Wardens of Dreamtime: Snakes of Kaimere
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Snakes are limbless predatory lizards. On Earth, they are a highly successful clade, with as many as four thousand species. In Kaimere, modern clades are fairly recent arrivals, with more ancient snakes such as madtsoiids being far more common.
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Snakes are often overlooked in these alternate evolutionary stories. I’m glad you dedicated an episode to them.
Was stoked when my man Lucas said that's what he wanted to sponsor.
@@TalesofKaimereLucas has good taste.
@@Kingofportals Indeed
@@TalesofKaimere I wish if the magic somehow mix dna of creatures not related and make creatures like the first children but that's a day-dream or magic altering the rules of evolution maybe the impossible possible from evolution.
@@TalesofKaimere but what monster the first children made like scorpion half spider.
I love how you fit mythological creatures into your world. At the same time you make it so believable too.
Thank you!
@@TalesofKaimerehello We've talked enough about Animals in your project,Plants are not Boring There May Even be fictional plants here i am a comment about 2 families Permiaceae (Permiacelds or Feathermelon family) and Wegopokokiaceae (Wego-Poko Family) Permiaceae in Order *Poales* a suborder name is *Permiaceniae* and Wegopokokiaceae in Order *Caryophyllales* and finally one species of Permiaceld non-lived Permian Continent inhabit Jurassic İslands is *Gahaja apermigeiana* this known species is a Most Newest species in this family in Real life *Bromeliaceae* a family of plants Mostly inhabit South American Tropics,Several species in lived Subtropics and One species in Non habit South America lived Africa is named *Pitcairnia africana* #pitcairniaafricana not native to the Americas *Gahaja apermigeiana* Similliar and convergent in this species *Pitcairnia africana*
“Let’s go watch a movie “ no I want to see the cute sneks on an alternate world
I love how you made snakes, the apex predators of some regions of the world like jormungandr. Snakes are often overlooked in most alternative evolution videos and mostly ignored, so im very happy to see them get some love in kaimere.
Damn that Jormungandr is terrifying.. This was a great fun episode and I hope you do another Sharks of Kaimere someday.
I’m definitely doing one on sharks. No sponsor yet but I’m hopeful and if not then I’m a couple years once the channel sustains itself maybe then
Amazing episode my friend. The intro was priceless and hilarious. These giant serpents are definitely some of my favorite creatures in Kaimere. Marine reptiles are definitely my second favourite animals that went extinct... Right after the Theropoda... So to see two giant snakes being among them? It made my day. These reptiles are fascinating for me tbh... Which is... Well, let's just say that I felt great.
Wow, this was a good one! I'm always pleasantly surprised when you somehow manage to fit in giant monsters(like Jormungandr or the Dreamtime Snake) into a generally scientific world.
So the hissing of a frypan viper is less of a warning, and more of a battle cry.
These videos almost always have a creature or two that make me go, “Oh no. Jesus Christ that’s a monster!” The Dreamtime serpent and Jörmangander take the cake ten fold. And as an anaconda enjoyer, I’m glad that they eked out a living.
Steve Irwin loved snakes just as much as crocs, and you've included so many of his favorites from taipans to pythons. It's awesome to see snakes do so well in Kaimere!
Heck yeah! Man was such an inspiration to me
I love snakes, so this was awesome for me. I also love how snakes have evolved into this different niches in different habitats. I wonder if the First Children ever used these larger serpents in their Homunculi? I could see them making a type of Lamia/Naga type Homunculi for guerilla warfare against enemies.
As the sponsor, I can only say wow. I mean, I never would’ve even dreamed about anything like the jormungander, and can only say that you knocked it put of the park😆
Thanks so much man! Am so happy with how it came out
Love this. Snakes are wonderful creatures and they rarely get a chance to shine in Spec Evo projects. Glad you found the time for them and I hope they appear in future stories, especially the big bois.
