5 Famous Dinosaurs That Aren't Actually Dinosaurs

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  • Опубліковано 30 кві 2014
  • Did you know that some famous 'dinosaurs' aren't actually dinosaurs? Some prehistoric animals have actually been mis-categorized as dinosaurs-but were something else entirely! Join us for a new episode of SciShow, and learn about the definition of 'true dinosaurs' and the evolutionary relationships shared by the non-dino reptiles that lived back then.
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  • @Rubashow
    @Rubashow 10 років тому +111

    I remember arguing with my biology teacher about that. She told the class that dinosaurs are reptiles and amphibians. I told her that this is impossible. Dinosaurs are exclusively a branch of reptiles now extict, saving birds. She berated me and gave the student that came up with the idea that amphibians also were dinosaurs a positive remark in his class book. This is now ages ago but this enraged me so much because she was not only totally wrong, she spread her idiocy and rewarded the ones who bought it and she did it all the time.

    • @absojake
      @absojake 10 років тому +13

      You should share her name. The lack of accountability and pure anonymity is causing the stupid to rise.

    • @Rubashow
      @Rubashow 10 років тому +18

      No I won't share her name. It's been a while and she was notorious for incompetency anyway. If you share someones information on the internet you only invite a mob to bash her and personally she wasn't a bad person and she doesn't deserve it.

    • @Rubashow
      @Rubashow 10 років тому +15

      I don't even blame her for that. Maybe she had a bad day. What really pissed me of was that she didn't even allow me to prove my point. She appeared frigthened to be contradicted in front of the class ... but I think she should have been admonished.

    • @garyking4032
      @garyking4032 10 років тому +5

      Rubashow It could've been worse, she could've been mandatorily teaching an 'alternative' theory to evolution...

    • @literaltruth
      @literaltruth 10 років тому +7

      I find it deeply saddening that such people are teaching subjects they have such limited understanding of. I mean she was not only wing about there being amphibian dinosaurs, but as a biology teacher she should have known that her argument that dinosaurs "are reptiles" is also a nonsense. Biologically speaking there's no such thing as reptiles. There is no way you can define a biological clade that includes snakes, crocodiles, lizards and turtles without including penguins, sparrows, chimpanzees and mice.
      The definition of a biological clade is that it must contain a species and all species descended from it. The modern species that people think of as reptiles were from an old pre-scientific system where things were clumped according to how they looked and acted - so all the scaly, walking things which laid eggs were put together as "reptiles". However, crocolids, serpents, turtles and lizards are not actually very related at all - and to find their most recent common ancestor you'd have to go back further than dinosaurs (which would mean they and therefore all the avians would have to be included in the clade) and probably further back then the dimertrodon which, as Hank indicated in this video was part of a group that were the ancestors of all mammals.
      So any biologically meaningful definition of "reptile" would include all animal life except insects and most of the stuff that lives underwater.

  • @bibigreen7193
    @bibigreen7193 8 років тому +847

    I can name at least a dozen animals that aren't dinosaurs.

    • @evanorth2753
      @evanorth2753 8 років тому +12

      A bird isn't a dinosaur

    • @aaron2033
      @aaron2033 8 років тому +2

      +Bibi Green I was thinking the same thing

    • @REDEYEZGFX
      @REDEYEZGFX 8 років тому +17

      my mom isn't one

    • @PastaCool
      @PastaCool 8 років тому +5

      nice bait

    • @1oVVa
      @1oVVa 8 років тому +54

      Technically saying a bird is a dinosaur. Look it up.

  • @SuicidalLemonade
    @SuicidalLemonade 8 років тому +150

    Plesiosaurs is the most polite creature of the seas.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 8 років тому +5

      oh, please.

    • @if3isasin480
      @if3isasin480 5 років тому +5

      And obviously the lochness monster, probably gonna ask me for tree fiddy

    • @kamensentai9286
      @kamensentai9286 4 роки тому +2

      @@if3isasin480 just make sure he doesn't come knocking on your door disguised as a little girl and don't give him a dollar thinking it would make him go away, cuz he'll come back for more

    • @cooltubes547
      @cooltubes547 4 роки тому

      Family guy ostrich: Ha ha!

    • @TheFi3nd
      @TheFi3nd 3 роки тому

      No there all killing machines

  • @JaylukKhan
    @JaylukKhan 9 років тому +508

    "Anything that swims wasn't a dinosaur." Penguins...

    • @bao6461
      @bao6461 9 років тому +18

      Lol

    • @Hal2718
      @Hal2718 9 років тому +79

      Well I'm pretty sure the implication was that any animal that lives in water isn't a dinosaur. Penguins do not live in water, they live on land. However that doesn't mean that there will never be exceptions. Example: Mammals give birth to live offspring except the platypus.

    • @CAWCarcharo34
      @CAWCarcharo34 9 років тому +23

      He means most of the non-avian except for spinosaurus and a large amount of avian dinosaurs that include today's birds and the Penguins show the evolutionary excellency of a genus from a family evolving because of a new environment

    • @joshvswild949
      @joshvswild949 9 років тому +21

      Connor Lachmanec Spinosaurus.

    • @JaylukKhan
      @JaylukKhan 9 років тому +5

      Josh vs Wild Yes! Thank you.

  • @AngryAussie
    @AngryAussie 10 років тому +184

    Kittens. Kittens aren't dinosaurs.
    They just think they are.

    • @prankfiles
      @prankfiles 10 років тому +5

      Kittens have attitude

    • @MarvRoberts
      @MarvRoberts 10 років тому

      We should have not eaten kitten meat.

