Hello everyone, so a few of you brought it to my attention that beetles cannot grow after pupating so I am making an addition to the Cow Beetle's lore: They retain their ability to molt into larger sizes past their larval stage. Would/could this actually happen? I don't know, but im not back pedaling lol
I imagine it would be interesting if Tree Climbing Beards could, at some point, develop gliding abilities to feed on dragonflies. Mainly with competition for food on trees increasing
Tarantulas and myriapods continue molting past Imago. That would imply that continuous molting may be basal to invertebrates and wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility. It would be pretty cool if they stayed larva and became absolutely gigantic grubs though honestly 😂 the grubs always get larger than the beetle they will turn into, so I can imagine an 8 foot grub with jaws that can cut a tree down
TLDR: males can regrow broken horns through molting. Fighting among males is common when young, when older, males fight less often to avoid breaking their horns and instead use horn size to determine winners in disputes most of the time. Well if they can continue molting after adulthood what about regrowing parts of the body? You said they couldn’t do that but most if not all insects, arachnids, etc that molt throughout their life are able to regrow damaged or lost parts of their body. So say a male breaks his horn when he’s not fully grown which would be more common I’d imagine then an mature one breaking its horn, it would in theory be able to regrow the horn even if only partially. That way breaking a horn isn’t a permanent loss of a good defensive weapon and it acts as a way to show that males that have bigger horns are stronger since they would’ve never lost theirs or lost them very few times. Males could also use that to size each other up before fighting. Every time a male breaks their horn it will grow back smaller than before so long as they have a few more molts left in order to build such a horn. If they don’t have enough molts to complete a regrow of the horn then it will just be whatever size it is when they finish molting. Breaks after all molts have completed however would be much more costly as they then would not be able to regrow their horns at all so mature males will have to solidify their place among the other males and eliminate the chances that another male will be able to challenge him. So fights will be more common when males are younger and then become less common as the males get older and they rely more and more on judging the size of their opponents horns to settle disputes and only engaging in physical fights when two males are really close in size and neither will back down which is of course a much more risky fight.
Fun fact: Blood takes no part in the insect respiratory system, they absorb oxygen through spiracles which are small holes in the abdomen. The oxygen they absorb runs through hollow tubes in their body. The circulatory system is solely for transporting nutrients and is open ended. Meaning that blood is dumped into the body and left there.
@@MadlyMesozoic I wanted to mention that insects stop moulting and growing after they reached adulthood. In holometabola like beetles this means that growth ends when they pupate since they’ll not consume any food as pupae and only use the nutrients they’ve stored to form their adult form. The cow beetles must have developed the ability to keep moulting as adults wich also could enable them to grow further and regrow limps etc over 2 or 3 moults. Their lifecycle would therefor be more like that of a decapod than that of normal insects.
Some studies indicate that the Arthropleura had evolved a special form of breathing with enhanced spiracles. So, yes, the cow beetles can have a future even in case of lower oxygen levels.
I can definitely see the cow beetles becoming much larger and filling the roll of ungulates like bison and such. Really excited to see where this project goes
@@badmusicproducer_offical I see your point, but mantises are already slightly humanoidish, I mean their front legs are like arms so that is a plus, and they seem to be rather smart. Ants are cool, but I think mantis should get some of the spotlight too. Also, I should mention I meant a civ that used tools and had houses and stuff like we have, not just like a hivemind society where tools and stuff are probably not needed.
Nice I always like seedworlds which also has descendants of other animals that were brought with the main animal like your bearded dragons and can’t wait to see what sort of weird beasties you cook up
Super excited to watch more of this series, I was happy to see Cherry Shrimp on the list, and perhaps they can take a role of aquatic ants, building much simpler colonies in mud holes or seaweed nests, perhaps fish like Kuhli loaches take on a role of leeches or eels, perhaps long nosed gar reach out at the shore like crocodiles, super excited for the episodes to come, each one is super eye opening and creative
if that happened the cow beatles would likely shrink in size drastically. Since a large size is such a net negative for an insect, especially because of the increased time and therefore danger during molting, the most realistic way for them to maintain such a large size is if that larger size means that they cannot be prayed upon.
