Thylacoleo - Australia's Ancient Lion

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  • Australia has been home to all sorts of amazing animals throughout its history, one of which was the fearsome marsupial lion - Thylacoleo carnifex.
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  • @Zeruel3
    @Zeruel3 3 роки тому +2466

    "You know what we need? A wombat that thinks it's a lion" - Evolution

    • @andrewgan557
      @andrewgan557 3 роки тому +88

      A killer koala

    • @chissstardestroyer
      @chissstardestroyer 3 роки тому +38

      @@kwanarchive And *this* particular animal is to be thought of as a massive, homocidal, wombat.

    • @rommdan2716
      @rommdan2716 3 роки тому +12

      Life has infinites forms but only a few are really viable, you can see it in animals like elephants or crows, they tried to be as intelligent as humans but only our anatomy allowed us to dominate this planet.

    • @chissstardestroyer
      @chissstardestroyer 3 роки тому +15

      @@rommdan2716 Not at all, they are not as intelligent as us; the chimp shares approximately 95% of our DNA, but the software for true rational thinking simply is not there; the "software" is the soul, the "hardware" is the body.

    • @MuertaRara
      @MuertaRara 3 роки тому +6

      @@kwanarchive do not forget they crush heads of predators with their awesome tooshies 🥰

  • @Poplar632
    @Poplar632 3 роки тому +2399

    The dunkleosteus cat

    • @MrDeadpool78
      @MrDeadpool78 3 роки тому +56

      I adore this comment

    • @markdebruyn1212
      @markdebruyn1212 3 роки тому +27

      That's a good one

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 3 роки тому +78

      The dunkleosteus-cat-looking-wombat

    • @adriansandlin556
      @adriansandlin556 3 роки тому +48

      Technically it would be the dunkleosteus wombat but dunkleosteus cat rolls off the tongue better.

    • @Dino-lemon265
      @Dino-lemon265 3 роки тому +8

      I was literally gonna comment this 10/10

  • @happymonkeyfish
    @happymonkeyfish 3 роки тому +1613

    Noone:
    Evolution: Hey what if, in Australia, we repeat that dunkleosteus thing, but as a land mammal?

  • @dynamiteskye9007
    @dynamiteskye9007 3 роки тому +209

    I love that Ark has me researching so many different creatures out of sheer curiosity

  • @ostrich3335
    @ostrich3335 3 роки тому +176

    Ben: releases a video about Thylacoleo
    Me: Ark flashbacks

    • @ryanmonteclaro1220
      @ryanmonteclaro1220 3 роки тому +3

      I remember loosing 5k not organic polymer(bc i was noob that day) when I was moving bases just because this guy was too close to me xD

    • @memerminecraft3226
      @memerminecraft3226 3 роки тому +1

      @@ryanmonteclaro1220 if you were a noob how did you get so much polymer

    • @ryanmonteclaro1220
      @ryanmonteclaro1220 3 роки тому +1

      @@memerminecraft3226 my clan farmed it for me,and i was using one of the quetzals they have, to go to a fight because i died and we dont have any flying mounts left and the other mounts were on the other side of the map , and i didnt know the chests had stuff in it so yeah...

    • @keilanleviathan3669
      @keilanleviathan3669 3 роки тому +2

      @Ostrich u still play cause I do

    • @keilanleviathan3669
      @keilanleviathan3669 3 роки тому

      @@ryanmonteclaro1220 u still play cause I do

  • @The.Nasty.
    @The.Nasty. 3 роки тому +2576

    Thyla’s were my favorite mount in Ark: Survival Evolved.

    • @whoknows8101
      @whoknows8101 3 роки тому +103

      My fav mount is mana,baryonyx is underrated

    • @metro6567
      @metro6567 3 роки тому +69

      Mine was Megatherium, closely followed by the Sabertooth. I remember breeding a load of Sabers and they ended up super fast with the health and melee strength of bears!

    • @thepolar7406
      @thepolar7406 3 роки тому +80

      Im noob :/ My best Mount is a raptor

    • @frogstuffer549
      @frogstuffer549 3 роки тому +34

      Jumping on people is fun...and the mobility for scouting larger maps was great

    • @lovelycroissant8834
      @lovelycroissant8834 3 роки тому +39

      My was a rg 🦅

  • @Khandrake
    @Khandrake 3 роки тому +422

    Rats biting through metal piping, "imagine if we were lion sized"

    • @Kopie0830
      @Kopie0830 3 роки тому +27

      It's the tasmanian devil, only lion sized.

    • @smolwavingsnail9028
      @smolwavingsnail9028 3 роки тому +14

      australian news be like : this just in thylacoleo eats a mans house

    • @MusMasi
      @MusMasi 3 роки тому +4

      Imagine a Mantis Shrimp only lion sized..........................................

    • @netherdominater9960
      @netherdominater9960 3 роки тому +2

      Thomas Neale Google: "Did you mean: _Saitama's Grandfather_ "

    • @MusMasi
      @MusMasi 3 роки тому

      @@netherdominater9960 who is saitama?

  • @Zabi-S
    @Zabi-S 3 роки тому +157

    Thylacoleo needs to be in more documentaries. I am surprised Walking With Prehistoric Beasts did not have an Australia episode.

