Carnotaurus: Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong #19

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    1:41 www.nhm.org/site/sites/default...
    4:10 www.nhm.org/site/sites/default...
    5:45 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
    5:55 dinogoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/...
    6:12 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10...
    6:21 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
    14:14 www.researchgate.net/publicat...
    15:01 qilong.wordpress.com/2011/10/...
    15:56 svpow.com/category/cervical/e...
    16:01 www.dinochecker.com/papers/pal...
    16:42 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10...
    17:38 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10...
    18:33 theropoda.blogspot.com/2008/10...
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  • @123cowgoesmoo
    @123cowgoesmoo 7 років тому +561

    When are w going to have the next episode? It has been six months already.

    • @ChaoticGoodChris
      @ChaoticGoodChris  7 років тому +227

      In a few days here. Only 2 people work on it. If you would like our productions to go faster in the future, please consider contributing to our Patreon so we can hire more people. www.patreon.com/thegeekgroup

    • @jalensmith-molina7958
      @jalensmith-molina7958 7 років тому +31

      Has it been decided what the next dinosaur the show is going to feature? Based on the comments I've seen it appears to either be Ceratosaurus or Quetzocoatlus(even though Quetzocoatlus is a pterosaur). I think Megalosaurus should be on the show.

    • @user-pj5jj2tx5l
      @user-pj5jj2tx5l 7 років тому +13

      thegeekgroup I want you to make episode about the Jurassic Giant Predator" Torvosaurus"

    • @torvussauros1779
      @torvussauros1779 6 років тому +5

      Thnx

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 4 роки тому +28

      Wow, that's really rude. Complaining about something you get for free.

  • @RosieRoan
    @RosieRoan 3 роки тому +630

    T. Rex: "I have the smallest arm to body size ratio."
    Carnotaurus: *"Hold my beer, because I can't."*

  • @amandaegeskovhald8222
    @amandaegeskovhald8222 7 років тому +967

    It's so weird, from a human's perspective, to think that _arms_ of all things could be vestigial. That they could literally be useless when they've been so crucial for our success and greatness.

    • @SlavicUnionGaming
      @SlavicUnionGaming 5 років тому +1

      Amanda Egeskov Hald Use your mouth

    • @ericstrunk4082
      @ericstrunk4082 5 років тому +4

      Amanda Egeskov Hald that’s why they are dead and we aren’t ! ;)

    • @richa16x
      @richa16x 4 роки тому +70

      Think about us and tails.
      for dolphins, rats, birds, dinosaurs, cats and more. They are a must. But we do fine without them.
      Even tho it would be interesting.

    • @oliverwilson11
      @oliverwilson11 4 роки тому +19

      Kiwi and emu have vestigial forelimbs also

    • @glennsommer8901
      @glennsommer8901 4 роки тому +9

      well.. we were depending on them, without our arms the world would probably still be a normal natural place, instead of this toxic waste..

  • @skyebluesilly
    @skyebluesilly 7 років тому +1118

    carnatorus never skipped leg day but always skipped arm day

    • @CrashandTrash596
      @CrashandTrash596 6 років тому +11

      Light weight, baby!

    • @ellisclayborn5156
      @ellisclayborn5156 6 років тому +69

      Leg day is more important than arm day. Carnotaurus has thighs that save lives.

    • @JrottenOlm
      @JrottenOlm 6 років тому +37

      Who needs arm day when you can just have neck day instead?

    • @HolyFurryFish1998
      @HolyFurryFish1998 5 років тому +44

      Scientists suggest that Carnotaurus could squeeze its prey to death with its thighs.

    • @Dino-oh7xh
      @Dino-oh7xh 5 років тому +19

      HolyFurryFish1998 Sounds about right.

  • @thecoffeeisblack
    @thecoffeeisblack 7 років тому +400

    I always found that the weirdest thing about Carnotaurus's arms was that it didn't have elbows, in fact it didn't have a radius or ulna at all, it appears to have just had a humerus with assorted hand bones on the end. Either the other arm bones and the joint just fused together or they disappeared entirely I'm not sure. But the whole thing is made weirder by having them attached to a scapula proportionally bigger than other dinos with much bigger arms.
    Just odd.

    • @majungasaurusaaaa
      @majungasaurusaaaa 6 років тому +34

      The scaps were there for the neck, lats and pec muscles. Abelisaurs were tremendously muscular creatures.

