Really hope there is still at least a holdout spinosaurid somewhere in the world, even if thats just on an island somewhere, maybe they could adaptively radiate again someday.
I do Wonder how well they would fare against a big ceratopsian (for example something like Triceratops or King Kong's Ferrucutus) considering the frontal horns and that they can turn pretty quickly Although I can visualize a Shield Drake fending off a Ba'Khar or even a Kurajaku
I wonder what a kurajaku would look like if one were to wander out to a remote reef atoll (or blown out there due to storms) while young and before its unique algae could attach, and managed to survive and thrive on the shallow reef... isolated and trapped, unable to swim the great depths back to the mainland... dragon of the reef? Lol but it would be cool to see it decorated by the native reef life in place of the typical green algae (purple and red algae, smaller sponges, corals, and anemones maybe?)
Every Robust morph in a nutshell: Kurajaku: A lazy spinosaurus knockoff Uktan: Lion,but much bigger and better Zentaur: Demonic chicken foot Oritaku: smol boi
I think the kurajaku takes some ideas we have about spinosaurus and dials them up to 11 and it’s awesome. So it’s not a knock off as much as it is a doubling down. Lions are still ambush hunters so uktan are like if you took some lion social and habitat characteristics and added the endurance hunting of early humans
This might be one of your best videos yet. It was super in depth. There is so much stuff about each of the robust megaraptorans of Kaimere that I enjoy. I like how uktan and zentaur are paralleling lions and tigers in parts of their designs and behaviors. I like that oritaku is neotenic due to the limited resources on Pakardia. And kurajaku is just legendary. I can guarantee you that if one day the world of Kaimere becomes super popular (and I wish to you that it will) and there movies or tv series being made about it, the kurajaku will still be in top 5 most iconic animals you've created. It's great that you've made it so that I can't pick a favorite among these four, but atleast I can say that they are among my favorite Kaimerian creatures overall. The Megaraptoran series of videos was super fun and as always I'm looking forward to whatever topics you are going to cover in the future. The topics for the next month are exciting especially the upcoming glimpse from a continent outside of the known world.
I'm so glad you enjoyed! There's been so much excitement around this video I was nervous it wouldn't live up to the hype but so far the reception has been great. I really hope kaimere takes off! In the novel I'm working on there's a scene with a kurajaku that I think will showcase their size, power, and capacity for destruction quite well. I'm doing artwork for the last two videos of the year and have some super exciting stuff in the works! Thanks for the comment. Put a smile on my face. Have a fantastic day!
хороший observation! I did realize that the Uktan behaved similar to a lion, but I never did realize that the Zentaur had a similar behaviour to Tigers.
@@TalesofKaimere Really great video and fucking good weel worldbuilding ! Kaimere is maybe by many ways a fantastic/fantasy world, it's still that of his components stand on 100% scientifics elements and explanations (which is are on this type of work and world by the ways). Kaimere is very intereting, fun and credible and even educational. If I could, I would recommend it to anyone I meet! And I'm so a big fan that I recently subscribed permanently to your channel and follow the news videos ! If I can emit a subjection and idea that you could officially integrate into Kaimere, it is because there is at least some case of hybridization that works! Because in fact, in our world, the majority of hybrids that appear (because in addition there are really a lot more than you might think) are natural and viable. Yes, yes, that's true, and most of the time there is a process of species specialization called "specialization by hybridization". It is very frequent and common, much more than we think (notably in canines, ducks and even in our own human line with Neanderthals and Denisovians!) And there are plenty of known examples (the Plizzly, the Coywolf, the racklhan, Narluga), as with the Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) with the Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) in Africa. And even when the species are of different genus. In fact, it all depends on the number of chromosomes of the two parent species and if they are still close enough to each other. If it is believed that the majority of hybrids are generally not viable, it is because most known are artificial hybrids created by man under conditions maintained by him and most are made with species that are all just close enough between them to design a hybrid but without going further afterwards. In any case, this process allows a species to obtain the genes of another species via hybrids and to acquire the benefits which can then be used (better adaptation to food, climatic resources, etc.). There are even several populations in the world of stable hybrids such as the green frog (Pelophylax kl. Esculentus), the Cisalpine sparrow (Passer italiae) or the Dauphinclymene (Stenella clymene) which is a species in its own right that appeared following the hybridization. Other species apart living today have also appeared by hybridization, notably insects (mainly Lepidoptera) and birds (such as the Daphne Mayor finch). It is really a part of the biology that is fascinating and that is really to be included in the universe of Kaimere in view of the abundance of animals descended from creatures of different clades and orders, from different places and times, mixed together. all together. Here a link to the wikipedia page article which show this natural and interessting processus : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_speciation.
Such majestic, yet imposing monarchs, it’d be terrifying to meet any of them face to face! Considering the large diversity of giants in just the Known world alone, there must be an incredible huge array of unique insects found on Kaimere, along with much in the way of Arachnids, Gastropods, and annelids. (It’d be great to see some of the small invertebrates on Kaimere, given how unique they already are on earth.)
The existence of aggressive pack hunting T-Rex equivalent theropod dino predators (who have similar senses and somewhat more intelligent), plus myriad other omnivore and carnivore superpredators nearly as big (some flying), must've put a serious dent in the Kaimere humans trying to form truly formidable Scythian/Turkish/Mongol style nomadic empires on the known world's great grassy plains and semi-arid hinterland....
i like how all monarchs are based on living panthers (uktan - lion, zentaur - tiger, oritaku - black) and then there is kurajaku and taro, the monarch who is not a cat, and the cat who is not a monarch.
BIG. MEATY. CLAWS!! The more I learn about Kaimere the more I absolutely would NOT want to live there - which is a compliment. :D Would I go on a well-protected safari? Absolutely! Would I want to live somewhere that I'd have to worry about an Uktan or a Jugashen wandering through my backyard? Ohhh heck no. Edit to add: Aaaand the Kurajaku is yet another reason for me to have severe thalassophobia about not just the deep sea, but any wetland on Kaimere. Hot dang. Kaimere: Don't Get In The Water.
