"The concept of a whale eating horses might be... jarring to say the least" - Well, if this might count, nowadays' orcas might prey upon mooses when the latter venture in coastal waters to eat algae and seagrasses.
I find it interesting how it seems like the "little creatures" end up producing the great lineages in evolution--Dinosaurs started small, little archaeopteryx produced modern birds (?), all these mini-mammals gave rise to the big bois we have today, and the creatures of the Cambrian explosion were microscopic, until they Weren't. It's probably due to the fact that you can have more small creatures for the same mass and energy requirements as big ones, and so more genetic diversity, pound for pound.
It's interesting how for both pterosaurus and bats we still didn't find fossils of their more primitive ancestors, for both groups we only find fossils of animals that already were good flyers.
This period of mammals doesn’t get enough love they look kinda alien yet so familiar as a bio student to love this stuff and not many people talk about this period thank you!!
I can agree the Cenozoic has some pretty amazing stuff but in most classes they just talk about mammals thriving,grass spreading, the ice age, the rise of humanity, and that’s it, which I find disappointing
Thank you for doing the proper research on this subject. So many people would just go with the first thing that pops up on Google and run with it. The fact that you point out that many of the species you mentioned more than likely NOT direct line of decent to their modern relatives impress me and makes me wish to see more of your content. Keep up the good work.
The Andrewsarchus almost looks like a protomammal. It’s cool to see early Eocene mammals and comparing them to their Permian ancestors to see what traits are similar or the same.
Scientists have found only a skull, so all full-bodied reconstruction are purely speculative. Although, recent studies have shown that its skull has features in common with Entelodonts. It also makes it a distant relative of whales & hippos.
Imagine an intelligent species millions of years in the future looking at a video like this but their ancestor is a modern day squirrel. Crazy to think about
It’s absolutely astonishing to me how in only a few million years after the dinosaur’s extinction mammals both diversified in multiple forms and essentially overtook their evolutionary roles.
Need to point out that Eocene is not a period but an epoch, a smaller timespan of geologic time because we have better geologic dating for how recent the rocks are deposited. The period is correctly known as the Paleogene period, because that’s why the extinction event is sometimes abbreviated as K-Pg or Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction. (The “K” in the abbreviation is from the original German word for “chalk”)
Ambulocetus’s full scientific name is Ambulocetus natans. Scientists looked at that thing and called it “walking swimming whale.” They had so many options and they went with the most literal one possible.
Calling it a first draft is a bit cyclical, it's only the first draft because we happen to draw the line of where our category starts there, but really mammals came from other things before them, so theyre not a first draft in any way. But thats just syntax nitpicking :P. Looking at these early iterations of modern animals is super interesting
1:07 I love how there's all kinds of wild random creatures here and then in the corner just... a regular ass crocodile. XD I wonder at what point crocodiles began to look like this (and what the looked like before) because its so funny how little they've changed from so far back in time!
-I was thinking the Moetherium (early elephant) looks more like a small hippo than a pig. -Primates, small enough to fit into the palm of a modern day human, still existing ... that has always been nearly unbelievable to me. They can't possibly survive in the wild, being that small - and, yet, they do!
So with the bats are you saying that one of the first evolved traits among recognisable modern animals was screaming into the void? It all makes sense now
And since killer whales are descended from ungulates, like horses, the fact that they also prey on seals, which are descended from carnivores, like lions, is at least ironic.
“A whale eating horses might sound jarring.” To quote Walking With Prehistoric Beasts: “This is a world where birds eat horses.” (& are in turn eaten alive by giant ants.) & “This is a sheep in wolf’s clothing.”
The animal was called Ambulo*CETUS* Lit. Means Walking (ambulatory) Whale (cetacean) Ambulo*dactus*. roughly translates as Walking *Finger* or digit. I am not sure there are any animals out there, extant or extinct that are formally named "Ambulodactus."
You spelled Ambulocetus wrong, my friend And the true older ancestor of cetaceans is an animal that it's descendant is Ambulocetus: It's called Pakicetus and its' a mammal that is fully terrestrial than Ambulocetus.
The idea of a whale eating a horse doesn't surprise me all that much, but I've had time to process the fact that Moose regularly get eaten my Orca, who are practically whales.
You seem to know what your talking about, so maybe you can answer a simple question I have If a protochicken lays a egg, and a chicken comes out, is the egg a chicken egg or a protochicken egg? TLDR: witch came first, the chicken or the egg?
