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@@amosbackstrom5366 there are giant sloth bones that have been found in Brazil along the border of Peru that had been worked by humans to become tools. So yes it's extremely likely that they lived along one another.
A tiger that primarily hunted deer? Makes alot of sense why the Caspian Tiger was so fast and had good stamina. Would’ve been a truly scary beast to see in the forest.
Actually deer is one of the main prey of Bengal tigers and Siberian tigers. So basically every kind of tiger on earth is scary to encounter in a forest/jungle.
I didn't know some of these extinctions are actually quite recent. I had assumed they were long gone. I wish some of them reached the invention of photography so we could at least see what they looked like.
4:44 Interesting fact: Just like Poland is the last refuge for the European Bison, it was the same for the Aurochs too. The last Aurochs to ever exist was a lonely female who died in 1627 in Jawtorók forest, Kingdom of Poland; King Sigismund III honoured her death by covering her horns with gold. The skull was kept as a national treasure in the city till the Swedes invaded the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during The Deluge Wars and was looted by the Royal Army of Sweden. Nowadays a monument in Jaktorók tells the story and the skull is currently located in Stockholm.
Portugal recebeu este ano uma manada de bisontes europeus com o propósito de reintroduzir a especie em Portugal. Se bem me lembro eles vieram da tua zona da Europa 😊
@@AncientWildTVas for why, she was the last of her kind. A beast that has been side by side with us from the beginning, wiped from the earth in one day... Why wouldn't you honor her so?
When Aristotle wrote about lions attacking people, he stated that the lions (not the people) had bad dental health meaning they could not hunt proper prey any more
@@vegetalover9297it's called paleo rewinding which basically means bringing back extinct animals through genetic engineering to fill niches and improve ecosystems. It's still in the center of a major ethical debate as to whether it should be done due to the potential damage that it could cause if not handled correctly and the difficulty of understanding the effects of reintroducing species will have on the habitats
You got it reversed. The lions didn't prey upon people who were elderly or had bad dental hygiene. Lions with bad dental hygiene or who were elderly preyed on the people.
Since Japan's history is actually much more recent compared to China, the animals that people saw in old Japan that are extinct, are much, much more recently extinct. Like the Japanese wolf, which was only exterminated in the Meiji period. The Jomon probably saw a lot more extinct animals, but the Jomon aren't exactly what most people think of when they think old Japan lol
@@DodoBirb Because cloning things back from the dead hasn't even successfully worked yet, so we shouldn't be falling back on that option as some sort of safety net. That should be a last-ditch resort in the event that the worst does happen, nothing more.
@@diademadiademoni202with all the un explored caves in the world; I wouldn’t be surprised if died out way later than everyone thought or might even still exist
I like how this video goes "The ancient greeks hunted this animal but respected it, representing it in art and literature!" and then "The romans captured thousands every day, starved them nearly to death, put them in pits to kill the poor and be killed by the rich for entertainment! This may have contributed to it's extinction!"
This July I visited Italy as part of an art class trip, and one place I won’t forget was this tiny museum inside a library in Florence. By that time I’d been seeing nothing but art history, so I decided with my mom to look for natural history museums. When I say it was tiny I mean was TINY, only two rooms. But oh my god it did not disappoint. It had ancient hominid remains and even a cave bear skeleton, but the thing that struck out the most to me was this aurochs skull that we could TOUCH. Apparently they had so many in the archives that they felt comfortable with letting the public touch them!
There's actually good evidence to suggest that these lions and tigers definitely were more aggressive towards humans than they are today. Lions and tigers over thousands of years have learns that humans are not food and are meant to be feared. These ancient cats had very little exposure to humans thousands of years ago and hadn't quite figured out that we're not food, yet.
What I know is that tigers despise modern humans with a passion. Because of the level of intoxication humans have, we must have a horrible reek to highly sensitive animals. A siberian tiger could easily just take you down out of spite, and not eat you at all.
ah olá compatritota, me pergunto se o extinct vai fazer um vai fazer um vídeo focando nos nossos(a corujinha nordestina ainda me deixa deprê T-T) , o All.about.nature focou no mico leão dourado em um de seus vídeos
7:20 Predators have always been an issue that armies have had to deal with. Especially with the amount of carrion they generate. Famously in February 1917, the Eastern Front reportedly declared a cease fire to deal with a superpack of wolves. And despite having machine guns, hand grenades and rifles, they still couldn’t get rid of the wolves. And when you consider those armies had access to modern tech and still couldn’t deal with the problem, imagine what an ancient era army had to deal with.
@@pietropes1322Saltwater crocodiles were a huge issue during the Pacific War, and there were several incidents where whole units were wiped out by them.
@@AncientWildTV hopefully we won't get rid of them all. If we humans would have it our way, the only animals left would be housecats, dogs, cattle and all the pests we can't get rid of like flies, mosquitos and such. A completly ruined wildlife. But we humans will probably be the most deadly extinction event happening in history.
@@pietropes1322 I talked with a Vietnam veteran in in the 90s who told me a story about a guy on a patrol yelling and shooting his M-14. The rest of the troop found him with a dead tiger.