Amazing video, it really shows your passion for this clade of animals. (Which kinda shows in the menagerie short story) I just want two other things: 1-When I heard 'Spinosaurs went extinct on the known world', the first thing that came to mind was 'PLEASE GIVE ME DERIVED SPINOSAURS SOMEWHERE' 2-When you said a ' glimpse on one of the continents beyond the known world' my heart cried out PLEASE PLEASE LET IT BE THE PERMIAN ISLAND. But I guess its probably the eastern continent due to the work you have been doing on the novel. (And if it isn't that, its the polar continent) Well, thats all. Once again, thank you for your work. I really look forward to each video, creature profile on instagram and of course the novel. Regards from Argentina.
Your megaraptorans designs are fantastic. Especially kurajaku is one of the most interesting fantasy creatures I have seen. It also nice that you included desmostylians in your setting. They are very underrated animals.
👏😍 Marvelous trilogy of this speculative tetrápods!! Men i love them! they are like a mythical folk and also migthy animals! Also I cant wait to see others continental lands of Kaimer! Keep rolling and have a good time!
that was the most detailed and most extremely interesting video I ever seen... I love it, it amazing that you put a large amount of information about the robust megaraptorans of kaimere, I specially like the detail about the kurajaku my possible favourite of them all, and I am quite surprised about the hybred form of the these mighty beast and thanks for teaching me something new, which is the part where some young zentaurs will remain in they teen form and a few oritakus would rarely go to a robust form, so thanks for video, keenan
Outstanding video as always! Definitely worth the wait! On the subject of future videos I am particularly interested in learning about the polar continent. Especially since the poles are not frozen but id imagine the day/night cycle would still be effected from the position on the globe. One of the subjects I find extremely fascinating in paleontology here on earth is the tiny glimpses we've gotten of the animals that use to call Antarctica home before it froze.
I absolutely love your amazing work and effort you put in this video! All the informations for the robust monarchs were really interesting and spectacular.
You really made the Megaraptor a dominant predator of Kaimere, I'm impressed you know for Alternate Evolution I book I'm doing, it is the inspiration for chapter 8's predator the Omegaraptor. I was reading your book and watching these videos and just an idea, like in history with wildlife, what if they had to deal with an invasive species and try to adapt with the competition like Mongoose in Hawaii, or even a certain dog puts a certain animal of that environment to extinction causing a balance destruction.
Finally The robust monarch video The collection of megaraptoran videos is complete As per usual i found out more intresting facts about them Namely some similarities to big cats In the case of the uktan being similar to lions while the zentaur is similar to tigers in some aspects
Oh man I've been waiting so long for this video. I came home, I saw the notification and stopped everything else for 21 and a half minutes. Thanks for the great content like always
@@TalesofKaimere That's gotta be one of the best videos so far. The art was beautiful, the science was interesting, and of course the world building of Kaimere will always impress me
big monster hunter vibes from these guys and honestly if I didn't know any better I'd think you were talking about real actual animals that existed in real life. Badass.
Great video!!! And your quite an inspiration for a project of mine I'm working on. If your curious: My project explores convergent evolution with other kinds of body plans, like tripodal organism that look similar to dromeosaurs, or a Hexapodal one that filled a niche similar to giant ground sloths and looked similar as well. Though their is a sort of magic system to it like some of these creatures are able to manipulate some parts of reality but still focuses on the convergent evolution part
@@TalesofKaimere Well, the Zentaur is something else tbh... I can't wait to know what it would hunt and kill. As for the Uktan? Well, it's story and past is something I absolutely want to know...
Before you mentioned it at the end I was going to ask if there was any Nash influence, what with the Titanosaur gardens and bottom-punting theropods. And other ideas you've incorporated/would like to incorporate?
The nehamu is a direct tribute to his tyrannosaur reconstructions. He, along with Dr. Witton, Dr. Holtz, and Willoughby have each had some influence on how I represent dinosaurs in Kaimere. The non-Firebird dromies are inspired by Luis Rey’s work
OMG, I never though the idea of Zentaur and Uktan hybrids will become canon in Kaimere hahahaha, I just made them for fun hahaha, Love this video it become my favourite and mostly cause of the Zentaur it's a lot like a tiger, and sorry for the horribe draw of the "fight" between Uktan and Zentaur, I'll try to remake it but with more dynamism, really really sorry
Ah darn I thought I included it! I'm sorry man. The file didn't save the first time I put it together so I had to scramble to put the slides together before getting back on the road.
The large megaraptorans that live in Kaimere are really interesting. I like that Uktan specializes in fast moving prey like horses to large prey like chalicotheres; The oritaku feeds on medium sized prey; the kurajaku prefers aquatic prey like fish to whales; and the zentaur feeds on large prey like sloths.
@@TalesofKaimere You're welcome. Though since I watch you on DeviantArt, have you thought about putting in some folders for your retconned lore on Kaimere especially since you added new species and worldbuilding?
Definitely extinct in the known world. As I develop the rest of the planets ecologies there may be a place for a relict population in some wetlands. As the equator is hot enough to function as a barrier the creatures of the northern hemisphere are quite distinct and I won’t rule out the possibility of them carrying on in the north
@@Bake-kurijraI think it would be better to first have an anthology for the short stories first, so as to set up a larger target audience who will then want to watch a documentary spinoff after becoming invested in the world of Kai ere through the stories
Depends on the clade: theropods are mostly ‘warm blooded’ with a stable temperature. Abelisaurids might be mesothermic as are horned dinosaurs and titanosaurs, basically meaning they have a degree of temp regulation but it’s not as stable or sophisticated as full endotherms. Parksosaurs are warm blooded.
