to show my grandchildren what I'd originally watched with my kids.
I know they aren't dinosaurs, but big pterosaurs like Azhdarchids would be absolute nightmares. Anyone who's seen how pelicans behave would understand how terrifying one the size of a giraffe would be.
You can't outrun an azhdarchid, you can't climb a tree, you can't float in the ocean, and you sure as hell can't fight it. It's a 0 percent survival probability
Yes and you could not escape from them even if you scaled the tallest trees around. I think that would leave no place to feel slightly safer or escape their clutches and/or jaws.
Just want to say .. thank you, Steve Backshaw. As someone who grew up with Steve Irwin on TV, having you around to continue on the same kind of legacy for a newer generation has always been something I've loved. Showing how wild and crazy nature can be, while showing how you need to treat the animals with the utmost care and respect. I appreciate everything you've done for wildlife enthusiasts ❤
I kinda thought by the context of Steve's show what dinosaur would be the deadliest to a human, not its usual prey. He is such a treat to have with you in a video, love it
I agree with Doug that theoretically, the most dangerous dino to humans would be Utahraptor. We'd have been the perfect size for a meal for those dinos. Also, just imagine it using its raptor prey restraint on you. Though in practice I'm 99% sure that a ceratopsian or hadrosaur would have the highest human kill count, mostly due to people being complacent around them.
And you can imagine a lot of people thinking that because ceratopsians and hadrosaurs are herbivores, they'd be friendly and/or could be tamed and domesticated. In reality I'd expect the ceratopsians to be as foul-tempered as rhinos.
Probably my favourite video I've seen in a while. I've grown up with Steve's Deadly 60 series. In addition, T.rex is also my favourite dinosaur so this video made me feel very happy.
Tyrannosaurus was completely broken. Deadly at just about every stage of life. Ridiculously fast growth, built for speed and agility, and crazy bite forces at each stage of life yea I gotta give it to them
Steve should definitely be in the thumbnail for this as didn't realise he was featured until I watched But regardless great vid, yes trex is victor forever and always
Emilia: mentions an animal. Also Emilia: "I love that animal". Every time! May I suggest a "Paleo - The Gathering" deck of playing cards to settle the dispute?
Udanoceratops. Imagine an obtuse parrot lizard the size of a cow. The type specimen had healed scars on it's bones from fighting with rivals, so they were vicious with a beak big enough to shear the limb off of a human being.
This video was a blast! Awesome to see you guys and Steve together talking about dinosaurs! Keep up the great content, sharing your passion and updates on prehistoric life!
I agree with Steve’s decision - another factor with T.rex is how it filled mesopredator and apex predator roles at different stages of its life, making it even more dominant in its habitat.
I actually think that, out of the main contenders, T. Rex would have been the least dangerous to humans. As you explained, we think that T. Rex might have been a cursorial predator, able to follow prey for kilometres, closing in, but without sudden bursts of speed. But if humans are good at something it's specifically at keeping a good enduring speed for a very long distance. I'd definitely not want to run a Marathon with a T. rex behind me, but if the alternative is any other therapod that might outrun me in the first 20 seconds, I'll take my chances with the king tyrant.
Not to mention that the T-Rex foreshadows it's approach with earthquake stomps so it's easy to know when to hide. On the other hand they can be completely silent and appear suddenly for dramatic effect too, so I suppose it depends on the individual T-Rex's grasp on the ongoing narrative. Do they achieve greater literary agency with age?
@@jed1nat thats in Jurassic park and even those t rexes have shown to be very stealthy when hunting. Real t rexes had cushion padded feet that allowed them to be silent all the time
I'm not sure about that. Yes we are a incredible long distance runners... for mammals. However ostriches are better than us because birds have a more efficient respiratory system with air sacks. Non-avian theropods had the same thing going on, so their endurance could have been unprecedented compared to modern predators. The thing with T.rex and other megatheropods however is that if we discuss strictly adults then: 1) they probably won't bother to waste energy chancing down a nimble enough prey item which they'll eat in one bite afterwards and forget about it & 2) can't follow you into a dense forest where they have to knock down every tree to get to you
I think the T rex is indeed worthy of being one of the deadliest. But hear me out. I’m not talking about the 13m adult Rex, but what’s worse than that? A juvenile or a sub adult rex! The prey animals around Rex were absolutely terrifying, so an adult human would be the perfect prey item for a juvenile Rex. They were also much faster than adults. Not to mention, a Rex life span suggests that they lived fast died young, so they wouldn’t even reach their max size for 2/3rd of their life.
This is such a sweet video. Watched a good chunk of Steve's stuff but didn't know he was so well versed on dinosaurs too, though it definitely makes sense, lol. Meanwhile I love the channel hosts too! Their enthusiasm is so addictive! Thank you, all of you!
16:32 a better thing to compare with would be bison. They can kill a grizzly bear by slamming straight into it. They don't hook with horns like a buffalo.
I think he meant it in the sense that cape buffaloes are known for their aggression and cause a lot of human deaths each year compared to other animals.
@@Andrey.Ivanov Bison are known for killing more people than grizzly bears. They consider humans to not matter mostly but from time to time someone will annoy one.
The cassowary has often been labelled "the world's most dangerous bird", although in terms of recorded statistics, it pales in comparison to the common ostrich, which is recorded to kill two to three humans per year in South Africa. - Wikipedia
I think chickens would win. Deadly as in people dying because of it: virusses, choking, even infections due to consumption. Chicken will be top of that list, no question... Well, maybe one question: would a big predatory dinosaur also taste like chicken? 🤔🤔
@@GoldenXBootsconsidering that crocodiles apparently taste like chicken I think it's fair to assume that all archosaurs taste similar. So no, dinosaurs wouldn't taste like chicken, chicken tastes like dinosaurs - because it is one
@@JellyLockealligators taste like slightly fishy chicken if they're raised on fish (and farms 'gators usually eat catfish because it's cheap). So the overtones of the fat would be diet dependent for any archosaurs... Which we could probably get now by feeding some chickens catfish. They will eat anything, murderous little omnivores that they are.