  • @hebbejebbe
    @hebbejebbe 10 років тому +149

    Yes! As a geologist I love this video. Every single thing that was said was, to my knowledge, accurate and complies with our current understanding of palaeontological history (which is quite rare to see on UA-cam videos). A lot of the information that Hank conveys here is actually degree level material. Kudos!

    • @Robbmann67
      @Robbmann67 4 роки тому +5

      You still a geologist?

    • @nchan4679
      @nchan4679 4 роки тому

      If its so accurate then why do his statements always begin with "scientist believe...."

    • @weefslider
      @weefslider 4 роки тому +13

      @@nchan4679 Because there's always new evidence popping up that could change what they believe. And since these animals are long, long gone, there's no way we can possibly know anything completely certainly but we can get very close.

    • @nchan4679
      @nchan4679 4 роки тому +1

      @@weefslider well thank you for not being nasty about it. Kinda wierd getting a reply thats respectful lol. Have you considered that a worldwide flood may have buried bones in a manner that would make it appear as if these bones were far older then they actually are? I watched a very convincing arguement on that awhile ago.

    • @Nob911
      @Nob911 4 роки тому +2

      @@nchan4679 I mean nobody knows anything for certain like science or religion they have the evidence they find and base off that

  • @rljeric
    @rljeric 8 років тому +37

    Whenever some creature lives in water but breathes air, I'm just like "Oh, nature. Ya done goofed."

  • @videocam23
    @videocam23 7 років тому +513

    does hank ever breathe

    • @kigut7443
      @kigut7443 7 років тому +151

      yes, but not through his mouth. similar to the fitzroy river turtle, hank breathes through his anus.

    • @officialgoosestudios7151
      @officialgoosestudios7151 7 років тому +45

      He has three pairs of lungs i Believe.

    • @trqvcr
      @trqvcr 6 років тому +5

      magic-envelope no

    • @optimusprimus89
      @optimusprimus89 6 років тому +2

      magic-envelope the way he talks is really annoying that's for sure

    • @blueender2.025
      @blueender2.025 6 років тому +1

      magic-envelope i

  • @newtracetriad
    @newtracetriad 10 років тому +509

    Pterodactyl: Not a dinosaur
    Crows: Dinosaurs

    • @alexinator10
      @alexinator10 10 років тому +37

      correct

    • @WarLarkGamer
      @WarLarkGamer 10 років тому +75

      I approve of intelligent jet-black flying dinosaurs.

    • @ZombieBarioth
      @ZombieBarioth 10 років тому +15

      They're also some of the most intelligent creatures on the planet.

    • @WarLarkGamer
      @WarLarkGamer 10 років тому +6

      immortalkitten4ever Especially the New Caledonian variety.

    • @colinmacaoidh9583
      @colinmacaoidh9583 7 років тому +22

      miniaturized hyper-evolved flying stealth dinosaurs.
      I love corvids :D

  • @The.HarroweD
    @The.HarroweD 10 років тому +170

    Absolutely loving these 10-minute long learn-fest type videos. I'm sure that I speak for the whole of the SciShow audience when I say I'd really like to see more videos of this awesome quality.

    • @irondsd
      @irondsd 10 років тому +6

      We'd like to watch anything from SciShow, to be honest. I'm so excited each time new video is released.

    • @sterlingsilver3660
      @sterlingsilver3660 7 років тому +2

      Same.
      If I end up procrastinating, I'm either watching kpop or SciShow at this point XD

  • @gamesbok
    @gamesbok 8 років тому +76

    The extinction of the dinosaurs by an asteroid should be a lesson to mankind. Don't all stand in one spot.

    • @juliankristensen5040
      @juliankristensen5040 8 років тому +8

      +gamesbok you get that it's not the impact that killed them right?

    • @ghekor
      @ghekor 8 років тому +10

      +Julian Kristensen Hey when most people think of asteroid impact or nuke attack for that matter the 1st thing that comes to mind is devastation from the impact/explosion itself not many think of what the 2nd stage(often the worse) is which is the global winter that comes and stays for months to decades.

    • @charliebartlett5768
      @charliebartlett5768 8 років тому +14

      The initial impact wasn't what killed them lol, it was the climate change caused by the impact. Would have bee funny if all the dinosaurs organised a party right where the meteor hit xP

    • @juliankristensen5040
      @juliankristensen5040 8 років тому

      Charlie Bartlett haha!

    • @Tsumami__
      @Tsumami__ 5 років тому

      Stop perpetuating that retardedly oversimplified cliche. Birds still exist, dinosaurs died out over several extinction events. Ffs.

  • @apugalypse_now
    @apugalypse_now 9 років тому +237

    Five animals that aren't dinosaurs? Come on, that's too easy.
    1. chipmunks
    2. tarantulas
    3. dogs
    4. vampire bats
    5. stegosaurus

    • @Helljumper7200
      @Helljumper7200 9 років тому +11

      ***** *cough *cough ...sarcasm

    • @Sclonder
      @Sclonder 9 років тому

      someone with the same name, finallyyyy!

    • @jarca2246
      @jarca2246 5 років тому +5

      *stegosaurus is a dinosaur bruh*

    • @jdvoecht
      @jdvoecht 4 роки тому +1

      That's an absolutely brilliant observation 👍

    • @dagothur7171
      @dagothur7171 4 роки тому +3

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar r/itswhooooshwith4os

  • @GildedWildebeest
    @GildedWildebeest 10 років тому +391

    "Largest animal that ever flew". Someone needs to get a blue whale on a helicopter quick

    • @DivineTranquillity
      @DivineTranquillity 10 років тому +18

      That is a phenomenal idea, however, I think we'll need a plane or something larger than a helicopter to carry that immense weight.

    • @juan041697
      @juan041697 10 років тому +7

      ஃ Sempiternal Zeal ஃ How about dynamite?