    • @Luna_Spiritus
      @Luna_Spiritus 2 роки тому +1

      Because the human host would die SO FAST

  • @xBloodxFangx
    @xBloodxFangx 3 роки тому +542

    “It was an ambush predator”
    *Redwoods flashback*

  • @thepoopoopeepeeman3913
    @thepoopoopeepeeman3913 3 роки тому +252

    These the shits that killed my pteranodon in ARK

    • @RapidRades
      @RapidRades 3 роки тому +4

      Feels bad I can relate i was on griffin in red woods and got snipe by them my first encountering them lol

    • @xvenomxreap3rx
      @xvenomxreap3rx 2 роки тому

      Ay I was in Redwoods one time and I got fucking pounced by one.. came back 30mins later loaded to tame the cunt (which I did and its an event one.. still got it too.. had to name it "OH F4CK" because of my reaction when it got me 🤣)

    • @snoixalicious
      @snoixalicious 2 роки тому +2

      fuckers got my argentavis, miss Neon Genesis EVANGELION the argy

  • @hyperactivehyena
    @hyperactivehyena 3 роки тому +2091

    .... wait- why does having a 'bear-like build' ever indicate something can't climb a tree? Bears be climbin' trees left and right.

    • @lochness5524
      @lochness5524 3 роки тому +38

      Young bears can

    • @SyahidanIbnMokhtar
      @SyahidanIbnMokhtar 3 роки тому +231

      @Birbgie so does sunbear

    • @lb5560
      @lb5560 3 роки тому +72

      @Birbgie Yo B that’s racist..

    • @Galaxia7
      @Galaxia7 3 роки тому +265

      @@SyahidanIbnMokhtar Aldo spectacle bears. The only bears unable to climb are adult brown/grizzly bears becauss they're too massive (and polar bears because there's no tree where they live )

    • @alexlail7481
      @alexlail7481 3 роки тому +69

      I've heard that before but of I were trying to escape from a grizzly I personally wouldn't count on it not being able to climb a tree unless there's no other option....
      Because knowing my luck no one has ever shared that bit of info with the grizzly bear 🙃

  • @hawkerben1158
    @hawkerben1158 3 роки тому +1447

    Ark players: you know I’m somthing of a palaeontologist myself

  • @anyoneofus9948
    @anyoneofus9948 3 роки тому +1509

    So besides a horse gorrilla,
    and a rhino giraffe,
    we also had a rat lion.

  • @kairos4486
    @kairos4486 3 роки тому +109

    "A thylacoleo bit me once, it bloody hurt!" ~ Ancient Australian Proverb

  • @t0xictm201
    @t0xictm201 3 роки тому +52

    You should do an entire 1 hour special on prehistoric animals noises. Sense we don’t really have a good idea on what they actually sound like, and the media overwhelms us with cheesy animal mixes noises for dinosaurs and old mammals. I feel like this would make a really good video in the future.

  • @titanofserpents4315
    @titanofserpents4315 3 роки тому +350

    This video is perfect because I was just planning to make my own Pokémon based on Thylacoleo!

    • @Archangelm127
      @Archangelm127 3 роки тому +22

      Link to your DeviantArt or whatever when you're done, please. I'd love to see it!

    • @seannotconnery8191
      @seannotconnery8191 3 роки тому +10

      i collect crap art and i need a good laugh. link your deviantart please :)

    • @zeller1217
      @zeller1217 3 роки тому +40

      @@seannotconnery8191 Why do you have to be mean like that?

    • @spicylizards4714
      @spicylizards4714 3 роки тому +32

      @@seannotconnery8191 you're a sad person

    • @robertsuarez7874
      @robertsuarez7874 3 роки тому +4

      I wanna see

  • @diegolopez3989
    @diegolopez3989 3 роки тому +318

    this animal looks so monstrous, and the thought that this is related to marsupials is even stranger!

    • @datt5698
      @datt5698 3 роки тому +18

      Tazmanian "tiger" is another marsupial apex Predator that only recently went extinct

    • @Xaiff
      @Xaiff 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah, it feels weird because we are not exposed to knowledge on marsupial carnivores enough

    • @curtismcclure5489
      @curtismcclure5489 3 роки тому

      6

    • @SadisticSenpai61
      @SadisticSenpai61 3 роки тому +4

      That's actually the part that makes sense. We're talking about a predator in Aussieland, after all. It was always going to be terrifying as well as related to some of the most adorable little murder beasts in existence.

    • @Ulvetann
      @Ulvetann 3 роки тому +4

      My Chinchilla watched the video with me. Now, it has started to gnaw on its cage. I fear the night...

  • @thehillz726
    @thehillz726 3 роки тому +490

    "bear like build cant climb" who ever said that forgot about black bears

    • @Atheismo9760
      @Atheismo9760 3 роки тому +4

      But black bears are small.

    • @horus228
      @horus228 3 роки тому +42

      @@Atheismo9760 They do actually weigh about the same as stated for Thylacoleo in this video.

    • @Atheismo9760
      @Atheismo9760 3 роки тому +2

      @@horus228 We aren't talking about the thylacoleo. We are talking about the "bear build". And black bears are only capable of climbing because they aren't as heavy as brown bears.

    • @horus228
      @horus228 3 роки тому +42

      @@Atheismo9760 I got that, but I dont get your point then. If a "small bear buld" like the black bear can climb very well then why should a marsupial with a similar build and weight like the black bear should not be able to climb?

    • @horus228
      @horus228 3 роки тому +10

      @@Atheismo9760 or are you saying that black bears are no "bear buld" because they are small?

  • @oogs9114
    @oogs9114 3 роки тому +112

    “relatively small animals, just over 100kgs” wow that’s so small

    • @delishme2
      @delishme2 3 роки тому +22

      Considering it was during the time of our mega flaura and fauna, it kind of was on the smaller side, but by today's standards maybe not.

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 3 роки тому +6

      100kg is less than most adult male humans, so for a large carnivore that is small.

