@@PAAKWAMEPAA no Bears are NOT dogs. By that logic Hyenas are cats too but they aren’t. you can’t breed the two animals. They’re completely different creatures and don’t even have the same number of chromosomes. Bears have 74 chromosomes, whereas dogs have a mere 39. If you tried to make a bear-dog, you’d likely end up with a fat bear and a dog skeleton. Bears and Dogs “spit” 55 million years ago while big cats and cats split only 10 million years ago. So the bear dog “split” happened 45 million years before cats and big cats. Which means the cat split is 4.5 times closer to our time than they are to the bear dog “split” time. Do u have any idea how much a species can change in 45 million years? While dogs and bears have a common ancestor, the time that has elapsed between that common ancestor and the current paradigm of bears and dogs has seen the two separate and distinct species arise. It’s not accurate to say that dogs and bears split up, but rather that they shared a common ancestor at some point. This common ancestor was neither a bear nor a dog, but many factors such as geographical isolation caused the two distinctive lines to arise. In effect, this makes dogs and bears no more related to each other than bears are to cats, or dogs to cats. It is important to also consider the huge impact that the domestication of wolves has had on the trajectory of both species. Dogs are just domesticated wolves, and selection pressures put on the species by humans has resulted in a huge diversity of dog breeds and traits
Bear aren't directly related to dog. They're not the same thing and they're not the closest animal relationship between bears. Bear are more related to sea lions.. some dog here might will saying they shared ancestors isn't? Figure out
Actually, bears and dogs are very closely related, they are part of the infraorder Cynopsia (meaning "dog-shaped faced ones" in latin), which also groups both dogs and ursoids with the pinnipeds, Cynopsia is divided into two parvorders, Eufissipedia (meaning "truly split-footed ones" in latin) and Pinnipedia (meaning "merged-footed ones" in latin), the latter contains the pinnipeds (collectively seals, hooded seals, elephant seals, sea lions, fur seals, and walruses), while the former contains the dogs, the bears, and the giant panda (collectively known as eufissipeds), the parvorder Eufissipedia comprises of two superfamilies, Canoidea, to which the dogs (family Canidae) are the only extant family and Ursoidea, which includes two extant families, Ursidae for the bears and Ailuropodidae for the giant panda and its fossil relatives (collectively known as greater pandas), while its sister group being the parvorder Pinnipedia is also divided into two superfamilies, Phocoidea for the families Phocidae (Seals) and Cystophoridae (Hooded Seal and Elephant Seals) and Otarioidea for the families Otariidae (Sea Lions and Fur Seals) and Odobenidae (Walrus and Fossil Relatives).
@@indyreno2933 Bears are more closely related to sea lions and weasels than dogs. Its like saying a hyena is a cat or everything is a dog bc everything evolved from the first creature *Edit:* watch his recent video. They are NOT closely related
Fun Fact: Canids used to have retractable claws and more powerful forelimbs, certainly nowhere near felines but it’s still impressive. Canids eventually lost those traits because the change in strategy.
@@TheGrizzlyBear-1 Wrong. There were two separate subfamilies of canids, apart from the extant canines. The ones with retractable claws were the Hesperocyonines, and they were actually very small and slender, almost like foxes. The “big dogs” were the Borophagines, that had evolved to become bone crushers and were completely solitary. Modern canines did not evolve from either subfamily, they took a completely different evolutionary path.
The limbs part also kinda explains the difference between domestic cats and dogs. Notice when your pet cat attacks something, it uses its paws to strike first before biting. Meanwhile, your pet dog goes straight for the bite
My dog goes in with the paws first: she never puts her nose in a place where it can be targeted by her prey. Oddly enough she doesn't see cats as prey so the first thing she does is stick her nose in their face, and we all know how that ends (I never said she was bright😉)
cats superior weapons by a long shot, a cat half the 3/4 of the size of a dog would kill the dog for sure. there"s videos of bob cats killing deers. cats have the perfect body type for killing.
I actually found it mildly annoying. I was wondering if anyone else thought he was trying too hard lol the voice is wonderful but I felt like he was overselling it.
I think it's a synthetic voice. Or he's not a native speaker of the language. Either way, the delivery seems strange and contrived (and annoying) to native speakers.
@@sagnastyboi3 Agree. I actually stopped watching because I thought it was bothering me so much. I started reading through the comments to see if anyone else had, and found pretty positive responses to the content. "InDeEd, tHe ConTenT WasSssS PreTtY GooD."
I think it’s because canines evolved to work together meaning that they didn’t have to be very large. A smaller animal requires less resources. Aside from Lions, most big cats are solitary meaning they have to be bigger to survive.
A lot of evidence is showing big cats aren’t solitary when resources are abundant, humans and our destruction of habitat have made it so the groups split up in fear theyll never hunt enough for everyone to share. Cheetahs hunt in coordinated groups, leopards have been viewed chilling in mated and non-mated pairs for years, even cougars have been seen in groups lately.
@@Futurebound_jpg Mother/Father tigers have been seen sharing kills with previous mates, as well as children that have already grown up. This is usually when prey is abundant tho
im sorry, but your logic is far too simplistic, with far too many cats of all sizes coexisting with each other, in the same territories, hu;ting the same prey species, as well as caniines, Lions, cheetahs, Leopards, all big cats, two of which hunt as family units, and one is mostly a solitary hunter. all are reasonably successful, the most successsful of all carnivores who hunt in numbers, is the African hunting dogs, with a far higher percentage of successful hunts than any other African plains/forest carnivore. the bengal tiger, the biggest cat of all, solitary, the Scottish wildcat, one of the smallest, solitary. the cerval, lynx, and caracal, all fairly small, all solitary hunters, i think you maŷ need to rethink your theory a bit, imo. just saying!
I think you've already have the answer in your comment. All those smaller cats you mentioned can't take a prey much larger by themselves and those cats don't share the ecological niche with bigger cats, they are NOT hunting the same prey animals. An solitary lynx which is roughly the same as a medium size dog can't take down an adult buffalo but a pack of dogs can with better probability of success as you pointed out. The theory here is there is an alternative strategy to being large and powerful is to be smaller but numerous.
I don't think people GET how big some wolf species really are. I think the better question would be why did cats become bigger? Really it boils down to hunting patterns and which is more successful in taking down bigger prey. Cats are considered the worlds most perfect killer because of what they possess, but also how they hunt. The only 3 species outside of the cat family that are known to have a higher or comparable success in their hunts are African Wild dogs, Dragonflies funnily enough, and Polar Bears. If you want to take Whales into consideration based on how much Krill they consume, then them too. But that's not exactly a "hunt."
I'm glad you mentioned Dragonflies I remember reading a book about them as a kid and reading they were the most efficient hunters on earth and that fact has always stuck with me
the biggest wolf species is still smaller than the biggest dogs we keep as pets. A great dane or mastiff or any big dog still seems tiny compared to big cats
@@HypocriticalUA-cam1I heard a scientist that clones animals in China speak at length about how giant insects are possible to engineer. Absolutely terrifying.
lol you might appreciate this. i found a mangled bird outside my front door in a tree barley breathing, nursed it back to health indoors with my cat (who probably injured it to begin with). bird finally reached the stage he could fly & was almost ready to let him go but when i came home to let him go i only found a few feathers sticking out of my cats mouth! i was so mad at her for waiting to kill him but maybe she didn't want to kill him while injured. :(
My cat went from Utterly Freaked Out the first time she killed a mouse (by accident) to Oh So Pleased with herself and demanding treats (and while she gives me the mice easy (and tends to kill them intentionally now so that they can’t run away (or get claimed by the other cat), she can’t resist wholloping them mid air.) Which. She’s learned to leave my conure alone. (And we don’t exactly want deer mice in the house. If they’re still alive I still do my best to release them. Go find a home somewhere else. Or become a snack for the fox or owl. Don’t really care. Circle of life (well. for the natural wildlife. my cats are indoor-only without a leash.)
@@anonymousfellow8879 lmao - love your story! cats can be real funny with (prey), i had a mouse that i couldn't get rid of when one day i walked into the kitchen & saw it in my cat's mouth. i immediately told her what a good girl she was then she gently put it down & oh so proudly ran over to rub against my legs! i guess it was another play thing for her that was to be left unharmed. edit: glad she leaves your conure alone - i have a grey and she is just part of the family to them yet they do hunt in our small yard when i take them out even ignoring the hummingbirds cuz i said "no, mine" to them. we can afford to sacrifice a few small birds now and then but they cannot let them go to waste, i have told them either do not hunt or eat what you catch. i don't let them eat rodents though, they may have disease that will harm the cats.
I don't know...but...I have been riding dirt bikes, in the woods for decades. Have run across Wolves, and Bears many times. They tend to leave the area. However, have also come across Cougar and Mtn Lions several times. They usually sit or lay on a big tree branch...and flip thier tails, like a house cat. But...when you look into those big yellow eyes, you can tell that...they are not playing!! Scary, in their quiet, menacing presence. Big Cats are beautiful, but genuinely command respect. Well deserved, in my view.
The "bone crushing dogs," called Borophaginae as a group did adopt a more solitary and ambush hunting lifestyle that helped them grow larger than what most modern dogs, which evolved from a different group, referred to as Caninae... or the "true dogs." But what's believed to have happened was that as cats began to evolve and spread out of where they first evolved and began to turn to that ambush predator niche, they actually proved to be BETTER at it than the Borophaginae were. Thus, in time, cats actually outcompeted the dogs that had evolved to be ambush hunters in the art of ambushing prey, leading to the Borophaginae being driven to extinction by the Pliocene.
This isn't true, since cats entered North America around 18 million years ago, before Borophagines got big. They were probably driven to extinction by climate change.
@@kinglion7867 - But how big were the cats at that time? And how many were there trying to fill the niche? For while scientists today would make the point that in many respects the cat has triumphed over the dog in terms gaining the role of apex predator in a given environment, that doesn't entirely mean cats of any kind would dominate dogs of any kind. Particularly when it comes to size. A small house cat probably isn't going to bully a Great Dane, and if the dog wanted to it could easily handle a domestic house cat. If the first cats to enter North America were smaller than the dogs that were there at the time, they might not have been able to outcompete the Borophagines until they themselves got bigger and that'd take time in the course of evolution. That would, for a time give the dogs an advantage. Though... changes in climate might have also contributed. But then from what I've read... both cats and Borophagines filled out similar roles as ambush hunters. One would think that climatic changes might effect both, which would then in turn bring things back into points on feline evolution.
@@SamuelJamesNary The cats were variable in size, and I believe the largest of the early cats were about the size of the laopard. It's important to note that most Borophagine did not reach the size of Epicyon haydeni and were instead fox to hyena-sized. Later on, large Machairodonts such as the tiger-sized NImravides catacopsis also lived in North America, and it's important to note that this species went extinct at around the same time most Borophagines did. Also note the existance of the large, sabre-toothed Bardbourofelids, whom went extinct around 9mya. The last Borophagine, Borophagus diversidens, didn't go extinct until roughly 2mya, which coincides with the evolution of canines into apex predator niches (as a side note, I think this is the main reason why extant canids don't grow as big as large feilds - they simply haven't had enough time).
The idea cats outcompeted the borophagines ignores that cats (including big, leopard-sized ones) invaded North America BEFORE the borophagines actually became large predators; it's the borophagines that were the new apex predators on the block in North America, not the cats. If borophagines died out due to being unable to compete with large cats, they could never have evolved into large predators in the first place because felid competition actually predated their rise into apex predator niches. This is one of numerous ideas about "X animal group went extinct because Y group evolved/invaded and proved better at existing" that are unsupported or outright contradicted by the fossil record, yet live on because nobody has bothered to point this out in official academic sources.
@@SamuelJamesNary The cats that first invaded North America (which was around 18.5 million years ago) included large predators; the borophagines of that time were not large predators, instead being smaller, fox-like mesopredators. They only became large predators after cats (and the catlike barbourofelids) were already fully established as large predators in North America, meaning that they got big IN SPITE of competition from cats and catlike animals.
I seen a Timberwolf once that was easily twice the size of a standard German shepherd. 25-30 yards away, got a real good look, we stared at each other for probably 10 seconds before it walked into the brush and out of view. Big animal but still no match for the big cats.
Fur can make an animal look much larger than it actually is. The largest eagles look absolutely massive because of their feathers. Yet, they only weight up to 25 lbs.
@@ObservationofLimits 200 lb wolves do not exist. The largest documented timber wolf was 175 lbs. If there were tons of 200 pounders alive someone would have documented them since humans are constantly killing wolves.