Also, I think that’s funny how Xerxes was taken aback by lion attacks. It’s not like his kingdom didn’t have the Asiatic/Persian lion, _Panthera Leo persicus_ in a greater population than today. Now they’re isolated to Gujarat, in west India. But the Asiatic subspecies’ bloodlines definitely influenced the lions of Anatolia, the Levant, and the eastern Mediterranean.
Guys, he mistakenly said that. He meant lions with poor teeth, or teeth missing became man eaters, as their teeth weren’t strong enough to hunt their natural prey,but was enough to take down humans with soft and fragile skin.
Just as great as I thought it would be. Also glad that while not explicitly mentioned, Surus and the Syrian subspecies of elephant got a mentioned in passing.
A horse-sized tiger is the type of thing to stalk my dreams at night! If that thing wanted you - you're done - there is no escape, there is no resistance. You are done.
Imagine that mankind decided that animal was a threat. Where is it now? Imagine mankind decided the short faced bear was a threat. Where is it now? Imagine a dog built like a bear, makes the kitty look cute. But mankind has out competed the entire planet. If orcas keep sinking boats they might be next... They dont even know what they are messing with.
Do a video on what extinct animals early European Americans saw. Examples the Passenger pigeon, Carolina parakeet, California grizzly bear, Florida wolf, Caribbean monk seal, Mexican grizzly bear, Heath's hen, Ivory-billed woodpecker, Xerces blue butterfly, etc.
@@jancyvargheese5351 Yes, historically all parts of the US had wolves, not just Florida. And yes, I'm pretty sure Californian and Mexican grizzly bears differed from one another. They lived in different habitats and had different dietary options available to them. For example, the Californian grizzlies scavenged by the coast for marine organisms, whereas Mexican Grizzlies ate different things, since they lived near the desert.
The North African Elephant was smaller than the Indian Elephant because there are many accounts of them being terrified at the size of the latter which the west Asian successor states used, such as the Seleucids. They weren't directly used by Roman Republic's armies, but they did employ mercenary units of them.
And they got replaced by helicopters. Bring in the calvary! How many elephants can a chopper gun down? I guess thats why the menutia of history matters much less than the larger concepts weve learned from. Side note. Not a single horse exists on earth that wasnt manipulated by mankind. They used to be food before we found out we could genetically alter them to support a human rider.
Alexander first encountered Indian elephants in modern day Northern Iraq at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, years before he entered India. Also the elephants Pyrrhus used at Heraclea against the Romans were Asian elephants, gifted to him by his father-in-law Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt.
Hey bro i see you changing up your video's presented picture alot actually, and i am so often impressed by how much effort you go to just to make it look good. Good stuff dude
That sounds like an intrguing idea. But now Im wondering what animals would the vikings have seen, that were not included in this video. The only ones that come to mind are the Icelandic walrus and great auk. Probably still worthy of video though.
@@tvbnine793 Yes but the whole theme of this is extinct animals the Ancient romans and Greeks saw. So a video about what extinct animals the vikings saw would not include wolves and bears. As they are not extinct.
Most of the art is about 500-600 years old at most. Those are classical paintings from the Renaissance. But yes. Because education isn’t profitable, so why bother making an exception for that material? Easier to treat it as explicit.
Most of UA-cam's censorship and demonetization stuff is all AI algorithm based. It doesn't know the difference between a picture made 500 years ago and one made 5 minutes ago.
I would like to see a video on the extinct animals the ancient Mayans and Chinese saw, as well as a video on the extinct animals European explorers and American pioneers saw
First, I'm sixty years old, meaning I'm probably twice as old as you, plus a few years. Your ignorance gives away your age. Second, Israel has a lot of secret admirers around the world which you are obviously unaware of. Suggest you get over to Prager University and start to undo the bullshit which was poured down your empty cranium in the last twelve years of public skrewl.....
Just found this channel and i am absolutely hooked. Been telling everyone at work too. I love hearing about extinct animals, its fascinating and makes me appreciate how we got here. Our prehistoric family members are so cool and mysterious ❤
The ancient Greek authors believed that the African elephant was smaller than the Asiatic one, which sounds a bit odd at first. But they were actually writing about the north African elephant which was indeed smaller. The African elephant we know today wasn't known to the ancient Greek and Roman world due to the barrier that the Sahara desert posed.
Yeah I thought that was weird, especially since even the African elephants alive today are actually smaller than they used to be due to poaching targeting the bigger and larger males and reducing the genes to the smaller ones.
Some impressive and well-presented research here. Very interesting. I think the singular form of aurochs is still aurochs and Pliny is not pronounced Pline-y, but Plin-y. It is now common to use BCE and CE in scientific research.
This is such an awesome topic i had no idea aurochs lasted so long before extinction! Or that lions were in European so late, and I'd never heard of the caspian tiger!
It's a shame the Romans didn't invent football or rugby to feed their psychotic bloodlusts and instead they chose to drive these magnificent beasts into extinction.
