South America's Killer Dillo (Macroeuphractus)

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  • @MortimerSugarloaf
    @MortimerSugarloaf ปีที่แล้ว +756

    I feel like there was a missed opportunity to call it an armakillo.

    • @baeuy5019
      @baeuy5019 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Oh my for your right

    • @MrDexter337
      @MrDexter337 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I was browsing the comments in hopes of finding another person who also thought the title said "Killer Dildo".

    • @shibolinemress8913
      @shibolinemress8913 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🤣👍

    • @karayanna8119
      @karayanna8119 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Omg. I didnt even think of that! Yes. Thank you for your genius idea

    • @romaincooper1310
      @romaincooper1310 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This needs more likes

  • @Srelde
    @Srelde ปีที่แล้ว +220

    We've heard a lot about giant carnivorous birds. Would love to get a video on one of them

    • @matthewpitre8159
      @matthewpitre8159 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I believe he did a video on terror birds but I think a video on all of the scary birds would be really cool if he hasn't done one already

  • @DragonFae16
    @DragonFae16 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Maybe you could do a series where you pick a particular place in the world, like a small country or a state within a large country, and talk about the prehistoric animals that have been dug up from there.

  • @TheWastelander86
    @TheWastelander86 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You had my like at "tactical assault possum"

  • @vernonfridy8416
    @vernonfridy8416 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Adding to your point about armadillos not being especially Texan animals, it should also be mentioned that the living Nine-banded Armadillo didn’t even reach Texas until recent historical times.

    • @beastmaster0934
      @beastmaster0934 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And they are still expanding their range.

    • @StonedtotheBones13
      @StonedtotheBones13 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love that even more.

    • @Morganational
      @Morganational 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's right, they're not from Texas. Texas wants them anyway.

  • @icarusbinns3156
    @icarusbinns3156 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Tactical assault possum has got to be my new favorite descriptor!
    As for critters to talk about… as much as I hate them and fear them… Can you do a video on the giant bugs of the Carboniferous? Specifically (if they existed) the spiders? Or arachnid equivalents?
    Yes, I hate myself for asking but… I honestly think it would make for a particularly-striking type of video.

  • @TheMartianReport
    @TheMartianReport ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm so glad you decided to talk about these crazy armored honey badgers over the giant ground sloth! Great video! Hope the algos show it the love it deserves!

  • @RafaCB0987
    @RafaCB0987 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    It is really easy to forget that after Gondawana split, South america, Australia and antartic became islands enviroment

    • @anthill4329
      @anthill4329 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Such a shame we cant even see what bizarre beasts evolved from Antarctica too

    • @patrickwingard1927
      @patrickwingard1927 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yeah. I wouldnt say it was hard when I forgot that.

    • @Galaxia7
      @Galaxia7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Africa did too, but for not as long as the others.

    • @alexislaisney3404
      @alexislaisney3404 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I never forget
      American opossum marsupial. Learning about that one animal makes all the rest of it easily understood and remembered

    • @UnwantedGhost1
      @UnwantedGhost1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly. 👏

  • @darklordofsword
    @darklordofsword ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I'd love something on large flying birds like Argentavis or the Hasts Eagle.... or maybe even on flightless birds that went extinct within human history, like Moa and Elephant Birds.

  • @petrairene
    @petrairene ปีที่แล้ว +40

    An interesting topic for me would be early cat evolution. Cats have such fascinating abilities, how did they split off from the lineage that produced the dogs, how did they get the cool retractable claws (ingenious invention!) and their incredible climbing, jumping and sneaking ability. When did the cats become recognizable cats?

  • @Christian762
    @Christian762 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It sucks how youtube seems to bury good videos without clickbaity titles and thumbnails, it must be extra annoying as a content creator. Love your paleo videos!

  • @wyvern723
    @wyvern723 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love the giant armadillos. This is great, thanks. I really love learning about prehistoric animals that AREN'T dinosaurs, so thank you.

    • @indyreno2933
      @indyreno2933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The term "giant armadillo" only refers to the species Priodontes maximus, which is the largest armadillo currently living.