@@Devin_Stromgren i would agree with you if larger sizes dosent mean more energy needed per kill, if all your surviving off of is beetles, and your LARGER then the beetles, youll constantly be low on energy unless you somehow get to eat 2 after wasting energy on 1 pack hunting, however, shows shared energy levels
@@badmusicproducer_offical They wouldn't necessarily need to be larger than the beetles, just larger than they are currently, and with more powerful jaws that can bite chunks out of the beetles. The beetles' size and armor are pretty much their only defenses, so a somewhat larger lizard could simply gnaw away at one until it died of blood loss.
@@Devin_Stromgren yes, but that would take a persistent hunter, which would require sweating, which is something i dont think bearded lizards do... but if maybe a lizard get enlarged claws for piercing armor?
On the cow beetles, most insects use passive respiration, where oxygen simply diffuses into the bug's "skin". It's not impossible for the cow beetles to evolve some form of active respiration as they grow larger.
I hope we get to see more of the insects in the future. I wonder if there’s any ants or another hive like insect on orbis pagona. They’re really fun to speculate about.
I love the cow beetles and the crayfish! Perhaps over the course of the next few million years, a group of other insects or small bearded dragons start to evolve the a symbiotic relationship with the cow beetles, using them as protection (or maybe the cow beetles produce food similar to aphids) and in return they eat parasites or protect the eggs and younger larval forms of the beetles from predators.
AND NOW WE WAIT(hopefully not long these are some of my favourite spec eco videos with their higher quality and awesomeness(take all the time you need))
Please do more of these. This is great. I love the setting and how the planet is turning out. Also, I am so excited that speculative evolution is growing on UA-cam
An interesting thought I had watching your video. When we discuss geologic boundaries, these boundaries are made by noticeable changes in the geologic record, such as changes in rock formation/type, disappearance of species, etc. So perhaps you could add in what exactly marks the boundaries of the eras you’ll be discussing? For instance, the era before the Phytonian(I don’t recall the name) would be distinguishable in the geologic record by the presence of large sandstone formations with asymmetrical ripples with large coprolite deposits intermixed, as these formations would occur in large desert environments. And I mention the coprolites because you mentioned in the prior video the large quantities of poop produced by the bearded dragons. Since there were so many and not all of it would likely be broken down, it’s logical to assume much of it would be fossilized in large deposits. The start of the Phytonian would be noticeable by the disappearance of these coprolite deposits and many of the sandstone formations globally, alongside the formation of coal deposits in the swamps and the presence of multiple new species from the radiation that occurs at the start of the Phytonian. Yeah, that was a lot written down and I doubt you’ll read it, but it was something that peaked my interest because I am studying Geosciences and took an Earth History course this past Fall. Something to think about if you were interested or wished to discuss further. Awesome videos btw. I’ll be back for the next one
I could see some of the lighter Dragons evolving the ability to glide so as to hunt the flying insects. Right now flying insect hunter is an unoccupied niche other than the dragonflies. A large gliding lizard could take out a dragonfly and reduce their dominance.
OK, this project is freaking awesome and I wonder what would happen if you did other ones like different types of species on planets without having to worry about predators and being left to evolve just a thought like maybe one of I don’t know salamanders just a thought also I really like your videos. Your deathclaw one was incredibly good and I like the races, keep up the good work and keep making videos that allow me to imagine what evolution could be like this fuels my imagination keep up the good work👍
The Pursuit Crawfish might be my favorite, seems like such an obvious adaptation for such crustaceans to make but I guess it took the opening up of more niches to give them the push they needed.
Okay, I was legit shocked when you said "beetles the size of Galopagos tortoises." But I have some ideas for the respiratory and circulatory issues. These things are pretty much constantly eating, right? That means certain muscles constantly active. Earth insects "breathe" passively, by diffusing oxygen from air in their spiracles. This thicker exoskeleton these beetles have, with its lighter honeycomb structure, could allow air to move through it, and the spiracles could get their air from it, rather than directly from outside. They could also become wider, allowing them to go deeper into the body, using chitin from the exoskeleton to give the spiracles structure. The air inside the exoskeletal cavities could be pumped through by modified spiracles near the mouthparts, where the constantly active muscles expand and contract the modified spiracles to pump air into the cavity. The air then leaves the cavity elsewhere on the body, producing a distinct noise, like a person snoring into a tuba. (My dog is snoring next to me right now, and im actually imagining the sound like that, but deeper and more constant.) The circulatory issue also needs a pump, but since insect blood doesn’t carry oxygen, it would act as kind of an extension of the digestive system. Again, the constantly active muscles in the digestive tract could be co-opted into pumping hemolymph around the body.
