When Giant Hypercarnivores Prowled Africa

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  • @daliacapellan
    @daliacapellan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5175

    "It was not a hyena"
    "It was a Hyaenodont"

  • @ZOCCOK
    @ZOCCOK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +996

    _It was not a Hyena at all_
    Me: *If it's not a Hyena then what is it?*
    _It was a Hyaenodont_
    Me: *Oh of course*

    • @kyriedurant130
      @kyriedurant130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You’re hilarious

    • @keepsafeandsound6722
      @keepsafeandsound6722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂 That made me laugh.

    • @WebOfTwilight
      @WebOfTwilight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd love to know what it's closest relative is if it's not a hyena.

    • @Noname-67
      @Noname-67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@WebOfTwilight its closest extant relative is probably carnivora but not hyena since it's a pretty new species compare to other

    • @littleninjavangchhia9099
      @littleninjavangchhia9099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hyae! no! dont!

  • @GrimRuler
    @GrimRuler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6675

    Imagine walking around Africa, minding your own business, then a rat the size of a polar bear jumps on you

    • @vaimantobe3034
      @vaimantobe3034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      Rat? They aren't related to big cats, but calling them _rats_ might overshoot a bit on the evolutionary tree XD

    • @GrimRuler
      @GrimRuler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +519

      @@vaimantobe3034 The drawings make them look like giant rats lol

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      @@GrimRuler you missed that we don't know what they looked like since we lack complete specimens

    • @ArunShetye924
      @ArunShetye924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      Westley: The rodents of unusual size? I don't believe they exist.

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Looks more like a shrew in steroids, afaik.

  • @rehanimus
    @rehanimus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I would just love to take a time machine and just video tape these beasts when they were alive. It's so amazing how diverse earth's life has been through all its phases. We take soon much for granted...

    • @mattvanderford4920
      @mattvanderford4920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My guess is if you could take a time machine when these dudes ran around. You would be really surprised how wrong this show got it!

    • @bluemanno7901
      @bluemanno7901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@mattvanderford4920 yes. I find all of this stuff very interesting, but I also know that science like this is constantly changing, meaning they didn't get it right the first time. All we can really know for certain is how their bones looked, everything else is just hypothesis based off of what we know animals are like today.

    • @Lycancass89
      @Lycancass89 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was just thinking the same. What I wouldn't give to see the earth before humans ruined it.

  • @syconsenti5904
    @syconsenti5904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1248

    0:19 "much bigger than the jawbone of a lion"
    Bit of an understatement, that's bigger than a lions entire skull!!

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Hyaenodontids also tended to have considerably larger skulls and teeth relative to their size than felids or any modern carnivoran.

    • @tonytonedeaf8981
      @tonytonedeaf8981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Miquel Escribano Ivars big fan of animals with this particular body plan. Any others I should check out?

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@tonytonedeaf8981 Crocodiles...?

    • @kinglion7867
      @kinglion7867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tonytonedeaf8981 Foxes are the closest things we have to modern hyaenodonts.

    • @tonytonedeaf8981
      @tonytonedeaf8981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Limi V I meant big head, carnivorous land mammals like the one in this video

  • @iksarguards
    @iksarguards 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1789

    “When giant hyper-carnivores roamed Africa”... So, business as usual then.

    • @yolol2525
      @yolol2525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Shashank Kumar I’m pretty sure he is talking about lions lmao

    • @AmanRishitwenty15
      @AmanRishitwenty15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Shashank Kumar idiot.

    • @only1613
      @only1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I get it

    • @monkydance2880
      @monkydance2880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I mean yea, lions are still chilling there

    • @danielawesome36
      @danielawesome36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Giant millipedes: "Yeah, but don't tell jake that."
      Jake the black/white striped killer horse: "Uhuh."

  • @sapphirII
    @sapphirII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1567

    -*Sees they have simba in their names*
    -Just like in The Lion King!
    -*Sees in means lion*
    -I guess it's fair.

    • @GrimRuler
      @GrimRuler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      "Such a beautiful baby lion, what are you going to name him?"
      "Lion"

    • @fog340
      @fog340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@GrimRuler To add to this, In The lion king the hyena "Shenzi" was a tear jerker as a kid, In kiswahili. "shenzi" means Stupid.

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fog340 I didn't know that.

