Dean had definitely earned his career and proper reputation as an authority in his field of palaeontology. I've seen too much snobbery comments on him when I was following his work as a 14-15 year old boy, that deterred me quite a bit when my grades weren't top of the class and had to choose subjects to do for an A-level equivalent diploma. Thankfully, his determination and sheer will emanated into me to study hard and volunteer in my local museums in Hong Kong, a place with no known dinosaur fossils. Serendipitously, I met a local dinosaur palaeontologist through a palaeontology public lecture that later helped guided my journey to make palaeontology a potential career and a subject to study in university. As Dean said, now I'm taking it as my catchphrase, "follow your passion and pursue your dreams." You can do it Ben, you are worth more than your exam grades. Gonna head off and finish my university report on ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. :)
I love how scientific expertise can come from effort. Richard Ross, cephalopod expert from the California Academy of Sciences started out as a professional juggler. His hobby of keeping and breeding cephalopods have him an expertise that few had and led him to a career as a scientist. The want seems similar.
Education doesn't always sort people by aptitude for things, which anyone who has ever had a job will know. Endless mediocrities make it through, but not all great minds do. Education is very expensive is my explanation. Anyone would be discouraged looking at an average student loan.
It’s very upsetting to me that somebody so talented and with so much passion for a subject almost got overlooked and tossed aside in the grand scheme of things because he didn’t excel in everything at school and therefore wasn’t allowed to go to university. This guy is a hero.
Oh, well I was a Somalian trader, I traded fish for goods da da baba bam dan dan Oh, well I was a Somalian king, I liked to kill the fish before they got home, home, home Oh, well I was a teenage king, I did what I needed to do Oh, Oh, Oh please save my soul, I've been holding it in for so long baby it's not true I don't know when I'll release it onto you, but I'd surely want to spread it all over you Babam bam bam babam dadadam bam bam, babam, babam, babam-dan dan dan da dan da dan dan dan Oh it's coming out without the farts on, come on bladder, do your thing to lube it on Oh oh oh, I once was a Somalian trader, I traded fish for scats.
Thank you I have wanted to be a paleontologist for years but my grades weren't the best so i couldn't take the courses i wanted to at college You have given me hope
Keep following your dream and be persistent. College degrees aren't the only route to success. Ability, experience, and enthusiasm count for a lot, as this video demonstrates. Best wishes and good luck.
Haven't heard of Dr. Lomax over here in the US, but definitely a new fan! Thank you for sharing his work and some of his story. Y'all always share quality content. Bravo gents!
I wanted to learn about giant Ichthyosaurs but I did enjoy watching a great story of drive and determination of a young person who, regardless of the naysayers, didn't give up on his dream. He pursued and accomplished the goal he set for his life's work and is succeeding, and even thriving. YOU GO DEAN!!!
This is an inspirational story and also helps illustrate some of the problems associated with standardized testing and educational channeling. Also I was road tripping this summer and visited the Dinosaur Museum in Thermopolous Wyoming. It’s a really fascinating place with some amazing hot springs!
This is the best video you made this far. People like Dean Lomax should get more publicity. They have extraordinary talents that indeed can inspire other young people in building out a career in what the love to do. It’s amazing what a person can achieve if he sets his mind to it.
That reminds me, I should get rid of my Star Wars collection since the woke versions have completely ruined it for me. Dean however, gives me a warm and fuzzy regarding hope for humanity. A New Hope, of sorts.
Thanks for this informative and inspiring story. I particularly identified with your advocacy for alternate paths to professional success. While I completed my University degrees, I chose the path of experience to pursue my true passion (rare books and manuscripts) without ever taking a library "science" degree, and at 80, am still active and productive in my field. Best wishes to you in finding your own path to success via the best of all possible routes: enthusiasm and practical experience. I think you have a fine prospect in palaeontology and as a science communicator. I follow and enjoy all of your videos with great interest. Thanks, and all best wishes !!! 👍👍👍
Let's just stop and thank Dean for being such a motivated and remarkable human. Dean is a never breaking spirit. From a young age, was content with being a paleontologist. He had failed his classes, yet, never lost hope. Such an inspiration.
The Aust colossus ichthyosaur was estimated to be equally as long as the blue whale, but was MUCH heavier. Assuming it had a build similar to Shonisaurus, the Aust colossus could weigh up to 260 tons!