Just got to say, Jormungandr is definitely now one of my favorite animals in Tales of Kaimere. I was not expecting to witness a titanic madtsoiid that hunted aquatic dicynodonts while also having the name of the great world serpent itself. And now I'm glad that I did just witness it along with that comical intro lol. Keep up the good work Keenan.
Haha thanks! Intro was fun. Good to keep it light and I really enjoyed designing these guys
Wow, didn't expect Kaimere to have Midgard serpents.
Amazing work as always!
It may not be Snake Week but it is Snake Month over on The Common Descent Podcast
Love to see more snakes being added, with such a surplus of snakes, king snakes would have a field day!
Damn jörmungandr really dwarf the titanoboa in terms of size💀🐍
Some of the art in this episode is fantastic. The Arvelith Python looks great. And Jormungandr is just... The pose looks so dynamic
Thank you!
This was a great episode. Always loved snakes as some of my favorite reptiles alongside crocodillians and turtles. (Also, funny how that's the case when snake is literally my Chinese New Year symbol. Lol) Thanks for this episode.
Several questions I have are as follows:
1) Do coral and milk snakes also exist in Kaimere? (I would imagine even the bravest of Megaraptorans or Cocatrices would take their color warnings and leave both be. Lol (Though given their venom, if any exist on the Houze Prairie, it makes me wonder if Shu go after Coral snakes for both their color pallete and their venom.))
2) Do snakes such as Burmese or African Rock Pythons exist in Kaimere?
3) How are true sea snakes doing in Kaimere?
4) Do snakes such as the Green or Black Mamba also exist in Kaimere (most likely on the Houze Prairie), or were they harvested, but subsequently outcompeted by the Houze Taipan? (Follow-up to this if Mambas do exist on the Houze Prairie: Are they (Especially Black Mambas) used often, if at all, in Shu cuisine?)
5) Are more recent Rattlesnakes found outside of Qajar or, like all others from the Interrupted Harvest, are they restricted to the peninsula due to outside competition? (Also, which is the most common of the Qajarith rattlers?)
And there are definitely many more questions I have, but I don't want to overwhelm you with a lot of questions. Lol (Again, definitely some of my favorite reptiles alongside turtles and crocodillians.)
Still, this was a nice episode, and I'm glad many types of snakes are doing well despite Kaimere's competitive cast both within and outside the Known World. Again, thanks for this episode, and hope you have a great day. Cheers, Keenan.
Nobody:
The SSDF after finding out that crowned vipers can be used to make healing potions: Let's make a version of this on steroids
I didn't expected that snakes of Kaimere could be that gigantic. Jormungandr is incredible apex predator that could put a fight against mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. Dreamtime serpent is also fantastic concept. I am curious if the next two episodes would be Q&A, what other videos will be sponsored in August?
So, an endothermic sea snake has become the world serpent and subsists on dicynodont walruses. This has to be one of the most unique spec-evo projects I have encountered.
Man, it's so cool to imagine a standoff between a Kurujaku and a Dreamtime Serpent.
Wow, i didn't realize you have snakes in Kaimere. I like that the Kaimerans use the venomous snakes for their venom for hunting and rituals. I like that there are giant snakes like the Jormungardr being a kaiju that can easily swallow a Kaimeran.
admittedly i was a little curious as to how Titanoboa would adapt to Kaimere
Probably would live much like the Seridic anaconda, though with as many large endothermic competitors, they probably would struggle and be pressured to smaller size.
I love episodes like this, because they introduce us to Kaimere's "versions" of animals we are familiar with, and how those animals evolved from various harvests. Like the Falconry episode, this is one I keep coming back to!
Also nice to see that the Permian Continent now has Behemoth (Permian Oliphaunt), Ziz (Caniraptor), and Leviathan (Jormungandr) all in one place!
1) The Kaimeran cobras were just descended from generic miocene elapids that converged on a similar appearance to cobras, right?
2) Which harvest was the Frypan Viper descended from? What was its ancestor?