    • @yowamushy
      @yowamushy 10 років тому +1

      Juan David wouldnt survive it

    • @AwsomeLorenzo
      @AwsomeLorenzo 10 років тому +24

      Wailord can fly like a blimp

    • @yowamushy
      @yowamushy 10 років тому +6

      Lorenzo Castanon And pretty bulky, survives an explosion from golem

  • @Thomi92
    @Thomi92 8 років тому +103

    That Voice Crack in the very first word.

  • @lavender_queso
    @lavender_queso 7 років тому +36

    You're telling me a mosasaur is the ancestor of my ball python? I suddenly feel much more badass!

    • @BackYardScience2000
      @BackYardScience2000 4 роки тому +2

      Owning a ball python doesn't make you badass. Lol! They are like the pet rocks of the herpetology world. Now what would make you badass is owning a captive bred and born 100% pure blooded Argentine boa and having it latch onto your arm. Or an 8 foot carpet python. Or a 14 foot long cobra.

    • @mattmorehouse9685
      @mattmorehouse9685 3 роки тому +2

      @@BackYardScience2000 Please note: Being a badass may result in disappearing squirrels outside you house, the neighbors shunning you, venomous bites leading to death, or the disappearance of children. Always make sure not to piss off the ten foot poisonous snake. Why the hell are you keeping a king cobra in your house anyway?

    • @elgringo1893
      @elgringo1893 2 роки тому +2

      It shares a common ancestor, Mosasaurs are not THE ancestor of all snakes.

  • @TeaIngyer
    @TeaIngyer 8 років тому +420

    Haven't watched the video, but let me try and make a list...
    Uhhh...
    Rats
    Cows
    Foxes
    Horses
    Triceratops-*Oh gad dangit I botched it again!*

    • @sock9313
      @sock9313 8 років тому +19

      Triceratops are tricycles

    • @JaroslavKsandr
      @JaroslavKsandr 8 років тому

      +dollsvsreality kk m8

    • @plipp6889
      @plipp6889 8 років тому +8

      +MarklenIngyer 5:30 "all dinosaurs lived on land period!"....... Spinosaurus Aeugyptikus was a semi aquatic dinosaur and this video came out in 2014 and we knew that spinosaurus lived most of it`s life in the water... so yeah all dinosaurs didnt live on land and we have only discovered about 500 dinosaur species so thats a lot that we haven't discovered YET so there could be many many more semi aquatic species of dinosaurs.

    • @nachomeep3593
      @nachomeep3593 8 років тому +5

      +Danii Kim Keyword 'semi'.

    • @Jebendus
      @Jebendus 8 років тому +5

      +Danii Kim No, living in water and spending alot of time in water are two completely separate things.

  • @mikealphaxray228
    @mikealphaxray228 10 років тому +89

    As a paleontology student, I hate seeing videos on youtube where people who don't know about dinosaurs ramble on about them. However, I think I speak for the entire paleontology community in that I really appreciate the overall accuracy of this video. Only one thing: when you said "If it swam, it wasn't a dinosaur." While all the examples you raised are true, that statement is not one we can safely make. We have evidence of modern birds being aquatic, in addition to the obvious example of Crocodilians. Therefore, if we are to stick to dinosaurs' phylogenetic bracket (the archosaur clade), there is nothing preventing certain dinosaurs from partaking in a semi-aquatic or aquatic lifestyle.

    • @aaronn
      @aaronn 10 років тому +8

      When I heard that statement I took it as if "If it lived in water, it wasn't a dinosaur"

    • @gforce833
      @gforce833 10 років тому +12

      It's just a joke, don't read too much into it :)
      It's like someone saying "what goes up must come down". Yeah unless you throw it faster than earth's escape velocity, then it's never coming back :P

    • @EagleKai
      @EagleKai 10 років тому +2

      Yeah, I was wondering about the veracity of that comment. That would be like saying that all Mammals live on the land, which would immediately make all Whales, Dolphins, Manatees, Dugongs, etc "not mammals". Then again, it probably does come down to when and where in the evolutionary tree these creatures decided to return to the sea. If they branched off from a common ancestor, then I could see the claim holding, but if there are some dinosaurs which adopted the aquatic lifestyle then it would only be right to say they're in the same grouping, correct?

    • @peachxy3730
      @peachxy3730 5 років тому +3

      but...crocodilians aren’t dinosaurs..

  • @jared11889
    @jared11889 10 років тому +8

    Not only are these (relatively) long-form episodes fantastic; but this episode in particular was very well put-together. Keep up with the awesome!

  • @swr1240
    @swr1240 8 років тому +115

    Basically what I took from this video is, people who name animals suck at their job.

    • @vochkar3109
      @vochkar3109 8 років тому +8

      +Alan Jeffrey no, it's the people making the misconceptions

    • @cykaxd1503
      @cykaxd1503 7 років тому +13

      Alan Jeffrey Hey, they did good. Don't talk trash about my favorite Dinosaur, the Aliospectisgenohomeinaquatusphinctuslongusassusnameussaurus Rex

    • @DiomedesofMashad
      @DiomedesofMashad 7 років тому

      Nigeria xD your sucks

    • @knuckduster
      @knuckduster 6 років тому +2

      I hope that you realize that words aren't simply random... There's a method to formulating words and scientific names.

  • @puppylovergirl303
    @puppylovergirl303 8 років тому +21

    Just FYI, diapsids are a large group that includes many species that don't belong to dinosauria. The fenestrae that are specific to archosaurs (dinosaurs and pterosaurs) are mandibular fenestrae. 😊

    • @somedude140
      @somedude140 5 років тому +2

      I think you're thinking of avesmetatarsela, because the group archosaurs is defined as the last common ancestor of birds and crocodiles and all it's descendants.

