Terror Birds: The Terrible Reign Of Giant Killer Birds
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Omg I literally just Google searched terror birds and now this pops up 😂😂 Great vid!!
Love this Paleogic series Amazing! This might be my new favorite! I love Floralogic 💚 Tasha is The Best
Do elephant birds next
They are more Similar to a Theropod Dinosaur because, guess what, THEY ARE Theropods
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I know all birds are actually theropod dinosaurs, but these ones didn't even bother hiding it.
why hide it if you can embrace it
That is so elegantly put lol
Cassowary FTW
coelurosaurs, specifically.
meanwhile hummingbirds are literally dinosaurs filling the ecological niche of a _bee_
When you're describing how the terror Birds kill their prey, it reminds me of how my chickens kill mice. They first catch it by the tail or a hind leg and then they find a hard surface to rapidly bludgeon the head against😖. Luckily my chickens only weigh 1 lb and are not human size.
Makes sense. It's probably a technique learnt from Millenia ago from their prehistoric ancestors
Wow! Do you have bantams? Those are some tiny chickens! Most of my chickens weigh 5-7 Ibs
@@thefluffyeasteregger Yes they are called Bearded d'Anvers Bantams.
Yes they are tiny but they're also friendly and highly social and really cute😍.
On the other side of things, I breed brahmas. They take on rats!
Do they eat the mice or is it purely defensive?
Fun fact: lots of modern armadillo species eat meat and even actively hunt prey. A carnivorous armadillo really isnt that weird,
I thought they were just eating bugs. is also meat in itself
They're insectivores. Omnivores maybe, but predators...nope
@@ryanstatt9910 except there are plenty of documented cases of armadillos eating meat and at least one case of an armadillo actively hunting prey
Man, when I was a teen, I made up a predatory bird species that looked like terror bird and hunted by spreading fires to flush out prey. Years later, I learned about terror birds. Decades later, I learned about those Australian birds that use wildfires to flush out prey. If I were to tell modern kids about my creation, they’d find it derivative and lame. It was cool when I was 15!
We don't know for sure that it didn't actually exist though. Maybe some giant bird waited close enough to fire lines to hunt fleeing animals.
@@XSemperIdem5 the problem for me is that someone would look at my made up bird and be like “you just copied terror birds!”
And then everyone clapped
I’m 15 and think this is cool, not derivative or lame :))
@@carpinchipedia7009 well, thank you! 15 year old me thought they were pretty awesome, too.
I really appreciate the artistic effort in the background. Those illustrations are stunningly beautiful & it's soooooo satisfying to watch.
We love 'em too! All done by the amazing Danielle Dufault
Wonderful as usual.
😄👍
@@animalogic love her dearly!
@@animalogic what?! Danielle is also the artist? Awesome, thought she just a host
Yeah Danielle draws these. They showed her drawing in one of their videos.
"The dinosaurs may be long gone but they left the world a vicious legacy"
My favorite quote from walking with beasts. Sums this video up nicely I think.
The prehistoric, ice age ecosystem is some of the most interesting times to me. I've found just how interested I am in the animals that lived during those era's.
These were /way/ before the ice age.
We're sort-of in the middle of an ice age right now: We're in an interglacial period, which is sort of a warm bit of an ice age (The ice has retreated to the polar regions). If humans don't screw things up, we'd be back in full-on ice-age in only 50,000 years.
ya see, if we still had the largest Terror Birds, we'd have no issue explaining to people that birds are in fact theropod dinosaurs
*Glances at fossils and DNA sequencer.*
Cassowaries and harpies though
@@budokhai that's true, don't forget shoebills and secretary birds
@@thewoollyviking5928 well you forgot them so don’t try that joining in like it was your idea tactic.
I’m onto you and your sneaky ways
What sneaky tactic? Stating that birds are dinosaurs? Because that’s a fact. You care to dispute that?
South America has some of the most amazing prehistoric fauna, if you haven’t already I’d highly recommend looking at their unique and awesome paleontological history!
I know there should be a paleo project on South America before the interchange.
Yes. One of the most amazing facts is how marsupials originally evolved in South America, migrated to Australia when those two continents were connected by land, and then marsupials thrived in Australia while they went almost complteley exitinct in South America.
@@gattycroc8073 yess!
@@CSLucasEpic didn’t they use Antarctica to get there? And yeah it’s fascinating and kinda makes them extinction refugees in my opinion.
@@GeorgeTheDinoGuy yup, they did use Antarctica as a land bridge which means Antarctica also has very unique prehistoric flora and fauna like South America and Australia do. It would probably be the strangest of the 3 because even without the deadly cold of modern Antarctica, it would still be in perpetual day and night for half a year which would’ve certainly influenced the evolution of life there. It’s a shame the fossil record is buried under miles of ice
That one time birds tried evolving back into their dinosaur niche.
