Alien Biospheres: Part 5 - Terrestrial Diversity and Ecology

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  • Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
  • In which the representatives of our two body plans compete for dominance of the first terrestrial ecosystems.
    All images used are protected under Fair Use for reasons of education.
    PATREON: / biblaridion
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    Presnell JS, Vandepas LE, Warren KJ, Swalla BJ, Amemiya CT, Browne WE, 2016. The Presence of a Functionally Tripartite Through-Gut in Ctenophora Has Implications for Metazoan Character Trait Evolution. Curr Biol. 2016 Oct 24;26(20):2814-2820. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.019. Epub 2016 Aug 25.
    Elizabeth B. Knauss, Indication of an Anal Pore in Gnathostomulida. Zoologica Scripta 8(1‐4):181 - 186
    0:00 - Climate
    1:17 - Chemophytes
    2:10 - Saprotrophs
    3:17 - Lophostomes
    4:31 - Malacoforms
    7:20 - Diplostomes
    10:56 - Stenostracans
    11:57 - Coleostracans
    13:45 - Osteopods
    16:24 - Niche partitioning
    17:37 - Platydonts
    18:30 - Desmostracans
    19:35 - Megalobrachids
    20:34 - Dromaeopods
    21:16 - Elastospondyls
    22:47 - Deinognathans
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  • @hem9483
    @hem9483 4 роки тому +2616

    Everybody gangsta till the crustacean cheetahs pull up

    • @conlangknow8787
      @conlangknow8787 4 роки тому +28

      Everybody gangsta till bilbodiddlesRon steals slides off of artifexians videos

    • @randomguy-tg7ok
      @randomguy-tg7ok 4 роки тому +51

      _Plant-originated_ crustacean cheetah.
      (Well, okay, not technically...)

    • @hem9483
      @hem9483 4 роки тому +106

      conlang know Pretty sure Artifexian helped him make the first episode. They’re not stolen slides lmao.

    • @alemalvi3805
      @alemalvi3805 4 роки тому +60

      @@conlangknow8787 man is a collab
      Look at the end of the video or at the first video of the series

    • @csweezey18
      @csweezey18 4 роки тому +49

      @@conlangknow8787 Somebody's never heard of a collaboration before...

  • @BoisegangGaming
    @BoisegangGaming 4 роки тому +2350

    I love how the first bit is interestingly alien and then when the second clade arrives, it becomes pure nightmare fuel.

    • @joshuabanner3675
      @joshuabanner3675 4 роки тому +344

      Boisegang Who do you think will come out on top in he end? Monkey spiders or Jumpscare squid.

    • @skyemorningstar166
      @skyemorningstar166 4 роки тому +137

      @@joshuabanner3675 monkey spiders.
      Definitely monkey spiders.

    • @dogpenguin1239
      @dogpenguin1239 4 роки тому +6

      Yep

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 4 роки тому +73

      @@joshuabanner3675 Hard to say mass extinctions on Earth periodically wipe out specialists and species high on the food chain. Typically all the big stuff dies out leaving small generalists to re-diversify into the now vacant niches. Predatory clades that don't retain some omnivory don't fare well in particular.
      The real winners where though will likely be based on which creatures adapt to better maintain moisture thus far his forests are wet and these creatures seem to be quite adapted to reproducing in swampy environments which means moisture retention isn't a big problem for them.
      As stuff dries out a lot of them are utterly f**ked if he is basing things off the Carboniferous rain forest collapse as he seems to be largely.
      The then dominant flora largely went extinct Lycopod trees(Isoetopsida) dominated throughout the Carboniferous rapidly growing to towering heights before branching out but they relied on spores nowadays quillworts are the last living descendants of these ancient towering giants. Their competitors the progymnosperms actually beat them to the scene with large spore bearing woody conifer like trees but were out competed until the climate became drier and the surviving taxa which by then had evolved hard seeds and thus could live in low moisture environments. These plants grew slower but filled the full canopy thus making things far darker and driving a whole different ecology.
      Amphibians and "Sea Scorpions" didn't fare well among animals and largely died off with the surviving tertrapods being a lineage of amphibians adapted to breeding in ephemeral water and of course the Amniotes.
      All these survivors went on to diversify into fascinating forms but pretty much all of those were F**ked when flood basalts burned Carboniferous coal and releasing a shit ton of volcanic gasses and collapsing the late Paleozoic Ice Age sending the world into a hothouse climate for 260-33 Ma. Synapsids the then dominant terrestrial vertebrates including the mighty Gorgonopsids and other Therapsids ruled the Permian occupying all sorts of niches but in its collapse were nearly entirely wiped out leaving only a few small forms behind of which only one would survive beyond the Triassic the cynodonts.
      The reptiles particularly the stem Archosauromorphs fared far better and would dominate through the next mass extinction with one group dinosaurs particularly dominating the planet. They remain the best adapted terrestrial vertebrates metabolically mammals can't come close though they were far more diverse than we used to think. If it wasn't for a extremely unlucky asteroid impacting into the rich hydrocarbon deposits of Laurentia/North America's continental shelf blocking out the Sun killing everything dependent on the primary food web they would still rule the world.
      It is largely the same deal for Pseudosuchians crocodiles and their extinct cousins which ruled through the triassic and largely were wiped out only to recover and rediversify untill they were ended by the K-Pg extinction. Look at how they occupied practically everything at one point or another Armored Herbivorus Aetosaurs and bipedal carnivores like Postosuchus of the triassic to the streamlined fluked marine reptiles of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous to catlike terrestrial carnivores, and armadillo like vegetarians, yes they even evolved herbivory more than a handful of times with small herbivore niches partitioned between them and mammals.
      Ultimately if didn't matter only the secondarily ectothermic modern crocodillians survived the rest like most mammals, all the nonavian dinosaurs and non benthic marine species if you didn't have a low metabolism, feed on a long lasting cacheable food source such as seeds while being small or live in a detrital environment you went extinct. I think it is no surprise that Cretaceous primates (which yes were a thing) were basically the Mesozoic counterpart to modern ground and tree squirrels.
      It also isn't the most innovative creatures either Have you ever heard of the Weigeltisauridae? These were the closest Earth has ever gotten to a European dragon having managed to develop novel gliding wings supported by bone. Every other gliding or flying tetrapod has modified ribs or arms to form their wings but these guys straight up grew wings. Didn't help them survive the great dying however when their insect prey and tree habitats died out they did too ending the dreams of dragons on Earth. Prime candidate for alternate evolutionary history timelines however. ;)
      This has gotten long winded but the point is it isn't just about how well adapted you are it also depends on how lucky you are.

