When Deer Were Giant (And Weird)

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @mistingwolf
    @mistingwolf 12 днів тому +199

    Not-a-deer deer video? Yes please!

  • @Aramintava
    @Aramintava 12 днів тому +69

    Yes please to an episode of dear imposters!

  • @knickebien1966
    @knickebien1966 12 днів тому +161

    Oh deer, it's Emilia!

  • @trenchcoatmafioso
    @trenchcoatmafioso 12 днів тому +53

    Here in Ontario Canada, white tailed deer are prolific. I did see an accident between a small car and a moose once. The front of the car was heavily damaged, and the moose was mildly annoyed.

    • @hi_im_ep1k187
      @hi_im_ep1k187 12 днів тому +9

      “Can’t park there mate 😠”

    • @lenabreijer1311
      @lenabreijer1311 12 днів тому +17

      Myth busters did an episode on hitting a moose and the least destructive way. There wasn't one. They are perfectly designed to do the most damage to a car and driver as possible.
      We have white tailed deer that wander through the back of the garden. We have a vegetable garden with an 8 ft fence. Every once in a while a moose wanders by. I am in nova Scotia.

    • @simonkoeman3310
      @simonkoeman3310 12 днів тому +1

      Not prolific enough for me to get one though

    • @nian60
      @nian60 11 днів тому +7

      Which is why car brands in Sweden go through a "moose test" = can it swerve fast enough and avoid a moose?

    • @lenabreijer1311
      @lenabreijer1311 11 днів тому +3

      @nian60 that assumes you see then in time and react fast enough. Curving country road after dark means you are under their belly before you know it. Now add winter with icy conditions.

  • @tehawfulestface1337
    @tehawfulestface1337 12 днів тому +90

    Thank you Emilia. I am a sculptor specializing in horses. Your two videos on prehistoric deer has convinced me to try sculpting extinct deer. 40 years ago I was ‘volunteered’ by my scout troop to be leader and had to choose a ‘mascot’ for our troop flag. I chose the Wapiti, inspired by its noble stature and antlers. The reaction from my scout troop, “WTF is that thing?” Sigh…..

    • @connormcintosh4828
      @connormcintosh4828 11 днів тому +5

      Ever think about making some shorts of your sculptures, I know I would love to see them! Thanks for sharing your scouting story

    • @tehawfulestface1337
      @tehawfulestface1337 11 днів тому +4

      @@connormcintosh4828Thank you. I have started documenting one of my projects on video for the first time. Just have to finish the sculpture so I can finish the short video.

    • @glory2cybertron
      @glory2cybertron 9 днів тому +2

      ours was called "The Flying Baby Hares" because one member actually had a pet hare

    • @tehawfulestface1337
      @tehawfulestface1337 9 днів тому +1

      @@glory2cybertronNice one! Everyone wanted the big cats. No one liked the idea of ‘Rudolph’ as a mascot…..

    • @zombiedoggie2732
      @zombiedoggie2732 4 дні тому +1

      A change from the usual subject is always a good idea, it's always good to challenge the mind to keep things intresting.

  • @WhiteNucklin
    @WhiteNucklin 12 днів тому +14

    I’ve been subbed for a long time. Since like 10k subscribers and I was along for the ride when you guys got a huge push during the pandemic, I see now that you’re not getting that same kind of views now BUT, you’re commitment to the content you create has always remained the same and I absolutely love it. You’re still one of my very favorite channels on all the internet and I absolutely love how the channel has progressed. I don’t know what you guys do in your lives outside of UA-cam but I always fear that you guys are going to graduate or move onto a career off platform and disappear. if that happens, you guys should totally hand off the channel to some buddies or colleagues. I don’t know. Just a fan piping in. Wish you all the best. Love the channel, AND THE NEW ONE!

  • @glennhiggins7680
    @glennhiggins7680 12 днів тому +12

    A few years ago I was camping on the Snake River, Wyoming. I woke at 5 a.m. and saw a beauty of nature ; a herd of elk climbing a 75 degree cliff away from mini me. The caboose was a giant male protecting his herd.