  • @AlltimeConspiracies
    @AlltimeConspiracies 10 років тому +155

    Really really interesting. Quetzalcoatlus is a beast!

  • @usernameXunavailabl3
    @usernameXunavailabl3 10 років тому +44

    This was one of the best videos of late. Please make a video about the causes of dinosaur extinction

  • @bugman23
    @bugman23 7 років тому +252

    Father: What do you want to be when you grow up son?
    Me: A dinosaur :D
    Father: Why's that?
    Me: Because they're all dead.

    • @HibariKaname
      @HibariKaname 7 років тому +13

      I like you. Your humour are so dark it even dance better than Michael Jackson.

    • @derekbryceson7080
      @derekbryceson7080 7 років тому +13

      Don't cut youself with all that edge now.

    • @qsal305
      @qsal305 7 років тому +23

      Well, technically not all Dinosaurs are dead (Birds are Dinosaurs) :P

    • @ejej_shej7958
      @ejej_shej7958 6 років тому +4

      Crawling in my skin

    • @rzvn7
      @rzvn7 5 років тому

      Lol

  • @origaminosferatu3357
    @origaminosferatu3357 Рік тому +4

    Hank 8 years ago: "Pterosaurs couldn't walk upright."
    Prehistoric Planet's Quetzalcoatlus: "allow me to introduce myself." *Swallows an infant Dino*

  • @OblongOtter
    @OblongOtter 10 років тому +14

    *Leans back, shakes hands* Really big, terrifying sea snakes.

  • @slpk
    @slpk 10 років тому +30

    It's not that scientists are bad at naming things, it's just human nature to want to put a name on the thing you just discovered; and at that stage, you don't really know a lot about the subject you're naming.
    That said, they're still pretty bad at it.

    • @richielomas9564
      @richielomas9564 10 років тому +9

      just like historians...

    • @Fortstorm
      @Fortstorm 10 років тому +14

      We found a new planet!
      What do we call it?
      HD4131569.
      Woo.

    • @othertestchannelbeta
      @othertestchannelbeta 10 років тому

      I think terrible lizard was an apt description.

    • @slpk
      @slpk 10 років тому

      *****
      To be honest. They ARE displaying its pictures in HD...
      I'm sorry, I'll show myself out.

    • @Fortstorm
      @Fortstorm 10 років тому +1

      ***** All the good names? There's still plenty of Greek mythology left. Not to mention science fiction has us covered for a good thousand planet names at least.

  • @DeathsHood
    @DeathsHood 6 років тому +46

    Too many comments about Spinosaurus.
    It was not aquatic.
    It was semi-amphibious.
    There is a difference.
    Please learn it.

    • @Nob911
      @Nob911 4 роки тому

      Teach it to us then jackass

    • @Mgl1206
      @Mgl1206 4 роки тому

      tiget2013 he did he’s just asking you learn more about it.

    • @Mgl1206
      @Mgl1206 4 роки тому

      Well saying rather than asking

    • @Nob911
      @Nob911 4 роки тому +1

      @@Mgl1206 and it actually was aquatic it spent most of it's time in water and barely went on land to hunt that's why it's has structure and teeth were like that they were meant for fish and other aquatic animals

    • @Mgl1206
      @Mgl1206 4 роки тому

      tiget2013 ... I wasn’t expecting a reply. Especially so soon.

  • @grymgungus3933
    @grymgungus3933 6 років тому +3

    Gorgonopsid would have been an interesting example to bring up since they had upright legs but were actually synapsids. Although it doesn't have the mainstream recognition of dimetrodon so I can see why it wasn't included.

  • @OlleLindestad
    @OlleLindestad 10 років тому +19

    0:17 "... Animals that looked like fish but couldn't breathe in water -"
    You mean like today's dolphins?
    "- reptiles that gave birth to live young instead of laying eggs -"
    You mean like many of today's snakes?
    "- creatures the size of giraffes that could fly"
    ...Okay, yes, I've got nothing on that one.

    • @InorganicVegan
      @InorganicVegan 10 років тому +3

      Yes. He's saying that they're not dinosaurs.

    • @silentlamb21
      @silentlamb21 10 років тому

      Yes, dolphins are no dinosaurs and actually most snakes lay eggs and only a few kinds give birth to already hatched young.

    • @OlleLindestad
      @OlleLindestad 10 років тому

      Well, the whole point of the video was that NONE of the animals discussed were dinosaurs.
      I wrote that comment because he mentioned those two things as things that "by today's standards break the rules", but as we've seen, both fishlike air-breathers and viviparous reptiles exist today as well. :)

    • @4Sstoner
      @4Sstoner 10 років тому

      Life Happens the point of the video is animals who AREN'T dinosaurs, so yeah, your comment makes sense but is very redundant

    • @OlleLindestad
      @OlleLindestad 10 років тому

      ... I don't even know what we're talking about anymore. I didn't bring up dinosaurs.

  • @LtheprodigyH
    @LtheprodigyH 10 років тому +18

    I descended from Dimetrodons, words cannot express how happy I am about this...

  • @reversed2489
    @reversed2489 7 років тому +12

    I got the impression that Hank doesn't like giant sea snakes lol

  • @eucalyptusteddy3737
    @eucalyptusteddy3737 8 років тому +126

    Where is the mew? Or the mewtwo?

    • @MelvinArthurMurray
      @MelvinArthurMurray 8 років тому +2

      Lol what? I love Pokemon just as much as the next time but why here

    • @Pyke64
      @Pyke64 8 років тому +1

      +UniLodie Memes ?

    • @eucalyptusteddy3737
      @eucalyptusteddy3737 8 років тому

      +Pokemon Trainer cuz of... lol idk they aren't dinosaurs? xD

    • @stza16
      @stza16 8 років тому

      +UniLodie If we clone a T-rex do we call it a T-rex2?