    • @osotanuki3359
      @osotanuki3359 4 роки тому +22

      An unending nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare nightmare

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag 4 роки тому +1049

    The things on this planet gets more tentacles and more teeth every time I look away.
    Neat!

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +14

      ikr

    • @amfvideos6810
      @amfvideos6810 4 роки тому +62

      This is shaping up to be a wonderfully lovecraftian biosphere.

    • @Shaun_Jones
      @Shaun_Jones 4 роки тому +13

      AMF Videos Lovecraft would go into convulsions if he saw this planet.

  • @Cheesypotato57
    @Cheesypotato57 4 роки тому +913

    The bare-bones CG environments and models evoke nostalgia for early CG media, and then when you slap textures on them and give them defined body parts, I'm suddenly thinking of Spore again.
    I love these vids, they're a great basis for the process of filling out my alien worlds in my tabletop game.

  • @joshuabanner3675
    @joshuabanner3675 4 роки тому +1432

    Everybody is talking about the spiders, but I am way more scared of the jumpscare squid.

    • @victorabaderamos6019
      @victorabaderamos6019 4 роки тому +161

      Nah, the acid rains and the giant tornadoes of death are scarier

    • @23AlexandreJ
      @23AlexandreJ 4 роки тому +99

      @@victorabaderamos6019 they can be solved with a hole in the ground. Now try solvin a jumpscare squid without being jumpscared.

    • @pokemonareawesomeful
      @pokemonareawesomeful 4 роки тому +91

      Just wait until the jumpscare squid gets wings...

    • @Chrischi3TutorialLPs
      @Chrischi3TutorialLPs 4 роки тому +74

      @@pokemonareawesomeful Well, they could. A jumping tree-dweller would profit from something that protects them from falling to their deaths. Like, perhaps they start by spreading their legs out when falling to get more air resistance. Those then begin flattening out and becoming gliding surfaces over time, which eventually grow large and muscular enough to allow them to fly, at first just when falling off a tree to get speed, then later on out of their lunge.

    • @edwardblue107
      @edwardblue107 4 роки тому +31

      @@Chrischi3TutorialLPs Why you needed say that. Dont give ideas, i dont want to have nightmares :( .

  • @d.m.515
    @d.m.515 4 роки тому +2600

    Me: “Oh this series is so calming, nice and relaxing”
    Biblardion: *Adds Tree SPIDERS*

  • @parmaxolotl
    @parmaxolotl 4 роки тому +412

    Calling it: Elastospondyls are gonna evolve flight
    Also I can't wait till an intelligent species evolves so you can start alien conlanging

    • @paracovo
      @paracovo 4 роки тому +27

      Calling it 2: Malacoforms will too, insects sure as hell did.

    • @parmaxolotl
      @parmaxolotl 4 роки тому +15

      @I'm a red whale I really hope he makes one, there's a huge lack of truly alien conlangs, and this is the perfect opportunity.

    • @parmaxolotl
      @parmaxolotl 4 роки тому +39

      Bruh I was right 😎😎😎

    • @panzer-chan69
      @panzer-chan69 3 роки тому +5

      Noice

    • @misterskeleton_yt7854
      @misterskeleton_yt7854 3 роки тому +2

      ALIEN RUSSIA IM CALLING IT

  • @mintcarouselchannelabandon5109
    @mintcarouselchannelabandon5109 4 роки тому +392

    demostracans when they curl up into a ball: im babey

    • @PokeNebula
      @PokeNebula 4 роки тому +25

      They do be like that tho

    • @averageskeletonremover2415
      @averageskeletonremover2415 4 роки тому +29

      Until the tree spiders arrive

    • @karnewarrior
      @karnewarrior 4 роки тому +26

      *deep horror movie voice spoken through a tentacled horror mouth that would give a Sangheli pause*
      "I'm baby."

    • @cl0p38
      @cl0p38 3 роки тому +3

      I read it as democrats and was confused asf lmao

  • @realityglitch2688
    @realityglitch2688 4 роки тому +4114

    This is shaping up to be “World of ‘Giant Spiders versus Land Squids’”, and its utterly terrifying. Keep up the good work.

    • @MapIeJam
      @MapIeJam 4 роки тому +289

      I’m on team land squid

    • @nathanrhoton9112
      @nathanrhoton9112 4 роки тому +238

      @@MapIeJam Nah, spider boys for the win

    • @RoberttheWise
      @RoberttheWise 4 роки тому +142

      First grade nightmare fuel.

    • @BallistX
      @BallistX 4 роки тому +84

      When they both evolve into nuclear age and start nuking eachothere it won't be fun anymore

    • @thewanderers97
      @thewanderers97 4 роки тому +93

      @@BallistX Nuclear Giant Spiders and Nuclear Land Squids.

  • @jessezeller-davis7699
    @jessezeller-davis7699 4 роки тому +398

    Remember to go back and build an equally complex ecology for aquatic environs.