From a very good TH-camd named The Vividen, he said that if it was like 33 meters long, and gained another 3 meters, it would weigh over 300 tons. I can’t see a Megalodon even attacking and killing this thing. But why they got big is still a mystery. My theory is that their main prey, squids were likely much bigger than they were today. Enter Triassic Kraken, a hypothetical animal, but evidence proves it likely exist.
Maybe not so speculative: www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/11/elizabeth-nicholls-explorer-moments-finding-a-220-millon-year-old-giant-reptile-in-Canada/
Thank you Ben, for that wonderfully inspiring mini bio on Dean Lomax. You did such an amazing job putting the piece together, then telling it so elequantly. Engaging an audience is no easy task, then the added pressure of being recorded, yet you seemed totally unfazed, is a clear indication you'll do very well in your chosen career dispite your misgivings and apprehension. You've GOT this!! 👍😊
Its such a shame that my favorite field of science, paleontology, is almost nonexistent here in Russia.( I have dreamed to become a paleontologist myself, but there was no chance.(
It's really a shame, as Russian and polish paleontologists played a significant rule in the exploration of Dinosaurs in the Mongolian desert. Who knows what fossils wait under the west-Russian plains or the siberian tundra?
@@JedRobby TRUST ME YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS! WHAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW IS JUST MY ICHTHYOPTERYGIAN FORM... AND THIS... THIS IS WHAT WE CALL AN ICHTHYOSAUR... THIS! THIS IS AN ICHTYOSAUR THAT WAS EVOLVED BEYOND AN ICHTHYOSAUR OR YOU CAN CALL IT A SHASTASAURID... AND THIS!... ... THIS IS ... TO GO... ... EVEN... FURTHER BEYOND!....
@@sammysalter my father, i dont change acount because all my subscriptions are here and i am subbed at over 80 chanels😁😁😁😁 but i will change pic at the next days so.....😁😁😁
I found this channel a few days ago and would like to thank you for getting straight to the point and not rambling on and on in the beginning of the video, so nice getting straight to the topic
Thank you, this upload gave me hope, as I have never been able to learn at school but through uploads like yours I learn so much more. I will be volunteering at our local dig sites this summer!
Currently been in that hurdle sense high school. College has been taking a back seat the last few years but I still manage to knock out a class or two yearly. We'll get there man 👍
Very nice hommage to Dr Lomax. It's a big departure in style from the usual format and though I was a bit skeptical at first, I found it uplifting and informative.
Worked his way up from the bottom, was writing scientific documents at 18, discovered half the known Ichthyosaurus species and demonstrates wonderful humility by honouring those who inspired him, a brilliant county & the fantastic Hull based poet. What a legend.
Having recently discovered your channel, I've been binge watching your videos, and this video in particular is amazingly well done. I loved learning about Dr. Dean Lomax, and your telling of his story shows how there are many ways to pursue your passions.
It's great to hear such a good result from entering an academic field via an alternative route to the established funnelling of criteria. Hopefully as our communication and transport technology progresses these kinds of paths will become even more of an option for aspiring talent throughout the world. The raw substance of simply studying, researching and gaining new knowledge is the only real criteria in the end.
Wow! 🤩 Watching this has been an awesome way of kicking off my morning here in East Tennessee! Thank you for this video and for introducing me to Dr. Lomax’s story and work. He’s truly inspirational- and you and your team on this channel are, too! I’ve learned so much from this channel! You’ll be a fabulous paleontologist, Ben G Thomas! All the best to y’all!
What a lovely tribute to a remarkable young man-and he’s adorable to boot! He is obviously quite an inspiration to you. I can tell you that you are well on your way to making your own mark on the world of paleontology with the fantastic videos you make. Keep up the great work, and one day someone will no doubt be singing your praises!
Really great biography, I’ve been to the Royal Tyrell Museum, that specimen is HUGE! I really wanted to get a big timeline map though. I can’t find a good one anywhere. I suggest you design one for your shop. I have a few suggestions in the layout to make everything fit. I think it would sell very well and be excellent in classrooms for learning and keeping eras and animals in the right timelines. I’d make it, but I don’t have the detailed knowledge.
What an impressive young man! Thanks for telling his story, Ben. I hope you will achieve your goal too, and in the meantime, keep up the excellent work you do here on TH-cam. Greetings from Denmark.