  • @rl9217
    @rl9217 12 днів тому +16

    “Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.”
    -The Fallow and Red Deer after being mentioned in nearly every species entry for this video

  • @legendre007
    @legendre007 12 днів тому +16

    Deer are already exciting when normal-sized. So when they are giant, I get more of them. 🥰

  • @bmortlock1956
    @bmortlock1956 12 днів тому +9

    I just love it when you go off on a tangent, Emelia !!! You are hilarious !!! 😁❤👍👌

    • @GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
      @GermanSausagesAreTheWurst 11 днів тому

      She's really gotten more comfortable in front of the camera over the years. I remember when she started she was a bit nervous.

  • @dracone4370
    @dracone4370 12 днів тому +9

    I think it could be fun to see video discussing non-deer with deer-like forms; maybe even a video on all the species that evolved the deer body plan at some point.

  • @Redneckkratos
    @Redneckkratos 12 днів тому +18

    I wouldn’t be shocked if the Ben G Thomas team now make a video explaining how everything will evolve into deer….

  • @MrGksarathy
    @MrGksarathy 12 днів тому +11

    Prehistoric deer are uniquely fascinating to me because deer feel uniquely divinely majestic, at least the very large bucks, and the sight of a giant extinct deer must have been somewhat awe-inspiring to our ancestors.
    I know it's kinda ocerly romantic to think this way, but just can't help it, ya know.

    • @AllegraBottlik
      @AllegraBottlik 11 днів тому +2

      They absolutely were inspiring - they're in SO much cave art!

  • @Nightscape_
    @Nightscape_ 12 днів тому +5

    I love having moved to the Appalachians from So-Cal. I see deer all the time in the parks when I walk my dog.

  • @bkjeong4302
    @bkjeong4302 12 днів тому +11

    It should be noted that Irish elk lasted as recently as 8,000 years ago in much of Central Asia and that Cervalces was actually better-adapted to warmer, wetter current climatic conditions than glacials which is indicative of why they actually went extinct

  • @AwesomeFish12
    @AwesomeFish12 12 днів тому +14

    Finally the follow up to the great "Big Deer" episode. 👍

  • @OlessanYT
    @OlessanYT 10 днів тому +4

    I love the lighthearted shade thrown at Owen. 🤣
    Another brilliant video! There's so much nuance and uniqueness in deer that can be overlooked without an enquiring eye.

  • @1101millie97
    @1101millie97 12 днів тому +6

    Awesome episode! You should have Emilia do more such videos.

  • @AwesomeFish12
    @AwesomeFish12 12 днів тому +25

    Will the next video in the series be "the tiniest deer ever"?

    • @jamesleatherwood5125
      @jamesleatherwood5125 12 днів тому +4

      I wants this episode. Tiniest deer would be so cute!

    • @Scarcheeze
      @Scarcheeze 12 днів тому +5

      Mouse deer in the philippines

    • @NisarKhan-jm1uh
      @NisarKhan-jm1uh 6 днів тому

      ​@@ScarcheezeNo it's actually the northern and southern pudu deer of South America.

  • @kersebleptes1317
    @kersebleptes1317 12 днів тому +16

    "When Crabs Evolve Into Deer."

  • @balthiersgirl2658
    @balthiersgirl2658 12 днів тому +5

    I love your episodes emilia ❤

  • @jacobv3396
    @jacobv3396 12 днів тому +4

    Yes! Do an episode about things that are not deer!

  • @Imperiused
    @Imperiused 6 днів тому +1

    Definitely a yes on the Not-deer deer video! As long as you say "red deer" and "fallow deer" 30 more times

  • @maxplanck9055
    @maxplanck9055 12 днів тому +9

    Oh dear a 3rd dear episode? Fun to hear about dear imposters 😃✌️❤️🇬🇧

  • @aceundead4750
    @aceundead4750 12 днів тому +184

    Venison from a giant extinct deer would be awesome. I probably shouldn't watch this while hungry

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 12 днів тому +16

      I'd wager you could find some if you dig through enough permafrost. I know for a fact that at least mammoth gathered this way has been "sampled" and was apparently still edible.
      Tho it probably didn't taste all that great and I'd stay way clear of it xD

    • @Xnaut314
      @Xnaut314 12 днів тому +12

      I'm certain many ancient humans would agree considering that many, if not most, of the species that went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene were likely pressured by human hunting after climatic changes alone already would've bottlenecked their population sizes and diversity.