    • @SharowbladyeGaymerPorate
      @SharowbladyeGaymerPorate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GrimRuler makes sense

    • @MermaidMakes
      @MermaidMakes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      NoubyScrub I’m planning on naming my child “Human”.

  • @furiodileonardis8545
    @furiodileonardis8545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This woman is the best host. She tells the facts, doesn’t dumb it down too much, and keeps it moving. Feels nice to not feel like someone is catering to a 1.5 second attention span.

    • @blackburned
      @blackburned ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Right? I adore her narration style. She's great.

    • @DDDadToTheBone
      @DDDadToTheBone ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's almost like she's reading a script...

    • @jahimuddin2306
      @jahimuddin2306 ปีที่แล้ว

      She is my favorite as well.

    • @paytonallen1027
      @paytonallen1027 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like Blake more

  • @jameswolf4894
    @jameswolf4894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1811

    Hyendonts makes some of today's Carnivora mammals look like kittens.

    • @rowanheart8122
      @rowanheart8122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      I mean, kittens are Carnivora mammals

    • @fivespeed3026
      @fivespeed3026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      You haven’t met my cat. He’s a hyperpredator.

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Larger skulls and teeth are a trade off for less effective grappling forelimbs and less developed brains. It's not like Carnivorans didn't get even more impressive in the past (glances at Amphicyon, Epicyon, Dinocrocuta, Smilodon, Pleistocene lions, Agriotherium, Arctodus, the extant Elephant Seal...)

    • @christosgiannopoulos828
      @christosgiannopoulos828 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolute unit

    • @wardeni4806
      @wardeni4806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Kittens are very nearly the most efficient predators in the entire world, though. That's kind of the entire reason people started keeping them around in the first place (they kill anything that's smaller than them, and the percentage of successful hunts vs failed ones is insane). In fact the most efficient predator on this entire planet is a small feline species which is closely related to house cats.

  • @Nae_Ayy
    @Nae_Ayy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2332

    I find it quite amusing that a lot of artistic depictions of fossilized animals show them without a neck. Lil murder potato.

    • @shibolinemress8913
      @shibolinemress8913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Sontar-HA! 😉

    • @shibolinemress8913
      @shibolinemress8913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @John Smith Yes, but are you THE Doctor? 😉

    • @barbarapanfilly84
      @barbarapanfilly84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      I mean you don't see a male lion's neck. And most bears also don't have much of a neck so I guess it makes sense. As for other fossilized animals I don't know ... As long as they keep Sauropods with a neck ...

    • @112niemand
      @112niemand 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      @@barbarapanfilly84 Okay, but now imagine a sauropod without a neck, that would be amazing. Just a really tiny head on a huge body

    • @Nae_Ayy
      @Nae_Ayy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@barbarapanfilly84 yeah you cant see a lions neck but it doesn't look like a potato lmao

  • @jettsauce1975
    @jettsauce1975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    African Megafauna are rarely talked about I would like to see a part 2

    • @bigdickpornsuperstar
      @bigdickpornsuperstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why do you refer to it as "African" megafauna when it is clearly stated at 0:46 that the animals lived in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America?
      Cenozoic megafuana would be more accurate... don't let the scientific name throw you.
      It would be like claiming homosapiens are an African hominid... not technically wrong but certainly not accurate.

    • @jettsauce1975
      @jettsauce1975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@bigdickpornsuperstar probably one of the species lives in Africa or they started out in Africa

    • @pantherastark9948
      @pantherastark9948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@bigdickpornsuperstar he mean, african sub-species. All documentary focus on skeleton from eurasia or america (north/south). But this one is more focus on african sub-species.

    • @Zabi-S
      @Zabi-S 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      But Homo sapiens are an African hominid. Entirely. Conclusively. There’s no debate about it.

    • @GoldenBoyDims
      @GoldenBoyDims 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I'd like to learn more about them

  • @derickofodirinwa5104
    @derickofodirinwa5104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    Interesting, if you're familiar with the mythology of many african cultures, you may have heard stories of this exact creature (often described as a giant hyena)

    • @darklordhyper
      @darklordhyper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      damn really?

    • @Tsotha
      @Tsotha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      the Nandi Bear?

    • @KING-tv8ci
      @KING-tv8ci 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Tales of extinct creatures may be the origin of a lot of mythology

    • @woobacca9215
      @woobacca9215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hes right

    • @AspireGMD
      @AspireGMD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Simbakubwa didn't exist with humans, it lived millions of years before the earliest human ancestors.

