Pursuant to Jame's point about animals being bigger than we think they should: bottlenose whales. Thanks to my many whale books I had as a kid, I knew they got large. It's much different seeing them in person. I simply could not comprehend how large it was even at a distance. However big you think they are: double it.
Re: SpecEvo games, I'll propose In Other Waters. I've never quite felt like a field scientist as with that game. Gameplay wise it's mostly an interactive UI with puzzle and visual novel elements, but it's *very* cool. Basically you play as the AI assistant integrated into the suit of a xenobiologist that has come to an ocean planet on her own because she received an urgent call from an old friend. In the process you study and catalogue all the living organisms you encounter and you have to collect samples for several purposes, including the upkeep of the suit. I HIGHLY recommend it, specially if you like Subnautica and South Scrimshaw.
on the topic of spec evo games, I remember the Discovery website used to have a simple little game that simulated natural selection, where you were given a bunch of goofy little critters, made some choices of mutations for some of them to have, then it simulated millions of years of climate change and other selective pressures and you watched them evolve and adapt according to the preferred traits (or just as often RNG would select for traits you didn't pick/left the gene pool early and they just went prematurely extinct). that was years ago though, I'd love to know if it still exists (they had an actual Jurassic Fight Club fighting game!!) but at this point I doubt it. also Scott got kinda cut off just as he was mentioning it but the great auk is the holocene extinction that *really* chafes me on a personal level. the northern hemisphere had its own penguin! and then a bunch of people went "hey there's an easily exploitable creature, get it!" and messed it up for everyone. if I could ever visit the nineteenth century I would do unspeakable things to my fellow man if it ensured the existence of the great auk for millennia to come.
I'm noticing more ads than usual placed in this video. Good! Watching ads is an easy way for people who can't financially support you on Patreon to do so for free in a way that can kick back to you guys is an absolute win.
Worked at a wrestling museum and once found an events pamphlet from the 1936 Olympics, also some cigarette cards from the 1800s That’s probably the best I’ve found in the back of a museum
I completely almost forgot that I asked this question about the Teflon frying pan months ago!! The title of the video 😂 I’m gonna have to look back and watch the kitchen scene again and see how many frying pans were available to be left unattended on the stove…
I appreciated the shout out to all the critters gone before their time. Extinction is real and happening all too often these days. - "The world's still the same, there's just... less in it."
50:21 I heard it as “Lexington” and now I’m imagining the continental army that faced the redcoats at the opening of the revolutionary war vs the JP raptors
When you were answering the question on stuff in the back of museams I was expecting James to talk about the extraterrestrial skull the US stored in the back of the AMNH.
The passenger pigeon and oak story reminds me of the theory that mango trees have such enormous fruits and seeds because they used to be eaten and spread specifically by giant ground sloths.
Another fun story along these lines is Brugmansia, a genus of ornamental plants which have been extinct in the wild for long enough that we have no evidence to suggest that they ever existed in the wild to begin with: No historical records, no paper trails leading from any specimen back to a point of collection, no candidates for wild ancestors... The running hypothesis is that the were completely reliant on having their seeds distributed by some unknown South American megafauna that went extinct thousands of years ago, and that the only reason that the plants have survived to the current day is because of human cultivation. Really makes one wonder about all of the other things that we have no trace of, which didn't have such a break.
What really makes me mad about the dodos extinction is apparently they tasted awful so when people killed them it was sheerly from boredom. I would say that it was sport but there’s nothing sporty about killing an animal that is too ignorant to run away from you because it’s never had to a day in its life. I hope that Colossal is successful in bringing them back.
As far as I'm aware, the effects of human hunting on the dodo are considered to be relatively relatively insignificant, and most of the people who were hunting them were sailors who didn't have terribly many alternatives for food mid-voyage. Certainly, some amount of "sport" likely took place, but far more impactful were the plethora of other animals people brought to the island, a number of which would have been let loose precisely to provide more palatable options for hunting. Arguably worse, depending upon your view of things!
The raptor vs nonstick question got me thinking: do y’all think the effects of methyl anthranilate would be useful in keeping away certain dinos, in the way it’s used to keep away birds? Additionally, I have another odd question. Tonic water and its quinine: since it glows in UV light and reptiles can see the UVA spectrum, I assume dinos would see the blue light...but has tonic water itself had any effects on current reptiles? I’m sure it’s dependent on metabolism of the individual species (like the effects of nonstick fumes), but I was just very curious about these two products and how certain clades of dinos would be affected by them if they were to ingest them.
“The Skelton Crew is never late, nor are they early. They arrive precisely a few months after they mean to.”
Pursuant to Jame's point about animals being bigger than we think they should: bottlenose whales. Thanks to my many whale books I had as a kid, I knew they got large. It's much different seeing them in person. I simply could not comprehend how large it was even at a distance. However big you think they are: double it.
"we've just recorded the atrociraptor video"
least skeleton crew statement
😭
Re: SpecEvo games, I'll propose In Other Waters. I've never quite felt like a field scientist as with that game. Gameplay wise it's mostly an interactive UI with puzzle and visual novel elements, but it's *very* cool.
Basically you play as the AI assistant integrated into the suit of a xenobiologist that has come to an ocean planet on her own because she received an urgent call from an old friend. In the process you study and catalogue all the living organisms you encounter and you have to collect samples for several purposes, including the upkeep of the suit.
