The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures
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There are animals in the fossil record that challenge some of our most basic ideas about what animals are supposed to look like. If there ever was a monster on this planet that was worthy of the name, it might have been the Tully Monster.
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I think we can all agree that the mysterious appendage in the front should be called a "tullywhacker."
You sir are a brilliant idiot , never change
i can get behind this
I'm throwing my name in this hat
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Yes
the Tully looks like something I'd make in spore whilst highly intoxicated
Man, I miss playing Spore.
@@jaysonklein6018 You can still play
Sakura Kurofodu it looks like someone played a serious game of spore tho
I went to the comment section to say just that.
It looks very similar to one of my Spore creatures. Except mine had legs and arms.
What really get me about the Tully monster is that it looks like something from the Cambrian era, like Opabinia, but it lived at the Carboniferous period instead, only 300 million years ago. That's amazingly recent for something so bizarre looking with no real phylogeny.
Yes that what i tough
...anyone else think it looked like a squid?
Dan Nguyen but most of its body in the picture looks a lot like the mantle and fins of a squid
Kayla m yeah sure, but that's an artists impression, the artist may have based their drawing on theorising it was a mollusc (like squid), rather than a fish.
It actually more closely resembles a lamprey imo. It has a vague eel-like body, creepy looking mouth, weird hole gill slits, etc.
i feel like this is basically what science corporations are fighting aboaut...
SplitSniper7 exactly
Early life on Earth was weird, throwing traits and features around at random until it found stuff that worked.
Well its still true, those are called mutations
A very logical inference
@@qaqaqaqaowhTechnically true too, but I think what the original comment also implied is how early life on Earth had a ton of potential for adaptive radiation on top of the random mutations that we'd continuously see. Less established niches meant more room for weirder mutations to maybe stick around.
Tully are all dead, the lannisters send their regards
victarion greyjoy Edmure's alive though.
Professor Politics and his kid
victarion greyjoy when I aww tully we thought of the tullys of the river lands.
No, Edmure isn't alive anymore because the show-writers forget he existed.
😂😂😂😂😂 I saw Tully and clicked thinking "game o thrones! Cool!" Hahahahahahahahaaaaaama dumbass lolz. I am going outside the internet is too much.....
I've wanted a series like this to exist for at least a year. Thank you PBS for magically knowing and granting my wishes.
I don't think there are any fossils more problematic than the Ediacaran biota. It would be great to see an episode on those.
Yeah the Ediacaran biota is bizar. Just goes to show how little we know, and how fragmentary our knowledge of deep-time is, regarding life on earth. It's so deep in time that it's almost difficult to interpret by default. Some fossils from the biota can be said to belong within Animalia or Bilateria, but many remain mysterious. It's not really problematic, though, because it makes sense, considering the age and primitive biology of these creatures, that we are in fact looking at a period in the history of life that produced entire communities in ecosystems that completely vanished, only leaving behind a number of species that would continue the story. The others, the truly bizar ones that elude phylogenetic identification, simple disappeared and left no extant or even extinct lines. Every organism does however have its proper place, somewhere on that tree of life. Figuring out where certain creatures belong can be tough. I wonder if there wasn't a second tree of life in the past, or maybe even more than that. For as far as I know, and I'm certainly no expert, there's only one such tree. Life arises once, and diversifies and never goes extinct, and every living organism belongs to that same tree that all others belong to. I really don't know if this is actually true though. I think that this is true for all extant and most known extinct creatures, but it could be that somewhere deep in time, life emerged a second time, producing it's very own unique tree. Would make perfect sense if this were the case, that anything from that additional tree would truly look anomalous and absurdly bizar to us, exactly because there would be no relation between those critters and the ones that are in our own tree of life. Maybe there was a forrest of life, or maybe not. Perhaps there is just the one and its branches are more diverse than we realize, hence the difficulty in classifying certain extinct creatures. Offshoots that arose and vanished in the fog of time, deep in the oceans. Most of them would not have fossilized anyway, with only a couple entombed within the dark ground somewhere. It's a fascinating story, really. What I find truly amazing is the idea that the tree of life is in fact one, and not two or many. That life emerged once and one time only. It's odd, you'd expect it to do so more often, in pools and ponds on the earth, throughout the ages, but this doesn't seem to have been the case, and you have to wonder why that is. You know, the idea of abiogenesis. How come it happened only once, or seemingly so, at least? The mysteries of the heavens and the earth, right..
