A Giant Prehistoric Vampire Bat - Desmodus draculae
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- The largest vampire bat known to have existed, Desmodus draculae, lived throughout the Americas and may have fed on megafauna such as giant ground sloths. There's also a possibility that it might not be quite as extinct as we'd thought...
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“A monster among microbats.” That’s like being an absolutely enormous teacup poodle.
or an 30 or 40 pound Chihuahua
Andrew Gan - You know, tbh, I can’t think of a scarier breed of small dog to see enlarged. An enormous chihuahua would be terrifying. They are vicious!
Or,
*"The Kodiak Marmoset: The World's Largest Smallest Living Primate!"*
(from "Ren & Stimpy")
Giant shrimp
@@sherlockbonez Mantis shrimp are badass
Dat Primeval refrence, awesome
i like to watch Australian fruit bats get rescued on Batzilla the Bat and Megabattie channels they are beautiful animals
Primeval Future Predator was almost a reality... oh nevermind I assumed it was flightless
Wtf desmodon vampiro is a giant bat from a spec evo project 😳
3:00
Wait, are you telling me that a giant ground sloth took a dump on a bat and the bat died from the sheer mass of the dump crushing it?
Or maybe suffocation? Or embarrassment...
I just posted a similar comment.
Thats a *CRITICAL SHIT*
Team Ninja Bug
Yeah, not a way to go.
Underrated comment. This made me really laugh
Future predator reference is tight
Deathgleaner 👍
It was pretty slick
Primeval was so good
Making future predator references is super easy, barely a inconvenience.
The giant bat than did a backflip, snapped the bad guy's neck and saved the day
Totally not here to figure out how to pronounce its name correctly *shifty eyes
I knew there was going to be something like this here, heya Syntac
HEY SYNTAC!!!!!
Hi Syntac ^^
One being found on the underside of a giant sloth's coprolite makes me wonder if it was feeding on an unwise area of the sloth's body at an inconvenient time, and died an ignoble death trapped under a pile of excrement.
tsopmocful
I was thinking exactly the same thing: a truly ignoble death.
That is a horible way to go.
Succ
What a shitty way to go.
...I'll get my coat.
Like Dr No.
Vampire bat: *a couple centimeters larger in diameter*
Scientists: GIANT!
The Scarlet One maybe if you talk about generic size like that but 10 grams compared to 60 grams is quite a difference.
Also, that joke format is not funny anymore. Everyone please stop using it. It's seriously almost every other comment with it and most people aren't even using it correctly. Please stop.
With a couple of extra centimetres it basically doubles though haha
You wouldn’t be saying that if you were a tiny little baby.
@@jimmyshrimbe9361 ikr
Who are these “scientists” you speak of? I didn’t see anyone calling them “giant” other than the narrator
Can you do a video on Necromantis? It's a giant carnivorous bat with massive teeth. Weighing 47 grams with a meter long wingspan, it was large enough to hunt birds and rats. It also might have been a scavenger, hence the name.
Edit: Yes, I'm aware the Spectral Bat is far larger, but for the Quercy Formation in France, it was a giant. Plus, Necromantis still had a more robust jaw and wider teeth than the Spectral. I still think that's enough to call it monster amoung bats, despite the small size.
Damn, I love that thing. I wish it was still alive
No..... 47 grams and a meter wing span is impossible
Depressed Gojisaurus Rex check modern bat species.
The greater noctule hunts birds mid air
The spectral bat, who is more than twice the mass of Necromantis, hunts birds even bigger than itself by crushing their skull while they are asleep, and also hunts small mammals. It is also likely to also be the inspiration for Camazotz as well as the vampire, as it is much larger and hunts similarly to how the god kills- by going for the head.
The spectral’s smaller relative, the big eared wooly bat, hunts more mammals than its larger relative.
The Australian ghost bat hunts by wrapping its wings around its prey and giving multiple bites. The prey includes large insects, small mammals, birds and reptiles and even things like crocodile hatchling.
The pallid bat is a generalist, having a diverse diet that can include venomous arthropods and scavenging.