I remember the old times looking at the Shonisaurus in the encyclopedia imagining how big it is in real life. One of the remarkable Ichthyosaurs out there :)
I truly hope you manage to realize your dream. I myself didn't graduate high school till I was in my 50s. I have always loved science, enjoyed literature, hated math, so I understand the dream. I live in Nevada, USA and there are two Ichthyosaures in a park in Gabb, NV. one is in a building, still in the surrounding dirt and rock, the other seems to not be a complete speciman and is exposed to the elements. You should make a trip to Nevada and take a gander at them and then go to Montana and other places with dinos. You could volunteer too.
I really appreciate you guys and your constant stream of quality, well-researched educational content so I can get my nature fix. I know you guys are probably super busy with school and life in general but I appreciate how much you put into this channel for us
@@revthescatman137 Kinda hope we find a bigger animal, but also kinda hope we don’t. If the blue whale remains the largest animal ever, we can be the humans that future humans look back to and say “goddamn they really lived alongside those big things holy shit”
Thank you for this excellent video. What a story! It needs to be heard as widely as it can. You too have a gift for communicating your knowledge and love of ancient life. I pursued my own long-held dream despite near-constant discouragement too, and I did succeed in going to college (the first on either side of my family to do so), graduate school, postdoctoral study, and a career as a research scientist in biochemistry and cell biology. One thing I believe: those who are loudest in telling you to give up your dream are actually trying to rationalize having given up their own.
This story is so refreshing. I have been doing a degree in wildlife conservation after a few years out working because I didn’t think I could do anything other than retail . Hearing stories of clearly gifted passionate scientists gives me hope . Also you’d make a mint palaeontologist Ben
Many thanks for sharing Dean's story, but more importantly bringing attention to the fact that there are many paths to a given destination and a difficult time in secondary school doesn't mean you can't go on to further studies. This is something I would have appreciated knowing about this time eighteen years ago.
Wait you don't have a PhD? No joke you strike me as one of those turbo nerds that's passionate enough to be one. Not to be insulting I personally find it endearing and insperational to find someone that follows anything this passionately to be admirable. That's why I've subbed you.
Dean reminds me of myself I’ve been told it’s going to be hard for me to go through collage and probably won’t become a palaeontologist but I’m not giving up I’m gonna try even if it kills me
He worked his way into the field instead of testing into it. Anyone who values true knowledge understands the difference between "book smart" and practically hands on experienced. Congratulations Doctor Dean Lomax.
While I didn't get in to Paleontology, I did get in to Biology at Uni after failing my Science GCSE's and having no A levels. Had to take a longer route and resit my GCSE at the ripe age of 27. Improved my Science grade from a D to an A (2 marks off an A* :/ ) and then went back to college to do an Access course at 28, which I passed with distinction. It's never too late to change careers and follow passions.
does any one have paleontology scientific papers that are easy to digest? For beginners, so to speak... I've never managed to find a scientific paper that wasn't a nightmare to get through.
Mary anning was a sick ass lady that is never acknowledged enough. She was my inspiration to follow up on paleontology too, especially the evolution of flight with her discoveries involving dimorphodon (to this day one of my favorite pterosaurs :)) while I don't know if the future will lead me into evolutionary biology, animal behavior, or something entirely different (although I hope animal related,) I will always appreciate her.
This was incredibly inspiring for me. I do have supporters but going the non traditional route is not easy. Thank you and best wishes for your own journey.
Don't worry about living with your parents man. Support them as much as possible. Don't leave them, stick by them, it's the greatest gift you can give.
Some people believe you have to leave when you turn eighteen. More than half the time they go into inconceivable debt and work endlessly now. Unless their parents gave them money for food and shelter. The thing is staying with them and learning all you can about living and managing your money and time is the best thing you can do
What a most remarkable young man! Most admirable, how he tenaciously pursued his childhood dream of becoming an paleontologist. I am so glad he succeded and has added new information on ichthyosaurs. It is touching that he had the specimen he identified named after Mary Anning who was also important to paleontology. A very informative and inspiring video! Thank you for this most interesting video.
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Having met Dean Lomax at a book launch, I can confirm that he is one of the nicest guys ever.
We talking Keanu Reeves or Michael Bay levels of nice?
OG VH he is gay?
maniacram No clue and why does it matter?
Fury Dokkan PUBG And More. We’re talking wholesome Keanu nice. Just very good at listening.
So, he skipped all the boring parts in conventional education and gone straight to fun part of science?
My dream path.
Dean had definitely earned his career and proper reputation as an authority in his field of palaeontology.