    • @eucalyptusteddy3737
      @eucalyptusteddy3737 8 років тому

      +drz idk never did it xD

  • @thiscannotbeyourname
    @thiscannotbeyourname 10 років тому +18

    More! More ten minute videos featuring "X things that are/n't something," please!

    • @braden8361
      @braden8361 10 років тому +1

      You mean predator x the giant scary thing.

  • @K1S7Z3
    @K1S7Z3 10 років тому +3

    SciShow
    I love the way you talk all the time, but especially in this video. Your timing, alliteration and meter is fantastic! You're a joy to listen too no mater what you're talking about.
    But I love dinosaurs and all of the other creatures normally put under that name. So I really enjoyed this episode.

  • @TrollingDayAndNight
    @TrollingDayAndNight 8 років тому +6

    3:50 "Nnnnöp" -Hank, 2014

  • @retak4110
    @retak4110 8 років тому +43

    Reads the title
    thinks of a fox

    • @glambo02
      @glambo02 8 років тому +1

      Most underrated comment ever 😂😂

    • @ev7259
      @ev7259 5 років тому

      Sees comment about a fox
      Alexa play "What Does The Fox Say"
      Alexa: NENENENENENEENNEENENENENEENNENNENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENENNENENENENENE WHAT THE FOX SAY POPOPOPOPOPOPOPOP PAWW!

  • @Ryushai
    @Ryushai 10 років тому +11

    I want one on extinctions. What causes them, and how quickly does it decimate the top of the food chain species?

  • @Ravenclaw1991
    @Ravenclaw1991 10 років тому +12

    Kind of makes you glad some of these things are no longer around. Imagine being outside and having a creature as big as a freaking giraffe flying over you. That would be terrifying, also mildly awesome, but still terrifying.

    • @marshalice
      @marshalice 10 років тому +5

      or when you're diving/swimming and then a mosasaur comes swimming by...

    • @Ravenclaw1991
      @Ravenclaw1991 10 років тому

      fatherxxl True, but I can't swim, so I didn't think of that.

    • @whiskysmith9014
      @whiskysmith9014 10 років тому +3

      RavenclawTimeLord Sea world would be so much cooler with a Leoplueradon tank, screw shamoo.

  • @FHBStudio
    @FHBStudio 10 років тому +25

    When he said "Ichthyosaurs means fish lizard" made me think that scientists come up with, or used to come up with, names like "Oh, I know! This is a Fish-Lizard! Now lets turn it into Greek to make it sound fancy, educated and scholarly!"
    lol

  • @gears5665
    @gears5665 8 років тому +11

    well done. Perhaps a remake with more images of the evolutionary trees would be less confusing?

  • @DigitalVirusX2
    @DigitalVirusX2 10 років тому +71

    I would give my life to spend just a week on ancient Earth then report back to the present and share my findings. Just imagine an earth, fully swallowed by lush green mountains and forests, wetlands stretching over miles, pollution not even being fathomable. And also pretty much common animals of today being 40 stories high.... that too.

    • @Theriot6592
      @Theriot6592 10 років тому +41

      And immediately falling sick and dying, since you would have no immunity to prehistoric pathogens.

    • @MrLane-yf5vi
      @MrLane-yf5vi 10 років тому +3

      No you are wrong. There are many cases in Earth's history where CO2 was present in harmfull amounts along with other types of chem. But I see what u mean. Humans are a very distructive species

    • @Theriot6592
      @Theriot6592 10 років тому +23

      Cure4Living That's like saying you could fight a T-Rex because you could fight a chicken.

    • @nicks9359
      @nicks9359 9 років тому +1

      humans are disgusting

    • @SilentBudgie
      @SilentBudgie 7 років тому +3

      We are the descendents of the animals who had resistances to those pathogens. Time travellers should be more worried about pathogens from the future.

  • @SiliconBassist
    @SiliconBassist 10 років тому +5

    Some of those ichthyosaurs remind me of early cetaceans (Archaeoceti), some of which were occasionally mistaken for the marine reptiles mentioned in this video.
    I would love to see a video about the evolution of cetaceans! One on sirenians would be cool too!

  • @zprine
    @zprine 4 роки тому +5

    Scientist: “Don’t know what this thing is. Looks like an almost lizard though.”
    Scientist 2: “Bingo! But this time in Greek. Fancy.”

  • @noellefreehugs
    @noellefreehugs 10 років тому +2

    I absolutely loved this episode! Please do more ancient evolution videos!

  • @livvielov
    @livvielov 10 років тому +45

    Could you possibly do a video on the 1st biggest wipeout in history?

    • @aaronn
      @aaronn 10 років тому

      The big meateorite...

    • @TheSPOREREX
      @TheSPOREREX 10 років тому +10

      DatGama The permian extinction was far more devastating than the KT extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

    • @elapplzsl
      @elapplzsl 10 років тому

      DatGama I don't think that's the most accepted reason for the biggest extinction which was before the dinosaurs.

    • @aaronn
      @aaronn 10 років тому

      Sorry for being so condescending‎ when I don't know what I'm talking about :/

    • @RTI111
      @RTI111 10 років тому

      I want a video on that too, I never knew there where two events, school didn't teach me that

  • @crazyhans
    @crazyhans 10 років тому +12

    Have/Can you do a video on how flight evolved?

  • @CharliStar
    @CharliStar 5 років тому

    Fell across your channel... now I’m very glad I did! 😊💗
    Interesting content, presented in a non boring manor = absolutely brilliant channel!