    • @rustybuckets2143
      @rustybuckets2143 12 днів тому +5

      ​@@sizanogreen9900 Gotta get those prehistoric pathogens 👍

    • @suecastillo4056
      @suecastillo4056 12 днів тому +7

      Always something to kill huh???

    • @ArmchairDeity
      @ArmchairDeity 12 днів тому +5

      That’s not a haunch of venison, THIS is a HAUNCH of VENISON… 🤠

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify 12 днів тому +2

    Yes deer-iod animals need their own episode. Great work guys!

  • @silliaek
    @silliaek 12 днів тому +1

    I can't even imagine the work that went into this video

  • @martinkois7126
    @martinkois7126 12 днів тому

    Love the little breakdown bc of nomenclature. As a former secondary biology teacher, it was highly relatable.

  • @sphinxtheeminx
    @sphinxtheeminx 12 днів тому +5

    Deer are still pretty weird - I used to walk my dogs in woods in Devon and regularly got followed - stalked! - by a female deer who totally ignored my dogs (small ones) to keep me company. We once made the other jump when we each came round a large tree and met face to face.

  • @fastrockproductions9788
    @fastrockproductions9788 12 днів тому +17

    If you see a deer with glowing horns, remember to click taunt so it doesn't use geomancy

    • @AntoniusTyas
      @AntoniusTyas 12 днів тому +4

      I thought it would only appear when Dementors arrived and your name is Harry...

    • @HedonisticPuritan-mp6xv
      @HedonisticPuritan-mp6xv 12 днів тому +2

      If you see one with a glowing nose , you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout.

  • @funkypants1717
    @funkypants1717 12 днів тому +3

    You should talk more about the irish elk. Or red deer. Or fallow deer.

  • @TheLowstef
    @TheLowstef 12 днів тому +1

    A video on deer-looking non-deers sounds awesome.
    Might I also suggest a video on things that are not what their name suggests - like the king cobra is not a "true" cobra, the mountain goat is not a "true" goat, electric eels are not "true" eels, mantis shrimp are neither mantis nor shrimp, etc.

  • @vasantmasurekar4826
    @vasantmasurekar4826 12 днів тому

    Yes please do an episode on the Not deer. It would be great to know about them

  • @romanlandon6561
    @romanlandon6561 12 днів тому +2

    Narrowly escaped being gored by a MASSIVE moose. I cant even begin to describe the terror and fear Coming across such a huge and aggressive animal. I'm glad to be alive

    • @michaelcox1071
      @michaelcox1071 11 днів тому

      @romanlandon6561 - I was on an island in Glacier Bay National Park when a lot of noise indicated a running large animal. I ran down the beach, and a bull moose burst out onto the beach a few meters away. Thankfully it moved away at high speed. Then I thought about what might spook a bull moose. I packed up and got into my boat as soon as possible.

  • @brocanada6418
    @brocanada6418 11 днів тому

    I'm gonna be honest here .
    I watch videos on paleontology as a Brain wash from the real life insanity that is happening into our world.
    It's good to relax and I appreciate what you guys do .
    These videos and the study as a whole deserves much more public respect and support

  • @ErdriedDeirdre
    @ErdriedDeirdre 10 днів тому

    I have no idea why but I love the giant prehistoric deer species.

  • @caboosenom3rson
    @caboosenom3rson 6 днів тому

    I love it when 7DOS teases me with more random deer knowledge. MORE
    (Also I've started seeing red deer and fallow deer in my dreams now, is that normal?}

  • @romanlandon6561
    @romanlandon6561 12 днів тому +1

    I used to eat a lot of elk in Colorado. When my friend and me were totally broke, we both lived off of one elk sausage for four days.

  • @romanlandon6561
    @romanlandon6561 12 днів тому +2

    Oh! and I've run into chronic wastings deer (zombie deer virus) looks exactly what it sounds like

  • @patreekotime4578
    @patreekotime4578 12 днів тому +1

    Every Time Things Have Evolved Into Deer, please!