I've seen too much snobbery comments on him when I was following his work as a 14-15 year old boy, that deterred me quite a bit when my grades weren't top of the class and had to choose subjects to do for an A-level equivalent diploma. Thankfully, his determination and sheer will emanated into me to study hard and volunteer in my local museums in Hong Kong, a place with no known dinosaur fossils.
Serendipitously, I met a local dinosaur palaeontologist through a palaeontology public lecture that later helped guided my journey to make palaeontology a potential career and a subject to study in university.
As Dean said, now I'm taking it as my catchphrase, "follow your passion and pursue your dreams."
You can do it Ben, you are worth more than your exam grades.
Gonna head off and finish my university report on ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. :)
You go bro
I love how scientific expertise can come from effort. Richard Ross, cephalopod expert from the California Academy of Sciences started out as a professional juggler. His hobby of keeping and breeding cephalopods have him an expertise that few had and led him to a career as a scientist. The want seems similar.
No idea who you are, but I'm rooting for you brother.
Michael Pittman?
Education doesn't always sort people by aptitude for things, which anyone who has ever had a job will know. Endless mediocrities make it through, but not all great minds do. Education is very expensive is my explanation. Anyone would be discouraged looking at an average student loan.
I guess Dean no longer needs a résumé, he can just use this video for his job interviews.
What a gamer, I'm proud of him
It’s very upsetting to me that somebody so talented and with so much passion for a subject almost got overlooked and tossed aside in the grand scheme of things because he didn’t excel in everything at school and therefore wasn’t allowed to go to university. This guy is a hero.
Funny thing, Dr Lomax links to this video from his website.
Lol
Yes, I agree with you.
Should be retitled
"Dean, The creation of a legend"
Biggest inspiration for people to go into the field of paleontology
@@Ben-cz9hl it’s really cool
Oh, well I was a Somalian trader, I traded fish for goods da da baba bam dan dan
Oh, well I was a Somalian king, I liked to kill the fish before they got home, home, home
Oh, well I was a teenage king, I did what I needed to do
Oh, Oh, Oh please save my soul, I've been holding it in for so long baby it's not true
I don't know when I'll release it onto you, but I'd surely want to spread it all over you
Babam bam bam babam dadadam bam bam, babam, babam, babam-dan dan dan da dan da dan dan dan
Oh it's coming out without the farts on, come on bladder, do your thing to lube it on
Oh oh oh, I once was a Somalian trader, I traded fish for scats.
Reptiles just had to flex on mammals. But atleast we got milk.
Cerberus 69 yeah my dad is also getting some right now
@@Unknown-wl1km oof
@@Unknown-wl1km is he back?
onyx I.X no
M I L C C
Wow, Dean’s story truly is inspiring.
Thank you
I have wanted to be a paleontologist for years but my grades weren't the best so i couldn't take the courses i wanted to at college
You have given me hope
Keep following your dream and be persistent. College degrees aren't the only route to success. Ability, experience, and enthusiasm count for a lot, as this video demonstrates. Best wishes and good luck.
@@garywait3231 thank you for the words of encouragement
There are other colleges who arent so particular about grades
Dear Mental Dude: You're most welcome. Persevere, and best of luck!
@@garywait3231 or you could just take the easy way out and become an old and bitter gas station attendant
Drink everytime you hear "Dean"
But it's only tea, so I'll just need to pee in a few minutes. ;)
In am good with that ;)
Cue flashbacks of the show Community.
Fatal alchohol poisoning by 6 minute mark
i think im about to throw up
You should have named this video, 'Dean and why I love him'
Haven't heard of Dr. Lomax over here in the US, but definitely a new fan! Thank you for sharing his work and some of his story. Y'all always share quality content. Bravo gents!
I wanted to learn about giant Ichthyosaurs but I did enjoy watching a great story of drive and determination of a young person who, regardless of the naysayers, didn't give up on his dream. He pursued and accomplished the goal he set for his life's work and is succeeding, and even thriving. YOU GO DEAN!!!
The Doncaster museum where Dean worked has now closed and has been replaced by a much bigger and better one in the town.
ben you're a day early for man crush monday
Nah its Monday right now
Yeah a dream date tbh
@ForestofTooMuchFood isn't everything a lil bit invaded
ForestofTooMuchFood Why did you have to clarify invaded? That’s how almost every place on earth became populated
That’s the gayest thing ive ever heard
This is an inspirational story and also helps illustrate some of the problems associated with standardized testing and educational channeling. Also I was road tripping this summer and visited the Dinosaur Museum in Thermopolous Wyoming. It’s a really fascinating place with some amazing hot springs!