A very good piece and I say thanks especially for the part about the dwarf elephants and their times. The only Caspian Tiger ever kept in captivity out of Asia was until 1911 in the Zoological garden, Berlin. I'll keep an eye for this content. All the best from Northern Germany Ludwig.
Imagine if Cave Bears, Sabertooth Cats, Wooly Mammoths, Wooly Rhinoceroses, and Irish Elk didn't went extinct? Or if the empires existed in the Pleistocene?
wow, what a fascinating video! it's incredible to think about the animals that existed in ancient times. however, I still wonder if the narrative surrounding these extinct creatures might be a bit exaggerated; like, could it be that the Romans and Greeks didn't see as many unique species as we think they did? it seems like every discovery gets romanticized a bit too much, don’t you think?
great video! i really appreciate the effort you put into showcasing the extinct animals from ancient times. it’s fascinating to think about what the Romans and Greeks experienced. however, i can’t help but wonder if we might be romanticizing their knowledge of these creatures. i mean, did they really understand extinction in the same way we do today? some of their interpretations might be a bit skewed, don’t you think?
The one Elephant that crossed the alps that wasnt a North African Elephant was a Syrian Elephant. A much larger and more robust species that was also driven to extinction by Rome. His name was Surus.
wow, this video is really fascinating and you did a great job highlighting the ancient world! however, i can't help but wonder if the depiction of these extinct animals is a bit romanticized. it seems like there's a tendency to imagine them as larger-than-life creatures without considering the potential ecological impacts they had back then. what do you think?
Didn’t u already make a video like this? I only ask because I remember saving a video with the exact same title and thumbnail style to my watch later that’s been sitting there for months🤔
I really struggle to believe that an unarmed human, no matter how strong or combat experienced they are, could take down a full grown lion. Unless the lion was drugged or injured beforehand I just don't see how a human would stand a chance with no weapons.
according to google, the caspian tiger went extinct in 2003, literally 4 years before i was born 😭, I would've known about it in my childhood if it lived a bit more longer
So disappointing how ancient humans handled wild animals with poaching/killing/games etc. absolutely no effort to preserve or prevent beautiful species from being lost to time forever. I guess at that point they really just didn’t understand and were still somewhat animalistic themselves.
Sitting and thinking about extinction for any species of anything alive is really wild. Save for technology, these creatures just don’t exist anymore. It’s sad, normal, and needed all at the same time.
i really enjoyed this video, it was super informative and the visuals were stunning! however, i personally think it’s a bit of a stretch to assume that ancient Romans and Greeks had the same emotional connection to these animals as we do today. to them, they were just part of the world, not symbols of loss or extinction. what do you guys think?
I really hope you are censoring that amazing ancient artwork just for UA-cam, and not because genitals might offend someone. 🙄 Otherwise, it's a sad time in human history if we have to censor art. 😢
Ancient Greek settlers were in Egypt since 7 century BC when the Pharaoh Psamtik I, hired them as mercenaries and allowed them to settle in Naukratis. The Mycenaeans and Minoans had trade relations with Egyptians and the various people in modern day Libya, so they were certainly there even earlier as well. The ancient Greeks knew about the North African elephant much earlier than you stated, Herodotus writes about the Elephants of Aethiopia and Libya which he obtained from earlier sources
When you find out about the tablets, from which present religious texts are drawn from (in a distorted manner), those Sumerian King's list are very conclusive that Rome and Greece aren't as "ancient" as we are led to believe. The Ancient Atlantian civilizations had advanced technologies that we haven't accessed yet.
To be fair most hunters back in the day were skinny, granted it was a lean muscular type of skinny but all you have to do is some cardio and home workouts and you can get there man
In some Greek or Roman accounts,North Africa was the home of some great "Serpents/Dragons" and that legend has it that Ancient Romans once encountered and killed a dragon during Punic War. I wonder what was the source of such legends. Maybe some extinct species of pythons or crocodiles ?
Most of those accounts, including the story of Paul and the dragon he supposedly slew, are of Nile Monitor Lizards and the simple yet humble, regular crocodile lol
16:42 my favorite animal has been the elephant for as long as I can remember. I am also Greek and an ancient history nerd and a nature lover. This video just became a pivotal part of my personal string theory. Thank you, Extinct Zoo.💙🐘🏛✨🥹
You make a good video i almost forgot the strength and abilities of caspian tiger.🐯🐅but please make a video in what central and south asian peoples saw.👀🐘🦏🐅🇮🇳👍😃❤️
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Why don’t you get to think and make a suggestion creating another UA-cam Videos Shows that’s all about the Extinct Prehistoric Amphicyons (Bear Dogs) on the next Extinct Zoo coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍
Extinctzoo can you please make a third channel focusing on mythical creatures, creatures from folklore, cryptozoology and Speculative evolution?
Vote Trump.
@@ellishoke1693 what does that have to do with this video?
@@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh absolutely nothing
I’d like a video on what extinct animals the Aztecs and Mayans saw
It would be much harder to research that, but full agree it would be a fun thing to learn about.
