Tricksters, Gardeners, and Wetland Eremites: The Pakardiant Firebirds
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- On Earth, birds are very unique creatures. On Kaimere, there are so many feathery and even flighted animals that the line between flying theropod and bird is not distinguished by most peoples. The firebirds are a Pakardiant clade of toothed birds, with the most famous being the raptorial urvogels such as the great trickster indrakai.
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Serina proved birds could become astounding creatures.
Kaimere proved birds can have complexity in simplicity.
Frigging live this, by the way!
Wise words have been spoken
Thorougly beautiful… that firebird attacking…. Imagine seeing such a regal animal hunting… as the thunder rumbles… as though announcing a monarch….
I know this is an Indrakai video but the thing which I liked the most is Weochetu’ka’s revamp. It’s cool to see a good old handless theropod realised in a niche of a burrowing game specialist.
Thanks! Yeah noasaurs much better fit the niche and evolutionary history I was leaning into. Old abelisaurs are going to be more common in Kairul
After having worked with cockatiels, parrots, and Parakeets in my time at a pet shop, I see these feathered friends and am wanting to pet their heads and give them scritches. I know it wouldn’t end well for my fingers, but the desire is there none the less.
Eh lot of them are more chill than you might think. Long as you can read their body language, which it sounds like you could, they'd be alright especially the more acclimated ones like karakai and jackal birds. Biggest issue is how demanding they are of time and energy
Considering how long the indrakai has existed in your setting, it's great to finally see them fully realized in a video!
Absolutely! It was I think the first spec creature I ever made, back when I was 12. Back then it was a giant species of Archaeopteryx. It went through a bunch of changes, including Pyroraptor (when it picked up the firebird moniker), Deinonychus, and Balaur. Circling back to their original classification definitely feels right though.
@@TalesofKaimereare their any good so call demons
@@TalesofKaimereThe idea of giant, dromaeosaur-like birds definitely reminded me of Baluar
Honestly, I've always wondered that if other maniraptorans had survived to the present day, would we have called them birds as well?
Depends on the clade, but I imagine so. Considering ostriches are called birds wherever they go, I expect a lot of dromies and oviraptorsaurs at least would be.
It's so refreshing to see such well thought out original content. Speculative biology plus mythology and legends surrounding such creatures is just icing on the cake.
It's a shame that we don't have a TV series 😢
A 40 minute video on just firebirds?! Can’t wait to watch the whole thing!
So I just finished the video, and I found it quite impressive! There is so much new information relating towards the firebirds and I enjoyed it all! Did hope we could have seen more on what exactly those firebirds of Keishel were like since you said a few clades unique to the continent did exist, but this was still a great episode!
I'm Wanted New Creatures
"_Poisonous Dinosaurs_"
Look Like Birds
[ Hooded Pitohui Bird ]
"_New Cockatrice_"
It's Not Dromaeosauridae
Because
It's As Oviraptor
[ Other Species ]
1. Oviraptor (Secretary Bird)
2. Corythoraptor (Peacock)
3. Gigantoraptor (Cassowary)
Oh absolutely plan on exploring the Kaishelan clades down the road, but this already ran 38 or so minutes before credits lol
@@TalesofKaimeredemons naturally mutated unnaturally creatures or mutant hybrids
Yup! @marshalmarrs3269
YES.
More on the Trickster birbasaur!
I'm Wanted New Creatures
"_Poisonous Dinosaurs_"
Look Like Birds
[ Hooded Pitohui Bird ]
"_New Cockatrice_"
It's Not Dromaeosauridae
Because
It's As Oviraptor
[ Other Species ]
1. Oviraptor (Secretary Bird)
2. Corythoraptor (Peacock)
3. Gigantoraptor (Cassowary)
@@Doctor_Morgan_X_Asakura_Rikako... what?
"So, what is a 'bird'?"
Kaimeran people: *"Yes."*
Haha yup! We definitely have it easy with such an overt gap between them and their closest relatives.