Best animal name
Necromantis is funny because it’s so small for a carnivorous bat
This video is very good, but there are two mistakes. The use of “microbat” is outdated. Microchiroptera is now known to be a paraphyletic grouping. Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera have been replaced with been Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera. Also, the most recent D. draculae remains are dated to 3,000 ybp, not 300 ybp.
Besides that though, again, this is a very good and nice to see a relatively obscure taxa like this get some love. I’d love to see a video on some other bizarre extinct bats like Synemporion, Aegyptonycteris and “Hipposideros” besaoka
Oh, I sense some Eastern terms. So I suppose Yin-bats are night flyers and Yang-bats are day-soarers? Wow.
I've read a bit more, and it's way more complex than that lol. Will read even further. And my assumptions are kind off inverse.
Yeah lol
Oh and I hope I don’t sound too pretentious, that’s not my intention at all
Why do you care
man i miss megafauna, life would be so much more interesting if they were still around
It would be awesome if the Megafuana were still alive, sadly I think poachers may try to hunt them.
África still has megafauna.
Yeah but just think about all the animals we have now
Kodiak Grizzlies and Moose would qualify if I'm not mistaken.
@@fmlAllthetime yeah, muskoxen and bison probably would too
The Desmodus draculae being significantly larger than the Common Vampire Bat it would be quite possible that it had higher tolerance to cold than the smaller bat.
Harold Crews
Yes, I was thinking, too, that it could be more cold-resistant due to its larger size.
I also doubt that the July temperature was 2 degrees warmer in Argentina just 300 years ago (that is ~1700 ad around the start of the industrial revolution)
time for stocking up on Garlic, holywater and sharpen oak stocks.
White oak or gtfo
I'll get the priest.
time to stock up on onions unholy water and blunt spruce steak
No. We shall embrace our new deity camazotz
And silver bullets
The amount of super predators and giants we "just" missed is higher than one might think....
this thing aint that big
@@AdamAtlanta404 relatively speaking.
@@pst5345 look up flying foxes. only difference is diet
Well at least in the mammoth's case we know it's partly our fault it's gone
The thing is, humanity DIDN’T miss the recently extinct megafauna. That’s in large part why they’re recently extinct.
Future Predator was exactly whst I was thinking!
Or After Man's Night Stalker.
Wow, an actual plausible cryptid. It would be unbelievably wonderful if a few living specimens were found!
God I’ve always loved bats for some reason. They have a special place in my heart
Me: Prehistoric megafauna can't surprise me anymore
Prehistoric megafauna: Giant Dracula bat goes blah blah blah
Also only 300 years ago? Go for it Forrest Galante!
Only 300 years ago? Genetists: Ferb, i know what we are gonna do today!
G R O M I T M U G
@@furythemadman aw yeah!! :sand:
Geneticists: *It’s remind time!*
It was actually a mistake in the video.
It’s actually 3000 years ago.
BATS ARE PERFECTION AND NOBODY CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE
THEY’RE CUTE AND QUIRKY AND SPOOKY AND INCREDIBLY DIVERSE
Thank you for blessing me with bat info!
Not to be disrespectful,but
"...probably a mass of 60 gs. That's might not sound all that impressive, but that's put Desmodus draculae in the same realm..." as a standard size Snickers. With wings and a thirst for blood.
And a blood thirsty snickers doesn't scare you?
Imagine if vampire bats existed with dinosaurs, just how big would one be that fed on sauropod blood
And if there was a dinosaur species that ate vampire bats named Belmontsaurus. 😁
Oh _lord_ they're b i g e !!! :)))) Bats are precious, and it's a shame they aren't held to quite the same adoration as other small mammals in pop-culture. Also, the possibility of Camazotz being based off of this incredible extinct species fascinates me
they’re so cute
A layman question:
Is there any genomic detail that shows "Rotunda" and "Draculae" are different species? I was idly speculating on the abundance of larger fauna leading to better chance of statistical outliers like larger vampire bats?
Honestly this was exactly what I was thinking- if they are extremely closely related it seems totally plausible that draculae *is* rotunda- just a much larger population/subspecies that survived as long as the megafauna did and petered out along with them.