First of all, the egg came first. Hard-shell eggs evolved in the Carboniferous. As for your Chicken question, it's like saying your great-great-great-grandmother on your father's side gave birth to you. There isn't a sudden split, but a gradual generational separation. What comes out of a "proto-chicken's" clutch of eggs are more "proto-chickens" that may or may not be eventually lead to chickens (Gallus). Some may end up as evolutionary dead ends (because they couldn't breed) or they were separated from other members from their species & end up adapting to new environments (possibly even breeding with local related species). Eventually they may lead to new species or even genera if separated long enough. Just look at Campocolinus, Peliperdix, Ortygornis, Francolinus & Scleroptila. All fowl closely related to chickens (split off around the same time the ancestors of chimps & humans split off from one another), but all those fowl look more like quail.
@@happyhippoeaters4261 No problem. I tried my best to make it simple enough to understand. Ironically enough, it was quite hard for me to explain it in a simple way. Hence why it was a bit too detailed.
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"The concept of a whale eating horses might be... jarring to say the least" - Well, if this might count, nowadays' orcas might prey upon mooses when the latter venture in coastal waters to eat algae and seagrasses.
Oh Canada
@@Overlord99762 And Alaska too (seems to be quite a frequent scenario in the Aleutines).
@@TenorCantusFirmus oh yeah, how could I forget Alaska, sorry
Except orcas are a type of dolphin, not whale, but I see your point lol
@@TheFunPop They belong to same family called cetaceans and that thing is their common ancestor
I find this very interesting and Leaves me thinking of these “smaller” animals of today could grow and diverse into numerous species
That's a fact
@Something Mildly Homophobic what’s it called that sounds like a neat read 👀
@@high_stakes_ikea7087 I believe it’s called “Serina the world of birds” im not sure though I haven’t heard of it in a while
I find it interesting how it seems like the "little creatures" end up producing the great lineages in evolution--Dinosaurs started small, little archaeopteryx produced modern birds (?), all these mini-mammals gave rise to the big bois we have today, and the creatures of the Cambrian explosion were microscopic, until they Weren't.
It's probably due to the fact that you can have more small creatures for the same mass and energy requirements as big ones, and so more genetic diversity, pound for pound.
Even for a non-Christian like me, I've always found the Biblical line "the meek shall inherit the earth" so true for evolution.
It's interesting how for both pterosaurus and bats we still didn't find fossils of their more primitive ancestors, for both groups we only find fossils of animals that already were good flyers.
This only means that... *THE ALIENS DID IT*
The bad flyers all went splat.
Actually there is a specimen that may be the ancestor to all pterosaurs but it’s still debatable. Kinda looks like a kangaroo mixed with a lizard.
Blame the Qu for that
@@jackryan8938 d
This period of mammals doesn’t get enough love they look kinda alien yet so familiar as a bio student to love this stuff and not many people talk about this period thank you!!
Yeah, its such a shame that the Paleogene and Neogene aren't really talked about by. They probably have some of the most fascinating creatures ever.
I know what to base my fantasy creatures and settings on
I can agree the Cenozoic has some pretty amazing stuff but in most classes they just talk about mammals thriving,grass spreading, the ice age, the rise of humanity, and that’s it, which I find disappointing
@@thepenguin.. at least they get more representation than the Permian
@@kingofflames738 To the general public nothing exists past the Permian.😂
"Eocene Park" would be a wonderful sequel/spinoff to Jurassic Park.
It could be a comedy.
I can see Andrewsarchus as the main antagonist. A predator with hooves? Genuinely mind blowing.🤩
jurassic world alive: I got you covered bro.
I want Cambrian Park, mostly just aquariums contain invertebrate critters.
“Ambulodectus” is actually called Ambulocetus, the ‘-cetus’ part meaning whale
at least subtitles are correct
No its ambulodectus
I'm literally drawing Ambulocetus right now haha. I had to look it up to make sure because the pronunciation confused me.
@@megazillasaurus "Ambulodectus" brings up zero search results. "Cetus" is the word for whale. It's Ambulocetus.
@@StormyTalks its spelt ambulodectus in joe mama's house which is where i live
Thank you for doing the proper research on this subject. So many people would just go with the first thing that pops up on Google and run with it. The fact that you point out that many of the species you mentioned more than likely NOT direct line of decent to their modern relatives impress me and makes me wish to see more of your content. Keep up the good work.
"In biology as well as life, you can never tell who will succeed long-term based on early signs of promise." Ouch.