    • @EdwardianTea
      @EdwardianTea 6 років тому +21

      I study palaeontology as a student and next month we are covering Abelisaurid arm morphologies. I have written a quick summary on Majungasaurus Crenatissimus and it is similar to what you state

    • @hotsauce8780
      @hotsauce8780 4 роки тому +8

      Less arm muscles required leaves more room for others, so the arms just slowly shrunk

    • @mr13anana41
      @mr13anana41 3 роки тому

      @Sean Closson nice profile picture is that a nanuqsaurus?

    • @cerberaodollam
      @cerberaodollam 3 роки тому +2

      Thalidomide apparently older than we thought?😉😅

  • @greattitan371
    @greattitan371 3 роки тому +71

    Oh God I just remembered I called this thing the "horny rex" when I was younger.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 Рік тому +7

      Probably because the Disney Carnotaurus DOES look blatantly like Tyrannosaurus.

    • @aaronrattley8580
      @aaronrattley8580 8 місяців тому

      Not wrong 🤤

  • @jdldrummer
    @jdldrummer 8 років тому +348

    Hi, thank you so much for using my toy!!! It was well worth the wait as you did guys did a fantastic job, as always. I'm glad I was able to contribute in a small way to this tremendous channel!!! Well done, well done. Also I apologize for being impatient earlier :/

    • @jdldrummer
      @jdldrummer 8 років тому +29

      P.S. Your updated/corrected sketch of Carnotaurus is my new desktop photo!

    • @StevenBellettini
      @StevenBellettini 8 років тому +21

      :D Glad you liked it!

    • @briankelly2893
      @briankelly2893 8 років тому +1

      +Steven Bellettini Don't you give the toys back?

    • @jdldrummer
      @jdldrummer 8 років тому +20

      Yeah I already got it back, perfect condition

    • @marcosbrito38
      @marcosbrito38 6 років тому +5

      Hey Henry, are you still around? If so, could you please let me know what brand that toy is? I really like it. Thank you.

  • @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030
    @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030 2 роки тому +27

    Carnotaurus has been and will continue to be my favourite Dinosaur since I was like 3 years old it's just so fascinating

  • @B121AN1
    @B121AN1 2 роки тому +12

    The Carnotaurus vestigial arms stored inside its body is a headcanon that I personally believe. Is it scientifically accurate? Probably not. But I like it and that's enough. It's just a mouth with legs.

  • @dmdizzy
    @dmdizzy 4 роки тому +11

    "This.. _blunt instrument_ of a head."

  • @equarg
    @equarg 7 років тому +358

    I am no paleontologist...but I look at toy dino's all the time and think
    "This is so wrong and innacurate"!

    • @tecmonke
      @tecmonke 5 років тому +35

      Ikr! I have an allosaurus from my childhood in my closet, and it is an abomination. It is green, scaly, drags the tail, has no crests, and an almost dog like mouth.

    • @gecko8621
      @gecko8621 5 років тому +3

      I did a lot of reaserch and found out it does

    • @ItsARandomDragon
      @ItsARandomDragon 5 років тому +2

      I have a raptor thingy and the hands are pointing down not to the side and few other stuff

    • @myusername3689
      @myusername3689 4 роки тому +2

      Toby 7557 Old reconstructions man, old reconstructions.

    • @ljvahle1532
      @ljvahle1532 4 роки тому

      Not Carnotaurus

  • @arminarlert7330
    @arminarlert7330 6 років тому +23

    Carnotaurus has and will always be my favorite dinosaur.

  • @pharinyxtheplant667
    @pharinyxtheplant667 8 років тому +17

    The thing I like about this video is that, even though the figure is very close to accuracy (like you said, the most accurate you've gotten so far), you still manage to hit 20 minutes. It is a kind of great trade off, where you can either spend a lot of time 'fixing' a hilariously inaccurate toy (while also explaining a bit) or spend a lot of time explaining things about a very accurate toy. Can't wait for the next episode!

  • @RedDeadSakharine
    @RedDeadSakharine 7 років тому +28

    I love these drawings and animations. Perfectly visualize the point, look relatively simple and yet very good and compelling.

  • @thedarksaviour755
    @thedarksaviour755 8 років тому +67

    Those smiling Carnotaurus made my day :D

  • @owene2530
    @owene2530 2 роки тому +8

    I know this isn't a very important detail, but I always prefer depictions of the carnotaurus with its arms tucked flush with its body, rather than sticking out like normal arms, because it feeds to the vestigial nature of them, and the fact that they had virtually no uses for their arms.