    • @DavidGarcia-oi5nt
      @DavidGarcia-oi5nt 3 роки тому +24

      @@SevCaswell 100kg person is more than likely overweight dude.... Average weight of humans is around 69kgs, I'm 183cm and overweight at 80kg

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 3 роки тому +5

      @@DavidGarcia-oi5nt most people are overweight this is true

    • @Ulvetann
      @Ulvetann 3 роки тому +5

      I'd love to see that cranium get tested out on steel bars and pipes. Not only a perfectly shaped 'bonecutter', but those muscles operating hose jaws must have been huge. Imagine the pressure applied on those teefs. -Let that out in a scrapyard, and You can fire your best scrappers. This will do the work for You AND protect the property.

  • @matthewgigs3456
    @matthewgigs3456 3 роки тому +47

    Anyone else want to point out the fact that Australia's prehistoric fauna was just as weird and extreme and its modern fauna.

    • @hb-dc3170
      @hb-dc3170 3 роки тому +3

      Talk about it.. It's like nothing changed really? Also, this marsupial lion thing kinda looks like 'Stitch' from that one movie *Lilo and Stitch* at 3:29 if you focus solely on It's grill

    • @Jothaxify
      @Jothaxify Рік тому +3

      That's just what happens when life evolves in isolated conditions. You can find similarly weird animals in the fossil record for Madagascar or any other large island you want. Even the Galapagos. Specialization produces weird organisms.

  • @MrSlayerOX
    @MrSlayerOX 3 роки тому +213

    That cave painting might as well be one of the oldest depiction of a human bragging "See? The size of that lion, it was huge I tell you"

    • @LarsTonguesInAspix
      @LarsTonguesInAspix 3 роки тому +3

      how the abyssal chasm would they know what a lion is? and i bet i will be wooshed

    • @eternal2535
      @eternal2535 3 роки тому +1

      @@LarsTonguesInAspix I love that. Abysmal chasm lol

    • @Ulvetann
      @Ulvetann 3 роки тому +1

      @@LarsTonguesInAspix /Woosh ^_^

    • @LarsTonguesInAspix
      @LarsTonguesInAspix 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ulvetann I forgive you cause you're being nice, have a great time person.

    • @blizzardvision5313
      @blizzardvision5313 2 роки тому +1

      I'll tell you that I stand by kt

  • @pastlife960
    @pastlife960 3 роки тому +194

    Hey, I’ve just joined uni too, doing Palaeontology at Birmingham. It’s been a weird first semester, here’s hoping it gets better soon. Great video as usual guys, keep up the good work!

    • @barrydysert2974
      @barrydysert2974 3 роки тому +5

      i patiently and humbly await whilst thou hit the books be they physical or e. Sharing is caring. 🖖

  • @tsopmocful1958
    @tsopmocful1958 3 роки тому +915

    The original drop bear.

  • @mochimacaroon400
    @mochimacaroon400 3 роки тому +60

    "It had a build like that of a bear's, so it couldn't climb."
    So are we going to ignore the fact that many species of bear climb? Get yourself together Science 😂

  • @flexygoo1295
    @flexygoo1295 3 роки тому +21

    "It cant climb trees, it's like a bear"
    Whilst bears totally climb trees

  • @Waroyopfami
    @Waroyopfami 3 роки тому +69

    It's so cool to see convergent evolution in play and it seems that Australia was the capital of it and it so sad to loose the Thylecine, one of the convergent evolution masterpiece

    • @atriox7221
      @atriox7221 3 роки тому +9

      Along with all our other ancient life, this continent would be so much better

    • @timenavigator9643
      @timenavigator9643 3 роки тому +1

      Some say we never did lose either species...

    • @makomajin6592
      @makomajin6592 2 роки тому

      @@timenavigator9643 Lmao so what did they evolve into?

  • @shanehebert3237
    @shanehebert3237 3 роки тому +142

    Probably one of my favorite animals ever right here.
    And don't worry about your upload schedules, focus on Uni. The more you know the more you can show!

    • @NoOne-ju8fi
      @NoOne-ju8fi 3 роки тому +2

      Ngl that’s a good sentiment

  • @shanemoore8055
    @shanemoore8055 3 роки тому +26

    Recent research based on bone structure suggests that those mega kangaroos couldn't hop like their modern cousins, they were too heavy. They just ambled along at a slow pace. They reached a height of 2 meters and weighed roughly 200 kg. Their huge size was their protection against predators . Humans arrived in Australia approximately 60000 years ago. These huge animals were easy to hunt. They quickly vanished over time due to hunting. DNA evidence suggests that the first humans to arrive in Australia descended from people who originated from southern India / Sri Lanka .

    • @LeJordan23
      @LeJordan23 2 роки тому +1

      Your wrong about that last part it's now know that the first people to arrive in Australia were descendants from the first people to leave Africa that is now known As early out of Africa migration then they went to Asian and from There crossed into Australia

  • @teawrecks1243
    @teawrecks1243 3 роки тому +806

    broke: "marsupial lion"
    woke: "DIRE WOMBAT"

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 3 роки тому +6

    My favourite extinct marsupial, thank you very much for this excellent video !
    The best point I can make about thylacoleo is, early people in Australia hunted Diprotodon as did Thylacoleo. Every time a carnivore eats what people eat, the carnivore loses.

