Right now I am stuck in a hospital bed, recovering from septic chock and major surgery. I tell you this only to let you know that your videos are a great relief of mind. Thank you.
@@concept5631 Eventually I got home, and learned to walk again. I'll never run, jump, or climb a ladder again. But why care - I can take a shower all alone again! That sounded a bit cheesy, but... Not needing assistance in the bathroom is very good for my soul. Thank you for showing care to a stranger.
@@sksk-bd7yv Sorry you've been through so much. I just want to tell you, as someone who has survived SEVERAL things most others do not: never ever ever believe a doctor when they tell you you'll never do something again or won't recover. There is almost always some type of therapy that's already helping people with your exact same problems. Currently in 2022, if it's physical or nerve damage I would look into PRP and stem cell injections. If neurological, you definitely need to find a good neurofeedback clinic. These things really can help, and there's more out there, too. But nothing can work if you don't believe it might be possible first. 🙏
I used to be a zoo nightwatchman,and often had ample opportunity of watching adult rhinos and elephants move around and run. When I saw the excellent Triceratops' mounted skelaton at the Chicago Field Museum, I brought that experience to it. The power of those creatures was beyond conception. Magnificent.
Watching these videos can never be considered a waste of time. However, I fully share your views on wishing to see these magnificent animals, alive again.
Such wonderful detail, from an author clearly possessed of deep paleontology knowledge and no fear of using anatomic and geologic terms. It’s great writing and narration!
There's something heroic about the Triceratops. Maybe because it stood its ground against the fearsome T. Rex and other carnivores. It inspires me to stick up for myself!!
The way i see it, torosaurus and triceratops could be different species but in one genus. Saying triceratops is a juvenile form is like saying a whitetail buck is a juvenile form of mule buck or elk if deer were ever extinct
@Fuck Google To be clear, the proposal isn't so much that all _Triceratops_ are juveniles, but rather all _Torosaurus_ represent really old individuals. Media coverage of the debate when the hypothesis first came out was very not good and framed the issue horribly. (" _Triceratops_ doesn't exist!!!")
@@Charlie-Charlot Possibly, but statistical studies on ceratopsian frills (including a recent one published last week focusing on _Protoceratops_ specifically) don't seem to suggest size-based dimorphism as far as the frill is concerned. It's entirely possible they were colored differently though.
Triceratops has been my favorite dinosaur ever since I was a kid. What a magnificent prehistoric animal. Its skull alone is what fascinated me the most about its anatomy. And as for my second favorite dinosaur, that would be T-Rex. The only natural predator of Triceratops.
Greatly appreciate the approach and the very specific scientific language. Its great to hear of the speculations, but also to note what we do really know versus what we'd like to believe. Keep up the great work!!!
Wonder what the herd size of Triceratops was. I always like to think that travelled in massive herds like the bison of North America, that would be an awesome sight to see hundreds or thousands of these 10 ton herbivores travelling the land. However, it’s likely that Triceratops herds weren’t that large, maybe 10 or 12 individuals max.
IIRC, there was a huge find of centrosaurs (might have been some kind of hadrosaurid instead, my paleontology course was back in 2003 so memory might be wrong) in Alberta and it was speculated that a herd might have been caught in a flood since many of the bodies were in odd positions and limb placements. And anthropology is the study of man (anthropos means “man” in Greek). Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life
Always wonderful to find a rare triceratop video on the most abundant creatures of the cretaceous period and my favorite dinosaur to ever live! Thank you! Got more?
Awesome video! Triceratops has been my favorite dinosaur since I was a little kid. When I was in middle school made a paper mâché model of one two feet long. It's fascinating to contemplate millions of upon millions of them, grazing and wandering the prehistoric landscape over the course of tens of millions of years. Seeing the bones doesn't convey the full majesty they must have displayed in real life. The Museum of the Rockies has an amazing display of dinosaur fossils including a huge array of Triceratops skulls at various stages of growth (displayed in your video if I'm not mistaken- it was brief but it looked like MotR). Thanks for an awesome presentation of an amazing animal.🙏
Yo North have you further considered doing a video on ghost hominin populations or Denisovans? Would you consider the human-neanderthal conflict theories?