  • @thomasschmidt1836
    @thomasschmidt1836 12 днів тому +3

    Not as large as Wapiti but also a large animal in North America is the Mule Deer. Distinctive for its large mule/donkey like ears. Drop down a size category and White Tail and Black Tail deer species can get quite large but do vary depending on native range. The same species can be bigger in mountainous or heavily forrested areas but comparritively small in other places like Alabama for example

  • @Poohze01
    @Poohze01 12 днів тому +2

    "All the Times Things have Evolved into Deer"? Oooh, Yes Please!

  • @nullc0ntext
    @nullc0ntext 12 днів тому +26

    Sure, but can we talk about the Not Deer? Those things are terrifying.

    • @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName
      @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName 11 днів тому

      MAU? ExP?

    • @pm1136
      @pm1136 11 днів тому

      A predator mimicking its prey!... 🫥😶😶‍🌫️

    • @pm1136
      @pm1136 11 днів тому

      A predator mimicking its prey! 🫥😶😶‍🌫️

  • @Womberto
    @Womberto 12 днів тому +3

    There's some big fat knobs on a few of those antlers.

  • @nian60
    @nian60 11 днів тому +1

    Yes a video on non-deer would be great. 🦌

  • @dennisud
    @dennisud 12 днів тому +1

    My Deer, you did a great job! 😉 👍🏼
    And, YES We want a video on Non-Deer!!!!!

  • @RTWRTW-RTWRTW
    @RTWRTW-RTWRTW 12 днів тому +5

    @0:12 Why are their behinds colored brightly? Is it to be able to follow each other while escaping predators? Or were they designed to be easily spotted by predators? Or for mating purposes?

    • @soltersortna
      @soltersortna 12 днів тому +8

      It’s a bit of an intimidation sign to predators, when they flip up their tails and bounce away with that big white spot it’s saying “I’m so healthy you shouldn’t even bother chasing me”. The behavior is called stotting

  • @TimCCambridge
    @TimCCambridge 11 днів тому +1

    Carrots on my socks? Oh dear... my dyslexia again.

  • @malakidemeo4425
    @malakidemeo4425 11 днів тому

    Will be watching tomorrow at work

  • @chrisrus1965
    @chrisrus1965 12 днів тому +2

    How about a video on every time nature evolved antelopes. It happened a bunch of times.

  • @davidcrooks8642
    @davidcrooks8642 12 днів тому

    Emilia is the only reason i watch this channel.

    • @MikhailTeplensky
      @MikhailTeplensky 8 днів тому

      she doesn’t want you

    • @davidcrooks8642
      @davidcrooks8642 8 днів тому

      @MikhailTeplensky oh snap, I didn't realise you was her! I'm so glad you are able to tell me what she wants! Stupid.

  • @Scrinwaipwr
    @Scrinwaipwr 4 дні тому

    15:12 I was just thinking how much I like how Emilia says "fallow deer."

  • @mcburcke
    @mcburcke 4 години тому

    I find deer fascinating as a group, and this was a good addition to the knowledge base. (I must admit, almost shamefacedly, to being just as fascinated with the presenter...she is SO cute and smart and articulate! Almost makes me want to return to Blighty to look her up, just for the fun of it. You may now proceed to call me the biggest creep on the planet...)

  • @guyincognito959
    @guyincognito959 11 днів тому +1

    Imagine the implications for Christmas season. Cat sized deer. 🎄🎄🦌🎄🎄

  • @highfive7689
    @highfive7689 12 днів тому +1

    I'll take two not-a-deer vid make mine with cream and one sugar. Thank you. You are the best. 🤟

  • @Balthazare69
    @Balthazare69 12 днів тому +6

    Dear, I would really like to watch a video about deer that are not really deer, they just look like deer, but they are just as dear as real deer, and I almost forgot... Red deer 😈😈😈😂😂😂

  • @knickebien1966
    @knickebien1966 12 днів тому +2

    1:31 ET could phone home with those antennae. What incredible racks on those guys!