    • @tatertom2641
      @tatertom2641 4 роки тому +41

      Jesse Zeller-Davis I don’t know. Because of the ice age that’s gonna happen he might do some Marian mammals stuff where some of these animal go back into the water. I just don’t think the water is the top priority. Mabye the ice age then water them intelligent life

    • @dboot8886
      @dboot8886 4 роки тому +32

      Tater Tom Well all that would be going on parallel to what's "currently" happening. Definetely would be seeing more specialization, also good chance the middle sized animals would return to the ocean after that ice age, then you'd get your seal and whale analogues. Surprised he hadn't thought of a "fishing" animal that would live along the shores.

    • @zjuhn6147
      @zjuhn6147 4 роки тому +14

      Its possible that, as he says that the next video will be based on evolutionary changes based on changing landscapes, that he’ll go back to the aquatic creatures in the newly formed ocean, and how bodies of water surrounded by land might evolve

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 4 роки тому +10

      @@dboot8886 Yeah nor an aquatic ambush predator which on Earth was the niche that drove some lobefinned fish to evolve legs so they could sneak up on prey and they eventually became the Devonian analog of modern crocodiles. Without those hybrid niches that codeveloped alongside terrestrial niches tetrapods would never have existed. I know he can't cover everything though so perhaps a back fill or other interesting branch developments could be in order?

    • @Kenshi_2900
      @Kenshi_2900 4 роки тому +1

      I would like to see a certain lineage evolving a jaw- like structure

  • @storyspren
    @storyspren 4 роки тому +205

    The sarcopod is just this cute little fella scuttling along the ocean floor, then you step on land and come face-to-face with a giant spider with the face of a wolf.
    Jokes aside, it's really interesting to see how the front limbs could become mouths.

  • @loweexpectations3222
    @loweexpectations3222 4 роки тому +264

    I can imagine a type of elastospondyli hanging down from a branch over water. It would then use a set of thinner tentacles to gently tap on the water's surface, mimicking a small creature i distress. When an aquatic creature comes ro investigate, the elastospondyl springs down in the water to snatch it up like a heron.

    • @BrunoMaricFromZagreb
      @BrunoMaricFromZagreb Рік тому +5

      Well,no herons,but we did get snakes in the rainforrest eisode.

    • @TiagoH1710
      @TiagoH1710 15 днів тому +2

      @@BrunoMaricFromZagreb some may do this, as this is just “a small fraction of the diversity “

  • @MildlyOCD
    @MildlyOCD 4 роки тому +970

    Growing up studying dinosaurs, fossils, & evolution in general, these videos evoke a childlike glee because, while all of this is entirely hypothetical, it's evolution in motion. & I've been waiting months for this video after finding the others.
    I genuinely appreciate the work you're putting in for this. While I know you're trying to stay professional, I can definitely hear the enthusiasm in your voice for this. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

    • @sku111ine
      @sku111ine 4 роки тому +37

      Right there with you, him starting small and brenching out is so satisfying to experience

    • @nathanc9866
      @nathanc9866 4 роки тому +13

      Totally, this series is exactly what I was looking for

    • @SomeKindaSpy
      @SomeKindaSpy 4 роки тому +15

      Gonna join my voice in with this and completely agree. This has always been a childhood dream of mine.

    • @jellyman509
      @jellyman509 4 роки тому +9

      Seeing the creativity in others, and thinking with a community is always a pleasure.

    • @jayc8843
      @jayc8843 4 роки тому +4

      Any other series you all know about that's like this

  • @doom1894
    @doom1894 4 роки тому +665

    One of the best Series on UA-cam

  • @zoethecosmonaut1149
    @zoethecosmonaut1149 4 роки тому +97

    Malacavores: evolve
    People who live in Malacca, Maylasia: *screaming*

  • @Chrischi3TutorialLPs
    @Chrischi3TutorialLPs 4 роки тому +615

    Heres an idea: Since we have a tree-dweller who attacks by lunging, make them evolve wings. Theyd spread their legs out to slow their fall, which increases their survivability. Some of the feet would eventually evolve to flatten out, allowing them to glide from tree to tree and fall slower. As their wings grow, eventually, they would grow the musculature and internal structure to be able to fly, either by throwing themselves off a tree or by lunging into the air.

    • @KlavierMenn
      @KlavierMenn 4 роки тому +74

      Winged squid, coz WHY NOT?

    • @kenneth2519
      @kenneth2519 4 роки тому +60

      In my own personal alien biosphere project i have this icy water planet with large waves and tidal wind darting at breakneck speed so water creatures that usually gets washed up onto ice caps will have to evolve flight via assistance of the strong never ending wind and i made them so they will dart out of the waves and fly across continents and biomes

    • @Chrischi3TutorialLPs
      @Chrischi3TutorialLPs 4 роки тому +68

      @@kenneth2519 "In my own personal alien biosphere"
      May i post that in r/brandnewsentence?

    • @thelonelord0078
      @thelonelord0078 4 роки тому +36

      Yes.
      The low gravity will make them huge.
      Giant flying squids and spiders thaths the stuff of nightmares

    • @kenneth2519
      @kenneth2519 4 роки тому +16

      @@Chrischi3TutorialLPs lol i actually started a sub not long ago r/Project_Edalyth , basically the entire alien biosphere ive been planning to make

  • @Banane333TV
    @Banane333TV 4 роки тому +626

    I love this kind of evolutionary world building and the believable, but alien designs. I hope you continue this series

    • @zacharyhandy9606
      @zacharyhandy9606 4 роки тому +9

      Best we have until the real thing

    • @chipsinsideajar1372
      @chipsinsideajar1372 4 роки тому +17

      Believable. But also terrifying.

    • @ultave
      @ultave 4 роки тому +17

      @@chipsinsideajar1372 Life is much more terrifying than people give it credit for.

    • @jcris8238
      @jcris8238 4 роки тому +5

      were just kinda used to seeing two to four legged stuff and are afraid of unique shaped animals.

    • @ivanthegreat2.070
      @ivanthegreat2.070 4 роки тому +1

      I forgot, due to the variety of names and stuff? Who were the first mega predators and who are monostoma?