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    Remember becoming an apex being will always lead you to becoming nerfed or deleted.

    • @TheLastGameekaner
      @TheLastGameekaner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Uriel Septim or the meta is changing

    • @omgitsgassio3191
      @omgitsgassio3191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jack Aj lmao i am

    • @jefferson6994
      @jefferson6994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Pfft tell that to sharks or alligators

    • @tomorrow4eva
      @tomorrow4eva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      When you get to the top, there is nowhere to go but down.

    • @SuperShithead22
      @SuperShithead22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bruh but their passives make them op

  • @AbrahamSamma
    @AbrahamSamma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    That name though 😆 as a Swahili speaker, I approve of this. It literally is a sentence with no latinization at all.

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's kind of hard to find new Greek and Latin names for things these days.

    • @lil.tsavage2351
      @lil.tsavage2351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same 😂

    • @cokesm2263
      @cokesm2263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ikr

    • @nicksalvatore5717
      @nicksalvatore5717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@lil.tsavage2351 We should do that for all species from now on tbh

    • @lil.tsavage2351
      @lil.tsavage2351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nicksalvatore5717 yeah it would be hilarious 😂

  • @shibolinemress8913
    @shibolinemress8913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    "Keeping up with the Carnassials!" Brilliant!🤣🤣

  • @smooth_sundaes5172
    @smooth_sundaes5172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Smaller; nimbler and faster with a varied diet seems to be the best formlae for long term survival

    • @daylightbright7675
      @daylightbright7675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Not to mention intelligence. Raccoons, rats/mice, corvid birds, domestic cats etc. Are easily some of the most successful vertebrates around but only because on top of having very flexible diets, small size and putting in a large amount of parental care they're also all clever af and able to pretty easily problem solve.

    • @robwalsh9843
      @robwalsh9843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The biggest badasses among land carnivores are the ones most sensitive and vulnerable to sudden changes.

    • @domagojgalekovic8507
      @domagojgalekovic8507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@robwalsh9843 Survival of the fittest, not survival of the strongest.

    • @stefanlaskowski6660
      @stefanlaskowski6660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Adaptability seems to be the key. That's precisely why humans survived and spread.

    • @hw6271
      @hw6271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which is roaches will rule the world

  • @Deform-2024
    @Deform-2024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    Make a video on Thylacoleo, the marsupial lion.

    • @XenoRaptor-98765
      @XenoRaptor-98765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      And a video about the Tasmanian tiger and the Megalania while you’ll at it

    • @elijahbutcher9522
      @elijahbutcher9522 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      both of you hell yeah

    • @schlongmaster7501
      @schlongmaster7501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@elijahbutcher9522 and the megalocerus

    • @elijahbutcher9522
      @elijahbutcher9522 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@schlongmaster7501 They already did a video for that though right here th-cam.com/video/8ZEYcbhcLsw/w-d-xo.html

    • @jcortese3300
      @jcortese3300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That would be neat -- a whole review of all the various kinds of marsupials would be great.

  • @h-m00212
    @h-m00212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +597

    Honestly, I thought hypercarnivors were animals that ate other carnivores, now I'm disappointed ...

    • @szubxero7235
      @szubxero7235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      I suppose a lot of carnivores do prey on other carnivores. Certain cobra species, for example, specialize in hunting other snakes for dinner, and that doesn't preclude smaller members of their own species. And of course among the fishes and other marine organisms, if it fits in their mouth, they'll try and eat it; if it doesn't, they'll try to dismember it lol. x)

    • @burlapjack1464
      @burlapjack1464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They could

    • @m1daa563
      @m1daa563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I mean there is some truth in that they eat other carnivores.

    • @KitchenerLeslie2
      @KitchenerLeslie2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I thought they were nervous guys that hated broccoli.

    • @monkydance2880
      @monkydance2880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I mean, a lot of carnivores do eat other carnivores? Just doesn’t make sense to only eat other carnivores specifically.

  • @adamthespinygiant
    @adamthespinygiant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    Last time I've been this early, Spinosaurus was still ruling Egypt.