  • @aboomination897
    @aboomination897 3 роки тому +1087

    Ark players: "Actually"

    • @freeTeu
      @freeTeu 3 роки тому +126

      Yeah, in Ark it looks like it's on steroids lol

    • @jimstaboodleooferson8983
      @jimstaboodleooferson8983 3 роки тому +75

      @@freeTeu no if you check the wiki it is a completely different species of thycaleo,if you go to the spino page instead of seeing spinosaurus aegypticus you see a different spinosaurus likely fabricated by the ark this goes for every other creature in the game

    • @ZombieBarioth
      @ZombieBarioth 3 роки тому +108

      @Jimstaboodle Ooferson
      Yep, ark takes the Jurassic Park route of everything being genetically engineered/hybridized, even the straight up fantasy creatures like wyverns.
      Kinda surprised there aren't more ark comments here.:P

    • @lb5560
      @lb5560 3 роки тому +24

      @@freeTeu They all are even the humans

    • @tbarkley
      @tbarkley 3 роки тому +17

      @@freeTeu it was the size of a polar bear in ark. Crazy

  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
    @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 3 роки тому +271

    Climbing trees, opposable thumbs, guillotine mouth
    Death Monke

    • @LemmingFNSR
      @LemmingFNSR 3 роки тому +22

      Yeah, opposable thumbs......they may have been able to use assault rifles.... 😜

    • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
      @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 3 роки тому +19

      @@LemmingFNSR dear god…

    • @Rryan8065
      @Rryan8065 3 роки тому +2

      Indeed

    • @eternal2535
      @eternal2535 3 роки тому +4

      @@LemmingFNSR Why are they not like the mantis? Strap a few tek swords on

    • @perhapsawhitemale8144
      @perhapsawhitemale8144 3 роки тому +4

      @@LemmingFNSR
      wait till they build a big fucking gun.
      (The BFG from DOOM. That’s what it stands for.)

  • @Annihilator27
    @Annihilator27 3 роки тому +49

    The mythical drop bear, It was supposed to only be a legend!

  • @thunderflare59
    @thunderflare59 3 роки тому +32

    "This art indicates a few things about this animal's appearance."
    Yeah, I can see his balls.

    • @Ulvetann
      @Ulvetann 3 роки тому +2

      It must have been an impressive sight...

    • @beastmaster0934
      @beastmaster0934 3 роки тому +4

      I’ve seen that with a lot of cave art
      I mean, Jesus, I know they were trying to be anatomically accurate, but couldn’t they make the family jewels a little smaller on some of those damn things

    • @alfatazer_8991
      @alfatazer_8991 3 роки тому +4

      @@beastmaster0934 I think that says more about humans than it does the animals they were drawing lol.

  • @drewg1205
    @drewg1205 3 роки тому +9

    An excellent video, very informative. But no mention of the Quolls at the end (possibly because they not as cool as the Dingo or Tassie Tiger). These little guys are are carnivorous marsupials that are still around today and have fossil records from the Pliocene and Pleistocene periods. I would love to see you do a video on the carnivorous marsupials in Australia today as i think you,d do a brilliant job.
    Thanks, from a new subscriber.

  • @kwanarchive
    @kwanarchive 3 роки тому +12

    The lack of consensus around the extinction of Australia megafauna is the very reason to make a video on it!

    • @MuertaRara
      @MuertaRara 3 роки тому +1

      it's so hard to find material on it

  • @timothyprice1407
    @timothyprice1407 3 роки тому +18

    Of course we understand that your university studies come first. I look forward to the day when we see documentaries presented by Dr Ben G Thomas and Dr Doug James!

  • @Never_heart
    @Never_heart 3 роки тому +7

    They might be my favorite mammalian predators. The Marsupial Lions, especially in paleoart have this sleek, agile power to them. They are beautiful in the way a shark is beautiful, they are terrifying and awe inspiring with their massive incisors, shearing blades for teeth farther back and the large thumb-like grasping claws.

  • @vibinnrain-clipsandmore9836
    @vibinnrain-clipsandmore9836 3 роки тому +7

    Ive been jumpscared countless times by these things

  • @leptailiin
    @leptailiin 3 роки тому +5

    This randomly popped up in my recommendations and i'm not even mad about it

  • @rorydonaldson2794
    @rorydonaldson2794 3 роки тому +12

    Much respect to you guys for going to uni and furthering your knowledge. Hopefully the things you learn will crop up in the videos whenever you guys can upload

  • @symbiosister
    @symbiosister 3 роки тому +66

    this thing came soooo close to evolving opposable thumbs - imagine if it evolved into a human like creature and encountering THAT

    • @cavegremlin3851
      @cavegremlin3851 3 роки тому +29

      I don't know what's worse, a thylacoleo giving the thumbs up, or it evolving into a furry

    • @symbiosister
      @symbiosister 3 роки тому +9

      @@cavegremlin3851 technically we are all monkey furries

    • @SirGrimLockSmithVIII
      @SirGrimLockSmithVIII 2 роки тому +1

      God this is actually kinda fucking with me

    • @Call_Me_The_Storyteller
      @Call_Me_The_Storyteller 2 роки тому +1

      Come on, i still think we deserve company in terms of sapient species. By the way, if there were species "behaviorally similar" to us in some way, based on already existing animals, i don't believe they would behave like what you call furrys... we probably would never have invented this concept at all.
      And yes, i known how unlikely it is for multiple sapient species to emerge in the same period of time, even in such a scenario, but i would still like to live in such a world.😅
      ​@@cavegremlin3851

    • @cavegremlin3851
      @cavegremlin3851 2 роки тому +2

      @@Call_Me_The_Storyteller There are other species that show a high level of intellect and have evolved to utilize tools, I don't think the idea of other sapient species emerging is too far fetched. Whether or not they'll coincide with man on the other hand depends on if we can survive another 100,000+ years without destroying ourselves.

