I remember watching a full documentary on Big Al's life on Netflix when was 8-10 (I think) and I remember crying watching him fall over and finally succumb to his injuries. Definitely a dino I will remember him for the rest of my life.
I could instantly tell by the title what Allosaurus was going to be spoken here. Big Al was a great contribution to paleontology and may he or she Rest In Peace. Another great video too.
I was a student at the University of Wyoming 30 years ago (1994-1998) where I used to on occasion chill out in the Geology Museum where Big Al is displayed in between classes. It was overall, a quiet place to hang out and just take in all the wonderful displays. I vividly remember Al's injured foot and wondering what was up with that. This was of course years before the BBC Walking with Dinosaurs doc on 'him' was produced. I remember being quit taken aback when I first saw the doc on the Discovery Channel back in 2001 and seeing my old stomping grounds on a major science documentary. Very cool.
Nobody deserves to die at 17, he had all of his life ahead of him but he never even got to go to university. Just shows how precious the time we have is.
Waking with Dinosaurs still looks amazing even 20 years later. A good shot isn't just accurate and/or high resolution CGI, it's interesting lighting and styling choices, appealing environments for each shots and (still) excellent practical effects. (And by the way what an amazing soundtrack!) What an incredible show, the 2025 sequels gonna have a hard time reaching the same standard. But damn if I don't get excited by the news!
It’s almost like it’s written as a tragedy. He’s young, and has his whole life ahead of him, but experiences a truly brutal world that kills him before his time truly comes. Heck he even dies in a river bed. Not a climatic confrontation with another dinosaur but a sad and painful passing by himself in an isolated location. The fact he was preserved almost perfectly makes it even sadder. In his life he was seemingly insignificant but proved to be the most influential of his species almost 150 million years after he died. It’s the classic Van Gogh tragedy where someone (or something) experiences a horrible life and is only appreciated after death.
I've seen the Big Al specimen in real life at the University of Wyoming Geological Museum in Laramie, WY. Even for a subadult, he was massive. I would've been terrified seeing this animal alive and breathing.
Hey I just subscribed because your channel actually preserves a sense of how foreign, and harsh but relational the paleo periods are. I really liked the music.
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We didn't know big als gender until now since a study looked at the allosaurus and found medullary bone suggesting al either had laid eggs or was close before she died
I enjoy your sense of humor and the scientific evidence/speculation you put forward to back up what the Big Al documantary portrays! Apparently these days (from certain posts) Big Al is now considered a female so Big Alice and maybe his or her injuries could potentially be a giant female Allosaurus being like "Bitch you aint taking my man!" & beating the poor young gal to near death... I think that could make Al's life even more sad in my opinion maybe...
@@daxbashir6232 nah I’m winding you up. Just said Michael Jackson because he’s the biggest celeb of all time for us humans and big al is the same for allos
Whether it’s spiritual or all coincidental, or a little bit of both, how purely magnificent that our Earth creates and protects things like this for us to see into the past. Big Al was just another creature who, like all living things, fought for their life and survival. In the end, Al’s demise is heart-wrenching because they were cut down far too young, and died an agonizing death. The saddest thing, is this isn’t even uncommon. This is the reality of nature; the luck of the draw. Life can change in an instant, and this is merely one fascinating example, immortalized in stone. 🖤
Dating myself here but man Walking with Dinosaurs was AWESOME back in the day. Walking with Beasts was pretty good too. Also they missed an opportunity to call the second one "Bigger Al"
Big Al's life was, in fact, not a highway. Very interesting these videos about the lives of individual fossil animals. Yes, the answers were helpful, and you're 90% there when it comes to pronunciation, mate
@dino-gen sure thing. So, I've commented this already, though it seems to have vanished 👀 But, since last time, I tried getting AI to help me explain the pronunciation. I was unsuccessful... However, according to a guide of the International Phonetic Alphabet I've found online it the pronunciation should be as follows: /dʌnilɔ/ /dʒɛ/ /sɔuzæ/
"This is a warning from the future. Your military is not enough. Your warriors are not enough. Nothing you can do will stop what's coming. Your Champions are weak. All will fall. For the Emperor. LAMBORLOBATOR"
Silly question but would you be willing to take us through the life of Big Al the second if at all possible? I’m sorry if this is unreasonable and I’m sorry my joke comment made before was unacceptable(I’ve noticed it’s disappeared so I’m sorry for whatever rule I broke).