@@TalesofKaimere Ever heard of gigantothermy? It's when an organism maintains body temperature thanks to a large body size. The giant gardener Titanosaurs might've had that, so it could be a type of mesothermy. Oh, are there any Stegosaurs, Pachycephalosaurs, or other Sauropod clades that made it into Kaimere?
There are a few deserts in the houze prairie, but the grass needs little moisture to grow, so it can turn what would otherwise be a desert into part of the prairie.
@@TalesofKaimere wow that’s impressive no wonder that stuff converter entire continent. Still though there must be some large desert in this world that just has to be.
@@eyeoftheswarm5708 Much of the northern continent is a desert around the equator. The known world is entirely south of the equator so isn't shown in maps and such.
@@TalesofKaimere welp it’s gonna take a long time before the desert life in that case I’m still curious I want the king of that desert would be do you have any ideas?
@@eyeoftheswarm5708 Definitely the azhdarchids. Being able to fly and spot potential prey from thousands of feet above is vastly superior to anything a terrestrial predator can do. There are some prairie critters in the deserts, and they encroach further during the rainy months, but the azhdarchids are the top predators.
I would be interested to know if hybrids not being viable strictly means infertile or simply means they arent able to survive in general. Wonder if the first children ever played around with making some ultimate Uktanojaku or something of the like. Even if there wasn't a whole population of those if gene flow happens even a little it could lead to interesting results.
Mostly they operate on a higher tropic level. They are large enough that they can defend their kills and nothing comes close to how efficient they are at getting around so they can pretty confidently get sufficient food.
@@xuanluu4873 Sure did! Pakardia has a lot of flora and fauna that has been taken by the eastward current from the western continent, so the region was pretty familiar to them. Now and then a zentaur will be deposited, although it's not terribly common as most zentaur prefer to stay in shallower waters.
Thank you for making such awesome videos. These knspire me to make my own world with its own creatures(dw they arent copies of yours cause all the creatures have to evolve for a plant type that isnt really common on any earth type of world
@@TalesofKaimere thanks! You are awesome. Keep on doing what ya like :D your beautiful biological and enviroment designs and species etc are/is awesome.
Love these dinosaurs! I hadn’t known about megaraptorans until I found this channel and I may have found some new favorite dinosaurs! I’ve got a question though: What do Kaimerans call the Megaraptorans as whole? For example: Wolves,Coyotes and domesticated dogs are called dogs , Big cats and small cats can just be called cats. In this case, what name do Kaimerans use to refer to the Basal Megaraptorans and the Robust monarchs as a whole?
Glad you enjoyed! They were such interesting theropods, being arm focused in a time when most others were specializing in their bite. As for what they are called it depends on the language. Some cultures call them things that basically translate to ‘water hunter drakes’ and ‘land hunter drakes’. Some only have names for the megs that live in their lands. Others break them down cladistically, saying robust monarchs, water drakes, and lesser drakes and things like that.
They occasionally do, although neither is a specialist in mammal predators by simple virtue of low predator populations compared to herbivores and the extreme diversity of the known world meaning that it’s much more efficient to specialize in 1-3 common ungulates and parksosaurs than to dedicate yourself to hunting one of the dozen types of mammal predators in a given ecosystem. So basically yes, but only opportunistically
I know most kaimere’s largest carnivores are the megaraptorians, but if there were any allosaurs I think they would be more rare then the other carnivorous dinosaurs, they would probably live in the more secluded places like islands or valleys that are blocked by mountain ranges. But this is just speculation on kaimere, but are there any allosaurs in the known world, or at least the rest of the world?
please explain how to portal connect to places transport between worlds because didn't have normal modern high tech at least explain transporting with low tech, remember me of the Fulmini powers in ben10. an is there a few species daily go between worlds like a flying whale or etc.
I don't have any species that specialize in traveling between Earth and Kaimere (the portal only went to Earth recently) but sometimes when the portal is opened a gull or fish will be accidentally sucked through.
What is the success rate of hunting of the robust monarchs? Usually top order carnivores do not have very high success rates while hunting, and this is specially notorious when they Hunt dangerous prey, like the 1 On 5 hunts of lions being successful, so I'm interested in knowing how much do this megaraptorian top order carnivores manage to catch their prey, specially the Zentaur as it is the one Who hunts more dangerous species that their counsins (and I mean that in number of species)
Depends on how you define a failed hunt. In the first decade or two of their lives, zentaur succeed only around 15-20% of the time. A ton of trial and error, sometimes fatal. This early learning stage as adolescents is when zentaur have the highest mortality rate. By the time they are adults, establish a territory, and become familiar with the strengths and vulnerability of the prey in their habitat, their success skyrockets. I say it depends because the greatest key to their success is in assessment and prediction. When they find potential prey, especially game that could be dangerous, they will only attack if confident of success, and if they aren’t confident they will usually abandon the attempt and try either later or another prey item. If they attack, their success is around 90-95%, but considering they abandon a majority of potential attempts before really committing, this is a misleading statistic. The story is similar for all of them but the zentaur has the highest success to committed attempt rate of probably any Kaimeran predator
@@TalesofKaimere that's very interesting, never expected them to be that successful in hunting, but I suposse their intelligence comes into play much of the time, is not easy to be a top order carnivore, but this clever monarchs truly live up to their title, and I'm greatly impress
you said that Spinosaurids only went in extinct in the known world. does that when that relict population in the eastern continent is canon now and if so how do they compete with Kurajaku. also Known Hemisphere so your telling me that locations like polar and eastern continent and Permian and Jurassic island that we know nothing about are only half of this planet
Spinosaurs definitely are extinct in the known world. Probably are in the rest of Kaimere but it’s too soon in development to confirm their extinction elsewhere there may be holdouts.
And yes. Most of the Eastern continent is on the other side of the planet, and there’s at least one other large land mass that I’ll play with down the road
In earlier drafts of the project they were tyrants or carcharodontosaurs, but since small generalists so often inherit top niches after mass extinctions I decided to explore other options, and megaraptorans being hand-focused killers not only seemed unique and interesting, their methods seemed like they would be quite potent against smaller game which dominates Kaimere given how many mammals there are.