  • @tbarkley
    @tbarkley 3 роки тому +113

    The dreaded drop bear

    • @BalloonTombs
      @BalloonTombs 3 роки тому +4

      I was looking for this comment

  • @otherpatrickgill
    @otherpatrickgill 3 роки тому +1

    Ben G Thomas is one of my favorite youtube presenters for battling insomnia.
    His voice is very soothing and the presentation of these videos is pleasant and non-jarring

  • @coopernoble6139
    @coopernoble6139 3 роки тому +2

    I keep rewatching this video, I just can’t get enough of this interesting creature

  • @pastlife960
    @pastlife960 3 роки тому +187

    Awww it seems kinda cute...
    Opens its mouth.
    Ahhhhhh wtf is this demon spawn?!?!

    • @IOM-ln2bb
      @IOM-ln2bb 3 роки тому +4

      It looks kinda like a pug, until you see the mouth of a demon

    • @seannotconnery8191
      @seannotconnery8191 3 роки тому

      they look fucked man

    • @IOM-ln2bb
      @IOM-ln2bb 3 роки тому +1

      @@seannotconnery8191 same with pugs

    • @pastlife960
      @pastlife960 3 роки тому +2

      @@wernervoss6357 How dare you sir?! The dentistry of this island kingdom is unparalleled!!!

  • @Wizard4k
    @Wizard4k 3 роки тому +23

    Can you do a video regarding the extinction of Australia’s megafauna. I’d love to see your take on this topic :)

    • @lobell4480
      @lobell4480 3 роки тому +3

      I would enjoy such a video

    • @MuertaRara
      @MuertaRara 3 роки тому +1

      I second this

    • @danieldelaney1377
      @danieldelaney1377 3 роки тому +4

      Its funny how every one else pretty much agrees it was humans except Australia where we hold abos up on a pedestal

    • @laurensahanna5826
      @laurensahanna5826 3 роки тому +4

      @@danieldelaney1377 first, "Abo" is a slur, secondly, there's a lot of evidence for both climate change and human intervention caused their extinction, to lack naunce and say one particular cause is naive

    • @mojowwwav4357
      @mojowwwav4357 3 роки тому

      @@danieldelaney1377 as an abo yes, we did kill them,no more than the rest of mankind and the other animals that roamed earth at that time. Your just crying cause they're unique..

  • @Michaelw842
    @Michaelw842 3 роки тому +32

    Yo let's see the picture from last night I bet we look so cool!
    The picture from last night: 8:51

  • @MRptwrench
    @MRptwrench 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for covering the awesome teeth of this unique animal! Every time I've seen a doc on the marsupial lion I've wished for more details on this subject. I think it will help more people visualize this animal as it hunted, killed and processed it's prey for consumption.

  • @johnmanno9701
    @johnmanno9701 3 роки тому

    Sir, your videos are THE BEST videos discussing topics in paleontology for a lay audience. They're perfect! A perfect balance between technical language and ordinary English, highly informative, and without the tiresome dramatic nonsense or "dumbing down" that one ordinarily sees on youtube

  • @iamgroot3403
    @iamgroot3403 3 роки тому +4

    I knew we'd get an explanation for the slower uploads, congratulations to the both of you mad lads! We're incredibly proud and look forward to seeing the two of you grow in the coming years, just promise you won't miss the 400,00 special when it comes around, those videos are some of the most educating and awe inspiring on youtube. Good luck, we'll be cheering for you

  • @Mr.HeisenbergTheCook
    @Mr.HeisenbergTheCook 3 роки тому +64

    When you think about how dangerous Australia's wildlife is today just imagine the first humans there had to fend off all kinds of monsters with sticks 😆

    • @sovietwyatt3938
      @sovietwyatt3938 3 роки тому +7

      Don’t forget dragons they live in Australia to

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b 3 роки тому +11

      Australia's mission statement is "I'm here to kill you".

    • @daveschwartz7394
      @daveschwartz7394 3 роки тому +5

      @@sovietwyatt3938 megalania right?😄❤️

    • @sovietwyatt3938
      @sovietwyatt3938 3 роки тому +1

      @@daveschwartz7394 Yeah

    • @feral7523
      @feral7523 3 роки тому +9

      Please don't forget that the most dangerous and deadly animal around for the last couple of hundred thousand years is the Human. Sticks? you surely mean fire hardened Spears and also Bows & arrows, Slings, boomerangs, Atlatl, Fire was their greatest weapons and defence. Don't be that guy that thinks stone-age equates to dumb or stupid because that just reflects your own ignorance. Todays "dangerous animals"(Crocs,Spiders,Snakes) are dangerous mainly due to stupidity and lack of experience/knowledge of modern people as those first peoples that colonised Australia were well used to being around these types of creatures and thrived in their presence.

  • @ksoundkaiju9256
    @ksoundkaiju9256 3 роки тому +45

    Aborigine: *Sitting under a tree, enjoying some shade....looks up*
    Thylacoleo: OwO, what's this?
    Aborgine: *Screams*
    Thylacoleo: *Drags Aborgine up tree*

    • @grifis1979
      @grifis1979 3 роки тому +1

      ahahaah the teeth!

    • @gibobacon8058
      @gibobacon8058 3 роки тому

      Ah yes I can confirm as I am a “aborgine”

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 3 роки тому +3

      @@gibobacon8058 Were you dragged up a tree by a marsupial lion?

    • @gibobacon8058
      @gibobacon8058 3 роки тому

      That’s what I said

    • @keithfaulkner6319
      @keithfaulkner6319 3 роки тому +1

      How do you say "oh crap!" In abo?