I remember walking through the big cat exhibit at the Chicago zoo and wondering how a dog that likes chasing cats would act in the presence of lions, tigers, leopards and such. Would it run up to the cages or be looking for the exit?
dog understand size. they know they are prey when they see big feline. they know the difference style of other dogs. thats why you see hunting dog dont fight when they are out numbered. they do the chase, and run with against coyotes and such. but they bark against all big felines like bobcats and such. but then you have those owner who teach their pitbull mean. so mean it attack anything that move. i wonder their mean and fearless how would they react to a lion or a tiger.
no animal is stupid, their instincts will tell them "we're alone this animal is larger and a threat to me" a bobcat or lynx would likely run away from pitbulls, rottweilers, a mastiff might make a cougar or cheetah back down. Anything larger and it would be in big cats favor.
It would depend on the breed of dog and the dog itself. Some would run. Some would go directly at the big cat. Conversely, some of the big cats would run, others would attack the dog.
Cats are a wonder of nature, anotomy that goes from 10lbs domestic cat to all the way to 1000lbs siberian tiger. The athlete of the Animal Kingdom. Majestic and Regal, Truly a marvel.
@@deathrager2404cats don't smell GOOD... But a lot of people are nose-blind to cat smell. Houses with cats have a distinct smell and it lingers for some time even after the cat moves out or dies. It can last months to a year depending on how long.
@@efe75623 really? there are lions that are raised by humans since they were cubs and when they are fully grown they have never attacked their owners. debunked. cats, big or small, actually have brains that are 90 percent similar to ours. so they love like us, feel like us, had compassion like us, and even mourn like us. dogs? tons of cases where dogs wait till their owner falls asleep and then they eat the owner ALIVE. stop with the lies bro. really.
@@WarningStrangerDanger really? unless you dont clean the litterbox, sure your house will indeed smell. if you clean the litterbox, your house wont smell. another doglover spreading lies.
This makes me very curious about dingoes since their wrists can rotate/they're unusually flexible compared to other dogs. Since the non-retractable claws and moderate size of canids lend to endurance hunting rather than ambush, I wonder if the wrist rotation and flexibility reflect different hunting strategies.
True, but they've had 3000+ years to evolve to their new prey: I'd imagine the flexibility allows them to be more successful catching the smaller prey native to Australia.
Well there used to be dire wolves in north america. I saw their skulls at the La Brea Tar Pits museum. They were absolutely no joke and meeting one in real life must have been terrifying. However they went extinct along with America's sabretooth tigers.
speaking of direwolf, it would be amazing sight if they were alive today. i wonder how powerful they are. there are a lion that suppose to be about 100-200 pounds bigger than the lion today. it said that its much more powerful than the lion today. how would they compare to a siberian today on the same weight level.
@@letsdothis9063 it's an example of similar environments producing similar adaptations in the animals that live in them. Much like today's african savannah, the ancient north american grasslands/prairies bred speedy predators (american cheetah) , speedy herbivores (american horse), jumping antelope (pronghorn which survived to the present), giant strong bovines (the buffalo), as well as strong feline ambush predators such as the extinct american lion and the sabretooth tigers. Oh and let's not forget our ancient grasslands even had our own american elephants in the form of mastodons!!
@@bluestripetiger It's so logical, but interesting and cool at the same time. I wish that I could visit North America back in those times. It would be awesome to see. Of course, I would prefer to view the wildlife from an MRAP . I would also have a good stopping rifle for the measure
Yep, just never thought about it...but that one huge prehistoric dog was pretty amazing looking...nobody would bother you if you had one of those on a leash...Lol!
@@RONJAE212003 I agree that it’s weird that there are so many cat species but only a handful of dog species that are apex predators. Also that both canine and feline predators can live in the same environment but look, behave and hunt the same prey differently.
Canidae are probably the only other animal that has had success through persistence hunting. It's no doubt why they were chosen to be man's best friend.
Some archeologists believe watching dogs hunt trained humans to exhaust prey, allowing larger kills, more glory thus more neuro connections, and more nutrition to feed our brains' growth. My dog looks like a white wolf, but he's GSD, Golden and Pit.
@@someone_weird9 Big cats are ambush predators, they might sprint over a short distance but they can't keep it up. The dog line just keeps chasing you until you're exhausted and doesn't rely on sneaking up
While the anatomy of the forearms and the hunting style do explain the size limitation in canines, how is it possible that Bears, especially Grizzlies, can run fast and have exceptional stamina while being so big and heavy? Bears are massive even compared to big Cats, but then they have the same huge and powerful forearms with grappling ability!
Yep bears are impressive for sure in terms of size and speed. Canines go all out in the pursuit lifestyle, bears use all those tools and strength to gain access to more resources than canines are able to. It doesn’t have to rely solely on pursuing game, it can target only things it knows it can catch(injured prey). But a bear will never outrun a pack of dogs, a creature fully invested in its only ability to feed itself which is fast hard distance pursuits. Black bears will end up stuck in a tree, brown(if encouraged to run by say trailing human hunters.) will tire and be forced to stand its ground.
Bears are impressive and basically a real life monster, but wolves actively hunt bears for food. An old, sick, or injured bear doesn’t die peacefully, the wolves get them.
i would like to think bears, has a time limit. food is harder to fine in their area. they have to compete against other predator before and even now. today they compete against other smaller bears, their own species and even wolf. so for them to hibernate they need to eat as much as possible before they hibernate. so evolution force them to have this huge stamina when they are hungry. i dont know any other species that has so much stamina for their size. normally, they have skinny legs for speed, long leg for distance travel. but bears.... amazing when hungry
@@xavierescano4559 i know that. just like bats, bats when they hibernate, they almost near death during those period. thats why recent fungus that keep on making bats waking up during hibernation, they burn more energy faster before they have anything left for the duration of the winter. so they died because of that. any animal that hibernate need enough fuel to survive. since the body consume their body fat to keep them warm. thats why bear lose almost all their fat during hibernation.
@@FactsMachine I'm glad you mentioned the Northwestern wolves as the current largest canid species! As impressive as it is, Big cats absolutely tower over them in weight and dexterity. I'm a wolf fanatic yet facts dont overrule fictional elements of wolves. :)
Actually, the eurasian grey wolf is larger than the mackenzie valley grey wolf, thus, only making the mackenzie valley grey wolf more like the second largest subspecies of grey wolf, with only the eurasian grey wolf being larger.
Canines also helped us protect ourselves from large cats. It's kinda tricky to protect yourself against such a strong noctural predator who can climb pretty much anywhere while you sleep.
Myth, domestic dogs happened 40.000 years ago. At that time, humans already erased all human specialized hunting big cats in africa. Dogs joined humans, because they share the same hunt method, stamina hunting in packs, but close a gap in our hunting, the smell section. But in the end, the first dogs joined, because we simply out hunted the prey for there ancestors (human is most efficient stamina hunter in the world), and the dog needed to beg for meat from our pack, when we butchered the prey. Lions have a similar change in behavior, as long a Masai cow in the Serengeti has a cowbell, lions will ignore the herd of cows. When a lion hunts a human, then it was always an old lion on his last ditch, who couldn't hunt anything else. Even the sentence "lions hunt in packs, but relative short in history" in the video implicate, that solo lions at some points need to form packs, to have a chance against the pack hunter human. Never take humans to lightly, even with no weapon, we are a scary hunter. And if you check the "big eagle" from Madagascar, and New Zealand. They are prime example, how the human pack erase a predator in two different places in less than 100 years, after humans settled the islands. The eagle actually caught child and adult humans, because we were in the same league as there natural prey, but that was there doom. Less than 100 years until total extinction. Even today, apes in Madagascar check the sky regularly, as a deep survival reflex, but there is no "eagle" left, who is a danger to apes in size.
@@aqvamarek5316 I'm not talking about africa, you goof, especially since canines don't really roam africa . And I'm not talking about canines hunting felines, you goof . And big felines which can hint humans were always present since they only need to be big, you goof.
That tiger forearm holding its pray looks dope AF. So big cats are like sprinter bodybuilders while dogos are skinny endurance runners. And just like bodybuilders, they rarely work togheter for a greater goal.
@@the1onesquirrel9 Certainly is !! Seems like you are just TROLLING !! The conversation is about supernatural and cryptid sightings !!!So your just going to dismiss ALL the THOUSANDS of credible ( police officers, doctors etc etc !!) and numerous eyewitness accounts of sightings ?? That's like saying you witnessed a rare white tiger and NOBODY believed you and accuses you then of saying they're NOT real !! That's incredibly arrogant and very ignorant !!
Very informative! I never thought of the feline shoulder and limb advantage until you mentioned it. That's what also helps them in being good tree climbers.
I love seeing wolves when they think no one is looking and they behave like loving puppies to each other. This is an ancient species that has learned to fear man because we are murderous and dangerous; but they can still be puppies when they aren’t ripping out deer throats . Least they’re honest about it.
I can only speak for myself when I say that I am not murderous and dangerous, and I don’t know anybody who is, to the best of my knowledge. What kind of people do you hang out with?
@@ethanlamoureux5306 We are all murderous and dangerous its in our DNA just like most animals on the planet. the only difference is that we haven't had to be murderous or dangerous because other people do it for us and we just go pick up the aftermath from the store.
This allowed me to understand why cats are usually independent creatures with humans and why dogs usually look for pack leaders. If there are no pack leaders in their human owners, the dog becomes the alpha and the human becomes the beta. For cats, they are independent hunters and dont always need a relationship with others
Alpha and beta is not an actual concept that exists, the person who did the research with wolves later debunked his own work after finding out it was just a mother wolf and her children.
@@Afgdgdh Dogs are definitely pacl animals. For cats, you can look at lions, they also have pack mentality too. It's how evolution evolved behavior. In a pack, there are roles in which they perform so the pack gets protection, resources. Natural selection applies here too
You gave away the answer in the very beginning. "Cats grow to the size that made them the top predator in there style" canines are the same. They're as big as they need to be for how they hunt and live
I would expect a large solitary dog species to lose out to the already existing bears. That's a dog related kill stealing specialist right there, and their evolutionary kit makes them inherently better at face to face, "I'm taking this carcass," confrontations than any size dog could be. Provided the dogs are solitary of course.
Well the whole reason those giant, badass, bone-crushing dogs went extinct is because of competition. Cats came in as well as bears so the giant dogs started losing food
Hmmmm... have people NOT heard of Werewolves and/or Dogman !! Samples that have been taken contains canid elements !! They're obviously VERY large types of " dog " !!
@@cinderwave9562 You'd be surprised " The Peacock's feathers are used as a Camoflauge. According to the experts, many of the animals that pose the biggest threats to peacocks lack the color vision to detect the brilliant colors of the tail feathers.
The video is weird. It would be more logical to mention foxes, but somehow hyenas are in the video. Where are the bears then? They are as related to dogs, as hyenas are to cats of all sizes. In fact, I don't think there's much to tell about title, answer is like 2-3 minutes, and in short a few sentences. Caniforms evolved closer no North America, Feliforms in Eurasia. By the time "dogs" and "cats" migrated around the world, they already had their strategies and roles - "cats" didn't need to hunt in packs, because there were "dogs" in this niche, and "dogs" didn't need to become buffed and solo-hunt, because "cats" evolved to do this. There are exceptions, like foxes you mentioned, who evolved to live quietly in solitude, bc there are wolves and big and small cats hunting medium and big sized animals, or lions, who hunt in packs, because there's so many giant steroid-beasts in africa, that a whole ass pride of lions can feed themselves, even though they need a LOT of meat to do that.
@@bamf7286 Bears are hardly even carnivorous. Lots of fish, but that's a whole different type of strategy (or seals for polar bears) that would be pretty off topic.
Due to the big cats solitary lifestyle we don't even know if we have found the largest feline, also take into account fossil formation is actually very rare so who knows how many species we are really missing from the fossil records.
That applies to any prehistoric animal tbh not just cats and canines. The fossil record is super unreliable if you truly look at the bigger picture. It's almost sad to think about how many experts believe that if all of the species that have existed on earth were a wall then the amount of animals that's we've discovered so far would be but a mere dent in that wall.
This is true to an extent. However. It's worth mentioning that in some cases, much fossil material is referred to a single genus or species. We can infer that there were probably not more common animals living in the same area, with a similar lifestyle, at the same time, for which we have no fossil material. e.g. It's highly unlikely that there was actually a Smilodon Giganteus that weighed a tonne and overlapped the known species throughout most of their range, was common, and preyed on different animals. Anything that is extinct and unknown needs to either have been much rarer or much less prone to fossilization than species known from multiple finds.
Big cats are solitary so they need size to survive. Dogs run in packs so they are smaller. The perfect example of a dog like carnivore that is solitary is the bear, some of which, are bigger than any big cat.