Already a rather wacky place and we've barely passed the 10 Ma mark! Hope you do something with insects evolving a more advanced respiratory system to sustain larger sizes. It could give rise to a bizzare new clade.
Pretty cool part, the cow beetles are pretty cool too, i may bee wrong but it looks that it may be the biggest animal on the planet , and maybe the heaviest arthropod ever, or at least terrestrial.
It would be interesting to see one, or multiple lineages of bearded dragons evolving more endothermic lifestyles as an adaptation for reproduction. Similar to Tegus the only warm blooded squamate, who can warm their body temperatures up to 10 degrees Celsius during the breeding season. But (unlike Tegus) they eventually extend their endothermic lifestyle beyond the breeding season, and eventually evolve an erect posture or at least a pillar erect posture. Similar to therapsids during the Guadalupian epoch of the Permian; or the dinosaurs and pseudosuchians (eg. the Poposauroids) during the Triassic.
Iirc the leading factor of the carboniferous giant bugs' extinction was predation by newly evolved reptiles and synapsids. It makes sense to me at least given that two notable giant arthropods survived into the Permian: Arthropleura managed to mostly avoid predation due to the fact that it was still large even compared to vertebrate land predators at the time and was also a walking tank. It didn't last long though, but I'd guess that's because of the dryer climate, since myriapods typically need a moist environment to survive. Meganisopterans had no problem living alongside new predators, given that they could fly they were untouchable like 95% of the time, and they lived all the way up to the Permian-Triassic extinction event if I recall.
I can picture some species of these giant rhino beetles traveling in herds as they graze. Not out of any bonds or protection but just to follow each other , basically thinking- Hey I’m gonna follow these guys since they know where good feeding grounds are.
MadlyMesozoic I am a fan of your work and ideas, I see them as very awesome and I like your evolution creatures very much. Although I do have a interesting idea in mind, what would happen if my favorite dinosaur Allosaurus were in the Monster Hunter Universe (My favorite game series btw), how would it survive in that universe and how will they evolve/adapt into something that could survive in a any specific environment and to combat against the creatures in that universe, also I recommend you used Monster Hunter World Iceborne environments because 1. Iceborne has a lot of prehistoric vibes in that game both the environment and creatures have some dinosaur/prehistoric creature traits (Such as Anjanath being a literal Fire T Rex, Barioth being a Ice Sabertooth Tiger Wyvern, Etc) and 2. Iceborne has the best environment and ecosystem gameplay in the entire series. I really want to see Allosaurus in action and I do believe Allosaurus can survive in Monster Hunter universe specifically because of Allosaurus hunting tactics plus we never get a Allosaurus based monster in Monster Hunter so decided that you are perfect for the job when it comes to making a Speculative Evolution of Allosaurus in the Monster Hunter universe but I suggest you have to look at the Monster Hunter Lore (More specifically Iceborne) first before you start making ideas, once that you can start making a video about can Allosaurus survive in Monster Hunter World Iceborne. I can’t wait to see your Spec Evolution ideas about my favorite dino and keep up the good work :) 👍🏻.
Hey I have been a long time fan of your Channel and I have an idea for a video how did the toothless survive dinosaur time the time when he watches triceratops and all the other
Well done as always you Mad lad! Can't wait to see what comes next. How long before we start to see macro predatory Bearded dragons? Or if I have misused the word, howling until one of these bearded dragons(probably pogona golabis,) evolves into something more inline with a Komodo dragon, or other quadrupedal, large headed predators?
What if titanosaur sauropods were brought into the Cenozoic, and how would they fare and evolve in the age of mammals? I want to see a "Could Titanosaurs survive the Cenozoic?" video. :)
I saw the orca episode and saw how we showed how much better us mammals are to reptiles and wondered if you could do a video of orcas or sperm whales in the subnautica planet
What if the beetles evolve to where their wings function like lungs? It's a membrane with veins flowing with hemolymph. Make it so there's a hollowed space beneath the shell for them to adapt into something with more surface area, stay moist, able to expand and deflate, and you've got primitive lungs!