    • @vladimirputout2461
      @vladimirputout2461 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck in the market to buy Jerimu, but the little ant keep climbing. I twisted, twisted and twisted didn't stop climbing. Fuck in the market to buy batata doce

  • @dtgamerk9670
    @dtgamerk9670 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    As a Texan I can confirm everything except the armadillo obsession, that might be local to where you lived. I've never seen shirts like that and I have only seen living armadillos in Oklahoma. Didn't even know it was our state mammal.
    Love the vids! I'd love to see a vid on one of the Terror Birds or the whole group

    • @SrasyKing
      @SrasyKing ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Like its the state "Small Mammal". Texas has 8 state animals from many categories... From state dog, state large mammal, state small mammal, state flying mammal, and state bird.

    • @dtgamerk9670
      @dtgamerk9670 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SrasyKing Thats actually kinda cool. Thanks for letting me know

    • @scvcebc
      @scvcebc ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@SrasyKing I thought California was excessive for having a state marine mollusk (abalone) and a state land mollusk (banana slug) but I guess Texas has to try to outdo everyone in state things too!

    • @gstlb
      @gstlb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They’re pretty common in the Hill Country. I’ve always thought they were cute.

    • @johanneabelsen1644
      @johanneabelsen1644 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And in Texas it's pronounced " Armadillah".😄

  • @KoalaMeatPie
    @KoalaMeatPie ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have read "In the Company of Crows and Ravens". In one chapter, they detail how, upto a certain point, crows where more "intelligent" than "apes", and that further in the ages, they watched us take our first steps into the americas, a land where they occupied for millenniums before we arrived. I find that very poetic.

  • @ryanharris1052
    @ryanharris1052 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Very interesting, never knew there was once a killer armadillo. Thanks for the content.

  • @Myuska2288
    @Myuska2288 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just had to pause the video to comment! Dude, when you started on the whole armadillo being a Texas symbol thing I was so worried you were gonna ruin the roly-poly mammal for me. But then you mention they are a migrant mammal from Latin America and I died laughing! Thanks for the fun factoid!

  • @ericbeall7675
    @ericbeall7675 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'm somewhat of a native Texan myself.
    It's great. Your assessment of Texans being proud of being Texan is spot on.

    • @alphatrion100
      @alphatrion100 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I dont understand pride like this.
      You just happend to be born there.
      It's not like YOU had anything to do with being born in Texas

    • @ericbeall7675
      @ericbeall7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alphatrion100 you must not be from Texas then.

    • @alphatrion100
      @alphatrion100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ericbeall7675
      I'm from the continent your forefathers came from son.
      Long before Texas even existed.

    • @ericbeall7675
      @ericbeall7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alphatrion100 lol got me big guy. I’m glad my forefathers left there, best thing they ever did was coming to Texas.

    • @ericbeall7675
      @ericbeall7675 ปีที่แล้ว

      Son lol

  • @caseyleichter2309
    @caseyleichter2309 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ahem: You left out the giant armadillo, which is still around in South America. One of my treasured memories of the "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" series (it aired back when I was a kid) was seeing poor old Jim having to wrestle a giant armadillo while Marlon Perkins watched from the safety of being on horseback. I don't remember **why** Jim was wrestling with the giant armadillo - maybe they needed to relocate it? - but it was hugely entertaining.

  • @mainehome2678
    @mainehome2678 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well you certainly found a title that will make new people want to click on it. I really enjoy the paleo catalog videos so it matters not to me what you call them as long as you keep doing them.

    • @CommissionerSleer
      @CommissionerSleer ปีที่แล้ว

      Bit of a double-take when I read killer dildo. That can only help generate clicks :D

  • @DemitriVladMaximov
    @DemitriVladMaximov ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great job and I love learning about this oddball armored mammal.

  • @KnightsWithoutATable
    @KnightsWithoutATable ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I want to hear more about the various armadillos, living and extinct. They are one of those weird animals that just doesn't seem like it should exist in the modern era, but the current ones are very successful.

    • @mattmorehouse9685
      @mattmorehouse9685 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They do look prehistoric with the armor and little heads.