  • @sloane4222
    @sloane4222 3 роки тому +3

    Wonderful video on one of my favorite creatures. Also, I would LOVE a video on the extinction of Australian megafauna, even if it's just one presenting currents hypotheses or something similar. Extremely interesting subject!

  • @kevinkenny8739
    @kevinkenny8739 3 роки тому +1

    Wonderful guys, I learn something new every time. I wish I had teachers like you when I was at school. Thank you.

  • @williamratajczak2028
    @williamratajczak2028 3 роки тому +41

    would you mind going over another marupial meat eaer like thylacosmilus

    • @powpuck5031
      @powpuck5031 3 роки тому +5

      It's not a marsupial; it's a sparassodont

  • @dynamosaurusimperious6341
    @dynamosaurusimperious6341 3 роки тому +16

    *Anyone remember getting their first Thylacleo in Jurassic Park Builder?*
    Or *Big Dunk Floppa*

    • @victormacias4080
      @victormacias4080 3 роки тому +1

      Me too I watch that when I was 5.(I mean play)

    • @chadgorosaurus4898
      @chadgorosaurus4898 3 роки тому

      So sad that the game died i finnaly got the dunkleosteus Then the game vanished

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 3 роки тому +15

    Guys appearently [Obligatory at this point] that the Spinosaurus might have to be rechange or rearranged once again as the latest publication does indicate that the fsac kk specimen is extremely dubious (well it kinda ressurrects the whole *chimera* situation)

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 3 роки тому

      Imagine actually taking what Scott Hartman says about Spinosaurus for granted.

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 3 роки тому

      @@miquelescribanoivars5049 John Hutchinson from the respectable England university has already said those about the FSAC kk specimens uncertainty. Scot Hartman is only validating is even further.
      On the other hand Ibrahim has said the calculation of Spinosaurus weight is wrong and the animal could be as massive as 10 to 12 tons so decide yourself

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 3 роки тому

      @@thedoruk6324 FSAC kk 11888 is almost certainly not a chimera. It all comes from the same quarry, there is no overlapping material, dorsal vertebra centra fit neatly in size with the caudals and more importantly all bones have the same hystological inferred age and isotopic markers.
      Meanwhile Stromer himself said in his 1932 publication that Spinosaurus B (the individual Scott based his skeletal on) was most likely a chimera, and the fact that three different furcula were assigned to the specimen is indeed pretty eyebrow rising.
      Also while I don't doubt Scott's professionalism as an paleontographer he's never eximened the bones himself nor study them directly. There is just no way he knows more about them than the guys he discovered and described them. He was already wrong back in 2014 about the hindlimb elements scaling in the specimen for starters.

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 3 роки тому

      @@miquelescribanoivars5049 His publication seems credible so far as credible as the nazars publications
      As the Fsac kk is indeed a debacle of extraction is also highly dubious at best of conditions
      Did you read the III & IV

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 3 роки тому

      @@thedoruk6324 "His publication seems credible so far as credible as the nazars publications"
      Its a blogpost, no matter how well argumented a peer-reviewed paper it's not.
      "As the Fsac kk is indeed a debacle of extraction is also highly dubious at best of conditions"
      Yes, which is why histological and isotopic tests were performed, and those clearly showed they belonged to an individual of the same age, and in the same trophic and climate conditions. Given the lack of overlapping material it is way more likely the belong to the same individual than that were two identical specimens in the same quarry.

  • @120masterpiece
    @120masterpiece 3 роки тому +131

    Ark: Survival Evolved, did more to interest young adults in prehistorical biology other than dinosaurs than anything else.
    E. Ok, so there's a lot of comments that's not following what I said. Take the dinosaur age. Right? We have the era of dinosaurs. Check. Ok, now lets remove the dinosaurs. No dinosaurs. Follow? Ok, that leaves just mammals and other non dinosaur animals from this era. Alright. Are we still on the same page? Ok, great. Now, lets look at Ark, which has dinosaurs and other animals that are not considered dinosaurs. Ok, great. Now, lets review my original comment. Ark: Survival Evolved (the game with dinosaurs and other animals that aren't dinosaurs) did more to interest young adults in prehistorical biology (ok, sure) other than dinosaurs (Ok, not counting dinosaurs, leaving us with mammals and other animals that aren't considered dinosaurs.
    Did we figure this out? Holy shit I feel like I have to draw people a picture.

    • @pp_crmnl
      @pp_crmnl 3 роки тому +6

      “Dude it’s called a trike”

    • @smolwavingsnail9028
      @smolwavingsnail9028 3 роки тому +4

      Jurassic park: u fukn wot m8

    • @120masterpiece
      @120masterpiece 3 роки тому +5

      ffs say one positive thing on the internet and the haters come out. It's like they're flies.

    • @smolwavingsnail9028
      @smolwavingsnail9028 3 роки тому +1

      @@120masterpiece who's hating ?

    • @ninjadogs3389
      @ninjadogs3389 3 роки тому +5

      my exroommate refused to believe it was a marsupial, (she is obsesses with cats), so she got really angry with me for even suggesting it was not a cat.

  • @lagomortis8270
    @lagomortis8270 3 роки тому +1

    We miss you thylacoleo, your niche and your place in our hearts will forever be unfilled

  • @Exodiant
    @Exodiant 2 роки тому +5

    We need a documentary on Australian megafauna, it's such an untapped goldmine.

    • @Luna_Spiritus
      @Luna_Spiritus 2 роки тому

      Ah yes. The documentary of efficient anxiety. lol

  • @teemosupport2162
    @teemosupport2162 3 роки тому +338

    Who's here from Ark Survival Evolved aka the best dinosaur game?