Now you guys need to summon Nigel Marven to discuss about the most horrific prehistoric marine animals that ever lived. Also if it was my top 3 dangerous dinosaurs: - _Tyrannosaurus rex._ I know, cliche. But it is a cliche for a good(? Horrific?) reason. We've been inundated with _Tyrannosaurus_ from so many media and their many inaccuracies and we grew tired of it, we forgot that the real animal was just so capable in pretty much every situation it has been in. Maybe this is why God need to send 2 asteroids and an entire country erupting to kill off non-avian dinosaurs. - _Kelenken guillermoi._ Yes. _Kelenken._ A terror bird. That thing can run and that thing WILL run down horses if it lives in modern world. And it also got killer claw like dromaeosaurids (only in less extreme scale) - _Dreadnoughtus schrani._ May well be not the longest, but with one of the most complete fossils we can sort of infer how heavy _Dreadnoughtus_ would be. I do not want to get in the way of a 50-ton angry herbivore. Especially if it's as bulky as the one in Prehistoric Planet and are in heat.
I'd replace either of the latter two with good old _Triceratops horridus._ Assume it has the awful temper of a modern herbivore, attach horns over a meter long to its head pointing directly forward, and make it both as big as living elephants and just small enough to still have human-sized life on its radar, and you've got an animal that would be a nightmare to be targeted by. At least something like _Dreadnoughtus_ is so big it'd just kill you in one step; our three-horned friend can make it a slower, more painful affair.
@@GalvyTheTom if we talk ceratopsian I would be more terrified of _Udanoceratops tschizhovi_ to be honest. Have you seen those jaws?! They may not gonna impale you, but they can definitely shear your arms off no problems. And _Udanoceratops_ are big for leptoceratopsid. That thick AF mandible gave me sleepless nightmare...
Yes easily I’d be more afraid of birds that ruled after dinosaurs such as Kelenken, Brontornis, Paleopsilopterus, Argentavis, Haasts Eagle and even the herbivores like Gastornis, Dromnoris, Moa or Garganoris than most non-Avian dinosaurs, because those ones listed all would see us as good prey, a decent threat to young/eggs and a decent annoyance.
@@bruh949 just in time a new, as of yet undescribed specimen of phorusrhacid has just been discovered in Colombia and allegedly even bigger than _K. guillermoi_ at 155kg. I do not want to get in the way of such monstrosity.
I agree with Doug here. Utahraptor is the only animal on this list that's likely to prey upon humans. It'd be extremely dangerous for humans to be around.
Allosaurus, for the apparent commoness of them. They are a large therapod that will end you as easily as any other and they seem to have been one of the most common large sized dinosaurus in their habitat.
I thought the premise was most dangerous for humans rather than overall. For that, utahraptor. The fact they could group hunt makes them much scarlet than the giants
Stegosaurus. Fossil evidence proves the wicked defensive capabilities of the tail spikes when looking at the pelvic bones of Allosaurus. A spike seamless fits perfectly into the space of an injured hip bone of an Allosaurus. (Ouch)
I honestly think if Trex existed alongside us, both species would learn to avoid each other. Hunter gatherer tribes regularly brought down mammoths with atlatl darts, and with how hunter gathers would travel in groups of 70 - 140 people I believe the tyrant king would quickly learn to avoid human camps. Of course, lone hunting parties would still run the risk of being attacked.
If T.rex coexisted with humans I am certain that adults will not bother hunting them. An animal of that size will probably loose more energy hunting a human that it would gain from eating it. Juveniles will be a much more substantial problem for stone age people because on top of the fact that at a certain size range humans will perfectly fit on the menu, they also were a lot faster than adults. A fit human could possibly outrun a T.rex at short distance but not a juvenile. Plus they could enter dencer forests and smaller caves that the adults. I imagine that in a speculative scenario like this humans will likely make an effort to raid T.rex nests with some distracting the adults while others would steal the eggs and/or the hatchlings.
@ yes but a single atlatl dart could mortally wound a Rex. All it takes is a blow that gets past the rib cage and hits the lung and the Rex will bleed to death. As for caves, due to our ability to harness fire, we frequently lived pretty deep into caves, deep enough that even juveniles wouldn’t be able to follow.
Before I go any further, I would say the overall deadliest dinosaur (though technically not a dinosaur) to humans would definitely be Quetzalcoatlus/Hatzegopteryx. As tall as a giraffe, able to fly at up to 80 miles an hour, and with an 8 foot long beak capable of grabbing and swallowing a baby dinosaur, or a human, whole.
The problem with that is their prey is limited by its weight. I think the estimated weight for those pterosaurs is lower than that of a human. Also, while their jaws were surely large enough, their bodies pretty much weren't; remember that compared to modern animals, pterosaurs' heads and beaks were disproportionately large. If they ate too much, they wouldn't be able to fly to escape potential predators. Also, something as heavy as a human might actually damage their bones. And that's assuming they could actually fit a whole human in their stomachs, since most of their "size" was in neck and head length and wingspan. The stomach wasn't necessarily that large. That's not to say they wouldn't still try to eat us, but it'd be a lot messier and they wouldn't eat us whole. I'm not an expert or anything, though, so an expert may say otherwise.
It was a lot of fun seeing you guys make a cheesy TV-style show like this. ❤ It reminds of Animal Face-off and similar things I watched as a kid. But unlike those shows, you actually stuck to the latest science and didn't overhype anything too ridiculously. Nicely done as always.
The thing is that T.rex probably would have gone for something human sized as prey at some point during it's lifetime, and seeing how it probably dominated it's ecosystem during different stages of it's life cycle but with different niches i think that a sub-adult T.rex would have been a greater threat (if only by little) to a human
no i agree, juvenile tyrannosaurs are fast runners and we could fit more in their prey size-range, and aove all they would e more common than the massive adults, and as dinos larger clucht sizes.than e.g a large mammal predator would have. T. rexes lived most of their lives as teenagers, growing moderately slow until they hit a massive growth spurt in their teens and lived somewhat short lifes as full-grown adults (oldest t. rex found is not even 30 y.o). The large ones would e comparatively rare, usually the case with large predators. one of the reasons put forward to as why rex ecosystem seem to lack alot of mid-sized or smaller large theropod predators, the niche-partioning etween juvenile rexes and adult rexes filled that space.