@@Kristalya you totally didn't understand my question. Those small cats also solidarity but they didn't grew big to survive, then why only these become big, dont tell their prey are big, sure they didn't hunt big prey when they were small cats.
when you muzzle a dog, no matter how big, strong, or angry that dog is you are safe. If you muzzle an angry cat(assuming that was even possible) your still not safe
dogs are social pack. they tend to understand anger. they have higher anger tolerance. they know not to injured you when they attack. cats, they can do so much harm when they are angry. sometime they would simply just kill you
As Kent Hovind says: "Ever think they'll breed a pig the size of Texas?" "Why don't they breed the horses to sprout wings and fly around the track?" "There are genetic limits!"
Well, there actually was the dire wolf as well. Even though they’re extinct, that should count as a big dog. 🤣 But this topic is something I’ve always wondered myself. 🤔
The reason they don't get massive is thier hunting style. They are group pursuit hunters, they run thier massive prey to exhaustion and then swarm it. Being overly large hinders that. Animals around 170 to 200 pounds seem to be peak for this style of hunting.
@@jeffstrom164 Not true. Bears are large but can still move fast and have great endurance. Big cats have explosive speed and power, but they don't have the endurance of even the bear.
@@tonyprice2256 no bears don't. They are ambush predators just like cats. Wolves run down bears or tree them just like bear hunting dogs. Wolves eat bears when they get sick, injured, or old. Wolves are pursuit predators. They have a top speed about 7 or 8 miles an hour slower than bears and cats but can run for hours where the cats and bears just can't. It's why we breed dogs to hunt lions and bears, because dogs can outrun any animal but humans.
It's not just that there aren't "big dogs." What's remarkable about felines is the size variation, depending on what kind of critters they eat. There are species as small as a rusty-spotted cat, and as large as a Siberian tiger. If you think of other land carnivores there's some size diversity in canines, bears, and mustelids, but not like that. Come to think of it, not many land animals have that kind of range. I guess rodents do, but not many others.
I mean the size range with sharks is probably the craziest ever. There’s sharks as small is you’re thumb, and then there’s sharks as large as 2.5 school buses (well, an extinct one). If you think about it, one is literally 10,000,000x larger than the other…
@@ConsciousApostle999 yes. With sea creatures it's a whole different ball game. Whole other world below that surface that we don't even know all about. I didn't know sharks got that small, but did know some are small enough to fit in a household fish tank. For that matter, even whales have a pretty big size range. Not to mention mollusks and crustaceans.
@@75aces97 that moment where you go from seeing nothing but tank sized fish for most of your life, just to watch a video of someone catching a fish that’s casually grown man sized
I think with the exception of lions, cats are relative solitary hunters whereas with dogs who hunt in packs, they don't need size when they have the numbers.
There was a larger wolf species that went extinct and are cousins to the wolves that are around now. An explanation I would think to be reasonable is that the environment wasn't able to support groups of large predators that require large game anymore since alot of large prey items went extinct around the same time like the first generation of north American horses. Even saber toothed tigers went extinct too but smaller cat species survived who hunted ambush style vs chasing down their prey. Plus they are also competing with their smaller more agile cousins that also work in groups vs like a pride of lions competing with cheetahs who are agile and fast but hunt in solidarity, which is hardly a competition, and there is a plethora of large game still around on the African continent, but in north America, buffalo might be sought after, but the bigger wolf species may not have been able to keep up with smaller deer species, like pronghorns that are incredibly fast, and the elusive white tail deer that take cover in trees with moose and elk. Not to mention possible human competition. Native Americans later learned to clear land by fire to create grass plains that were able to support a massive colony of buffalo that were later hunted by the millions when Europeans arrived. Millions of buffalo litterally thrived because other then humans, they basically had no other predator that could take on a healthy adult. A population that size wouldn't be natural as nature tends to balance itself out. It was because humans played a part in their population explosion and later their near extinction, so I would think it reasonable to assume the larger wolf species probably didn't come by too many buffalos either as a reliable prey item. Like the megalodon they were just out competed by their smaller counterpart, and lack of larger prey items basically makes their niche obsolete.
Cougars might be a solitary ambush predator, but they are also the largest small cat. That makes them very different from the rest of the cats in the group you listed.
@@tonyprice2256 Cougars are not in the genus Panthera, so they are very different from all of those cats. They have far more genetically, behaviorally, and anatomically in common with smaller species of cats than the large cats. It isn't a size classification so much as a biological one. I suggest you read up on the differences.
@@KnightsWithoutATable I know the differences. They are the largest of the 'smaller' classification of felines, but are physically the fourth largest cat on the planet. So once again, in the physical realm, not from an academic standpoint, if a cat can knock a man to the ground, and get him by the throat, would that man see that cat as being small?
@@tonyprice2256 They did have the name mountain lions, but they hardly every attacked adult humans. Cougars are not quite big enough to consider humans prey unless it is a child. So my answer would still be that they are not big cats.
@@tonyprice2256 If a falconet flew at you and crashed pathetically into your chest, would you still call it a raptor?" is your question just curiosity on what the OP considers "physically small", despite "small cat" not necessarily describing the cat's general size?
Wolves are big compared to us humans but are small compared to lions and tigers. Wolves are somewhere about the same height and length as the jaguar but it's just that wolves are very lightly built-in in order to run long distances.
@@Itsme-zt8yg yes it's mostly due to the difference in strategy and lifestyle. Wolves are long distance runners that live in strict heirarchies whereas big cats are solitary and need more power to take down their large prey. It's fascinating, isn't it?
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Dogs are popular because of 4 reasons: 1) They are social and believe in the "pack". Dogs considers themselves as "one of the pack" in a family of humans. They gel in well. 2) They are not strong enough to threaten humans, like tigers, lions etc 3) They are capable of being domesticated. The reason we do not ride Zebras is because THEY CANNOT BE DOMESTICATED. Horses can be domesticated and they are domesticated. Dogs are fine with being domesticated. 4) Lovability and affection they give back to us.
Great video, lots of well put together facts, but I think you confused canines and felines at the end there! It's cats who have the foreshortened muzzle, bite force and loss of smell compared to dogs. You already explained how the dogs don't need such powerful jaws because their prey is exhausted by the time they go in for the kill.
I think you’ve highly underestimated certain dog breeds ability to grapple with their front paws... Mastiffs are known for tackling and grabbing people with their front paws.
But the point made is that is a breed of canine, created by humans to have that trait, and not an evolutionary distinctive species. We've distorted dogs to have plenty of traits that wolves did not have.
Pack hunting is the superior method as it not only increases the ability to take down larger prey, it also allows them to take prey from solitary predators whilst also providing protection from being preyed upon.
con more mouths to feed. endurance hunting is fine but uses more energy a lion can eat once and be good for awhile wolves needs food more often.. which is a problem if prey becomes scarce for whatever reason.
@Ops Blac less energy is used in pack hunting. and no most pack hunters dont need to hunt very often. besides nothing is stopping a wolf from catching a rabbit or two for himself to tide him over till next weeks buffalo.
That's completely nonsensical. Animals in Africa and elsewhere are endangered or going extinct no matter whether loners or pack-hunters, or herbivores, simply because of humans massively messing them up, primarily via widespread destruction of their habitats. Plus, some animals are simply hunted to extinction by humans for disliking them or for selling trophies. Big parts of Europe no longer have wolves (pack hunting).
There are wolves in excess of 200 pounds in the Canadian shield. My family has seen them in the forests of eastern Manitoba and 1 was killed near Winnipeg a few years ago that weighed in at 220 pounds.
Would they be able to make it down to southern Washington? Dad and I saw a massive brown dog cross Highway 97 south of Yakama. It was not a bear. Moved just like a dog but the size was absolutely massive. Large enough I have a hard time believing what I saw.
@@israelbuzzofftothemoon LOL... not really. They are both in the sub order Caniformia. But a bear is a bear, and a canine(dog) is a canine. They both diverged from a common ancestor around 40 million years ago.
In Australia we have the dingo wild dog. IME, they typically spread out over a large area to hunt individually, targeting small animals & carrion, usually with a pack mate or two close by. This strategy allows them to take the most numerous prey over a large area, so the net gain is quite large. However, as they are covering a large area, there is a greater chance one of them may stumble upon larger prey & if times are lean, the risk is outweighed by need & the pack can gather quickly. They are usually not a problem around people, though may try to sneak a fisherman's bait, but there have been occasional reports of attacks on people, especially unattended children or even lone adults. I recall grandparents saying be careful not to stumble in the bush when dingos are about. I don't mean tripping over either, just a bad footfall can be enough trigger. Except for a lone cyclist being chased by a large pack, I have not heard of a dingo attack on an adult during my lifetime, but that older generation lived about 1890s-1960s & were much more acquainted with the bush, there was far less development & dingos were much more numerous then.
Did scientists ever figure out the origins of the dingo, and how long they have inhabited Australia? I have heard several theories over the years. They were also endangered in the 90s, if I remember correctly? Humans and mixing with dogs had their numbers down.
Someone dropped two dogs off on our property so we ended up keeping the two dogs in California 🇺🇸. We ended up calling them the dingos I didn't know if they were really dingos but my dogs looked just like the pictures on google. My favorite dogs ever loyal lean and amazing cow dogs. They didn't even need to like you if they saw you trying to gather the cows they would come out and just start working and pick up what they needed to do.
@@larryc1616 Dingos are seldom a problem to people, but they can be. Advice is, do not feed them, keep together, keep kids close & not run away from them. They are about the earlies living offshoot from wolves apparently. Usually dingos hunt individually or in pairs to cover more ground, but you can bet there are pack members not too far away & it will not take long to gather the pack in if they need too. Incidents are generally due to people's behaviours around them.
the Dire wolf was NOT easily twice as large as our modern Valley wolf. thats a little generous. they mentioned the bone crusher dogs, which were of comparative size to the "dire wolf", if not larger. mentioning the bone crushers was likely more than enough for the video
Good question. I’ve often wondered about it myself. Assuming human beings were not around and there was a large enough population to avoid interbreeding problems. Would Timber Wolves that were healthy in every way, but scaled up to 500 lbs be advantaged or disadvantaged? Is it possible that mutations in that direction just never happened? Do we know enough to say for sure that Mother Nature tried that out and it just didn’t work? I’m not talking about something like Ligers, which to me just don’t look right.
I would guess if there were no predators to fill that niche canines would in some way will it. Maybe not the the extent of cats most likely the size of dire wolves 130-150 pounds. The environment would also shape what types of predators would thrive in the area. In North America wolves, coyotes, cougars, Bob cats, and bears black and brown thrive. Further south the bear and bobcat population disappear. Further south still we see different species of wolves and the cougar population thins out and we see another apex predators the jaguar make an appearance.
All I wonder is that why wolves coyote and dog can still interbreed while cats can't breed with any wild cat species despite spending less time with humans. It's really not about human intervention, its more just the species that happened to be domesticated.
@@leiajiang7877 that is, if i remember correctly, because ancient cats spreaded around the world and through their solitude behaviour had enough time, they split genetically. It took them about 2.9 -3.2 million years to achieve that. The same would happen with humans or other species. But we are estimated to be only 300-800k years old, so we dont had enough time to genetically separate from each other. How long would it take for humans? Its estimated about the same time. Off topic: i would find that better. It would avoid all the intermixing relation problems between races and countries.
Wolves. Modern timber wolves have been videoed and photographed that reach the size of ponies. They used to be even bigger. And dire wolves (which were canids, albeit not quite wolves) *were monstrously huge.*
From the video hunting style is related to vegetation..more vegetation the bigger the prey, less vegetation the smaller the animal then endurance is needed..
It's the build and not the size. The big cats are built for strength and ambush (except the cheetah). The wolves are built for endurance and stamina. The wolves can run for miles and miles stalking their prey.
A video idea: can gorillas survive in india 🇮🇳 or asia??? And from only your video I get too much knowledge. And what was the name of the large dog? Can anyone tell?
No Gorillas can't, there's way too less evergreen forest here in India, and even where there are the temperature are different than what they are used to and the road connectivity and disturbance is way higher. And not to mention the presence of Bears and Tigers.
@@Akutheos he told a name of large dog which has a size of a lion I searched that name epision but that wasn't showing anything so I am asking that do anyone know the clear name of that large dog??
We had big dogs, things like the bear dogs existed so did dire wolves. Bophagamizers (not likely I spelled that right) also where large dogs. Also credit too Newfoundlands, Mastifs, and Great Danes all breeds that are pretty large when you get some big ones.
Lions are ambush hunters, but they use their numbers to 1) hunt larger prey than a single lion could take down and 2) drive their prey to where others of the pride are hiding for the ambush. So they're cooperative ambush hunter.