  • @cedricgiles4874
    @cedricgiles4874 8 років тому +83

    I knew like all of these creatures in this video by playing Ark survival evolved....... sad

    • @douggoodin2632
      @douggoodin2632 8 років тому +17

      +Cedric Giles Many if not most of the creatures in ARK are inaccurate representations of their real life counterparts. For example: In ARK quetzalcoaltus are generally used to carry thousands of pounds of cargo whilst flying. In real life a quetzalcoaltus likely couldn't carry much more than the weight of a young adult human despite its massive size.

    • @Seb90009
      @Seb90009 8 років тому +13

      Ark has shitty dinosaurs. Inaccurate and scaly

    • @lingardinhooo1746
      @lingardinhooo1746 8 років тому

      +Seb Gaming videos and more fucka u ark is amazing

    • @Seb90009
      @Seb90009 8 років тому +9

      Ark is a good game. But their dinosaurs are inaccurate and ugly

    • @lingardinhooo1746
      @lingardinhooo1746 8 років тому

      +Seb Gaming videos and more no ark is acurate

  • @JorneDeSmedt
    @JorneDeSmedt 10 років тому +16

    Skeletons of mosasaurs found inside of other mosasaurs?
    Yo dawg...

  • @AfonsodelCB
    @AfonsodelCB 10 років тому +47

    well... I will still call them dinosaurs

    • @cameramankolt
      @cameramankolt 10 років тому

      Same Here

    • @castrocafe8049
      @castrocafe8049 10 років тому +2

      Shame....

    • @Daruqe
      @Daruqe 10 років тому +4

      Why are people insistent on being wrong when they know they're wrong?

    • @BrennanDemarest
      @BrennanDemarest 10 років тому +1

      ***** Cause sometimes, calling something a wrong word that's still awesome, is just awesome.

    • @GamingMasterAnthony
      @GamingMasterAnthony 10 років тому +1

      Brennan Demarest exactly, calling Pluto Pluto is wrong but a lot of people still do it.

  • @ExhaustedScarf
    @ExhaustedScarf 7 років тому +5

    "neup!" I love this guy lol

  • @crzyfatloser
    @crzyfatloser 10 років тому

    Thank you for making my favorite episode to date!

  • @sstevenlynch
    @sstevenlynch 10 років тому +3

    Man, what I would give to take a glimpse at what the world was like back then, to see all the creatures that used to exist in real life. That would be badass.

  • @ParaditeRs
    @ParaditeRs 10 років тому +28

    Lapras = Plesiosaur?!

    • @ahmedusman811
      @ahmedusman811 10 років тому +3

      Lapras= Loch Ness Monster?!

    • @frogletfairy
      @frogletfairy 10 років тому

      Ahmed Usman
      Well,No....... Loch Ness Monster or (Nessy) is a sea surphent (PS. i cant spell) and looks like a giant snake mean while the Plesiosaur or Lapras Has fins or webed feet and can go in a forward motion when a Plesiosaur or Lapras swims in a up and down motion.

    • @julianstout3130
      @julianstout3130 10 років тому

      Keena bug actually nessie sightings most of the time when close enough to make out a shape have 4 flippers a short tail,long neck, and an arch or horn on its head its not a serpent but people think that because a lot of pictures only show it above water a little bit so it looks like a giant water serpent. so lapras=nessie

    • @frogletfairy
      @frogletfairy 10 років тому +1

      Well it could be both of them well never know until the government finally gives up on secrets :(

    • @ahmedusman811
      @ahmedusman811 10 років тому

      Keena bug True Keena, it was based off the loch ness, but i see it as a combination of that and the plesiosaur and the name in america was orignally going to be called nessie

  • @bradb1383
    @bradb1383 10 років тому

    Great channel with a host that doesn't go over the top and try to create a "zany" personality to cater to the masses yet still lets his own personality show! Thanks for the videos!

  • @Voidwalker093
    @Voidwalker093 5 років тому +6

    When you said Mosasaur I thought it was hilarious as I have always thought it was pronounced like MOE-sa-saur but now all I can hear is Mozzasaur which I imagine to be a giant cheese dinosaur. Day improved.

  • @TheSH1N1GAM1
    @TheSH1N1GAM1 10 років тому +24

    And we think sharks are bad. . .

  • @GheyForGames
    @GheyForGames 10 років тому +140

    MOOREEEEEE, MOOOOAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

    • @ThatguyThere314
      @ThatguyThere314 10 років тому +6

      Aren't you suppose to be making an amazing dark souls 2 ultimate guide >:o

    • @GheyForGames
      @GheyForGames 10 років тому +5

      ThatguyThere314 WELL...UUHHH...EHHMMMM....URRRRRR....yes?
      dont worry its going well!

  • @abigailregan4118
    @abigailregan4118 9 років тому

    Sweet video hank! :) I learned a lot.

  • @drowjack
    @drowjack 9 років тому

    That clarifies everything! Thank you!

  • @JacksonWelch
    @JacksonWelch 10 років тому +6

    Love this show.

  • @styk0n
    @styk0n 10 років тому +9

    why didn't scientists name the Quetzalcoatlus something more appropriate, like 'Boeing'?

    • @Doomroar
      @Doomroar 10 років тому +9

      Because being called after a god sounds more baddass.

    • @ittyandpocky
      @ittyandpocky 10 років тому +7

      Quetzalcoatl is the Aztec god of the skies. It's a giant winged snake covered in feathers.
      Also lol why not Leerjetisaurus.

  • @vladislavpeshkov5476
    @vladislavpeshkov5476 8 років тому +3

    "Now, check out the legs"
    You bet it boi, dem legs tho

  • @ZomeaterWWZ
    @ZomeaterWWZ 10 років тому

    Informative. Great job!

  • @SolarHeavy
    @SolarHeavy 10 років тому +51

    Can i have a dinosaur now?