    • @skoolzone
      @skoolzone 5 днів тому

      Hey, watch it they got feelings too😂

  • @Cryptic_Bigfoot
    @Cryptic_Bigfoot 12 днів тому +3

    Deer are such fascinatingly strange but often overlooked, also, the remarks to whoever was off camara were amusing.

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd 12 днів тому +1

    What did prehistoric man say when he saw an Irish elk charging?
    "O'deer..."

  • @jamesbates5901
    @jamesbates5901 12 днів тому +3

    Ben why are you so cool?

  • @AlejandroPereraGil
    @AlejandroPereraGil 12 днів тому

    YES!!! To non-deers. Also you're crazier than i had asumed😅, your fun to watch, keep going😊.

  • @enormousderek
    @enormousderek 11 днів тому +1

    We aren't bored of hearing you saying Fallow Deer dear, that's why we are here! Loving Emilia's contributions to this channel. Great work.

  • @jannebrija9879
    @jannebrija9879 12 днів тому +1

    Smallest deers next

  • @chriswidnes5315
    @chriswidnes5315 11 днів тому

    3 hour Emilia Red Deer educational video when? I need to know about red deer!

  • @jonwashburn7999
    @jonwashburn7999 12 днів тому +2

    Dear, I'd like a deer video about non-deer deer.

  • @rnbnatl
    @rnbnatl 12 днів тому

    I had planned to get all punny, but alas, it's not meant to be. But thanks for another fun vid! 🦌

  • @leppeppel
    @leppeppel 10 днів тому

    Next in the series on convergent evolution... impostdeer!

  • @SpliffingBrit
    @SpliffingBrit 4 дні тому

    I like when she tells me what to do at the end 😂

  • @marsfreelander5969
    @marsfreelander5969 11 днів тому

    New drinking game unlocked!
    Take a drink every time you hear "red deer"

  • @nanic3639
    @nanic3639 11 днів тому

    Looking forward to the video about notdeer!

  • @Victor-px7dl
    @Victor-px7dl 12 днів тому +2

    Fascinating video as always but… The rendering of the Dama Celiae (minute 12:18) has the deer puffing some MJ!

  • @zJoriz
    @zJoriz 11 днів тому

    This video kind of confirms my suspicions. Hypothesizing that the huge headcrests of some pterosaur species may have helped them fly is pretty much like saying these deer species' antlers helped them navigate through the woods.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 11 днів тому +1

    Now I want a cat-sized pet deer! 🥺

  • @tox7416
    @tox7416 11 днів тому

    woah thats a big deer

  • @Hiddensecret9
    @Hiddensecret9 12 днів тому

    Prehistoric wildlife was like nature’s experimental phase-giant deer, armored beasts, and more. Ever wondered what made these creatures so unique? Let’s dive in!

  • @shawnwalker4936
    @shawnwalker4936 12 днів тому +3

    Haha I was so confused when she was saying wapiti how she was! I’ve always heard it pronounced Whap-ity or wap-paty. That and her comparisons to red deer. My dumb self is going “cool, that’s awesome…. I don’t know how big those usually are…”

    • @sheridanshumway6820
      @sheridanshumway6820 12 днів тому +1

      Was bout to post the same. I always hear it as wah-pih-TEE though here around Montana. Though elk is much more common.

    • @shawnwalker4936
      @shawnwalker4936 12 днів тому

      @ I do like how she clarified it at the end though where she’s saying like “hey there’s too many things called “elk” so we’re just gonna run with their other names.”

    • @sheridanshumway6820
      @sheridanshumway6820 12 днів тому +1

      @@shawnwalker4936 I'm just used to reading so many sources I don't really notice the switch. Hear a European accent say elk and head figures they are talking bout moose. I see exactly why she pronounces it the way she does by the spelling. Just sounds really weird when I've heard it as part of my regional vocabulary my whole life. Had no problem figuring out what she was referring to.
      As a book addict since childhood and grew up in a poor small town in the middle of nowhere there is a massive amount of my vocab that comes from just reading. I've had some really creative pronunciations over the years cause not realizing something was say a French word.