  • @Deadpool3E
    @Deadpool3E 8 років тому +121

    Mazzetta in 1998 which theorized inter-specific combat of the horns for predation. The paper claimed that due to the thickness of the skull and the neck, Canotaurus may have been able to use its skull as a battering ram and thus make it the first predator discovered to use these features as weapons. This is thanks to the thickness of the skull and the heavily muscled neck absorbing the shock of impact. Ramming prey would've stunned or killed smaller targets. In a way, this makes sense as a pursuit predator. If you look at a cheetah or a falcon, their main objective is to disable a target once it gets in range before finishing it off - cheetahs will often trip the leg of an antelope while falcons grab flying targets in dive bombs. Carnotaurus' style was unique, but was likely another skill in a long list of tactics seen in nature.

    • @animalman57
      @animalman57 8 років тому +18

      Modern science says _Carnotaurus_ couldn't hunt with its' horns for many reason: horns are too short, no predator had horns like _Carnotaurus_, and its' head is weaker than they look.

    • @Deadpool3E
      @Deadpool3E 7 років тому +34

      @animalman57 Actually, the horns would've been covered by a strong keratinous sheath. What size and length of these horns they would've been in real life is unknown. Now, I read the papers again and it turns out that the power is stored in the neck, whose vertebrae was large, thick, and heavily muscled - allowing this animal to absorb a large amount of force. The horns would've been able to distribute force. The head was also rather thick and covered with small osteoderms which would've helped keep its brain safe from collisions. In short, modern science involving combat use of the head shows that it was indeed possible for this animal to attack rivals AND prey.

    • @jamesathersmith2191
      @jamesathersmith2191 6 років тому +8

      Deadpool3E only issue is that it’s horns pointed upwards and to the side, making them basically useless as weapons. Also last I checked, modern research shows that it’s head wasn’t designed for high speed head smashing, it would break its skull and since it seemed suited for hunting smaller game(it shows adaptations in its jaw that seem to allow to unhinge its jaws somewhat and could likely use its top jaw like an axe like allosaurus) then it physically would’t be able to ram them at all.

    • @frenlydoggo7544
      @frenlydoggo7544 6 років тому +8

      The thing is, carnotaurus was adapted to hunting prey that was small to medium sized prey. The reason I bring this up is because of carnotaurus’ size. It seemed to around 3 metres tall and at most 9 metres long, why does this matter? Because I doubt it could swoop its head down while it’s running without falling over. It could maybe do that to medium sized prey, but that would still probably hurt the carno. It seems to be more likely that the horns were used for display, or slow pushing battles for males. They’d maybe slowly push each other during mating season until one male gives up.

    • @frenchguitarguy1091
      @frenchguitarguy1091 5 років тому

      James Athersmith maybe the horns were used to take out larger prey? It seems to be the most likely possibility if Carnataurus did use them for hunting.

  • @therecordwavelength3170
    @therecordwavelength3170 8 років тому +158

    I'm gonna send you guys a cryolophosaurus

  • @ViralKiller
    @ViralKiller 6 років тому +62

    what a cool channel!

  • @CJCroen1393
    @CJCroen1393 8 років тому +41

    Love it! Carnotaurus is an interesting creature, imo.
    I'd love to see a critique of a Quetzalcoatlus toy sometime. Or perhaps a marine reptile, like Elasmosaurus!

  • @Godzilla00X
    @Godzilla00X 6 років тому +5

    would be cool to see him do a break down of the Carnotaurs from the film Dinosaur since a lot of artistic liberty was taken with their design

  • @hopegallows1392
    @hopegallows1392 4 роки тому +2

    I had a McDonald’s happy meal toy, hand puppet, of the Carnotaurus from Disney’s Dinosaurs when I was super little and that thing terrified me. At the brave age of 5 I got to see a life (ish) sized statue in Orlando and I ran from it.

  • @andypampreen8906
    @andypampreen8906 6 років тому +9

    I love the fact that you put citations in video! More Science channels should do this!

  • @fluffiestbug
    @fluffiestbug 6 років тому +12

    This is my new favorite channel for info on how to accurately draw dinosaurs, there's so much useful information here which i fully intend to utilize

  • @PantsuMann
    @PantsuMann 7 років тому +55

    isnt that a Papo sculpture? Would love to see you review their various dinosaurs. Beautiful sculpts with lots of details and nice paint jobs.