Fuck Google i appreciate your name and agree with your sentiment, but that’s exactly why I think wild speculation is actually permissible. My anthropology professor says “if they discover one Hominin, assume there’s six more. If they discover 2, assume there’s 12 more in preserved.” And it is highly likely they fought eachother too
Fuck Google that Yuval ‘sapiens’ guy recently published a book in which he calls Denisovans “Homo Denisova” if that gives you any impression of how confused the experts are
This is brilliant material NORTH 02. Thank you so much for your videos. Did you know that John (Jack) Horner had many arguments with Steven Spielberg when Jurassic Park was being produced? John was the main advisor in the movie and he had problems with the way the dinosaurs were being portrayed but Spielberg wanted them to look scary. So, Spielberg got his own way in the end, mostly. (edit) P.S; I`m a palaeontologist and your videos are extremely accurate and well researched. Great work.
Although I've seen a Triceratops skeleton (when I was a child), the idea they were as large as modern elephants continues to amaze me. In popular culture we usually see them fighting Tyrannosaurs don't we, but I'm pretty sure this thing would have fought off predators easily, unless old or injured. Even juvenilles would have been deadly.
I really enjoy these videos--the variety of dinosaurs that have inhabited this planet is beyond awesome--it's really difficult to imagine the earth during that time period.
last week I had the pleasure of seeing the Horridus (? not sure if that's the name of the skeleton) triceratops skeleton at the Melbourne Museum. one of the very few times in my life that I lost all my words to describe how amazing somthing was when I saw it.
FYI: The Triceratops at the Science Museum of Minnesota is named Fafnir after the dragon in Wagner's opera. When it was first unveiled to the public Wagner's niece did the dedication.
But what it brutality? Is it an animal just hunting and eating in order to survive? A cat will hunt, kill, and eat a mouse. Brutality to me suggests an evil intent. Humans can be extremely brutal, merely in order to impose their will, or simply enjoy violence. I wouldn't judge avT Rex as brutal, neither an alligator. Mighty, yes indeed. Not a pet to cuddle. But evil, brutal? No, that trait belongs in humans only.
Really interesting as all your videos are, I find it rather strange to think Triceratops might of been solitary at least in adulthood as to me that would make them more vulnerable to predation. Anyway, looking forward to your new ancient animal video! :)
Wondering how a animal wiped out by an extinction event can be considered an ancestor to any other subsequent species? That said, the triceratops are an amazing wonder of their age. Weapons attached over a powerful shielded neck. Pretty cool indeed. While they look like a rhino perhaps the rhino is trying to evolve to the much more effective design of the triceratops.
One wonders a bit with the "fighting dinosaurs" fossil, as well as the matchup of triceratops vs Dakotaraptor, where a ceratopsian has a 10-20x weight advantage over a Dromaeosaur, what happens if the Ceratopsian wins? It might well eat the predator?
One of my pet peeves are people who argue over the use of an anatomical feature and will never acknowledge the possibility that a feature may have served more than a single function.
the frill was a passive defense to stop larger predators from crunching its neck, back during the times of biological armored beasts. just look at where it lines up whenever theyre looking up and prepared to fight.
So could sauropods and ankylosaurs. Pretty sure carcanthosaurus and gigantosaurus could do but its a 50/50. Rex is very overrated because its "American".
@@goatrex9195 Fat chance a Spinosaurus could've beaten a T-Rex in real life. I know they didn't exist at the same time or even in the same habitat but a piscivore with stubby appendages, a cumbersome weakness as its huge sail, and a weak bite with tiny teeth is hardly a match for a theropod the size Tyrannosaurs were.
@@afa78djd the sheer bone crushing ability of T rex jaws would mean its likely to win a fight with any other theropod besides a tarbosaurus. There is a reason why allosaurids went extinct in North America. The presence of tyrannosaurids. They out competed them. A giga or charcara could win sure but if a rex bites their leg its broken. Rexes have weight and sheer strength to their advantage.
I always pictured them as herd animals and if they were attacked, I'd assume they'd protect their young with a wall of horns... The adults would have stood side by side and faced their foes. The frills would have blocked the view to the young and the horns would be used as a stand-off mechanism. Any attack would be met with 9 horns as 3 animals would have range on an individual attacker. Behavior like this can be observed in elephant herds, water buffalo and many others.