    • @lycanbane2070
      @lycanbane2070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      >talks in ARK: Survival Evolved

    • @denwpl6761
      @denwpl6761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lycan Bane *YES*

    • @denwpl6761
      @denwpl6761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lycan Bane you start off anywhere easy you have a 15% chance to see a spino close to you

    • @guardrailbiter
      @guardrailbiter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fun fact: Spinosaurus built the great pyramids! ;-p

    • @adamthespinygiant
      @adamthespinygiant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@guardrailbiter Yes! Yes! Yes!

  • @pairot01
    @pairot01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "It's not a hyena, it's a hyena-don't"

    • @flochartingham2333
      @flochartingham2333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Since it's now extinct, it's a buh-byeena.

  • @Xnaut314
    @Xnaut314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I'd say competition with modern Carnivora had a bigger impact on hyenadonts than climate change. The typical trend with mammal evolution across the fossil record is that the most successful taxa are those that prioritize more complex behaviors and body structures, not physical size and strength. Most of the biggest mammalian carnivores and herbivores in history lived in the earlier epochs of the Cenozoic and had generally simpler body plans than those of later epochs and the present, and the largest modern taxa that ecologically replaced the earlier megafauna usually never repeated the previous size records, despite having plenty of evolutionary time and resources to do so. Even in a environment where there are no preventive obstacles, bigger isn't always better, and the most successful mammals usually evolve towards improving the quality of their mass instead of merely increasing its quantity.

    • @bluemanno7901
      @bluemanno7901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And bigger brain to body size certainly made a difference too

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bluemanno7901 Brain-to-body size is not a reliable indicator of intelligence; furthermore, it turns out that many hyaenodonts had significantly larger brains relative to body size than previously assumed.

    • @bluemanno7901
      @bluemanno7901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bkjeong4302 oh interesting, thanks for the info! I always thought that there's something up with that. I just could never see how a stegosaurus could physically function with such a small brain compared to it's body.

    • @camacakegd3714
      @camacakegd3714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The largest land mammal of all time lived just a few thousand years ago (P. Namadicus), so the herbivore thing isn't really true either.

    • @JubioHDX
      @JubioHDX ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@camacakegd3714 untrue, largest known land mammal was paraceratherium (a herbivore) and died off 23 million years ago.

  • @sceptre1067
    @sceptre1067 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    one of those eps where I go “i wanna pet one” understanding it kill me in seconds.

    • @MadameRaven1
      @MadameRaven1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have often that i quill die trying to pet something i shouldn't. I can relate.

    • @iainmawhinney8867
      @iainmawhinney8867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      crunch your head like a piece of popcorn

    • @tehbonehead
      @tehbonehead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      DON'T BOOP THE SNOOT!

    • @daylightbright7675
      @daylightbright7675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The forbidden boop

  • @devlinmcelrone3026
    @devlinmcelrone3026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This is the coolest and most educational paleontological youtube channel

  • @murplesman
    @murplesman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It's crazy to think that some of the oldest ancestors of humans came about 5 to 7 million years ago so they could have encountered the last of these guys.

  • @redlove108
    @redlove108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    "And it was a hypercarnivore, meaning it got more than 70% of its calories from meat" --- Oh so like my brother!

    • @JamesTheFoxeArt
      @JamesTheFoxeArt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Watch out, he will eat you

    • @herewasbob7650
      @herewasbob7650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Dont most carnivores get their calories from meat?

    • @bigjavo36
      @bigjavo36 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Robert Genzman yes but depending on the type of carnivore that’s not their entire diet. Hence why pet food sometimes has grains and vegetables in them. Obligate carnivores like cats have to get nearly all their calories from meat. But dogs bears foxes raccoons can have more varied diets.

    • @bigdickpornsuperstar
      @bigdickpornsuperstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The dog food I buy is grain free and based on 100% animal protein.
      The only "veggies" in it are the ones in the animals before they got ground up into dog food.
      AND it cost far less than what I see on the shelves at pet stores (but some of that cost savings is because I buy in bulk online). So I'm not sure where this "grains & veggies make it cheaper" comes from.

    • @juanquntos7123
      @juanquntos7123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Demostravius True. All meat diet is better for dogs, but relatively, dogs can handle non-meat better than cats.

  • @nahuel
    @nahuel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Even the most poweful beasts are no match for a changing world". Love it.

  • @Psicrofilia
    @Psicrofilia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    I wanna know about evolution of penguins!!!!!