I HIGHLY recommend it, specially if you like Subnautica and South Scrimshaw.
on the topic of spec evo games, I remember the Discovery website used to have a simple little game that simulated natural selection, where you were given a bunch of goofy little critters, made some choices of mutations for some of them to have, then it simulated millions of years of climate change and other selective pressures and you watched them evolve and adapt according to the preferred traits (or just as often RNG would select for traits you didn't pick/left the gene pool early and they just went prematurely extinct). that was years ago though, I'd love to know if it still exists (they had an actual Jurassic Fight Club fighting game!!) but at this point I doubt it.
also Scott got kinda cut off just as he was mentioning it but the great auk is the holocene extinction that *really* chafes me on a personal level. the northern hemisphere had its own penguin! and then a bunch of people went "hey there's an easily exploitable creature, get it!" and messed it up for everyone. if I could ever visit the nineteenth century I would do unspeakable things to my fellow man if it ensured the existence of the great auk for millennia to come.
If Tangled is anything to go off of, a frying pan can defeat anything.
2 days in a row yippeeeeee
This video starting with a joke about how late early May is but this releasing in late June is hilarious.
I'm noticing more ads than usual placed in this video. Good! Watching ads is an easy way for people who can't financially support you on Patreon to do so for free in a way that can kick back to you guys is an absolute win.
“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.”
Worked at a wrestling museum and once found an events pamphlet from the 1936 Olympics, also some cigarette cards from the 1800s
That’s probably the best I’ve found in the back of a museum
I bet you can take an Alamosaurus with a frying pan if you play your cards right
Just play in Uno reverse exsactly when it attacks.
A cassowary would cook you before you even got the pan on the stove
My fave Dino doc design would be Dino planet Trodon (they have a great turaco feather pattern)
I saw James in the latest video by EDGE and I couldn't believe it. It was around the 5 minute mark
43:50 pronghorns still getting faster despite not needing to outrun miracinonyx anymore
I completely almost forgot that I asked this question about the Teflon frying pan months ago!! The title of the video 😂 I’m gonna have to look back and watch the kitchen scene again and see how many frying pans were available to be left unattended on the stove…
yay for favoriting Diplocaulus! Boomerang heads are the best!
I appreciated the shout out to all the critters gone before their time. Extinction is real and happening all too often these days. - "The world's still the same, there's just... less in it."
You quoting Jack Sparrow there.
Also that orangutan reminds me of the Elmo meme when he's burning.
I now know two ways to kill a real velociraptor with a frying pan...
You guys don't have osteo in your derms?
50:21 I heard it as “Lexington” and now I’m imagining the continental army that faced the redcoats at the opening of the revolutionary war vs the JP raptors
When you were answering the question on stuff in the back of museams I was expecting James to talk about the extraterrestrial skull the US stored in the back of the AMNH.
58:18 me when new skeleton crew video drops
21:35 Amelia’s cat lmao
1:05:47 On Cod Bbg
Monster Hunter mentioned 🎉
Big W
The passenger pigeon and oak story reminds me of the theory that mango trees have such enormous fruits and seeds because they used to be eaten and spread specifically by giant ground sloths.
It’s also like the idea of pumpkin seeds being spread by mammoths, mastodons and I think also ground sloths.
Another fun story along these lines is Brugmansia, a genus of ornamental plants which have been extinct in the wild for long enough that we have no evidence to suggest that they ever existed in the wild to begin with: No historical records, no paper trails leading from any specimen back to a point of collection, no candidates for wild ancestors...
The running hypothesis is that the were completely reliant on having their seeds distributed by some unknown South American megafauna that went extinct thousands of years ago, and that the only reason that the plants have survived to the current day is because of human cultivation. Really makes one wonder about all of the other things that we have no trace of, which didn't have such a break.
Oh funny i always heard that theory relating to avacados. Didn’t know mangos were also included. Neat!
@@Saiyanking72 uhh honestly now I'm not sure if that's the case or I'm just mixing them up
Favourite Designs in Palaeomedia?
I’ve got a few;
WWD Allosaurus
Prehistoric Planet’s Nanuqsaurus
Primeval’s Deinonychus
WWD Movie Gorgosaurus
Prehistoric Park Phorusrhacos
JWE Utahraptor
WWB Basilosaurus
Dinosaur King’s Therizinosaurus
Disney’s Dinosaur Carnotaurus
Me and James share a favorite dinosaur design from a doc 💥
i cant tell if you guys made a new series yet with that “new format” you guys mentioned once.
What really makes me mad about the dodos extinction is apparently they tasted awful so when people killed them it was sheerly from boredom. I would say that it was sport but there’s nothing sporty about killing an animal that is too ignorant to run away from you because it’s never had to a day in its life. I hope that Colossal is successful in bringing them back.
As far as I'm aware, the effects of human hunting on the dodo are considered to be relatively relatively insignificant, and most of the people who were hunting them were sailors who didn't have terribly many alternatives for food mid-voyage.
Certainly, some amount of "sport" likely took place, but far more impactful were the plethora of other animals people brought to the island, a number of which would have been let loose precisely to provide more palatable options for hunting. Arguably worse, depending upon your view of things!
@@FragulumFaustum true
The video came out quicker than usual
Alex is right once more, PhP Hatzegopteryx is the best paleodoc design
The California legless lizard looks like it's not content with anything, which is such a problem child thing to do
The raptor vs nonstick question got me thinking: do y’all think the effects of methyl anthranilate would be useful in keeping away certain dinos, in the way it’s used to keep away birds?
Additionally, I have another odd question.
Tonic water and its quinine: since it glows in UV light and reptiles can see the UVA spectrum, I assume dinos would see the blue light...but has tonic water itself had any effects on current reptiles? I’m sure it’s dependent on metabolism of the individual species (like the effects of nonstick fumes), but I was just very curious about these two products and how certain clades of dinos would be affected by them if they were to ingest them.
58:24. I have seen death