  • @natewec
    @natewec 4 роки тому +834

    This is the best alien evolution series I've watched! (And like, the only one on youtube)

    • @tatertom2641
      @tatertom2641 4 роки тому +24

      Nate Wec I’ve seen a few but non with awesome visuals like these

    • @Ptaku93
      @Ptaku93 4 роки тому +8

      what are the other ones?

    • @PlanetESPYREX
      @PlanetESPYREX 4 роки тому +18

      Phrenotopia is making something similar, you should check It out

    • @MarionetteDuAuguste
      @MarionetteDuAuguste 4 роки тому +1

      Nate Wec yes, what are the other ones?

    • @wickquizzes4427
      @wickquizzes4427 4 роки тому +1

      Seriously!

  • @peytongrimm3542
    @peytongrimm3542 4 роки тому +47

    23:15 Jesus Christ this thing is 2m tall! Can you imagine how terrifying seeing this thing on earth would be!

    • @dirandrous7682
      @dirandrous7682 4 роки тому +6

      It would probably struggle to support its weight.

    • @abcde_ghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz2188
      @abcde_ghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz2188 4 роки тому +13

      @@dirandrous7682 with earth's gravity that would be most likely. their legs would break and they would be stuck to the floor, unable to move, slowly starving. the differences in the atmospheres for their and our planet would also be dangerous for it. not so terrifying after all :")

    • @dirandrous7682
      @dirandrous7682 4 роки тому +5

      Imagine the irony, Deinognathans get killed from a venomous spider bite.

  • @JayExci
    @JayExci 4 роки тому +421

    I love this series!

  • @jayblack-howell3239
    @jayblack-howell3239 4 роки тому +110

    Haven't watched yet but my first reaction to the thumbnail was "Wow, those look horrifying, I love it"

  • @Johnny-se6je
    @Johnny-se6je 4 роки тому +206

    Amazing episode and of course don't forget about the ocean ecosystems.

    • @eviljoel
      @eviljoel 4 роки тому +8

      Ten bucks say he's gonna forget about the ocean completely.

    • @Johnny-se6je
      @Johnny-se6je 4 роки тому +15

      @@eviljoel Nah he said he will revisit them on the discord.

    • @moisttowlette1247
      @moisttowlette1247 4 роки тому

      @@Johnny-se6je Can you send me a link to the discord please?

    • @Johnny-se6je
      @Johnny-se6je 4 роки тому +1

      @@moisttowlette1247 Its in the description of the video.

  • @botondpeter9596
    @botondpeter9596 4 роки тому +179

    Please do a parasite version of Malacoformes, that neash is realy bogging my mind it is an easy way to evolve those

  • @benthomason3307
    @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +18

    17:51 From the makers of bone spider, BEHOLD THE DORK SPIDER!

  • @martinxy1291
    @martinxy1291 4 роки тому +152

    The documentary we never knew we wanted
    It was worth the wait, keep at it

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 3 роки тому +2

      Imagine Attenborough's voice narrating these videos.

    • @martinxy1291
      @martinxy1291 3 роки тому

      @@iruns1246 *YES*

  • @Stormknight-hl7yk
    @Stormknight-hl7yk 4 роки тому +136

    The amount of scientific research you put into these videos is amazing.
    I am really hyped about the development of this earth in the up coming year, some species may go exstinct some new will develop and at some point intelligent life. I CANT WAIT.
    Really love this unique series. Keep up the incredible work.

  • @specbio9691
    @specbio9691 4 роки тому +82

    List of creatures and timestamps for them:
    3:04 - Necrophyta ("Death plants") - Sapotrophic Chemophytes
    6:09 - Malacoformes ("soft forms") - Small, mouse/insect-like Tentaclastomes with no shell
    6:25 - Ctenognatha ("comb jaws") - Herbivorous Malacoformes with comb-like tentacles and longer eye stalks
    6:32 - Barognatha ("heavy jaws") - Herbivorous Malacoformes with thicker jaws to grind plants
    6:39 - Aciculognatha ("needle jaws") - Herbivorous Malacoformes with a proboscis for drinking the Chemophytes' vascular fluid, AKA sap
    6:53 - Onychognatha ("claw jaws") - Carnivorous Malacoformes with really big teeth for eating other Malacoformes
    6:58 - Mastigognatha ("whip jaws") - Carnivorous Malacoformes with whip-like tentacles ending in teeth for eating other Malacoformes
    7:04 - Isognatha ("equal jaws") - Detritivorous Malacoformes that eat decaying matter
    8:39 - Diplostomes ("double mouths") - Tentaclastomes with very short eyestalks and a u-turn stomach, which gives them a makeshift anus directly below their mouth
    10:24 & 11:32 - Placostraca ("Plate shells") - Large, Herbivorous Diplostomes with two long tentacles to reach for leaves, the rest being shorter and broader to chew food better
    11:05 & 11:37 - Stenostraca/Eustenostraca ("Narrow shells")/("True Stenostracans") - Smaller, omnivorous, generalist Diplostomes with reduced shells
    13:05 - Coleostraca- ("Sheathed shells") - Carnivorous Stenostracans with internalized, flexible shells and sharp teeth
    13:33 - Desmostraca ("Bundled shells") - Placostracans with segmented shells and the ability to curl into a ball
    15:28 - Polyschia ("Many hips") - Osteopods with multiple, flexible limb girdles for faster speeds
    15:28 - Synischia ("Fused hip") - Osteopods with one fused limb girdle for supporting larger sizes
    18:27 - Platydontia ("Broad teeth") - Polyshians with claws, long limbs, chisel-like teeth, camouflage in some species, and an arboreal lifestyle
    I will continue this in the future, as I've run out of time right now.