Personally, I really don't see how an animal as slow as triceratops could co-exist with tyrannosaurus without having some sort of defense. I don't think it being used for intra-specific combat necessarily excludes it from self defense as well.
Excellent work on Triceratops my friend. Triceratops is still my favorite horned dinosaur because because like other Ceratopisds this guy and his kind are still the best including other herbivorous dinosaurs.
My gf thinks I’m crazy it’s 8am and I just yelled “YOO 02 POSTED” while bending in my knees and tilting my head back
Lol, we shall gather...you should prank her somehow with that, have ? 4 peeps all do it sometime... hahaha....😂🤣, I know I feel ya !
Haha
@@NORTH02 Thanks for the upload. It was very informative. I'm about to give it a second watch.
@@tigran1982 same
Right now I am stuck in a hospital bed, recovering from septic chock and major surgery. I tell you this only to let you know that your videos are a great relief of mind. Thank you.
Hope ur doing alright
@@concept5631 Eventually I got home, and learned to walk again. I'll never run, jump, or climb a ladder again. But why care - I can take a shower all alone again! That sounded a bit cheesy, but... Not needing assistance in the bathroom is very good for my soul. Thank you for showing care to a stranger.
@@sksk-bd7yv Welcome
@@sksk-bd7yv Sorry you've been through so much. I just want to tell you, as someone who has survived SEVERAL things most others do not: never ever ever believe a doctor when they tell you you'll never do something again or won't recover. There is almost always some type of therapy that's already helping people with your exact same problems. Currently in 2022, if it's physical or nerve damage I would look into PRP and stem cell injections. If neurological, you definitely need to find a good neurofeedback clinic. These things really can help, and there's more out there, too. But nothing can work if you don't believe it might be possible first. 🙏
@@frankievalentine6112 I have the very same opinion as you. Good morning! I hope you have a nice day. Thank you for your comment.
There will never be a dinosaur that’ll ever dethrone this three horned behemoth as my favorite dinosaur of all time
Same
I'd say she's my second favourite non-bird dinosaur, under allosaurus
Plus, Jesus rode one into Jerusalem
🦏💙
@@franciscogonzalez1110
Man I wish there was a triceratops emoji.
I just find it absolutely mindblowing how big these animals were back then. Our planet was like a land of the giants.
Yep Hell Creak Was Basically Like any fantasy environment shown in lotr,got,skyrim etc
I used to be a zoo nightwatchman,and often had ample opportunity of watching adult rhinos and elephants move around and run. When I saw the excellent Triceratops' mounted skelaton at the Chicago Field Museum, I brought that experience to it. The power of those creatures was beyond conception. Magnificent.
It's amazing how many things there still are to learn about even the most popularized dinosaurs!
T-Rex vs Triceratops is probably the most badass fight that has ever existed on Earth.
Allosaurus and stegosaurus
Spinosaurus vs the scientific community
@@Charlie-Charlot lol
@@Charlie-Charlot lol
Allo vs stego tho, as it was more common as a battle
Wonderful Wonderful artwork! Outstanding videos. Please keep them coming!
A great video @NORTH02. Triceratops is my favorite non-avian dinosaur ever since I was a toddler. Keep up the good work.
THANK YOU for posting these videos even when you're not in the most comfortable place to do so.
Born to late to see a Triceratops, born to early to see a Triceratops clone, born just in time to waste my time by watching a Triceratops video
It's impossible to clone a Triceratops
You call gaining knowledge a waste of time?
Weird times, man .
@RandomName I didn't know we have a Kaminoan Clone Expert here.
@RandomName lies. I use it everyday.
Watching these videos can never be considered a waste of time. However, I fully share your views on wishing to see these magnificent animals, alive again.
Such wonderful detail, from an author clearly possessed of deep paleontology knowledge and no fear of using anatomic and geologic terms. It’s great writing and narration!
Of all commentary on extinct animals yours is the best. Thank you for these wonderful videos!
There's something heroic about the Triceratops. Maybe because it stood its ground against the fearsome T. Rex and other carnivores. It inspires me to stick up for myself!!
Have you seen the size of their horns, one wrong move of a Predator it's game over .
@@stevedickson5853 Yup, totally awesome!
What other predators?
@@tylerlogan4747 o lots.
I really appreciate these longer vids. Thanks
Thanks North! For yet another great video! :)
Triceratops are always at the top of favorite dinosaurs 😎
Blows my mind that you still have under 100k subscribers. Keep it up and you'll get the following you deserve soon.