I love how all your dromeosaurs and firebirds have very upright positions as they stand. It gives them a very cool and somewhat eerie silhouette. I love all of this haha
Thanks man! Yeah it’s based on the idea that, like birds, a reduced caudofemoralis musculature, favoring leg flexibility over speed and power, takes away a lot of the aft-hip weight so they need to rise to balance
What an amazing video, this is certainly one of the best so far. I like how the Croc Demon, whose name I won't attempt to butcher by writing it, is subtly mentioned every time magic or Pakardia comes into the spotlight.
Thanks! Yeah he's definitely a recurring threat to the Pakardiant. Problem with Class III homunculi is you can kill them, but as long as they have at least one more thrall out there, they can basically make that their next 'true form' and reincarnate.
The relationship between karakai and the pakardiant people is super interesting to me. Theres so much potential if the people and little firebirds continue to develope together. I can imagine a hunter leaving their village with five or six karakai companions and working together with them not only to hunt smaller prey but take down larger game as well. The karakai could corral and corner fast moving game, keeping it in place with loud vocalizations and mock charges, while the hunter lines up the shot, or the hunter could keep the attention of a more dangerous game animal, harrasing it with noise and a long spear so its focus never shifts to the small blurs of feathers that keep nipping at it's legs, back, and flanks, their venom doing its work little by little finally bringing it down for the hunter to finish. The karakai get some choice cuts of meat out of this and the hunter gets to take back a prize that will feed their family well. Win win
That's absolutely how many karatoan who specialize in falconry like to hunt!
I am very impressed by the Firebirds, especially the Indrakai. I thought birds were a complex clade ever since I took an Ornithology class in college, but this video just hammered home the point more. The stories about the Yakai spreading throughout a wide a range, the hunting techniques of the Tamakai, the falconry involved with the Karakai, and the power and legends about the Indrakai among the Pakardiant.
Weochetu'ka walks by: Good morning.
Indrakai: Good day, sir.
Indrakai: Wait a minute! What the hell?
Weochetu'ka: Oh no.
Man, the art at 34:32 goes incredibly hard. Especially knowing exactly what they are, they give the vibe of ancient guardian drakes.
the worldbuilding of Kaimere is so good that it's even got in-universe taxonomic discourse. woah.
Always love hearing more about Pakardia, probably my favourite realm.
Certainly is mine
Bird is the word
*nods sagely* indeed
Me watching potentially lifesaving OSHA training at work:
"i sleep"
Me listening to some random guy talk about the ecology of his fictional birds:
"R E A L S H I T ? ? ?"
Macebreaker is a fantastic name btw
Fake birds > safety regulations
I like the new design for the Weochetu’ka!
Thanks! Much prefer it for their ecology and whatnot
I do too, If a documentary for this setting happens a fight between an Indrakai and a Weochetu’ka is required
@@TalesofKaimere I think that they really fit being a dauschund like animal, but I was a bit confused about their taxonomy, are they still an albelisaur or are they a more basal ceratosaur?
@@Stooltoad5017indred
40 minute episode. We’re eating good today.
Kaimere really has the best roster of mammals and dinosaurs I have ever seen
This was great! I love the indrakai and karakai especially
So we finally talk about the Firebirds! The results: awesome!
finally i have been waiting for a video on fire birds for so long thank you so much for making this me and my aunt watch this youtube channel ever monday and she loves the fire birds she says its her favorite creature in your project
I'm so glad to hear it!
I really love the design of that newly introduced ceratoraur
Firebird: It's Blazing time!
I like the myths. The one with short-arms dude especially reminds me of actual myths I've read(at least, I've read simplified versions). Really cool art too!
Thanks! I’ve always loved folklore
lt's very nice to know that there are fabadonts that are still managing to hold out in Pakardia
I whant some Fire bird whit a complete beak, this whill be the perfect predator between terror birds and raptors.
I miss some painel whit the small birds of kaimere, o love then so much, they deser this Mr. Kennan, listen this humble words.