I have a problem with you fusing the carapace of your cow beetles. It really doesn't make sense from an entomological standpoint. What would make more sense is if the elytra and wings moved gently up and down to help move air over the spiracles and assist with breathing. They would no longer be able to fully extend for flight, just operate as a sort of external diaphragm. Greater air movement would allow for more efficient oxygen absorbsion into the blood. Remember, wings are major limbs, and creatures don't fuse limbs together for no reason. Beetle elytra are just modified wings.
I enjoyed this video, but I have an issue with the cow beetles, it feels like they evolved to quickly, the others have barely started to become larger, meanwhile the beetles have changed almost completely, again I don't hate the idea I just think it's to early
Hello everyone, so a few of you brought it to my attention that beetles cannot grow after pupating so I am making an addition to the Cow Beetle's lore: They retain their ability to molt into larger sizes past their larval stage.
Would/could this actually happen? I don't know, but im not back pedaling lol
I imagine it would be interesting if Tree Climbing Beards could, at some point, develop gliding abilities to feed on dragonflies. Mainly with competition for food on trees increasing
Tarantulas and myriapods continue molting past Imago. That would imply that continuous molting may be basal to invertebrates and wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility.
It would be pretty cool if they stayed larva and became absolutely gigantic grubs though honestly 😂 the grubs always get larger than the beetle they will turn into, so I can imagine an 8 foot grub with jaws that can cut a tree down
My idea for a video: can orcas survive the paleozoic (basically orcas vs dunkleosteus)
@@albytross8681 haha I imagine they would be like the sandworms from Arrakis
TLDR: males can regrow broken horns through molting. Fighting among males is common when young, when older, males fight less often to avoid breaking their horns and instead use horn size to determine winners in disputes most of the time.
Well if they can continue molting after adulthood what about regrowing parts of the body? You said they couldn’t do that but most if not all insects, arachnids, etc that molt throughout their life are able to regrow damaged or lost parts of their body. So say a male breaks his horn when he’s not fully grown which would be more common I’d imagine then an mature one breaking its horn, it would in theory be able to regrow the horn even if only partially. That way breaking a horn isn’t a permanent loss of a good defensive weapon and it acts as a way to show that males that have bigger horns are stronger since they would’ve never lost theirs or lost them very few times. Males could also use that to size each other up before fighting. Every time a male breaks their horn it will grow back smaller than before so long as they have a few more molts left in order to build such a horn. If they don’t have enough molts to complete a regrow of the horn then it will just be whatever size it is when they finish molting. Breaks after all molts have completed however would be much more costly as they then would not be able to regrow their horns at all so mature males will have to solidify their place among the other males and eliminate the chances that another male will be able to challenge him. So fights will be more common when males are younger and then become less common as the males get older and they rely more and more on judging the size of their opponents horns to settle disputes and only engaging in physical fights when two males are really close in size and neither will back down which is of course a much more risky fight.
next video’s gonna have the bearded dragons evolve to be intelligent and they build a Walmart, calling it here
They're going to have McDonald's as they betray the Cow Beetles in episode 5.
Gotta have that 5 mile long lizard parking lot
@@RandomShortGuy528 Since they love their personal spaces.
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The Dragon Hawks are terrifying. While the Royal Cow Beetles are kinda adorable. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
@YouraverageBritishRex i think he was talking about camel spiders
@@MadlyMesozoicI like how your transitioning to a spec evo channel also,
@@theultraatomicgamer Indeed. The way he does it is so unique.
Fun fact: Blood takes no part in the insect respiratory system, they absorb oxygen through spiracles which are small holes in the abdomen. The oxygen they absorb runs through hollow tubes in their body. The circulatory system is solely for transporting nutrients and is open ended. Meaning that blood is dumped into the body and left there.
Which would not be sufficient for an animal their size, hence why I said they have become more robust.
@@MadlyMesozoic Yeah, buddy!
Huh, ima write that down
@@MadlyMesozoic Oh yeah definitely! Could be interesting to see an insect species with active breathing and a closed circulatory system.