    • @rowanheart8122
      @rowanheart8122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So do I

    • @alanlee1355
      @alanlee1355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes. 🐧

    • @octipuscrime
      @octipuscrime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I believe they took a plane from Madagascar! 🤣😂

    • @hayleymarse2853
      @hayleymarse2853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      christopher martin are you joking?

    • @hayleymarse2853
      @hayleymarse2853 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      christopher martin why don’t you believe in evolution?

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Everything in the past was so big and more terrifying than today, it’s like we live in a time of small to medium-sized animals.

  • @tashpointohhh
    @tashpointohhh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I love her voice. So warm.

  • @noddle045
    @noddle045 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    “becoming the biggest baddest beast in the landscape can have serious consequences when that landscape changes”...
    this hits too close to home

  • @purplejellyfish395
    @purplejellyfish395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    Giant badass hyena:*exists*
    Climate change:"im gonna end this man's whole career"

    • @gustavodias8472
      @gustavodias8472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      They weren't hyenas nor closely related..

    • @Alex-fv2qs
      @Alex-fv2qs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They weren't closely related to men (or humans in general either)

    • @jaysonklein6018
      @jaysonklein6018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Alex-fv2qs lololol

    • @creiglamb6036
      @creiglamb6036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This format must end.

    • @USSSfr33d0m
      @USSSfr33d0m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Human : exists ..........

  • @SituationWinWin
    @SituationWinWin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Can you do a video about Andrewsarchus please? That thing was a beast!

  • @3possumsinatrenchcoat
    @3possumsinatrenchcoat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    you mentioned it about carnivora, maybe a deeper dive into how it's literally divided into "catlike" and "doglike" (with bears in the middle/only just slightly to the dog side)?

    • @simonj3413
      @simonj3413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      The taxonomic order Carnivora is divided into two suborders: Caniformia, which has dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, seals etc. and Feliformia which contains cats, hyenas, mongooses, civets etc. . However, “cat-related” and “dog related” are probably better ways of defining them than “catlike” and “doglike”.

    • @wyllomygreene7700
      @wyllomygreene7700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@simonj3413 It's -FORMia for a weird reason: All that separates feline from canine is the shape of the bone shell around their inner ear bones. So each type had its own common ancestor and originated in different areas before conquering the world

    • @rainbowosprey1619
      @rainbowosprey1619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Simon J wait, hyenas are closer to cats? To me, they always looked like they were closer to dogs.

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wyllomygreene7700 most broad taxa tend to use the -formia or -formes suffix

    • @edweefication
      @edweefication 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rainbowosprey1619 interestingly they are indeed felids. But the misconception is understandable: they look and behave nothing like cats.

  • @LolSnimci
    @LolSnimci 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This channel helps me so much with depression.I love you guys,you should upload twice per week.

  • @WickedWildlife
    @WickedWildlife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Please do a video on the history of monotremes!

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This

    • @jayjayspoon8824
      @jayjayspoon8824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zaglossus hacketti

    • @the_ourologue
      @the_ourologue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh yeah!

    • @vaimantobe3034
      @vaimantobe3034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That would be very interesting. Their lineage is a very long one I believe. I wonder what ancient branches of monotremes looked like!

    • @icedtea649
      @icedtea649 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got u fam th-cam.com/video/mXD7YOoHpAs/w-d-xo.html

  • @Xandros999
    @Xandros999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "What about that shadowy place?"
    "That is beyond our borders. You must never go there, Simba."

    • @kCoco5737
      @kCoco5737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why ? THERES HUGE HYENAS WHOSE LOWER JAWS ARE BIGGER THAN OURS

  • @collinsmilgo8869
    @collinsmilgo8869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I speak Swahili, and the way you said the name of the lion from Africa in swahili made me die in laughter😂😂😂

    • @mshanga89
      @mshanga89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I cringed a little but hey it’s not their first language.. I’d say “Simba Mkubwa” but scientific name makes Sense I guess 🤷🏿‍♂️

    • @kyzzzz
      @kyzzzz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why make fun of someone trying their best to pronounce a word from a foreign language? That’s just rude

    • @mrdelayed3718
      @mrdelayed3718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@kyzzzz was he making fun of her?

    • @swabrianwar1020
      @swabrianwar1020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      si wangemuita fisi mkubwa

  • @Daradajee
    @Daradajee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dude, Africa is one of the only places on Earth where hypercarnivores still roam around!