Great video, honestly, when You mentioned symbolics of Raptorial Urvogels, I was expecting Yakai to represent smoke
wow, a 40 minute video? on firebirds? thats LIT
ay haha see what you did there
40 MINUTES????? Oh this is gonna be good...
How detrimental is the venom if a karakai trainer is bitten by their companion?
Edit: Also does the venom left behind in prey have any effect on humans when ingested? If so, do the pakardiant have a special way of preparing meat that karakai companions have envenomated?
Although this is hardly related to this specific video, I can't wait to hopefully see more paleozoic descended fauna from Kaimere
I mean he did mention woolly Fabodonts in the Tamakai segment 18:04
13:13 glad that our man bring back the garikee unicorn🍷🦄
The Garikee Unicorn are natural enemies of Fire Birds after all. Especially Indrakai. Don’t let the Assembly fool you! I SaW OnE OnCe wItH My OwN EyEs1!
@@Stooltoad5017 yeah, indrakai solos garikee unicorn with low difficult🦅
Prior to watching: This is going to be a good one! I've waited for firebirds for a long, long time. And it's a massive episode which is even better.
damn.... lost it arms to humans.
poor ceratosaurid
Are there any plans to make an episode about the natural history of Pakardia?
No, although I would be very open to it if a sponsor came my way!
A series on the fossil record of certain places could be fun. Pakardia, the Permian islands/continent, and Kaishel all have unique fossil records that could be explored. It would probably be a higher tier sponsorship for such a large episode but I still think it could be worth exploring.
Nice episode. Absolutely love the lore on the birdhating disarming Ceratosaur!
After watching (and rewatching some of the segments):
1) Yeah, this is a confirmed awesome episode. Indrakai is for me the number 1 most iconic animal in Tales of Kaimere. It and the other raptorial urvogels have been favourites of mine for a long time and Pakardia is my favourite part of the Known World so its always nice when an episode is focused there.
2) I like that recent episodes feature some flora alongside the animals. I'm assuming you plan on chipping away at plants whenever possible until you get sponsorship for an episode dedicated to them.
3) The Weochetu'ka segment was really interesting. I like the mythology and the redesign. I see noticed that you remade it into that burrowing predatory noasaurid you sketched at some poit last year, iirc. Was wondering if you were gonna use that concept. So now noasaurids are established in the Known World, while abelisaurids are on Kairul?
1. Thank you! It was obviously a lot of work but man I'm so happy with how it came together. Definitely my favorite kaimere creature. Several others like hukolgur and uktan are up there, but it helps that indrakai was the first spec creature I made and has the title of trickster, my favorite folklore archetype.
2. Hoping to sprinkle some in here and there. Plants have and never will be my passion or focus, but I feel like their development is bringing a lot to make the world feel more full and lived-in.
3. Oh for sure. Have actually had that change in mind for a couple years now, this was just the first time going public with it. Felt weird doing the an'garu with a design I knew was going to change but I didn't have time at that point to make the update yet since they're the an'garu's main predator it would have been odd to not include them. Abelisaurids are now in Kairul, and noasaurs will likely be found in both the continents of the known world and in Kairul.
@@TalesofKaimere I absolutely understand what you mean about the plants. Compared to animals they are not my thing, but I definitely appreciate them more after some of the botany classes in university. And developing them to a certain extent, definitely benefits your setting, because they are a landscape-defining part of the world. Knowing more about the flora aids your readers/viewers in imagining the habitats you are talking about. And obviously you'll never have to develop every little stem of grass that could possibly exist in Kaimere. The most crutial ones are the habitat-defining and other common species, the agricultural plants, plants with cultural importance (in folklore and such) and perhaps also some major herbs and stuff like that (and some of these factions would overlap). That's still a whole bunch of plants, but seems manageable in the long run, being, imo, the essential amount that can benefit the setting. Beyond that it doesn't matter much if you don't design a 102 species of dandelions that are found on Kaimere, for example.
I’ve been waiting for this video since the day I found this channel. This’ll be fun and a great way to learn more about birds in general.