  • @pokemon1895
    @pokemon1895 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Great content!
    Would you ever do a video discussing the interactions between early humans and later pleistocene animals?

  • @lizper
    @lizper ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would love to watch vids on all the other animals that didn't get chosen. I know so little about any of them and find the more I know the more interesting they are.

  • @aspasiacox2649
    @aspasiacox2649 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video, as always! Thanks for all you do!

  • @lukestrawwalker
    @lukestrawwalker ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The killer armadillo did make it to Texas... its bred a gigantic descendant which is extremely rare, but we got a lot of footage of it back in the 70's, when the giant armadillo was attacking and raiding Lone Star Beer trucks... flipped them over ripped the trucks open and drank all the beer, and then quietly disappeared...

    • @SAM-ru4vx
      @SAM-ru4vx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Brandon Letzco was he with his friends auggie, Beto, and two first name amigo joe bob, Joe frank

  • @THEREALDANNYD
    @THEREALDANNYD ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best presentation I’ve seen on animal history on TH-cam. So well written. And your pace was perfect. Some people talk too fast. Many thanks for this episode.

  • @germalganis
    @germalganis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "200 pound honeybadger with a suit of armour", thanks now I have a new nightmare

  • @amyolsen7423
    @amyolsen7423 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love the channel! If you need an idea, how about the Borphagane (excuse the poor spelling) or bone crushing dogs? Maybe that might help with the algorithm?
    Either way thanks for all your hard work on this awesome channel ^_^!!

  • @tedbear631
    @tedbear631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just want to say I love the History of the Earth series and can't wait for more of that but this was a good lil brain snack for in between : )

  • @mbvoelker8448
    @mbvoelker8448 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TH-cam algorythms are weird. I love the Paleo Catalog videos.

  • @Accountnolongerexists
    @Accountnolongerexists ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the xenarthrans, always want more videos on them. I feel like australia and themarsupials get all the cool weird animal credit, when South America and her inhabitants are over looked.

    • @JJ-fq4nl
      @JJ-fq4nl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s so many missing marsupial, themarsupials & monotremes missing from the fossil records when South America, Australia & Antarctica were connecting as Gondwana. Wish scientists would find more & publish more about fossils in Antarctica besides dinosaurs. There have been fossils of marsupials found in Western Antarctica where there isn’t any accumulation of snow. I get a little excited about this era in earth’s history with the strange & giant animals around.

  • @Tony-ne7hd
    @Tony-ne7hd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don’t let the algorithm control your content, just add what you think is interesting and we will like it 😉

  • @zackakai5173
    @zackakai5173 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My huge genius brain on seeing the thumbnail: "South America's Killer Dildooookay I think I read that wrong."

  • @adamthespinygiant
    @adamthespinygiant ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This will be my introduction to this creature. It just shows how science fiction this all seems until it’s proven true.
    On a Sidenote: brace yourself for the Permian period, it’s all gonna come tumbling down…

  • @StonedtotheBones13
    @StonedtotheBones13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just wanna appreciate that little tiny armadillo in the one clip. Also, I think at some point we're gonna learn about an extinction in South America prior to the great biotic interchange. Since so many species seen to have declined or gone extinct right beforehand.

  • @laurachapple6795
    @laurachapple6795 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I try to picture this beast, I come up with a cross between an armadillo and the ROUS from The Princess Bride.

  • @HBHaga
    @HBHaga ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never knew about these critters! Very cool.

    • @TheBelrick
      @TheBelrick ปีที่แล้ว

      Migration is a natural phenomenon and not at all funny anymore than wet water is funny. Fun fact. Grizzly bear is commienolongerwhitefornia state animal and how many do they have now in the wild?

  • @dwerggalago
    @dwerggalago ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I did not know about this one, so thank you yet again for a wonderful journey.

  • @stevensprunger3422
    @stevensprunger3422 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing I appreciate about this channel is the straightforward explanation of everything

  • @anthonybartman6292
    @anthonybartman6292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The algorithm served this up to me. Great video. I feel like you really know your stuff but you simplify it well so anyone can understand. And it's entertaining. Kind of like Bill nye of paleontology.