That'd be rad as hell.
I believe there's some evidence they encountered gaint sloths.
Yes same here
@@amosbackstrom5366 there are giant sloth bones that have been found in Brazil along the border of Peru that had been worked by humans to become tools. So yes it's extremely likely that they lived along one another.
A tiger that primarily hunted deer? Makes alot of sense why the Caspian Tiger was so fast and had good stamina. Would’ve been a truly scary beast to see in the forest.
Most Tiger primarily hunt deer, especially Sambar & Axis Deer.
Actually deer is one of the main prey of Bengal tigers and Siberian tigers. So basically every kind of tiger on earth is scary to encounter in a forest/jungle.
Yeah.
That's most tiger subspecies, though.
@@What_111 Maybe Sumatran tiger is still ok
Pretty sad Caspian tiger and barbary lion extinction. They survived both Greece and Rome, only to be wiped out by other humans.
I mean Greece is still here
Almost all animals have been killed by people
I didn't know some of these extinctions are actually quite recent. I had assumed they were long gone. I wish some of them reached the invention of photography so we could at least see what they looked like.
@@just_some_greek_dude He meant ancient Greeks.
Frankly, both looked just like a tiger and a lion.
4:44
Interesting fact: Just like Poland is the last refuge for the European Bison, it was the same for the Aurochs too. The last Aurochs to ever exist was a lonely female who died in 1627 in Jawtorók forest, Kingdom of Poland; King Sigismund III honoured her death by covering her horns with gold. The skull was kept as a national treasure in the city till the Swedes invaded the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during The Deluge Wars and was looted by the Royal Army of Sweden. Nowadays a monument in Jaktorók tells the story and the skull is currently located in Stockholm.
Portugal recebeu este ano uma manada de bisontes europeus com o propósito de reintroduzir a especie em Portugal. Se bem me lembro eles vieram da tua zona da Europa 😊
why or how they coverved her horns with gold?
@@AncientWildTVGold easy melt and is very soft material.
@@AncientWildTVas for why, she was the last of her kind. A beast that has been side by side with us from the beginning, wiped from the earth in one day...
Why wouldn't you honor her so?
@@codymoon7552 yeah i know. Just wondered why its gold but not other materials and the benefit of it
When Aristotle wrote about lions attacking people, he stated that the lions (not the people) had bad dental health meaning they could not hunt proper prey any more
Came here to say this, glad you beat me to it.
It's a shame we lost such beautiful creatures for ever.
It breaks my heart. 😢
Maybe not forever. We have wooly mammoths coming back in 2026 I believe.
Barbary Lions are still around, albeit only in captivity.
@Complete.cyclepath where you here this?
@@vegetalover9297it's called paleo rewinding which basically means bringing back extinct animals through genetic engineering to fill niches and improve ecosystems. It's still in the center of a major ethical debate as to whether it should be done due to the potential damage that it could cause if not handled correctly and the difficulty of understanding the effects of reintroducing species will have on the habitats
You got it reversed. The lions didn't prey upon people who were elderly or had bad dental hygiene. Lions with bad dental hygiene or who were elderly preyed on the people.
Isn't that what happened on that bridge that one time?
@@williamswensenmotta1692 Yep.
What?
@@chriswilson6650 other animals hard. Humans soft and chewy. British wanted to build bridge somewhere and Africa, lions with cavities went nom.
@@williamswensenmotta1692 the Tsavo lions from Kenya.
Next, please do extinct animals the ancient Chinese and Japanese saw.
Chinese traditional medicine, enemy of any and all living beings.
Great idea
Since Japan's history is actually much more recent compared to China, the animals that people saw in old Japan that are extinct, are much, much more recently extinct. Like the Japanese wolf, which was only exterminated in the Meiji period.
The Jomon probably saw a lot more extinct animals, but the Jomon aren't exactly what most people think of when they think old Japan lol
YESSSSSSSSSSS
Chinese and Japanese Dogs?
Really depressed hearing about the Arabian ostrich and Caspian tiger, which went extinct only in the past few decades or last century :'(
we also snuffed the western black rhino, recently. 2011. wars, habit encroachment, are threatening the last remaining 2 subspecies.
Don't worry they will be cloned eventually.
@@MA_KA_PA_TIEThat is NOT how you should be looking at this.
@@JoshTrager-j9gy?
@@DodoBirb Because cloning things back from the dead hasn't even successfully worked yet, so we shouldn't be falling back on that option as some sort of safety net. That should be a last-ditch resort in the event that the worst does happen, nothing more.
Should've mentioned The Atlas Bears, the only modern Bear in Africa that the Romans used gladiator games.
I thought he would mention them...
There are bears in Africa?!
@@KvngLeroy1 were…the roman empire got them all
@@XxKamaelxX no, they survived until about 100-150 years ago if not less.
@@diademadiademoni202with all the un explored caves in the world; I wouldn’t be surprised if died out way later than everyone thought or might even still exist
I like how this video goes "The ancient greeks hunted this animal but respected it, representing it in art and literature!" and then "The romans captured thousands every day, starved them nearly to death, put them in pits to kill the poor and be killed by the rich for entertainment! This may have contributed to it's extinction!"