The most underrated period
This channel is so underrated
The idea of a whale eating horses is unusual, until you learn that orcas are one of the predators of moose.
Only orcas are not whales.
@@Julses12 dolphins
@@mcvibing2785 yep
@@Julses12 Since dolphins are whales, yes.
@@mcvibing2785 Dolphins are whales.
Ambulocetus is am-byoo-lo-see-tuss, like the first part of ambulance and cetacean.
The Andrewsarchus almost looks like a protomammal. It’s cool to see early Eocene mammals and comparing them to their Permian ancestors to see what traits are similar or the same.
Scientists have found only a skull, so all full-bodied reconstruction are purely speculative. Although, recent studies have shown that its skull has features in common with Entelodonts. It also makes it a distant relative of whales & hippos.
Well that’s unexpected. But the skulls and teeth are both highly similar; begging the question of how are they related.
Pure speculation.
Imagine an intelligent species millions of years in the future looking at a video like this but their ancestor is a modern day squirrel. Crazy to think about
I wish we still had tiny horses
the Falabella breed has got news for you
we have tiny horses lol
@@cukip9909 I hate those tiny horses. They look freaky and are still too large
@@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad theyre really small tho, most of them are barely 1 meter tall
@@cukip9909 but not small enough. And they look freaky
I would love to see more future videos of lineages like this one. Reptiles, birds, aquatic life. Or even more mammalian life.
It’s absolutely astonishing to me how in only a few million years after the dinosaur’s extinction mammals both diversified in multiple forms and essentially overtook their evolutionary roles.
Need to point out that Eocene is not a period but an epoch, a smaller timespan of geologic time because we have better geologic dating for how recent the rocks are deposited. The period is correctly known as the Paleogene period, because that’s why the extinction event is sometimes abbreviated as K-Pg or Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction. (The “K” in the abbreviation is from the original German word for “chalk”)
These are quite educational! Thanks for posting!
These kind of videos usually have atleast 50-100k views. Underrated channel.
I found this channel recently so it seems he's had some great growth in the past year. How many views did this video have back when you saw it??
God, Great Grandpa x100 million looked fucking adorable.
Great grandpa x 100 trillion looks ugly
your channel is so underrated bro, love the content
I absolutely love your channel, I've watched a lot of your videos multiple times they are that good
wow i thought your channel got like 5mil subs. keep it up bro! love ur videos
On the note of whales preying on horses, it’s not that surprising if you consider one of the moose’s few predators is the orca.
Awesome video
This guy who is explaining me these things
Me playing Ark Survival
I know these but still i need those
Ambulocetus’s full scientific name is Ambulocetus natans. Scientists looked at that thing and called it “walking swimming whale.” They had so many options and they went with the most literal one possible.
"ambulodectus"
cracks me up everytime
Calling it a first draft is a bit cyclical, it's only the first draft because we happen to draw the line of where our category starts there, but really mammals came from other things before them, so theyre not a first draft in any way. But thats just syntax nitpicking :P. Looking at these early iterations of modern animals is super interesting
1:07 I love how there's all kinds of wild random creatures here and then in the corner just... a regular ass crocodile. XD I wonder at what point crocodiles began to look like this (and what the looked like before) because its so funny how little they've changed from so far back in time!
What's funny is that a lot of small mammals you find today used to be massive like sloths for example
Someone needs to make an animated movie where an Andrewsarchus is played/voiced by Andy Serkis. I need it... DEMAND IT!
Great video!
More of this please
Like this "paleontology" section, very cool!
-I was thinking the Moetherium (early elephant) looks more like a small hippo than a pig.
-Primates, small enough to fit into the palm of a modern day human, still existing ... that has always been nearly unbelievable to me. They can't possibly survive in the wild, being that small - and, yet, they do!
*looks at photo of ancient fish* me: hi grandpa
3:41 Can't believe they named an ancient animal after the guy who voiced gollum
I believe andrewsarchus was named after Roy Chapman Andrews, he did a lot of work for natural history in his time.
@@invisiblejaguar1 it's a joke lol, sorry. Good to know by the way, thanks.
I figured, I do like to flex my knowledge hehe
I mean if you get to discover a new species of animal it gets named after you. Pretty cool.
great video
Our small ancestors were very cute.
🙂
You need more views...
So with the bats are you saying that one of the first evolved traits among recognisable modern animals was screaming into the void? It all makes sense now
And since killer whales are descended from ungulates, like horses, the fact that they also prey on seals, which are descended from carnivores, like lions, is at least ironic.