Makes sense to not separate "true" birds from the rest if the latter are still alive. Wonder what our attitudes would be like if our bipedal relatives stuck around.
Pretty Birbs.
I’m really liking the additional plant details when the animal requires them.
The occasional cryptid based a species is such a great detail
Rather glad you said that the Indrakai’s howl sounds like a loon because loon’s calls are way too distinctive not to call it out
This episode is of course one of the most major, crossing point, unavoidable and important one of all the channel, due to the fact it speak and describe about the Indrakai, one of if not THE MOST Iconic animal from "Tales of Kaimere" universe !
As well than its family and close kin.
It's a brick supporting and consolidating the channel and Tales of Kaimere books as a whole, as well than the others episode about the few others most Iconic species such the Uktan and Kurujaku in the "Megaraptoran of Kaimere" episodes, or the "Silent Ones" episode.
Absolutely! In some ways it is odd that it took so long to get around to something so iconic, but honestly I'm glad. I feel the past year I've gotten a lot stronger with episode structure and all that, so having something even as fundamental and iconic to the project taking its time to bake as it were is definitely a good thing
❤❤❤ good video is amazing you proyect is AMAZIIIIIIN!!!
Thank you so much!
There are truly no words.
Always nice to get such an in-depth video
Weochetu'ka: GIVE ME BACK MY ARMS!
I had trouble picturing a voice to use for Indrakai when I was reading Tricksters Gambit. In the end I ended up with Q’s voice, but even that felt a little off
The Indrakai is, whithout any doubts, the species of Kaimere from which you draw and made most illustrations and pictures showing it, whatever colored or in black-and-white !
And the best, is that most if not all of the illustrations you made since the creation/beginning of your UA-cam channel and DeviantArt account still stand up pretty good and strongly !
As you yourself said it several times, the Indrakai never received true redesign, more and mostly minors upgrades/precisions that anything else.
Outside colorations from the differents colored illutrations, which are all valid colomorph that the species can wear, the overall appearance and shape never truly change themselves.
(reason to why, in good part, being that you completely based and just take a very accurate Dromaeosaurid reconstruction you yourself made, your own take of Deinonychus, that you basically used for the Indrakai, since it was mean at the very start to be a true Domaeosaurid, until it was repurposed as a true archaic bird, but being as a dromaeosaurid analog-convergent evolution animal, there was very few and very minors edits to made, so that they are barely visible to everyone).
And yet, the Indrakai is as well one of the most deeply developped and explored animal of Kaimere you made so far too !
Ironic that if most of the major, most important developpements of the species came and was about the Lore around this animal than on the animal itself ! XD
Amazing episode. I always wanted to know more about Firebirds, but I never thought they'd be so diverse and fascinating.
Although, the Indrakai being the last of it's specie is just sad.
They are probably the most amazing link between birds and theropods.
But I have a question if you don't mind.
How threatened are the Firebirds?
The firebirds aren’t particularly threatened. Now that they’ve acclimated to mainland and mammal competition, they’re doing much better. Indrakai are competitively excluding leopards from much presence in the highlands, for example.
Another thing I'd like to mention. The redesign on the Weochetu'ka is very good and a lot more fitting considering how you describe them hunting. The face crests would have gotten in the way, and the paddle shaped tail would be unnecessary. Saying all this, I still like the older design a lot( I could make both versions as figurines!). On a different note, it reminds me of how you did the redesign on the Alar. Honestly, I'm going through my screenshots, I must say that I really like both versions of that animal too! The first version's look reminds me of the velocidrome from Monster Hunter.
I like the old Alar too. The new one makes more sense for what it is meant to be, but I still like the old design.
@Stooltoad1401 I outta make both of them in figurine form too. Have them stand side by side!
This would be an amazing world to explore!
of all the species in kaimere, which ones would you say deserve a single species episode?
I'd really like to do one on the kurajaku. Has had a bunch of segments, but never a focal episode
Many of the larger crocodiles could use one too, many of them show up in videos but none get their own video. I hope to change that one of these days.
another W for that,thanks to this legit episode!