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I wanted to mention that insects stop moulting and growing after they reached adulthood. In holometabola like beetles this means that growth ends when they pupate since they’ll not consume any food as pupae and only use the nutrients they’ve stored to form their adult form. The cow beetles must have developed the ability to keep moulting as adults wich also could enable them to grow further and regrow limps etc over 2 or 3 moults. Their lifecycle would therefor be more like that of a decapod than that of normal insects.
Crusteacian mentioned in spec-evo project
Evolving CRAB is inevideble
*inevitable
Coconut Crayfish incoming.
Some studies indicate that the Arthropleura had evolved a special form of breathing with enhanced spiracles. So, yes, the cow beetles can have a future even in case of lower oxygen levels.
Imagine being those human colonists arriving to this terraform planet and discovering your great-Grandpa’s pet lizard became a apex predator
Vanastacus pateri; Forefather of Hunting Crayfish, aka "Pursuit Crayfish" are already my most favorite spec-evo aquatic arthropods. 👍
I can definitely see the cow beetles becoming much larger and filling the roll of ungulates like bison and such. Really excited to see where this project goes
I wish someone starts a project about a seed world colonized solely by arthropods.
And mantises should become sapient(assuming they are not now) and make a civilization, I dub it...Amantis!!!
I tried to do that but its to hard
@@conanhighwoods4304 yeah lets just ignore the bug that already makes civilizations aka ants
@@badmusicproducer_offical I see your point, but mantises are already slightly humanoidish, I mean their front legs are like arms so that is a plus, and they seem to be rather smart. Ants are cool, but I think mantis should get some of the spotlight too. Also, I should mention I meant a civ that used tools and had houses and stuff like we have, not just like a hivemind society where tools and stuff are probably not needed.
@@conanhighwoods4304 but yeah arms would help with tools
Can't wait for the crayfish to convergently evolve into crabs.
Only the Crayfish ?? Im waiting for the Pogona Crabs
Nice I always like seedworlds which also has descendants of other animals that were brought with the main animal like your bearded dragons and can’t wait to see what sort of weird beasties you cook up
Super excited to watch more of this series, I was happy to see Cherry Shrimp on the list, and perhaps they can take a role of aquatic ants, building much simpler colonies in mud holes or seaweed nests, perhaps fish like Kuhli loaches take on a role of leeches or eels, perhaps long nosed gar reach out at the shore like crocodiles, super excited for the episodes to come, each one is super eye opening and creative
Leeches were on the list.
The bearded dragons could evolve to become pack hunters that go after the cow beetles.
if that happened the cow beatles would likely shrink in size drastically. Since a large size is such a net negative for an insect, especially because of the increased time and therefore danger during molting, the most realistic way for them to maintain such a large size is if that larger size means that they cannot be prayed upon.
Seems to me that just becoming bigger to predated the beetles would be the easiest solution.
@@Devin_Stromgren i would agree with you if larger sizes dosent mean more energy needed per kill, if all your surviving off of is beetles, and your LARGER then the beetles, youll constantly be low on energy unless you somehow get to eat 2 after wasting energy on 1
pack hunting, however, shows shared energy levels
@@badmusicproducer_offical They wouldn't necessarily need to be larger than the beetles, just larger than they are currently, and with more powerful jaws that can bite chunks out of the beetles. The beetles' size and armor are pretty much their only defenses, so a somewhat larger lizard could simply gnaw away at one until it died of blood loss.
@@Devin_Stromgren yes, but that would take a persistent hunter, which would require sweating, which is something i dont think bearded lizards do... but if maybe a lizard get enlarged claws for piercing armor?
I cant wait for episode 4!
This is peak worldbuilding
On the cow beetles, most insects use passive respiration, where oxygen simply diffuses into the bug's "skin".
It's not impossible for the cow beetles to evolve some form of active respiration as they grow larger.
Too bad i said they could
@@MadlyMesozoic Based. 😎
Another planet to be liberated! 🦅🦅🦅🦅
I hope we get to see more of the insects in the future. I wonder if there’s any ants or another hive like insect on orbis pagona. They’re really fun to speculate about.