  • @pokerfacedwattpadreader696
    @pokerfacedwattpadreader696 3 роки тому +6

    I can just imagine Carno running next to a prey item and slamming one of it's horns sideways into it's preys neck or head, and tbh it probably could've done that because of the amount of muscle it had lol

    • @Forestguardian
      @Forestguardian 8 місяців тому

      Maybe not like a blade. I'd say maybe more like a bludgeon to knock its prey to the ground

  • @hypo7351
    @hypo7351 6 років тому +1

    I think it used it head as a stunning mechanism. What I mean by that is that it charges its prey, hits it with its head causing some damage and knocking the prey somewhat to the side, stunning it a bit, and then using its chance to start to bit the prey

  • @bubsenseijebe2993
    @bubsenseijebe2993 4 роки тому +2

    Whats crazy is The Isle (the game) really took the anatomy of the dinosaurs and applied it to their in game dinosaurs. For example, the part where he says the trade off with maneuverability and acceleration due to the structure of their tail muscle. The carnotaurus in game is the fastest dinosaur with the slowest turn radius in the game. I thought that was very cool

    • @captainmawk6041
      @captainmawk6041 11 місяців тому

      Brings back good memories of getting ambushed by Carnos and booking it to the forests to escape

  • @bmonty1915
    @bmonty1915 4 роки тому +2

    I always imagined Carnotaurus to use the horns over their eyes like Giraffes do to settle disputes; smacking each other with the sides of their heads.

  • @spinorex9353
    @spinorex9353 8 років тому +76

    when i play with my toy carno i always imagine it as headbutting the other toys

    • @warasaurbuilds139
      @warasaurbuilds139 3 роки тому +3

      Ya same but I was a freak for accuracy like I would only play with Dino’s that would actually interact

    • @desimatorthecarnotaurus5741
      @desimatorthecarnotaurus5741 3 роки тому

      Xd same

    • @epauletshark3793
      @epauletshark3793 3 роки тому +1

      @@warasaurbuilds139 what dinos would interact if the time machine screwed up the timeline?

  • @aldenburton6240
    @aldenburton6240 7 років тому +61

    cheetah of hell. Only on straight paths, though^^.

  • @sirdwarvenhine1147
    @sirdwarvenhine1147 6 років тому +1

    You are one of the few people on UA-cam who posts the links to where they found the information, and for that I thank you.

  • @Mr.Comedian42069
    @Mr.Comedian42069 4 роки тому +3

    I just realized, every animal and dinosaur do different things to thrive, it’s like they’re using different strategies for survival, carnotaurus “let’s try pure speed and nothing else”
    T. Rex “bigger is better”
    Humans “Knowledge is power”
    And my personal favorite
    Water bear “random resistances for no reason”

  • @kmaguire7161
    @kmaguire7161 8 років тому +2

    I have this toy on my desk! This company makes some of the nicest dino toys. Even the ones that aren't that accurate are sculpted really well.

  • @laurawarman6695
    @laurawarman6695 7 років тому +6

    Speaking of Godzilla, I came across a Bag O' Dinosaurs containing a pretty accurate Godzilla in with the tail dagger dinosaurs.

  • @CrazyPangolinLady
    @CrazyPangolinLady 3 роки тому +2

    I think there was a documentary that speculated feathers on the nub-arms used for display. Unlikely, but cute.

  • @dynamo6322
    @dynamo6322 8 років тому +118

    OMG, I've found my people- dinosaur nerds!

    • @derpyderpgamingpredator9604
      @derpyderpgamingpredator9604 7 років тому +6

      SimplyEpicGaming
      Yes you have, my friend!
      GOD DAMN ALSO ME FAVORITE DINO!!!!
      After spino.

    • @ItsARandomDragon
      @ItsARandomDragon 5 років тому

      My fav is utah-raptor and spinosaurus

    • @nargiaz7368
      @nargiaz7368 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @rituraina1
      @rituraina1 4 роки тому

      same

    • @bumpy9921
      @bumpy9921 3 роки тому

      @@ItsARandomDragon i don't have a fav dinosaur I like all equally

  • @BionicleSaurus
    @BionicleSaurus 8 років тому +134

    A new episode of YDAW? BEST DAY EVER!