Indrakai is my favourite kaimeran species
Same
Awesome... just well and truly awesome.
Hey, I've commented before and forgot to thank you for this amazing episode!
And do you mind telling me how leopards and firebird could niche partition when they live together?
Thanks! So I briefly discussed this, but generally the two do not share a range as Indrakai tend to be competitively exclusive. Indrakai are more common in the highlands, while leopards are more common in the lowlands.
The Tamakai immediately made me think of the Dromeaosaur (definitely not snow leopard) hunt in Prehistoric Planet.
Heck yeah!
Such high quality art and videos
Thank you!
how deep is this episode though?
I'm like the dwarves of Moria digging too greedy and too deep
@@TalesofKaimereThe Assembly may not take kindly to your dwarf digging lol.
good vid but do you have plans for more owls?
Yes, several. Just haven’t had time to draw all of them
sweet and also the velvet worms and relatives too right?@@TalesofKaimere
About the Pakardiant legends/myths and stories about the the Great Trickter Spirit Indrakai, if most is obviousely not real and created from process of mouth-to-ears, it however very incredible and ironic that the last/youngest story, the "Prophecy" of the Kodrakai skin-changers, end up becoming true...
...in the Novel "The Lost Hellfighter" !!!! (no spoils but nice teasing ;) )
It is indeed a bit of a heads-up for that story!
A phenomenal video on one of the most unique and captivating clades in Kaimere! The Makhos is an instant favorite for me.
Question: Do you know if fishermen in Pakardia or the Seridic Wetlands train/work with Limnedolarakos like historic practices in China?
Yes, there are trained makhos to help corral fish, using the same basic principles of falconry.
And Indrakai took Sonjaku’s fur.
I saw these on Instagram and loved them
The Morningstar Pine is the biggest pine to ever be, I mean an almost foot tall, my gosh.
I wonder how much the other Archedolorakos species differed from modern Indrakai? That half ton species seems like it would interesting to learn more about even if they are extinct.
banger episode
Thanks!
I wonder what penguins in Kaimere are like? I love penguins
I have several species planned. They aren’t as abundant or diverse as on Earth due to more competition in their niche, but they’re doing pretty well especially in Kaishel
@@TalesofKaimere South Pole on Earth and South Pole on Kaimere. That's somewhat hilarious!
Great Video :)
What would happen if someone managed to smuggle a Kamarian organism to earth?
The people in question would probably get something along the lines of the Men. In. Black treatment
It has certainly been attempted and likely succeeded. Lot of money to be had in interplanetary smuggling as long as you're alright with the risks (if the guards catch you that's a steep sentence)
But what would happen to the ecology of earth, if it managed to get into the wild, say a viable (for assustainable population) amount of cockatrice eggs were smuggled through, and they escaped into the wild? (other than it becoming an invasive species) and how would the scientists of earth react, (my best guess would be extreme confusion and wondering how there could have been that long of a ghost lineage in such a recent part of the fossil record), and how would Kaimeren's react to one of their species causing havoc on Earth?@@TalesofKaimere
Three questions first how many types of enantionithines were brought that are still around? Second when will we see the largest types of indrikia? Third how are scansoriopteridgids doing?
Are there any morphological differences between small prey hunting firebirds and big game hunting firebirds
The face of the indrakai redesign looks a little weird honestly, which is odd considering the rest of the firebirds are looking great and the old indrakai face was spectacular.
Edit: and the kodrakai all look great as well... odd
Firebirds are one of my favourite elements of Kaimere. Their concept inspired me to create similar creatures descending from balaur although I went in designing them more in the direction of new zealand birds and megaraptorans rather than dromies and owls. Also I am curious how many times weochetuka got redesigned ?
Thanks! Goodness it must have been redesigned a dozen times since they were first a rauisuchian almost 20 years ago
@@TalesofKaimere Hope this one is the last. Because with so many redesign, I guess you must yourself be pissed off even a little and sick of it.
