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My favorite thing is how all types of animals get their time in history. Giant bugs. Giant reptiles. Giant mammalians. Giant sea critters. Everything gets a turn lol
The ancestors of the mammalians also had their time as there was a time of giant synapsids ruling before the giant reptiles and dinosaurs (which are the ancestors of bird). And before that we had a time of giant amphibians.
I still vaguely remember Walking with Monsters episode 2 showing Mesothelae as Megarachne, with the most dramatic intro of any documentary I can remember as it rears it fangs in a close up shot about to strike some Petrolacosaur hatchlings whilst the narrator says in such a theatrical tone; "The arthropods.Are.Back!"
@@iamThatSandwich yeah but on the upside, with how few prehistoric creatures, particularly arthropods fossilize it's very likely that there was a giant spider like that on earth at some point. We just haven't found it yet.
@@jackslater5886there IS a giant spider, and I say IS because they currently exist, a species of Goliath bird eaters is by far the largest spider known to humanity, easily larger than any spider fossils that have been found. I think its worth remembering that gigantism is not just a feature of the past but also of the present for many species including Blue Whales which are the largest animals known to have ever existed on earth, so its fully possible that the largest spider to ever exist is a currently living species(especially since spiders are arguably at the most successful point in their biological history in part thanks to insects being at the most successful point of their biological history)
It’s hard to imagine how many fantastic creatures existed that we will never know of… How many species failed to leave one single decent fossil? And how many more will we just not find a decent fossil? It’s really mind blowing and makes me feel both insignificant and small, but also incredibly lucky to have so much at my fingertips… so much info, so much power etc
@@bjdefilippo447 Hello, American person here. I've always pronounced Mazon Creek the same way as our hosts here, but when I visited, the locals informed me it is pronounced "Mah Zone Creek".
Like this to show the gang that we want them to do a series of "The Scientific Accuracy of Walking with Beasts" and "The Scientific Accuracy of Walking with Monsters". 😎😎
As far as im aware, whip scorpions do not use their raptoral limbs to "rip apart their prey" and only for capturing... raptorally. Also whip scorpions and vinegaroons are not interchangable terms - turtle vs tortoise situation.
This made me remember a nightmare I had forgotten about 4 years ago where I got chased through a forest by a giant scorpion. There was no sound except for my heart pumping and ringing in my ears. The scorpion just silently and mercilessly chased me down barely giving me room to breathe. That was fucking terrifying.
Funny how the Carboniferous is colloquially known as the Age of Bugs, but arachnids for the most part weren’t giants during this time despite what you’ve seen in paleo media, most of which can be pinned on Megarachne’ outdated depiction as a giant Tarantula in Walking with Monsters & Primeval.
There was tonnes of other giant arthropods. I made a list but Yt keeps deleting is ffs. Many that for some reason are hard to find… I had to do some digging to find some bigger ones. Sadly paleo media only rinse and repeats the same olds so we never see the others.
@@SmashBrosAssemble Giant Terrestrial Arthropods/Cephalopods(?) from the Devonian-Carboniferous list: - Arthropluera - Meganeura - Pulmonoscorpius - Megarachne - Meganeuropsis - Hibbertopterus (for those saying it’s a eurypterid, yes but a terrestrial one like megarachne, as clear trackway fossils have been found matching it) - Titanoscorpio - Theiatitan (and other giant Titanopterans) - Mazothairos (and other giant Paleodictiopterans) - Anthracotarbus and other giant members of Phalangiotarbida (note some are still “normal sized” arthropods but giant members like Anthracotarbus and co. could reach 46-66 cm in length) - In the seas and waters giant arthropods and cephalopods ruled in these periods still, for fresh waters see Tullimonstrum. There’s also giants that last after the Carboniferous especially Titanoptera which still had huge individuals like Gigatitan on the Triassic. Also don’t forget that giant aquatic invertebrates lasted with massive ammonites and all other crustaceans, I’d recommend Extinctzoo’s “When Krakens were real” which covers the dominance of Cephalopods long before and after this time, with many alive today (Japanese Spider Crab, Coconut Crab, Giant and Colossal Squids etc). Don’t forget giant arthropods of the ocean before this which I think listing would take a rather long time here… but I’d like to shout out the giant Cambrian Omnidens (and its family) who the biggest could reach 2 metres in length, with some reliable 1.5 metres but certainly 2 metres. Oh and also another giant Cambrian (who lasted to Ordovician) - Aegirocassis a 2.1 metre long and as wide as a man filter feeder.