Channel is criminally under rated. Look forward to seeing you reach 250k. Best wishes and luck my guy 🙏
My late lunch is almost ready, and as soon as it is, I'll be eating while watching North02 :p
I am literally doing that right at this moment haha
Ok...?🤔
Love how your vids are short and brief but are still interesting and informative.
The way i see it, torosaurus and triceratops could be different species but in one genus. Saying triceratops is a juvenile form is like saying a whitetail buck is a juvenile form of mule buck or elk if deer were ever extinct
@Fuck Google To be clear, the proposal isn't so much that all _Triceratops_ are juveniles, but rather all _Torosaurus_ represent really old individuals. Media coverage of the debate when the hypothesis first came out was very not good and framed the issue horribly. (" _Triceratops_ doesn't exist!!!")
Could it be because of sexual dimorphism rather than age ? Wouldn’t it makes sense for males to grow larger frills for display ?
@@Charlie-Charlot Possibly, but statistical studies on ceratopsian frills (including a recent one published last week focusing on _Protoceratops_ specifically) don't seem to suggest size-based dimorphism as far as the frill is concerned. It's entirely possible they were colored differently though.
@@Adasaur250 thank you, I don’t know much about ceratopsians
Triceratops hororidus and Triceratops torosaurus is an interesting concept
Triceratops has been my favorite dinosaur ever since I was a kid. What a magnificent prehistoric animal. Its skull alone is what fascinated me the most about its anatomy. And as for my second favorite dinosaur, that would be T-Rex. The only natural predator of Triceratops.
Greatly appreciate the approach and the very specific scientific language. Its great to hear of the speculations, but also to note what we do really know versus what we'd like to believe. Keep up the great work!!!
I learned a lot more than i expected, and your choices of art are really good, subscribed. Keep it up man!
I really mean this in the best way.. Thank you North02 for being the "Bob Ross" of paleontology and early history!!!
Great videos! Keep it up, one of my favourite channels on youtube for sure
Wonder what the herd size of Triceratops was. I always like to think that travelled in massive herds like the bison of North America, that would be an awesome sight to see hundreds or thousands of these 10 ton herbivores travelling the land. However, it’s likely that Triceratops herds weren’t that large, maybe 10 or 12 individuals max.
Who knows? What’s anthropology without a little speculation
IIRC, there was a huge find of centrosaurs (might have been some kind of hadrosaurid instead, my paleontology course was back in 2003 so memory might be wrong) in Alberta and it was speculated that a herd might have been caught in a flood since many of the bodies were in odd positions and limb placements.
And anthropology is the study of man (anthropos means “man” in Greek). Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life
@@morganfreeman5260 anthropology is the study of man
Your editing is getting way better man, props !
Always wonderful to find a rare triceratop video on the most abundant creatures of the cretaceous period and my favorite dinosaur to ever live! Thank you! Got more?
I really like listening to your channel. Your presentation is very easy to understand while so informative.
OH YES! Another awesome upload. Thanks North. J
"She was my favorite when I was a kid. Now I see her, she's the most beautiful thing I ever saw."
Dr. Alan Grant, JURASSIC PARK.
Found it! XD Great video, as aways!
Outstanding presentation and details!
My favorite dinosaur!
Mine too!
Yayyyyy triceratops, my childhood favorite herbivore
Alan Grant's too.
Sadly my boy isnt the biggest ceratopsian anymore :(
Why feeling sad 😂
Even the infamous Trex wasn't the biggest theropod so chill👍
@@jaisanatanrashtra7035 i mean, t. rex is still the biggest. Yes spinossaurus and giganotosaurus are larger in size, but t.rex is the heaviest
@@jaisanatanrashtra7035 well I'm talking about ceratopsians, but t rex is still the biggest by far in terms of weight
@@goatrex9195 not true im bigger
@@goatrex9195 bro we don't have enough skeletons 😂
One day we will find fossils of flesh imprints that day Trex wouldn't be the biggest 😂
thank you for this!!!! i really enjoy these videos 🥺💕💕💕💕
Love the content man been watching all of it lately
Awesome video! Triceratops has been my favorite dinosaur since I was a little kid. When I was in middle school made a paper mâché model of one two feet long. It's fascinating to contemplate millions of upon millions of them, grazing and wandering the prehistoric landscape over the course of tens of millions of years. Seeing the bones doesn't convey the full majesty they must have displayed in real life. The Museum of the Rockies has an amazing display of dinosaur fossils including a huge array of Triceratops skulls at various stages of growth (displayed in your video if I'm not mistaken- it was brief but it looked like MotR). Thanks for an awesome presentation of an amazing animal.🙏
Excellent video, very interesting and well put together.
i really like your videos,probably the best description of the triceratops thanks a bunch
Excellent job! Thanks.