Hey! What a cool episode! Ben, Doug, Emilia, Steve! Thank you for this guys! This Is 🔥🔥🔥 By the way, now that we're in special guest territory, i'd love to see Jeff Corwin
If we got a Prehistoric Deadly 60, here’s the episode list & animal lineup; EP1 - Late Cretaceous North America Tyrannosaurus Triceratops Ankylosaurus EP2 - Late Cretaceous North America 2 Pachycephalosaurs Acheroraptor Quetzalcoatlus EP3 - Western Interior Seaway Mosasaurus Xiphactinus Pteranodon Hesperornis EP4 - Late Pleistocene South America Smilodon populator Megatherium Arctotherium EP5 - Late Pleistocene Russia Mammathus primigenius Elasmotherium Cave Lion EP6 - Late Permian Inostrancevia Rhinesuchus Weigeltisaurus Euchambersia EP7 - Early Permian Dimetrodon Diplocaulus Eryops EP8 - Carboniferous Arthropleura Meganeura Pholiderpeton Pulmonoscorpius EP9 - Late Jurassic North America Allosaurus Ornitholestes Stegosaurus EP10 - Late Jurassic North America 2 Torvosaurus Diplodocus Ceratosaurus EP11 - Eocene Barinasuchus Boverisuchus Hyenadon Basilosaurus EP12 - Late Cretaceous Mongolia Velociraptor Oviraptor Protoceratops EP13 - Late Cretaceous Mongolia 2 Therizinosaurus Tarbosaurus Mononykus Tarchia EP14 - Middle Cretaceous Africa Spinosaurus Carcharodontosaurus Kaprosuchus Rugops EP15 - Middle Cretaceous South America Giganotosaurus Megaraptor Skorpiovenator Argentinosaurus EP16 - Late Pleistocene North America American Lion Mammathus columbi Dire Wolf EP17 - Middle Permian Anteosaurus Titanosuchus Helicoprion EP18 - Late Triassic Coelophysis Fasolasuchus
I love this so much. Seeing such informative material presented by passionate, knowledgeable people with a huge sense of fun is such a joy. I'm all in for the new channel, I wish you great success.
great video! I really enjoyed the way you explored the topic. but honestly, I think the Spinosaurus is often overlooked as a contender for the deadliest dinosaur. its size and adaptability could make it more dangerous than the T. rex, don’t you think?
For the most dangerous to humans I would pick Allosaurus Fragilis, it is fast enough to catch someone yet bulky enough to rip a person to absolute shreds. If anyone wants a peek as to what that looks like Brian Engh has you covered.
Trex is the king. One thing I do not understand is why people get hung up on the bone eating thing. The largest bone riddled corprolite was that of an allosaurus. You don't need to cruch down to eat bone and get marrow. On the other hand, a 13m long barrel of muscle that is designed to wrestle down and tear apart massive, armed, armoured and dangerous prey is to me is the awesome part.
My pick is a herd of drunken Bruhathkayosaurus. If you know what drunken elephants can do, you will understand me. They would literally flatten moderately-sized towns. Vic Hoskins would absolutely like this!
Wow this is great. I love to see smart adults who know what theyre talking about answering my childhood questions. Thankyou guys! Sure this is super entertaining but i learned at least 1 thing per minute since it really got going. Awesome stuff you guy's great job. I bet yall enjoy your jobs! I hope so!
I think carnivorous marine reptiles would be extremely deadly as well, first of the reason being that we are not even adapted to be fast enough in the water
Nothing compares to Tyrannosaurus Rex, nothing. It was an eagle eyed, 18,000 pound, bloodhound nosed, 15mph wrecking machine that has no equal in the history of this planet. A literal living nightmare. All hail the king baby!
Next do a deadliest synapsid and have some examples that some people have not heard of like Gorynychus sundyrensis, Moschorhinus, & Cynognathus who were unique looking synapsid predators.
I would argue that the smallest raptor like dino like 1-2 foot tall is pretty deadly because think about all the small things he gets to kill and eat like bugs and stuff. The small guys might have a much higher body count if you think about it 🤔
Long time follower. This was one of the best episodes, ever. First time I was face to face with a T Rex , was 1967. My mother took me to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, I was 8 years old. Still got the metal cast T Rex🙂 Though, I am a bit split here. The Utah raptor seems like a Jurassic Parc Velociraptor for real. Maybe not the speed of the movie version, but faster than me..... But T Rex with its smell (25 bloodhounds strapped together) and above eagle vision. Really great episode! All the love from Sweden, Theropod free.
Imagine another Series of Prehistoric park but Nigel as the lead with his team of young aspirants going back in time and would feature new dinos like Maip and other new discovery dinos.
This was both very interesting, and very entertaining; I loved the reality show parody toward the end. I found Doug's line of thinking of thinking was very much like mine, but I have to say that Maip is a very intriguing proposition. They were up against prey the likes of which T-rex never encountered and as such had additional weaponry to compensate. The thing is, any top predator is going to be top within its own ecosystem, and as has been shown when isolated continents have been joined by land bridges, one top predator can fully replace another when those two varieties meet for the first time. Would T-rex have survived in South America? Would Maip have dominated North America? I think we can look at the defence development of prey to determine the ferocity of the apex predators; was titanosaur gigantism a result of pressure from macroraptor predation? But, Doug's still right that certain predators wouldn't be interested in humans, and skittish, massive, heavily armoured herbavores protecting their herd wouldn't think twice before charging at them. It boils down to the definition of "deadly".
Even on the criteria of being deadly to humans, T-Rex would still at least be a high contender, on account of young tyrannosaurs being more gracile and at a better size to view humans as a potential food source.
Deadly 60 was such a good show, hyped to see Steve Backshall here. I probably would have gone with Utahraptor but I get it, T.rex is the big one for a reason.
I loved all these details of the fossils found! So much drama. I had no idea we found the titanosaur footprints with other animals in it, or animals found crushed under their bodies. I wonder what other treasures about the dangers of being a dinosaur are out there 🤔 We all love a good dramatic and tragic story!