    • @shadowlord2849
      @shadowlord2849 3 роки тому +2

      Yup

    • @man_like_forg1121
      @man_like_forg1121 3 роки тому +23

      Its not a dinosaur, and its a fun mount, but its annoying af and made me lose my pteranodon for like 3 months

    • @shadowlord2849
      @shadowlord2849 3 роки тому +2

      @@man_like_forg1121facts

    • @mr.miguelinkalashnibob9247
      @mr.miguelinkalashnibob9247 3 роки тому +4

      @@man_like_forg1121 just a metal spear or a large rifle and they are gone

    • @lenxxthebeast9533
      @lenxxthebeast9533 3 роки тому +7

      @@man_like_forg1121 he said dinosaur game he’s talking about the game not the thyla

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 3 роки тому +24

    The Terror Wombat of Death!!

  • @rikallan5094
    @rikallan5094 4 місяці тому

    Best Thylacoleo documentary bar none.

  • @TheDeadmanstrolling
    @TheDeadmanstrolling 3 роки тому +43

    "It can climb trees like a Tasmanian devil."
    "It has a short tail like a Tasmanian devil."
    "It can use its tail to rear back and use it's forelegs like a Tasmanian devil."
    Bro? I think this is just a huge Tasmanian devil.
    "It seemed to have evolved from a herbivorous group and wasn't involved in that genus."
    WHAT

    • @dish7877
      @dish7877 3 роки тому

      the fact that this is a fckin wombat

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 3 роки тому +34

    That's a prototype for the lions

    • @midloran
      @midloran 3 роки тому +1

      I saw you somewhere, but I don't remember...

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 3 роки тому +1

      Marsupial Version of Lion 🦁

    • @LonganNguyen762
      @LonganNguyen762 3 роки тому

      Well, not exactly

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 3 роки тому

      More like Leopards
      Imagine if things like opposums became like these things

    • @LonganNguyen762
      @LonganNguyen762 3 роки тому +1

      @@ksoundkaiju9256 they might under the right conditions

  • @korgothkillings2032
    @korgothkillings2032 3 роки тому +4

    Yeah boi!

  • @misfit1353
    @misfit1353 3 роки тому +3

    These guys have grabbed me off my pteranodon more than a millionth times now

  • @glenngilbert7389
    @glenngilbert7389 2 роки тому

    Superbly presented, edited and narrated documentary. Much appreciated

  • @patrickbuckley344
    @patrickbuckley344 3 роки тому

    I enjoyed this program very much! I knew a little about them , but you improved my knowledge greatly- Thank You☺

  • @gibobacon8058
    @gibobacon8058 3 роки тому +89

    Man
    I would of been cool if a lot of Australia’s extinct animals were still alive

    • @Antibrutaka
      @Antibrutaka 3 роки тому +32

      Yeah, make that continent even more hostile and dangerous.

    • @Ulvetann
      @Ulvetann 3 роки тому +13

      Sure, as long as You keep them 'thereover', and not 'hereover'. ^_^

    • @sherie42
      @sherie42 3 роки тому +4

      *..don’t*

    • @gibobacon8058
      @gibobacon8058 3 роки тому +2

      A lot of culture was lost and having extinct animals might help revive some of the cultures

    • @dr.masiaka7048
      @dr.masiaka7048 3 роки тому +3

      Australia used to have Komodo dragons, in fact, they evolved there.

  • @SubjectE57
    @SubjectE57 3 роки тому +17

    When the phrase "the most important muscle is between your ears" is taken literally.

  • @pterostylisnutans9544
    @pterostylisnutans9544 3 роки тому +7

    The only “cat” in Australia that I’m 100% OK with :)

    • @personhuman8451
      @personhuman8451 2 роки тому

      fuck you im writing this laying down petting my cat

  • @roku3216
    @roku3216 3 роки тому

    This has been a fabulous watch, thanks.

  • @doctorc8852
    @doctorc8852 3 роки тому +1

    Hey keep up the great work. I enjoy all your content whenever i get to watch it.

  • @Rexog90
    @Rexog90 3 роки тому +27

    Out of all these depictions of Thylacoleo, only two of them show the animal with its mouth closed.

    • @jameswilliams2075
      @jameswilliams2075 3 роки тому +9

      Well the teeth are narly so why would u

    • @Rexog90
      @Rexog90 3 роки тому +9

      @@jameswilliams2075 if the intention is to depict a ferocious creature in a cool way, alright. But if it is to show a real aninal that once lived it is better to show it more relaxed too.
      Not all drawings of lions and wolves show them grinning and snarling, quite the opposite actually.

    • @jameswilliams2075
      @jameswilliams2075 3 роки тому +3

      @@Rexog90 yes I see its just most people try to make animals look fearce

    • @kingvale9799
      @kingvale9799 3 роки тому +6

      Aaaaah yes..The good old Gyarados Syndrome

    • @starlight0313
      @starlight0313 3 роки тому

      @@kingvale9799 gyarados can rarely close its mouth

  • @noahadams7784
    @noahadams7784 3 роки тому +13

    When god created this thing he showed him all the different carnivorous mammals and said “which one”
    And after a few seconds of thinking the marsupial replied
    “Yes”

  • @apart-timeastronaut6530
    @apart-timeastronaut6530 3 роки тому +20

    I just got back into "Ark Survival Evolved" and was going to tame a few Thylos today!