Because the Romans may have hunted on a large scale.
This July I visited Italy as part of an art class trip, and one place I won’t forget was this tiny museum inside a library in Florence. By that time I’d been seeing nothing but art history, so I decided with my mom to look for natural history museums.
When I say it was tiny I mean was TINY, only two rooms. But oh my god it did not disappoint. It had ancient hominid remains and even a cave bear skeleton, but the thing that struck out the most to me was this aurochs skull that we could TOUCH. Apparently they had so many in the archives that they felt comfortable with letting the public touch them!
Wow, that’s so cool!
well no, it's resin replicas.. the molds are made from real ones tho
Roman history + ancient animal history = chefs kiss 😘 amazing
Umm. Chefs were slaves in roman times.
No kissing unless your owner tell you to.
Dont like it, the colloseum is right over there.
@@brandonhoffman4712 😂
@@brandonhoffman4712 😂
There's actually good evidence to suggest that these lions and tigers definitely were more aggressive towards humans than they are today. Lions and tigers over thousands of years have learns that humans are not food and are meant to be feared. These ancient cats had very little exposure to humans thousands of years ago and hadn't quite figured out that we're not food, yet.
What I know is that tigers despise modern humans with a passion. Because of the level of intoxication humans have, we must have a horrible reek to highly sensitive animals. A siberian tiger could easily just take you down out of spite, and not eat you at all.
Ironic how this pops up like, the day after I finish a test ON this subject 😭
What an amazing test.
So close. Also, what an awesome class.
What’s your major?
@@steventheasian5250 I’m a junior in high school xD
I don't understand the irony. Seems like pure coincidence.
The best channel about pre-historic life, i enjoy every second watching your vídeos, cheers from Brazil.
ah olá compatritota, me pergunto se o extinct vai fazer um vai fazer um vídeo focando nos nossos(a corujinha nordestina ainda me deixa deprê T-T) , o All.about.nature focou no mico leão dourado em um de seus vídeos
@0:16, the clip showed koreans, not chinese civilization.
Great vid as usual. I'd love one about extinct Chinese animals, the Yangtze had a lot of different animals in the past for example
7:20 Predators have always been an issue that armies have had to deal with. Especially with the amount of carrion they generate.
Famously in February 1917, the Eastern Front reportedly declared a cease fire to deal with a superpack of wolves. And despite having machine guns, hand grenades and rifles, they still couldn’t get rid of the wolves.
And when you consider those armies had access to modern tech and still couldn’t deal with the problem, imagine what an ancient era army had to deal with.
Tigers in the Vietnam war as well were an issue, feeding on dead soilders and attacking them as well at times
@@pietropes1322Saltwater crocodiles were a huge issue during the Pacific War, and there were several incidents where whole units were wiped out by them.
These animals are not only formidable predators but also highly adaptable and resilient. are there any way to get rid of them all?
@@AncientWildTV hopefully we won't get rid of them all. If we humans would have it our way, the only animals left would be housecats, dogs, cattle and all the pests we can't get rid of like flies, mosquitos and such. A completly ruined wildlife. But we humans will probably be the most deadly extinction event happening in history.
@@pietropes1322 I talked with a Vietnam veteran in in the 90s who told me a story about a guy on a patrol yelling and shooting his M-14. The rest of the troop found him with a dead tiger.
0:38 What in the A.I. hellscape is that...
Sad seeing ExtinctZoo use AI noooo
I doubt he knew
Art isn't an competition, calm yourself bozo.
AI aint art "bozo" @@stefthorman8548
I know I had to stop and examine it! It’s hideous!!
Also, I think that’s funny how Xerxes was taken aback by lion attacks. It’s not like his kingdom didn’t have the Asiatic/Persian lion, _Panthera Leo persicus_ in a greater population than today. Now they’re isolated to Gujarat, in west India. But the Asiatic subspecies’ bloodlines definitely influenced the lions of Anatolia, the Levant, and the eastern Mediterranean.
The Asiatic subspecies of lion is actually the same subspecies as the West, Central, and North African lion
Knowing this breaks my heart. Poor animals now gone forever
Better them than us.
7:03 better brush your teeth kids, or the European lion will get you
Coolest way to make a kid brush his teeth🤌😎
W method
Wait,how would the lion know someone had poor dental hygiene to attack them?
@@oentrepreneurMabye they can smell gum disease and perceive you as weak and sick.
Guys, he mistakenly said that. He meant lions with poor teeth, or teeth missing became man eaters, as their teeth weren’t strong enough to hunt their natural prey,but was enough to take down humans with soft and fragile skin.
The first video in history I’ve caught within the first minute of upload. I hope it’s just as amazing as I know it can be.
i got here at 6 minutes and i don't even have notifications on!
either glazing or a bot
Just as great as I thought it would be. Also glad that while not explicitly mentioned, Surus and the Syrian subspecies of elephant got a mentioned in passing.