    • @matheussandbakk9959
      @matheussandbakk9959 4 роки тому +4

      SpecBio While you didn’t have to do this, it’s really nice of you. You’ve been granted a like

  • @chrisgaming9567
    @chrisgaming9567 4 роки тому +144

    I really hope the next part features at least some of the following: Pack hunting, flight, poison/venom, a mass extinction, parasitism, primitive tool usage, bioluminesence

    • @bleddynwolf8463
      @bleddynwolf8463 4 роки тому +11

      yassss mate those are cool, im surprised he didn't mention pack hunting this vid actually.

    • @tobywaddington2809
      @tobywaddington2809 4 роки тому +8

      FLIGHT! FLIGHT! FLIGHT!

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen 4 роки тому +6

      brain development is long overdue.

    • @brennangray8712
      @brennangray8712 4 роки тому

      @@LimeyLassen true

    • @semi-useful5178
      @semi-useful5178 4 роки тому +5

      Pack hunting is best suited to grassland environs.

  • @Raidho_Sketch
    @Raidho_Sketch 4 роки тому +89

    Now you're making my day.

  • @ioan491
    @ioan491 4 роки тому +54

    *new Biblaridion video*
    Me:
    >Likes
    >Then watches

  • @danieldomeisen2632
    @danieldomeisen2632 4 роки тому +70

    I would still love to see a species of your heavy shelled herbivores have an "Omni'skeleton", basically and Endo/Exo skeleton.
    This would allow them to be... very large. The plates near their 'breathing' tubes would develop the ability to expand and contract in sequence to allow a simple form of breathing. Evolving so that when one side of them is "Breathing out" (plates compressing) the other is "Breathing in" (plates stretching). This would give them a HUGE advantage in a lower oxygen climate and a higher "Mid range" energy supply as they are able to have a flat line of oxygen intake at all times due to the duel billows system they use to breathe.
    I would also LOVE to see the shelled creatures (i am not even going to try and spell that name, i am bad enough with english not to mention latin) go underground. Their Stalk eyes, shells, and the tentacles in the front make for near perfect burrowing forms. I can imagine hives of even 10cm ones burrowing into rock with a sulfuric acid spray from their stomach. Maybe pick up some lithovoric gut bacteria?
    Either way this series is freaking AMAZING, i hope it continues for a LONG time and we even get into the tech differences. Who knows maybe you can do another planet in the same system and we can see how interaction would work...

  • @lordodysseus
    @lordodysseus 4 роки тому +39

    23:15 2m for anyone wondering is 6 feet 7 inches tall. Dwayne the Rock Johnson is 6 feet 5 inches tall. This thing is bigger than the Rock.

    • @awesomelyshorticles
      @awesomelyshorticles 4 роки тому +2

      Hes measuring length. It is longer than the rock is tall.

    • @yellowfootproductions8835
      @yellowfootproductions8835 4 роки тому +1

      Connor Amlee by how he is measuring it, it seems like it is 2 meters tall, while the others seem like they are being measured by length. I think that beast is 2 meters tall

    • @awesomelyshorticles
      @awesomelyshorticles 4 роки тому +1

      @@yellowfootproductions8835 i rewatched it, youre right, i missed the measuring bar the first time

    • @albussr1589
      @albussr1589 3 роки тому

      Thanks. I'm STILL PANICING!!

  • @Lebguin
    @Lebguin 4 роки тому +203

    god this is so cool to watch! I got a heart attack when I saw that there's part 5 out!
    just something though, the ocean species evolve alongside the rest and I think it would be cool to include a little about that
    I love this series it's so cool! It's probably the best series on youtube I nerd out about it so much its amazing keep up the great work!
    I wish this series would never end god its so cool!
    Also so many new species were added this episode and they all interact and its starting to look like a real ecosystem.
    Anyway keep up the good work :)

    • @Spooglecraft
      @Spooglecraft 4 роки тому +8

      I think there'll be a part coming which focuses on the oceans, but for now, we're on land.

    • @Lebguin
      @Lebguin 4 роки тому +2

      Ok

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 3 роки тому

      The trees so far are pretty disappointing. They make up the physical space these animals live in. They should have rich visualizations. Right now they're just some boring, identical spread of red palms. Looks more like a plantation than a wetland jungle.

    • @Lebguin
      @Lebguin 3 роки тому

      I hope that in one episode the trees are diversified
      The next episode is about terrestrial climates so I think bib will talk a bit about trees hopefully because they will influence biomes

    • @jeffersondavis1508
      @jeffersondavis1508 3 роки тому +1

      Yo u called my name

  • @VaanG0v
    @VaanG0v 4 роки тому +63

    18:15 Pure nightmare fuel right there.
    Just imagine it running around in your room while you're trying to sleep.

    • @skyemorningstar166
      @skyemorningstar166 4 роки тому +6

      @@loopedieloop ah great, not like I needed sleep...

    • @Mamorufumio
      @Mamorufumio 4 роки тому +3

      Skye Morningstar yeah sleep is overrated

    • @porp719
      @porp719 4 роки тому +1

      I love them...

    • @nerobernardino88
      @nerobernardino88 4 роки тому +3

      It's time to burn down this entire planet!

    • @misterZalli
      @misterZalli 4 роки тому +2

      I recoiled in fear and pulled my legs up to my chair

  • @arranisnailo7795
    @arranisnailo7795 4 роки тому +27

    I would love to see a river biome episode at some point, or a return to the water

  • @benthomason3307
    @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +30

    13:08 When you ask santa for a puppy but accidentally write satan.

  • @guilhermehouck4872
    @guilhermehouck4872 4 роки тому +32

    The last time i was this early polypods still were a thing

  • @jonsmith8636
    @jonsmith8636 4 роки тому +249

    Why would you invent polyscians? Can't we dream of a world without spiders?

    • @samueltrusik3251
      @samueltrusik3251 4 роки тому +34

      NOPE

    • @Mamorufumio
      @Mamorufumio 4 роки тому +33

      well time to nuke this planet, wheres the nearest 7 mile wide meteor?