The mask was created before it was made magical. Pakardiant witches often wear masks, a tradition linked back to the age of witches. This was the mask of a witch from the Spider clan, and the witch's magic stayed with the mask after its creator died.
Not gonna lie, Duane Nash is... not a very credible source. He bases his ideas on next to nothing, insists that they're the only 'logical' explanation for given dinosaurs, and he's *insufferably* smug about it all all the while.
Agreed that he’s not someone to cite in a paper but I don’t think that’s what he’s going for. I wouldn’t say he’s someone to base your understanding of dinosaurs on. More an interesting lens through which you can interpret dinosaurs and other prehistoric organisms, although I think some of his ideas really do stick the landing. I like his work because of his open wonder. Feels like an appropriate amazement at discussing such amazing creatures. I see his takes more as an interesting perspective and gets me in a speculative and creative headspace, nothing to take as gospel and I don’t feel he presents himself as such, but I can see why folks looking for grounded interpretations of paleo subjects are turned off by how much he throws out there. As for his smugness again maybe it’s just the angle I’m taking but it doesn’t bother me. When I read Nash I know I’m in for some bold takes with the understanding that a lot of what he’s doing is brainstorming. He’s not for everybody but I felt his work deserved a shoutout for those interested in Kaimere
@@TalesofKaimere ok sorry for the delay life got crazy. Anyway, one of the things I was thinking of would be the necks, chest, arms, and tails of spinos (forgot their names sorry). They've got horns which is bad for hydrodynamics and the exact reason the real animals these are based on don't have them. Spinosaurs don't have horns or bossy faces like their ancestors they have crests. They've laterally flattened and (from what I've seen) wouldn't pointed a bit more forward to be even less of a problem in the water. Big pointy things sticking off your head slow you down. If they're shooting their heads into the water those horns will catch water and slow them down but it can't be that since they don't have long enough necks or long enough faces. You added them cause they looked cool but didn't consider the effect it had on their life style. These don't look like they can hunt anything
Vin Diesel Uktan be like: there’s nothing stronger than family
This Kaimere project has Kurajaku ammounts of brain put into it. Well done Keenam!
Thank you!! That’s a fantastic compliment
Really hope there is still at least a holdout spinosaurid somewhere in the world, even if thats just on an island somewhere, maybe they could adaptively radiate again someday.
*Spinofaarus moment*
If it turns out like the Avarusaurus from World of Kong, I'm gonna scream of surprise
Wouldn’t be surprised if they fully took to the water
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Zentaur: “Not so big and tough now, eh, Sid the sloth?”
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Hukolgur: “Yeah, nice try, Barney, but I’m not like that guy from last week.”
I do Wonder how well they would fare against a big ceratopsian (for example something like Triceratops or King Kong's Ferrucutus) considering the frontal horns and that they can turn pretty quickly
Although I can visualize a Shield Drake fending off a Ba'Khar or even a Kurajaku
Why do I hear these in the Duke Nukem voice and why does it fit so well?
I wonder what a kurajaku would look like if one were to wander out to a remote reef atoll (or blown out there due to storms) while young and before its unique algae could attach, and managed to survive and thrive on the shallow reef... isolated and trapped, unable to swim the great depths back to the mainland... dragon of the reef? Lol but it would be cool to see it decorated by the native reef life in place of the typical green algae (purple and red algae, smaller sponges, corals, and anemones maybe?)
That is a super fascinating concept!!! I love it
@@TalesofKaimere, it would be a very nice art!
Coral Kurajaku basically
I need this done in the style of a Japanese koi tattoo
Every Robust morph in a nutshell:
Kurajaku: A lazy spinosaurus knockoff
Uktan: Lion,but much bigger and better
Zentaur: Demonic chicken foot
Oritaku: smol boi
Thought zentaur was tiger knockoff
Kurajaku is not spinosaurus kockoff
@@ginam5497 You are right that's the Ba'Khar
@@alejandroelluxray5298 nah both ba'khar and kurajaku are spinosaurus knock off
I think the kurajaku takes some ideas we have about spinosaurus and dials them up to 11 and it’s awesome. So it’s not a knock off as much as it is a doubling down.
Lions are still ambush hunters so uktan are like if you took some lion social and habitat characteristics and added the endurance hunting of early humans
This might be one of your best videos yet. It was super in depth. There is so much stuff about each of the robust megaraptorans of Kaimere that I enjoy. I like how uktan and zentaur are paralleling lions and tigers in parts of their designs and behaviors. I like that oritaku is neotenic due to the limited resources on Pakardia. And kurajaku is just legendary. I can guarantee you that if one day the world of Kaimere becomes super popular (and I wish to you that it will) and there movies or tv series being made about it, the kurajaku will still be in top 5 most iconic animals you've created. It's great that you've made it so that I can't pick a favorite among these four, but atleast I can say that they are among my favorite Kaimerian creatures overall.
The Megaraptoran series of videos was super fun and as always I'm looking forward to whatever topics you are going to cover in the future. The topics for the next month are exciting especially the upcoming glimpse from a continent outside of the known world.
I'm so glad you enjoyed! There's been so much excitement around this video I was nervous it wouldn't live up to the hype but so far the reception has been great. I really hope kaimere takes off! In the novel I'm working on there's a scene with a kurajaku that I think will showcase their size, power, and capacity for destruction quite well. I'm doing artwork for the last two videos of the year and have some super exciting stuff in the works! Thanks for the comment. Put a smile on my face. Have a fantastic day!
хороший observation! I did realize that the Uktan behaved similar to a lion, but I never did realize that the Zentaur had a similar behaviour to Tigers.
@@TalesofKaimere Really great video and fucking good weel worldbuilding ! Kaimere is maybe by many ways a fantastic/fantasy world, it's still that of his components stand on 100% scientifics elements and explanations (which is are on this type of work and world by the ways). Kaimere is very intereting, fun and credible and even educational. If I could, I would recommend it to anyone I meet! And I'm so a big fan that I recently subscribed permanently to your channel and follow the news videos !