What Was The Deadliest Dinosaur? I have 2 contenders: 1. Qianzhousaurus sinensis: Also known as Pinocchio rex, this tyrannosaur has an elongated snout. Qianzhousaurus is estimated at 6 meters in length, standing 2 meters tall at the hip and weighing 750~757 kg, while higher estimates a maximum total length around 7.5~9 meters. Qianzhousaurus is not the biggest member in the Tyrannosaur family, but with an overall sleek body shape and long legs, you can tell that this is a fast runner. If you have an encounter with Qianzhousaurus, You Must GO Faster! 2. Triceratops horridus: Triceratops boasts a bony frill and a pair of long brow horns. Adults are commonly measuring 8~9 meters in length, and weighing up to 6~9 metric tons (comparable to a bull bush elephant).In this video you've mentioned T. rex. Now here is a large and heavily armed Ceratopsian dinosaur that fights T. rex with a heavy shield and a pair of spears. And you know why Robert Bakker desceibed this dinosaur as "the most dangerous herbivore ever to walk on land".
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Edmontosaurus. Yes , they are herbivores. But they are large and have hoof-like legs. Which would've landed some deadly blows to predators attempting to hunt them.
The most shocking thing I learned in this video is that 2006 was 18 years ago
As an 18 year old born in 2006 I can confirm it is indeed shocking! 😂
Yep
okay Zoomer
@@mr.carguy654Sorry on behalf of all 32 year olds you're not allowed to be 18 it's too distressing.
@@shanerooney7288 I was born in 2001 if anything this is indicative the fact that I apparently can't process time.
Steve Backshall seems like a really good sport. Got right into the spirit of this and acted like one of the guys. Sounds like you all had fun making this
My little brother used to love Deadly 60 and some of his other shows. I really enjoy watching Steve because you can see just how fascinated he is by the natural world and how excited he gets over things that most people would be scared by, because it's just so cool what nature has brought into being and he wants to share that with everyone.
That’s just him being him. I highly suggest you watch some of his shows. Absolutely brilliant!
I am 100% behind utahraptor. I was in a natural history museum, came around a corner and came face to face with the jaws and teeth of a utahraptor mount right at my head height. There was some clenching that happened. Other dinosaurs could very well kill us if they wanted to, but utahraptors would absolutely hunt us.
Either that or we'd end up working together like we did with wolves, but I sure wouldn't want to bet my life saving on it...
A gun could penetrate utahraptors skin a lot easier, I’d be worried about Dino’s with thicker skins. Also, they weren’t that intelligent, not nearly as much as portrayed in the media. We also don’t have any fossil evidence of them hunting or living in packs.
@Dorkyartist I’m pretty sure the list is about which dinosaurs would have been a threat to early humans, if guns and other modern weapons are allowed than none of them stand a chance against us. So yeah Utahraptor would take the cake cause we would be the perfect prey for them.
@@AnimeSunglasses I'd say that would be possible since they were intelligent enough to know friend from foe or friend from prey.
I also agree with utahraptor because of the key fact that they would regard is as ideal sized prey and out in an efffort. . T Rex would likely regard us as too small too be worth chasing
See now you guys need to get Nigel Marven on the show for one of these.
Maybe a Nigel-and-Doug-in-the-Jungle type thing 😂
Yeah! Nigel Marvin is a legend! He did do a few dino documentaries in the past and he’s a narrator in Prehistoric Kingdom.
Or either of the Irwin kids.
If gaming beaver met Nigel Marvin then so can tgey
Oh! That would be awesome!
I know a lot of it is now outdated, but I still rewatch his time travels from time to time. A while back I got to show my grandchildren what I'd originally watched with my kids.
They were hammering away at each other with their KNOBS. Also how nostalgic Steve!
I know they aren't dinosaurs, but big pterosaurs like Azhdarchids would be absolute nightmares. Anyone who's seen how pelicans behave would understand how terrifying one the size of a giraffe would be.
Hatzegopteryx for sure
You can't outrun an azhdarchid, you can't climb a tree, you can't float in the ocean, and you sure as hell can't fight it. It's a 0 percent survival probability
They'll eat anything they can get their mouth around. And even things they can't, like capybaras.
Yes and you could not escape from them even if you scaled the tallest trees around. I think that would leave no place to feel slightly safer or escape their clutches and/or jaws.
Best bets are holes or caves they cannot enter
But also cannot reach far enough into with theyr beak
They are truely nightmare fuel
Emilia is the most special guest and deadliest dinossaur of love!
Its better, when in second newest episode of 7 of science her new favorite dinosaur became emiliasaura
Tf does dinosaur of love mean 😂😭😭😭
@@y_e_s_L I meant lovely dinossaur. Or dinossauress, maybe
she looks like an austistic Kim Wilde clone, and that's why i love her
So many weird compliments... like... the fuck is anyone going to say about this xD
Not even a minute in and Doug has managed a top tier bit. He's such a gem.
I saw Steve at a show around 2015-16 in Cardiff. It was really cool to see him, and it’s awesome you have him here!
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Just want to say .. thank you, Steve Backshaw. As someone who grew up with Steve Irwin on TV, having you around to continue on the same kind of legacy for a newer generation has always been something I've loved.
Showing how wild and crazy nature can be, while showing how you need to treat the animals with the utmost care and respect.
I appreciate everything you've done for wildlife enthusiasts ❤
I kinda thought by the context of Steve's show what dinosaur would be the deadliest to a human, not its usual prey. He is such a treat to have with you in a video, love it
The best collaboration ever! So excited for this! 🦖🦈 🦕
I agree with Doug that theoretically, the most dangerous dino to humans would be Utahraptor. We'd have been the perfect size for a meal for those dinos. Also, just imagine it using its raptor prey restraint on you.
Though in practice I'm 99% sure that a ceratopsian or hadrosaur would have the highest human kill count, mostly due to people being complacent around them.
And you can imagine a lot of people thinking that because ceratopsians and hadrosaurs are herbivores, they'd be friendly and/or could be tamed and domesticated. In reality I'd expect the ceratopsians to be as foul-tempered as rhinos.