@@alexwhite6554 check my list, I would argue giants were the rule not exception. (Yt keeps deleting the comment for it though) (Note for my list there was a large centipede but I cannot remember the name or information but if I do I’ll come back, as there’s likely stuff I missed).
Growing up watching things like Walking with Monsters, Prehistoric Park & Primeval, I genuinely thought the Carboniferous was the most horrifying time to go to, with all the giant Bugs & Millipedes & Spiders, it’s like that horrible scene in Peter Jackson’s King Kong in the abyss.
As an arachnophobe the previous 10mins sucked, but I’ve studied my enemy before. If anything you’ve alleviated some of my fears of giant spiders! I never knew we live in the era of “biggest spider” currently, i thought there were dog sized monsters way back then lol
There should be a study where insects are hatched and raised in artificial environments that have a higher oxygen percentage, and after many years see the results
I think that's a great idea and I'm no biologist BUT.. I think it takes millions of years for significant changes to occur. Maybe there would be subtle changes that could be extrapolated upon? I don't know if this is possible since it kinda disproves creationism and surely we'd be hearing much more about it
@@Moz29Oh, but we have something better - selective breeding and ability to change enviroment to our will (on very small scale). We can probably see big changes in few decades if we wanted to, but why would we even fund that when evolution is already accepted fact for most people?
@KeyUSeeCZ Do you think it's possible to create new species in a few decades this way? And wouldn't applying artificial pressures go against the 'natural' in natural selection
I love the sun spiders at Hoover dam, they dart all over, eating cockroaches and Junebug's and of course they jump to catch mosquitos, got to love that!
Wait. If _Pulmonoscorpius_ is closer to a Buthidae family (which includes a properly deadly _Androctonus_ and _Hottentotta_ ), then Nigel would have been at least in critical medical situation if not outright dead when he got stung by _Pulmonoscorpius_ Ah, plot armour. Don't you just love it.
also i can totally see an arms race going on specifically between toxins and resistances against those. so maybe the toxins back then targeted systems that are completely obsolete in modern organisms or we have inherited the respective resistances to the old ones.
I first thought the title said Azdarchids and i was like YAY PTEROSAURS! but then I got disappointed when I saw it was arachnids. but then i got happy again because YAY SPIDERS!
I love how we all thought it said something different but are still as exited after we figured it out lol (azdarchids, anarchists, arachnids... all interesting)
A whip spider features prominently in the Goblet of Fire movie of the Harry Potter series. When the false Alistair Madeye Moody demonstrates the Three Unforgiveable Curses, he uses a whip spider (Phrynus mexicanum?) as test animal.
@@FlubberFroschthat works with almost any animal you can overpower or outsmart. In my area we have a lot of bees and scorpions, I catch and release bees bare handed, any other animal I use a glass or a jar
I own a Theraphosa apophysisv which is one of the largest on average species is theraphosa blondi. I think it's safe to say anything in theraphosa family are definitely top contenders for heaviest bodied spider. Mine is still juvenile when it charges out of its borrow to get food it shakes its cage. Very strong and fast all things considered, you don't want to stick your hands in there with it. Never mind the eradicating hairs.
i genuinely think this channel has been one of my favourite discoveries. just the joy and passion it brings me is just top tier. thank you team ben g thomas
As someone who keeps tarantulas, scorpions, millipedes and centipedes; I just want to say that if I had a time machine, I’d be ordering a room sized enclosure for an Arthropleura.
Nice one Ben!! LOVE arachnids,thanks for sharing!! I know playing with people's fears draws attention and the rest of it... Personally, id emphasise on love towards animals rather than phobias..!! Spreading love and awareness, not dislike and fears...!! ☺️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Several times i hear you say "anatomical stasis" when referring to animals that have not changed much in millions of years. I never heard of this concept and find it very interesting. Perhaps you could make a video about some species that are almost the same now as millions of years ago and expand a little upon how this works exactly? Im thinking that maybe they reached a very efficient form and any deviation from that through mutation would just decrease their chance of survival but that seems strange because one would think there is always room for some improvement.