I have fallen in love with your videos(like i have Watched all of them in two days)
I really like the gradual speed of the changes - some spec evolution has immediate huge changes, this makes it feel so much more cohesive and real
I love the cow beetles and the crayfish! Perhaps over the course of the next few million years, a group of other insects or small bearded dragons start to evolve the a symbiotic relationship with the cow beetles, using them as protection (or maybe the cow beetles produce food similar to aphids) and in return they eat parasites or protect the eggs and younger larval forms of the beetles from predators.
AND NOW WE WAIT(hopefully not long these are some of my favourite spec eco videos with their higher quality and awesomeness(take all the time you need))
Please do more of these. This is great. I love the setting and how the planet is turning out. Also, I am so excited that speculative evolution is growing on UA-cam
I'm loving these "seed world" type videos. My favorite parts of them are when evolution gets real weird.
Giant Rhinoceros beetles? One of my favourite bugs gets HUGE?! YEAAAHHHHH BOOOIIIIIII
An interesting thought I had watching your video. When we discuss geologic boundaries, these boundaries are made by noticeable changes in the geologic record, such as changes in rock formation/type, disappearance of species, etc. So perhaps you could add in what exactly marks the boundaries of the eras you’ll be discussing? For instance, the era before the Phytonian(I don’t recall the name) would be distinguishable in the geologic record by the presence of large sandstone formations with asymmetrical ripples with large coprolite deposits intermixed, as these formations would occur in large desert environments. And I mention the coprolites because you mentioned in the prior video the large quantities of poop produced by the bearded dragons. Since there were so many and not all of it would likely be broken down, it’s logical to assume much of it would be fossilized in large deposits. The start of the Phytonian would be noticeable by the disappearance of these coprolite deposits and many of the sandstone formations globally, alongside the formation of coal deposits in the swamps and the presence of multiple new species from the radiation that occurs at the start of the Phytonian. Yeah, that was a lot written down and I doubt you’ll read it, but it was something that peaked my interest because I am studying Geosciences and took an Earth History course this past Fall. Something to think about if you were interested or wished to discuss further. Awesome videos btw. I’ll be back for the next one
Love the big cow beetle, what a cute little guy
I could see some of the lighter Dragons evolving the ability to glide so as to hunt the flying insects. Right now flying insect hunter is an unoccupied niche other than the dragonflies. A large gliding lizard could take out a dragonfly and reduce their dominance.
This was awesome! Can't wait to see more of this series
This is awesome. Please continue this series whenever you have the time.
Well worth the wait. I wish this ongoing series the best of luck. Episode 4 should perform well in the summer months. Thank you, Madly Mesozoic.
Thank you for liking the channel as much as you do, we appreciate the love ghost 🫂💚
@@chunkykong01 I just love to be a part of this. But thank you for that. 😇👍
This is definitely my favorite spec evo project.
Love to see this series. A world of reptiles is definitely a fun concept
Have you seen the two previous episodes of Orbis Pogona?
Love your videos so far it's really scratching my spec evo itch can't wait for more
OK, this project is freaking awesome and I wonder what would happen if you did other ones like different types of species on planets without having to worry about predators and being left to evolve just a thought like maybe one of I don’t know salamanders just a thought also I really like your videos. Your deathclaw one was incredibly good and I like the races, keep up the good work and keep making videos that allow me to imagine what evolution could be like this fuels my imagination keep up the good work👍
I love the relationship beetween nuchosaurus and cow beetles
The Pursuit Crawfish might be my favorite, seems like such an obvious adaptation for such crustaceans to make but I guess it took the opening up of more niches to give them the push they needed.
I hope the new viewers who haven't subscribe do so before the Great Apes in Mesozoic video, Madly is extremely close to an even thirty thousand.
I just checked and subbed and he is at 30.2 at this time
@@AngryStickBoi Thank you so very much. If only over a hundred thousand viewers from the orca video subscribed as well.
@@AngryStickBoi Now he's close to 50 thousand subscribers. Halfway to receiving his very first Play Button.
@@UnwantedGhost1-anz25 dam, you responded to me again 3 months later. Thats dedication to remembering. Bravo
Love seeing spec evo arthropods
This is so good! Can't wait for more!