How did you get the cardboard cut out to look so real this episode
Does anyone remember deadly dinosaur with Steve back in the day
Yes. And deadly 60
@@OllieTheBonoboEnthusiastboth nostalgic
Yes. I remember the clip with Triceratops the most
I thought Steve mostly did crocs.
@ nope
Holy crap I was not expecting my art to jump out at 9:22, thanks for using it guys!!
Probably my favourite video I've seen in a while. I've grown up with Steve's Deadly 60 series. In addition, T.rex is also my favourite dinosaur so this video made me feel very happy.
OMG! You guys are adorable. That was excellent as always; educational and well filmed, but the humour slays me!
Seeing steve backshall was like being taken back in time it brought back countless memories from my childhood!
Barney, the purple beast, still terrifies me! Doug sounds very paleontological!
I would love a deadliest series - deadliest in the air, in the ocean, in the forest, the jungle, the cretaceous, the cambrian, carboniferous, etc
Tyrannosaurus was completely broken. Deadly at just about every stage of life. Ridiculously fast growth, built for speed and agility, and crazy bite forces at each stage of life yea I gotta give it to them
Ok now lets talk bout yo mama son
@ weird
Having a high bite force doesnt mean its the strongest. No such thing as a strongest animal, since even animals with high bite force will loose
@@ThePunisher-si8ex Hhehehehehehehehe sick !!!!
This video format is really engaging! Well presented :)
The enthusiasm from all parties involved is the perfect cherry on top :)
Steve should definitely be in the thumbnail for this as didn't realise he was featured until I watched
But regardless great vid, yes trex is victor forever and always
Strongest dinosaur videos are speculation tho
An ad cut Doug off right as his bit was starting, and if that isn't perfect timing, I don't know what is.
Of course, it had to be T-Rex.. The big guy was just THAT DOMINANT even though there were bigger theropods
Just loved this video and would love a second video :-)
Emilia: mentions an animal.
Also Emilia: "I love that animal".
Every time!
May I suggest a "Paleo - The Gathering" deck of playing cards to settle the dispute?
Top trumps time
The best intro in the history of intros, hands down.
Better than Morrowind m8???
You haven't been around long, have you?
Carnotaurus
Size - 3
Speed - 5
Weapons - 4
Deadly Rating - 4
Anodontosaurus
Size - 3
Speed - 2
Weapons - 5
Deadly Rating - 4
Maip
Size - 4
Speed - 4
Weapons - 5
Deadly Rating - 5
Mapusaurus
Size - 5
Speed - 4
Weapons - 5
Deadly Rating - 5
Centrosaurus
Size - 4
Speed - 3
Weapons - 4
Deadly Rating - 4
Utahraptor
Size - 4
Speed - 3
Weapons - 5
Deadly Rating - 5
Argentinosaurus
Size - 5
Speed - 1
Weapons - 4
Deadly Rating - 4
Spinosaurus
Size - 5
Speed - 2
Weapons - 4
Deadly Rating - 4
Tyrannosaurus
Size - 5
Speed - 5
Weapons - 5
Deadly Rating - 5
No bias here at all 😒
When you factor in Disney's Dinosaur's Carnotaurus it's a Deadly Rating of 69
Maip and Utahraptor slower than rex? 🧐
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If you factor in Juvenile/sub adult Rex’s, yes.
@@SmashBrosAssemble we talkin about adults here.
Udanoceratops. Imagine an obtuse parrot lizard the size of a cow. The type specimen had healed scars on it's bones from fighting with rivals, so they were vicious with a beak big enough to shear the limb off of a human being.
This video was a blast! Awesome to see you guys and Steve together talking about dinosaurs! Keep up the great content, sharing your passion and updates on prehistoric life!
Finally, we're asking the real questions now haha. Can't wait to watch this video in-full after lecture!
I agree with Steve’s decision - another factor with T.rex is how it filled mesopredator and apex predator roles at different stages of its life, making it even more dominant in its habitat.
I actually think that, out of the main contenders, T. Rex would have been the least dangerous to humans. As you explained, we think that T. Rex might have been a cursorial predator, able to follow prey for kilometres, closing in, but without sudden bursts of speed. But if humans are good at something it's specifically at keeping a good enduring speed for a very long distance. I'd definitely not want to run a Marathon with a T. rex behind me, but if the alternative is any other therapod that might outrun me in the first 20 seconds, I'll take my chances with the king tyrant.
Unfortunately, t rexes were very well adapted to long distance running. Plus there is always the juvenile t rexes.
Not to mention that the T-Rex foreshadows it's approach with earthquake stomps so it's easy to know when to hide.
On the other hand they can be completely silent and appear suddenly for dramatic effect too, so I suppose it depends on the individual T-Rex's grasp on the ongoing narrative. Do they achieve greater literary agency with age?
@@jed1nat thats in Jurassic park and even those t rexes have shown to be very stealthy when hunting. Real t rexes had cushion padded feet that allowed them to be silent all the time
I'm not sure about that. Yes we are a incredible long distance runners... for mammals. However ostriches are better than us because birds have a more efficient respiratory system with air sacks. Non-avian theropods had the same thing going on, so their endurance could have been unprecedented compared to modern predators. The thing with T.rex and other megatheropods however is that if we discuss strictly adults then: 1) they probably won't bother to waste energy chancing down a nimble enough prey item which they'll eat in one bite afterwards and forget about it & 2) can't follow you into a dense forest where they have to knock down every tree to get to you
I think the T rex is indeed worthy of being one of the deadliest. But hear me out. I’m not talking about the 13m adult Rex, but what’s worse than that? A juvenile or a sub adult rex! The prey animals around Rex were absolutely terrifying, so an adult human would be the perfect prey item for a juvenile Rex. They were also much faster than adults. Not to mention, a Rex life span suggests that they lived fast died young, so they wouldn’t even reach their max size for 2/3rd of their life.
This is such a sweet video. Watched a good chunk of Steve's stuff but didn't know he was so well versed on dinosaurs too, though it definitely makes sense, lol. Meanwhile I love the channel hosts too! Their enthusiasm is so addictive! Thank you, all of you!