Thank you. I loved the Allosaurus one. My favorite dinosaur. These are awesome too !
I enjoyed the deep dive!
Thanks for the upload 👍🤗
Dinosaurs of the animals.
Yo North have you further considered doing a video on ghost hominin populations or Denisovans? Would you consider the human-neanderthal conflict theories?
I haven’t looked into it yet and sounds like an intimidating topic but we will see!
Fuck Google i appreciate your name and agree with your sentiment, but that’s exactly why I think wild speculation is actually permissible. My anthropology professor says “if they discover one Hominin, assume there’s six more. If they discover 2, assume there’s 12 more in preserved.” And it is highly likely they fought eachother too
Fuck Google that Yuval ‘sapiens’ guy recently published a book in which he calls Denisovans “Homo Denisova” if that gives you any impression of how confused the experts are
This is brilliant material NORTH 02. Thank you so much for your videos. Did you know that John (Jack) Horner had many arguments with Steven Spielberg when Jurassic Park was being produced? John was the main advisor in the movie and he had problems with the way the dinosaurs were being portrayed but Spielberg wanted them to look scary. So, Spielberg got his own way in the end, mostly. (edit) P.S; I`m a palaeontologist and your videos are extremely accurate and well researched. Great work.
Excellent video
Although I've seen a Triceratops skeleton (when I was a child), the idea they were as large as modern elephants continues to amaze me. In popular culture we usually see them fighting Tyrannosaurs don't we, but I'm pretty sure this thing would have fought off predators easily, unless old or injured. Even juvenilles would have been deadly.
Best dinosaur to have ever lived
I really enjoy these videos--the variety of dinosaurs that have inhabited this planet is beyond awesome--it's really difficult to imagine the earth during that time period.
I love this series! I would love to see your take on Psittacosaurus
last week I had the pleasure of seeing the Horridus (? not sure if that's the name of the skeleton) triceratops skeleton at the Melbourne Museum. one of the very few times in my life that I lost all my words to describe how amazing somthing was when I saw it.
Plz Make A Video On Gorgosaurus
Magnificent work, well done brother !!!
Eotriceratops : Hold my fern 😎
Triceratops has always been my favorite dinosaur. Thanks for the video.
What an impressive animal with that huge, formidable head!
FYI: The Triceratops at the Science Museum of Minnesota is named Fafnir after the dragon in Wagner's opera. When it was first unveiled to the public Wagner's niece did the dedication.
12:49
Holy shit that’s brutal
“Tyrannical brutality of tyrannosaurus” couldn’t have said it better. You don’t become the king by being soft 👑
But what it brutality? Is it an animal just hunting and eating in order to survive? A cat will hunt, kill, and eat a mouse. Brutality to me suggests an evil intent. Humans can be extremely brutal, merely in order to impose their will, or simply enjoy violence. I wouldn't judge avT Rex as brutal, neither an alligator. Mighty, yes indeed. Not a pet to cuddle. But evil, brutal? No, that trait belongs in humans only.
@@sksk-bd7yv
Imo orcas and bottlenose dolphins too
@@sksk-bd7yv Brutality has been exibited by other animal such as chimpanzees and or orcas. So you're incorrect sir.
My brother favorite dinosaurs he would love this video, great job North o2 keep making fascinating videos.
Really interesting as all your videos are, I find it rather strange to think Triceratops might of been solitary at least in adulthood as to me that would make them more vulnerable to predation.
Anyway, looking forward to your new ancient animal video! :)
I picture it like a bison, bison will often spend time alone when they are full grown but also spend a lot of time in groups.
Maybe you can combine similar animals or types s (or divergent ones) in your videos to make them around the 10+ minute mark.