Aka Murder Chickens
Surprised this isn’t their official name
Bundy Pigeons!
Predator Ostriches
Chickens are murder chickens
Duck Freddy Krueger
Terror Birds are commonly found in the Redwood forest, near the Center of the Island. If you intend on taking or hunting one, be prepared for one heck of an adventure, as the redwood forest is surrounded by a swamp on one side that is home to many snakes and crocodile, and the other a plains where alphas, Theris, raptors, and even rexes can spawn. Even in the forest itself, Dire Bears, Thylacoleos, and other dangerous creatures spawn. Once you’ve found the Terror Bird, try to hit them from afar. If you have a tame such as Argentavis or a Quetzal, you can use it to pluck a terror bird from the pack and bring it to a safer taming area, but doing that exposes you to Thylacoleos that lurk in the shadows, ready to pounce on you. Bring weapons.
F thylas
Bruh you just made an ark tutorial.
Bring tickle chicken! :D
This is cool
Yes, finally.
Most documentaries: "The reign of the dinosaurs ended 66 MYA"
The Terror Birds: "Reports of my demise were GREATLY exaggerated..."
[insert "I lived bitch" meme here]
Their reign lasted until New Zealand become colonized by the Maori people
What drove the terror birds to extinction, was not even mentioned.
@@sonarbangla8711 great Panama exchange
@@ekosubandie2094 are you talking about the Moa or the Haast Eagle.
I actually watched the documentary about the Titanious terror bird once, in which they theorized that the bird used the sharp point of their beak as a type of sledgehammer to either break the spine or the skull of their prey as they were running with an estimated 30 to 60 lb of force. The Terror Bird are my favorite prehistoric creature alongside the spinosaurus!
You killed these beautiful creatures, why?
@@blokin5039 No, he didn't.
I'm from South America and yes I definitely imagine some of my ancestors hiding from terror birds and ground sloths. Oh and completely unrelated, Terror Bird is also the name of an excellent musical project from Canada, highly recommended.
we really need a massive paleo project on South America before the interchange.
The video mentions this was in the Miocene. That epoch was before any humans (any animal of the genus homo) even existed. When this bird lived in South America, all of our ancestors were actually primates living in the trees of Africa.
edit: nevermind, she says they could have been up to 6k years ago. These birds really existed for a long time wow
Terror birds have been extinct for nearly two million years, they definitely never encountered people lol
@@neochris2 The species that lived 6,000 years ago was only 2ft tall, nothing compared to the terror Birds that lived 3 million years ago
I appreciate that these giant terror birds make it easier to see how birds are theropod dinosaurs.
Imagine if this was still around. Your just hiking then a skull crushing 550lb 10 ft Long 6.5 tall bird steps out
*If* early humans tamed, domesticated, trained them, we could be riding them.
They're still around. They're called cassowaries. A little smaller, but just as mean.
Well, at least your done hiking...?
Well to find one you would have to rig up your house with thousands of balloons and fly to where they live...
I hear they like chocolate
The largest known Terror Bird was Kelenken, which grew 13 feet (4 meters) tall.
So that dream I had about the murdering seven foot tall chickens wasn't a dream after all lol. ;) These were phenomenal beasts to say the least. Very reminiscent of predatory dinosaur theropods at least superficially. It's probably for the best that they're still not around. It wouldn't be pleasant to be chased by a giant, hungry death chicken that could easily outrun you.
Yup! Colonel Sanders would have some explaining to do.
They were predatory dinosaur theropods.
@@zenmasterlaughingcloud6068 I know this a joke but hypercarnivores and especially when they are birds are said to taste horrible.
And now we just have that feathery blue bastard, the cassowary.
Ps: Shoebills are awesome. They sound like machine guns, and will accept you if you bow to them. How cool is that? A bird with more manners than some people!
If a shoebill were 8 feet tall...they probably wouldn't be so polite!
@@Name-ps9fx Did you hit your head or something?!
5:19 Nah, no one's ancestors ever faced off terror birds. The ones who did never survived to create descendants!
That's for sure, especially given how silent and perceptive its descendants are, I'm sure they didn't even know one already spotted them and are already beside them to get smashed into the ground.
Thanks!
They are more Similar to a Theropod Dinosaur because, guess what, THEY ARE Theropods
Dang, there are a couple of Siriemas near my grandma's ranch in South Eastern Brasil, I had no idea they were descendants of terror birds. Usually farmers around here do anything to keep them around, as they're incredible at killing snakes. The funny thing is that their legs fold backwards, so when they' eat they just sit on them like a folded lawn chair. Funny little creatures.