If I can emit a subjection and idea that you could officially integrate into Kaimere, it is because there is at least some case of hybridization that works!
Because in fact, in our world, the majority of hybrids that appear (because in addition there are really a lot more than you might think) are natural and viable.
Yes, yes, that's true, and most of the time there is a process of species specialization called "specialization by hybridization". It is very frequent and common, much more than we think (notably in canines, ducks and even in our own human line with Neanderthals and Denisovians!) And there are plenty of known examples (the Plizzly, the Coywolf, the racklhan, Narluga), as with the Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) with the Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) in Africa. And even when the species are of different genus. In fact, it all depends on the number of chromosomes of the two parent species and if they are still close enough to each other.
If it is believed that the majority of hybrids are generally not viable, it is because most known are artificial hybrids created by man under conditions maintained by him and most are made with species that are all just close enough between them to design a hybrid but without going further afterwards. In any case, this process allows a species to obtain the genes of another species via hybrids and to acquire the benefits which can then be used (better adaptation to food, climatic resources, etc.). There are even several populations in the world of stable hybrids such as the green frog (Pelophylax kl. Esculentus), the Cisalpine sparrow (Passer italiae) or the Dauphinclymene (Stenella clymene) which is a species in its own right that appeared following the hybridization. Other species apart living today have also appeared by hybridization, notably insects (mainly Lepidoptera) and birds (such as the Daphne Mayor finch).
It is really a part of the biology that is fascinating and that is really to be included in the universe of Kaimere in view of the abundance of animals descended from creatures of different clades and orders, from different places and times, mixed together. all together.
Here a link to the wikipedia page article which show this natural and interessting processus : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_speciation.
Such majestic, yet imposing monarchs, it’d be terrifying to meet any of them face to face! Considering the large diversity of giants in just the Known world alone, there must be an incredible huge array of unique insects found on Kaimere, along with much in the way of Arachnids, Gastropods, and annelids. (It’d be great to see some of the small invertebrates on Kaimere, given how unique they already are on earth.)
The existence of aggressive pack hunting T-Rex equivalent theropod dino predators (who have similar senses and somewhat more intelligent), plus myriad other omnivore and carnivore superpredators nearly as big (some flying), must've put a serious dent in the Kaimere humans trying to form truly formidable Scythian/Turkish/Mongol style nomadic empires on the known world's great grassy plains and semi-arid hinterland....
Kaimerians certainly dont go to walk at night.
NEVER.
The kurajaku is one of my favorite creatures of the planet it’s like a sea serpent mixed with a spino
i like how all monarchs are based on living panthers (uktan - lion, zentaur - tiger, oritaku - black) and then there is kurajaku and taro, the monarch who is not a cat, and the cat who is not a monarch.
The true Kings of Kaimere, finally!
They were long overdue!
BIG. MEATY. CLAWS!!
The more I learn about Kaimere the more I absolutely would NOT want to live there - which is a compliment. :D Would I go on a well-protected safari? Absolutely! Would I want to live somewhere that I'd have to worry about an Uktan or a Jugashen wandering through my backyard? Ohhh heck no.
Edit to add: Aaaand the Kurajaku is yet another reason for me to have severe thalassophobia about not just the deep sea, but any wetland on Kaimere. Hot dang. Kaimere: Don't Get In The Water.
Ideal Kaimere vacation: safari on the back of a very patient titanosaur
Amazing video, it really shows your passion for this clade of animals. (Which kinda shows in the menagerie short story)
I just want two other things:
1-When I heard 'Spinosaurs went extinct on the known world', the first thing that came to mind was 'PLEASE GIVE ME DERIVED SPINOSAURS SOMEWHERE'
2-When you said a ' glimpse on one of the continents beyond the known world' my heart cried out PLEASE PLEASE LET IT BE THE PERMIAN ISLAND. But I guess its probably the eastern continent due to the work you have been doing on the novel. (And if it isn't that, its the polar continent)
Well, thats all.
Once again, thank you for your work. I really look forward to each video, creature profile on instagram and of course the novel.
Regards from Argentina.
Your megaraptorans designs are fantastic. Especially kurajaku is one of the most interesting fantasy creatures I have seen. It also nice that you included desmostylians in your setting. They are very underrated animals.
I legit screamed when i saw the video
Hell yeah!
This is definitely by far of your most high quality and productive miniseries thus far! Can’t wait for what’s next to come from you my guy.
Thanks so much man!!!
👏😍 Marvelous trilogy of this speculative tetrápods!! Men i love them! they are like a mythical folk and also migthy animals! Also I cant wait to see others continental lands of Kaimer! Keep rolling and have a good time!
Thank you!!!
@@TalesofKaimere you too ❤👍😎
that was the most detailed and most extremely interesting video I ever seen... I love it, it amazing that you put a large amount of information about the robust megaraptorans of kaimere, I specially like the detail about the kurajaku my possible favourite of them all, and I am quite surprised about the hybred form of the these mighty beast and thanks for teaching me something new,
which is the part where some young zentaurs will remain in they teen form and a few oritakus would rarely go to a robust form,
so thanks for video, keenan
Thank you for the review! I’m so glad you enjoyed!
I have been waiting for this
Outstanding video as always! Definitely worth the wait! On the subject of future videos I am particularly interested in learning about the polar continent. Especially since the poles are not frozen but id imagine the day/night cycle would still be effected from the position on the globe. One of the subjects I find extremely fascinating in paleontology here on earth is the tiny glimpses we've gotten of the animals that use to call Antarctica home before it froze.
Thanks so much! I bet you'll be quite happy with the last video of 2021!
I absolutely love your amazing work and effort you put in this video! All the informations for the robust monarchs were really interesting and spectacular.
Thank you!!!