To remade a species because the needs of the setting, or any other reasons.
Great episode as always
But I really liked the appearance of Weochetu'ka from the An'garu episode, also for as long as I remember, Weochetu'ka was a semi-aquatic species, what is the reason for this change
How did Indrakai win the contest of strength against Weochetu'ka?
A trick of course. Couldn’t win a fair test
Was the indrakhos inspired unenlagines, and are any of them (unenlagines) still extant in Arvel or did firebirds outcompete them?
It was partially inspired by unenlagines, yes.
I have to say, I am surprised by the total diversity of fire birds, I can’t say I expected an Anhinga firebird either. (Thing looks like it may have snorted things it probably shouldn’t of).
I do wonder, if Indrakai are Sophont/nearly sophont I wonder what they think of the Parkardiant? I’d be surprised if it is positive but I would not know. New Parkardiant myths are always a pleasure as well.
The anhinga birds have been a basic concept for a while and it was a great opportunity to finally commit them to more than quick sketches!
There are differing opinions. It isn't well known by Pakardiant, but considering indrakai seem to generally avoid settlements, it's assumed the opinion isn't overwhelmingly positive. They are much more acclimated in the highlands, and it's worth noting the only known man-eaters are stressed animals in the lowlands.
@@TalesofKaimeremakes sense.
Are weochetu’ka abelisaurids? I know you call them ceratosaurids but I didn’t know if that’s a different context in Kaimere. Would love to know more about their family.
From what I can find they are no longer Abelisaurs but are now Noasaurids. I can’t say I know much about them but from what other people are saying they are another group of Ceratosaurids. Abelisaurs are somewhat diverse on Kairul.
bro you ahoyld consider the new dinosaur that was a relative of microraptor that jad bat like wings .... so dragons!!!!
About what is and isn't a Bird, and about Birds' classification/phylogeny, I think we can made a simple yet easily understandable concensus which reach both public/people general's opinion and scientists studies, discoveries and phylogenetic trees they made.
To begin with, "Birds" as a word is a term, a VAGUE term. This is why, as all others famous name as Elephants, Crocodiles or Sharks, these terms are more and more view and accepted since several years to refer not to a precise family or clade of animal, but more to all the entire group/(Surper-)order to which they belong.
And this is why most people accept and reconized, in order to still differenciate and made apart the differents clades and lineages within the groups, hat they are several KIND/TYPES of a specific catagery of animals.
Here, for birds, its now more and more accepted, that their several kinds/types of birds. Differents sub-categories which aren't natural grouping BUT instead natural waves of evolution of the group as a whole.
And which display/show (in the big lines and allowing sake of simplicity, yet in a precise and very educative way), the overall (Physical) Evolution and Transitions that birds have undergo since their first accepted ancestor.
Here, for Birds, things are generally today accepted as following :
- "True Birds are all members of the Clade Avialae.
Avialae is defined to be the clade containing birds, hence the name meaning "bird wings", and especially defined to be the Clade and starting point where birds have evolved and split from Troodontidae and (Eu)dromaeosauridae, both inside the Clade Paraves.
With the earlist/first members of it being the first/common ancestors to all birds.
There overall 3 categories of Birds.
The First/Early one is the so-called "Dino-Birds" or "Dinosaurs Birds".
Which is all groups that are inside the Clade Avialae but outside the Clade Avebrevicauda.
Because they (still) look like Non-Avian Theropods Dinosaurs but with/have feather on them, fly and are more arboreal for the most part.
Basically, every groups with members look like typical thropod dinosaurs with the geenric theropod shape with feathers on them.
Meaning every groups with members looking like Anchiornis or Archaeopteryx, the latter one being a good model (used) to give a good view about the general appearance of most members of this category.
The Second group is the "Archaic Birds".
Which is all groups inside the Clade Avebrevicauda (and especially Ornithothoraces) but outside the Clade Aves.