I wish I was that motivated...
Friggin same. I'm lucky if I can get out of bed on time or make a phone call. This dude just has drive.
Time, creativity, motivation
This is the best video you made this far. People like Dean Lomax should get more publicity. They have extraordinary talents that indeed can inspire other young people in building out a career in what the love to do. It’s amazing what a person can achieve if he sets his mind to it.
...
The part when he honoured Mary Anning... Omg I'm crying.
Who doesn't know her!? She is the Mother of Paleontology..
We still lack a Maryanningsaurus
@@kysike666 Very true.
The sad thing was that because she was a woman, she was never given such honours in her lifetime.
People in that time period were still extremely sexist
Who knows how much more she contributed only to be taken from her by jealous scientists
@Samueldedieu still
Man I would have stopped trying if I had to sell my star wars collection
bet he still regrets it /s
I would have had to give up as I do not have a starwars collection to sell. I'm under qualified for this step.
That reminds me, I should get rid of my Star Wars collection since the woke versions have completely ruined it for me. Dean however, gives me a warm and fuzzy regarding hope for humanity. A New Hope, of sorts.
That's why you'll never be anything but a nerd and you'll die a virgin.
"Teenager sells futuristic fantasy to pursue the fantasy of his future"
Reptile: I am gonna invest evolutionary points in specializing.
Mass extinction: I am gonna end your career right now.
Internet Troll legit strats bruh.
This meme format: exists
Me: I loathe this stupid fcuking meme format so damn much, laziest unfunniest shit ever
Mass extinction: exists
Convergent evolution: Im bouta end this whole mans career
Talos Valcoran same
@@Unknown-wl1km it's dam to help you on the slang word and it's not to correct you in a bad way just trying to help and have a good day Lugiafan449
Thanks for this informative and inspiring story. I particularly identified with your advocacy for alternate paths to professional success. While I completed my University degrees, I chose the path of experience to pursue my true passion (rare books and manuscripts) without ever taking a library "science" degree, and at 80, am still active and productive in my field. Best wishes to you in finding your own path to success via the best of all possible routes: enthusiasm and practical experience. I think you have a fine prospect in palaeontology and as a science communicator. I follow and enjoy all of your videos with great interest. Thanks, and all best wishes !!! 👍👍👍
Let's just stop and thank Dean for being such a motivated and remarkable human.
Dean is a never breaking spirit.
From a young age, was content with being a paleontologist. He had failed his classes, yet, never lost hope.
Such an inspiration.
Education system and job requirements hold back the gifted.
They were made when factories needed drone like workers and make some students feel like idiots
Still necessary though, needs modification not elimination
Gunner 22 yep, other countries should probably be more like finland, not like cages, we should encourage creative thinking, not repetition
@Maxx Kroes
Dean is a true man, he was strong enough to sell his star wars collection
"School isn't a place for smart people."
~Rick Sanchez
The Aust colossus ichthyosaur was estimated to be equally as long as the blue whale, but was MUCH heavier. Assuming it had a build similar to Shonisaurus, the Aust colossus could weigh up to 260 tons!
This information... This is a good basis for Yo mama joke.
From a very good TH-camd named The Vividen, he said that if it was like 33 meters long, and gained another 3 meters, it would weigh over 300 tons. I can’t see a Megalodon even attacking and killing this thing. But why they got big is still a mystery. My theory is that their main prey, squids were likely much bigger than they were today. Enter Triassic Kraken, a hypothetical animal, but evidence proves it likely exist.
Denis Tyrant for once I agree a megalodon wouldn’t attack it if like 3+ megalodons got into a feeding frenzy then maybe
@@denistyrant Sounds interesting, what's the evidence for Triassic Kraken?
@@ninjiango9126 there's no evidence, it's just a theory
speculative animal: a filter feeding icthyosaur
Maybe not so speculative:
www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/11/elizabeth-nicholls-explorer-moments-finding-a-220-millon-year-old-giant-reptile-in-Canada/
@@bobdolesrevenge NANI!!!!!!!????
@@bobdolesrevenge NANI!!!!!!!????
I know more about Dean than the "Sea Dragon"
Follow your dreams Ben, u'll get there
Thank you Ben, for that wonderfully inspiring mini bio on Dean Lomax. You did such an amazing job putting the piece together, then telling it so elequantly. Engaging an audience is no easy task, then the added pressure of being recorded, yet you seemed totally unfazed, is a clear indication you'll do very well in your chosen career dispite your misgivings and apprehension.