You really made the Megaraptor a dominant predator of Kaimere, I'm impressed you know for Alternate Evolution I book I'm doing, it is the inspiration for chapter 8's predator the Omegaraptor. I was reading your book and watching these videos and just an idea, like in history with wildlife, what if they had to deal with an invasive species and try to adapt with the competition like Mongoose in Hawaii, or even a certain dog puts a certain animal of that environment to extinction causing a balance destruction.
Finally
The robust monarch video
The collection of megaraptoran videos is complete
As per usual i found out more intresting facts about them
Namely some similarities to big cats
In the case of the uktan being similar to lions while the zentaur is similar to tigers in some aspects
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Bro I just found this channel and let me just say this is the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Thanks so much!
Oh man I've been waiting so long for this video. I came home, I saw the notification and stopped everything else for 21 and a half minutes. Thanks for the great content like always
Thank you!!! I hope you enjoyed it was a grand time putting it together
@@TalesofKaimere That's gotta be one of the best videos so far. The art was beautiful, the science was interesting, and of course the world building of Kaimere will always impress me
The kurajaku is my fav robust monarch
You have no idea how tempted I am to make a DnD campaign based off of Kaimere
big monster hunter vibes from these guys and honestly if I didn't know any better I'd think you were talking about real actual animals that existed in real life. Badass.
Thank you!!!
Oh yeah! My favorites
Great video!!! And your quite an inspiration for a project of mine I'm working on.
If your curious:
My project explores convergent evolution with other kinds of body plans, like tripodal organism that look similar to dromeosaurs, or a Hexapodal one that filled a niche similar to giant ground sloths and looked similar as well. Though their is a sort of magic system to it like some of these creatures are able to manipulate some parts of reality but still focuses on the convergent evolution part
Sounds really cool! Do you post about it anywhere?
@@TalesofKaimere currently posting my projects explanation on reddit
@@aeonmatter6976 Figuring out reddit is on my list for next year lol
@@aeonmatter6976 what’s your username on reddit?
Finally! I was waiting for months, and it paid up in full and more!
So glad to hear it!!
@@TalesofKaimere Well, the Zentaur is something else tbh... I can't wait to know what it would hunt and kill. As for the Uktan? Well, it's story and past is something I absolutely want to know...
By far your best video yet. Keep it up.
Thanks man!!
Before you mentioned it at the end I was going to ask if there was any Nash influence, what with the Titanosaur gardens and bottom-punting theropods. And other ideas you've incorporated/would like to incorporate?
The nehamu is a direct tribute to his tyrannosaur reconstructions. He, along with Dr. Witton, Dr. Holtz, and Willoughby have each had some influence on how I represent dinosaurs in Kaimere. The non-Firebird dromies are inspired by Luis Rey’s work
Amazing
Damn that Juvenile Zentaur looks really appetising...
Lol
Me upon seeing an aquatic therapod that can literally sprint under water: ha ha welp looks like I'm never sleeping again!
Watching your videos has been super inspiring. Please keep up the stellar work ^_^
Thank you!!!
OMG, I never though the idea of Zentaur and Uktan hybrids will become canon in Kaimere hahahaha, I just made them for fun hahaha, Love this video it become my favourite and mostly cause of the Zentaur it's a lot like a tiger, and sorry for the horribe draw of the "fight" between Uktan and Zentaur, I'll try to remake it but with more dynamism, really really sorry
Wasn't horrible at all! I thought the piece was plenty dynamic. Was mostly about display which is consistent with their behavior.
This is pretty much natural history fan fiction and I’m here for it
SUPER NICE, crazy to see so much animals packed into the known world!
10:52 There is an imposter among us.
Dro’khel is sus
Bruh. You forgot to add my fanart again dude 😂 But no worries it’s fine! I think it was because I turned it in super early! But again, no worries.
Ah darn I thought I included it! I'm sorry man. The file didn't save the first time I put it together so I had to scramble to put the slides together before getting back on the road.
@@TalesofKaimere it’s prefectly fine man!
The large megaraptorans that live in Kaimere are really interesting. I like that Uktan specializes in fast moving prey like horses to large prey like chalicotheres; The oritaku feeds on medium sized prey; the kurajaku prefers aquatic prey like fish to whales; and the zentaur feeds on large prey like sloths.
Thanks! Having such a generalist ancestor allows for a wide range of later specializations
@@TalesofKaimere You're welcome. Though since I watch you on DeviantArt, have you thought about putting in some folders for your retconned lore on Kaimere especially since you added new species and worldbuilding?
These guys are now my favorite fictional theropods.(my second favorites are the ones of skull island from Peter Jackson's King Kong.
I absolutely love megaraptorans and am glad folks enjoy what I’ve done with them in Kaimere!
@@TalesofKaimere Hell yeah! You definitely helped spread the love over to my side that's for shure.
0:08 oh my
The Kurajaku seems to have many similar adaptations to Spinosaurus. Speaking of, are there any Spinosaurids outside the known world in Kaimere?
Definitely extinct in the known world. As I develop the rest of the planets ecologies there may be a place for a relict population in some wetlands. As the equator is hot enough to function as a barrier the creatures of the northern hemisphere are quite distinct and I won’t rule out the possibility of them carrying on in the north
Kurajaku preya on whales how
I like this I’m looking forward to more
The way you draw the plumage is 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Thank you!
After watching this video maybe for 7th time now I realize that Kurajaku horn isn't one branching horn but two fused horns
Yup! The lacrimal and postorbital horns fuse in adults, growing massive in males.
This should be a tv show
I’d love that!
@@TalesofKaimereso how do you think a kaimere documentary would go ?
@@Bake-kurijraI think it would be better to first have an anthology for the short stories first, so as to set up a larger target audience who will then want to watch a documentary spinoff after becoming invested in the world of Kai ere through the stories
Zentaur-jauger
Hukolgur-giant anteater
Will you talk about the Tyrant Dynasty in details for a future video ?