Now my question is if the very fact that they were larger would have extended their range slightly into colder regions just because they were that small bit more capable of holding onto body heat?
statistical outliers are one thing but these bats had like 2-3 times the wing span of extant vampire bats. its possible I guess but it feels unlikely to me
they do seem to be the same. draculae is not very large at all. "giant among relatives" is just a lie
@Jayswag differences between the teeth of great whites and megalodon are great enough that it's now thought megalodon isn't closely related to white sharks
I wonder this also. Not only does our current banking system plunders the Earth of species, nearly all species are less robust than they were in the recent past, say 1800s. Size alone cannot be the reason for the claim of a unique species.
Someone has probably already commented this but this is gonna be added to a certain dinosaur survival game
What a coincidence, I was hoping he upload something and lucky he did too. Thanks man and keep up the great quality.
Isn't the difference in Habitat temperature potentially explained not by having the region the tooth was found in be warmer, but by the fact that, potentially, a larger bat has an easier time enduring slightly harsher winters? as long as it finds enough food, of course, and, if it was present around 500 years, it would have only needed to hang around for a bit longer for the Spanish to Introduce cattle rearing into the region, which could have reintroduced large mammals for them to feed on, and the relatively "hands free" method of rearing practiced in and around the area could have meant they weren't as frequently spotted, and even if spotted, most people could just have confused them with a particularly big common vampire
The bat on thumbnail looked like Lightning Dog from Half Life : Alyx
So what you are saying is that chupacabras were real at some point in time?
Is their discovery in colder climates evidence of the climate having been different only a few thousand years ago, or that the much larger Desmodus Draculae was better able to conserve body heat and live in colder climates?
This species shows the fact that; hematophagy (vampire/blood based diet) is not a *recent* addition to the evolutionary linage. As far as I read at least 3 bat species feed solely on blood: common vampire bat, the hairy-legged vampire bat, the white-winged vampire bat. Imagine how many other species have evolved it ?!
@Susan Farley I know them their me
Evolution & adaptation are why I believe there’s a chance that a lot of animals (not including monsters like Medusa) from mythology existed once upon a time but humans just exaggerated their appearance and killed them off.
Now I understand the Temple of the Bat in whatever Mayan city that was in.
The bat was the Mayan symbol of the underworld, even their stone glyphs included a bat head as an alternate way to spell the cavern glyph.
i second more bat content! This was great ^*^
Probably the ancient Mayans based off their God camazotz on his extinct bat yeah has really look up mythology they were inspired by something from the past
I feel like I'm so close to deciphering what this comment means.
American megafauna still has some living relicts like the condor.
3:00 "discovered sticking to the underside of a coprolite"
oh god, that poor bastard.
So one of those bat was killed by sloth poop? not a good way to go, even for a vampire.
Hands down my favorite extinct mammal.
Yes please include more bat content! They’re such an under appreciated mammal species.
ITS NOT EVEN THAT BIG. flying foxes get WAY larger, and only have a slightly different diet.
The fact that this animal could still be alive is seriously cool on it's own
BAT WEEK 2020? (May be cliche, but the last week of october is perfect for this)
Are you going to continue your Walking with Dinosaurs scientific accuracy videos?
I would have love to see something like this alive,also would have been the true Cap Draucala.
Well if the date is correct at 300 years ish...and its supposed to feed on giant sloths, there are tales of a cryptid like a giant sloth and with large areas still unexplored its possible both the bats and sloths are still around
Imagine in september, scientists discover a remnant population of giant vampire bats;)
Awesome! I love bats! Probably my second favorite kind of mammal after platypuses.
3:03 shout out to my bat bro who died being shat on.
Ahh, primeval, now that’s a reference I haven’t heard in a long time.
2 minutes ago
*I AM DROMICEIOMIMUS*
Future Predators anyone?