16:32 a better thing to compare with would be bison. They can kill a grizzly bear by slamming straight into it. They don't hook with horns like a buffalo.
I think he meant it in the sense that cape buffaloes are known for their aggression and cause a lot of human deaths each year compared to other animals.
@@Andrey.Ivanov Bison are known for killing more people than grizzly bears. They consider humans to not matter mostly but from time to time someone will annoy one.
Statistically, you could say that something like the Cassowary is the most deadly, as it's one of the few 'dinosaurs' with actual confirmed kills.
The cassowary has often been labelled "the world's most dangerous bird", although in terms of recorded statistics, it pales in comparison to the common ostrich, which is recorded to kill two to three humans per year in South Africa. - Wikipedia
I think chickens would win. Deadly as in people dying because of it: virusses, choking, even infections due to consumption. Chicken will be top of that list, no question... Well, maybe one question: would a big predatory dinosaur also taste like chicken? 🤔🤔
@@GoldenXBootsconsidering that crocodiles apparently taste like chicken I think it's fair to assume that all archosaurs taste similar. So no, dinosaurs wouldn't taste like chicken, chicken tastes like dinosaurs - because it is one
Confirmed, the ostrich is "something like a cassowary". :D
@@JellyLockealligators taste like slightly fishy chicken if they're raised on fish (and farms 'gators usually eat catfish because it's cheap). So the overtones of the fat would be diet dependent for any archosaurs... Which we could probably get now by feeding some chickens catfish. They will eat anything, murderous little omnivores that they are.
As someone who's run from a pet turkey im thinking a real velociraptor would be terrifying. Be like a Hitchcock film
I really want a ep with deadliest aquatic creature, airial creature or the deadliest animal in each habitat
0:40 have to agree with Emillia here. Sorry Doug, sorry Ben
Loved this, thank you team and Steve ☺️ so much fun
Sooo Ankylosaurs were hammering each other with their knobs. 🤣
47:11 idk why the legs of that poor dino make me laugh so much 🤣
Now you guys need to summon Nigel Marven to discuss about the most horrific prehistoric marine animals that ever lived.
Also if it was my top 3 dangerous dinosaurs:
- _Tyrannosaurus rex._ I know, cliche. But it is a cliche for a good(? Horrific?) reason. We've been inundated with _Tyrannosaurus_ from so many media and their many inaccuracies and we grew tired of it, we forgot that the real animal was just so capable in pretty much every situation it has been in. Maybe this is why God need to send 2 asteroids and an entire country erupting to kill off non-avian dinosaurs.
- _Kelenken guillermoi._ Yes. _Kelenken._ A terror bird. That thing can run and that thing WILL run down horses if it lives in modern world. And it also got killer claw like dromaeosaurids (only in less extreme scale)
- _Dreadnoughtus schrani._ May well be not the longest, but with one of the most complete fossils we can sort of infer how heavy _Dreadnoughtus_ would be. I do not want to get in the way of a 50-ton angry herbivore. Especially if it's as bulky as the one in Prehistoric Planet and are in heat.
I'd replace either of the latter two with good old _Triceratops horridus._ Assume it has the awful temper of a modern herbivore, attach horns over a meter long to its head pointing directly forward, and make it both as big as living elephants and just small enough to still have human-sized life on its radar, and you've got an animal that would be a nightmare to be targeted by. At least something like _Dreadnoughtus_ is so big it'd just kill you in one step; our three-horned friend can make it a slower, more painful affair.
@@GalvyTheTom if we talk ceratopsian I would be more terrified of _Udanoceratops tschizhovi_ to be honest. Have you seen those jaws?! They may not gonna impale you, but they can definitely shear your arms off no problems. And _Udanoceratops_ are big for leptoceratopsid. That thick AF mandible gave me sleepless nightmare...
Yes easily I’d be more afraid of birds that ruled after dinosaurs such as Kelenken, Brontornis, Paleopsilopterus, Argentavis, Haasts Eagle and even the herbivores like Gastornis, Dromnoris, Moa or Garganoris than most non-Avian dinosaurs, because those ones listed all would see us as good prey, a decent threat to young/eggs and a decent annoyance.
@@bruh949 just in time a new, as of yet undescribed specimen of phorusrhacid has just been discovered in Colombia and allegedly even bigger than _K. guillermoi_ at 155kg.
I do not want to get in the way of such monstrosity.
I don’t think Keleklen is considered a dinosaur but a predatory bird
I love that Steve is so willing to go along with your jokage! The biggest one being Trex. Pah!
Lovely guy, even if he is wrong.
I agree with Doug here. Utahraptor is the only animal on this list that's likely to prey upon humans. It'd be extremely dangerous for humans to be around.
Allosaurus, for the apparent commoness of them. They are a large therapod that will end you as easily as any other and they seem to have been one of the most common large sized dinosaurus in their habitat.
I thought the premise was most dangerous for humans rather than overall. For that, utahraptor. The fact they could group hunt makes them much scarlet than the giants
Stegosaurus. Fossil evidence proves the wicked defensive capabilities of the tail spikes when looking at the pelvic bones of Allosaurus. A spike seamless fits perfectly into the space of an injured hip bone of an Allosaurus. (Ouch)
I honestly think if Trex existed alongside us, both species would learn to avoid each other. Hunter gatherer tribes regularly brought down mammoths with atlatl darts, and with how hunter gathers would travel in groups of 70 - 140 people I believe the tyrant king would quickly learn to avoid human camps. Of course, lone hunting parties would still run the risk of being attacked.
If T.rex coexisted with humans I am certain that adults will not bother hunting them. An animal of that size will probably loose more energy hunting a human that it would gain from eating it. Juveniles will be a much more substantial problem for stone age people because on top of the fact that at a certain size range humans will perfectly fit on the menu, they also were a lot faster than adults. A fit human could possibly outrun a T.rex at short distance but not a juvenile. Plus they could enter dencer forests and smaller caves that the adults. I imagine that in a speculative scenario like this humans will likely make an effort to raid T.rex nests with some distracting the adults while others would steal the eggs and/or the hatchlings.