  • @NemesisDestiny
    @NemesisDestiny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wish that when maps are shown of where these discoveries were made, that they would show the continents as they were in the era they were dated to, or show where they were found using a modern globe, then reverse the continental drift to morph the map into its era-appropriate version.

  • @IDoTheMost
    @IDoTheMost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love how the narrator is presenting the scientific studies as speculation through research vs proven fact. It seems a lot of the time, things are presented as absolute, only to be dubunked at a later date. My hat's off to this lady for the information gathered and the way it was presented.

    • @mattvanderford4920
      @mattvanderford4920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So much speculation they think they know what they ate, why the are no longer around, and a full body type off a jaw bone!

  • @eamonahern7495
    @eamonahern7495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    It looks like a thylacine in some of the images.

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They still exist. One day i will prove it.

    • @mdserpents5796
      @mdserpents5796 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Jazz King check the highlands of Papua New Guinea, they’re likely to be there

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mdserpents5796
      I'll get right onto it.

    • @ewandillon3427
      @ewandillon3427 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anubusx na down in Tassie I've seen one in the bush stare at me!

    • @drivernjax
      @drivernjax 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      In one image it looks like an Andrewsarchus which is supposed to be a carnivorous ovid.

  • @manasbapat6904
    @manasbapat6904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Even the most powerful animals are no match for a changing world"....in the time of Coronavirus, this makes so much sense but sends chills down the spine. I wonder if some future species of earth will find our remains and talk about homo sapiens like this..

    • @blackburned
      @blackburned ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've thought this same thing before. Seems likely, doesn't it?

  • @gamingxmachina6718
    @gamingxmachina6718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Giant Hyper Carnivorse, interesting. I have learned more from this channel then I have in a long time.

  • @lonjohnson5161
    @lonjohnson5161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The name of the channel is "PBS Eons"; it would be nice to have a stroll through the eons. Specifically, I would like to see an episode devoted to how the eons, eras, periods and epochs got their names and a little flavor of what characterizes those times. If you watch many episodes, you get a sense of what to expect, but it would be nice to have an episode that ties it all together.

  • @biglil771
    @biglil771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Could you do a video on the Natodomeri lion and pleistocene big cats or African mega-fauna in general

    • @biggay8140
      @biggay8140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They say the Natodomeri lion was as big as the American lion

    • @biglil771
      @biglil771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you're reading this eons please respond thanks

  • @taishwarya
    @taishwarya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how so many of these stories include grad students rummaging through a museum's storage and finding stuff that's been overlooked

  • @ArmchairDeity
    @ArmchairDeity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    Wait... it’s Tuesday, not Weds. does this mean we get more than one Eons per week?? 😳😁❤️

    • @somerandofilipino6957
      @somerandofilipino6957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's Wednesday here in the Philippines.

    • @mitchellskene8176
      @mitchellskene8176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think the early vid is only to make up for releasing a video a day or two late in prior weeks

    • @kec7761
      @kec7761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Maybe they finished work early this week so they can prepare for extra time for the holidays or something. Who knows but I'm pleasantly surprised.

    • @tommyswoodpileadventuresan5940
      @tommyswoodpileadventuresan5940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll take any one with her.

    • @Fede_99
      @Fede_99 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@somerandofilipino6957 it is Wednesday my dudes...

  • @zerefdragneel2289
    @zerefdragneel2289 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These videos literally make my week

  • @Monchegorx
    @Monchegorx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I think a video on *Sparassodonts* would be really cool.

  • @ajamajay2871
    @ajamajay2871 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who downvotes this stuff? I mean, who spends time watching such a niche topic only to deny the whole bit?

  • @liamwinter4512
    @liamwinter4512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I wonder how much stuff was discovered and than promptly forgotten about in the vaults and basements of academia

    • @drivernjax
      @drivernjax 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Much more than you'd believe. I watched a show in which a fossil was in a drawer in a museum for over 75 years before it was rediscovered and it was found to be an unknown family of dinosaur.

  • @td5760
    @td5760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That final line is so strong and timely!

  • @Blue_Fire-Chibi
    @Blue_Fire-Chibi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This Channel teachs me something everyday which is nice!keep it up pbs eons.😃

  • @elmarko9051
    @elmarko9051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    PBS Eons...it makes my day when a new Eons video drops.

  • @1101millie97
    @1101millie97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm just glad our ancestors evolved to live on the open savannah after these huge predators died out. Talk about some lucky timing...