Because they almost all, for the most part, look like Modern/Extant Birds in overall physical shape, to a point that most could be mistaken with Modern Birds at first glance, but still retaining in many archaic traits, these being either teeth and/or developped claws at their wings
This include lineages such Enantiornithean, Ichtyornithes, Hesperornithes or Vegaviidae.
And, finally, the Third and Last group is the "Modern Birds", or "Extant Birds", or "Living Birds"
Which is all groups inside Aves.
Because they are the most derived and only surviving group of Birds that managed to make it into Modern Times, currently. Hence the main vernacular names and precise terms of Modern, Extant or Living applied to this group.
Which I think and myself agree that is a reasonable and acceptable view, denomination and simplification to use and to give a good and understandable view of "Birds" as a order and their evolutionary path and history.
Also because the precise name/term of "True Birds" was and isn't to this day really applied to the (group of) Modern Birds.
And also is very missleading if used to refer to this clade in particular.
Because the term "true" imply that these animal are the only true animals of their category, meaning and heavily implying that they evolved and appeared suddenly already like they are, with all theri modern and derived traits. And implying that they never face the process of Evolution.
Which is impossible, since evolution is what lead to a category of animal in the first place.
And, most important, also imply heavilly, by saying that, that Modern Birds directly evolved from Non-Avian Dinosaurs.
Like Modern Birds such a Chicken, Turkey, Eagle or a Songbird all both directly descend from an animal like Deinonychus, Velociraptor, Troodon or Stenonychosaurus...
This is why primitives and archaic forms, to make transition between the two kinds-types of animals, which must obviousely exist, must be take into account and considered as True Birds with Modern Birds.
(and also, why we would bother to made restricted and made exclusive a thing in such way for Modern Birds, when we have very close related/relatives animals that look extremely like them at the exception of very few and minors differences ?)"
And, so about Firebirds, they definitively fit and are in the "Dino-Birds" category, because they look more to dinosaurs than to the others true birds, while being true birds themselves.
Weochetu'ka are ceratosaurs now? why the change? Are abelisaurs still diverse in kaimere?
It has been in the making for along time. The original design will be reused for a genus on Kairul, so I assume they are still somewhat diverse there. I can’t explain exactly why, but it may have to do with the fact he is revising some designs and figured a ceratosaur would be better for the niche than an Abelisaur.
They were always ceratosaurs, since abelisaurs are ceratosaurs themselves. Woechetu'ka used to be an abelisaurid, but Keenan has now made them a noasaurid instead. With that he decided that there will be no more abelisaurids in the Known World. They are however still found in Kairul. In contrast noasaurids will probably end up being present in Pakardia, Arvel, Ni'Khar and possibly Kairul. Atleast that's the current plan but don't take it as solid canon until a video covering them. Hopefully Keenan will discuss the reasons behind the extinction of abelisaurids in the Known World in the video on Tikakatik at the end of the month. In the meantime my guess would be that they didn't recover from the Dynastic extinction and noasaurids subsequently filled their niche in these continents.
Have you ever thought about any art evolution videos? Tho im unsure if you have enough significant changes in animals.
In the RPG Werewolf The Apocalypse the Ananasi can transform into a swarm of spiders, would this be possible in the Kaimere universe? Sorry for possible English errors, I'm using Google Translate
It translated well! Yes there are shapeshifters that can take the form of many insects and other small creatures
Lovely episode keenan all aspects of this is amazing although I think it would cool to update the creature glossary and all the other glossaries in your first anthology also I gotten your first book I haven't read all of ( I only read death walks on broken wings which is really entertaining) but I am going to read all of it, After that I'm will tell my options on book also despite the weochetu'ka being recon to be ceratosaur you new is really amazing and can't wait for their ecology videos ( also are abelisaurs still present in kaimere? Just asking )
Abelisaurids are now going to be restricted to Kairul. Noasaurids like the woechetu'ka are now the only ceratosaurs in the known world.
can you tell which clade keenan is most fond of?
i didn't know eremite was another name for hermit, so i ended up reading the title very wrong,,,,, tricksters, gardeners, and wetland deserts
lol yeah it's not a super common word. Maybe should have just gone with hermit
[ Extra Wanted ]
New Griffin (Terror Bird)
Phorusgriffin Europus
- Height 219 c.m.