Evolution has no main goal for perfection and quote often stops at whatever is good enough for the species to survive. As long as we dont cause a mass extinction event we would have no competition from the other surviving animals becoming smart enough to do something against us. Save the bees or else we will be living in planet of the apes and irl isnt as friendly as the movies are, they'll become just as smart as us and capable of doing to us what we already do to each other with the added strenght of being apes with 100% muscle power and now they know how guns work
Idmonarachne's telson loss was convergent, as Chimerarachne had a telson and spinnerets, meaning spiders lost the telson after already having spinnerets.
Thay might be the main true cause. Fossils of Arthropleura were found in the Serpukhovian stage of the Carboniferous, which only had oxygen levels slightly higher than modern times. Plus there's fossils of Meganeuropsis in the Permian which again, had similar oxygen levels to ours.
Considering the rareity of the aracnid fossiles, how likely is it that the largest spider (or scorpian) not only had an indivigual fossilize, and having that fossile already discovered? We know that smaller species tend to be more plentiful than larger species. I would say I've never seen more than one tarantula in the wild at any given time, but I have, in fact seen thousands at one time. However, this was a special time, and it was the only time I've ever seen a trarancula in the wild. I was on Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, Ca when the males were all out looking for mates. There were thousands of them all over the place. Horrifying at first, but you quickly realize they have just one thing on their mind, and it has nothing to do with you. After that, it was amazing to see them in those numbers.
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So who actually gut Uranos?
It's spigot, like spite or spirit.
remember when the scorpion was on the right? pepperidge farm remembewrs
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"Naught point four inches."
Ive heared others use this terminology. Where/what is it from? Most on the west coast would just say zero point four.
My favorite thing is how all types of animals get their time in history. Giant bugs. Giant reptiles. Giant mammalians. Giant sea critters. Everything gets a turn lol
The ancestors of the mammalians also had their time as there was a time of giant synapsids ruling before the giant reptiles and dinosaurs (which are the ancestors of bird). And before that we had a time of giant amphibians.
@@dreamyrhodes Simplified:
- Cambrian: arthropods
- Ordovician / Silurian: arthropods and molluscs
- Devonian: fish and amphibians
- carboniferous: athropods, amphibians & fish
- Permian: pre-mammal synapsids, amphibians
- Mesozoic: reptiles
- Cenozoic: synapsids/mammals
My eyesight's failing me as I get older. I thought you said Giant Sea Otters. "Yep, we have them, but what an odd thing to list" lol.
@@dreamyrhodes Technically we live in the era of giant mammals right now!
Giant seacritters is the constant.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Probably the only time period where bane of arthropods is actually useful
Underrated comment
I still vaguely remember Walking with Monsters episode 2 showing Mesothelae as Megarachne, with the most dramatic intro of any documentary I can remember as it rears it fangs in a close up shot about to strike some Petrolacosaur hatchlings whilst the narrator says in such a theatrical tone; "The arthropods.Are.Back!"
Imagine how devastating it feels when we found out much later that _Megarachne_ was... a eurypterid.
@@AntoniusTyas I was legit heartbroken a little when I first came across an article stating this exact thing.
@@iamThatSandwich yeah but on the upside, with how few prehistoric creatures, particularly arthropods fossilize it's very likely that there was a giant spider like that on earth at some point. We just haven't found it yet.
I'm sure I watched a version where the spider was correctly called Mesothelae, not Megarachne. Did they correct it at some point?
@@jackslater5886there IS a giant spider, and I say IS because they currently exist, a species of Goliath bird eaters is by far the largest spider known to humanity, easily larger than any spider fossils that have been found.
I think its worth remembering that gigantism is not just a feature of the past but also of the present for many species including Blue Whales which are the largest animals known to have ever existed on earth, so its fully possible that the largest spider to ever exist is a currently living species(especially since spiders are arguably at the most successful point in their biological history in part thanks to insects being at the most successful point of their biological history)
It’s hard to imagine how many fantastic creatures existed that we will never know of…
How many species failed to leave one single decent fossil?