@lilweepee you're the bot "lilweepee"
I'm the bot. 🫥
A horse-sized tiger is the type of thing to stalk my dreams at night! If that thing wanted you - you're done - there is no escape, there is no resistance. You are done.
On the other hand imagine using a horse sized tiger as a mount... you'd be feared as much as the huge tiger
Imagine that mankind decided that animal was a threat. Where is it now?
Imagine mankind decided the short faced bear was a threat. Where is it now?
Imagine a dog built like a bear, makes the kitty look cute. But mankind has out competed the entire planet.
If orcas keep sinking boats they might be next... They dont even know what they are messing with.
I have had a dream of a malicious tiger trying to kill me… would not recommend!
Of all the channels involving paleontology on you tube!....extinct zoo is my personal favorite!...keep up the good work.
Do a video on what extinct animals early European Americans saw. Examples the Passenger pigeon, Carolina parakeet, California grizzly bear, Florida wolf, Caribbean monk seal, Mexican grizzly bear, Heath's hen, Ivory-billed woodpecker, Xerces blue butterfly, etc.
@@travisdelafuente1150 Damn those early Europeans........😡
I feel like it would just be a rehash of the native American video? Why not just early Europeans?
@@KvngLeroy1 That would probably be a rehash of this video.
Wait, did Florida had wolves? And is there any difference between California and Mexican grizzly bears?
@@jancyvargheese5351 Yes, historically all parts of the US had wolves, not just Florida. And yes, I'm pretty sure Californian and Mexican grizzly bears differed from one another. They lived in different habitats and had different dietary options available to them. For example, the Californian grizzlies scavenged by the coast for marine organisms, whereas Mexican Grizzlies ate different things, since they lived near the desert.
Amazing video! I can’t believe how recently some of these species existed
Singular: aurochs
Plural: aurochsen
Like ox and oxen.
Actually, the plural is also aurochs, like deer and deer.
@@docclabo6350 my point is that one is still an aurochs.
The North African Elephant was smaller than the Indian Elephant because there are many accounts of them being terrified at the size of the latter which the west Asian successor states used, such as the Seleucids. They weren't directly used by Roman Republic's armies, but they did employ mercenary units of them.
Isn't that the elephants used by Hannibal of Barca?
And they got replaced by helicopters. Bring in the calvary!
How many elephants can a chopper gun down? I guess thats why the menutia of history matters much less than the larger concepts weve learned from.
Side note. Not a single horse exists on earth that wasnt manipulated by mankind. They used to be food before we found out we could genetically alter them to support a human rider.
Alexander first encountered Indian elephants in modern day Northern Iraq at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, years before he entered India. Also the elephants Pyrrhus used at Heraclea against the Romans were Asian elephants, gifted to him by his father-in-law Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt.
So was most likely as least one of the elephants Hannibal used against the Romans.
@@brendankelly9789 Yep. The Syra, his largest elephant.
After the 5th thumbnail change, I’ve decided to watch this.
Funny, the one emperor who didn't enjoy gladiators and hunting, Nero,is considered to be the most psychopath emperor
Ngl this channel has been my go to late night watch before bed and im loving it! Keep up the absolute banger videos!
Same!
Hey bro i see you changing up your video's presented picture alot actually, and i am so often impressed by how much effort you go to just to make it look good. Good stuff dude
Well that was depressing
Isn't it though? 😢
>Ancient China
>Shows Korea
Can we please get an extinct animals the Vikings saw video? Idk if they did, but I would find that interesting
jörmungandr cameo is coming
That sounds like an intrguing idea. But now Im wondering what animals would the vikings have seen, that were not included in this video. The only ones that come to mind are the Icelandic walrus and great auk. Probably still worthy of video though.
@@TheEggmaniac they still have wolves and bears in Scandinavia, don't they?
@@tvbnine793 Yes but the whole theme of this is extinct animals the Ancient romans and Greeks saw. So a video about what extinct animals the vikings saw would not include wolves and bears. As they are not extinct.
I doubt they saw anything that people and civilisations far more interesting than the "vikings" saw.
It's so sad to know that some species could have easly be extanct till today if it wasn't for overhunting
Guns are an evil, evil invention.
It’s not it’s just nature and most of these animals are extremely dangerous animals that would pose a huge danger to us
Do you really have to censor the sculptures and pictures? Or does youtube demonetize art from 3k years ago?
Most of the art is about 500-600 years old at most. Those are classical paintings from the Renaissance.
But yes. Because education isn’t profitable, so why bother making an exception for that material? Easier to treat it as explicit.
Most of UA-cam's censorship and demonetization stuff is all AI algorithm based. It doesn't know the difference between a picture made 500 years ago and one made 5 minutes ago.
I would like to see a video on the extinct animals the ancient Mayans and Chinese saw, as well as a video on the extinct animals European explorers and American pioneers saw
Greeks my people 🇬🇷
We in Israel are glad that our two nations are friends now, thank you!
@@s.marcus3669 Israel isn't friends with anyone at the moment, kid.