- Eating Doedicurus
- Argentavis Killer
- Because
- New Terror Bird Can Flight Too
- Fastest Run Among Terror Bird
- Movement 120 k.m./hour
- Same Speed Like Cheetah
Wow, this is a long episode.This means more content Just asking if you received my fanart of komu ka bawe?
I sure did! Is in my file for next week's episode
@@TalesofKaimereThe Komu is my favorite Kaimeran Theropod. Glad to see it is getting its own video next week.
How and when did the Seridic snakebird reach the known world and how did the aquatic firebirds fair when true waterfowl arrived in pakardia
1. Would probably have flown up within the past few million years.
2. Some were outcompeted, some outcompeted true waterfowl.
@@TalesofKaimere during after the end of the anchored period
Wish i could skin change into an indrakai looks like it would be cooll
How do you come up with the Binomial names of the lovely creatures of Kaimere?
Thank you! I took Latin back in middle school and kept up a lot with that and Ancient Greek. I’m not by any means fluent but it helps come up with binomials
Since when did the weochetu'ka become a ceratosaur?
And when did they get a redesign
Has been for a couple years, only recently got around to actually designing it
Random Question :
1- 29:04 and 30:35 : Let me guess, the Weochetu'ka design from the Angaru's episode is repurposed for an apart semi-aquatic Abelisaurid species only occasional on Pakardia, while this new design in this episode now represent the current and definitve design of the (true) Weochetu'ka/Rahrak which is now exclusively endemic to Pakardia. Right ?
2 - 27:21 : To wich species of Cervavitus this doe that the Indrakai is grappling belong ? The Strident Deer, Red Stag or Red Elk ?
3 - Can we said that the first/old Karaikai's design (seen here 35:23) represent a abberant specimen, under a disease or some kind of mutation affecting its feather on its tail ?
1. Nope. No more abelisaurids in the known world. Noasaurs are taking their place. That design will be at least partially used for Kairulan abelisaurids, though I'm not sure how precisely considering their skin had feature scales not osteoderms and therefore wouldn't be in orderly rows.
2. That particular one is a red elk
3. No. It's a drawing made by an Assembly illustrator who only briefly saw one, or didn't have a good taxidermy reference.
@@TalesofKaimere Nice !
1. Ok for the Abelisaurid being present at Kairul mainly, and that all the 7 species of Abelisaurid you have created so far being now Noasaurid.
Here, of course, let say that Assembly's Naturalists once thought to be them Abelisaurid and only find out recently that they were Noasaurs in reality very recently.
And about how a mess of differents high and numerous illustrations changes for Pakardiant animals that occured since some years, let say it because the Highland of Pakardia, which mean almost all Pakardia itself, have only been explored very recently by the Assembly and as such, all this illustrations were based on rumors and undirect testimonies.
About osteoderms not be in orderly rows, think that 66-65 mya of evolution is a very long time, and true Abelisaurid could perfectly have radiate in a way to have their osteoderm in orderly rows to better resist and face bigger predators attacks, given that there more at the same time and locations large theropods clades on Kaimere, while on Earth, were they once used to lived in Gondwana, they always faced 1 single other large theropod clade in the same time and locations.
Either Carcharodontosaurid or Megaraptors.
Here, on Kaimere, there was always more than 1 clade of large theropod or large predators animals, that they must face.
Kairul is a good place to show it, with Abelisaurid facing 3 clades of giants predators in the same time : Megarptors, Giant Eudromeosaurs and Giant Entelodont, both with jaws and claws pretty effectives.
2. Super ! Was asking that because Cervavitus genus and its three species distribution range is quite a confusing mess, even currently.
3. Yeah, that is a valid explanation to explain and resolved the inconsistency that the old design and redesign can made. Which is avoided here.
WAKE UP BABE KAIMERE DROPPPPP
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