You do very nice work👍🤩
Thank you! I do plan on going into more details now and then, and a full video is probable given the interest.
I’m confused how did a most likely k selective species become r selective
I've got a question. In your opinion, are the dinosaurs of your world warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
Depends on the clade: theropods are mostly ‘warm blooded’ with a stable temperature. Abelisaurids might be mesothermic as are horned dinosaurs and titanosaurs, basically meaning they have a degree of temp regulation but it’s not as stable or sophisticated as full endotherms. Parksosaurs are warm blooded.
@@TalesofKaimere Ever heard of gigantothermy? It's when an organism maintains body temperature thanks to a large body size. The giant gardener Titanosaurs might've had that, so it could be a type of mesothermy. Oh, are there any Stegosaurs, Pachycephalosaurs, or other Sauropod clades that made it into Kaimere?
Nice to see the true rulers however I do notice something there are no deserts in the known world so I’m curious what lives in there?
There are a few deserts in the houze prairie, but the grass needs little moisture to grow, so it can turn what would otherwise be a desert into part of the prairie.
@@TalesofKaimere wow that’s impressive no wonder that stuff converter entire continent.
Still though there must be some large desert in this world that just has to be.
@@eyeoftheswarm5708 Much of the northern continent is a desert around the equator. The known world is entirely south of the equator so isn't shown in maps and such.
@@TalesofKaimere welp it’s gonna take a long time before the desert life in that case I’m still curious I want the king of that desert would be do you have any ideas?
@@eyeoftheswarm5708 Definitely the azhdarchids. Being able to fly and spot potential prey from thousands of feet above is vastly superior to anything a terrestrial predator can do. There are some prairie critters in the deserts, and they encroach further during the rainy months, but the azhdarchids are the top predators.
are we going to get a "menu" piece, like at 4:28, for the uktan? i just love they look and would love to see more, keep up the great work!
When I do an episode specifically on the uktan I definitely will!
"oritaku have a robust morph in pakardias highlands"
"a great bird carves the great lakes"
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
no its probably just the therizinosaur
I would be interested to know if hybrids not being viable strictly means infertile or simply means they arent able to survive in general. Wonder if the first children ever played around with making some ultimate Uktanojaku or something of the like. Even if there wasn't a whole population of those if gene flow happens even a little it could lead to interesting results.
Pretty great video! The life of an Uktaur or Zentan must be pretty hard. How have Oritaku dealt with other apex predators on Pakardia?
Mostly they operate on a higher tropic level. They are large enough that they can defend their kills and nothing comes close to how efficient they are at getting around so they can pretty confidently get sufficient food.
@@TalesofKaimere Does Pakardia being mainly Titan Forest helped whatever Zentaurs that arrived on Pakardia to acclimate to the island?
@@xuanluu4873 Sure did! Pakardia has a lot of flora and fauna that has been taken by the eastward current from the western continent, so the region was pretty familiar to them. Now and then a zentaur will be deposited, although it's not terribly common as most zentaur prefer to stay in shallower waters.
Thank you for making such awesome videos. These knspire me to make my own world with its own creatures(dw they arent copies of yours cause all the creatures have to evolve for a plant type that isnt really common on any earth type of world
Thank you for the kind words and best of luck and focus on your own world!!
@@TalesofKaimere thanks! You are awesome. Keep on doing what ya like :D your beautiful biological and enviroment designs and species etc are/is awesome.
also are there any polar megaraptorans?
Love these dinosaurs! I hadn’t known about megaraptorans until I found this channel and I may have found some new favorite dinosaurs!
I’ve got a question though:
What do Kaimerans call the Megaraptorans as whole? For example: Wolves,Coyotes and domesticated dogs are called dogs , Big cats and small cats can just be called cats.
In this case, what name do Kaimerans use to refer to the Basal Megaraptorans and the Robust monarchs as a whole?
Glad you enjoyed! They were such interesting theropods, being arm focused in a time when most others were specializing in their bite.
As for what they are called it depends on the language. Some cultures call them things that basically translate to ‘water hunter drakes’ and ‘land hunter drakes’. Some only have names for the megs that live in their lands. Others break them down cladistically, saying robust monarchs, water drakes, and lesser drakes and things like that.
The Uktan are my favorite megaraptorans.
The royals of the Houze Prairie.
Would the oritaku and uktan eat those contemporaneous predators shown with them in the size comparisons at 8:08 and 12:15 respectively?
They occasionally do, although neither is a specialist in mammal predators by simple virtue of low predator populations compared to herbivores and the extreme diversity of the known world meaning that it’s much more efficient to specialize in 1-3 common ungulates and parksosaurs than to dedicate yourself to hunting one of the dozen types of mammal predators in a given ecosystem. So basically yes, but only opportunistically
I know most kaimere’s largest carnivores are the megaraptorians, but if there were any allosaurs I think they would be more rare then the other carnivorous dinosaurs, they would probably live in the more secluded places like islands or valleys that are blocked by mountain ranges. But this is just speculation on kaimere, but are there any allosaurs in the known world, or at least the rest of the world?
Definitely not in the known world. Might have some in other isolated regions but they aren’t going to be much developed anytime soon unfortunately.
please explain how to portal connect to places transport between worlds because didn't have normal modern high tech at least explain transporting with low tech, remember me of the Fulmini powers in ben10. an is there a few species daily go between worlds like a flying whale or etc.
I don't have any species that specialize in traveling between Earth and Kaimere (the portal only went to Earth recently) but sometimes when the portal is opened a gull or fish will be accidentally sucked through.
@@TalesofKaimere just spiraling ideas in your head. but by warping space or etc
Just a funni question but, did Kaimeran hunts down everything including these bad bois?
Kaimerans occasionally hunt megaraptorans but it’s a high-risk game
@@TalesofKaimere They didn't have enough guns lol
Are all these Pictures in the Hardcover Anthology?
There are a few pictures but mostly size comparisons. The stuff I’m working on now will have a lot more art.
are there still living Spinosaurids outside of the known world?