  • @ikz8042
    @ikz8042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “It was not a hyaena “
    “It was a hyeanadont”
    My brain still in shock after this information 🧠☸️ I think my brain needs to have cpr

  • @joshuastreet8664
    @joshuastreet8664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always get so excited when I see a new video from PBS Eons :)

  • @evansthiongo5785
    @evansthiongo5785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bruh when said "simba kubwa kutoka Africa" as a Kenyan Iaughed so hard! 😂

  • @ericlin7023
    @ericlin7023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "It turns out that becoming the biggest, baddest beast on the landscape can have serious consequences when that landscape suddenly changes"
    American financial conglomerates: Hold our champagne

  • @godspeedknight786
    @godspeedknight786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm so interested in these prehistoric animals because I wonder how much of our mythical creatures are based on them. I think it's really neat.

  • @Pedrosshow
    @Pedrosshow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    PBS soon gonna post “when dragons roamed the world”

    • @fallingskies8991
      @fallingskies8991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dragons are real you nonbeliever

    • @ronjayrose9706
      @ronjayrose9706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fallingskies8991 Yeah! Like The Komodo Dragon

    • @dinosaurusrex1482
      @dinosaurusrex1482 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brandein Gargulio its a bat bird! I love it!

  • @cryptout
    @cryptout 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked how the artists somehow managed to make them look super cute!

  • @dnstone1127
    @dnstone1127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Seeing a Simbakubwa attack a fully grown elephant would have been a terrible sight.

  • @chalimsupa6603
    @chalimsupa6603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great work... i just learnt about 'Simba Kubwa' as i researched about archeological discoveries in Kenya my country...

  • @Ezullof
    @Ezullof 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I've recently read some articles about anomalocarids. These fascinating creatures seem to be more well-known than I thought, and they were quite diversified too! One of them seem to have been a filter a bit like whales or whale sharks.
    So I thought that I would like to learn more about giant filter feeders that existed in the past. It seems like it's a systematic step in convergent evolution and very different types of animals can develop adaptations to this feeding habit.

  • @forbesupnxlous8681
    @forbesupnxlous8681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *PBS* *Eons* Can you make a extensive video on South/North American *Megafauna* ?

  • @K9River
    @K9River 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm a Hyper-Mountain-Dew-avore. I can can prove it by how my teeth evolved: I have no teeth.

  • @jayneasonatl4665
    @jayneasonatl4665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My boy ray j and raycon supporting pbs! Nice!!

  • @davidsi5376
    @davidsi5376 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    How else was surprised by the word "hypercarnivore" ???

    • @carissstewart3211
      @carissstewart3211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      A hypercarnivore is an animal whose diet is 70% meat. Salmon are hypercarnivores.

    • @carissstewart3211
      @carissstewart3211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Danang Arif Widodo that means they ate vegans...

    • @kitty-pm2md
      @kitty-pm2md 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i imagine you dont have a cat, then.

    • @alanlee1355
      @alanlee1355 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *who

  • @TheaHFrancis
    @TheaHFrancis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You're awesome! I love your presentation style! Great host for the PBS eons channel!

  • @ellie4474
    @ellie4474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    the only notifications i look forward to

  • @PlainsPup
    @PlainsPup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, a video comparing carnivorans and creodonts; this channel is the best!

  • @lapwingfilms
    @lapwingfilms 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It would of been great if some small creodonts survived into the present

    • @carissstewart3211
      @carissstewart3211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It may be that one of your ancestral hominids wished the opposite were true.

    • @lapwingfilms
      @lapwingfilms 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haha 😂 true

  • @terrelljackson787
    @terrelljackson787 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    @3:20 and throughout video. Can you please get a Nielsen Peters map or one that doesnt favor europe but is closer to true proportions of the map?

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Looks like a Pokémon

  • @emeryeladren
    @emeryeladren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me: *crocheting in peace*
    Callie: 3:41 "Approaching the sizes of rhinos"
    Me: *stares at wall in horror*

  • @goonggoongginga9954
    @goonggoongginga9954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the videos of the large animals that are extinct

  • @aisforinterval
    @aisforinterval 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there any fossil record of carnivorous plants and their evolution? Or is that a relatively new evolution?