    • @Sorcering
      @Sorcering 4 роки тому +62

      this is what optimal performance looks like you just hate to admit it

    • @skyemorningstar166
      @skyemorningstar166 4 роки тому +23

      It has become Australia

    • @Mamorufumio
      @Mamorufumio 4 роки тому +12

      @@Sorcering yeah that and my arachnophobia makes it harder

  • @Vulpinechaos
    @Vulpinechaos 4 роки тому +38

    Watched this whole series, and I just love watching these adorable little goobers transform into Lovecraftian horrors.

  • @Khanmanlol
    @Khanmanlol 4 роки тому +77

    Things I'd like to see happen some time down the line:
    -Flying turtle-squids or giant spiders?
    -A return to the oceans?
    -What's the name of the planet? the continent(s)?
    -What do the lands look like habitat-wise?
    -An analogous to the dinosaurs and their eventual extinction?
    -Which clade will be the dominant species of the planet (essentially the humans of their world)? The turtle-squids, or the giant spiders?
    -Do each species have a common name? (Example: Panthera leo = *lion* )

    • @jordythecat7181
      @jordythecat7181 4 роки тому +8

      Plus, if there will be one, what will be the dominant, sapient species on the planet?

    • @ThatBeePerson
      @ThatBeePerson 4 роки тому +5

      A return to the ocean would probably be done by the giant spiders and they'd become much like our seals and their family, air breathing swimmers with large fins and no scales. Except these are more spider. So they'd maybe become nightmares of the ocean, all but their 2 front limbs moving to the back and their locomotion in water would be similar to that of squid, while on land they basically drag themself arpund and hop

    • @Khanmanlol
      @Khanmanlol 4 роки тому

      @@ThatBeePerson That would be both horrifying and fascinating to watch. But I was more thinking about what the sea creatures have been up to since the tentaclostoms and the sarcopods left the oceans to conquer land.

    • @FastEddy95
      @FastEddy95 4 роки тому +1

      Planets don't really have names until an intelligent species bothers to name them.

  • @electrophoenix7977
    @electrophoenix7977 4 роки тому +281

    Ok, I know you have been rather busy with your life... at least, that's what I assume
    But
    SHEESH, FINALLY! ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EPISODE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL SERIES

    • @evanswart480
      @evanswart480 4 роки тому

      no

    • @jasonlewis4438
      @jasonlewis4438 4 роки тому +5

      He makes other kinds of videos you know...

    • @reeceshugrue6167
      @reeceshugrue6167 4 роки тому +3

      @Mini Moustache No offense intended but, those videos are nowhere near as entertaining as these videos.

    • @evanswart480
      @evanswart480 4 роки тому +1

      Reece Shugrue no, I prefer those videos and I hate it when people get mad at him for not making alien biospheres more

    • @sanguillotine
      @sanguillotine 4 роки тому

      Evan Swart cool, that means you and the previous commenter have different interests

  • @armchairrocketscientist4934
    @armchairrocketscientist4934 4 роки тому +46

    This world reminds me of Roshar from Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive high fantasy series.

    • @InezAllen
      @InezAllen 4 роки тому +11

      i was thinking that! shells, one continent, and massive storms

    • @echoecho3155
      @echoecho3155 4 роки тому +4

      Some of these animals already seem well on their way to becoming Axehounds as well. Sort of Roshar by way of Hender's Island.

  • @Geolaminar
    @Geolaminar 4 роки тому +61

    Crew, this is your captain speaking. We've finally done it. We've found another planet with life. Though it may be uninteligent and primitive, this is a landmark moment for all of humanity, and I am proud that that you brave souls are a part of it. We set out into this final fronteir seeking strange new worlds, and to come in peace for all mankind. We plan to-
    What's that? Sorry, WHAT kind of spiders?! HOW BIG?!?!
    Ahem, sorry about that. Erhm... We plan to... Uh... Bombard the planet from orbit. Load thermonuclear warheads, and fire at will. Suffer not the xeno to live. Glory to the emperor.

    • @amfvideos6810
      @amfvideos6810 4 роки тому +3

      Tristan Ritland Nice Warhammer reference

  • @nickwilliams2745
    @nickwilliams2745 4 роки тому +21

    Everyone’s talking about the science and research and what not and that’s all well and good but the designs and renderings are also really impressive and must’ve taken a while to make

  • @MrBlack0950
    @MrBlack0950 4 роки тому +84

    I wish i could've clicked faster

  • @timon3154
    @timon3154 4 роки тому +59

    All of these creatures are complete nightmare fuel yet I can't stop watching.

    • @silver_kitten
      @silver_kitten 3 роки тому

      We will get used to it

    • @komododragon8249
      @komododragon8249 2 роки тому

      Yes but these all work with our physics there's no magic powers and stuff which is good I'm tired of seeing impossible aliens species which are just massive hives of gigantic creatures which are parasites?

  • @sockbot41
    @sockbot41 4 роки тому +5

    22:17 Elastospondyls are my favorite. Slug-cats. Hope these critters diversify into analogous vertebrates.

    • @afkfromawake
      @afkfromawake 3 роки тому

      Now that it's been a bit, what's your favorite descendant of the ancestral elastospondyl?

  • @Timrath
    @Timrath 4 роки тому +10

    As a Greek, I find your grasp of the Greek language impressive. Every one of your species names is aptly descriptive.

    • @fluffernal
      @fluffernal Рік тому +3

      2 years late, but the dude also makes conlangs, so he would obviously be pretty knowledgeable on other languages

  • @sofia.eris.bauhaus
    @sofia.eris.bauhaus 4 роки тому +68

    i wonder where the first flying animals will come from, maybe they come from the oceans! :D

    • @zacharyhandy9606
      @zacharyhandy9606 4 роки тому +14

      Like flying Fish evolving flight before others

    • @maromeilimonei3312
      @maromeilimonei3312 4 роки тому +8

      I think the elastospondyli, they have 4 semi-unused limbs, also, they're not fast, so they would benefit more from flight

    • @matheussandbakk9959
      @matheussandbakk9959 4 роки тому +8

      maromei limonei I think one of the Malacoformes will gaim flight first as they’re the insect counterpart of this planet, and small sizes have an easier time flying. The Elastospondyli could gain flight, but I think it’ll happen later than the Malacoformes

    • @ronaldgargoyle3407
      @ronaldgargoyle3407 4 роки тому +6

      So monkey spiders vs helicopter squids. I like it!