  • @halg3625
    @halg3625 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, Texan here. I just wanted to tell you that all the armadillo merch, you saw, while you were here, was specifically targeted toward tourists. Those of us, who were born here, or have lived here a long time, think excessive state merch is tacky. I hope you visit us again, though. Specifically, somewhere near Houston. We have a pretty awesome museum, and although I'm sure you've already seen it, I'd love to have the opportunity to meet you, shake your hand, and maybe get an autograph. I'm incredibly passionate about the evolutionary history of our planet, and your channel is, hands down, one of my absolute favorite TH-cam channels. I also possess an odd trace fossil, of a soft bodied organism, that is in the exact shape (and size) of a Dorito. I have no idea what it is. I want to take it to the museum, and ask them what it is, and if they want it. But I don't have a running car, and I'm still pretty far from Houston. Maybe you might know what it could be?

  • @20firebird
    @20firebird ปีที่แล้ว

    it appears the algorithm did take kindly to this one - i've never heard of this channel before but this did pop up in my recommended! i really enjoyed this video; i'll have to look at more of your content. :)

  • @hase.von.b
    @hase.von.b ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks! i really like the "peludos", how we call them here, and their carnivorous relative. Greetins from the southern cone

  • @justskip4595
    @justskip4595 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I would have said sea sloths. They sound like a bad joke the first time you hear about them.

    • @NormanF62
      @NormanF62 ปีที่แล้ว

      The xenarthrans took to the sea. A changing climate led to their extinction.

  • @shadowscribe
    @shadowscribe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "200lb honey badger with a suit of armor."
    If you follow Casual Geographic, you just peed a little.

  • @Hellbender8574
    @Hellbender8574 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video! More ideas for future videos: TURTLES (anapsids or not?, aquatic ancestry or terrestrial?), TERROR BIRDS (love those)

  • @Beanits
    @Beanits ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Came to the comments to see if anyone else misread the title card as 'Killer Dildo' but now I'm thinking maybe I'm just dyslexic

    • @PaleoAnalysis
      @PaleoAnalysis  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're the first to comment it here but I know you're not the first to misread it. There were plenty of comments on the poll pointing it out. 🤣

    • @Beanits
      @Beanits ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PaleoAnalysis ah I must've missed it! Glad to know I'm not alone 😂 love your content!

    • @juniperrodley9843
      @juniperrodley9843 ปีที่แล้ว

      YOU TOO

  • @janopsilver
    @janopsilver ปีที่แล้ว

    I might think that that "youtube algorithm experiment" worked since this is the first Video I have seen from you.
    So good job! I am onto your channel to see if I find some more interesting videos.

  • @blackmage471
    @blackmage471 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Regarding the polling: I'm pretty sure the majority of us are the uninformed. You're the paleontologist, we are not paleontologists. So, asking us for our "favorite" extinct animal is comparable to asking a blind person what their favorite color is. I'm not against polling, but it was bound to generate the contradictory results you received. I'm not saying "don't do polls," because giving you a sense of direction is important.
    That being said, I am happen to learn about whatever you feel like telling us about. Your enthusiasm is golden.

  • @BaronFeydRautha
    @BaronFeydRautha ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "It's a tactical assault 'possum." LULZ. I love dillos

  • @dylanrobinson7177
    @dylanrobinson7177 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found your channel, incredibly interesting and well put together. I hope it grows!!

  • @TechicallyTNT
    @TechicallyTNT ปีที่แล้ว

    Small TH-cam Channel here. Your Thumbnail worked for me..... Keep it up Bro. Enjoyed you Video.

  • @troyandskyelar9588
    @troyandskyelar9588 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video like usual.

  • @loisonnut
    @loisonnut ปีที่แล้ว

    7:52 That is the sickest piece of paleoart I have ever seen

  • @BarnJ
    @BarnJ ปีที่แล้ว

    Tactical assault possum had me dying. Too accurate 😂

  • @noahcooper5922
    @noahcooper5922 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    im a texan and thats true we do protect all things texan its our way of being unique from the rest of the world

  • @daimyodecoca4749
    @daimyodecoca4749 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I for one love the modern day tree sloth

  • @denizen9998
    @denizen9998 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Talk about the various probidicians ( elephant relatives, sorry for the spelling) that made it to South America.