Not unreasonable at all! I’ll definitely take a look into if I can do it at some point 😊 also what joke was that? I don’t delete comments so I’m not sure why it disappeared whatever it was!
@ it was to do with how Al tried his luck with dating and how it’s less no means no and no means ask again and insert the punchline that probably got it deleted.
Isn't it much more convincing that these sort of things were preserved from being quickly buried in about a year of chaos, rather than after hundreds of thousands of years of chaos? That's one of the interesting differences between creation and evolution.
Imagine this from their perspective if there were some sort of "spectator mode." Living a typical allosaurus life Gets several ribs smashed in by something huge Life goes on Breaks foot over a harsh obstacle Limb gets infected during the drought season Inevitably die from disease due to a lack of nutrition to properly fight it off Think "At least my being will nourish this land once more." Heavy rainfall brings a mudslide, permanently sealing the body in silt-stone. You have GOT to be kidding. Mass extinction happens Evolution happens Unfathomable beings of warm blood and upright posture walk past the former riverbed. Communicating with each other very visibly, as more of them arrive Carefully extract the stone that now filled in, where the skeleton once was, with incomprehensible objects Transport the entire body in steel beasts, back to some sort of well-lit den MILLIONS of the creatures flock to the body and just, stare at it Like, REALLY stare at it, as though they cannot fathom the existence of a mundane corpse Day in, day out, just *staring* Could you IMAGINE what Big Al would actually be thinking about the whole situation?
They could. The same cave at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc has bear footprints, and we can be pretty confident they weren't occupying it at the same time as our graffiti artist ancestors.
Oh, that osteomyelitis is a killer. Many elephants in cruel captivity get this infection, as they're forced to walk on concrete when their feet are made for dirt and mud. Poor Big Al, he had a rough life. ❤❤
Good to know that dogs are actually crossed genes of wolves and dinosaurs are big lizards. Interesting research if dogs are more emotional than cats? Maybe superficially so. Therefore , the big lizards must be as emotional as the cats.
I disagree with your premise that an accurate date for when we began _selective breeding_ of 🐕's "wouldn't be helpful" compared to knowing when we started to form a relationship between our 2 species‼️ 🧐 My main point of contention is that when we "first see interaction between our species, creating the foundation of forming bonds" they literally _would _*_not_*_ be_ "dogs" at that time but wolves instead 💯 I think this is *especially* true in the case of "dogs" since they're classified as _Canis Lupis Familiaris_ a.k.a. just a subspecies of _Canis lupis_ also known as gray wolves‼️👍
isnt big al a female allosaurus? due too there was traces of medullary bone tissue present, it being she may have been getting ready or have already laid eggs before she died
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The sex thing isn't true: Big Al showed signs of medullary bone, indicating that it was A) female and B) was in the process of laying or had just laid, a clutch of eggs, at the time of death
@@ExtremeMadnessX yes they are the leaders /controllers who commutation warning and care for the clutch i was referring to male chicks reaching sexual maturity but if only a single chick make full adult they can form a adult sub adult arrangement in males , in my limited observation ,I should have been cleare,my apologies
Saurofaginax isn't real, it's just sauropod bones mixed with an allosauros bone and it all got mixed up, but as far as we know, the biggest allosaurus was Fragilis
Watching the ballad of Big Al as a kid is the reason Allosaurus has always been my favorite dinosaur.
💗
Similar here.
same
Gods i rewatched thst soo many times
For me, it was seeing the Allosaur at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor in the late 60s.