I’m really enjoying this series keep it up 👍🏻
Love these videos its imaginative and interesting
Okay, I was legit shocked when you said "beetles the size of Galopagos tortoises." But I have some ideas for the respiratory and circulatory issues.
These things are pretty much constantly eating, right? That means certain muscles constantly active.
Earth insects "breathe" passively, by diffusing oxygen from air in their spiracles. This thicker exoskeleton these beetles have, with its lighter honeycomb structure, could allow air to move through it, and the spiracles could get their air from it, rather than directly from outside. They could also become wider, allowing them to go deeper into the body, using chitin from the exoskeleton to give the spiracles structure. The air inside the exoskeletal cavities could be pumped through by modified spiracles near the mouthparts, where the constantly active muscles expand and contract the modified spiracles to pump air into the cavity. The air then leaves the cavity elsewhere on the body, producing a distinct noise, like a person snoring into a tuba. (My dog is snoring next to me right now, and im actually imagining the sound like that, but deeper and more constant.)
The circulatory issue also needs a pump, but since insect blood doesn’t carry oxygen, it would act as kind of an extension of the digestive system. Again, the constantly active muscles in the digestive tract could be co-opted into pumping hemolymph around the body.
Already a rather wacky place and we've barely passed the 10 Ma mark! Hope you do something with insects evolving a more advanced respiratory system to sustain larger sizes. It could give rise to a bizzare new clade.
haveing my Owen seedworld Project staring the Sand Lizard, im looking Forward to seening how THIS Gose, hope to see more in the future.
Pretty cool part, the cow beetles are pretty cool too, i may bee wrong but it looks that it may be the biggest animal on the planet , and maybe the heaviest arthropod ever, or at least terrestrial.
I love the cow beetles!
2:41
aww, he has a tiny little knife & fork, that's so cute
Ngl delving into the possibilities of actual intelligence for a bearded dragon lineage would be sick
WE NEED MORE WE NEEDE MORE WE NEED MORE honestly though I rewatched these so many times
It would be interesting to see one, or multiple lineages of bearded dragons evolving more endothermic lifestyles as an adaptation for reproduction. Similar to Tegus the only warm blooded squamate, who can warm their body temperatures up to 10 degrees Celsius during the breeding season.
But (unlike Tegus) they eventually extend their endothermic lifestyle beyond the breeding season, and eventually evolve an erect posture or at least a pillar erect posture.
Similar to therapsids during the Guadalupian epoch of the Permian; or the dinosaurs and pseudosuchians (eg. the Poposauroids) during the Triassic.
Keep up the good work man
I would enjoy having a pet cow beetle. They look so friendly
Iirc the leading factor of the carboniferous giant bugs' extinction was predation by newly evolved reptiles and synapsids. It makes sense to me at least given that two notable giant arthropods survived into the Permian:
Arthropleura managed to mostly avoid predation due to the fact that it was still large even compared to vertebrate land predators at the time and was also a walking tank. It didn't last long though, but I'd guess that's because of the dryer climate, since myriapods typically need a moist environment to survive.
Meganisopterans had no problem living alongside new predators, given that they could fly they were untouchable like 95% of the time, and they lived all the way up to the Permian-Triassic extinction event if I recall.
looking forward for the next episode
LET'S GOOOO, HE IS BACK
8:22 HAIL HIM
He shall be known as “Prawn Jesus!”
Glad i found it again. I was thinking i was getting crazy.
Looking forward to this
Omg you made pseudo-radiodonts! Let’s go!
Cover the xenomorph from alien, think that would be a good watch
honey new Madly Mesozoic video dropped
What did she say?
I love how you've just remade the euryptirids
Idea: nymphs of giant dragonflies becoming neotenic and fully aquatic
I can picture some species of these giant rhino beetles traveling in herds as they graze. Not out of any bonds or protection but just to follow each other , basically thinking-
Hey I’m gonna follow these guys since they know where good feeding grounds are.