3) Will all madtsoiids in Kaimere have the rainbow serpent connection and iridescent scales, or is it just a coincedence that the Rainbow and dreamtime Serpents have that similar connection?
4) Are there any other sea snakes apart from madtsoiids, like elapid sea snakes or palaeophids in Kaimere?
Awesome video as always, always love the ideas you come up with!
Thank you!
1. Yes, not unlike king cobras.
2. Either the Pleistocene harvest 1.5 mya or Miocene 12 mya. Related to modern sawscales.
3. Just a coincidence.
4. Yes but I didn’t have time to develop and illustrate them.
I LOVED the opening johe you made at the beginning/intro XD !
If it's a shame that you haven't received a sponsorized Shark series of some kind, which would have being neat since we are in Shark Week period, it was still a nice tribute to this mondial and annual event that have goal to educate people about shark and made them more popular and upgrade their overall image.
Which you made also here with Snakes thought too.
Me hubieran encantado que en un crossover poco frecuenter hodarinundu creara su propia madsonia para kaimere.
That’s a great idea! Might commission him if I get a video on them specifically long as he’s got time
Omg!! Thank you!! 👏😍🐍Happy Snake Week !! ❤🤩👍 Amazing Work!! Beyond the familiar ones, you trully bring the mythical sea serpents and others to life!!
Amazing biological facts and developtment to bring them into Kaimere!! Snakes are Eternal!! Whooooo !!
The Rainbow and Dreamtime Serpents are absolutely beautiful! (And Jörmungandr is an incredible beast).
One of my favorite spec evo animals is a gliding cobra I made with "hood wings" called the "Sky Ray". Definitely a fun way to terrorize my players!
The fake-out with Shark Week does have me wondering, might you do a future episode on cartilagenous fish in Kaimere? Especially since the name of one of my favorite weirdos is sounds so fitting for the planet: The Chimaera.
I absolutely plan on revisiting sharks with a much more substantial episode than I gave when the channel first started, but I need to wait for someone to sponsor a topic that big.
@@TalesofKaimereAwesome! I'm unfortunately not in a position to spend/invest enough for such an episode now, but if I ever get the chance and financial stability, I'd love to help support such an episode for cartilagenous fish (or smaller episodes for ornithomimosaurs and the Gurkan).
Honestly, you're a talented person
Thank you!
No matter the subject of any of your videos I’m always fascinated to learn and see the world of Kaimere. It’s even inspired me to try out my own world building.
Me too!
Loved the humour of the opening segment! Got a good laugh out of me
Can’t take myself too seriously lol
Yay, another person aknowledging snakes as lizards!
Yup! Squamate taxonomy is daunting but it seems silly to call them 'related to lizards' like a lot of content when they're so clearly nested deep in the clade.
I really dig this design of the Jormunhandr, having a sea snake being a massive macro predator is so cool.
Earth once had a 30ft long sea snake during the Eocene. It’s name was Paleophis.
You continue doing your best man I love your speculative ideas for creatures from our planet on a different planet and have time to evolve into something amazing
I'm so happy to hear you love snakes! A lot of snakes make great pets too! You would be hard pressed to find an easier pet to care for than a corn snake, and they can be so personable. I love my dog, but he is so needy compared to my snake, lol.
For the ones that may ask :
1 - No ! Titanoboa was NEVER harvested on Kaimere. This snake lived during the Eocene era, in which ANY harvest occured.
2 - Modern Sea Snakes that we have on Earth in our ocean, the Hydrophiinae subfamily (inside the Elapidae family), are present as well on Kaimere.
Inside the Known World and a little beyond at least.
It's just that Keenan haven't have time to drawn some of them.
The rainbow snake and it’s relatives are particularly interesting. They evolved the rip and tear approach instead of the swallow hole tactic.
What a wonderful episode, I love how you keep surprising us with art and amazing species. I hope one day I can be a patron so I can support you, besides already buying your books. Cheers from Argentina! You make my tuesdays better.