It's not that weird really, it makes perfect sense. Perhaps life did emerge before our tree of life began, but clearly it wasn't fit enough for environmental change and died off or we couldn't have originated. More complex and fully adapted life would have beat out emerging organisms at the pre-cell stage and they woudln't have gone anywhere. Similarly if new life began somewhere today on the planet, it would quickly be destroyed or eaten by the advanced bacteria or small cell organisms we have now, there are just no opportunities for something to come out of the primordial soup--there are already predators waiting for it. Once life has a foothold, any 'new life' is working at a disadvantage of millions of years or more behind their pre-existing rivals. Even if it's trying to evolve towards using an environment or food-source not being use, the pre-existing life is already doing so as well and has the head start of actually having individuals capable of environmental selection.
Life isn't a spark that just happens wherever and whenever off it goes. It takes special chemistry and millions or billions of years of partial-proteins and fragmented genetic material bubbling around until they come together in just the right way to start acting like a cell. Probably that happened many times before one finally managed to procreate and begin the family tree of life. In short, new life doesn't happen so easily that it can happen very many times in the same planet's history and once it shows up it's not so weak that it will let something new move in and take over.
@@M00nSlippers stop acting like you know how life began
I don’t think it’s really that bizarre it just looks like a coral or sea slug.
@@fmx_goodriddance4201 dumbass
TIL the term "problematica." Now to figure out how to use it throughout my day at work...
Just claim it's your favourite metal band.
A great example of scientists naming something well!
Deep Look
I'm already thinking of many examples at my workplace. LOL!
This just the plural of the greek word problematikos in latin. It just means "the problematic things", nothing too fancy.
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Favorite channel meets favorite topics. word
LOL! One of my favourite channels likes one of my favourite channels.
Nice
Time for an update engineering! Is it still your favorite channel or have you watched all the videos and gotten bored of it yet?
The Tully Monster, to me, looks like an ancient ancestor to modern squid.
It just seems to me that the natural evolution of that creature would have been to retract its beak towards its body, while developing other appendages to help feed it. Maybe the mouth appendage was already retractable?
This monster was on the U-haul truck my Uncle and I rented years ago. Always wanted to know more about it.
Dear team EONS,
It would be really helpful if you could shed some light on the hierarchy of eras, ages, periods and their significance in the evolution.
I like this
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Good series, but I agree with you. An overview of eras in Earth's biology would add much needed context.
I think the word "monster" can be used to refer to real animals, considering its etymology. The Latin "monere" means, among other things, "to warn", and so long as by "monster" one means "thing whose intimidating appearance alone warns one to stay back", then even a particularly nasty house cat could be termed a "monster".
Yeah, it can refer to something that you can visibly identify as threatening or dangerous even if you didn’t know what it was prior, like a Komodo Dragon or certain types of large shark
*looks at the centipedes and giant isopods*
How about demon creature?
Exactly. A monster was anything that varied excessively from the norm and therefore was considered an omen.
I've totally met some cats that you could call monsters.
@@angygremlin4423 Most cats are monstrous at heart. I mean, what is meant by "normal" in a cat?
I know dinosaurs and mammals are the sexy ones, but can we please have an episode on cyanobacteria?
.......why am I laughing?
I would love you to make a video about the stem-mammals of the Permian, a subject rarely talked about
Oo, you better stick around, then. Stuff's coming up on Eons in the next few weeks (This is Blake btw)
What do you mean I need to get ready for class? I'm doing something educational phantom authority figure!
spoopy
Monster!
Okay, calm down, kid. Just put on the jacket.
Evi1M4chine most scientists have gone through such systems, it might be flawed, but don't sell it short.
Me rn
I am so much in love with this channel I cannot even explain
Hip hip hooray!
I would love more episodes like this!! Just a list of random wacky creatures and why they are so crazy
"Earths creatures are not monsters"
*eyeing the centipedes*
Doodle Dog 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'm sure there's a really clever political joke l could make about either side with this setup, but l think whoever is reading this comment can think of one themselves.
"Go spines!"
The Tully monster is Lady Stoneheart
Well, her children are half-wolves, I can see your point.
It's fkdup that she wasn't included in the TV series.
*It's a SPORE Creature. The Tully Monster that is!*
Omg I need more episodes like this! I love seeing strange historical creatures and trying to convince myself that they really did exist!
If so try the coelacanths. This is amazing stuff for the hard ones.
Please keep this content going. You are PBS. But, you are the PBS of the internet. Love what you do and you passion. Thank you. All of you.