You've GOT this!! 👍😊
"he even sold his star wars collection to go to Wyoming"
He's a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will
Its such a shame that my favorite field of science, paleontology, is almost nonexistent here in Russia.( I have dreamed to become a paleontologist myself, but there was no chance.(
It's really a shame, as Russian and polish paleontologists played a significant rule in the exploration of Dinosaurs in the Mongolian desert.
Who knows what fossils wait under the west-Russian plains or the siberian tundra?
Same thing for me
Although Russia does have some fossil layers ( particularly Permian ones), so, you still have hope :)
Ben. Stop saying "if you think we deserve it." You deserve it. Keep up the excellent work.
Wow what an incredible success story! I gotta hand it to Dean for being able to live the dream.
WHAT WHAT WHAT?! THATS A CATCHY HECKIN TITLE
FAKE NEWS CLICKBAIT
WHY ARE WE SCREAMING AHHHHHHHHH
@@Dedjkeorrn42 COZ THATS WHAT NERDS DOOO WHEN THEY SEE PREHISTORIC STUUUUUUFFFF AAHHHH!!
It was no way bigger than a blue whale, the body is way too streamlined to weigh as much as a blue whale.
@@JedRobby TRUST ME YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS!
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW IS JUST MY ICHTHYOPTERYGIAN FORM...
AND THIS... THIS IS WHAT WE CALL AN ICHTHYOSAUR...
THIS! THIS IS AN ICHTYOSAUR THAT WAS EVOLVED BEYOND AN ICHTHYOSAUR OR YOU CAN CALL IT A SHASTASAURID...
AND THIS!...
... THIS IS ... TO GO...
... EVEN... FURTHER BEYOND!....
This is amazing!! Nice to see that there are other creatures (living or extinct) that match the size of a Blue Whale!
I am 14 and my life dream is becoming a paleontologist, these people inspire me and making me not giving up my dream that i wish some day become one
lol what's with the profile pic then
Sammy Salter yeah dude that’s what I thought
@@sammysalter my father, i dont change acount because all my subscriptions are here and i am subbed at over 80 chanels😁😁😁😁 but i will change pic at the next days so.....😁😁😁
Also i belive thats pic of him is crige and yikes😁
@@billkotsarinis1544 lol ok I guessed it was something like that, it was just the "I am 14" next to your dad's face lol.
I found this channel a few days ago and would like to thank you for getting straight to the point and not rambling on and on in the beginning of the video, so nice getting straight to the topic
Never let anyone tell you you can not succeed!
Thank you, this upload gave me hope, as I have never been able to learn at school but through uploads like yours I learn so much more. I will be volunteering at our local dig sites this summer!
Computers are my vice. I can't afford life and school. Even certs are hard to obtain. This inspires me to trudge on! Thanks for your inspiration! 😘👍😇
Currently been in that hurdle sense high school. College has been taking a back seat the last few years but I still manage to knock out a class or two yearly. We'll get there man 👍
Great video shastasaurus was always my favorite prehistoric sea reptile
this is literally a biography of some dude
1:21 I love that cake!
Dean's story has given me more hope in being able to do the things I love dinosaur and animal wise.
I can recomend volunteering at orginizations with your interest
Nothing can replace determination and love for the subject. No title or grades for sure. True dedication is everything and should be recognised
You've given this 40 year old mum of 2 hope.
that you'll become a palaeontologist? or bigger than a blue whale?
@@Robert399 OH MY GOD ROBERT
WTF ROBERT!
Jesus Christ Robert...
@@neoncircus2365 I love how encouraging and simultaneously crude and violently honest that answer is.
Very nice hommage to Dr Lomax. It's a big departure in style from the usual format and though I was a bit skeptical at first, I found it uplifting and informative.
Selling that Star Wars collection must’ve been painful!
Lomax is tremendous! Inspiring, and quite the sharer of his learnings! Teach on!
Worked his way up from the bottom, was writing scientific documents at 18, discovered half the known Ichthyosaurus species and demonstrates wonderful humility by honouring those who inspired him, a brilliant county & the fantastic Hull based poet. What a legend.
Having recently discovered your channel, I've been binge watching your videos, and this video in particular is amazingly well done. I loved learning about Dr. Dean Lomax, and your telling of his story shows how there are many ways to pursue your passions.