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 7 років тому +63

    As a french, when you speak of Bonaparte, I think to Napoléon, not to an archeologist XD

    • @JXZ-JAM
      @JXZ-JAM 7 років тому +5

      *paleontologist

    • @JXZ-JAM
      @JXZ-JAM 7 років тому +4

      *Paleontologist

    • @Warby-oz2iw
      @Warby-oz2iw 6 років тому

      Same thing I thought, though I am not french XD

    • @naturalistmind
      @naturalistmind 6 років тому

      Krankar Volund i to am a french

    • @thatrandomloser3808
      @thatrandomloser3808 6 років тому +1

      everyone does, even me, and im from the country next to argentina

  • @MrHootsMannST101
    @MrHootsMannST101 7 років тому +96

    8:33
    DEJA VU

    • @kingwendi5010
      @kingwendi5010 6 років тому +1

      SpaceTaco 101 oh hello the but i think you will never answer

    • @jackarmstrong8790
      @jackarmstrong8790 6 років тому +14

      I’VE JUST BEEN WITH THIS DINOSAUR (WALKING ON FOUR FEET) AND I KNOW IT’S A SPINOSAUR! I KNOW FROM YOU! PREHISTORIC HISTORY, NOW I’TS FACING ME...

    • @HogBurger
      @HogBurger 4 роки тому

      Jack Armstrong what Dino? Carnotaurus? Is so it did not walk on four legs. It’s arms were too short.

    • @PaleoEntertainment
      @PaleoEntertainment 4 роки тому

      @@jackarmstrong8790 I read this in the voice from the song and nearly choked while laughing so hard

    • @Lakhshamana
      @Lakhshamana 4 роки тому

      Carnomi Fujiwasaurus

  • @brece5452
    @brece5452 3 роки тому +2

    What sucks is that all we know of the fauna of the Carnotaurus’s habitat is that “there were hadrosaurids” and “we found an ankylosaurid osteoderm” and that’s about it. We know there was another albelisaurid and a few other animals. I hope another expedition is done so we can get a better understanding of the other animals in the area.
    There was also turtles, snakes, and other animals but I would like to know or see the more exact dinosaurian species in the area.

  • @salt_liqueur
    @salt_liqueur 4 роки тому +2

    I could listen to you talk about dinosaurs for hours. Somebody get this man into a university lecture hall! I'd love to take that class 🥺

  • @simply_rc0
    @simply_rc0 3 роки тому

    This is so helpful and entertaining to watch while drawing the dinosaur being talked about in the video.

  • @energymischiefbear1001
    @energymischiefbear1001 5 років тому +2

    I was right about to mention how accurate a toy on here was for once and you beat me to it 😂

  • @crystalheart9
    @crystalheart9 6 років тому

    Wow, that's an amazing detailed little toy model. Great talk by Steve, thank you.

  • @Tareltonlives
    @Tareltonlives 8 років тому +1

    Another great video!
    Yeah, my biggest problems with this figure are the pose and the tail.
    There needs to be a Secernosaur toy. Even the Field Museum keeps the holotype in storage even though there's a great mount at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturalis Bernardo Rivadavia.

  • @thewatcheronthewall85
    @thewatcheronthewall85 6 років тому

    Love your work! Keep up these amazing videos preaching people about, how Dinosaurs were.

  • @eskimo289
    @eskimo289 8 років тому +6

    Gorgosaurus is my favorite dino. I'd love to see him on this show. Wish I had a toy to send you though. I'll try to find one!

  • @KK-xr2ro
    @KK-xr2ro 8 років тому +2

    I love your videos on dinosaurs. You're super educated and informed about dinosaurs. Jurassic Park movies need you as it's consultant. I hope the Universal (the studio behind jurassic park movies) acknowledges your input on dinosaurs.

  • @sastrei
    @sastrei 8 років тому

    Awesome vid! Carnotaurus is a favorite of mine. Never encountered the idea of encasing the arms completely inside the body a la whale legs.

  • @althechicken9597
    @althechicken9597 3 роки тому +2

    Ay, kids aren't going to ask their mom for a dinosaur without arms, and they probably won't for one with sausage arms

  • @PlatinumKrown
    @PlatinumKrown 6 років тому +1

    I’m glad that carno is somewhat accurate, like I don’t need to rethink everything I know.

  • @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030
    @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030 7 років тому +88

    carnotaurus is my favorite dinosaur

  • @Frahamen
    @Frahamen 7 років тому +6

    Bonaparte is the Emperor of discovering dinosaurs!