Right when I was wondering about palaeophiids, you hit me with the Jormungandr! Great work as always!
Thank you!!
I don't think that these snakes would have chances to be present on Kaimere or even to establish on it in the first place.
The Palaeophiidae lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Late Eocene, approximately from 70.6 to 33.9 million years ago.
It's a pretty short period of time and there wasn't a lot, if only a single one (the one of Asia that will introduce the dinosaurs that will dominate the Tyrants Dysnaty era), harvests during the Late Cretaceous and zero during the Eocene.
So, they would not be a lot, if any at all, and enough to establish on Kaimere, and even, to surived into Modern Times.
@@dudotolivier6363 They were open-ocean animals that lived in the Atlantic, where most of the Oligocene harvest took place.
We honestly *don't know* when palaeophiids died out thanks to how rare their fossils are - it's entirely possible that they survived later than previously assumed.
And, well, we have them now with Jormungandr.
That Jormungandr is amazing!!!
I would love to see a big detailed guidebook to all the creatures of Kiamere
Someday!
@@TalesofKaimere can the rainbow serpent climb trees?
I was wondering when you were going to cover snakes, honestly the species you got here are really cool! It also answered what was the predator of the aquatic dicynodonts, which Im glad because I was wondering that as well. Let me tell ya, you're kaimere videos really brighten my mood, especially after I got stung in the ass by a yellow jacket while mowing the ditch this morning! Hahahah!!
I am more than happy to see snakes get their own video! They certainly deserved it.
Absolutely!
@@TalesofKaimereI’m reminded of a group speculative evolution project I worked on a few months ago that resulted in a clade of snakes (possibly related to Colubridae) known as the Saccharophids (Saccharophidae) - basically, omnivorous or even fully herbivorous or frugivorous snakes, many of which with unique dentition to assist that.
Nice video 👍😊
intro was fun and i looooove the rainbow serpent :)
Thank you! Gotta keep it light sometimes lol
HOLY SH*T YOU MADE FRIKIN JÖRMUNGANDR HOLY CRAP
I remember you announcing a snake video while back, glad it's finally here!
Happy Snek Week
Great episode as always, just a question that has been in my mind for a while, are there any snow leopards or their ancestors in Kaimere (they’re my favorite mammals out there), or were they completely outcompeted by mountain panthers and white cockatrices?
Snakes are underrated as hell
100%
On Objecia, snakes are still diverse. The most common Objecian snakes are hognoses, There are familiar and strange species. Objecia also has cobras, which can be found in the Taurian Desert and some other deserts. Many other familiar snakes can be seen.
The sequence at the front is hilarious. Also jormungandr may be the biggest snake on kaimere but my trouser snake is-SIKE,I'm not immature or peverted enough to make that joke
lol
You may not be but I am
The jormungandr became the second biggest snake after I came to Kaimere 🔥🔥
I do have a question, I was kinda curious what you thought of making some sort of kaimere discord server so fans can more easily talk to eachother and share art and such
Nice video on Kaimere’s snakes.
I like how you cussed on shark week during your snake week special. 😂
It’s nice to see these great serpents and to know that there are some of them that can swallow men whole.
Madtsoiidae snakes are really an amazing family of snakes ! With really a lot of traits and facts who are incredible to now !
They were very successfull animals, and lived from the early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene, with a range going to South America, Africa, India, Australia and Southern Europe.
Australia where their last home and stronghold at the end of the Pleistocene, with the famous genus Wonambi, being among the Australian megafauna cast.
They were really primitive snakes, and despite being constrictor animals, they weren't able to swallow whole their preys, but instead kill tham and cut flesh from their body with their teeth, most particulary soft organs and skin, and it quite a mystery how they were able to reach such great sizes most of the time with such lifestyle.
The namesake of the family, Madtsoia, is even one of the longest snakes known, at an estimated 10 metres (33 ft).
A very large snake, this animal appear in the sixth episode of "Prehistoric Planet" (S2 episode 1) "Island", killing a Masiakasaurus and saving unvolontary a family of Adalatherium !