I remember watching a full documentary on Big Al's life on Netflix when was 8-10 (I think) and I remember crying watching him fall over and finally succumb to his injuries. Definitely a dino I will remember him for the rest of my life.
"In death, Big Al represents a frozen moment in the fast and furious life of a carnivorous dinosaur."
- Kenneth Branagh, _Walking with Dinosaurs_
"Allosaurus had never seen such bullsh*t before."
- Kenneth Branagh, Walking with Dinosaurs
😀 😀 😛
I could instantly tell by the title what Allosaurus was going to be spoken here. Big Al was a great contribution to paleontology and may he or she Rest In Peace. Another great video too.
"Planetology"? Lol!
@@discobolos4227 spelling error 😭 lol
@@johndelcid0309 Poop happens! :D
@@discobolos4227 I think you meant pooP :P
Poor Al , he will forever be big in our hearts even after 145 million years later
I was a student at the University of Wyoming 30 years ago (1994-1998) where I used to on occasion chill out in the Geology Museum where Big Al is displayed in between classes. It was overall, a quiet place to hang out and just take in all the wonderful displays. I vividly remember Al's injured foot and wondering what was up with that. This was of course years before the BBC Walking with Dinosaurs doc on 'him' was produced. I remember being quit taken aback when I first saw the doc on the Discovery Channel back in 2001 and seeing my old stomping grounds on a major science documentary. Very cool.
The BBC special made about him is enough to make a grown man cry
Ohhh, a video about my big Bro
Haha that’s brilliant!
Al Pacino? 🙂
thelittleal1212: Ohhh, a video about my big Bro
Paleo-Nerds: big *Bro* 🧐….. Don’t tell him, he might crack
@@hcollins9941 I mean, big sis also doesn’t sound bad
@thelittleal1212
At least it’s better than poor cousin Sauro;
They’re Kind of going through an identity crisis right now. 😓
Every time I see an Allosaurus reconstruction I always look for the healed injuries.
Like a ripped arse, for example. 😛
Like gunshot wounds?
@@daxbashir6232 Broken bones that have healed. Seeing them reminds me that these were living creatures, and gives me a greater appreciation for them.
@@ZillyWhale Right on! 🙂
@@ZillyWhale Earth is only 8050 years old
Nobody deserves to die at 17, he had all of his life ahead of him but he never even got to go to university. Just shows how precious the time we have is.
wonder what an allosaurus might study at uni...
DINOSAUR ANGEL IS SUCH A METAL FUCKING CONCEPT!!!@@secouepaslekombucha
At least now Big Al can rest in peace and be respected and honored by many of us
Rest in peace Big Al
I was actually lucky enough to go see Al a few years ago when i was 18, and he was just as awesome to see in person as in the documentary
Alfred or Alison, Big Al is still big, in body, spirit and our hearts.
Alberto Saurini 🙂
Waking with Dinosaurs still looks amazing even 20 years later.
A good shot isn't just accurate and/or high resolution CGI, it's interesting lighting and styling choices, appealing environments for each shots and (still) excellent practical effects. (And by the way what an amazing soundtrack!)
What an incredible show, the 2025 sequels gonna have a hard time reaching the same standard. But damn if I don't get excited by the news!
Well, time flies! It's actually already been 25 years; not 20.
Yep; it premiered a quarter of a century ago. :/
I'm not sure why, but Big Al's story has always made me very sad
He had a slow miserable death. Very slow. That's pretty sad considering he's the main character of the story you naturally want them to win.
It’s almost like it’s written as a tragedy. He’s young, and has his whole life ahead of him, but experiences a truly brutal world that kills him before his time truly comes. Heck he even dies in a river bed. Not a climatic confrontation with another dinosaur but a sad and painful passing by himself in an isolated location. The fact he was preserved almost perfectly makes it even sadder. In his life he was seemingly insignificant but proved to be the most influential of his species almost 150 million years after he died. It’s the classic Van Gogh tragedy where someone (or something) experiences a horrible life and is only appreciated after death.
its always been a moving story, bless you Al
Man I remember seeing this episode back in 2006! I always thought as a kid I said "I'm glad I wasn't him!"