    • @rafaelcoutinho3537
      @rafaelcoutinho3537 4 роки тому

      Gliding monkey spiders

  • @Technofier
    @Technofier 4 роки тому +24

    I practically never comment before actually watching the video, but I just want to say that I have been really enjoying this series, it is a unique and beautiful thing. Building an entire ecosystem (even if simplified) from the ground up is absolutely fascinating, thank you for making this and best of luck to you :)

  • @itsjustalf7747
    @itsjustalf7747 2 роки тому +4

    The fact you can see his models improve over time is awesome

  • @martindavids1294
    @martindavids1294 4 роки тому +9

    I was heartbroken when I saw how long it takes for each of these episodes to come out, this is seriously amazing

  • @Asurnasurpal
    @Asurnasurpal 4 роки тому +30

    Overwhelming my favorite series on youtube. The level of quality here is just unimaginable. Do you have any plans to return to aquatic species? I've been eager to see how things may have changed in the time since we last checked them. I also agree with some other comments here, I'd love it if you showed some of these creatures next to each other. It would be good context.
    But either way, I can't help but just congratulate you. This is absolutely stunning and I cannot wait to see more. I'm absolutely attached to all of these bizarre critters, and as things start going extinct I'm going to be inevitably upset.

  • @viorp5267
    @viorp5267 4 роки тому +13

    13:46 No, not the sarcopods!

  • @BoozMcGroove
    @BoozMcGroove 4 роки тому +9

    What’s been going on in the ocean during all of this? I feel like exploring how the aquatic biodiversity is affected by land animals (if at all) ended up changing them. That and I want to see more of the Anomalocaris-Sharks lol

  • @SoundBlackRecordings
    @SoundBlackRecordings 4 роки тому +6

    The Megolobrachids must be where the Cloverfield aliens came from.

  • @Random_Commoner
    @Random_Commoner 4 роки тому +33

    This series is so captivating.... (I must admit I spent my new year's eve binge-watching it, and I regret nothing)

  • @andresmarrero8666
    @andresmarrero8666 4 роки тому +40

    I have been waiting for this, though it seems that my trees have yet to take to the skies. By the way, what about the ocean ecosystems. They surely haven't been sitting on their laurels all this time.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 4 роки тому

      there's no freaking way your *trees* should be taking to the skies unless you're on the freaking elemental plane of air.

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 4 роки тому +7

      @@benthomason3307 it's a blimp or balloon type body plan. They have the means to develop such a plan and a drive to do so, especially since jet streams are the perfect environment for them.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +7

      @@andresmarrero8666 _ooohh_. yeah I can see floating trees that way. now that you've justified it, you earn the award for most creative freaking alien organism I've ever come across.

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 4 роки тому +1

      @@benthomason3307 why thank you.

    • @rolyntrotter7337
      @rolyntrotter7337 4 роки тому +7

      I'd imagine there will be a return to the sea at some point. If for no other reason than we need our efficient air-breathers to get back in the game there. Dolphin/Whale equivalents, ya know. Giant spidery ones

  • @liamjohnston2000
    @liamjohnston2000 4 роки тому +9

    I love this series, but I have one request. In the cladograms and food webs that you make, you have all the organisms roughly the same size. You do show how large they are with a scale when you first make them, but I'm wondering if you can make a size chart comparing the organism's sizes with each other (and maybe a human as well). Just asking.

  • @PaleozoicProductions
    @PaleozoicProductions 4 роки тому +3

    Its insane how you get an immobile filterfeeder into gigantic spider demon creatures while the clade everyone half-expected to be the dominant clade only has the filter-feeder member of the clade to be ancestor of the terrestrial decendents.

  • @shannonsilvera1604
    @shannonsilvera1604 4 роки тому +26

    This series is amazing, i got so excited when i saw this notification.

  • @jcon5698
    @jcon5698 4 роки тому +21

    These videos always make me audibly hype

  • @hashtagunderscore4898
    @hashtagunderscore4898 4 роки тому +2

    One day this will be a fully animated documentary, and we can all look back here, where this project began.

  • @marcusfrazier4923
    @marcusfrazier4923 4 роки тому +6

    I have never seen someone break down the design & evolution of a fantasy creature so throroughly.
    This was an amazing watch.
    👍🏾👍🏾

  • @yeetyourself6719
    @yeetyourself6719 4 роки тому +18

    FINALLY THE BEST SERIES ON UA-cam IS BACK!!!

    • @citron666
      @citron666 4 роки тому

      Je 🙂 El mundo 🌍

  • @doylethelovely2555
    @doylethelovely2555 4 роки тому +11

    I barely had time to register with the thumbnail was before clicking on this thing!

  • @gingermcgingin1733
    @gingermcgingin1733 4 роки тому +4

    I can't help but notice that there's no poisonous or venomous clades on this planet.

  • @imtfox8091
    @imtfox8091 4 роки тому +4

    I've watched this entire series 6 times! Please make another one soon I can't wait anymore!

  • @Dunmerdog
    @Dunmerdog 4 роки тому +9

    I genuinely love this, easily in my top three niche things series on youtube

  • @corrucies2087
    @corrucies2087 4 роки тому +32

    Yes!! I've been waiting for this

  • @comiccat4650
    @comiccat4650 4 роки тому +6

    This is honestly one of my favorite series on youtube. There is alot of time inbetween episodes but this for the sake of well thought out information and it's conveyed understandably. Keep up the great work and take your time!