"Doesnt look even remotely like anything today"
*98% Identical to a Giant Squid*
Nope look the other way
Agree, but based on one artist's interpretation and they have a dubious track record.
It doesn't look all that unfamiliar! It's pretty cute. When I saw it, I thought "squid".
same. it looks like a squid with a beak
Just found this channel. Been binging on history so hard for the past hour
i was sending pics of weird prehistoric animals to a friend who really needed cheering up and i'm pleased to say the tully monster was the perfect laugh therapy
It would be nice to see some videos focusing on precambrian fossils.
Maybe the Francevillian biota? I know the Ediacaran biota definitely need covered, but they're neat, too.
Legit one of my fave shows
agree
loving this series!
I love this series, never stop please
I would love to learn about the origin of the sense of smell and the ability of creatures such as sharks to sense electricity and vibrations in the water. This is very interesting as it is a necessary tool to survival for predators and since we know they evolved with their prey, how this might be such a large role of certain species' evolutions.
you got my subscription with the first 45 seconds. Great job!
I would LOVE for them to remake this video with more updated info on the Tully Monster as of 2024
They're so cute I wish they still were extant and I could have some in a fish tank to look at and feed and cuddle with.
Fair, but I imagine that keeping its water quality parameters just right would be a nightmare.
The Middle Jurassic could be a interesting topic. Again, very nice video!
I love all the monsters that are covered on this channel!
Enjoying your channel PBS, keep up the good work
Wow this host is a perfect specimen.
Go spines!
I wish some team had Spines as a mascot
Is that a pretty much it reference?
Fascinating!! I had no idea!!!
Thanks for introducing me to the Tully Problematica! Lol! Excellent video! 😊
If Blake had ever raised two kids whose growth spurts were synchronized, he'd believe in monsters!
“Problematica” I- 😂😂😂😂 Thats amazing
I have never seen a more appropriate example for the phrase "Go home Nature, you're drunk"
Petition to change this animal's name into
*T U L L Y P R O B L E M A T I C*
The Tully Monster looks so bizarre that it looks like something from the Cambrian not the Carboniferous.
I think the tully monster looks cute! Heck if I had one as a pet I'd call it Squirm b/c it looks like a cross between a squid and a worm.
Probably. ;)
I think it's disadvantageous to classify an organism, extinct or otherwise, as cute.
Dan Oh, I agree. Next time a human organism asks me if they are cute I will look them straight in the eyes and tell them no. Being cute is disadvantageous to you and your species!
I'm not saying that it's disadvantageous to them to be cute. I'm saying it's disadvantageous to us for us to classify them as such, at least in regards to gaining a meaningful understanding of the organism.
Mhm, and why is that?
Thank you!
Great video! Thanks!
How did this channel exist for a month without me finding it?
This guy looks like Alan Tudyk and Daniel Craig had a baby
It looks like a cuttlefish. Perfectly familiar appearance (on the outside, at least).
This channel is awesome!
"a whole thing of chocolate yoohoo" imma use that some how idk how yet but I will trust me
blake de pastino has a great lecture voice
That he does! All the hosts for Eons are awesome!
Oh I didn't know that was Blake. Cool!
Fascinating. I really enjoyed this. Not a choice while one is eating though
My son & I are LOVING this series-- thank you! But one request: please slow down. This one was a little rapid-fire.
1:15
Video: It doesn't look like anything alive today.
Me: It looks almost exactly like a squid...
He speaks faster than Hank.
Who the eff is Hank?
SciShow founder
smh
Go watch some old vlogbrothers. You'l understand.
Hank is an extinct organism one foot long (is that like a kilometre?) with his mouth on an appendage whose phylogeny scientists do not know.
This new approach to science is the way to go. Keep it up. I wish it was around back in my day, boy I tell you what. I would have some friends : (
It looks adorable
I love these videos, but could they be bigger??
*longer
more powerful
More teeth.
Faster
With five eyes.
This is so interesting to me. I love it
I am binge-watching this episodes!
Well done! There are a lot of problematic fossils found in Cambrian strata, more there that found in younger age rocks
I'd like to learn more about the evolution of eyes that see beyond the visible spectrum
So, stuff like birds (who can see past polarized light) bees (who can see ultraviolet light) and mantis shrimp (who can see ALL THE LIGHTS... but in crosshair fashion).
This episode was great! The mainstream media needs to bring more attention to creatures like the Tully monster. I also adored the realistic approach to its design. My only problem was the mosasaurs design felt a little lazy. It just seemed like a lizard with fins instead of the highly evolved and derived creatures that we know they where. But besides that I play bed this episode!