I mean, there WERE big dogs. There were Dire Wolves as recently as 9500 years ago, and they were thought to have been around 175-200 pounds. Though not as big as a “big cat” they probably had a pretty good evolutionary advantage over solitary ambush predators.
@@Tfk-mf6bs Lions, the females, hunt in small groups of 4 or 5. Males hunt and fight alone. 20 on 4 still sounds good to me. All other wild cats hunt alone. Dogs aren't just big because humans changed them. Even if they were, so what, it's no different than the environment selecting for genetics.. Some breeds of dog are naturally 200 pound behemoths and wolves naturally weigh around 170 lbs, the size of your average male human. Dogs are also considerably smarter than cats.
Wondered about the effects of the changing climate as the last ice age receded? The open plains would tend to favor lighter, long leg wolves? But, Grey wolves seem to be so adaptable, from the wooded east, thru the great plains, right thru Canada and into Alaska! Saw many in 94 while I was in Alaska on vacation. They did however seem to be taller and heavier. The ultimate predator?
The Female Alpha Tundra wolf routinely reaches 300 lbs plus. I had a 75% hybrid. Her mother was a wild rescued cub from Alaska. Tara was over 6 feet long shoulder to butt. Her paws were as big as your head. And she had green yellow eyes that haunted your soul. Her Daughter, my baby Tasha. I miss so much. Wolves are nothing to mess with. I takes a serious amount of dedication to raise one. Dont ever under estimate a animal that can drive a Rocky Mountain Puma out of its own territory... 280 lb cat. Aint messin with a pack... yes Rocky Mountain cougars are frikin huge.
Yea I was confused at him trying to say no canids over 150# except "outliers" at 175. Wolves easily average over 200# on the regular. They are fucking massive.
@@ObservationofLimits yeah, wolves are huge, my female was typical for a 75% at 80lbs. But her mate was 165 with a 75%pedigree. Tashas mom, Tara(wild rescue as a small cub)was 300 easily. Her feet were as big as your head. Tundras are huge. Beautiful animal, She sniffed my hand let me give her chin a scritch, and never said anything to me again. I guess she liked me. Tasha was the best Wolf I ever had. I miss her. I sold all her puppies, both litters, except one, thats a long story. Wolves are the smartest animals on land except for humans. What they tell us on tv is so not what wolves are . They do it on purpose.
I did always wonder this! Although now I’m thinking of a Big Dog that has Big Cat like features o-o Imagine a Wolf but with the shoulders, arms, and claws of a Tiger, and teeth like a Clouded Leopard, but still had the great hearing of a Wolf, as well as being able to chase down its prey, what a ferocious combination •-•
you might want to look into lions branch. there are lions that were bigger, some were more of cat like . even though lion is a cat. but some has more feature closer to like tiger. some lion has both dog and cat like. liger and tigan, still have the cat like more than a dog.
2:20 yeah you are way off there those dogs did NOT kill that giraffe, as much as it would be cool those dogs would sh*t their pants and run off from being scared of how tall the giraffe is, the giraffe definitely didnt die from lions or anything so I'm pretty sure it died from disease or overheating
For those who think bears are not related to dogs: they are part of the same Suborder Caniformia which includes wolves, bears, badgers, foxes, seals, walrus, and sea lions. This is further back in relation than big cats but there is still common ground and it's relatively close. The big cats, hyenas, and mongooses are all part of the Suborder Feliformia. Getting down to Family, this would exclusively include cats.
Traveller summed it up nicely back in the day... Canines are Carnivore Chasers and hunt in packs, so size is not as important as speed and numbers. Felines are Carnivore Pouncers and tend to be solitary, so size can be more of an advantage. Of course the lines are not etched in steel and some Felines do chase, like the Cheetah, but generally Felines tend to pounce
btw you should say large cats because big cat can mean 2 things. size or family. the panthera genus is also revered to as big cats. even tho there are cats that are bigger but not part of that family. like cougars
Cougars are not actually considered part of the "Big Cats". Only Lions, tigers, leopards and Jaguars are part of the Felidae Pantherinae family. Cougars are more closely related to house cats, just really big house cats. They can purr like house cats too!
"Big cat" doesn't refer to only members of pantherinae. It's a non-phylogenetic term to refer to felids with a large size. Big cat = pantherinae, cougar, cheetah
Yall know we have a breed the size of the bone crushing dogs right? It's called an African boerboel, it's a lion hunting dog. It's top weight is around 200-220
@AL Tigers are larger than lions. A male lion ranges between 450 to 550 pounds. There are tigers in captivity that have reached weights of more than 800 pounds, but they are unhealthy and overweight because they have been over fed in enclosures that do not allow them to get proper amounts of exercise. In the wild, they control hundreds of square miles of territory. So yeah, a female tiger may be 3 to 400 pounds, but a healthy male can easily reach 600 pounds and be 10 to 12 feet tall standing on his hind legs.
Thought I remember seeing a prehistoric dog at cosi that was the size of a mini beetle. They had recreated it and put hair on it and everything and had it next to a beetle. Thing was huge.
The woolly mammoths and mastadons were members of the elephant family that survived the ice ages in Europe and Siberia (Not sure about North America)Given enough time and the right conditions the modern elephants of the warmer climes would gradually evolve and adapt to much colder conditions again.
@@kaloarepo288 also there are plans about cloning woolly mammoths or hybridizing mammoths with modern elephants that on going and still haven’t yet see or heard any results.
@@XenoRaptor-98765 I come from Australia and I've heard rumours of a plan to recreate the Tasmanian tiger the last example of which died about 80 years ago-they would probably use genes from surviving marsupial carnivores like the quoll or the Tasmanian devil.
@@XenoRaptor-98765 Didn't know the numbat was so close.Also if there are some actual bits of the last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) existing could the DNA from them be copied?I know there are perfectly preserved frozen specimens of mammoths and mastadons.
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I've always considered Bear's to be the alternative to Giant Dog's.
they are, they are caniforms, carnivorous dog like carnivores. I just looked it up on wikipedia.
@@PAAKWAMEPAA no Bears are NOT dogs. By that logic Hyenas are cats too but they aren’t. you can’t breed the two animals. They’re completely different creatures and don’t even have the same number of chromosomes. Bears have 74 chromosomes, whereas dogs have a mere 39. If you tried to make a bear-dog, you’d likely end up with a fat bear and a dog skeleton. Bears and Dogs “spit” 55 million years ago while big cats and cats split only 10 million years ago. So the bear dog “split” happened 45 million years before cats and big cats. Which means the cat split is 4.5 times closer to our time than they are to the bear dog “split” time. Do u have any idea how much a species can change in 45 million years?
While dogs and bears have a common ancestor, the time that has elapsed between that common ancestor and the current paradigm of bears and dogs has seen the two separate and distinct species arise.
It’s not accurate to say that dogs and bears split up, but rather that they shared a common ancestor at some point. This common ancestor was neither a bear nor a dog, but many factors such as geographical isolation caused the two distinctive lines to arise.
In effect, this makes dogs and bears no more related to each other than bears are to cats, or dogs to cats.
It is important to also consider the huge impact that the domestication of wolves has had on the trajectory of both species. Dogs are just domesticated wolves, and selection pressures put on the species by humans has resulted in a huge diversity of dog breeds and traits
Bear aren't directly related to dog. They're not the same thing and they're not the closest animal relationship between bears. Bear are more related to sea lions.. some dog here might will saying they shared ancestors isn't? Figure out
Actually, bears and dogs are very closely related, they are part of the infraorder Cynopsia (meaning "dog-shaped faced ones" in latin), which also groups both dogs and ursoids with the pinnipeds, Cynopsia is divided into two parvorders, Eufissipedia (meaning "truly split-footed ones" in latin) and Pinnipedia (meaning "merged-footed ones" in latin), the latter contains the pinnipeds (collectively seals, hooded seals, elephant seals, sea lions, fur seals, and walruses), while the former contains the dogs, the bears, and the giant panda (collectively known as eufissipeds), the parvorder Eufissipedia comprises of two superfamilies, Canoidea, to which the dogs (family Canidae) are the only extant family and Ursoidea, which includes two extant families, Ursidae for the bears and Ailuropodidae for the giant panda and its fossil relatives (collectively known as greater pandas), while its sister group being the parvorder Pinnipedia is also divided into two superfamilies, Phocoidea for the families Phocidae (Seals) and Cystophoridae (Hooded Seal and Elephant Seals) and Otarioidea for the families Otariidae (Sea Lions and Fur Seals) and Odobenidae (Walrus and Fossil Relatives).
@@indyreno2933 Bears are more closely related to sea lions and weasels than dogs. Its like saying a hyena is a cat or everything is a dog bc everything evolved from the first creature
*Edit:* watch his recent video. They are NOT closely related
Fun Fact: Canids used to have retractable claws and more powerful forelimbs, certainly nowhere near felines but it’s still impressive. Canids eventually lost those traits because the change in strategy.
If it was good why was it cut out goes against evolution
@@ashleyoasis7948 they eventually turned into persistence hunters, which is more beneficial with non-retractable claws.
@@TheGrizzlyBear-1 Wrong. There were two separate subfamilies of canids, apart from the extant canines. The ones with retractable claws were the Hesperocyonines, and they were actually very small and slender, almost like foxes. The “big dogs” were the Borophagines, that had evolved to become bone crushers and were completely solitary. Modern canines did not evolve from either subfamily, they took a completely different evolutionary path.
even in domestic dog breeds, the dewclaw is still present
They essentially turned into marathon runners
The limbs part also kinda explains the difference between domestic cats and dogs. Notice when your pet cat attacks something, it uses its paws to strike first before biting. Meanwhile, your pet dog goes straight for the bite
My dog goes in with the paws first: she never puts her nose in a place where it can be targeted by her prey. Oddly enough she doesn't see cats as prey so the first thing she does is stick her nose in their face, and we all know how that ends (I never said she was bright😉)
My husky always slaps me haha
You have never seen a boxer then. It’s paws first
my wolf hound slaps the shit out of everything it chases
cats superior weapons by a long shot, a cat half the 3/4 of the size of a dog would kill the dog for sure.
there"s videos of bob cats killing deers. cats have the perfect body type for killing.
The dingo has a relative that "sings" and no one thought to call it the singo?
Lol that makes a hell lotta sense😂
Heard one of them joined the Beatles and was called Ringo.
i cant tell if ur being serious or making a bad pun.... either way i hate this post...... +2 points.
@@TheSkizz89I thought he went down to Mexico and got called a gringo
They should have called it Ringo
This guy gave 110% on every word for his voice over.
I actually found it mildly annoying. I was wondering if anyone else thought he was trying too hard lol the voice is wonderful but I felt like he was overselling it.
I think it's a synthetic voice.
Or he's not a native speaker of the language.
Either way, the delivery seems strange and contrived (and annoying) to native speakers.
@@sagnastyboi3 Agree. I actually stopped watching because I thought it was bothering me so much. I started reading through the comments to see if anyone else had, and found pretty positive responses to the content. "InDeEd, tHe ConTenT WasSssS PreTtY GooD."
most of these facts videos have such annoying narrators sadly :c
It's a bot voice. Notice how pauses are so out of place at times.
I think it’s because canines evolved to work together meaning that they didn’t have to be very large. A smaller animal requires less resources. Aside from Lions, most big cats are solitary meaning they have to be bigger to survive.
A lot of evidence is showing big cats aren’t solitary when resources are abundant, humans and our destruction of habitat have made it so the groups split up in fear theyll never hunt enough for everyone to share. Cheetahs hunt in coordinated groups, leopards have been viewed chilling in mated and non-mated pairs for years, even cougars have been seen in groups lately.
@@Futurebound_jpg Mother/Father tigers have been seen sharing kills with previous mates, as well as children that have already grown up. This is usually when prey is abundant tho
im sorry, but your logic is far too simplistic, with far too many cats of all sizes coexisting with each other, in the same territories, hu;ting the same prey species, as well as caniines, Lions, cheetahs, Leopards, all big cats, two of which hunt as family units, and one is mostly a solitary hunter. all are reasonably successful, the most successsful of all carnivores who hunt in numbers, is the African hunting dogs, with a far higher percentage of successful hunts than any other African plains/forest carnivore.
the bengal tiger, the biggest cat of all, solitary, the Scottish wildcat, one of the smallest, solitary. the cerval, lynx, and caracal, all fairly small, all solitary hunters,
i think you maŷ need to rethink your theory a bit, imo. just saying!
I think you've already have the answer in your comment. All those smaller cats you mentioned can't take a prey much larger by themselves and those cats don't share the ecological niche with bigger cats, they are NOT hunting the same prey animals. An solitary lynx which is roughly the same as a medium size dog can't take down an adult buffalo but a pack of dogs can with better probability of success as you pointed out.