And how many more will we just not find a decent fossil?
It’s really mind blowing and makes me feel both insignificant and small, but also incredibly lucky to have so much at my fingertips… so much info, so much power etc
You aren’t insignificant and small. You are made in the LORD’s image. You are an eternal soul
“Take comfort in the fact that we have the biggest spiders right now” thanks homie lol
Take comfort in the fact that spiders are getting bigger because of global warming😊
Sorry, If there's a nearly one-meter Scorpion scuttling around, I'm not going......
You just need a 100-gallon can of Raid.
@@FelixstoweFoamForge
I’d say bring a flamethrower, but that’d be a very bad idea in the Carboniferous.
Y'all cowards
@@kR-qj7rwdog you ain't either your gonna see its pincers and faint
couldn’t be me, i’m going there and loving it
Thanks!
Stop wasting your money
i love words like spinnarettes. fun to say. thanks for the informative video as always.
Vinegaroon is a good one too!
I was fascinated by the fact that "spigots" is apparently pronounced differently in the UK. It's a short "i" in the US, IIRC.
@@bjdefilippo447 Hello, American person here. I've always pronounced Mazon Creek the same way as our hosts here, but when I visited, the locals informed me it is pronounced "Mah Zone Creek".
‘Carboniferous’ always satisfies me
Cool thread
Like this to show the gang that we want them to do a series of "The Scientific Accuracy of Walking with Beasts" and "The Scientific Accuracy of Walking with Monsters". 😎😎
As far as im aware, whip scorpions do not use their raptoral limbs to "rip apart their prey" and only for capturing... raptorally. Also whip scorpions and vinegaroons are not interchangable terms - turtle vs tortoise situation.
Finally some arachnid content
travis mcenery has some more if youre not already subbed
This made me remember a nightmare I had forgotten about 4 years ago where I got chased through a forest by a giant scorpion. There was no sound except for my heart pumping and ringing in my ears. The scorpion just silently and mercilessly chased me down barely giving me room to breathe. That was fucking terrifying.
Funny how the Carboniferous is colloquially known as the Age of Bugs, but arachnids for the most part weren’t giants during this time despite what you’ve seen in paleo media, most of which can be pinned on Megarachne’ outdated depiction as a giant Tarantula in Walking with Monsters & Primeval.
There was tonnes of other giant arthropods. I made a list but Yt keeps deleting is ffs.
Many that for some reason are hard to find… I had to do some digging to find some bigger ones. Sadly paleo media only rinse and repeats the same olds so we never see the others.
@@bruh949
It’s always just;
Arthropleura
Megarachne
Meganeura
Pulmonoscorpius
@@SmashBrosAssemble
No mazothorias love.
But yeah most land arthropods from that time really weren't that large aside from these exceptions.
@@SmashBrosAssemble Giant Terrestrial Arthropods/Cephalopods(?) from the Devonian-Carboniferous list:
- Arthropluera
- Meganeura
- Pulmonoscorpius
- Megarachne
- Meganeuropsis
- Hibbertopterus (for those saying it’s a eurypterid, yes but a terrestrial one like megarachne, as clear trackway fossils have been found matching it)
- Titanoscorpio
- Theiatitan (and other giant Titanopterans)
- Mazothairos (and other giant Paleodictiopterans)
- Anthracotarbus and other giant members of Phalangiotarbida (note some are still “normal sized” arthropods but giant members like Anthracotarbus and co. could reach 46-66 cm in length)
- In the seas and waters giant arthropods and cephalopods ruled in these periods still, for fresh waters see Tullimonstrum.
There’s also giants that last after the Carboniferous especially Titanoptera which still had huge individuals like Gigatitan on the Triassic. Also don’t forget that giant aquatic invertebrates lasted with massive ammonites and all other crustaceans, I’d recommend Extinctzoo’s “When Krakens were real” which covers the dominance of Cephalopods long before and after this time, with many alive today (Japanese Spider Crab, Coconut Crab, Giant and Colossal Squids etc). Don’t forget giant arthropods of the ocean before this which I think listing would take a rather long time here… but I’d like to shout out the giant Cambrian Omnidens (and its family) who the biggest could reach 2 metres in length, with some reliable 1.5 metres but certainly 2 metres. Oh and also another giant Cambrian (who lasted to Ordovician) - Aegirocassis a 2.1 metre long and as wide as a man filter feeder.