  • @EE-ed6fz
    @EE-ed6fz 4 роки тому +5

    The virgin Anthostoma vs the chad Polypodia

  • @alemalvi3805
    @alemalvi3805 4 роки тому +40

    23:48
    There is an error in the representation of the necrophyta man

    • @bluapolpo7515
      @bluapolpo7515 4 роки тому +5

      Oh yeah i saw that too

    • @alemalvi3805
      @alemalvi3805 4 роки тому

      @@user-bn6vg8ck4t just look boi

    • @alemalvi3805
      @alemalvi3805 4 роки тому

      @@user-bn6vg8ck4t man he used the wrong version, just check out how it looks like in the scheme whith all the species.

  • @hem9483
    @hem9483 4 роки тому +17

    These always make my day.

  • @evanmurray5920
    @evanmurray5920 3 роки тому +3

    "William's well-protected one" sounds like a dark souls boss

  • @mlpman246
    @mlpman246 4 роки тому +2

    UA-cam: Hey you wanna see a random video about alien evolution in your recommended videos?
    Me: First of all, what? Second of all, yes!

  • @user-ty2ry2sk2w
    @user-ty2ry2sk2w 4 роки тому +11

    FINALY! I HAVE WAITED SO LONG AND IT WAS ALL FRIKIN WOTH IT Great episode. Ill watch it 6 times and pray for the next one

  • @bird2034
    @bird2034 4 роки тому +11

    Once again, your imagination and knowledge blows me away. This is absolutely fascinating, and the amount of time and effort put into this is obvious from the quality. Great job!! :)

  • @micahscott3895
    @micahscott3895 Рік тому +2

    This whole series just reminds me of "things keep evolving into crabs" and I don’t know why

  • @albinocyclopse9952
    @albinocyclopse9952 25 днів тому +3

    Rewatching in preparation for the release of part 15!

  • @Zakalwe___
    @Zakalwe___ 4 роки тому +8

    I’d just like to thank you for making such incredible videos with an attention to detail unparalleled on this site. Honestly my favourite series I’ve watched in years.

  • @gabevietor3685
    @gabevietor3685 4 роки тому +11

    Yay! It's finally here!

  • @engelhaust
    @engelhaust 4 роки тому +2

    these videos are spectacularly made and very impressive. that being said, there is no way i would set foot on this planet without power armor and a double-barrel shotgun.

  • @TheSelitha
    @TheSelitha 4 роки тому +2

    In before the tree spiders are Tharks and this is just how life evolved on Barsoom.

  • @karlmachnow4961
    @karlmachnow4961 4 роки тому +6

    This is marvellous! Yet, I again have to wait for another episode until you finally let toxicity evolve. I think I've thought of that since the 2nd part of this series.
    Especially for the small malacoformes toxicity would be a huge advantage imho, as they wouldn't have to evolve a hard body shell to defend themselves.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +2

      toxicity? why do you want to bring 4chan and tumblr into the picture?

    • @yannismorris4772
      @yannismorris4772 4 роки тому

      They could also make hives like bees or termite mounds.
      Effectively living in structures made out of their own poop

  • @gogwon5139
    @gogwon5139 4 роки тому +6

    I love this series so much, it’s so fun to watch how the creatures grow and develop

  • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
    @user-ft3jq5vi2l 3 роки тому +2

    It's so interesting to come back to the older video's comment sections and see all the predictions that came true

  • @cheesygamer0151
    @cheesygamer0151 4 роки тому +2

    Bro that background music makes me straight up V I B E

  • @brownie8655
    @brownie8655 4 роки тому +11

    Everybody gangsta till the Osteopoda evolves in accordance to a gradually broadening diet in an attempt to gain carniverous traits and forms longer, many jointed leg-structures to give it an edge in terms of speed and agility.

  • @stell9814
    @stell9814 4 роки тому +3

    This series is absolutely fantastic. Every time a new one comes out my day INSTANTLY improves!

  • @critiqueofthegothgf
    @critiqueofthegothgf 3 місяці тому +1

    the presence of acid raid resulting in the terrestrial biosphere being comprised of marshes and bogs makes it so much easier for life to adapt and transition from the ocean. all thanks to the super cool inclusion of hydrogen sulfide. I love this series

  • @4dultw1thj0b
    @4dultw1thj0b 4 роки тому +2

    I'd love to see you put up a big evolution family tree somewhere so we can keep track of all these guys!

  • @griffin2465
    @griffin2465 4 роки тому +7

    Jeez, Deinognathans are HUGE! About as tall as Micheal Jordan.

  • @Natasha-ig9hr
    @Natasha-ig9hr 4 роки тому +12

    I’ve never been this early for a video I think lol
    Also bee movie in Edun (I’m sorry)

    • @conlangknow8787
      @conlangknow8787 4 роки тому +2

      He is just gonna make a dictionary so we can make it ourselves

  • @beinghonest2411
    @beinghonest2411 4 роки тому +1

    This series is so addicting I’m binging 1-5 right now. Keep up the good work!

  • @Golem.8088
    @Golem.8088 3 роки тому +1

    This series on alien biosphere is one of the most outstanding work I have seen on UA-cam. It's a fantastic job!

  • @sbrown480
    @sbrown480 4 роки тому +5

    Love this series! Can't wait for the next one.

  • @Technocolor00
    @Technocolor00 4 роки тому +4

    8:38 They finally evolved a butt, Im so proud

  • @adlerdrahms758
    @adlerdrahms758 4 роки тому

    this is by far the best series on this entire website. it's so rare nowadays for someone to not only come up with something this creative, but to actually put real effort into it and keep it going. thank you.

  • @lyreparadox
    @lyreparadox 4 роки тому +2

    I love how you give the explanations for WHY the clades are evolving the way they are. Like the evolution of a tube-like gut leading to more efficient digestion and being able to utilize a new food source. It's those little details that I need to make my own ecosystems more realistic. (I'd love to see a high school biology class follow through this process, and what they'd come up with for their own planets ecosystem.)