    • @prankfiles
      @prankfiles 10 років тому +7

      5 dinosaurs that aren't animals

    • @stevenator0281
      @stevenator0281 10 років тому +2

      Have two.

    • @zanzark1
      @zanzark1 10 років тому +1

      Spielberg promissed us back in 1993, and here we are still with no dinos :(

    • @xIDRzIx3MeN2x
      @xIDRzIx3MeN2x 10 років тому +2

      no but you can have potato

    • @gentryparkin6050
      @gentryparkin6050 10 років тому +1

      Anthony Mata Mmmmm potatos

  • @falnica
    @falnica 10 років тому +3

    Fun fact, Quetzalcoatlus was named after the aztec god Quetzalcoatl, whose name means "snake with feathers"

  • @kathleenrlabounty
    @kathleenrlabounty 5 років тому

    My 7 year old wanted to suggest an episode that talks about keichousaurus. She hasn't been able to find much information on them. Love these videos!

  • @NightmirrorXx
    @NightmirrorXx 7 років тому +1

    Quetzalcoatl seemed pretty cool. Wasn't that also like the Mayan god? Kind of cool if it was still around.
    Also we have caiman animals since prehistoric times and one that is very prehistoric in appearance. The alligator-gar that lives in some fresh waters of NA but unfortunately a lot were killed off and the rivers are generally worse for animals now.

  • @IanTheCameraGuy
    @IanTheCameraGuy 10 років тому +5

    I swear I thought the title was "5 Animals That Aren't Delicious".

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time 10 років тому +11

    Interesting info! Could you make a video about the alternative theories on UA-cam that are outside of the mainstream!

    • @superdau
      @superdau 10 років тому +19

      This is a science channel, not gullible stupid channel.

    • @absojake
      @absojake 10 років тому +9

      superdau
      I was about to say something like that with "This is SciShow not StupidShow" lol.

    • @teharbitur7377
      @teharbitur7377 10 років тому +15

      Define "alternative theories".
      Oh, and just putting it out there: "God did it" is not a theory.

    • @cob571
      @cob571 10 років тому +3

      ***** I love how you instantaneously jumped on the opportunity to assert your beliefs when they weren't even in question. Cry harder.

    • @Huntracony
      @Huntracony 10 років тому

      ***** so it's a fact?

  • @Razzlewolfflight
    @Razzlewolfflight 9 років тому +6

    Pretty good information that far too few people know.
    Although, it's pronounced MOE-sasaur.

  • @chefkendranguyen
    @chefkendranguyen 10 років тому +4

    I am very glad there are no Mosasaurs around today..yeah, very glad. lol Good episode, Hank.

  • @zomBgone99
    @zomBgone99 10 років тому +8

    The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was the SECOND largest mass extinction in history. What was the first?

    • @akselploug1518
      @akselploug1518 10 років тому +19

      Chuck Norris

    • @zomBgone99
      @zomBgone99 10 років тому +5

      Oh.....my........god!

    • @comradetortoise
      @comradetortoise 10 років тому +10

      Yeah, that sucker was horrifying. 95-98% of all life died. Happened as a result of...well basically all of Siberia opening up as a volcanic rift. The resulting cooling (from sulfates, short term), followed by, if I remember properly between 10 and 20 degrees of mean global temp increase (from CO2 release and knock down effects like ocean warming and subsequent methane hydrate release. Long term) bas Baaaaad

    • @falnica
      @falnica 10 років тому

      There are several theories, like the one of Siberia, but my favorite is that the came a lot of gamma rays from outer space that make the oceans boil

    • @comradetortoise
      @comradetortoise 10 років тому

      That was the Ordovician mass extinction, and it was more like massive radiation poisoning rather than boiling surface waters.

  • @puppylovergirl303
    @puppylovergirl303 8 років тому +40

    Not all dinosaurs couldn't swim - the spinosaurus was a semi-aquatic species.

    • @jacksim5759
      @jacksim5759 8 років тому +4

      the Trex swam in the Jurassic Park book, is that possible? tho in the same page there was the line "all dinosaurs swim" so yeah it had mistakes

    • @puppylovergirl303
      @puppylovergirl303 8 років тому +2

      +Jack Sim big dinosaurs could wade in water but recently some studies have found that they may have been able to swim, too. Here's an article on it: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070529-dino-swim.html

    • @Beowulf0510
      @Beowulf0510 6 років тому +1

      Ceratosaurus was also believed to be semiaquatic to some degree as well

    • @aidanfellers8227
      @aidanfellers8227 6 років тому +1

      And with the discovery of Halzkaraptor, it adds another semi-aquatic dinosaur to that list, making it only the 2nd knows semi-aquatic non-avian dinosaur.

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 5 років тому

      And Hesperornis was basically a giant killer loon.

  • @91765243wise
    @91765243wise 10 років тому +2

    i remember learning some of these when i went to the permian exhibition at the South Australian museum :3

  • @zimrizora4586
    @zimrizora4586 10 років тому

    That was a really good episode.

  • @EmmisonMike
    @EmmisonMike 10 років тому +6

    largest thing to ever fly? may i remind you of the whale in the sky from hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy? and don't tell me it's just falling with style.

    • @jared11889
      @jared11889 10 років тому +2

      Ah, but flying is falling and *missing* the ground.

    • @bboythekidstudios
      @bboythekidstudios 10 років тому

      Oh hi ground! I wonder if it will be my friend.

  • @ChristieNel
    @ChristieNel 10 років тому +9

    I have seen people who I am confident cannot be related to humans.

    • @meowtima
      @meowtima 10 років тому +2

      Are they... troglodytes?

    • @ChristieNel
      @ChristieNel 10 років тому +11

      They share many similarities, but some are in government.