  • @SupahTrunks7
    @SupahTrunks7 4 роки тому +5

    I've loved carnotaurus ever since I found out about it and it's one of my absolute favorite dinos. I just love the juxtaposition of its ferocious appearance and predatorial skill with its dinky little arms. (It always makes me sad when art or toys make the arms too big because that's what makes it so endearing to me)
    The video game The Isle lets you play as a carnotaurus and I was actually super impressed by its accuracy considering the featherless rexes and raptors (though it definitely has the same problems with the foot scutes and possibly oversized calves the toy in the video does) And it's play style is exactly accurate to how you described it hunting, with amazing speed and stamina but an obnoxiously wide turn radius (which has the added effect of forcing the player to favor open terrain instead of forested areas just like the animal itself.)
    I guess tl;dr is that I love carnotaurus and would recommend The Isle for other fans of this beautiful creature

  • @NekkidSnek420
    @NekkidSnek420 8 років тому

    great video as always...really love this series...and for once i actually learned alot in this installment....thanks as always for your super informative videos..may i suggest a species of plesiosaur for a future installment...yeah i know...technically not a "dinosaur"...would love to see your take on one anyway..

  • @maxwelll3134
    @maxwelll3134 3 роки тому

    the visuals give me perspective as an artist, thank you!

  • @Akaryusan
    @Akaryusan 8 років тому +2

    personally besides butting rivals and display i think its horns might have been used to mark territory by gouging notches in trees sort of like some species of deer do. also as for predation i could see them running parallel to there prey and swinging those horns into the legs of the prey to slow them down so it can get some strikes in with those jaws.

    • @jamesathersmith2191
      @jamesathersmith2191 6 років тому

      Akaryusan I Glinka if it did that, it might break the side of its head, or get trampled on

  • @alejandroelluxray5298
    @alejandroelluxray5298 4 роки тому

    Carnotaurus was one of my childhood dinosaurs, its amazing how unique was even among other theropods

  • @TheHarleyEvans
    @TheHarleyEvans 6 років тому

    the neck muscle build in combo with the leg/tail build suggests that the carnotaurus did a lot of high speed shunting, as if to topple larger dinosaurs to expose their underbelly? the neck muscles are built for impact and leverage it seems and the more momentum you can slam into something the easier it is to topple. and looking at most of the herbivorous dinos it seems like getting up from laying on your side was a very vulnerable position to be in, it would also help the carno to avoid all the defences that other dinosaurs like the stego and kentosaurus had built up

  • @sparkyprojects
    @sparkyprojects 8 років тому +22

    Maybe the arms are only used during mating to stop the male slipping off, and claws to stop the female running away

    • @mylifeisdinosaurthemed2883
      @mylifeisdinosaurthemed2883 8 років тому +4

      I don't think they could move their elbows, though. So they weren't able to use their arms for anything.

    • @An_Actual_Rat
      @An_Actual_Rat 7 років тому +5

      Carnotaurus' arm sockets were ball-jointed and had an absurd rotation range compared to pretty much every other theropod. Clamping down on a partner would be more than possible.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 7 років тому +10

      Then what are the females using their arms for?

    • @adolphinnamedinfernicus6520
      @adolphinnamedinfernicus6520 7 років тому +9

      Jeffrey Gao Sexual dimorphism can only go so far. Men have nipples, but never use them.

    • @kyle857
      @kyle857 7 років тому

      A dolphin named Infernicus I have nipples. Could you milk me?

  • @TeethToothman
    @TeethToothman 6 місяців тому +1

    You guys are amazing! Thanks for all your hard work!!

  • @Skycube100
    @Skycube100 3 роки тому +2

    It's just me guessing but I think their horns are used similar to how giraffe's use their ossicones.
    Ossicones are skin covered club like weapons, and they use it by moving their neck in a whip like motion, swing the clubs to the target. Carnotaurus are probably doing the same thing
    Instead of striking head on like how deers and moose do. Carnotaurus probably swing those horns. Maybe their goal is to sprint towards their prey, and as soon as they reach the head or the body of said prey, that's when they strike. And considering how sharp the horns are, it may not enter the body (which is better, you don't want your horns getting stuck in a running prey) but it probably can fracture bones, especially the rib cage, and cause trauma with the organs. Now that's freakin dope!

    • @Skycube100
      @Skycube100 3 роки тому +1

      Kinda like a much faster, carnivorous sprinting Giraffe. Capable of swinging its head side to side while running.