  • @jamiethedinosaur869
    @jamiethedinosaur869 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “…last remaining group of armored mammals.”
    (cries in pangolin)

  • @santor420
    @santor420 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I would like to see a video on the group of terror birds that made it to the Florida peninsula and started to re-evolve hands/useable forelimb digits.

    • @richjordan6461
      @richjordan6461 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm going to repost this to the Facebook page, where I second it

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn’t re-evolve hands.
      Also, the interesting thing about that terror bird (Titanis) is that it actually evolved IN North America: it’s ancestor made it across the sea from South America back in the Late Miocene, when terror birds were beginning their terminal decline (this was long before the GABI).

    • @ineedabetterusername7424
      @ineedabetterusername7424 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would like to see a follow-on video speculating on how they would have used those hands for video games, and if they had the necessary sweat glands to dominate in Warzone.

  • @Adrenalinejunkyie
    @Adrenalinejunkyie ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That title alone
    A+

  • @mydogbullwinkle
    @mydogbullwinkle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spent some time in Texas myself. It's been a decade, but I still get withdrawal symptoms when I think about the green chili double from Whataburger.

  • @alexanderren1097
    @alexanderren1097 ปีที่แล้ว

    A 200lbs Honey Badger wearing a suit of armor... Well that's a terrifying thought!

  • @EvilSnips
    @EvilSnips ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow this creature is so strange! They kind of remind me of the Rattlebacks from The Future is Wild.

  • @nickdarr7328
    @nickdarr7328 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How many other people misread the thumbnail and thought this was something very different for a second?

  • @sundoga4961
    @sundoga4961 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remarkable! Never heard of carnivorous Armadillos. But then, given the fossil evidence for 10 foot tall carnivorous Kangaroos, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

  • @SnarkNSass
    @SnarkNSass ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Armadillos are the funniest animal on the planet 😂

  • @WAMTAT
    @WAMTAT ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your content. Amazing work.

  • @indyreno2933
    @indyreno2933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Macroeuphractus outesi was the largest armadillo that ever lived.

  • @takenname8053
    @takenname8053 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very NICE
    Sea Sloths next please!

  • @WobblePizza
    @WobblePizza ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd love to hear more about armored fish and THE DUNK.

  • @jamesshillinglaw6884
    @jamesshillinglaw6884 ปีที่แล้ว

    Killer Texas speed bumps half the size of cars?
    Ironic and iconic.

  • @urdnal
    @urdnal ปีที่แล้ว

    There was an indie horror game a couple years back that took place in the subway tunnels of buenos aires. It involved cultists and in the end you had to survive being attacked by what I guess was killer dillos in an underground arena situation? Something like that.
    Ed: Called '19 Line'

  • @offthetrail636
    @offthetrail636 ปีที่แล้ว

    We never saw dillos growing up around St. Louis til about 5 years ago and now they are common to see as roadkill

  • @rossallan3585
    @rossallan3585 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like Armadillos. Smooth on the inside. Crunchy on the outside. Armadillos!

  • @broccanmacronain457
    @broccanmacronain457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Video I did not know anything about carnivorous Armadillos. My favorite land animal is the badger, admittedly the Eurasian one but it would be neat to see a video on the badger's line., Or maybe one of the aquatic mammals like sea lions or walruses.

  • @xavis_dad
    @xavis_dad ปีที่แล้ว

    Great content. I subbed. Look forward to the Great Bio Interchange videos.

  • @oisnowy5368
    @oisnowy5368 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to be surprised with video's; though I would not want to be surprised ever coming face to face with a macroeuphractus.

  • @thesisypheanjournal1271
    @thesisypheanjournal1271 ปีที่แล้ว

    It took me a minute to re-hear "going back to the Maya Scene" to "going back to the Miocene."