The theory here is there is an alternative strategy to being large and powerful is to be smaller but numerous.
Bro never heard about lion prides
I don't think people GET how big some wolf species really are.
I think the better question would be why did cats become bigger? Really it boils down to hunting patterns and which is more successful in taking down bigger prey. Cats are considered the worlds most perfect killer because of what they possess, but also how they hunt. The only 3 species outside of the cat family that are known to have a higher or comparable success in their hunts are African Wild dogs, Dragonflies funnily enough, and Polar Bears. If you want to take Whales into consideration based on how much Krill they consume, then them too. But that's not exactly a "hunt."
I'm glad you mentioned Dragonflies I remember reading a book about them as a kid and reading they were the most efficient hunters on earth and that fact has always stuck with me
I litterly saw the title of the video, said wolves out loud, made this comment, and am clicking away this video after sending it.
Average grey wolf is 150lb biggest ever probably touch 200lb. Big cats reach 600 lb so its really not even remotely close
@@Percyripped that doesnt unmake wolves big dogs.
the biggest wolf species is still smaller than the biggest dogs we keep as pets. A great dane or mastiff or any big dog still seems tiny compared to big cats
If there was a Large honey badger we’d all be dead 😂
A wise man once said, if a weasel was the size of a Labrador, humans would be done for .
@@drice2223thats why Wolverines exist
If insects were as big as adult humans humanity would have gone extinct!
@@HypocriticalUA-cam1if our oxygen levels never depleted through deforestation it could’ve been.
@@HypocriticalUA-cam1I heard a scientist that clones animals in China speak at length about how giant insects are possible to engineer. Absolutely terrifying.
Cats are really a wonder. I have never seen any other specie that can still pull off looking cute while chomping a carcass
lol you might appreciate this. i found a mangled bird outside my front door in a tree barley breathing, nursed it back to health indoors with my cat (who probably injured it to begin with). bird finally reached the stage he could fly & was almost ready to let him go but when i came home to let him go i only found a few feathers sticking out of my cats mouth! i was so mad at her for waiting to kill him but maybe she didn't want to kill him while injured. :(
@@crystalinedreams6039 wow😭
My cat went from Utterly Freaked Out the first time she killed a mouse (by accident) to Oh So Pleased with herself and demanding treats (and while she gives me the mice easy (and tends to kill them intentionally now so that they can’t run away (or get claimed by the other cat), she can’t resist wholloping them mid air.)
Which. She’s learned to leave my conure alone. (And we don’t exactly want deer mice in the house. If they’re still alive I still do my best to release them. Go find a home somewhere else. Or become a snack for the fox or owl. Don’t really care. Circle of life (well. for the natural wildlife. my cats are indoor-only without a leash.)
@@anonymousfellow8879 lmao - love your story! cats can be real funny with (prey), i had a mouse that i couldn't get rid of when one day i walked into the kitchen & saw it in my cat's mouth. i immediately told her what a good girl she was then she gently put it down & oh so proudly ran over to rub against my legs! i guess it was another play thing for her that was to be left unharmed.
edit: glad she leaves your conure alone - i have a grey and she is just part of the family to them yet they do hunt in our small yard when i take them out even ignoring the hummingbirds cuz i said "no, mine" to them. we can afford to sacrifice a few small birds now and then but they cannot let them go to waste, i have told them either do not hunt or eat what you catch. i don't let them eat rodents though, they may have disease that will harm the cats.
@@crystalinedreams6039 dude it's a cat it just hunted prey as simple as that...
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TL;DR Dogs = big stamina. Cats = big damage.
Bears = both
@@ZverseZ speed stamina power
you can only have two
@@windhelmguard5295 bear also has speed, runs 40 mph, bear also has versatility can climb trees, bear jack of all trades
Bears can't run that fast for long and the bigger a bear is, the less likely it is to climb trees.
@snowglyphs8767 true,but that also depends on the bear
I don't know...but...I have been riding dirt bikes, in the woods for decades.
Have run across Wolves, and Bears many times.
They tend to leave the area.
However, have also come across Cougar and Mtn Lions several times.
They usually sit or lay on a big tree branch...and flip thier tails, like a house cat.
But...when you look into those big yellow eyes, you can tell that...they are not playing!!
Scary, in their quiet, menacing presence.
Big Cats are beautiful, but genuinely command respect.
Well deserved, in my view.
The "bone crushing dogs," called Borophaginae as a group did adopt a more solitary and ambush hunting lifestyle that helped them grow larger than what most modern dogs, which evolved from a different group, referred to as Caninae... or the "true dogs." But what's believed to have happened was that as cats began to evolve and spread out of where they first evolved and began to turn to that ambush predator niche, they actually proved to be BETTER at it than the Borophaginae were. Thus, in time, cats actually outcompeted the dogs that had evolved to be ambush hunters in the art of ambushing prey, leading to the Borophaginae being driven to extinction by the Pliocene.
This isn't true, since cats entered North America around 18 million years ago, before Borophagines got big. They were probably driven to extinction by climate change.
@@kinglion7867 - But how big were the cats at that time? And how many were there trying to fill the niche?
For while scientists today would make the point that in many respects the cat has triumphed over the dog in terms gaining the role of apex predator in a given environment, that doesn't entirely mean cats of any kind would dominate dogs of any kind. Particularly when it comes to size. A small house cat probably isn't going to bully a Great Dane, and if the dog wanted to it could easily handle a domestic house cat.
If the first cats to enter North America were smaller than the dogs that were there at the time, they might not have been able to outcompete the Borophagines until they themselves got bigger and that'd take time in the course of evolution. That would, for a time give the dogs an advantage.
Though... changes in climate might have also contributed. But then from what I've read... both cats and Borophagines filled out similar roles as ambush hunters. One would think that climatic changes might effect both, which would then in turn bring things back into points on feline evolution.
@@SamuelJamesNary The cats were variable in size, and I believe the largest of the early cats were about the size of the laopard. It's important to note that most Borophagine did not reach the size of Epicyon haydeni and were instead fox to hyena-sized. Later on, large Machairodonts such as the tiger-sized NImravides catacopsis also lived in North America, and it's important to note that this species went extinct at around the same time most Borophagines did. Also note the existance of the large, sabre-toothed Bardbourofelids, whom went extinct around 9mya. The last Borophagine, Borophagus diversidens, didn't go extinct until roughly 2mya, which coincides with the evolution of canines into apex predator niches (as a side note, I think this is the main reason why extant canids don't grow as big as large feilds - they simply haven't had enough time).
The idea cats outcompeted the borophagines ignores that cats (including big, leopard-sized ones) invaded North America BEFORE the borophagines actually became large predators; it's the borophagines that were the new apex predators on the block in North America, not the cats. If borophagines died out due to being unable to compete with large cats, they could never have evolved into large predators in the first place because felid competition actually predated their rise into apex predator niches.
This is one of numerous ideas about "X animal group went extinct because Y group evolved/invaded and proved better at existing" that are unsupported or outright contradicted by the fossil record, yet live on because nobody has bothered to point this out in official academic sources.
@@SamuelJamesNary The cats that first invaded North America (which was around 18.5 million years ago) included large predators; the borophagines of that time were not large predators, instead being smaller, fox-like mesopredators. They only became large predators after cats (and the catlike barbourofelids) were already fully established as large predators in North America, meaning that they got big IN SPITE of competition from cats and catlike animals.
I seen a Timberwolf once that was easily twice the size of a standard German shepherd. 25-30 yards away, got a real good look, we stared at each other for probably 10 seconds before it walked into the brush and out of view. Big animal but still no match for the big cats.
Yea idk wtf he was talking about. 200# wolves are not outliers in the least.
Fur can make an animal look much larger than it actually is. The largest eagles look absolutely massive because of their feathers. Yet, they only weight up to 25 lbs.
@@ObservationofLimits 200 lb wolves do not exist. The largest documented timber wolf was 175 lbs. If there were tons of 200 pounders alive someone would have documented them since humans are constantly killing wolves.
@@Sgtassburgler I just think of owls lol.
It's a good thing he wasn't hungry.
I remember walking through the big cat exhibit at the Chicago zoo and wondering how a dog that likes chasing cats would act in the presence of lions, tigers, leopards and such. Would it run up to the cages or be looking for the exit?
Probably the exit lol
One nervous bark, then hiding behind a human 😆
dog understand size. they know they are prey when they see big feline. they know the difference style of other dogs. thats why you see hunting dog dont fight when they are out numbered. they do the chase, and run with against coyotes and such. but they bark against all big felines like bobcats and such.
but then you have those owner who teach their pitbull mean. so mean it attack anything that move. i wonder their mean and fearless how would they react to a lion or a tiger.
no animal is stupid, their instincts will tell them "we're alone this animal is larger and a threat to me" a bobcat or lynx would likely run away from pitbulls, rottweilers, a mastiff might make a cougar or cheetah back down. Anything larger and it would be in big cats favor.
It would depend on the breed of dog and the dog itself. Some would run. Some would go directly at the big cat. Conversely, some of the big cats would run, others would attack the dog.
The wolve running with the giant rib made me spit out my last sip of titos 😂😂
Cats are a wonder of nature, anotomy that goes from 10lbs domestic cat to all the way to 1000lbs siberian tiger. The athlete of the Animal Kingdom. Majestic and Regal, Truly a marvel.
i love my little house tigers. love that they dont smell bad. love that they hunt insects, rats etc.
@@deathrager2404 Yep, and if they were just a tad bigger they would maul you to death. Zero mercy.
@@deathrager2404cats don't smell GOOD... But a lot of people are nose-blind to cat smell. Houses with cats have a distinct smell and it lingers for some time even after the cat moves out or dies. It can last months to a year depending on how long.
@@efe75623 really? there are lions that are raised by humans since they were cubs and when they are fully grown they have never attacked their owners. debunked. cats, big or small, actually have brains that are 90 percent similar to ours. so they love like us, feel like us, had compassion like us, and even mourn like us. dogs? tons of cases where dogs wait till their owner falls asleep and then they eat the owner ALIVE. stop with the lies bro. really.
@@WarningStrangerDanger really? unless you dont clean the litterbox, sure your house will indeed smell. if you clean the litterbox, your house wont smell. another doglover spreading lies.
This makes me very curious about dingoes since their wrists can rotate/they're unusually flexible compared to other dogs. Since the non-retractable claws and moderate size of canids lend to endurance hunting rather than ambush, I wonder if the wrist rotation and flexibility reflect different hunting strategies.
Dingoes are just the descendants of ancient domesticated dogs, so they aren't that different to them.
Yeh dingos were brought to Australia by the aboriginal people, they’re just rewilded domestic dogs.
True, but they've had 3000+ years to evolve to their new prey: I'd imagine the flexibility allows them to be more successful catching the smaller prey native to Australia.
The dingo ate my baby
@@adambald600 this will never die💀
Well there used to be dire wolves in north america. I saw their skulls at the La Brea Tar Pits museum. They were absolutely no joke and meeting one in real life must have been terrifying. However they went extinct along with America's sabretooth tigers.
speaking of direwolf, it would be amazing sight if they were alive today. i wonder how powerful they are. there are a lion that suppose to be about 100-200 pounds bigger than the lion today. it said that its much more powerful than the lion today. how would they compare to a siberian today on the same weight level.
Horses, and cheetahs also evolved here. I always thought that was weird.
@@letsdothis9063 it's an example of similar environments producing similar adaptations in the animals that live in them. Much like today's african savannah, the ancient north american grasslands/prairies bred speedy predators (american cheetah) , speedy herbivores (american horse), jumping antelope (pronghorn which survived to the present), giant strong bovines (the buffalo), as well as strong feline ambush predators such as the extinct american lion and the sabretooth tigers. Oh and let's not forget our ancient grasslands even had our own american elephants in the form of mastodons!!
@@bluestripetiger It's so logical, but interesting and cool at the same time.
I wish that I could visit North America back in those times. It would be awesome to see.
Of course, I would prefer to view the wildlife from an MRAP . I would also have a good stopping rifle for the measure
I’d imagine that large size is a disadvantage when food is scarce, takes more calories to fuel the beast
Dire wolves: Am I a joke to you?
Your dead
Not in my D&D world.
It’s EXTINCT!
this meme is so over.
Real dire wolves were only up to 70kg. Smaller than a Saint Bernard and vastly smaller than the largest big cats.
calling Aenocyon a "dire wolf" is like calling a gorilla a "megachimp"
Big monke
@teawrecks1243 u make 0 sense
Megachimp is way cooler, let's stick with that
Tbh, "megachimp" is a fairly apt descriptor for what gorillas are like.
This is an interesting topic that I've never considered before...great video!