It's great to hear such a good result from entering an academic field via an alternative route to the established funnelling of criteria.
Hopefully as our communication and transport technology progresses these kinds of paths will become even more of an option for aspiring talent throughout the world.
The raw substance of simply studying, researching and gaining new knowledge is the only real criteria in the end.
Wow! 🤩 Watching this has been an awesome way of kicking off my morning here in East Tennessee! Thank you for this video and for introducing me to Dr. Lomax’s story and work. He’s truly inspirational- and you and your team on this channel are, too! I’ve learned so much from this channel! You’ll be a fabulous paleontologist, Ben G Thomas! All the best to y’all!
Whoot Dean you are an inspiration to all kids everywhere who were told they’d never be something. Ya made it guy! You deserve a victory gloat.
This had to be one of the best channels on youtube. Keep up the great work and thank you!!!
Dean has had such a successful journey. What a role model!
What a lovely tribute to a remarkable young man-and he’s adorable to boot! He is obviously quite an inspiration to you. I can tell you that you are well on your way to making your own mark on the world of paleontology with the fantastic videos you make. Keep up the great work, and one day someone will no doubt be singing your praises!
Really great biography, I’ve been to the Royal Tyrell Museum, that specimen is HUGE!
I really wanted to get a big timeline map though. I can’t find a good one anywhere. I suggest you design one for your shop.
I have a few suggestions in the layout to make everything fit. I think it would sell very well and be excellent in classrooms for learning and keeping eras and animals in the right timelines.
I’d make it, but I don’t have the detailed knowledge.
What an impressive young man! Thanks for telling his story, Ben. I hope you will achieve your goal too, and in the meantime, keep up the excellent work you do here on TH-cam.
Greetings from Denmark.
I remember the old times looking at the Shonisaurus in the encyclopedia imagining how big it is in real life. One of the remarkable Ichthyosaurs out there :)
I truly hope you manage to realize your dream. I myself didn't graduate high school till I was in my 50s. I have always loved science, enjoyed literature, hated math, so I understand the dream.
I live in Nevada, USA and there are two Ichthyosaures in a park in Gabb, NV. one is in a building, still in the surrounding dirt and rock, the other seems to not be a complete speciman and is exposed to the elements. You should make a trip to Nevada and take a gander at them and then go to Montana and other places with dinos. You could volunteer too.
Hrrngh! Colonel! I'm trying to sneak around but I'm dummy thicc and the swish of my massive tail keeps alerting the pliosaurs to my presence!
I really appreciate you guys and your constant stream of quality, well-researched educational content so I can get my nature fix. I know you guys are probably super busy with school and life in general but I appreciate how much you put into this channel for us
Thanks for sharing. I'm sure that Dean will inspire many young people to research dinosaurs and become fossil hunters and paleontologists.
LOVED this video. This is honestly one of the best vids I've seen on youtube. Loved the story and EASY all-time fav.
Title: Bigger Than a Blue Whale
Me: *glowing eyes*
I hope that someday we’ll find a creature bigger than the blue whale
@@revthescatman137 Kinda hope we find a bigger animal, but also kinda hope we don’t. If the blue whale remains the largest animal ever, we can be the humans that future humans look back to and say “goddamn they really lived alongside those big things holy shit”
Thank you for this excellent video. What a story! It needs to be heard as widely as it can. You too have a gift for communicating your knowledge and love of ancient life. I pursued my own long-held dream despite near-constant discouragement too, and I did succeed in going to college (the first on either side of my family to do so), graduate school, postdoctoral study, and a career as a research scientist in biochemistry and cell biology. One thing I believe: those who are loudest in telling you to give up your dream are actually trying to rationalize having given up their own.
13:25 And there's Dean with Dr Alan Grant.
I just noticed 😂
That specific epithet story (for Ichthyosaurus anningae) is especially appropriate and well rewards the work that Ms. Anning performed.
Dean is a true legend :-)
This is your most fanboyish video ever, Ben 😅 - I could positively feel the 🥰 whenever D E A N was mentioned. But he seems quite the guy tbf!
Mate, I love your vids to bits but some parts of the background music sound exactly like my alarm in the morning
Hadn't noticed until you said that
Kobo99 lol
This story is so refreshing. I have been doing a degree in wildlife conservation after a few years out working because I didn’t think I could do anything other than retail . Hearing stories of clearly gifted passionate scientists gives me hope . Also you’d make a mint palaeontologist Ben
fantastic video as usual, very interesting!