Great video.
Thanks!
Melanistic snakes must be something common on Kaimere, both on constrictor, Madtsoiids and small ones like Colubrid and Vipers.
Because black snakes have a pretty good advantage compared to normal specimens of their species to recover heat more quickly than them.
Because black coloration and color actually recuperate and ingerate better and faster sunlight than typical scales (while white sclales reflect sunlight, which is here a desavantage).
In addition to give a better cammouflage to hide from predators in most biomes.
The Crowned Vipers especially must have most melanistic specimens inside their population than the others snakes species inside the Known World, given their cold and temperate island all year round.
Because having black specimens who can recuperate sunlight and as such heat faster than typical specimens is clearly a selective advantage.
In addtion to be more cammouflage in the dense forests of Pakardia.
On Earth, melanistic snakes, both constrictors and non-constrictors are very-well recorded, and lived perfectly well in the wild.
Ooo!! Makes me want to sponsor a video on crocodilians now!! Nice!!
SECOND GIANT SNAKE JUMP SCARE.
1. Are the two giants responsible for "sea serpent" sightings? (if such a thing even exists in Kaimere due to the existence of plesiosaurs and mosasaurs as undeniable reality)
2. What interactions do humans have with the two giants?
3. Are there any tamers who work with the pythons or rainbow serpent?
1. Dreamtime serpent might occasionally find its way to the known world, but they don't have any established populations there, and Jormungandr would cook on the journey through the equator. More likely actual sea snakes (small ones like we have I didn't have time to draw and discuss), elasmosaurs, and the like.
2. Jormungandr does compete with Permian Continentals for prey, though no interactions were documented. Dreamtime Serpents also compete with local peoples, and are known to predate on people on boats.
3. Absolutely
@@TalesofKaimere All the Modern Sea Snakes we have on Earth in our ocean are in the Hydrophiinae subfamily (inside the Elapidae family).
If you haven't time to draw some of them, it's still good and nice to know these specific snakes are still well present on Kaimere, at least inside the Known World and a little beyond.
@@TalesofKaimereand considering that many kaimereans seem to be pretty small they might be on the menu more often
As a big fan of snakes, I absolutely love this
Heck yeah!
With the Dreamtime Serpent and the Jormungandr, and their diverse, close relatives, we now have officially true Sea Serpents on Kaimere !
And under three categories of Sea Snakes :
1 - the True Sea Serpents, who are true snakes, with these giants Madtsoiids species;
2 - the Plesiosaurs (especially the Thalassocolobrus genus, with the Kadanuk, Daikogen or Shodima);
3 - and the Mosasaurs (especially the Sea Serpent and Crocodile Shark clades, like the Katabo, Enam, Enurey, Hamur and their diverse relatives).
Snakes have always been enigmatic reptiles for me and I never saw them on as much of a bad light as many people, nowadays, I deeply respect them and love them like many other of the beautiful creatures of our world.
Some questions I have about the Kaimerian snakes however:
1.- Does the Seredic anaconda feed mainly on fish or is it also a mammal hunter, if the latter, what mammals and reptiles does it prey upon?
2.- What types of mammals does the great madtsodias (Rainbow serpent and Dreamtide serpent) hunt?
3.- Does the Red Panther hunt anacondas in a similar way jaguars do on South America?
it really funny that I also created a giant marine iridescent snake name the rainbow serpent for my setting. I guess it not as original of an idea as I thought.
How big is the jormungandr snake?
Frypan Vipers got a Napolean complex
They really packed 50 pounds worth of violence into a 5 pound body
Babe wake up, Keenan dropped new Kaimere fauna lore 🎉
Amazing Art!
Great job i love you and Make videos about Non-Animal Organisms such as plants and fungi 😊😊😊
I hope to just need some sponsors for the topic!