@@alexwhite6554 check my list, I would argue giants were the rule not exception. (Yt keeps deleting the comment for it though)
(Note for my list there was a large centipede but I cannot remember the name or information but if I do I’ll come back, as there’s likely stuff I missed).
Just purchased my first ever tarantula! So was excited to see this video. Keep up the good work 👏
I didn’t know that I need this information this morning, but now I am glad that I received it.
Knowing my luck, i'll land in the middle of some giant insect nest or get jumped as soon as I leave the time capsule.
Growing up watching things like Walking with Monsters, Prehistoric Park & Primeval, I genuinely thought the Carboniferous was the most horrifying time to go to, with all the giant Bugs & Millipedes & Spiders, it’s like that horrible scene in Peter Jackson’s King Kong in the abyss.
"what is that?"
"a sea scorpion"
"wow, that's a scorpion?"
"no"
you learned science
does this mean the spigots are pronounced that way just because they are on spiders?
5:30 how is that comforting 💀
THIS!!!!! I KNEW THIS WAS THE WORST TIMELINE 😭😭😭
Who said everything has to be comfortable
As an arachnophobe the previous 10mins sucked, but I’ve studied my enemy before.
If anything you’ve alleviated some of my fears of giant spiders! I never knew we live in the era of “biggest spider” currently, i thought there were dog sized monsters way back then lol
Liar. A real arachnophobe would never click on this video, if anything you're an arachnophile.
There should be a study where insects are hatched and raised in artificial environments that have a higher oxygen percentage, and after many years see the results
I think that's a great idea and I'm no biologist BUT.. I think it takes millions of years for significant changes to occur. Maybe there would be subtle changes that could be extrapolated upon? I don't know if this is possible since it kinda disproves creationism and surely we'd be hearing much more about it
@@Moz29so a religion
If insects have polymorphic ability to do so, yeah
@@Moz29Oh, but we have something better - selective breeding and ability to change enviroment to our will (on very small scale).
We can probably see big changes in few decades if we wanted to, but why would we even fund that when evolution is already accepted fact for most people?
@KeyUSeeCZ Do you think it's possible to create new species in a few decades this way? And wouldn't applying artificial pressures go against the 'natural' in natural selection
I love the sun spiders at Hoover dam, they dart all over, eating cockroaches and Junebug's and of course they jump to catch mosquitos, got to love that!
Enemy of my enemy
Wait. If _Pulmonoscorpius_ is closer to a Buthidae family (which includes a properly deadly _Androctonus_ and _Hottentotta_ ), then Nigel would have been at least in critical medical situation if not outright dead when he got stung by _Pulmonoscorpius_
Ah, plot armour. Don't you just love it.
They could have figured out its relations later or something.
also i can totally see an arms race going on specifically between toxins and resistances against those. so maybe the toxins back then targeted systems that are completely obsolete in modern organisms or we have inherited the respective resistances to the old ones.
I have been seeing a lot of these types of videos on RUclips recently, and I love it.
You do make very cool, high brow, and important stuff. I really love your channel.
I first thought the title said Azdarchids and i was like YAY PTEROSAURS! but then I got disappointed when I saw it was arachnids. but then i got happy again because YAY SPIDERS!
I love how we all thought it said something different but are still as exited after we figured it out lol (azdarchids, anarchists, arachnids... all interesting)
Crazy to think Earth was one of those horrifying giant spider planets that you’d never wanna visit, what a glow up(?) it’s gotten since then
He literally says spiders were never big
RUclips commenters have an attention span of 20 seconds confimed
I've been here so long that it feels surreal to see you all in a room together, for that reason alone I watched the ad til the end
A whip spider features prominently in the Goblet of Fire movie of the Harry Potter series. When the false Alistair Madeye Moody demonstrates the Three Unforgiveable Curses, he uses a whip spider (Phrynus mexicanum?) as test animal.