MadlyMesozoic I am a fan of your work and ideas, I see them as very awesome and I like your evolution creatures very much. Although I do have a interesting idea in mind, what would happen if my favorite dinosaur Allosaurus were in the Monster Hunter Universe (My favorite game series btw), how would it survive in that universe and how will they evolve/adapt into something that could survive in a any specific environment and to combat against the creatures in that universe, also I recommend you used Monster Hunter World Iceborne environments because 1. Iceborne has a lot of prehistoric vibes in that game both the environment and creatures have some dinosaur/prehistoric creature traits (Such as Anjanath being a literal Fire T Rex, Barioth being a Ice Sabertooth Tiger Wyvern, Etc) and 2. Iceborne has the best environment and ecosystem gameplay in the entire series. I really want to see Allosaurus in action and I do believe Allosaurus can survive in Monster Hunter universe specifically because of Allosaurus hunting tactics plus we never get a Allosaurus based monster in Monster Hunter so decided that you are perfect for the job when it comes to making a Speculative Evolution of Allosaurus in the Monster Hunter universe but I suggest you have to look at the Monster Hunter Lore (More specifically Iceborne) first before you start making ideas, once that you can start making a video about can Allosaurus survive in Monster Hunter World Iceborne. I can’t wait to see your Spec Evolution ideas about my favorite dino and keep up the good work :) 👍🏻.
I love this
Another banger, don’t stop, ignore the hate, and just simply enjoy
Venasacus pateri, also known as “we’re so back sea scorpion bros”
Flying beardies, they're coming. Or, at least, gliding ones.
Elden ring Lobsters really did a number on me. I flinched when I saw the close ups of the crayfish 😅
I hope these two invertebrates don't go extinct immediately and we see more of them in the future
Looking forward to seeing if the arboreal species eventually evolves brachiation
my 2 favorite animals: guppies and mealworm beetles
2 hours left so close
Heck yeah! Giant Rhino beetle!
May i make a suggestion
Maybe make a video talking about whether or not humanity can survive grimm from rwby existing naturally
Hey I have been a long time fan of your Channel and I have an idea for a video how did the toothless survive dinosaur time the time when he watches triceratops and all the other
I’d love more expansion on the fish species 🐟
This is awesome
Well done as always you Mad lad! Can't wait to see what comes next. How long before we start to see macro predatory Bearded dragons? Or if I have misused the word, howling until one of these bearded dragons(probably pogona golabis,) evolves into something more inline with a Komodo dragon, or other quadrupedal, large headed predators?
Scorpion, whip scorpion, crabs: allow us to introduce ourselves
Finally, it happened...BUGS!
A Bug's Life.
Maybe at some point the stagnisaurus could evolve a crocodile-like niche? Just a thought.
I really want to explore more the land and world of the bearded lizards.
What if titanosaur sauropods were brought into the Cenozoic, and how would they fare and evolve in the age of mammals? I want to see a "Could Titanosaurs survive the Cenozoic?" video. :)
Would you consider doing a video on putting prehistoric ocean predators on the planet of subnautica?
Cow Beetle? That's a Buggalo!
"Harems" nice😉
I saw the orca episode and saw how we showed how much better us mammals are to reptiles and wondered if you could do a video of orcas or sperm whales in the subnautica planet
Crayfish swimming backwards makes me think of Mario backwards long jumping
Yes!
Love this world, can’t wait to see how the ecosystem diverges when the first extinction occurs
i have a seedworld idea, its all chickens.
i have a idea that many isopod become giant underwater ones but for freshwater
What if the beetles evolve to where their wings function like lungs? It's a membrane with veins flowing with hemolymph. Make it so there's a hollowed space beneath the shell for them to adapt into something with more surface area, stay moist, able to expand and deflate, and you've got primitive lungs!
Cool vid
I have a problem with you fusing the carapace of your cow beetles. It really doesn't make sense from an entomological standpoint. What would make more sense is if the elytra and wings moved gently up and down to help move air over the spiracles and assist with breathing. They would no longer be able to fully extend for flight, just operate as a sort of external diaphragm. Greater air movement would allow for more efficient oxygen absorbsion into the blood.
Remember, wings are major limbs, and creatures don't fuse limbs together for no reason. Beetle elytra are just modified wings.
bummer
The Cow Beetles don't have to be flying insects anymore. As they occupied a niche of terrestrial herbivorous Megafauna. 🤓
I enjoyed this video, but I have an issue with the cow beetles, it feels like they evolved to quickly, the others have barely started to become larger, meanwhile the beetles have changed almost completely, again I don't hate the idea I just think it's to early
Cool!