Wow really, I’ve always wondered this very thing. So many different types of cats but only wolves & wild dogs as a hunter of dog species
Yep, just never thought about it...but that one huge prehistoric dog was pretty amazing looking...nobody would bother you if you had one of those on a leash...Lol!
@@RONJAE212003 I agree that it’s weird that there are so many cat species but only a handful of dog species that are apex predators. Also that both canine and feline predators can live in the same environment but look, behave and hunt the same prey differently.
Here's the first source I've ever seen on the topic of these comparisons. They're fascinating, and make total evolutionary sense!
Whoever made this video hasn’t met me yet -The Big Dog
floppy dog
your a boingo🎉🎉
Pretty sure I heard this guy the last time I went to the strip bar.
Can you say "Next on stage it's Candy.... everyone give it up for Candy"
Did you listen to Adam carolla? " Candy stage three candy stage three, blah blah blah blah blah. "
Canidae are probably the only other animal that has had success through persistence hunting. It's no doubt why they were chosen to be man's best friend.
Komodo dragon family, hyenas and lungless spiders but you do have a very good point.
Some archeologists believe watching dogs hunt trained humans to exhaust prey, allowing larger kills, more glory thus more neuro connections, and more nutrition to feed our brains' growth.
My dog looks like a white wolf, but he's GSD, Golden and Pit.
can you explain , like what does it mean "persistent" in relation to big cats
@@someone_weird9
Big cats are ambush predators, they might sprint over a short distance but they can't keep it up.
The dog line just keeps chasing you until you're exhausted and doesn't rely on sneaking up
@@SoBayK80 GSD, Golden and pit is an interesting combination, does he have fur like a golden?
While the anatomy of the forearms and the hunting style do explain the size limitation in canines, how is it possible that Bears, especially Grizzlies, can run fast and have exceptional stamina while being so big and heavy?
Bears are massive even compared to big Cats, but then they have the same huge and powerful forearms with grappling ability!
Yep bears are impressive for sure in terms of size and speed. Canines go all out in the pursuit lifestyle, bears use all those tools and strength to gain access to more resources than canines are able to. It doesn’t have to rely solely on pursuing game, it can target only things it knows it can catch(injured prey).
But a bear will never outrun a pack of dogs, a creature fully invested in its only ability to feed itself which is fast hard distance pursuits. Black bears will end up stuck in a tree, brown(if encouraged to run by say trailing human hunters.) will tire and be forced to stand its ground.
Bears are impressive and basically a real life monster, but wolves actively hunt bears for food.
An old, sick, or injured bear doesn’t die peacefully, the wolves get them.
i would like to think bears, has a time limit. food is harder to fine in their area. they have to compete against other predator before and even now. today they compete against other smaller bears, their own species and even wolf. so for them to hibernate they need to eat as much as possible before they hibernate. so evolution force them to have this huge stamina when they are hungry. i dont know any other species that has so much stamina for their size. normally, they have skinny legs for speed, long leg for distance travel. but bears.... amazing when hungry
@@BlueRice bears are omnivores though so they can eat tubers, fruits and other plant based foods if they arent able to hunt or scavenge meat.
@@xavierescano4559 i know that. just like bats, bats when they hibernate, they almost near death during those period. thats why recent fungus that keep on making bats waking up during hibernation, they burn more energy faster before they have anything left for the duration of the winter. so they died because of that.
any animal that hibernate need enough fuel to survive. since the body consume their body fat to keep them warm. thats why bear lose almost all their fat during hibernation.
What do you mean there are no big dogs? The guy in the gym always calls me Big Dog
Thank you for always answering the questions I randomly think of
Any time!
@@FactsMachine I'm glad you mentioned the Northwestern wolves as the current largest canid species! As impressive as it is, Big cats absolutely tower over them in weight and dexterity. I'm a wolf fanatic yet facts dont overrule fictional elements of wolves. :)
Actually, the eurasian grey wolf is larger than the mackenzie valley grey wolf, thus, only making the mackenzie valley grey wolf more like the second largest subspecies of grey wolf, with only the eurasian grey wolf being larger.
Canines also helped us protect ourselves from large cats.
It's kinda tricky to protect yourself against such a strong noctural predator who can climb pretty much anywhere while you sleep.
Myth, domestic dogs happened 40.000 years ago. At that time, humans already erased all human specialized hunting big cats in africa. Dogs joined humans, because they share the same hunt method, stamina hunting in packs, but close a gap in our hunting, the smell section. But in the end, the first dogs joined, because we simply out hunted the prey for there ancestors (human is most efficient stamina hunter in the world), and the dog needed to beg for meat from our pack, when we butchered the prey.
Lions have a similar change in behavior, as long a Masai cow in the Serengeti has a cowbell, lions will ignore the herd of cows. When a lion hunts a human, then it was always an old lion on his last ditch, who couldn't hunt anything else.
Even the sentence "lions hunt in packs, but relative short in history" in the video implicate, that solo lions at some points need to form packs, to have a chance against the pack hunter human.
Never take humans to lightly, even with no weapon, we are a scary hunter.
And if you check the "big eagle" from Madagascar, and New Zealand. They are prime example, how the human pack erase a predator in two different places in less than 100 years, after humans settled the islands. The eagle actually caught child and adult humans, because we were in the same league as there natural prey, but that was there doom. Less than 100 years until total extinction.
Even today, apes in Madagascar check the sky regularly, as a deep survival reflex, but there is no "eagle" left, who is a danger to apes in size.
@@aqvamarek5316 I'm not talking about africa, you goof, especially since canines don't really roam africa . And I'm not talking about canines hunting felines, you goof . And big felines which can hint humans were always present since they only need to be big, you goof.
That tiger forearm holding its pray looks dope AF.
So big cats are like sprinter bodybuilders while dogos are skinny endurance runners. And just like bodybuilders, they rarely work togheter for a greater goal.
does that make bears the fat-ripped strongman?
@@windhelmguard5295 beers are mid
@@yessi1585 HOW did you miss spell BEAR!
@@Yes_IAmCringe because I was thinking about drinking a beer whilst commenting on a post about bears
My 190lb mastiff was left out of this conversation.
That dog is small and tiny when compared to a Jaguar, or Lion and especially a Tiger.
Your mastiff didn't exist back then.
@@Shaolinmonk781 no one is talking about big cats here guy...
@@TheBarkinFrog romans had mastiffs. And they were probably bigger than now.
@@keith420840 Rome didn't exist a million years ago. Neither did dogs, much less mastiff dogs.
the way wolves hunt in packs is probably just like what early humans did
Early humans? There's still hunter gatherer tribes today.
Werewolves and Dogman aren't totally large canine BUT they have some canid elements !!!
@@juliecook6057 the conversation was about real things
@@the1onesquirrel9
Certainly is !! Seems like you are just TROLLING !! The conversation is about supernatural and cryptid sightings !!!So your just going to dismiss ALL the THOUSANDS of credible ( police officers, doctors etc etc !!) and numerous eyewitness accounts of sightings ?? That's like saying you witnessed a rare white tiger and NOBODY believed you and accuses you then of saying they're NOT real !! That's incredibly arrogant and very ignorant !!
@@StandWatie1862 and (let's be honest) they didn't evolve much from that time.
Very informative! I never thought of the feline shoulder and limb advantage until you mentioned it. That's what also helps them in being good tree climbers.
"big dogs don't exist"
Bears and sea lions: Bruh I'm right here
Exactly what I was thinking seeing the title
Bears arent even dogs
Tbf, calling them dogs is like calling hyena a cat.
Bears are not dogs buddy. That is the stupidest thing i have ever heard.
@@SilverSisu you must be blind then. How about I fly you out so you can play fetch with one
6:01 made me spit my drink out 😂
lol
I love seeing wolves when they think no one is looking and they behave like loving puppies to each other. This is an ancient species that has learned to fear man because we are murderous and dangerous; but they can still be puppies when they aren’t ripping out deer throats . Least they’re honest about it.
Lol you think they donno people are looking
@@devon8438 there’s such a thing as cameras that can be used remotely
You can’t serious believe wolves are shy about being ‘loving puppies’ when people are watching
I can only speak for myself when I say that I am not murderous and dangerous, and I don’t know anybody who is, to the best of my knowledge. What kind of people do you hang out with?
@@ethanlamoureux5306 We are all murderous and dangerous its in our DNA just like most animals on the planet. the only difference is that we haven't had to be murderous or dangerous because other people do it for us and we just go pick up the aftermath from the store.
This allowed me to understand why cats are usually independent creatures with humans and why dogs usually look for pack leaders. If there are no pack leaders in their human owners, the dog becomes the alpha and the human becomes the beta. For cats, they are independent hunters and dont always need a relationship with others
Alpha and beta is not an actual concept that exists, the person who did the research with wolves later debunked his own work after finding out it was just a mother wolf and her children.
@@Afgdgdh Dogs are definitely pacl animals. For cats, you can look at lions, they also have pack mentality too. It's how evolution evolved behavior. In a pack, there are roles in which they perform so the pack gets protection, resources. Natural selection applies here too
Read to it, it was debunked for real@@meejmuas8686
@@Afgdgdhits coming from small hat goblin scientists
cats are sigmas
Thank you for using real numbers. The channel is good and deserves a sub and a like!
1:45 when he says “subscribe” the sub button glows
Every channel is like that now bro 😂
You gave away the answer in the very beginning. "Cats grow to the size that made them the top predator in there style" canines are the same. They're as big as they need to be for how they hunt and live
I would expect a large solitary dog species to lose out to the already existing bears. That's a dog related kill stealing specialist right there, and their evolutionary kit makes them inherently better at face to face, "I'm taking this carcass," confrontations than any size dog could be. Provided the dogs are solitary of course.
Well the whole reason those giant, badass, bone-crushing dogs went extinct is because of competition. Cats came in as well as bears so the giant dogs started losing food
Bears are actually closely related to dogs so I guess in a way, there are giant dogs.
Hmmmm... have people NOT heard of Werewolves and/or Dogman !!
Samples that have been taken contains canid elements !! They're obviously VERY large types of " dog " !!
@@juliecook6057 is this Peter Caine?
@@RobertP.Trebor
Ummmm...NO !! Lol, have NO idea what/whom you're referring to ??!! 🤔🤔🤔
Wild dogs might not be that big, but they're the most successful hunters of all the major predators.
Style over size.
You mean strategy over size. I don't think a peacock feathers make it very successful in survival
They have the numbers advantage.
@@cinderwave9562 You'd be surprised " The Peacock's feathers are used as a Camoflauge. According to the experts, many of the animals that pose the biggest threats to peacocks lack the color vision to detect the brilliant colors of the tail feathers.
It also leaves them stunned for a bit and they usually only have them out for a little bit
Fox is in the dog family and is a solitery hunter ive never heard of a pack of foxes .
They went a route closer to small small cats eating bugs and rodents in solitary
Go to a night club and you will find that pack of foxes
The video is weird. It would be more logical to mention foxes, but somehow hyenas are in the video. Where are the bears then? They are as related to dogs, as hyenas are to cats of all sizes. In fact, I don't think there's much to tell about title, answer is like 2-3 minutes, and in short a few sentences.
Caniforms evolved closer no North America, Feliforms in Eurasia. By the time "dogs" and "cats" migrated around the world, they already had their strategies and roles - "cats" didn't need to hunt in packs, because there were "dogs" in this niche, and "dogs" didn't need to become buffed and solo-hunt, because "cats" evolved to do this.
There are exceptions, like foxes you mentioned, who evolved to live quietly in solitude, bc there are wolves and big and small cats hunting medium and big sized animals, or lions, who hunt in packs, because there's so many giant steroid-beasts in africa, that a whole ass pride of lions can feed themselves, even though they need a LOT of meat to do that.
@@bamf7286 Bears are hardly even carnivorous. Lots of fish, but that's a whole different type of strategy (or seals for polar bears) that would be pretty off topic.
Foxes are tiny
Due to the big cats solitary lifestyle we don't even know if we have found the largest feline, also take into account fossil formation is actually very rare so who knows how many species we are really missing from the fossil records.
That applies to any prehistoric animal tbh not just cats and canines. The fossil record is super unreliable if you truly look at the bigger picture. It's almost sad to think about how many experts believe that if all of the species that have existed on earth were a wall then the amount of animals that's we've discovered so far would be but a mere dent in that wall.
This is true to an extent. However. It's worth mentioning that in some cases, much fossil material is referred to a single genus or species. We can infer that there were probably not more common animals living in the same area, with a similar lifestyle, at the same time, for which we have no fossil material. e.g. It's highly unlikely that there was actually a Smilodon Giganteus that weighed a tonne and overlapped the known species throughout most of their range, was common, and preyed on different animals.
Anything that is extinct and unknown needs to either have been much rarer or much less prone to fossilization than species known from multiple finds.