  • @scottellenwood2407
    @scottellenwood2407 4 роки тому +2

    This is the first of the videos I've seen by NSI, but I have to say I am amazed at this young man's depth of knowledge and obvious passion for his field.
    IMHO, he should design and collaborate with some artists to put out a scientifically-accurate set of dinosaurs.
    I would buy it. I would sell my good kidney to buy it.
    Thank you!
    Edit: My son just said, "Carnotaurus skipped 'Arm Day' (lifetime)." I'm dying.

  • @juanlopez9282
    @juanlopez9282 8 років тому

    Yes! I've been waiting for another episode from this series 😀

  • @clockworkkirlia7475
    @clockworkkirlia7475 4 роки тому

    I like the thought of it attacking like a giraffe with it's big ol' head mace. Unfortunately, that seems like a waste of all that forward momentum, so perhaps more battle-axe. :P

  • @Thedeadpoolwarrior
    @Thedeadpoolwarrior 6 років тому

    I think the horns may be to small to ram effectively but used it in pursuit to disbalance the prey and a way to trip or cause it to stumble to help finish the prey off and stop the chase to a finish

  • @coolperson7435
    @coolperson7435 6 років тому

    I only watch these videos because the animations are so satisfying.

  • @VicariousReality7
    @VicariousReality7 Місяць тому

    It is very fun watching you review this toy i have on the front and center of my desk

  • @samuelribarico9175
    @samuelribarico9175 7 років тому

    I love this series!

  • @douglasalsbury7136
    @douglasalsbury7136 7 років тому +1

    i can honestly say i love your vids. I am a soon to be paleontologist and everywhere i go i see the awful dinosaur toys out there. Often finding myself chuckling

  • @CthulhuianBunny
    @CthulhuianBunny 6 років тому +3

    18:51 And then they're one step closer to becoming Squigs! :D

  • @Durmomo0
    @Durmomo0 6 років тому

    IM addicted to this channel

  • @wraithcadmus
    @wraithcadmus 6 років тому

    My favourite dinosaur and what got me into this channel. I blame the old Sega Lost World light gun game for loving this guy

  • @f.u.m.o.5669
    @f.u.m.o.5669 3 роки тому +2

    moas and kiwis are actually the dinosaurs with the smallest forelimbs

  • @kellanthemelon1405
    @kellanthemelon1405 6 років тому +1

    I just realized that the back round has all the periods of the Mesozoic period. Green is Triassic, red is Jurassic, and blue is Cretaceous.

  • @alexpope8326
    @alexpope8326 8 років тому

    Been waiting so long for this

  • @taitmilne8973
    @taitmilne8973 8 років тому +2

    Yay new episode!!! Steven do you have any thoughts on the theory that the arms could have been used for display? or were they pretty much non functional nubbins on their way out?

  • @SolidAtom
    @SolidAtom 7 років тому

    The animation at 14:30 is pure comedy gold!

  • @gregsmw
    @gregsmw 2 роки тому +1

    with such a short mouth i would imagine it would be fairly difficult to grab hold of a running creature with a bite (which with its lack of grabbing arms it would need)
    however with the fact its clearly a sprinter, its huge neck muscles and the large horns, could it have predated by effectivly charging its prey, slaming its horns into the side of back of the prey animal injuring it or knocking it down, and then biting onto it while its down?

  • @TayDude
    @TayDude 8 років тому

    Wow, this is REALLY well made. The video I mean, though the toy is pretty great as well.

  • @babehunter1324
    @babehunter1324 8 років тому +1

    Bless UA-cam suggestions, kinda bummed I forgot to check for new episodes.
    2:56 I guess it's closer to Albertosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Tarbosaurus and Deinocheirus in age then ;)

  • @growing_paynes
    @growing_paynes 4 роки тому

    Something in my brain snapped when you made the head narrower

  • @xznoman
    @xznoman 4 роки тому

    I suspect the horns were for defending food from family or pack members all competing to eat the same piece at the same time

  • @MineNoTouchy
    @MineNoTouchy 8 років тому +78

    Please do Dilophosaurus next!!!! :D

    • @ChaoticGoodChris
      @ChaoticGoodChris  8 років тому +26

      It's an oldie, but a goody! ua-cam.com/video/28NbtPqHPI0/v-deo.html

    • @Alejandro-ef8qf
      @Alejandro-ef8qf 8 років тому +2

      +thegeekgroup can you do allosaurus please

    • @predwendigopro.
      @predwendigopro. 8 років тому +3

      He already did that

    • @tobiasedwards363
      @tobiasedwards363 8 років тому +5

      +thegeekgroup giganotosaurus

    • @MineNoTouchy
      @MineNoTouchy 8 років тому +1

      thegeekgroup Thanks!!! I guess I missed it when I was looking through their videos!