Their legs don't fold backwards lol, they just have really high knees and ankles pretty much all birds do. Their knees are covered by feathers so it gives the ankles the illusion of being backwards knees.
They are not "descendants" of terror birds, just the closest living relative. Just like how you are not the descendant of a cousin - you just had a common ancestor.
Anyone playing ARK can account for just how annoying these birds are.
Literally silent when they run & can spot you moving from pretty far away.
also move in group...one attacking and other one will follow the lead
Tyrannosaurs really got back up after the asteroid, slapped on a beak and said “I didn’t hear no bell”
There's a reason I chose this creature as my persona decades ago. Getting pecked by 1 is like being hit by a bec de corbin (a type of polearm or warhammer that was popular in medieval Europe)!
The reason i love this channel so much, are the drawings that you put in the background.
Too bad early humans *didn’t* try to tame, train, domesticate, then ride these birds. *If* they had, these birds *would* still be around and we would be riding them.
Chocobos.
@@mhdfrb9971 almost as stupid as taming wolves!
Oh, wait...
@@TragoudistrosMPH
Except that we didn't exactly tame them ourselves, a few mild mannered ones found it advantageous to hang around.
And you'll notice that with the bird species we've domesticated, they're highly social, to the point their wild counterparts live comfortably around us.
As cool as it'd be terror birds were probably much too aggressive. I could see it being a bond with a single rider sort of thing.
@@ZombieBarioth taming may happened that way; without records we're speculating 🤔 :)
Falconry, and hunting eagles in Mongolia are other examples.
@@ZombieBarioth I can't help but be amused to be speaking of training when your pic is a worm.
Dis you see The Immortal Worm episode of Monster Rancher?
The game was great too!
( The switch rerelease is on sale lol. Are you a living ad trying to make me buy it? Lol)
Disappointed not one Terror Bird has an eponymous name that’s an ode to a classic horror slasher or monster.
Titanis is a pretty badass name though.
Loved the vid!
~_~
'Their deadliness remains unmatched by modern predators.' Somewhere in the oceans, a pod of orcas is laughing.
They exceed their deadliness aplenty. They don't match it.
Totally agree especially for a species that kill for fun.
@@bubbykins4864 Orcas are most certainly the deadliest non-human predator. They hunt blue whales just to eat their tongue.
I think it's a close match. Beak and claws vs. intelligence and cooperation. I would fear a Terror Bird more because of its beak, claws and its stare. Orca's don't have us on the menu anyway
I could beat an Orca on land
Terror birds are so awesome, I love them. Amazing episode!
*If* only they been bred for us to ride, wouldn’t that be something?
It's so cool to see the terror birds and know that the age of dinosaurs actually did last just a little longer than we all think.
I love Daniel’s illustrations
The shoebill is a gentle bird that loves humans, looks can be deceiving
7:38 lmao those birds are sounding like an evil villain 😭🤣🥴. Something’s gonna happen 😭🤣
Is there a known explanation as to why a kelenken's eyes were pointed sideways off the skull, like prey animals such as deers, and ostriches' eyes are front-facing, like a predatory carnivore - yet the ostrich is clearly more of a prey than a predator, and kelenken is thought to be a predator?
Beautiful artwork. I really like your style.
Kelenken Is Life!!
If You Guys Were To Do More Birds Here In The Future, I’d Love To See Ones Like The Haast Eagle, Argentavis, And Kairuku!
Or... Maybe You Could Give Us Some of Those Even Older Birds? Like Giganotosaurus~? Therizinosaurus~?
I loved this amazing video. Absolutely amazing to watch
Great content as usual. But I have to say, placing the figurines in a scene of pebbles, leaves, twigs and blades of grass that come up to their knees really takes he viewer out of perspective as you describe the enormity of these animals. It creates quite a cognitive dissonance
I remember watching these things in a documentary as a kid. To this day, these things terrify me.
Nicely inspiring future archaeologists as always. Many thanks
*paleontologists
You guys did an outstanding job. Very impressive.
terror birds were so called due to their acts of terrorism, such as leaving bombs at subways or driving hijacked vehicles into crowded public spaces
Love this channel. Terror birds are my favorite prehistoric animals.
Alternate title: Pre-Snickers Chocobo.
Cage of Eden, the manga series, introduced me to terror birds. Love it. A must-read!
2:45 I mean, yeah, they WERE theropods. As all birds are.
But yeah, yeah, I get that you mean non-avian theropods.