"Sorry, but if there’s a nearly one-meter scorpion scuttling around, count me out-I’m staying far, far away!"
my arachnophobia went off the charts, but the video was very interesting :D
These are the most adorable science nerds on the internet.
I felt bad the other day when I tried to sweep a daddy long leg out of my house and accidently killed it 😥
It is best to catch them in a glass or jar and then release them outside.
@@FlubberFroschthat works with almost any animal you can overpower or outsmart. In my area we have a lot of bees and scorpions, I catch and release bees bare handed, any other animal I use a glass or a jar
I own a Theraphosa apophysisv which is one of the largest on average species is theraphosa blondi. I think it's safe to say anything in theraphosa family are definitely top contenders for heaviest bodied spider.
Mine is still juvenile when it charges out of its borrow to get food it shakes its cage. Very strong and fast all things considered, you don't want to stick your hands in there with it. Never mind the eradicating hairs.
Love it, your videos keep getting better!
The buggiest period of earth's dev cycle.
God Howard
10:15 That is literally the modern day tick
Those giant proto-spiders look just like Alien Facehuggers
i genuinely think this channel has been one of my favourite discoveries. just the joy and passion it brings me is just top tier. thank you team ben g thomas
Ben G Thomas & ExtinctZoo are my 'go-to' for prehistoric learning 😄
I was trying to sleep but here we are
Ben, I love your content , I do not consider myself to have arachnophobia, but must say this episode made my skin crawl.
You better go catch it before it gets away then
This is truly peak arachnid.
20 yr tarantula keeper here, I'd definitely be bringing specimens back lol.
my boy looking extra hunky in this ep lol great vid as always of course.
This is easily the second most iconic presenter trio the UK has given us yet 👍
Already interested in the subject matter, I clicked on this. Oh, Ben is adorable and has a British accent. I think I’ll keep watching:)
Carbo-nefarious more like it.
As someone who keeps tarantulas, scorpions, millipedes and centipedes; I just want to say that if I had a time machine, I’d be ordering a room sized enclosure for an Arthropleura.
Those ones are cool.
bruh things would change so quick.
Random information... Southern Flying Squirrels are Bio florescent too! They glow bright pink under UV
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First video I've seen of yours. RUclips recommended it 2 months late, but better late..... Definitely subscribing
I bet sea scorpions taste great in hot oil and butter 🧈
If horseshoe crabs and modern arachnids are a reference point, they probably didn't taste all that great.
Mayyyybeeeee...
I eat regular scorpions raw 😋
I mean.. scorpions taste like nothing.. I eat them dried however.
Do scorpions have meat inside their legs
If I lived in the US I would definitely buy the Curiosity Box
I was not expecting a Primeval reference but I appreciate it
One doesn’t hear many references to Primeval in serious paleontology videos. Kudos!
What about the giant desert scorpion native to California during the Vault Tech era
It's great to see something about carboniferous arthropods again :D
In my own research into giant scorpions I discovered it's best to aim for the eyes using V.A.T.S. for a critical takedown.
One thing to say they are amazing as always
'Arachnia' queen of the spider people ruled this era. I think Ben knows😉
Or Lolth
@@mycatistypingthis5450Minthara approves
8:17 except Kreischeria, the largest trigonotarbid which was around 6 cm without the leg span
"Whip scorpions, mainly found in tropical regions."
The whip scorpions I keep finding in Arizona: 👀
When was earth ruled by "FKN NOPE I'M OUTTA HERE" would be a better headline for this video honestly.......😂😅😬😰💀
the Nopeiferous
@@zimriel Hell yeah! That's a good one! 😂
Nice one Ben!! LOVE arachnids,thanks for sharing!!
I know playing with people's fears draws attention and the rest of it...
Personally, id emphasise on love towards animals rather than phobias..!! Spreading love and awareness, not dislike and fears...!! ☺️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Several times i hear you say "anatomical stasis" when referring to animals that have not changed much in millions of years. I never heard of this concept and find it very interesting. Perhaps you could make a video about some species that are almost the same now as millions of years ago and expand a little upon how this works exactly? Im thinking that maybe they reached a very efficient form and any deviation from that through mutation would just decrease their chance of survival but that seems strange because one would think there is always room for some improvement.
