Most paleontologists are agreed that liopleurodon was probably a good deal smaller than it was portrayed in this series; even if the lower estimates are more accurate it must still have been a formidable hunter, and a man would have made a tasty snack for it had there been any men around at the time which, of course, there weren't . And when dealing with the subject of prehistoric life there is, inevitably, a good deal of educated guesswork involved.
For some of you who asked if he could've just crawled back into the ocean with his flippers, the lioplerodon is too big and heavy to do that. Just like when a whale may have accidentally stranded itself on the beach, whales are too heavy for that as well. And when they wash up on the shore, the weight of their immense bodies crush both of their lungs, slowly suffocating them. So the lioplerodon was unable to work himself back into the water due to his enormous 150 ton weight, and he slowly suffocated by the hour, until he passed on.
I love the mix of CG, and real life models in this series. It’s quite out of date, even only being a little over 20 years old. Not to mention the CG looks kind of fake, yet it’s quite charming and informative for its time. Highly encouraged others to give it a watch.
I have to disagree with you in regards of cgi. The WWD cgi still holds up even for today's standards in many shots. Sure there some shots that looks awful. But majority of the scenes. The use of cgi is quite good and still better than most of modern dinosaur documentary today. Except prehistoric planet
Even the actual Liopleurodon (only 2 tons) would be unable to move on land at all; plesiosaurs (which include pliosaurs) simply lack any of the adaptations seals, etc have to retain some mobility on land. They completely ditched the land to become fully aquatic, and were as immobile on land as a whale or a boat would be.
Of course, Prehistoric Planet has better CGI and more up-to-date information, but Walking with Dinosaurs was the audiovisual pinnacle of paleontological documentaries. The epic and dramatic soundtrack, the serious narration, the genuinely beautiful photography. These are qualities that are lacking in the most recent products.
Walking with dinosaurs cgi still holds up even for today's standards in many shots.. the format of the show makes it better than any other dinosaur documentary ever created. It's almost at same level of the original Jurassic park. Inters of popularity. It capture the hearts of many, about a million of dinosaurs enthusiast around the globe.
I am about to bash this kaiju Liopleurodon but i decided to watch the entirety of Cruel Seas And oh my goodness even though it is monster-sized it sure acted like a real animal. Yes the first scene is realistic and it looks tame if we compared it with orcas that literally beach theirselves just to grab a sea lion. The real Liopleurodon, the 25 feet long one, could ambush some dinosaurs on shores if occasion comes like how was it's shown here. The portrayal of Liopleurodon behavior here is making me forget the size inacuraccies. It didn't act like a monster despite looking as one. They even made a tragic death with it being caught by storm waves, then beached and suffocated from it's weight, like some big whales also end up today. There are no exaggerated behaviors no silly anthropomorphism or evil guy trope, it's not the Liopleurodon that made cruel seas, *THE SEA ITSELF IS CRUEL*
One of the saddest moments of the show. Probably the reason, why I remember it so well. I must have watched it as a 6 year old in 2006 for the first time.
Even if Liopler was the size of a very large great white shark irl, it’s still not small at all, it would of been one of the largest predators in its formation, the only predator larger was a species of Pliosaurus
1st time of the entire Walking With Series when the main character died along with the male Ornothochirus, female lyannasaurus, female T-Rex, and the female Wooly Mammoth.
In Walking with Dinosaurs, they said that Liopleurodon weight 150 tonnes (which is an exageration, just like its size). It's too heavy for its paddles to move its body on land.
As a kid I viewed it as just a big bully of the Jurassic ocean, but watching it now I feel so sad as it was just trying to survive and got confused which caused its death
I'm glad i grew up with the scientific skeletal diagrams and arts of Liopleurodon being merely 7 meters. Once i saw Walking with Dinosaurs showing Liopleurodon as the largest marine reptile ever i am like "What the hell?" Shonisaurus (or Shastasaurus) is the one holding that title
@@danielcorpuz1873 I grew up watching WWD and to this day always thought Lioplurodon was the biggest ever sea creature. Disappointed to learn that was incorrect lol
Possible Deleted scene mo beached the villain like this in LBT 9 cut probably due to children being afraid of suffocation another was due to LBT trying not to be like the original
“Hey Al, isn’t this the same asshole who snatched our mother from that rock by the ocean when we were babies?” “Yes, Allie. He’s OUR meal, now-pass the salt.”
BRUH !!! It was 20-23 ft long and 1-2 tonnes heavy, not even a monster!!! Livyatan and meg are two of the strongest animals in the world. Livyatan was a bit (55%-60%) stronger than meg.
F for the liopler
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Most paleontologists are agreed that liopleurodon was probably a good deal smaller than it was portrayed in this series; even if the lower estimates are more accurate it must still have been a formidable hunter, and a man would have made a tasty snack for it had there been any men around at the time which, of course, there weren't . And when dealing with the subject of prehistoric life there is, inevitably, a good deal of educated guesswork involved.