  • @macnutz4206
    @macnutz4206 6 років тому

    That was very interesting. Thanks

  • @Maymay698
    @Maymay698 10 років тому

    Sci-show. A good thing too watch at four in the morning.

  • @TuyuqVampram
    @TuyuqVampram 10 років тому +7

    Science: Telling you why that thing you think is this thing is actually something else.

  • @mimimarcus
    @mimimarcus 10 років тому +13

    Given how great chicken tastes, I'd pay some serious $$$ for some deep fried T-Rex dark meat or sour cream Triceratops and long necks. xD
    Seriously, this episode blew my mind.

    • @thoruszwolf4153
      @thoruszwolf4153 10 років тому +5

      Given it's diet which is believed to be carnivore/scavenger it would most likely have the sinuous greasy meat with a strong gamy taste... like eating a vulture or bald eagle only 1000x worse.
      triceratops and sauropods may be god eating, the mammoths had a similar diet and were apparently so tasty that they were hunted to extinction :)

    • @russellphillips7875
      @russellphillips7875 10 років тому +1

      Thorus Zwolf
      Bald eagles are delicious.

    • @Kevin15047
      @Kevin15047 10 років тому +1

      Dinosaur buffet, all you can eat or be eaten!

    • @alextheduck8449
      @alextheduck8449 10 років тому

      ***** Its actually called the Apatosaurus, not the brontosaurus. The name Apatosaurus came before Bronto, so it was named that. Unless you werent making a joke about the brontosaurus then im so sorry XD

    • @thoruszwolf4153
      @thoruszwolf4153 10 років тому

      Russell Phillips Well, I guess it depends on where you get them from, here in central BC they eat mostly garbage at the dump, dirty diapers and such.

  • @maxmaxmaxcoolmaxmaxm
    @maxmaxmaxcoolmaxmaxm 4 роки тому

    Keep iit up with the short commercials and intro's!! you got me man. Subscribe, hell yes!!!!!!

  • @mixtheory1412
    @mixtheory1412 Рік тому +1

    Him: anything that swam is not a dinosaur!
    Spinosaurus and the other hundreds of dinosaur that swam: am I a joke to you?

  • @Tytoalba777
    @Tytoalba777 10 років тому +5

    Hey Aztecs, I found your lost god!

  • @SaidinRage
    @SaidinRage 10 років тому +5

    Can we get Crash Course on dinosaurs please

  • @monarchtherapsidsinostran9125
    @monarchtherapsidsinostran9125 10 років тому

    the picture that you have of quetzalcoatlus that is eating a sauropod i think is actually a hatzegopteryx xD other than that i'm SO GLAD YOU FINALLY DID A VIDEO FOR THIS THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Rox23
    @Rox23 10 років тому

    That was awesome!!!

  • @shaharcohen486
    @shaharcohen486 10 років тому +3

    I love videos that tell me why I am wrong :>

  • @welp4576
    @welp4576 9 років тому +4

    1. Kronosaurus
    2. Pliosaurus
    3. Lipleurodon
    4. Elasmosaurus
    5.Mammoth
    6. Smilodon
    7.Plesiosaurus
    8. Dunkleosteus
    9. Arizonasaurus
    10.Dimetrodon

    • @JohnSmith-hk1fz
      @JohnSmith-hk1fz 9 років тому

      WHO THE FUCK THOUGHT DUNKLEOSTEOUS WAS A FUCKING DINOSAUR?? IT WAS A FUCKNG FISH!!! Also lioplurodon is the size of a great white shark

  • @davidsnyder9661
    @davidsnyder9661 4 роки тому

    Thanks, Like your show.😊

  • @batcaaat
    @batcaaat 8 років тому

    i died laughing at 0:24 "creatures the size of giraffes....." *looks at camera* "THAT COULD FLY"

  • @FreePalestine460
    @FreePalestine460 10 років тому +29

    I'm so glad that mosasaurs are extinct.

  • @SirPerfluous_
    @SirPerfluous_ 10 років тому +6

    Wait, so land before time was a lie?!?!?

    • @Moonbeam143
      @Moonbeam143 10 років тому

      "Power Rangers" were a lie, too! *cries*

  • @BigCryptidEnergy
    @BigCryptidEnergy 9 років тому +1

    Almost lizard. They named this crazy scary thing 'almost lizard'.
    England was pretty much asking for Nessie to make it's way over from Scotland so it could bite them for making fun of it.
    Almost lizard. Amazing.

  • @diannehale5155
    @diannehale5155 4 роки тому

    I enjoy the enthusiasm of the hosts on this channel. 😄

  • @Xcel271
    @Xcel271 9 років тому +4

    I think that the "Loch Ness Monster" _might_ possibly be a Mosasaur, if anything.

    • @JohnRed
      @JohnRed 9 років тому +2

      I think it's more of a fictional plesiosaurs. Loch Ness monster is supposed to have a long neck.

    • @sandflapjack
      @sandflapjack 9 років тому

      TempesT OfTheUnholyLight The original discoveries of the lock neck turned out to be zoomed in photos of a toy submarine.

    • @karenl2028
      @karenl2028 8 років тому

      +sandflapjack Loch ness?Most likely long necked dino walking in water or elephant nose to get air.

  • @Robomelon62
    @Robomelon62 10 років тому +5

    But can you name five things that aren't Jackie Chan?

    • @ColtA13
      @ColtA13 10 років тому +3

      Uhh.. Jackie Chan?

    • @Robomelon62
      @Robomelon62 10 років тому +3

      BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

  • @flagship7388
    @flagship7388 10 років тому

    More Dinosaur/prehistoric animal videos please!

  • @saffronandloki
    @saffronandloki 10 років тому

    I totally need a poster on this!