My favorite Dinosaur of all time, Allosaurus.
Awesome that you did a video on it.
I've seen the Big Al specimen in real life at the University of Wyoming Geological Museum in Laramie, WY. Even for a subadult, he was massive. I would've been terrified seeing this animal alive and breathing.
Hey I just subscribed because your channel actually preserves a sense of how foreign, and harsh but relational the paleo periods are. I really liked the music.
used to watch a lot of paleontology content 6 months back and remember watching this channel when you had maybe 2000 subs, happy to see its grown so much youre awesome keep up the good work 🙏
wait wait wait wait wait... there is a walking with dinosaurs sequel coming?
hoo boy, ye-haw we got ourselves a live one boys!
Pretty amazing we can tell Al's (at least what we think) story millions of years later.
Ikr.
Big Al was on a walking with Dinosaurs tv special.
Aye!
Lots of people know already
Yeah, that is clearly stated on the video above. :)
He does mention that if you listen !!
The Ballad of Big Al traumatised me as a child 😭
😕
I LOVE BIG AL
RAAAHHH
😀
Horrifyingly tough life, being a solo act.
My tragic homie lived a short, hard, painful life, and probably died a virgin. F in chat.
Fantastic video as always. Allosaurus just might have been the perfect sized predator. Hope all is well with you, Mike
Ah, a new vid! Have to go and watch it as soon as I get back home from work. :)
I only needed to read the title to know who was the topic of this video
Alphonse Mucha? 🙂
This Allosaurus is my spirit animal.
When I watched The Legend of Big Al all those years ago I actually grieved for a while. I really felt sad for so much suffering.
We didn't know big als gender until now since a study looked at the allosaurus and found medullary bone suggesting al either had laid eggs or was close before she died
So Big Alice, then?
Man you're on a roll, it makes me happy 🦖🦖🦖🦖
Big al?
Yay
Allosaurus is my favorite dinosaur and love hearing the story of big Al's life.
Really liked watching "The Ballad Of Big Al" which was a great film portraying his life. Well worth a watch.
I enjoy your sense of humor and the scientific evidence/speculation you put forward to back up what the Big Al documantary portrays! Apparently these days (from certain posts) Big Al is now considered a female so Big Alice and maybe his or her injuries could potentially be a giant female Allosaurus being like "Bitch you aint taking my man!" & beating the poor young gal to near death... I think that could make Al's life even more sad in my opinion maybe...
Big al is infamous but also tragic
Having a hot British guy making dinosaur video is clearly a winning strategy
Big Al is the Michael Jackson of allosaurus
Why?
@ because he died
@@Do27gg You rather mean that he died prematurely, right?
Because otherwise everyone is slated to die one day.
@@daxbashir6232 nah I’m winding you up. Just said Michael Jackson because he’s the biggest celeb of all time for us humans and big al is the same for allos
@@Do27gg Awrite then. 🙂
Can anyone else also hear the noisy birds (or maybe monkeys) in the background music? :D
Excellent question(s) from Danny(?) DeSouza!
I loved "Walking With Dinosaurs"!
... but then she left you for someone else.
This takes me back to Walking with Dinosaurs.
Brilliant video
Allosaurus is the most common dinosaur found in the Morrison Formation
Another great vid
Whether it’s spiritual or all coincidental, or a little bit of both, how purely magnificent that our Earth creates and protects things like this for us to see into the past. Big Al was just another creature who, like all living things, fought for their life and survival. In the end, Al’s demise is heart-wrenching because they were cut down far too young, and died an agonizing death. The saddest thing, is this isn’t even uncommon. This is the reality of nature; the luck of the draw. Life can change in an instant, and this is merely one fascinating example, immortalized in stone. 🖤
Dating myself here but man Walking with Dinosaurs was AWESOME back in the day. Walking with Beasts was pretty good too. Also they missed an opportunity to call the second one "Bigger Al"
Big Al's life was, in fact, not a highway.