They are a maybe for the Eastern continent but probably not.
Why aren’t any of the megaraptorans present in the Ushalek forest?
It’s a singularly unwelcoming place
The forest got them
What is the success rate of hunting of the robust monarchs? Usually top order carnivores do not have very high success rates while hunting, and this is specially notorious when they Hunt dangerous prey, like the 1 On 5 hunts of lions being successful, so I'm interested in knowing how much do this megaraptorian top order carnivores manage to catch their prey, specially the Zentaur as it is the one Who hunts more dangerous species that their counsins (and I mean that in number of species)
Depends on how you define a failed hunt. In the first decade or two of their lives, zentaur succeed only around 15-20% of the time. A ton of trial and error, sometimes fatal. This early learning stage as adolescents is when zentaur have the highest mortality rate. By the time they are adults, establish a territory, and become familiar with the strengths and vulnerability of the prey in their habitat, their success skyrockets. I say it depends because the greatest key to their success is in assessment and prediction. When they find potential prey, especially game that could be dangerous, they will only attack if confident of success, and if they aren’t confident they will usually abandon the attempt and try either later or another prey item. If they attack, their success is around 90-95%, but considering they abandon a majority of potential attempts before really committing, this is a misleading statistic. The story is similar for all of them but the zentaur has the highest success to committed attempt rate of probably any Kaimeran predator
@@TalesofKaimere that's very interesting, never expected them to be that successful in hunting, but I suposse their intelligence comes into play much of the time, is not easy to be a top order carnivore, but this clever monarchs truly live up to their title, and I'm greatly impress
Does kurajaku swim?
Not really and adults definitely can't
I wonder if kurajaku hunt ba khar
you said that Spinosaurids only went in extinct in the known world. does that when that relict population in the eastern continent is canon now and if so how do they compete with Kurajaku.
also Known Hemisphere so your telling me that locations like polar and eastern continent and Permian and Jurassic island that we know nothing about are only half of this planet
Spinosaurs definitely are extinct in the known world. Probably are in the rest of Kaimere but it’s too soon in development to confirm their extinction elsewhere there may be holdouts.
And yes. Most of the Eastern continent is on the other side of the planet, and there’s at least one other large land mass that I’ll play with down the road
now i know i cant pay for an episode but can we get a episode of polar or temperate regions of kaimere or on some of the amphibians maybe?
Is the Bilaruk a giant platypus?
Hello Keenan I have a fairly simple question about the kurajaku
- Does it have fused ankles like the others
Yes it does! Well, partially. Looks more like T. rex ankle than fully fused.
@@TalesofKaimere Thanks for the reply and love the work and the art you do on Kaimere
Question why did you choose megaraptorans as the apex predators for kaimere?
In earlier drafts of the project they were tyrants or carcharodontosaurs, but since small generalists so often inherit top niches after mass extinctions I decided to explore other options, and megaraptorans being hand-focused killers not only seemed unique and interesting, their methods seemed like they would be quite potent against smaller game which dominates Kaimere given how many mammals there are.
Excited Child Brain: DEATH CHIKKIN DEATH CHIKKIN!
Advanced Adult Brain: ALL GLORY TO THE DEATH CHIKKIN!!!
DANGER CHICKEN HAS ARRIVED
Somebody pin a Path Of Titans mod maker and get these things modded please.
edit: In hindsight they'd probably be absolutely broken
did they made the mask first before become a shape shifter and, I guess only change parts of the body before completely?
The mask was created before it was made magical. Pakardiant witches often wear masks, a tradition linked back to the age of witches. This was the mask of a witch from the Spider clan, and the witch's magic stayed with the mask after its creator died.
11:54
i already post a question,why ins't you answering,is you okay?
I was busy today. Saw your questions and gave my best answers.
@@TalesofKaimere i think i should have put my recent comment in here
Not gonna lie, Duane Nash is... not a very credible source. He bases his ideas on next to nothing, insists that they're the only 'logical' explanation for given dinosaurs, and he's *insufferably* smug about it all all the while.
Agreed that he’s not someone to cite in a paper but I don’t think that’s what he’s going for. I wouldn’t say he’s someone to base your understanding of dinosaurs on. More an interesting lens through which you can interpret dinosaurs and other prehistoric organisms, although I think some of his ideas really do stick the landing. I like his work because of his open wonder. Feels like an appropriate amazement at discussing such amazing creatures. I see his takes more as an interesting perspective and gets me in a speculative and creative headspace, nothing to take as gospel and I don’t feel he presents himself as such, but I can see why folks looking for grounded interpretations of paleo subjects are turned off by how much he throws out there. As for his smugness again maybe it’s just the angle I’m taking but it doesn’t bother me. When I read Nash I know I’m in for some bold takes with the understanding that a lot of what he’s doing is brainstorming. He’s not for everybody but I felt his work deserved a shoutout for those interested in Kaimere
@@TalesofKaimere Fair enough.
Oh god all the issues are still here. How family are you with anatomy? You keep throwing things together and forgetting to change the related parts.
Can you expand on that with some examples?
Disregard my request to expand, I saw your comment on the basal meg video that has examples. Responding point by point as we speak.
@@TalesofKaimere ok sorry for the delay life got crazy.
Anyway, one of the things I was thinking of would be the necks, chest, arms, and tails of spinos (forgot their names sorry). They've got horns which is bad for hydrodynamics and the exact reason the real animals these are based on don't have them. Spinosaurs don't have horns or bossy faces like their ancestors they have crests. They've laterally flattened and (from what I've seen) wouldn't pointed a bit more forward to be even less of a problem in the water. Big pointy things sticking off your head slow you down. If they're shooting their heads into the water those horns will catch water and slow them down but it can't be that since they don't have long enough necks or long enough faces. You added them cause they looked cool but didn't consider the effect it had on their life style. These don't look like they can hunt anything
@@TalesofKaimere same!