  • @thunderhammerx2966
    @thunderhammerx2966 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tree sloths are great; koalas definitely the worst. I dunno why there are Koalas in the Paldaea region but will go out of the way to have Demon Tauros double-kick the crap out of a koalamon.

  • @jasepoag8930
    @jasepoag8930 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Since when does the internet hate tree sloths? They were all about them a couple years ago. I remember having to explain all the ways they were awful and disgusting when my friends shared stuff about them being cute.

  • @baum8981
    @baum8981 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Until your post, I wasnt even aware these guys existed.
    Glad to get some more details about them :)
    Also no disrespect to sloths, they are cool as well, but not as cool as bendy mammal tortoises :D

  • @phrack8327
    @phrack8327 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos! Looking forward to more of your era videos.

  • @chickchoc
    @chickchoc ปีที่แล้ว

    I just discovered your channel and I'm hooked!

    • @PaleoAnalysis
      @PaleoAnalysis  ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you sure? I feel like I've seen your name in my comments before! 👀🤣
      In all seriousness though, thank you so much!

  • @cosmo6122
    @cosmo6122 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this channel

  • @nightcloud1478
    @nightcloud1478 ปีที่แล้ว

    I for one greatly enjoyed it,thank you sir 👍👍.

  • @stephenlamb4212
    @stephenlamb4212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay who’s bright idea was it to give a bear sized honey badger a suit of armor and set it loose on the world!!!!

  • @1bmwf
    @1bmwf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great Video!! i Would love to see a video about argentavis or a quick recap of carnivore birds in South America.

  • @vladimirlagos2688
    @vladimirlagos2688 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video and topic exchange. Exploring the tragedy that was the Great American Interchange for South America is such a fascinating and bittersweet topic. I would like to suggest a topic to explore too. "What environmental or anatomic factors dictate that there never existed any quadruped dinosaur predators while conversely none of the mammals predators that replaced them ever develop bipedal hunting (aside from humans)". I guess the short answer to that is anatomical inflexibility, but it is the long answer that interests me. What specific aspects of each groups anatomy and biology pushed them towards one hunting strategy while blocking the other one.

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 ปีที่แล้ว

      The GABI is actually not that bittersweet, because the entire narrative of “superior North American animals outcompeted inferior South American animals that apparently never bothered to evolve” is false.
      More a case of most South American animals fading away from climate change, culminating with the loss of large predators around 3MYA, and then the North American counterparts showing up around one million years later and stepping into their shoes.

  • @CZPanthyr
    @CZPanthyr ปีที่แล้ว

    Personally, I'm very glad that landbridge formed, as that is where, a very long time later, I was born and raised.

  • @jogofi4592
    @jogofi4592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Camels, I just want to now how something that big evolves to have a water bottle on its back

    • @NormanF62
      @NormanF62 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guanacos and vicuñas that live in South America are true camelids.

  • @retard_activated
    @retard_activated ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LMAO Whataburger 😆 One of my first jobs over here in NM. LOL

  • @abdulazizrex
    @abdulazizrex 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a unique, bizarre and fascinating animal!

  • @elissajackson5140
    @elissajackson5140 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love armadillos and never realized that there was a carnivores one.

  • @WAMTAT
    @WAMTAT ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Armadillo are so cute

  • @connorhaley3190
    @connorhaley3190 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do a video on Elasmotherium or the Steller’s sea cow. Please.

  • @gnappibr
    @gnappibr ปีที่แล้ว

    The six-banded armadillo is a worthy heir to the Macroeuphractus. Here in Brazil he is known to prey on various animals, including snakes and lizards but also newborn goats and calves!!! There are several videos on youtube showing the exploits of this little beast disguised as an armadillo!!!

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ngl, my dyslexic brain was reading the thumbnail "Killer Dildo" 😮‍💨 I've just subbed (last week) and although not a paleontology student, I love hearing about all the species that used to exist. I'm still binging your vid catalog 👍

  • @noreenelizabeth6617
    @noreenelizabeth6617 ปีที่แล้ว

    Feeding algorithm Gods... I always feel smarter for having watched. LOL! Great work!

  • @aldenconsolver3428
    @aldenconsolver3428 ปีที่แล้ว