Very interesting these videos about the lives of individual fossil animals.
Yes, the answers were helpful, and you're 90% there when it comes to pronunciation, mate
Well, that’s over halfway, right? 😅
@dino-gen sure thing. So, I've commented this already, though it seems to have vanished 👀
But, since last time, I tried getting AI to help me explain the pronunciation. I was unsuccessful...
However, according to a guide of the International Phonetic Alphabet I've found online it the pronunciation should be as follows: /dʌnilɔ/ /dʒɛ/ /sɔuzæ/
@@dino-gen hey mate
@dino-gen do you have a bot monitoring the comments?
@@danilodesouza6461 "Hey, mate"! There's a bloody NIGHT here, in the UK.
My favorite dinosaur!
"This is a warning from the future.
Your military is not enough.
Your warriors are not enough.
Nothing you can do will stop what's coming.
Your Champions are weak.
All will fall.
For the Emperor.
LAMBORLOBATOR"
Bruh, get off the computer and finish your homework.
@@kirbypower9 I'm 40, you Shawshank Dumas! 😛
@@subraxas You certainly don't act like it... I've seen your childish comments everywhere. Do us a favor; grow up.🙄
Thank you! 😌
Silly question but would you be willing to take us through the life of Big Al the second if at all possible? I’m sorry if this is unreasonable and I’m sorry my joke comment made before was unacceptable(I’ve noticed it’s disappeared so I’m sorry for whatever rule I broke).
Not unreasonable at all! I’ll definitely take a look into if I can do it at some point 😊 also what joke was that? I don’t delete comments so I’m not sure why it disappeared whatever it was!
@ it was to do with how Al tried his luck with dating and how it’s less no means no and no means ask again and insert the punchline that probably got it deleted.
Big L rest in peace!
Oh he's saying big al.... lol
LOL!
Knew what this was about before I even clicked it, big Al's injuries are famed in the paleontology world.
anyone remember the Big Al game? Good times.
And what was that?
A tabletop board-game? Or a PC game?
@@daxbashir6232 it was a PC game on the BBC Science website
@@derpderpington100 👍
Isn't it much more convincing that these sort of things were preserved from being quickly buried in about a year of chaos, rather than after hundreds of thousands of years of chaos?
That's one of the interesting differences between creation and evolution.
Imagine this from their perspective if there were some sort of "spectator mode."
Living a typical allosaurus life
Gets several ribs smashed in by something huge
Life goes on
Breaks foot over a harsh obstacle
Limb gets infected during the drought season
Inevitably die from disease due to a lack of nutrition to properly fight it off
Think "At least my being will nourish this land once more."
Heavy rainfall brings a mudslide, permanently sealing the body in silt-stone.
You have GOT to be kidding.
Mass extinction happens
Evolution happens
Unfathomable beings of warm blood and upright posture walk past the former riverbed.
Communicating with each other very visibly, as more of them arrive
Carefully extract the stone that now filled in, where the skeleton once was, with incomprehensible objects
Transport the entire body in steel beasts, back to some sort of well-lit den
MILLIONS of the creatures flock to the body and just, stare at it
Like, REALLY stare at it, as though they cannot fathom the existence of a mundane corpse
Day in, day out, just *staring*
Could you IMAGINE what Big Al would actually be thinking about the whole situation?
I knew this was about all the second i seen the thumbnail.
I have watched that walking with dinos and i have that tap
Great video. Could the canine and person just have walked in the same mud but at different times? Just speculating. RIP Big Al.
They could. The same cave at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc has bear footprints, and we can be pretty confident they weren't occupying it at the same time as our graffiti artist ancestors.
Oh, that osteomyelitis is a killer. Many elephants in cruel captivity get this infection, as they're forced to walk on concrete when their feet are made for dirt and mud. Poor Big Al, he had a rough life. ❤❤
Good to know that dogs are actually crossed genes of wolves and dinosaurs are big lizards.
Interesting research if dogs are more emotional than cats? Maybe superficially so.