@ yes but a single atlatl dart could mortally wound a Rex. All it takes is a blow that gets past the rib cage and hits the lung and the Rex will bleed to death. As for caves, due to our ability to harness fire, we frequently lived pretty deep into caves, deep enough that even juveniles wouldn’t be able to follow.
Before I go any further, I would say the overall deadliest dinosaur (though technically not a dinosaur) to humans would definitely be Quetzalcoatlus/Hatzegopteryx. As tall as a giraffe, able to fly at up to 80 miles an hour, and with an 8 foot long beak capable of grabbing and swallowing a baby dinosaur, or a human, whole.
The problem with that is their prey is limited by its weight. I think the estimated weight for those pterosaurs is lower than that of a human. Also, while their jaws were surely large enough, their bodies pretty much weren't; remember that compared to modern animals, pterosaurs' heads and beaks were disproportionately large. If they ate too much, they wouldn't be able to fly to escape potential predators. Also, something as heavy as a human might actually damage their bones. And that's assuming they could actually fit a whole human in their stomachs, since most of their "size" was in neck and head length and wingspan. The stomach wasn't necessarily that large.
That's not to say they wouldn't still try to eat us, but it'd be a lot messier and they wouldn't eat us whole.
I'm not an expert or anything, though, so an expert may say otherwise.
It was a lot of fun seeing you guys make a cheesy TV-style show like this. ❤ It reminds of Animal Face-off and similar things I watched as a kid. But unlike those shows, you actually stuck to the latest science and didn't overhype anything too ridiculously. Nicely done as always.
Wonderful video! So much fun! Gotta have Nigel Marvin for the deadliest sea monsters of the past! 😉
The thing is that T.rex probably would have gone for something human sized as prey at some point during it's lifetime, and seeing how it probably dominated it's ecosystem during different stages of it's life cycle but with different niches i think that a sub-adult T.rex would have been a greater threat (if only by little) to a human
(this is just a theory, i haven't done much research and I'm just a student, so if there is something out of place please tell me)
no i agree, juvenile tyrannosaurs are fast runners and we could fit more in their prey size-range, and aove all they would e more common than the massive adults, and as dinos larger clucht sizes.than e.g a large mammal predator would have. T. rexes lived most of their lives as teenagers, growing moderately slow until they hit a massive growth spurt in their teens and lived somewhat short lifes as full-grown adults (oldest t. rex found is not even 30 y.o). The large ones would e comparatively rare, usually the case with large predators. one of the reasons put forward to as why rex ecosystem seem to lack alot of mid-sized or smaller large theropod predators, the niche-partioning etween juvenile rexes and adult rexes filled that space.
Hey! What a cool episode! Ben, Doug, Emilia, Steve! Thank you for this guys! This Is 🔥🔥🔥
By the way, now that we're in special guest territory, i'd love to see Jeff Corwin
Great video. Informative on so many different dinosaurs. Thank you.
Ankylosaur stuffies! How cute!
Kind of surprised that Kentrsaurus didn't make a mention. Thegomizers (hope I spelled that right) would have been terrible to be around
"Thagomizer" is the correct spelling, and yeah, those would be absolutely deadly, even by accidentally walking into them. :P
If we got a Prehistoric Deadly 60, here’s the episode list & animal lineup;
EP1 - Late Cretaceous North America
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Ankylosaurus
EP2 - Late Cretaceous North America 2
Pachycephalosaurs
Acheroraptor
Quetzalcoatlus
EP3 - Western Interior Seaway
Mosasaurus
Xiphactinus
Pteranodon
Hesperornis
EP4 - Late Pleistocene South America
Smilodon populator
Megatherium
Arctotherium
EP5 - Late Pleistocene Russia
Mammathus primigenius
Elasmotherium
Cave Lion
EP6 - Late Permian
Inostrancevia
Rhinesuchus
Weigeltisaurus
Euchambersia
EP7 - Early Permian
Dimetrodon
Diplocaulus
Eryops
EP8 - Carboniferous
Arthropleura
Meganeura
Pholiderpeton
Pulmonoscorpius
EP9 - Late Jurassic North America
Allosaurus
Ornitholestes
Stegosaurus
EP10 - Late Jurassic North America 2
Torvosaurus
Diplodocus
Ceratosaurus
EP11 - Eocene
Barinasuchus
Boverisuchus
Hyenadon
Basilosaurus
EP12 - Late Cretaceous Mongolia
Velociraptor
Oviraptor
Protoceratops
EP13 - Late Cretaceous Mongolia 2
Therizinosaurus
Tarbosaurus
Mononykus
Tarchia
EP14 - Middle Cretaceous Africa
Spinosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus
Kaprosuchus
Rugops
EP15 - Middle Cretaceous South America
Giganotosaurus
Megaraptor
Skorpiovenator
Argentinosaurus
EP16 - Late Pleistocene North America
American Lion
Mammathus columbi
Dire Wolf
EP17 - Middle Permian
Anteosaurus
Titanosuchus
Helicoprion
EP18 - Late Triassic
Coelophysis
Fasolasuchus
Diplocaulus???
I love this so much. Seeing such informative material presented by passionate, knowledgeable people with a huge sense of fun is such a joy. I'm all in for the new channel, I wish you great success.
great video! I really enjoyed the way you explored the topic. but honestly, I think the Spinosaurus is often overlooked as a contender for the deadliest dinosaur. its size and adaptability could make it more dangerous than the T. rex, don’t you think?
I love the picture of the Centrosaurus' stampeding into the water and the T-Rex watching probably thinking 'wow, this is much easier.'
For the most dangerous to humans I would pick Allosaurus Fragilis, it is fast enough to catch someone yet bulky enough to rip a person to absolute shreds.
If anyone wants a peek as to what that looks like Brian Engh has you covered.
Trex is the king.
One thing I do not understand is why people get hung up on the bone eating thing. The largest bone riddled corprolite was that of an allosaurus. You don't need to cruch down to eat bone and get marrow.
On the other hand, a 13m long barrel of muscle that is designed to wrestle down and tear apart massive, armed, armoured and dangerous prey is to me is the awesome part.