First, I'm sixty years old, meaning I'm probably twice as old as you, plus a few years. Your ignorance gives away your age. Second, Israel has a lot of secret admirers around the world which you are obviously unaware of.
Suggest you get over to Prager University and start to undo the bullshit which was poured down your empty cranium in the last twelve years of public skrewl.....
Why not?
@@s.marcus3669 greeting from greece friend .Good luck with the situation there .All the best
Just found this channel and i am absolutely hooked. Been telling everyone at work too. I love hearing about extinct animals, its fascinating and makes me appreciate how we got here. Our prehistoric family members are so cool and mysterious ❤
The ancient Greek authors believed that the African elephant was smaller than the Asiatic one, which sounds a bit odd at first.
But they were actually writing about the north African elephant which was indeed smaller. The African elephant we know today wasn't known to the ancient Greek and Roman world due to the barrier that the Sahara desert posed.
Yeah I thought that was weird, especially since even the African elephants alive today are actually smaller than they used to be due to poaching targeting the bigger and larger males and reducing the genes to the smaller ones.
Some impressive and well-presented research here. Very interesting. I think the singular form of aurochs is still aurochs and Pliny is not pronounced Pline-y, but Plin-y. It is now common to use BCE and CE in scientific research.
Correct on the "aurochs" part. "Aurochs" comes from German "Auerochse", in which the "-ochse" means "ox". "Auroch" is not a word.
This is such an awesome topic i had no idea aurochs lasted so long before extinction! Or that lions were in European so late, and I'd never heard of the caspian tiger!
Please do a video on the extinct animals ancient Africans saw
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If I had to fight an extinct animal, I’ll fight a Dodo.
It's a shame the Romans didn't invent football or rugby to feed their psychotic bloodlusts and instead they chose to drive these magnificent beasts into extinction.
A very good piece and I say thanks especially for the part about the dwarf elephants and their times. The only Caspian Tiger ever kept in captivity out of Asia was until 1911 in the Zoological garden, Berlin. I'll keep an eye for this content. All the best from Northern Germany Ludwig.
Imagine if Cave Bears, Sabertooth Cats, Wooly Mammoths, Wooly Rhinoceroses, and Irish Elk didn't went extinct? Or if the empires existed in the Pleistocene?
Well we would probably be built like Neanderthals still with much greater strength and bone density
The would would be a much more dangerous place for us.
6:26 This is easily the most badass art ever conceived.
You forgot the Atlas Bear the only bear species native to Africa.
wow, what a fascinating video! it's incredible to think about the animals that existed in ancient times. however, I still wonder if the narrative surrounding these extinct creatures might be a bit exaggerated; like, could it be that the Romans and Greeks didn't see as many unique species as we think they did? it seems like every discovery gets romanticized a bit too much, don’t you think?
Make a vid on ancient Amazon rainforest pls
@@Randomaccount-l4qmaybe YOUR the bot
great video! i really appreciate the effort you put into showcasing the extinct animals from ancient times. it’s fascinating to think about what the Romans and Greeks experienced. however, i can’t help but wonder if we might be romanticizing their knowledge of these creatures. i mean, did they really understand extinction in the same way we do today? some of their interpretations might be a bit skewed, don’t you think?
Please do..
What Extinct animals that Ancient Chinese or the Aztecs/Mayans saw
The Aztec and Mayans are way way more recent that you're thinking bro. Famously, a lot of Aztec structures were being constructed in the 12 to 1300s
@@codymoon7552
The reason the Aztecs get so much attention is because they happened to be the major power in Mexico when the Spanish showed up.
@@warlordofbritannia that, the Genocide carried out by the spanish, and the fact that uhhh, oh I dont know THEY ARE STILL HERE.
@@codymoon7552
Still here, no thanks to the Spanish 😂
@@warlordofbritannia many such cases lol
The one Elephant that crossed the alps that wasnt a North African Elephant was a Syrian Elephant. A much larger and more robust species that was also driven to extinction by Rome. His name was Surus.
Woah this video is a lot longer than ur usual videos
wow, this video is really fascinating and you did a great job highlighting the ancient world! however, i can't help but wonder if the depiction of these extinct animals is a bit romanticized. it seems like there's a tendency to imagine them as larger-than-life creatures without considering the potential ecological impacts they had back then. what do you think?
There is a belief that the lion filmed for Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's logo, Leo the Lion, is directly descended from a Barbary lion.
He was definitely an African lion.
@@joshjoshua-sv9xu Barbary coast = Africa
@@AntiquatedApe the other one x
Didn’t u already make a video like this? I only ask because I remember saving a video with the exact same title and thumbnail style to my watch later that’s been sitting there for months🤔
Fire video start to finish
bro what speed are you watching
I really struggle to believe that an unarmed human, no matter how strong or combat experienced they are, could take down a full grown lion. Unless the lion was drugged or injured beforehand I just don't see how a human would stand a chance with no weapons.
please do extinct animals the ancient mesopotamian saw
This channel is really cool, just stumbled upon with a UA-cam “recommendation”, enjoying and learning thanks creators, awesome stuff.
according to google, the caspian tiger went extinct in 2003, literally 4 years before i was born 😭, I would've known about it in my childhood if it lived a bit more longer
I was born in the 80s and I'm sure we were told as kids it went extinct before WW1 (1914 - 1918) I don't remember the date though
I love this video so much.