  • @mollof7893
    @mollof7893 8 років тому

    I've waited for like ever for this!

  • @nintendogamingcom
    @nintendogamingcom 7 років тому +1

    Carnotaurus is my favorite dinosaur!!!! I'm happy u made a video in it

  • @purpleYamask
    @purpleYamask 7 років тому +1

    I have a theory here. Perhaps those huge, head-aiming neck muscles could have allowed carnotaurus to whip its head sideways like how giraffes fight. Why it would do that, I have no idea, but...

  • @Ugly_German_Truths
    @Ugly_German_Truths 3 роки тому

    That is a pretty DAPPER Dino you've got there!

  • @rileyernst9086
    @rileyernst9086 3 роки тому +1

    Carnotaurus: Armoured speed demon of the plains.

  • @CreepyMcSteezerson
    @CreepyMcSteezerson 6 років тому

    This is fascinating. Subbed and binge watching!!!

  • @Emerald501st
    @Emerald501st 3 роки тому

    Awesome video! :D And it gave me an idea as for Carnotaurus using its horns for predation: what if is charged at its prey with its mouth open, and stabbed those horns into said prey to anchor it; that way, it could repeatedly bite chunks off without having to stop--
    Think Dromaeosaur 'sickle claws', but on the head instead of the foot

  • @nathanjames9971
    @nathanjames9971 8 років тому +1

    Have you seen the beasts of the mesozoic toy line? they are doing a line of articulated accurate raptors right now

  • @MyJW24
    @MyJW24 4 роки тому

    Wow, the description of Steven at the beginning was really clever and funny.

  • @carrieseymour5197
    @carrieseymour5197 5 років тому

    Looking at where the horns are positioned and where the eyes of this animal are positioned, I feel like they're probably pretty good protection from injury for the dinosaur's eyes. Potentially from intraspecific combat - you could even picture them kind of duelling with their horns but I feel like "poke each other's eyes out" seems a bit of a high-risk strategy. Maybe more likely the horns made it hard to bite the face during more conventional combat.
    That or display. Or likely both.

  • @Forestguardian
    @Forestguardian 8 місяців тому +1

    If you think about it. Carnotaurus is an animal that has low mobility correct? When its pursuing prey wouldn't it probably be more effective for the animal to knock its prey to the ground and then make the kill to prevent its prey making sudden sharp turns? Perhaps it could have used its horns to simply aid in knocking small or medium sized prey to the ground

  • @austincurry5317
    @austincurry5317 5 років тому +1

    I suggest getting the Rebor figure, named Crimson King. The only inaccuracies I can spot are the tail being too flexible and the width of the head. Perhaps you can spot more? Also, I was under the impression that Carnotaurus's fingers are fused together (which in the Rebor figure, they are not). I also doubt Carnotaurus had a blue tongue (which the Rebor figure does) but i guess we have no evidence to the contrary. Some extant reptiles today have blue tongues (such as the Blue Tongued Skink). The arms on the Rebor figure can rotate, which can allow you to place the arms either in an accurate or inaccurate position. The scales on Crimson King are deeply defined and the scutes are VERY defined and pointy. I wouldn't give it to a kid to play with. I also love the neck of the Rebor figure, which seems very accurate. He also comes with a crackled cooling lava base that doesn't represent the natural habitat of Carnotaurus but it accents him very well. Beware of possible warped legs, as Rebor seems not to put any packaging between the legs to prevent warping from being laid on its side for too long in its own packaging. The foam packaging they use, however, seem to be of rather high quality. I love Crimson King. I also reccomend watching Trey the Explainer's video about Carnotaurus.

  • @KassidyJMoore
    @KassidyJMoore 4 роки тому

    Everybody gangsta until the carnotaurus start runnin

  • @Durmomo0
    @Durmomo0 6 років тому

    I remember having a book as a child that ribbed Jose Bonaparte as "Bone-Apart" for being...cavalier with fossils?
    I always remember being fascinated by this dinosaur

  • @AlisonGChan
    @AlisonGChan 6 років тому

    This is my favourite dinosaur! This was so interesting! Thanks very much.