6 year old me would have loved this video
25 year old me also loves this video
Honestly I've been watching my guy on tv since I was a wee little kid, just so weird to see him appear in a youtube video, can't say I mind it though!
37:10 Adults can do fastwalks which ranges from 10-19 mph, where the juvenile and subadults can do running perfectly
My pick is a herd of drunken Bruhathkayosaurus. If you know what drunken elephants can do, you will understand me. They would literally flatten moderately-sized towns. Vic Hoskins would absolutely like this!
No one dethrones the T. rex, but whats this? ITS TRICERATOPS COMMING UP FROM BEHINDE WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
😂
Wow this is great. I love to see smart adults who know what theyre talking about answering my childhood questions. Thankyou guys! Sure this is super entertaining but i learned at least 1 thing per minute since it really got going. Awesome stuff you guy's great job. I bet yall enjoy your jobs! I hope so!
Amelia is so adorkable. She’s hilarious
I think carnivorous marine reptiles would be extremely deadly as well, first of the reason being that we are not even adapted to be fast enough in the water
The fact t-Rex literally pulled off Trike heads from their bodies. 💀
Nothing compares to Tyrannosaurus Rex, nothing. It was an eagle eyed, 18,000 pound, bloodhound nosed, 15mph wrecking machine that has no equal in the history of this planet. A literal living nightmare. All hail the king baby!
Next do a deadliest synapsid and have some examples that some people have not heard of like Gorynychus sundyrensis, Moschorhinus, & Cynognathus who were unique looking synapsid predators.
Based on "in its world," the biggest sauropod would be most dangerous since it can stomp everything it wants
With trex being discovered so early on its like playing a video game with end game equipment at the start, wondering when you'll find some upgrades
Sorry but I agree with Maip. Those forelimbs ripping a human in half had me.
I would argue that the smallest raptor like dino like 1-2 foot tall is pretty deadly because think about all the small things he gets to kill and eat like bugs and stuff. The small guys might have a much higher body count if you think about it 🤔
This channel is the greatest; the humor never fails to make me laugh!!
Ankylosaurs pounded each other with hardened knobs. Surely you will find no beast more savage than these…. 🧐
I don't know but I knew that he will choose the t-rex but this amazing video is very important and amazing I love it.
Excellent... and then some. Amazing work.
My favorite thing about dinosaurs is, in fact, that they are dead
Dinosaurs are very much alive and kicking.
One lineage of maniraptoran dinosaurs are still alive. We know them as birds
Everyone knows Saurpods evolved into Giraffes.
Subjectively !
That was a fun intro, it's awesome to see you guys having a good time
Microraptor:
You'd choke on the bones of roasted or deep fried Microraptor.
Yay! Hail to the king.
Good video. Had a good laugh during the final answer suspense bit.
Much love
Emilia and Doug’s faces when Ben revealed T.rex, was that of people that were told that they shouldn’t pick T.rex and to go for other animals.
Long time follower.
This was one of the best episodes, ever.
First time I was face to face with a T Rex , was 1967. My mother took me to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, I was 8 years old. Still got the metal cast T Rex🙂
Though, I am a bit split here. The Utah raptor seems like a Jurassic Parc Velociraptor for real. Maybe not the speed of the movie version, but faster than me.....
But T Rex with its smell (25 bloodhounds strapped together) and above eagle vision.
Really great episode!
All the love from Sweden, Theropod free.
Imagine another Series of Prehistoric park but Nigel as the lead with his team of young aspirants going back in time and would feature new dinos like Maip and other new discovery dinos.
This was both very interesting, and very entertaining; I loved the reality show parody toward the end. I found Doug's line of thinking of thinking was very much like mine, but I have to say that Maip is a very intriguing proposition. They were up against prey the likes of which T-rex never encountered and as such had additional weaponry to compensate. The thing is, any top predator is going to be top within its own ecosystem, and as has been shown when isolated continents have been joined by land bridges, one top predator can fully replace another when those two varieties meet for the first time. Would T-rex have survived in South America? Would Maip have dominated North America? I think we can look at the defence development of prey to determine the ferocity of the apex predators; was titanosaur gigantism a result of pressure from macroraptor predation? But, Doug's still right that certain predators wouldn't be interested in humans, and skittish, massive, heavily armoured herbavores protecting their herd wouldn't think twice before charging at them. It boils down to the definition of "deadly".
Even on the criteria of being deadly to humans, T-Rex would still at least be a high contender, on account of young tyrannosaurs being more gracile and at a better size to view humans as a potential food source.
Deadly 60 was such a good show, hyped to see Steve Backshall here.
I probably would have gone with Utahraptor but I get it, T.rex is the big one for a reason.
stegosaurus would be one of my choices because i recall reading somewhere that they probably thagomized first and never asked questions.
I loved all these details of the fossils found! So much drama. I had no idea we found the titanosaur footprints with other animals in it, or animals found crushed under their bodies. I wonder what other treasures about the dangers of being a dinosaur are out there 🤔 We all love a good dramatic and tragic story!
What Was The Deadliest Dinosaur?
I have 2 contenders:
1. Qianzhousaurus sinensis: Also known as Pinocchio rex, this tyrannosaur has an elongated snout. Qianzhousaurus is estimated at 6 meters in length, standing 2 meters tall at the hip and weighing 750~757 kg, while higher estimates a maximum total length around 7.5~9 meters. Qianzhousaurus is not the biggest member in the Tyrannosaur family, but with an overall sleek body shape and long legs, you can tell that this is a fast runner. If you have an encounter with Qianzhousaurus, You Must GO Faster!
2. Triceratops horridus: Triceratops boasts a bony frill and a pair of long brow horns. Adults are commonly measuring 8~9 meters in length, and weighing up to 6~9 metric tons (comparable to a bull bush elephant).In this video you've mentioned T. rex. Now here is a large and heavily armed Ceratopsian dinosaur that fights T. rex with a heavy shield and a pair of spears. And you know why Robert Bakker desceibed this dinosaur as "the most dangerous herbivore ever to walk on land".
Great episode. Love it.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Edmontosaurus. Yes , they are herbivores. But they are large and have hoof-like legs. Which would've landed some deadly blows to predators attempting to hunt them.