The mix of history and animals makes me feel happy
So disappointing how ancient humans handled wild animals with poaching/killing/games etc. absolutely no effort to preserve or prevent beautiful species from being lost to time forever.
I guess at that point they really just didn’t understand and were still somewhat animalistic themselves.
Honestly, the world is probably better off without the European lions.
Really not missing the array of blood thirsty dangerous wild animals prowling around the countryside 👍
Sitting and thinking about extinction for any species of anything alive is really wild. Save for technology, these creatures just don’t exist anymore. It’s sad, normal, and needed all at the same time.
Curious about what the Mesoamericans saw
I love the spacebar sounds after every take
It's depressing to see that you blank out classical depictions of naked humans but can show graphic depictions of extreme violence.
Bro the clip of Leonidas had me rolling! Some good parent, like those Tigers 😂
This just makes me hate humans more. Hope we can all learn from this...specifically rich dentists that go on trophy hunts
Its possible the tigers Aleksandar saw were caspian tigers , as Afghanistan was considered by some to be the western most part of India back then.
13:51 "With some even using it as a inspiration for being a good parent"
*Elbow drops a child*
@ExtinctZoo you're the best bro keep doin your thing 👍💪
That picture of the man guillotine choking the lion is so badass
Keep churnin out this History x Prehistoric shit Man 🗡⚔🦕
Thanks, Extict Zoo.
0:17 that's South Korean 😭 and I'm not even from that country
Ok?
Congratulations ☕️
Honestly, who fucking cares?
@@westonprather3157well considering this is an educational video I do. I care about accuracy and even tiny details like these matter.
@@pabsitterab675literally nobody does you're just trying to get likes on your comment
It's pronounced "Greko-Roman" NOT "Grayco-Roman". Thanks for addressing this error.
You didint mention the Atlas Bear from North Africa
i really enjoyed this video, it was super informative and the visuals were stunning! however, i personally think it’s a bit of a stretch to assume that ancient Romans and Greeks had the same emotional connection to these animals as we do today. to them, they were just part of the world, not symbols of loss or extinction. what do you guys think?
I really hope you are censoring that amazing ancient artwork just for UA-cam, and not because genitals might offend someone. 🙄
Otherwise, it's a sad time in human history if we have to censor art. 😢
It's obviously for youtube no one is getting angry over some pecker
Oh yes I want to see big black
@@DinoPalaeosc bro?
Ancient Greek settlers were in Egypt since 7 century BC when the Pharaoh Psamtik I, hired them as mercenaries and allowed them to settle in Naukratis. The Mycenaeans and Minoans had trade relations with Egyptians and the various people in modern day Libya, so they were certainly there even earlier as well.
The ancient Greeks knew about the North African elephant much earlier than you stated, Herodotus writes about the Elephants of Aethiopia and Libya which he obtained from earlier sources
You should do video on extinction animals that the ancient Chinese saw. That would be cool.
When you find out about the tablets, from which present religious texts are drawn from (in a distorted manner), those Sumerian King's list are very conclusive that Rome and Greece aren't as "ancient" as we are led to believe. The Ancient Atlantian civilizations had advanced technologies that we haven't accessed yet.
our ancestors were tough people. I feel ashamed being a skinny loser.
To be fair most hunters back in the day were skinny, granted it was a lean muscular type of skinny but all you have to do is some cardio and home workouts and you can get there man
War elephants would have been an amazing yet terrifying thing to see
In some Greek or Roman accounts,North Africa was the home of some great "Serpents/Dragons" and that legend has it that Ancient Romans once encountered and killed a dragon during Punic War. I wonder what was the source of such legends. Maybe some extinct species of pythons or crocodiles ?
Most of those accounts, including the story of Paul and the dragon he supposedly slew, are of Nile Monitor Lizards and the simple yet humble, regular crocodile lol
Probably Nile crocodiles and the African rock python
@@伊斯塔與艾蕾修卡都是 Draco in latin is Lizard/snake.
16:42 my favorite animal has been the elephant for as long as I can remember. I am also Greek and an ancient history nerd and a nature lover. This video just became a pivotal part of my personal string theory. Thank you, Extinct Zoo.💙🐘🏛✨🥹
You make a good video i almost forgot the strength and abilities of caspian tiger.🐯🐅but please make a video in what central and south asian peoples saw.👀🐘🦏🐅🇮🇳👍😃❤️
Atlas bear?
Hey man, i watched all your vids and it is amazing. But could you also make videos about the insect ages too?
Now do ancient chinese and mongols
The Mongolian Empire was founded in the 13/1400s bro, aint much thats changed on da stepp lmao
Aurochs is an interesting name for a cattle breed. There was an ancient Babylonian god named Moloch. This god was traditionally represented as a calf.