Pinnipeds are closer to bears, if I’m remembering my cladograms correctly. So we have horse cousins eating bear cousins.
I want a Moeretherium for a pet. I will call him Mr. Arbuthnot and feed him fruit all day
When your Pokemon took millions of years to evolve
Whales that eat horses isn't that strange when you consider the fact that in modern times orcas have been known to eat moose.
“A whale eating horses might sound jarring.”
To quote Walking With Prehistoric Beasts: “This is a world where birds eat horses.” (& are in turn eaten alive by giant ants.) & “This is a sheep in wolf’s clothing.”
Very interesting!
The animal was called Ambulo*CETUS* Lit. Means Walking (ambulatory) Whale (cetacean) Ambulo*dactus*. roughly translates as Walking *Finger* or digit. I am not sure there are any animals out there, extant or extinct that are formally named "Ambulodactus."
A legend is burning
Moral of the story: It's good to be smoll.
01:30 That's a tapir
The elephant is friggin glorious
1:54 this had me dying hehehehe
Surprised the elephant ancestor wasn’t likened to the tapir, honestly thought the first painting was of tapirs
You spelled Ambulocetus wrong, my friend
And the true older ancestor of cetaceans is an animal that it's descendant is Ambulocetus:
It's called Pakicetus and its' a mammal that is fully terrestrial than Ambulocetus.
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02:10 that's a furry crocodile
3:10
Look, it's Finger-Boy
4:14
Yeahhhh granpaaaaa
Ambulocetus basically looks like a giant shrew.
2:34 some whales ate giant sloths that where bigger then horses,dose that help?
Wow, so basal ungulates still had separate fingers?😲
I wish dinos exists!
Because i want a compy...
they do
look into your backyard
Faça mais vídeos com legendas em português, por favor.
The idea of a whale eating a horse doesn't surprise me all that much, but I've had time to process the fact that Moose regularly get eaten my Orca, who are practically whales.
Big eyes = Anima😍😎
You know the Andrewsarcus does have distant relations to modern day whales, hippos, and pigs.
Great content tho.
3:41 Andy Serkis?
skipped the Paleocene
Am-Byou -Lo- See-Tus, drove me crazy how he pronounced it
I wonder how long it will take for mice to be eating elephants.
This is just God's concept art for animals
Giant dolphins eat giant deer today
Pokémon took thirty million years huh
Omg it's grandpa
That monkey ancestor is just u. Don't relate it to me🤣🤣🤣
lmao youre sad
But- but- but- *CATS* and *DOGS!!!*
I wonder what their meats tasted like.
You seem to know what your talking about, so maybe you can answer a simple question I have
If a protochicken lays a egg, and a chicken comes out, is the egg a chicken egg or a protochicken egg?
TLDR: witch came first, the chicken or the egg?
First of all, the egg came first. Hard-shell eggs evolved in the Carboniferous. As for your Chicken question, it's like saying your great-great-great-grandmother on your father's side gave birth to you. There isn't a sudden split, but a gradual generational separation. What comes out of a "proto-chicken's" clutch of eggs are more "proto-chickens" that may or may not be eventually lead to chickens (Gallus). Some may end up as evolutionary dead ends (because they couldn't breed) or they were separated from other members from their species & end up adapting to new environments (possibly even breeding with local related species). Eventually they may lead to new species or even genera if separated long enough. Just look at Campocolinus, Peliperdix, Ortygornis, Francolinus & Scleroptila. All fowl closely related to chickens (split off around the same time the ancestors of chimps & humans split off from one another), but all those fowl look more like quail.
@@i.m.evilhomer5084 I will be honest, I wasn't expecting such a detailed answer.
But this is insightful, thank you for the knowledge.
@@happyhippoeaters4261 No problem. I tried my best to make it simple enough to understand. Ironically enough, it was quite hard for me to explain it in a simple way. Hence why it was a bit too detailed.
@@i.m.evilhomer5084 That is understandable.
Ay-yocene
AmbuloDECKEDUS
Pog
Didn't Andrewsarchus evolve into modern sheep?
I thought andrewsarchus was a sheep
I was a truly cute Baby 🙈🥰
Love your content but you really need to work on your pronunciation.
Did you know that Andrewsarchus is a distant relative of Andy Serkis? The more you know
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Rocking videos. I subbed. Sexy.
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I cringed how you pronounced the names and even got some names wrong. I'm sorry but please do more research in the future.
Your pronunciations are comical
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