  • @thenumbah1birdman
    @thenumbah1birdman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Wasn't Simbakubwa massively oversized due to outdated scaling? The scaling type used yielded 3 tons for Megistotherium IIRC

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That first picture of it was absolutely chilling

  • @abigailwoods3412
    @abigailwoods3412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Could you do an episode on the evolution and growth of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef?

  • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube
    @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:29 This makes me think of the times I've seen a possum at night and mistook one for an injured cat.

  • @DrJamesCooke
    @DrJamesCooke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    You had me at hypercarnivores.

  • @tobiaschaparro2372
    @tobiaschaparro2372 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    *When giant hypercarnivores romed Africa*
    3 million minutes ago...

  • @jgostling
    @jgostling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    "It got more than 70% of its calories from meat"
    Me: I can relate to that.

    • @chu.u.u
      @chu.u.u 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      now we wait for vegans to reply to this.

    • @PlaceStillMatters
      @PlaceStillMatters 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Legend has it Simbakubwa wrapped their kill in bacon before devouring it.

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chu.u.u the vegans all got eaten

  • @exelibrium
    @exelibrium 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    *Notice grass in the background on the illustrations
    "But grass has only existed for 30million years!"

    • @justanotherhunter6634
      @justanotherhunter6634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, there have been grass like phytoliths in fossils as old as 66 million years, grass had been around long before 30 million years ago

  • @danc6167
    @danc6167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How is it that something so massive and relatively young like this has such a scant and fragmentary fossil record yet we have more complete skeletons of microraptor and compsognathus? Can we get a video on how fossilization works and doesn't work?

    • @DeathsHood
      @DeathsHood 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would guess because the African savannah isn't an environment that is well suited for fossilization.
      Before the body can get buried in sand/silt/sediment/mud/etc... it gets preyed upon by other carnivores and the body gets torn to pieces, which would only leave fragmentary fossils.

  • @Stothehighest
    @Stothehighest 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could we have a more indepth video about Andrewsarchus and it's kin? Or the Slingshot beasts?

  • @noneofyourbusiness6404
    @noneofyourbusiness6404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Love paleontology

    • @wherethewildthingsarenot
      @wherethewildthingsarenot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      SAME. It's one of those disciplines that you just start loving from childhood!

    • @noneofyourbusiness6404
      @noneofyourbusiness6404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      WHereTHeWIldTHingsAReNOt plus when I talk about evolution it pisses my local priest off

    • @wherethewildthingsarenot
      @wherethewildthingsarenot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@noneofyourbusiness6404 I'm Canadian so we don't have as much Christianity here, but that seems like an interesting convo!

  • @jcfartson7288
    @jcfartson7288 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    you pronounce words sounding perfect but also effortless, very pleasing to talk to

  • @MrJeffcoley1
    @MrJeffcoley1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I. Love. Her. Voice.
    Too bad she didn’t get to call anything “cute” in this video

    • @Sawrattan
      @Sawrattan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She is a brilliant presenter, speaks very clearly, I enjoy watching these videos.

  • @acephas3
    @acephas3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey!!!! You did a creodont video!!! I asked for this some time ago!!! Thanks!!!

  • @noneofyourbusiness6404
    @noneofyourbusiness6404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Video about all geological eras of time

  • @themonsterbaby
    @themonsterbaby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know how i missed this amazing discovery, but i did. So thank you for this video!!

  • @KayKay114
    @KayKay114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That would be so freaky to see in person.
    I could only imagine a short thing with a huge jaw waddling at me.

  • @patricklee6066
    @patricklee6066 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These animals look more like massive vivverids,giant Genet's or civets?

  • @eenayeah
    @eenayeah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    She kept saying simbakuba at first then suddenly started saying the "W" in it by 3:40😂

  • @levyredmoon
    @levyredmoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been playing ARK for days and now YT finally recommended me a gud channel

  • @miquelescribanoivars5049
    @miquelescribanoivars5049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice.
    I haven't seen it yet. But I wonder if they're going to mention Simbakubwa and its size estimates. Boy that was an entertaining rant.

    • @thenumbah1birdman
      @thenumbah1birdman 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      >tfw the scaling used to get 1.5 tons for Simbakubwa yields 3 tons for megistotherium

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thenumbah1birdman Yeah... That's what I meant. When the estimates range from 280 to 1,500 kilograms, you know the scaling methods are not compatible.

  • @stormcats2
    @stormcats2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your shows put stinking tv to shame. Fabulous stuff.