Liopleurodon was about the same size as a great white shark-only 1/75th the weight of the WWD depiction.
@@bkjeong4302 Wtf
@@Kunumbah1 It's an established truth though
BBC is just like other dinosaur mefia producer. It just want cool things
I literally cried as a kid when he died, he was so majestic
Same.
For some of you who asked if he could've just crawled back into the ocean with his flippers, the lioplerodon is too big and heavy to do that. Just like when a whale may have accidentally stranded itself on the beach, whales are too heavy for that as well. And when they wash up on the shore, the weight of their immense bodies crush both of their lungs, slowly suffocating them. So the lioplerodon was unable to work himself back into the water due to his enormous 150 ton weight, and he slowly suffocated by the hour, until he passed on.
Though the programme does show _Cryptoclidus_ lounging on a beach like a seal, modern scientists doubt that plesiosaurs could do this.
Those things did not weigh 150 tons crackhead blue whales can get up to 200 tons and they're much much biggrt
It also said in Prehistoric Planet that he was too exhausted to push himself back into the water anyway.
I love the mix of CG, and real life models in this series. It’s quite out of date, even only being a little over 20 years old. Not to mention the CG looks kind of fake, yet it’s quite charming and informative for its time.
Highly encouraged others to give it a watch.
I have to disagree with you in regards of cgi. The WWD cgi still holds up even for today's standards in many shots. Sure there some shots that looks awful. But majority of the scenes. The use of cgi is quite good and still better than most of modern dinosaur documentary today. Except prehistoric planet
I JUST NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PARALLEL TO THE POSTOSUCHUS IN EPISODE ONE
When I was younger I never understood why he couldn’t just reverse but now that I hear that 150 ton weight again 😭
Even the actual Liopleurodon (only 2 tons) would be unable to move on land at all; plesiosaurs (which include pliosaurs) simply lack any of the adaptations seals, etc have to retain some mobility on land. They completely ditched the land to become fully aquatic, and were as immobile on land as a whale or a boat would be.
I watched this episode last night and couldn’t help but cry for it, I cried at big Al’s death too
Where men cried
If he tries to go back, he will only dig the dirt because of his huge weight
R.I.P LIOPLEURODON
relatable
The Liopleuridon became shorter
And so did the Dunkleousteus sadly.
@@BerryDeLajt Dunkleosteus is Devonian era fish and Liopleuridon is a Jurassic era marine reptile
@@SepiaChild Yeah, but recent studies has shown that dunkleosteus was actually shorter then expected before.
@@BerryDeLajt the topic is about Liopleuridon and why it became shorter
150 tons? how startlingly inaccurate.
you're about 20 years too late to that argument but go off
2:06 cap lol
최후의 암컷 리오플레우로돈
3rd saddest 2nd end of dinosaurs 1st ornithecheirus death
This isn't very magical, huh
Well at least all of the other carnivore's get to have an all you can eat buffet as well:).
Of course, Prehistoric Planet has better CGI and more up-to-date information, but Walking with Dinosaurs was the audiovisual pinnacle of paleontological documentaries. The epic and dramatic soundtrack, the serious narration, the genuinely beautiful photography. These are qualities that are lacking in the most recent products.
Walking with dinosaurs cgi still holds up even for today's standards in many shots.. the format of the show makes it better than any other dinosaur documentary ever created. It's almost at same level of the original Jurassic park. Inters of popularity. It capture the hearts of many, about a million of dinosaurs enthusiast around the globe.
The achieved the most convincing animalistic behaviours better than any other paleo documentary
This is so nostalgic for me, I’ve forgotten how amazing this series was
True indeed! Best dinosaur documentary ever!!! I’ve watched this since i was like 2 or 3 that was when i first saw and watched it
@@austinsy8056 Yes! I used to get the DVD of this from my local library so much as a kid, I LOVED the entire series
@@devitt89 same here! I use to get it at my nearby town library as well!
Back when the BBC made programmes that were actually worth your licence fee.
Nostalgia time again
I remember watching this as a kid and yelling at the lipo in screen to get up
Lol you're childhood is a lie.
@@aryatejc8067 yes, i'm sure his entire childhood was built on the exaggerated size of a Jurassic pliosaur.
Inaccuracy aside, he doesn't have legs. How is he going to get up?
@@aryatejc8067 I too based my entire childhood off of liopleurodons
I am about to bash this kaiju Liopleurodon but i decided to watch the entirety of Cruel Seas
And oh my goodness even though it is monster-sized it sure acted like a real animal. Yes the first scene is realistic and it looks tame if we compared it with orcas that literally beach theirselves just to grab a sea lion. The real Liopleurodon, the 25 feet long one, could ambush some dinosaurs on shores if occasion comes like how was it's shown here.
The portrayal of Liopleurodon behavior here is making me forget the size inacuraccies. It didn't act like a monster despite looking as one. They even made a tragic death with it being caught by storm waves, then beached and suffocated from it's weight, like some big whales also end up today.