Great video and i love the narrators style
Terror birds are the cenozoic equivalent of a tyranosaurid
I love this I love this channel has me so pumped I love history
It would have been a time! Can we have a video on the North American Pronghorn?! It is so crazy to see an animal that looks like it is from Africa, running around in Canada!
I’d love a video on the American cheetah. Some of them crossed the Bering Strait and became the cheetah we know today that ranged from Asia to Africa.
Fun fact about shoebills their actually really friendly they will even let you pet then if you bow down to the shoebills.🐤🐤
Man, I used to encounter swarms of them in the redwoods
I still hear the noises they make as they tear me and my newly tamed dodo apart…
Watching the sketch come to life, while listening, is the best. W
finally, somebody is getting my advice that we need more paleontologists in South America.
I'm remembering an old TV show called 'The Future Is Wild'. It was about what the wildlife in the future, after humans had disappeared.
In it Terror Birds did male a comeback.
Literally just dinosaurs.
Considering dinosaurs were feathered, yes.
@@Thekellin1 not all, but yeah. Birds are modern dinosaurs.
Birds are avian dinosaurs. They are the last surviving lineage of dinosaurs....
These birds: Reject flight, return to theropod dinosaur.
I dunno, Canada Geese are still pretty terrifying...lol.
About time u did this
That artist rendering is amazing!
In the Houston Meuseum of Natural Science, of which Dr. Bakker currently serves as the Curator of Paleontology, has a skeleton of one of these "terror birds". It states it is much more likely these birds were vegetarians rather than carnivores. It cites the beak, among other physiological adaptations, as being one more suited to cracking seed shells rather than skulls
those are satan's pet parrots right there 😂
Greetings from Brazil! Seriemas are really commom where I live, I've never imagined they had these terriffying ancestor!
Could you do videos on creatures like chalicotheres, brontotheres, or entelodonts?
How about sea sloths? They were actually a thing.
Terror Birds are my favorite prehistoric creatures. They’re just so fucking cool.
The artwork is almost as mesmerizing as the content 👍
I had that shirt as a kid! Wow, nostalgia. I think I still have it somewhere
But can we ride them?
that dodo hit some muscles
Who makes the prosthetic prehistoric birds ? They're dope 👍
Speaking of seriemas, they should be talked about in the next Animalogic: World of Birds episode.
I wish they were still around, I would train them, form a pack with them, where I would be the alpha, they would follow me when I ride on my bike. It would be awesome!
Love the artwork
☠You were killed by a Terror Bird - lvl 1!
The redwoods are so ghetto
In Australia we had terror bird's too,in KAKADU Northern Territory there is rock painting of a GENYORMS
Well, I live in south America. And to be fair, it still is a strange and dangerous place.
Not as dangerous and strange as Australia.
@@magallanesagustin4952 Australia ecossystem is like the Guided lands of Monster Hunter series.
Your continent supplies women for me to sleep with in Miami
They need to set a “Jurassic Park” type movie in this time period.
Almost like the non-avian dinosaurs but with beaks 😂
Some dinos HAD beaks too...
@@carloshenriquezimmer7543 I forgot, Triceratops totally had a beak lol
Would've liked to have seen more than a glimpse of the full-scale mock-up here with some people standing around it!
Not to mention voth the heaviesz flying bird and largest wingsoan of any bird ever, argentavis and pelagornis also lived in south america, DURING THE "AGE OF MAMMALS" bit to mention probably the largest snake ecer titanoboa
The largest terrestrial Cenozoic carnivore is Barinasuchus. The skull is comparable in size to an Allosaurus skull.
@@MrSea123456 another fact purusuchus and titanobia Wer mostlynin the water but still the largest predator was a reptile, a Land crocodile all modern animals had their largest species in the cenocoic
Haa! 7:28
You can tell they totally love being part of the joke, look at how hard they're laughing.
😄👍
Please eventually cover the Platybelodon. That was just the goofiest looking thing 8 year old me ever first came across in a children's encyclopedia way back when.
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Great pick! These animals were so actually scary!
Those fierce predators, 4:25 look at the cute little baby 🥺
I live in south America and still is q very dangerous place 😂😂😂
I love these guys. I hope there's going to be a video on Seriemas too
ah yes, knowledge.
I was just relaxing and then THE SHOEBILL MADE EYE CONTACT.
They were a nightmare in ark
Ikr they are so fast and powerful but if you tame one it’s so much fun to jump of cliffs with
Paleologic? Pog.
Or as we know them in the Final Fantasy universe, chocobos!
Very interesting
I don't know why I can't stop laughing when a shoebill faces forward
I can't help but feel that having something like these still around would be very amusing... because you know someone would tame one and ride it around like a horse...
Oh dang she's a cutie
I'd wrestle a terror bird - or anything else - for her!