Evolution has no main goal for perfection and quote often stops at whatever is good enough for the species to survive.
As long as we dont cause a mass extinction event we would have no competition from the other surviving animals becoming smart enough to do something against us.
Save the bees or else we will be living in planet of the apes and irl isnt as friendly as the movies are, they'll become just as smart as us and capable of doing to us what we already do to each other with the added strenght of being apes with 100% muscle power and now they know how guns work
exactly, species like horseshoe crab, coelacanth, and certain of jellyfish would be so interesting to watch
And sponges. Never forget the sponges
Idmonarachne's telson loss was convergent, as Chimerarachne had a telson and spinnerets, meaning spiders lost the telson after already having spinnerets.
Also another fun fact about sun spiders: they are the fastest running arachnic being able to reach speeds up to 15 km/h
I have a vinegaroon and they make the coolest pets! Super fun to feed and watch.
So cool!!! This is one thing that makes living in this time worth it.
A Bug's life if it was set in the Carboniferous period :
This is a great video to watch first thing in the morning while in bed, it feels like it is trying to manifest spiders in my sheets 😂
i’m gonna put this on an ipad and show my tarantula. thank you
Crab: I tip my hat to you, one legend to another
Camel spiders definitely not being camels made me laugh more than it should
Time-Traveler #1: Eww what's that thing, that huge weird spidery scorpionny thing?
Time-Traveler #2: Spider. Time-Traveler #3: Scorpion. Time-Traveler #4: Scorpster.
Time-Traveler #5: Lobster!
I love whip spiders . . . Peak arachnid indeed
That's just modern Australia
imagine walking your scorpion through the dog park
Now i know where im NOT going if i get a time machine
Good job covering the extra ocd. Still need more pictures tbh.
Some hypothesis say the bugs were bigger because they weren't competing with vertebrates, yet.
No, there was more oxygen in the air, so keep that global warming up or else giant spiders 😢
Thay might be the main true cause. Fossils of Arthropleura were found in the Serpukhovian stage of the Carboniferous, which only had oxygen levels slightly higher than modern times. Plus there's fossils of Meganeuropsis in the Permian which again, had similar oxygen levels to ours.
There are fragmentary examples from the mid Permian that may have been equal to the Goliath.
That could be a movie with stop-motion effects from Ray Harryhausen, James Danforth, and Dave Allen: _When Arachnids Ruled the Earth_ . 😮
Dave Allen the nine fingered Irish comedian?
Its weird how small creatures still existed and didnt change much, kinda thought everything would be insanely big. Car sized bugs.
Some scorpion in the Amazon: "We were gods once! All of us!"
Considering the rareity of the aracnid fossiles, how likely is it that the largest spider (or scorpian) not only had an indivigual fossilize, and having that fossile already discovered?
We know that smaller species tend to be more plentiful than larger species. I would say I've never seen more than one tarantula in the wild at any given time, but I have, in fact seen thousands at one time. However, this was a special time, and it was the only time I've ever seen a trarancula in the wild.
I was on Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, Ca when the males were all out looking for mates. There were thousands of them all over the place. Horrifying at first, but you quickly realize they have just one thing on their mind, and it has nothing to do with you. After that, it was amazing to see them in those numbers.
Mazon Creek having unidentifiable species of specific clades 9:46
Oh what a rush of joy! Were there also large land crustaceans back then?
Y’all are my favorite group of paleo people.
Titanus Abaddon waiting for its dream to come true.
Abaddon gotnits time already in the 2019 film, that was enough 😅
It might not have been a good idea watching this episode before going to bed...
Great videos - I love your work and all of you beautiful friends cheers
Would’ve loved to go to that period, just to see the life
I had NIGHTMARES about time traveling to this time period (as well as the great dying) when I learned about it in school
Thank you for the Tolkien reference ❤
These vids always make me wanna play ark
I would live in that world if only I had a city sized flamethrower and enough fuel to last a lifetime.
For anybody that needs an idea of size in this vid. You're basically fighting the bugs Naruto had to deal with in the Forest of Death.