There are no exaggerated behaviors no silly anthropomorphism or evil guy trope, it's not the Liopleurodon that made cruel seas, *THE SEA ITSELF IS CRUEL*
This comment right here 👏
One of the saddest moments of the show. Probably the reason, why I remember it so well. I must have watched it as a 6 year old in 2006 for the first time.
It is possible to be too big and too powerful. Someone else rolls the dice, and you come up short.
Fits into the size doesn't always matter area too
@@jackietang3789 if he was smaller he could move on land so it dose matter
@@ginam5497 he means that even if your the biggest you can still die
Sad to see Liopleurodon die in this. He was my favorite animal in BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs 1999.
Al aka allosaurs was my favorite is miss him I get tears in my eyes
@@jamesmeyers6019 That's cool, Al rocks. I also get a little teary eyed when Liopleurodon dies. RIP Liopleurodon 😓
“It’s a magical Liopleurodon, Charlie”
And just like that, the most fearsome predator of all time becomes a meal itself.
As "The Duke of Artz" It's all part of the circle of life in the Mesozoic era.
It was actually no where near that size. They misjudged it’s size because of its enormous head.
Until you realize the real version of liopleurodon was like a fourth of the size of the Walking With Dinosaurs one
Even if Liopler was the size of a very large great white shark irl, it’s still not small at all, it would of been one of the largest predators in its formation, the only predator larger was a species of Pliosaurus
The narrator sounds like he’s trying not to cry when describing this he actually sounds very sad about it.
It's a magical liopleurdon charlie
You know there is no Candy mountain right?
@@qwellen7521 Shun the non-believer
Shun
Shuuuuuuuunnnnn
As a kid I didn't understand how magnificent this series was compared to other media
It's over...
The possible deleted scene defeat for the swimming sharptooth in journey to the big water
The male liopluerpldon is death.
*Why* is the male Liopleurodon death?
0:56 it's painfull 😞
Poor thing
150 ton caught me off guard lmao. They were only around 1.5 tons in real life
Lio become extinct
Poor liopleurodon :'(
thats what you get for overspecialising
@Rory Spoons yep, that's like blaming a beached humpback for "overspecializing"
Honestly this brought out the Feels. More than Little Foots mum's death in The Land Before Time😢 Rest in Power, King 👑
1st time of the entire Walking With Series when the main character died along with the male Ornothochirus, female lyannasaurus, female T-Rex, and the female Wooly Mammoth.
I can't imagine this scene without the amazing cruel sea soundtrack
90 million years is such a long time
Weiß jemand wie diese Doku heißt. Würde die gerne nochmal ganz anschauen
i kind of feel bad for li dont know why
can't the liopleurodon move on land? it has paddles kinda like a turtle
In Walking with Dinosaurs, they said that Liopleurodon weight 150 tonnes (which is an exageration, just like its size). It's too heavy for its paddles to move its body on land.
i see
No plesiosaur or pliosaur could move on land (WWD is wrong in depicting Cryptoclidus as amphibious).
So really they got this dinosaur mixed up with the Mosasaur from Jurassic Park, size wise?
This was like 15 years before Jurassic World
It’s not actually a dinosaur.
As a kid I viewed it as just a big bully of the Jurassic ocean, but watching it now I feel so sad as it was just trying to survive and got confused which caused its death
Poor thing :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
84,000,000 years actually, Kenneth.
Beautiful Liopleurodon🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
No not the ramphorynchus! :(
I remember when liopleurdon skeletals were it being big, well its not big as it was now.
I'm glad i grew up with the scientific skeletal diagrams and arts of Liopleurodon being merely 7 meters.
Once i saw Walking with Dinosaurs showing Liopleurodon as the largest marine reptile ever i am like "What the hell?"
Shonisaurus (or Shastasaurus) is the one holding that title
@@danielcorpuz1873 I grew up watching WWD and to this day always thought Lioplurodon was the biggest ever sea creature. Disappointed to learn that was incorrect lol
I thought it was magic! :(
🦖🦕
Possible Deleted scene mo beached the villain like this in LBT 9 cut probably due to children being afraid of suffocation another was due to LBT trying not to be like the original
That didn’t happen.
150 ton, muh dudes
6 (6=F so it works)
300,000 lbs? I don't think so. That's bigger than the average blue whale which is the heaviest animal that ever existed.
we just had the head and no it's not biger
“Hey Al, isn’t this the same asshole who snatched our mother from that rock by the ocean when we were babies?”
“Yes, Allie. He’s OUR meal, now-pass the salt.”
BRUH !!! It was 20-23 ft long and 1-2 tonnes heavy, not even a monster!!! Livyatan and meg are two of the strongest animals in the world. Livyatan was a bit (55%-60%) stronger than meg.
Maximum 10 m
nobody cares
you know was when we had just a giant head
Liopleurodon is not demise he died from starvation and weak and feed by Scavengers
"Demise" and "death" have the same meaning I believe.
its all good they suck anyway i tamed one once and did the swamp cave drops and didnt get shit
F big boi
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