Big cats are solitary so they need size to survive. Dogs run in packs so they are smaller. The perfect example of a dog like carnivore that is solitary is the bear, some of which, are bigger than any big cat.
What’s a lions excuse? Lol
@@cotywarwick3100 Tbh I don't know for sure, but it may be the competition for food so they evolved to run in groups.
Then what about smaller wild cats?
@@Rajan-tl1wr they eat small birds and animals just like a housecat does. 🐱
@@Kristalya you totally didn't understand my question. Those small cats also solidarity but they didn't grew big to survive, then why only these become big, dont tell their prey are big, sure they didn't hunt big prey when they were small cats.
when you muzzle a dog, no matter how big, strong, or angry that dog is you are safe. If you muzzle an angry cat(assuming that was even possible) your still not safe
Muzzle an angry cat? LMAO you won't even get close to it's head before it starts working on you with the claws.
Great point
@@zombieshoot4318 exactly my point lol
@@zombieshoot4318 funnily enough...apparently cat muzzles do exist. lol
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dogs are social pack. they tend to understand anger. they have higher anger tolerance. they know not to injured you when they attack. cats, they can do so much harm when they are angry. sometime they would simply just kill you
As Kent Hovind says:
"Ever think they'll breed a pig the size of Texas?"
"Why don't they breed the horses to sprout wings and fly around the track?"
"There are genetic limits!"
Well, there actually was the dire wolf as well. Even though they’re extinct, that should count as a big dog. 🤣 But this topic is something I’ve always wondered myself. 🤔
Here's the video of a Dire Wolf that supposedly came close to attacking the owner's dog
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Prey was larger back then tho so I’m assuming that’s another reason why they were so much larger
The reason they don't get massive is thier hunting style. They are group pursuit hunters, they run thier massive prey to exhaustion and then swarm it. Being overly large hinders that. Animals around 170 to 200 pounds seem to be peak for this style of hunting.
@@jeffstrom164 Not true. Bears are large but can still move fast and have great endurance. Big cats have explosive speed and power, but they don't have the endurance of even the bear.
@@tonyprice2256 no bears don't. They are ambush predators just like cats. Wolves run down bears or tree them just like bear hunting dogs. Wolves eat bears when they get sick, injured, or old. Wolves are pursuit predators. They have a top speed about 7 or 8 miles an hour slower than bears and cats but can run for hours where the cats and bears just can't. It's why we breed dogs to hunt lions and bears, because dogs can outrun any animal but humans.
It's not just that there aren't "big dogs." What's remarkable about felines is the size variation, depending on what kind of critters they eat. There are species as small as a rusty-spotted cat, and as large as a Siberian tiger. If you think of other land carnivores there's some size diversity in canines, bears, and mustelids, but not like that.
Come to think of it, not many land animals have that kind of range. I guess rodents do, but not many others.
I mean the size range with sharks is probably the craziest ever. There’s sharks as small is you’re thumb, and then there’s sharks as large as 2.5 school buses (well, an extinct one). If you think about it, one is literally 10,000,000x larger than the other…
@@ConsciousApostle999 yes. With sea creatures it's a whole different ball game. Whole other world below that surface that we don't even know all about. I didn't know sharks got that small, but did know some are small enough to fit in a household fish tank. For that matter, even whales have a pretty big size range. Not to mention mollusks and crustaceans.
@@75aces97 that moment where you go from seeing nothing but tank sized fish for most of your life, just to watch a video of someone catching a fish that’s casually grown man sized
Spiders?
Birds, snakes and lizards have a huge size difference between the smallest and the largest species, as well.
I think with the exception of lions, cats are relative solitary hunters whereas with dogs who hunt in packs, they don't need size when they have the numbers.
And probably the reason lions evolved to group hunting is because many of the animals they hunt in Africa are huge.
There was a larger wolf species that went extinct and are cousins to the wolves that are around now. An explanation I would think to be reasonable is that the environment wasn't able to support groups of large predators that require large game anymore since alot of large prey items went extinct around the same time like the first generation of north American horses. Even saber toothed tigers went extinct too but smaller cat species survived who hunted ambush style vs chasing down their prey. Plus they are also competing with their smaller more agile cousins that also work in groups vs like a pride of lions competing with cheetahs who are agile and fast but hunt in solidarity, which is hardly a competition, and there is a plethora of large game still around on the African continent, but in north America, buffalo might be sought after, but the bigger wolf species may not have been able to keep up with smaller deer species, like pronghorns that are incredibly fast, and the elusive white tail deer that take cover in trees with moose and elk. Not to mention possible human competition. Native Americans later learned to clear land by fire to create grass plains that were able to support a massive colony of buffalo that were later hunted by the millions when Europeans arrived. Millions of buffalo litterally thrived because other then humans, they basically had no other predator that could take on a healthy adult. A population that size wouldn't be natural as nature tends to balance itself out. It was because humans played a part in their population explosion and later their near extinction, so I would think it reasonable to assume the larger wolf species probably didn't come by too many buffalos either as a reliable prey item. Like the megalodon they were just out competed by their smaller counterpart, and lack of larger prey items basically makes their niche obsolete.
If you are thinking of the north American dire wolf, they have identified it now as having been caninid
Dire Wolves
Dire Wolves are more closely related to Coyotes than they are to Gray Wolves, being endemic to North America.
@@raymondpierotti8414 actually they have recently been reclassified as being Caninid. Ya. they was dogs
Hay.. The Starks had some as pets. That counts, right?
When i was 5 yrs old i always think wolves and dogs are the same😂😂
They are actually the same species
Cougars might be a solitary ambush predator, but they are also the largest small cat. That makes them very different from the rest of the cats in the group you listed.
If a cougar knocks you to the ground and has you by the neck, would you still think of it as a small cat?
@@tonyprice2256 Cougars are not in the genus Panthera, so they are very different from all of those cats. They have far more genetically, behaviorally, and anatomically in common with smaller species of cats than the large cats. It isn't a size classification so much as a biological one. I suggest you read up on the differences.
@@KnightsWithoutATable I know the differences. They are the largest of the 'smaller' classification of felines, but are physically the fourth largest cat on the planet. So once again, in the physical realm, not from an academic standpoint, if a cat can knock a man to the ground, and get him by the throat, would that man see that cat as being small?
@@tonyprice2256 They did have the name mountain lions, but they hardly every attacked adult humans. Cougars are not quite big enough to consider humans prey unless it is a child. So my answer would still be that they are not big cats.
@@tonyprice2256 If a falconet flew at you and crashed pathetically into your chest, would you still call it a raptor?"
is your question just curiosity on what the OP considers "physically small", despite "small cat" not necessarily describing the cat's general size?
Honey Badger says hold my beer 😂😂😂
I was excited when I saw the title of the video and then I heard the voice. Nails down a blackboard.
Sounds like AI + voice synth + autotune combined
Well wolves are big isn't it? but then again compared to lions, tigers and jaguars they're still lightweight
Wolves are big compared to us humans but are small compared to lions and tigers. Wolves are somewhere about the same height and length as the jaguar but it's just that wolves are very lightly built-in in order to run long distances.
Yeah Wolves class more closely with Cougars, Leopards, Snow Leopards, and Cheetahs
@@Itsme-zt8yg yes it's mostly due to the difference in strategy and lifestyle. Wolves are long distance runners that live in strict heirarchies whereas big cats are solitary and need more power to take down their large prey. It's fascinating, isn't it?
Evolution is very intelligent...!!!!🙃
I would say God, not evolution, with all due respect!
@@caymanwarrior6359 thats what i meant my frnd.. 😄 i want to make people think,How a mindless process become intelligent...there is designer behind this All... Who is the most powerful, cabapale of anything.. The necessary one... Nobody say Apple iphone created by a process by its own..without supervision...only brainless people will say that.. 😉
I agree with you 100%! God bless you friend.
@@caymanwarrior6359 May he bless you too, and find right path
@@mohdshahidspk Thankyou!
Thank you for your hard work and dedication. This video rocks!
The reason dogs are mans best friend is because relatively speaking, we are very much alike. Pack hunting ,distance animals
Dogs are popular because of 4 reasons:
1) They are social and believe in the "pack". Dogs considers themselves as "one of the pack" in a family of humans. They gel in well.
2) They are not strong enough to threaten humans, like tigers, lions etc
3) They are capable of being domesticated. The reason we do not ride Zebras is because THEY CANNOT BE DOMESTICATED. Horses can be domesticated and they are domesticated. Dogs are fine with being domesticated.
4) Lovability and affection they give back to us.
Great video, lots of well put together facts, but I think you confused canines and felines at the end there! It's cats who have the foreshortened muzzle, bite force and loss of smell compared to dogs. You already explained how the dogs don't need such powerful jaws because their prey is exhausted by the time they go in for the kill.
I think you’ve highly underestimated certain dog breeds ability to grapple with their front paws... Mastiffs are known for tackling and grabbing people with their front paws.
But the point made is that is a breed of canine, created by humans to have that trait, and not an evolutionary distinctive species. We've distorted dogs to have plenty of traits that wolves did not have.
😂 I love how at 45 years old this is brain relief for me to relax to, I LOVE IT!!
Pack hunting is the superior method as it not only increases the ability to take down larger prey, it also allows them to take prey from solitary predators whilst also providing protection from being preyed upon.
con more mouths to feed.
endurance hunting is fine but uses more energy a lion can eat once and be good for awhile wolves needs food more often..
which is a problem if prey becomes scarce for whatever reason.
True. That’s why solitary hunters are dying and become endangered like tigers in Asia
@Ops Blac do you think it would be easier to build a house by yourself or with 20 people?
@Ops Blac less energy is used in pack hunting.
and no most pack hunters dont need to hunt very often. besides nothing is stopping a wolf from catching a rabbit or two for himself to tide him over till next weeks buffalo.
That's completely nonsensical. Animals in Africa and elsewhere are endangered or going extinct no matter whether loners or pack-hunters, or herbivores, simply because of humans massively messing them up, primarily via widespread destruction of their habitats. Plus, some animals are simply hunted to extinction by humans for disliking them or for selling trophies. Big parts of Europe no longer have wolves (pack hunting).
There are wolves in excess of 200 pounds in the Canadian shield. My family has seen them in the forests of eastern Manitoba and 1 was killed near Winnipeg a few years ago that weighed in at 220 pounds.
That's not even that impressive, I have a cousin well over 300 lbs.
@@dukethighwalker6839 *Thonk*
Oh I’m sorry for your loss
@@undyingfaith9897 Loss of the wild wolf? 🤔
Would they be able to make it down to southern Washington?
Dad and I saw a massive brown dog cross Highway 97 south of Yakama.
It was not a bear. Moved just like a dog but the size was absolutely massive. Large enough I have a hard time believing what I saw.
I always learned at school that bears are relatives of the dogs. Learned a lot of bollocks at school so I don't know if that's true
Bears and canines are related.
@@Ispeakthetruthify they do have traits in their looks and abilities so it is true I believe as well
@@Ispeakthetruthify meaning there are big canines
@@israelbuzzofftothemoon LOL... not really.
They are both in the sub order Caniformia. But a bear is a bear, and a canine(dog) is a canine. They both diverged from a common ancestor around 40 million years ago.
@@Ispeakthetruthify lol.. Might be I haven't researched Tha at all but I do find that a bear does have a dog like appearance in the head section.
There is a Big Dawg ! His name is Hanumankind 😂❤
In Australia we have the dingo wild dog. IME, they typically spread out over a large area to hunt individually, targeting small animals & carrion, usually with a pack mate or two close by. This strategy allows them to take the most numerous prey over a large area, so the net gain is quite large. However, as they are covering a large area, there is a greater chance one of them may stumble upon larger prey & if times are lean, the risk is outweighed by need & the pack can gather quickly. They are usually not a problem around people, though may try to sneak a fisherman's bait, but there have been occasional reports of attacks on people, especially unattended children or even lone adults. I recall grandparents saying be careful not to stumble in the bush when dingos are about. I don't mean tripping over either, just a bad footfall can be enough trigger. Except for a lone cyclist being chased by a large pack, I have not heard of a dingo attack on an adult during my lifetime, but that older generation lived about 1890s-1960s & were much more acquainted with the bush, there was far less development & dingos were much more numerous then.
Did scientists ever figure out the origins of the dingo, and how long they have inhabited Australia?
I have heard several theories over the years.
They were also endangered in the 90s, if I remember correctly? Humans and mixing with dogs had their numbers down.
Someone dropped two dogs off on our property so we ended up keeping the two dogs in California 🇺🇸.
We ended up calling them the dingos I didn't know if they were really dingos but my dogs looked just like the pictures on google. My favorite dogs ever loyal lean and amazing cow dogs. They didn't even need to like you if they saw you trying to gather the cows they would come out and just start working and pick up what they needed to do.