@@TalesofKaimere but let them plants too because amazing Let There be fictional plants in your project like Permiaceae (Permiacelds or Feathermelon family) and Wegopokokiaceae
Feathermelon (Permia plumocomosus) is a species of Permiaceld inhabit Subtropics and Tropics this Plant just like Ananas comosus common name is *PİNEAPPLE* and *Gahaja apermigeiana* is a only Permiaceld Non-lived Permian Continent inhabit in Jurassic İslands just like *Pitcairnia africana*
@@TalesofKaimere you can do it yourself *NOT EVEN İMPOSSİBLE* and finally believe you can do it
A lot of Mythical names in this one.
Serpents are a rather mythical animal in human culture so I quite like it
Seemed fitting. Wanted to lean into that reputation more than the more sinister rep many modern cultures have
I really like snakes. Some people may say they are cold and don't understand feelings like we do. Although there's proof claiming that, I still think of them as calm, gentle creatures.
I am surprised that there aren't any Titanoboas that were mentioned in Kaimere. I wonder why?
Good video though. :)
I love that intro
The Water Viper is none other than one of the famous American Viper Cottonmouth snake's subspecie "Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti" of Florida, who become overtime his own apart complete specie.
Which show how in a fairly short time (less than 1 million years, since the Last Natural/Interupted Harvest was at 11 kya, at the very end of the Last ice Age) animals can evolved into new species !
Speaking of which, did any legless lizards get harvested?
Will you ever go back to the Tyrant Dynasty? I’d be interested to see more about that time period and the other species of that time
Snakes are one of the coolest reptiles
Absolutely
Awesome Job!👏🌟
Thank you!
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so these guys have become warm blooded?
cool :3
Bet!
The muscles on the underbelly of jörmungandr look so good
Edit: Dear lord they play a vital part in their ecology
Well, the "Anaconda" movies franchise have reasons to be jealous with these giants species ! XD
THAT THUMBNAIL THOUGHHH
Amazing video! The madtsooids in particular are very interesting. How long and heavy are Jörmungandr?
They're not yet documented enough for an average estimate. The specimen collected was 73 feet (22 meters) long and nearly 30 tons, but it is assumed they can get at least a bit larger.
@@TalesofKaimere Damn, if they are not apex predators of the polar oceans, I’m scared of finding out what is
Live every week like it’s snake week
The megalithcal rainbow snake wardens making a wall with their encoiled bodies protecting the dream world from spilling out like an ocean into the land or something from getting in like a tolkien world broken by the lamps on a fantasy setting
Dyslexics of the world untie!!
What would happen if a jormungandr were to encounter a nokutlok (and/or kurajaku)?
I cant help but notice that parrots were only mentioned a few times throughout this whole project.
Can there be a video on the parrots and parakeets of kaimere?
(Assuming parakeets are on it in the first place)
Edit: nvm i found exactly what i was looking for.
Sorry keenan.
No worries! While I’ve only mentioned them in passing I would love to give them a focal episode
Jormungander
Did one of this species escape the portal to the known world like that demon Grendel
cool video
Aside from madsoiids, what other snakes are common in Kairul?
so technically Gadsden could be a thing in Kaimere too :)) edit: i had no clue madtsoiids were a real thing. coool!
You’ve managed to make almost every single fantasy creature. But are there Kolbolds or jabbawolkys?
I have 2 pet snakes at home a milk corn snake named Loki and a ball python named Titana which is a play on word to Titanoboa
when are we going to have a harvest of Sebecids.
LETS GOOOOOO LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO SNAKE TIME REAL PYTHON HOURS LETS GOOO MASTOIIDAE.
Danger Noodle Times!
First! Also, jormungandr? How do pronounce it?
Yor-man-gone-durr is how I've always pronounced it
Ran it by a friend who's a semi-native speaker and I tried to match his pronunciation as close as possible: YORE-muhn-GAAN-dur. The 'dr' should be a 'd' straight into a rolled 'r' if possible, and also soft roll the first 'r'
The rainbow serpent is real 🐸