Many thanks for sharing Dean's story, but more importantly bringing attention to the fact that there are many paths to a given destination and a difficult time in secondary school doesn't mean you can't go on to further studies. This is something I would have appreciated knowing about this time eighteen years ago.
“Shoneysaurus?”
“Icthysaurus Applebyi”???
Scientists are REEEEEALLY into American Fast Casual Dining...🤣😉
I get the Applebyi bit, but what is Shoneysaurus a reference to? Legitimately curious. (Also do you mean Shonisaurus?)
A great inspirational story! I never did too well at school but I've recently taken up Botany have started a Bachelors of Applied Science for it.
This guy is a effing INSPIRATION
Wait you don't have a PhD? No joke you strike me as one of those turbo nerds that's passionate enough to be one.
Not to be insulting I personally find it endearing and insperational to find someone that follows anything this passionately to be admirable. That's why I've subbed you.
What a legend. and such an inspiration!
This guy is seriously amazing
Does anyone know what type of science and math classes you need to take in college to become a paleontologist?
Veggieboy Ultimate biology i guess
@@lukeskywalkerjediknight2125 any math?
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14:10 I love that book. I bought it at Dinosaur Isle Museum, on the Isle of Wight, a few years ago.
Dean reminds me of myself I’ve been told it’s going to be hard for me to go through collage and probably won’t become a palaeontologist but I’m not giving up I’m gonna try even if it kills me
He worked his way into the field instead of testing into it. Anyone who values true knowledge understands the difference between "book smart" and practically hands on experienced. Congratulations Doctor Dean Lomax.
Damn hes really living the dream, being out and a scientist of impact at his age.
While I didn't get in to Paleontology, I did get in to Biology at Uni after failing my Science GCSE's and having no A levels. Had to take a longer route and resit my GCSE at the ripe age of 27. Improved my Science grade from a D to an A (2 marks off an A* :/ ) and then went back to college to do an Access course at 28, which I passed with distinction. It's never too late to change careers and follow passions.
Isn’t that the guy from that British Dinosaur documentary
Dr. Lomax's first name is remarkably elegant and inspirational. His parents showed good taste and made a fine choice.
does any one have paleontology scientific papers that are easy to digest? For beginners, so to speak...
I've never managed to find a scientific paper that wasn't a nightmare to get through.
I heard Bob Bakker's books are very good to read.
this was both super interesting to learn about and very inspiring to watch the story of Dr Dean
2:09 I coudnt stop crying. So sad.
*DEAN LOMAX, you are a legend! Your name and accomplishments shall become timeless.*
Didn't realize this video was about Dean. Thought it was about megafauna. Maybe consider a different title next time?
*sigh* There's always one...
@@Sawrattan well they're not wrong.
What an inspiring story! Please do an AMA with Dean
Had to sell his Star Wars collection? That's fucked up man! 😂😂
Jay Pelletier i know right 😔
Mary anning was a sick ass lady that is never acknowledged enough. She was my inspiration to follow up on paleontology too, especially the evolution of flight with her discoveries involving dimorphodon (to this day one of my favorite pterosaurs :)) while I don't know if the future will lead me into evolutionary biology, animal behavior, or something entirely different (although I hope animal related,) I will always appreciate her.
Damn, Dean is one handsome man.
Dean is such a madlad. He is such an inspiration
Ichthyosaurs: Hey Ben is gonna talk about our massive success across millions of years! That´s so co-
Ben G: *D E A N*
This was incredibly inspiring for me. I do have supporters but going the non traditional route is not easy. Thank you and best wishes for your own journey.
And here I am about 2 to 3 years older than Dr Dean Lomax and still living with my parents
On the other hand, Dr Lomax is an example of patience :)
But not all people have the patience or calling to do something specific for a long time.
Don't worry man.
Don't worry about living with your parents man. Support them as much as possible. Don't leave them, stick by them, it's the greatest gift you can give.
Some people believe you have to leave when you turn eighteen. More than half the time they go into inconceivable debt and work endlessly now. Unless their parents gave them money for food and shelter.
The thing is staying with them and learning all you can about living and managing your money and time is the best thing you can do
What a most remarkable young man! Most admirable, how he tenaciously pursued his childhood dream of becoming an paleontologist. I am so glad he succeded and has added new information on ichthyosaurs. It is touching that he had the
specimen he identified named after Mary Anning who was also important to paleontology. A very informative and inspiring video! Thank you for this most interesting video.