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe 12 днів тому +3

      ​@@shawnwalker4936she clarified it at the end? I haven't made it there yet I was so confused I had to find out what she was talking about. The picture gave me a clue, but then I thought I was crazy. I've never heard it called anything but Elk.

    • @hawkbartril3016
      @hawkbartril3016 12 днів тому +1

      Wa-pa-ti is how I've always heard and spoken it

  • @sharizabel2582
    @sharizabel2582 10 днів тому

    So there I was flying in a EF-111 in New Mexico. We were at 300 feet above the ground and climbing up what is called the caprock. A 300 foot many miles long uplift. My pilot rolled left as we approached which put me facing downward. There it was a massive Elk climbing the caprock right underneath us.

  • @donnakaz3525
    @donnakaz3525 11 днів тому

    You're wonderful! And hilarious..red deer..lol...

  • @pauldiezel4584
    @pauldiezel4584 11 днів тому

    Emilia is a well read dear

  • @themightypenguin8242
    @themightypenguin8242 12 днів тому +1

    I'd love a not deer video and how different they are to red deer

  • @eroero830
    @eroero830 10 днів тому

    i'M WAITING FOR THE OH DEER

  • @chulanthadiyes3117
    @chulanthadiyes3117 12 днів тому

    A Deer Request: Video on the Fake Deer, Please!

  • @barrydysert2974
    @barrydysert2974 12 днів тому +1

    Non-deer deer? Yes dear please !:-)

  • @Vectortheangel
    @Vectortheangel 11 днів тому

    Patiently waiting for “All the Times Things Evolved to Look Like Deer”.

  • @danielday36
    @danielday36 5 днів тому

    How about a story on the whitetail deer and all its variants throughout North and South America

  • @eldraque4556
    @eldraque4556 10 днів тому

    who knew deer where so varied? Emilia, I think

  • @seanwelch71
    @seanwelch71 12 днів тому +1

    Tiny legs might be helpful in moving through wetlands. No getting stuck in shallow muds.

  • @farkasmactavish
    @farkasmactavish 12 днів тому

    3:14 Hemionus is such a whimsically silly name.

  • @spoonbillgirl
    @spoonbillgirl 11 днів тому

    more deer plz. even if theyre not deer

  • @sonorasgirl
    @sonorasgirl 11 днів тому

    Wapiti are also called caribou lol, to add to the confusion. At least I think it’s the same

  • @rhinkley100
    @rhinkley100 12 днів тому +1

    I would a love a "not" deer video!

  • @kajunsblerdeye9325
    @kajunsblerdeye9325 12 днів тому +1

    Yes deer like

  • @Orange_Pith
    @Orange_Pith 11 днів тому

    19:25 could not have said it better myself

  • @AxleLotl
    @AxleLotl 10 днів тому

    16:49
    I didn't want to disturb the people around me with sound, so I watched this vid with captions and learned about Megaloceros anatomy.

  • @_Ben___
    @_Ben___ 6 днів тому

    20:22 probably the funniest attempt yet

  • @rubenkoker1911
    @rubenkoker1911 12 днів тому

    emilia should make a song about Deer

  • @SickPuppet-w6x
    @SickPuppet-w6x 5 днів тому

    We have "elk" here which are about the size of a cow, but taller and they have very impressive antlers, but moose are even bigger and are only found northeast of here...The most common deer here is the "black tailed deer" which is a smaller subspecies of "mule deer"...They are quite yummy, and are therefore hunted every year during the early fall.

  • @AncientWildTV
    @AncientWildTV 11 днів тому

    great video! i really enjoyed the interesting insights about giant deer, but honestly, i think the whole idea of them being "weird" is a bit subjective. i mean, aren't all creatures fascinating in their own right? it's just part of evolution, right?

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 12 днів тому +3

    The milu deer is also called the Pere David's Deer.
    A French priest, Pere David, was the first European to see them in a Chinese emperor's hunting preserve.
    At that time it was the only place in the world where they were found.
    In subsequent years, dozens were shipped to Europe, but back in China they were all eaten by peasants in the Boxer Rebellion.

  • @willemvandermerwe7530
    @willemvandermerwe7530 12 днів тому +1

    Please feature the not-deer-deer!