Therefore , the big lizards must be as emotional as the cats.
'Big (A)L rest in peace' - Gang Starr, 1999
💚 💚 💚 💚 💚
I disagree with your premise that an accurate date for when we began _selective breeding_ of 🐕's "wouldn't be helpful" compared to knowing when we started to form a relationship between our 2 species‼️ 🧐
My main point of contention is that when we "first see interaction between our species, creating the foundation of forming bonds" they literally _would _*_not_*_ be_ "dogs" at that time but wolves instead 💯
I think this is *especially* true in the case of "dogs" since they're classified as _Canis Lupis Familiaris_ a.k.a. just a subspecies of _Canis lupis_ also known as gray wolves‼️👍
The ballad of Big Al….🌹
Well, we can only hope he gets lots of love and treats in dino heaven whenever a fan of his shows up. 😞
I have a dinosaur statue that I named Big Al.
And is it also an Allosaurus? :)
@daxbashir6232 I think so, it's on the drawer next to my bed looking at me.
@@AylaGarton Awrite. 🙂 💛 👍
@@AylaGarton ♥
145 million years gone but not forgotten.
deep jaws and deep skull is confusing to me and i mostly speak english
And what about deep ass? 😀 😛
Rest in peace big Al
The streets lost a real one with big al
isnt big al a female allosaurus? due too there was traces of medullary bone tissue present, it being she may have been getting ready or have already laid eggs before she died
He addresses this on the video above.
Big Al or big Alice?
Big Alphonse 😀 😛
Or Big Aaliyah? 🙂
Some really sad life for this individual and big part of my childhood the documentary about it
I remember owning the ballad of big all then my little sister broke the disc for what ever reason her entitled self felt
So Al wasn't "Married with Children"😂
I share the theory that man evolved from the dinosaurs than from apes.
I noticed that I cannot subscribe to your channel on TH-cam?
But then again I am an old codger and not tech savvy and may have missed something.
There should a button next to the channel name underneath the video? Let me know if you have issues, I really appreciate you wanting to subscribe to the channel 😊
@
I have. Now identified the issue,
I was already subscribed to your excellent channel amongst others, hence the lack of a ‘subscribe button’
I like your content, your delivery and your funky lampshade.
Many thanks for your response, cheers.
The sex thing isn't true: Big Al showed signs of medullary bone, indicating that it was A) female and B) was in the process of laying or had just laid, a clutch of eggs, at the time of death
Bro watched a documentary i watched as a wee lad 😅
Those short arms and little hands
Disgustingly old person, who's memories are shaped by the voices of Avery Brooks (US Version) and Christian Slater, checking in.
Since we cant rell the skeletons sex it may very well be Big Elle instead of Big Al
like the big birds today chicks stick together until reason causes males leave
In ostriches, emus, and cassowaries, it's male who takes care of the youngs.
@@ExtremeMadnessX yes they are the leaders /controllers who commutation warning and care for the clutch i was referring to male chicks reaching sexual maturity but if only a single chick make full adult they can form a adult sub adult arrangement in males , in my limited observation ,I should have been cleare,my apologies
6:56 wait, where's your nose, man ??
?
@@daxbashir6232 you ever watched Harry Potter? Well, that's Voldemort.
big al was a girl and was pregnant i think
'Big Alice' then? 🙂
I heard something about Bug Al being a female in a recent paper. Is that true or clickbait trolling?
He touches upon this topic on the very video above. Have you watched it in its entirety?
I’ve seen this same thing explained in a similar thread. Why? 💯♾️🇺🇸
Okay, I did not expect this video to be about more BBC fantasy. Disappointing.
Saurofaginax isn't real, it's just sauropod bones mixed with an allosauros bone and it all got mixed up, but as far as we know, the biggest allosaurus was Fragilis
Are you British? If so, come to the University of Birmingham’s Lapworth Museum to see the only complete cast of Big Al in the UK or even in Europe.
Pour one out for our boy, lads.
🍾🥂🫡🪦