Wondering how a animal wiped out by an extinction event can be considered an ancestor to any other subsequent species? That said, the triceratops are an amazing wonder of their age. Weapons attached over a powerful shielded neck. Pretty cool indeed. While they look like a rhino perhaps the rhino is trying to evolve to the much more effective design of the triceratops.
Amazing! A lot I did not know about it
One wonders a bit with the "fighting dinosaurs" fossil, as well as the matchup of triceratops vs Dakotaraptor, where a ceratopsian has a 10-20x weight advantage over a Dromaeosaur, what happens if the Ceratopsian wins? It might well eat the predator?
One of my pet peeves are people who argue over the use of an anatomical feature and will never acknowledge the possibility that a feature may have served more than a single function.
I paint mine in teal (that's blue & green by the way) & red headed for males. Also i give them purple feathering
Is it possible to suggest animals for future videos? Allosaurus and the Coelacanth are my suggestions.
He made a video about Allosaurus. ruclips.net/video/QWZkWPdNRQI/видео.html
He made a video about allosaurus
I’m sorry, I’ve not been a subscriber to North 02 long enough to know that and I apologise.
Sublime content!
Good GOD the picture at 12:45 is *BRUTAL* I love it
Not really I've watched more
Big as a Mack truck! Awesome! Kudos and thanks for great presentation.
My absolute favorite Dino ❤️❤️❤️ Badass Triceratops
Kelenken and other Terror Birds would be cool as well as the Shringasaurus. Thank you for making these videos.
Thanks for a great video! Hope you can get out of your car and warm up! 🤗
Great video
Wonderful video watched in full
the frill was a passive defense to stop larger predators from crunching its neck, back during the times of biological armored beasts.
just look at where it lines up whenever theyre looking up and prepared to fight.
Triceratops is one dinosaur that can beat t rex in a fight :)
So could sauropods and ankylosaurs. Pretty sure carcanthosaurus and gigantosaurus could do but its a 50/50. Rex is very overrated because its "American".
@@goatrex9195 Fat chance a Spinosaurus could've beaten a T-Rex in real life. I know they didn't exist at the same time or even in the same habitat but a piscivore with stubby appendages, a cumbersome weakness as its huge sail, and a weak bite with tiny teeth is hardly a match for a theropod the size Tyrannosaurs were.
@@goatrex9195 someone's been watching Jurassic Park 3...
@@afa78djd actually no spinosaurus probably couldn't beat the trex
@@afa78djd the sheer bone crushing ability of T rex jaws would mean its likely to win a fight with any other theropod besides a tarbosaurus. There is a reason why allosaurids went extinct in North America. The presence of tyrannosaurids. They out competed them. A giga or charcara could win sure but if a rex bites their leg its broken. Rexes have weight and sheer strength to their advantage.
Sound at 14:05?
You should do a video on the crocodiamorphs!
Why do you consistently upload right before my classes start
Thank you very much. Very Interesting and good Information. From London, England.
11:15 We go from Superfly Full-On African vibe to 11:20 "hi, i'm made out of dirt"
I always pictured them as herd animals and if they were attacked, I'd assume they'd protect their young with a wall of horns... The adults would have stood side by side and faced their foes. The frills would have blocked the view to the young and the horns would be used as a stand-off mechanism. Any attack would be met with 9 horns as 3 animals would have range on an individual attacker. Behavior like this can be observed in elephant herds, water buffalo and many others.
It makes me sad we will never see one of these beasts :(
Wow excellent video
Personally, I really don't see how an animal as slow as triceratops could co-exist with tyrannosaurus without having some sort of defense.
I don't think it being used for intra-specific combat necessarily excludes it from self defense as well.
I agree.
My favorite Ceratopsian
3:40 wtf????!!!??
what a big head it was😲😲 😂😂
What’s the music you used in this video called
yay my favorite dino, thanks for the video!
You should make a video on deinonchuyus
Seems no one can make a video about Triceratops without a cameo by Fafner, the triceratops at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
You're a champion 👍👍👍🤠🏴☠️
Excellent work on Triceratops my friend. Triceratops is still my favorite horned dinosaur because because like other Ceratopisds this guy and his kind are still the best including other herbivorous dinosaurs.
great video, thank you =)
Triceratops has to be the ultimate defensive large creature to ever walk the earth.