Edit: Should have just waited 1:43
I love bats. I've loved them since I was a child
kanchomerocks link to one of the most popular rescue of bats in danger. Enjoy... w ww.th-cam.com/video/Tt34yJ9aKfE/w-d-xo.html
theres alot of well know and not well know cenozoic animals that we don.t know about like for example
Nestoritherium
Agriotherium
tyrant polar bear
Cercopithecoides
Ekorus ekakeran
Eomellivora
Enhydriodon
Megistotherium
Viverra leakeyi
Leptorycteropus
Giraffa jumae
Bubalus palaeokerabau
and etc
I will still be like those giant bats from primal monster size yeah well at least prehistoric giant bat actually existed sort of well size of a dog
Primal anyone?
Hey look, a character from Smite.
Amazing! Although I was indeed hoping for a Future Predator ;)
I doubt those scientists studied all the caves around the extinct giant vampire bats' alleged range. There could be undiscovered caves or habits where the those giant vampire bats thrive. I could be wrong about those scientists not found and studied all the caves in the alleged giant vampire bat's range.
CAMAZOTS You say? Well at least I now know where the name the new, kuiju came form for the. Godzilla V Kong & also it would be awesome to learn more about, bats 🦇 since there highly mist-understood animals. Thought out most of the general public knowledge.
>found under a pile of fossilized poop
What a terrible way to die
Well let's just take a moment to realize that a 303 minutes in this video we learned that a vampire bat was killed by a turd
Love the primevil reference
3:01 wait a minute so one of these bats was killed by being pooped on?
How humiliating.
2:35 "primarily consume the blood of birds" - I've always thought it was livestock in general. Which is why they're are considered a pest across Latin America.
Hey Ben, I’m no fan of reaction videos, but I’d love to see you do a review/recap of tierzoo’s most recent Pterosaur vid. Your channel taught me how much I love Azdarchids, and I really like tierzoo’s content, so I’d love to see your opinions on it.
Also this video was really good as usual.
as of the Ark fjordur creature vote I desire to travel back in time and eliminate this species
maybe the Belmonts put the final nail in the coffin 300 years ago
Video suggestion: earth 3.5 million years ago
Just something is like to see!
I wonder how long that bat had to hang out to get pooped on by that giant sloth.
I legit only knew of this weird creature from a game called Cenozoic survival
Ben: We really should make more content about this remarkable animals at some point.
Me: Bat Week - CONFIRMED!
“giant” vampire bat
So... he's basically not prehistoric.
So a tiny chance of it being a real cryptid. Sweet.
Make sure to make a video on reptile
Borococous
I'm just happy about the primeval reference. I love that show so much
desmodus rotundus is a cute name for such a horrific creature
Why horrific? I think they're cute. And it's not like an individual is dangerous to a human. They're very skittish and only drink a single teaspoon of blood a night.
@@patrickmccurry1563 More of a personal fear of things sucking my blood tbh. I had a bad experience with a leech when I was younger.
They are my favorite Mammal because they can fly!
I LOVE EXTINCT DESMODUS DRACULAE BAT 🦇
Whoa! Very cool video guys! 🦇♥️
It looks like Night stalker from After Man
Bats are the best! More bat videos in the future please!
2020 anyone?
*_Fingerboy_*
I love you and Moth Light Media.
Gangsta Brobama
Yes! They are two of my favourite channels, as well.
Ah the future predator, Primeval was a great show!
Cian Medlar
Yes, "Primeval" was a great show!
(Terapusmordax intensifies)
Who's after ark dossier of this creature
My father saw several giant bats swarm, attack and start eating a pigeon before it even hit the ground, back in 1978 under The Commodore Barry Bridge. So who knows.
Brilliant subject matter! You guys never fail at informing.
Thanks for telling about this vampire bat...
Because I needed some insomnia...
When you said Camazotz I almost thought you were referencing the monsterverse.
Nanananananananana Giant Prehistoric Vampire Bat named Desmodus draculae
Gaint vampire bat's for September?
This ain't even prehistoric smh
These are real life vampires.
YAYYYYYYY, more bat videos yes!
Giant Bat. Awesome!!!!!
300 years ago huh 🤔🤔🤔
Castlevania one boss flashbacks