Is it true dingos eat babies and toddlers or just urban legend?
@@larryc1616 Dingos are seldom a problem to people, but they can be. Advice is, do not feed them, keep together, keep kids close & not run away from them. They are about the earlies living offshoot from wolves apparently. Usually dingos hunt individually or in pairs to cover more ground, but you can bet there are pack members not too far away & it will not take long to gather the pack in if they need too. Incidents are generally due to people's behaviours around them.
@@larryc1616 Yes they do eat babies and there is a horrible story behind that meme.
you seem to forget the dire wolf , easily twice the size of a large wolf , they`ve became extinct , but they did exist
the Dire wolf was NOT easily twice as large as our modern Valley wolf. thats a little generous.
they mentioned the bone crusher dogs, which were of comparative size to the "dire wolf", if not larger. mentioning the bone crushers was likely more than enough for the video
0:15 created by the Lord
Created by evolution
Hell yeah, now we’re asking the right questions 🔥
Good question. I’ve often wondered about it myself. Assuming human beings were not around and there was a large enough population to avoid interbreeding problems. Would Timber Wolves that were healthy in every way, but scaled up to 500 lbs be advantaged or disadvantaged? Is it possible that mutations in that direction just never happened? Do we know enough to say for sure that Mother Nature tried that out and it just didn’t work?
I’m not talking about something like Ligers, which to me just don’t look right.
I would guess if there were no predators to fill that niche canines would in some way will it.
Maybe not the the extent of cats most likely the size of dire wolves 130-150 pounds.
The environment would also shape what types of predators would thrive in the area.
In North America wolves, coyotes, cougars, Bob cats, and bears black and brown thrive.
Further south the bear and bobcat population disappear.
Further south still we see different species of wolves and the cougar population thins out and we see another apex predators the jaguar make an appearance.
All I wonder is that why wolves coyote and dog can still interbreed while cats can't breed with any wild cat species despite spending less time with humans. It's really not about human intervention, its more just the species that happened to be domesticated.
@@leiajiang7877 that is, if i remember correctly, because ancient cats spreaded around the world and through their solitude behaviour had enough time, they split genetically. It took them about 2.9 -3.2 million years to achieve that. The same would happen with humans or other species. But we are estimated to be only 300-800k years old, so we dont had enough time to genetically separate from each other. How long would it take for humans? Its estimated about the same time. Off topic: i would find that better. It would avoid all the intermixing relation problems between races and countries.
@@leiajiang7877 Domestic cats can interbreed with certain smaller wildcat species. They are after all descended from a wild cat.
@@dannyvalentino328 Yep, that's how you get the Savannah cat.
Thank god for the dog from 15,000 years ago. Kept us safe on long cold nights against saber tooth and cave bears.
Wolves. Modern timber wolves have been videoed and photographed that reach the size of ponies. They used to be even bigger. And dire wolves (which were canids, albeit not quite wolves) *were monstrously huge.*
From the video hunting style is related to vegetation..more vegetation the bigger the prey, less vegetation the smaller the animal then endurance is needed..
Dire wolves weren't*monstrously huge*. They were sure a bit larger than current day gray wolves but that's about it
@@6pathuser344 Yeah, and even with a dire wolf, my money is still on the mountain lion to win the fight.
It's the build and not the size. The big cats are built for strength and ambush (except the cheetah). The wolves are built for endurance and stamina. The wolves can run for miles and miles stalking their prey.
I want to know how many missed calls he got from Roman Reigns
The "giant dogs" are bears and--if aquatic versions count--pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, walruses)
A video idea: can gorillas survive in india 🇮🇳 or asia??? And from only your video I get too much knowledge. And what was the name of the large dog? Can anyone tell?
Gigantopithecus
Sorry I meant to add more, but it was the largest species of great ape and found in southern china. Not a gorilla per se but very close.
No Gorillas can't, there's way too less evergreen forest here in India, and even where there are the temperature are different than what they are used to and the road connectivity and disturbance is way higher. And not to mention the presence of Bears and Tigers.
What large dog?
@@Akutheos he told a name of large dog which has a size of a lion I searched that name epision but that wasn't showing anything so I am asking that do anyone know the clear name of that large dog??
Wolves….”am I a joke to you”
Wolves are not that large though. They are barely larger than Eurasian lynx.
Yes lol
We had big dogs, things like the bear dogs existed so did dire wolves. Bophagamizers (not likely I spelled that right) also where large dogs. Also credit too Newfoundlands, Mastifs, and Great Danes all breeds that are pretty large when you get some big ones.
I think this video meant canines that live in the wild not domesticated ones
Lions are ambush hunters, but they use their numbers to 1) hunt larger prey than a single lion could take down and 2) drive their prey to where others of the pride are hiding for the ambush. So they're cooperative ambush hunter.
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There have been wild timber wolves over 200lbs, but they are rare.
Nah
There’s literally dogs bred to fight bears I believe 😂
I mean, there WERE big dogs. There were Dire Wolves as recently as 9500 years ago, and they were thought to have been around 175-200 pounds. Though not as big as a “big cat” they probably had a pretty good evolutionary advantage over solitary ambush predators.
Still are big dogs. Several breeds get upwards of 200 pounds. Imagine 20 dogs, each about 200 pounds going after a 500 pound lion.
@@jeffstrom164 Lions live in packs so it's not fair to compare 1 lion against 20 dogs. Plus those big dogs only exist thanks to humans.
Not to mention regular wolves.
@@Tfk-mf6bs Lions, the females, hunt in small groups of 4 or 5. Males hunt and fight alone. 20 on 4 still sounds good to me. All other wild cats hunt alone. Dogs aren't just big because humans changed them. Even if they were, so what, it's no different than the environment selecting for genetics.. Some breeds of dog are naturally 200 pound behemoths and wolves naturally weigh around 170 lbs, the size of your average male human. Dogs are also considerably smarter than cats.
Wondered about the effects of the changing climate as the last ice age receded? The open plains would tend to favor lighter, long leg wolves? But, Grey wolves seem to be so adaptable, from the wooded east, thru the great plains, right thru Canada and into Alaska! Saw many in 94 while I was in Alaska on vacation. They did however seem to be taller and heavier. The ultimate predator?
The Female Alpha Tundra wolf routinely reaches 300 lbs plus. I had a 75% hybrid. Her mother was a wild rescued cub from Alaska. Tara was over 6 feet long shoulder to butt. Her paws were as big as your head. And she had green yellow eyes that haunted your soul. Her Daughter, my baby Tasha. I miss so much. Wolves are nothing to mess with. I takes a serious amount of dedication to raise one. Dont ever under estimate a animal that can drive a Rocky Mountain Puma out of its own territory... 280 lb cat. Aint messin with a pack... yes Rocky Mountain cougars are frikin huge.
Yea I was confused at him trying to say no canids over 150# except "outliers" at 175.
Wolves easily average over 200# on the regular. They are fucking massive.
@@ObservationofLimits yeah, wolves are huge, my female was typical for a 75% at 80lbs. But her mate was 165 with a 75%pedigree. Tashas mom, Tara(wild rescue as a small cub)was 300 easily. Her feet were as big as your head. Tundras are huge. Beautiful animal, She sniffed my hand let me give her chin a scritch, and never said anything to me again. I guess she liked me. Tasha was the best Wolf I ever had. I miss her. I sold all her puppies, both litters, except one, thats a long story. Wolves are the smartest animals on land except for humans. What they tell us on tv is so not what wolves are . They do it on purpose.
300lbs plus lmaoo
@@thelot9880 Seen her all the time. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
300 easy??
I did always wonder this! Although now I’m thinking of a Big Dog that has Big Cat like features o-o
Imagine a Wolf but with the shoulders, arms, and claws of a Tiger, and teeth like a Clouded Leopard, but still had the great hearing of a Wolf, as well as being able to chase down its prey, what a ferocious combination •-•
you might want to look into lions branch. there are lions that were bigger, some were more of cat like . even though lion is a cat. but some has more feature closer to like tiger. some lion has both dog and cat like. liger and tigan, still have the cat like more than a dog.
@@BlueRice Ohhhh 030;
So bears (sort of)
@@SuprememeCeratosaurus Kinda-
@AL Daaaang O-o
My immediate first thought before i watched this was “tf?? Wolves are huge and they pack hunt” we’ll see where this goes
2:20 yeah you are way off there those dogs did NOT kill that giraffe, as much as it would be cool those dogs would sh*t their pants and run off from being scared of how tall the giraffe is, the giraffe definitely didnt die from lions or anything so I'm pretty sure it died from disease or overheating
They will attack sick or weakened prey too
@@animeloveer97 yeah but not fuckin giraffes
Chihuahuas are more ferocious than tigers...
NOW THAT'S 😊
That's not anything when you're pathetic
For those who think bears are not related to dogs: they are part of the same Suborder Caniformia which includes wolves, bears, badgers, foxes, seals, walrus, and sea lions. This is further back in relation than big cats but there is still common ground and it's relatively close.
The big cats, hyenas, and mongooses are all part of the Suborder Feliformia. Getting down to Family, this would exclusively include cats.
Traveller summed it up nicely back in the day... Canines are Carnivore Chasers and hunt in packs, so size is not as important as speed and numbers.
Felines are Carnivore Pouncers and tend to be solitary, so size can be more of an advantage.
Of course the lines are not etched in steel and some Felines do chase, like the Cheetah, but generally Felines tend to pounce
btw you should say large cats because big cat can mean 2 things. size or family. the panthera genus is also revered to as big cats. even tho there are cats that are bigger but not part of that family. like cougars
Stop confusing genera with families.
Also cheetahs aren’t “big cats”
Cougars are not actually considered part of the "Big Cats". Only Lions, tigers, leopards and Jaguars are part of the Felidae Pantherinae family. Cougars are more closely related to house cats, just really big house cats. They can purr like house cats too!
"Big cat" doesn't refer to only members of pantherinae. It's a non-phylogenetic term to refer to felids with a large size.
Big cat = pantherinae, cougar, cheetah
Snow leopards...
Yall know we have a breed the size of the bone crushing dogs right? It's called an African boerboel, it's a lion hunting dog. It's top weight is around 200-220
He dealt with that subject in the first minute of the video. Breed is the clue word.
Still, a 200 pound dog or wolf is nothing compared to a 600 pound tiger. Not even close.
@AL Tigers are larger than lions. A male lion ranges between 450 to 550 pounds. There are tigers in captivity that have reached weights of more than 800 pounds, but they are unhealthy and overweight because they have been over fed in enclosures that do not allow them to get proper amounts of exercise. In the wild, they control hundreds of square miles of territory. So yeah, a female tiger may be 3 to 400 pounds, but a healthy male can easily reach 600 pounds and be 10 to 12 feet tall standing on his hind legs.
I’m just going off looks. Bears and hyenas look like dogs to me 😂
there probably was a Big Dog out there in the world, sadly i believe that they have most likely died out from extinction.
I've seen some wolves that were pretty tall and long, beautiful! I wouldn't want to run into them alone. Had two, one lived for 18yrs.
You had two wolves? 😳
A lone wolf isn't all that scary as long as you have a stick or something in your hand. They won't consider hunting a large prey like human alone.
Thought I remember seeing a prehistoric dog at cosi that was the size of a mini beetle. They had recreated it and put hair on it and everything and had it next to a beetle. Thing was huge.
you know, my first thought was "there were dogs the size of insects?"
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Aren't African Wild Dogs the most (:22) successful hunters in that hunting style percentage wise, not big cats?
They are one if not the most well coordinated pack hunters who hunt in groups of 50 individuals. They are the best team hunters.
@@laszlomatyasovszky7696
That's what I have always been told. Thanks. 👍
Would African or asian elephants survive Europe, Siberia, and North America?
The woolly mammoths and mastadons were members of the elephant family that survived the ice ages in Europe and Siberia (Not sure about North America)Given enough time and the right conditions the modern elephants of the warmer climes would gradually evolve and adapt to much colder conditions again.
@@kaloarepo288 also there are plans about cloning woolly mammoths or hybridizing mammoths with modern elephants that on going and still haven’t yet see or heard any results.
@@XenoRaptor-98765 I come from Australia and I've heard rumours of a plan to recreate the Tasmanian tiger the last example of which died about 80 years ago-they would probably use genes from surviving marsupial carnivores like the quoll or the Tasmanian devil.
@@kaloarepo288 also using the numbat which is the Tasmanian tiger closest living relative.
@@XenoRaptor-98765 Didn't know the numbat was so close.Also if there are some actual bits of the last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) existing could the DNA from them be copied?I know there are perfectly preserved frozen specimens of mammoths and mastadons.