    • @Cat-yx7xc
      @Cat-yx7xc 3 роки тому +1

      Wow another ark player :D

    • @jellybean7283
      @jellybean7283 3 роки тому +1

      That's exactly what I want to do now that I've watched this

    • @apart-timeastronaut6530
      @apart-timeastronaut6530 3 роки тому

      @@jellybean7283 they're amazing mounts, go for 150s if possible, they can jump over two walls high so make sure your trap is atleast 3x3x3
      If you can catch a thyla then you can probably get prime meat, if not just transfer some cooked mutton from ragnarok

    • @starlight0313
      @starlight0313 3 роки тому

      Make sure to be aware to shoot them to get them off their trees, they do a lot of damage if they get on you

    • @apart-timeastronaut6530
      @apart-timeastronaut6530 3 роки тому

      @@starlight0313 I catch them with an argy

  • @jgarcia1ful
    @jgarcia1ful 2 роки тому

    Thank You so much for your time in putting these together!!!! Good Luck to You Ben, and Doug, at the University!!!!! Don't over work yourselves!!!! Please Be Well!!!! Always looking forward to your uploads!!!!

  • @percival2299
    @percival2299 2 роки тому +1

    I've been down to the Naracoorte caves where Thylacoleo and many other megafauna were discovered and they are incredible. Very much different to the usual mammal skeletons that would be seen in places like museums

  • @ElysetheEevee
    @ElysetheEevee 3 роки тому +7

    The thyla is one of my favorite "dinos" thanks to Ark. :3 They're so interesting.

  • @ematic0054
    @ematic0054 3 роки тому +13

    Ark: *Wright that down Wright that down!*

  • @joshuaashby4720
    @joshuaashby4720 3 роки тому +6

    You should really do a video on Dunkleosteus.

  • @smiliey4209
    @smiliey4209 2 роки тому

    I like how as soon as I press play it's just straight to the facts

  • @superkubus-nk8lb
    @superkubus-nk8lb 3 роки тому +2

    When you learn that australia was even more scary than today, and even today its the scariest continent

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 3 роки тому +7

    This animal shows how successful and thriving that the marsupial apex predators were throught the australia and for a time South America; such a shame how easily marsupials Got overcompeted
    Australia was once a True hellhole with terrestrial crocodilians titanic monitor lizards as well as marsupial superpredators

  • @connorwamelink3292
    @connorwamelink3292 3 роки тому +9

    Have you talk about the American lion if you haven’t ,make a video about then

    • @sovietwyatt3938
      @sovietwyatt3938 3 роки тому +2

      No no no no no America gets too much spotlight already

  • @kateaveryavery1342
    @kateaveryavery1342 3 роки тому +61

    Such a shame that marsupial lions are exctinct ):

    • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
      @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 3 роки тому +18

      They are still alive. Just under a new name. The drop bear

    • @marvalice3455
      @marvalice3455 3 роки тому +10

      They may have gone extinct when humans arrived.
      Fun fact: the first thing humanity did when arriving was burn done the entire continent

    • @3PercentNeanderhal
      @3PercentNeanderhal 3 роки тому +6

      @@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 fukin drop bears LoL.

    • @jesussandoval9843
      @jesussandoval9843 3 роки тому +2

      There’s a lot of convincing sightings and even a possible picture. Hope it’s still out there

    • @ravageone7794
      @ravageone7794 3 роки тому +6

      I mean, it’s cool and all but...
      *Ark redwoods flashbacks*

  • @TheMisterSpok
    @TheMisterSpok 3 роки тому +1

    Man. In Australia even marsupials were terrifying at some point in time.

  • @jsheridan693
    @jsheridan693 3 роки тому

    Always nice to hear from you two.

  • @thelittleal1212
    @thelittleal1212 3 роки тому +4

    Every time I’m seeing this marsupial lion, I imagined this animal is like a land living dunkleosteus.

    • @Devin_Stromgren
      @Devin_Stromgren 3 роки тому +1

      You weren't the only one who saw the similarity.

  • @abrahamvieyra5730
    @abrahamvieyra5730 3 роки тому +6

    "He's Not A Rat! He's A Cat!"
    Me: Uh It's the Other way Doc!

  • @t.malikconnolly5131
    @t.malikconnolly5131 3 роки тому +9

    Imagine seeing those teeth and saying, "i dunno man, mans prolly ate grass"

  • @dropbearknives4831
    @dropbearknives4831 3 роки тому +2

    If you have ever heard a Koala roar in the middle of a pitch black night, then you know what this thing sounded like.

  • @dylancoleman4640
    @dylancoleman4640 3 роки тому +2

    Thylacoleo was my favorite tame in ark, used to have red and blue mutated ones that were beasts

  • @toothclaw6985
    @toothclaw6985 3 роки тому +4

    Okay so, I know who made the music, but the artist made so many different songs. It's hard to find this particular one in the background.
    Also, virgin carnivorans. Chad Thylacoleo.

  • @atara.sx-
    @atara.sx- 3 роки тому +4

    Damnit, I want one! It's like a fluffy rat tiger!

  • @saruexe
    @saruexe 3 роки тому +3

    "God,just get knocked out already,how many tranqs will i have to waste"

    • @starlight0313
      @starlight0313 3 роки тому

      Build a trap dude

    • @saruexe
      @saruexe 3 роки тому

      @@starlight0313 it was a joke

  • @JustDrum-DontThink
    @JustDrum-DontThink 3 роки тому

    I have personally seen 4 Tassie Tigers over the past 10 years. I live on Tamborine Mountain Queensland Australia. Two were very young and playing beside our car. A larger one ran across the road in front of me near the same place and the other was an adult and this one was almost an hour west of here. There was no doubt in each case as they are very easy to distinguish from all other animals

  • @jhill4874
    @jhill4874 3 роки тому

    Tend to your studies and we will enjoy your productions as they become available.