Mosasaurs are lizards with fins. And a few other aquatic adaptations, but they were straight up varanids.
Adam Thaxton Yes but along with those adaptation comes more specialized skin. They had skin more like modern whale's more than scales. Recently we where able to isolate the melanin in some fossilized skin showing that the large mosasaurs had the same color scheme as modern sharks, Black or dark blue on top and white on the underside. They also most likely possessed a blow whole.
Evi1M4chine You seem to think that everyone would just brand this creature as some sort of demon. What I meant was if people could see animals like this than it may get them interesting in the more obscure side of paleontology. It could help people realize that there's a lot more than just dinosaurs to be discovered. It may just open a few eyes to the wonderful world of paleontology:).
@PBS Eons I'd love if you covered some more of those classed as Problematica.
1:30 I expected you to say "That's what would leave him the next morning"
Awesome presentation and facts. Good camera and great video! The sound is tight and well done but slooooowww down man. Your enunciation would be fantastic if you just tweaked that speed down a smidgen! Still love these EONS productions and all due respect intended!
Exactly. I mean the vid would have been much more enjoyable if it was like 1 minute longer. Very cool channel in any case.
There is more than 1 definition of the word monster. Calling something a monster does not imply it is imaginary
yeah, in these contexts, the meaning of ‘monster’ is closer to ‘beast’
Favorite eons narrator.
So it probably had different types of creatures that made it up from its past lol great video
Go team chordata!
Chordata indeed - this is just a Lamprey.
2:29, am I the only one who cant see the "white line" he's talking about?
I don't think they were referring to that ONE SPECIFIC fossil, perhaps that was just a stock image and other fossils show it more clearly.
Great video!
really cool stuff
has someone written an "Encyclopedia Problematica?
Pun aside, I'd so buy that.
Infernoraptor +
"Hey hey what should we call these.. uh problematic animals?"
"Problematic?"
" Nah, not scientific enough let's make it.... Problematic....A
Problematica"
"Wow so innovative"
No, so Latin.
As a natural history nerd I am SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS VIDEO
The first thing that came to mind for me was some kind of cross between an octopus and a snail... how strange! Wherever it turns out the Tully Monster fits, it's gonna be incredibly interesting.
this dude is ripped
He's fit.
"Go spines!" Lol
Him talking about monsters in Harry Potter.
Hagrid: they're not monsters, they're exceptional magical creatures
Oh
That host though. Me-wow.
Tully is not monster. Tully is uhh
A genuine demon?
A true freak?
Tully is... the devil.
OH MY GOD HES SO GOD DAMN COOL
I laughed out loud at "go spines."
If you are going to use the imperial system for measurements at the very least put in a note in metric so that the literal rest of the world doesn't have to convert things themselfs for every video...
I know I'm being condescending, but I really like most of the shows PBS puts on youtube, its just frustrating to see the imperial system while ignoring the rest of the world
BananaStab do you also get pissed at the British for using Britishisms when they make videos? The literal rest of the world doesn't use those terms.
J. C. There is no place for imperial measurements in a science channel. SI is marked at atomic levels of accuracy, while feet and inches are actually measured against SI to keep them consistent. British colloquialisms are a false equivalence.
_"the _*_literal_*_ rest of the world"_ - not really *literal* if having to do a simple ft↔m conversion is too hard for someone to whine about it so much.
Sincerely,
An Asian.
BananaStab Because doing a conversion is so hard. :( Are you gonna cry about it?
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it's pretty annoying how that joke implies George Lucas should get the most credit for the creature work in Star Wars. The credits are in films for a reason people!
XIAOMI Redmi Note 3 But he is the type who would eat too much and get nightmares.
XIAOMI Redmi Note 3 is that rose Tico? Gross eww
When the anatomy of the Tully Monster was being drawn up I was shook because I saw the head as a tail and vice versa
Dear PBS, I'm a great fan of your videos mainly in television broadcast. I have a humble request that why don't you slow things down, it may be more enjoyable I think but I know today's media trends but as a lover of history I prefer things should be explained more slowly but firmly. I think the histories of these magnificent creatures deserve much more than this... thanks
Dude has no knowledge of the term terratagon. Imaginary is not the only definition of monster. Many words have more than one meaning.
The host is good looking.
I read the Title as "The Truly Monster & Other Problematic Creatures"
Honestly you can blame me due to staying up all night.
Closest thing yet to something that can explain my brother.