When they first start out introducing themselves, they're a little uneasy and bashful, only to immediately display confidence and care to their lesson on prehistoric reptiles. Inspiring stuff.
That's generally what happens when people aren't exactly comfortable with public speaking, but then have a chance to get nerdy about something they love
Seriously impressive that you have been producing these videos all the while completing academic studies. I had you measure up as a PHD student of higher given your adroit coverage of the subject you clearly have so much passion for. Thank you for bringing your passion to all of us. We are gifted by your gift for understanding and explaining palaeontology.
Thank you so much for simply using the term "reptiles", not something sensationalized like "monsters." Animals, living or dead, should not be referred to as monsters. That just reinforces the idea that nature is somehow intentionally malevolent or adversarial to human existence. We need to find a way to coexist with nature, not demonize it.
It was so cute how you all started out so nervous and then got into the flow of it a little better as you went and started talking about the things you know so much about and are so interested in.
So cute how you all started out slow and bashful - then got into the subject and gained your confidence. Great talk, may you do many more (and put those talks on RUclips)
Can I just say how amazing it is to see you grow over the years? From years ago when I first discovered your channel through all of it and now. You're about as old as me, I remember a levels less than a year apart and it was kind of amazing to hear that, it reminds me how far everyone has come. I didn't turn out to study the same, but I am still a huge nerd about paleontology, and I sincerely thank you for making the science more accessible so I can stay informed even next to my quite stressful course of study and work. Please keep doing what you do!
I've been wanting to learn more about ichthyosaurs ever since reading Gates of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This vod is edited much better than I was expecting for a live talk. Thanks for using good equipment, and for taking a thorough look at the production before releasing this material.
As a Shark nerd & the first specialized fossil shark podcaster, I must admit highly predatory modern sharks Only evolved & dominated because these ancient sea lizards went extinct for whatever reason, and sharks were able to survive and soon fill the void. These creatures are very deserving of study, attention, and praise, more likely than not
@Jurassic Ark: Jordanisgreat Yeah probably true (*see below). Amazing nature knows there's always a potential open niche at the top and usually something evolves to claim it (i.e. dunkleosteus, megalodon, largest huge pliosaurs, orcas, etc) we take them for granted but takes huge energy costs to evolve mega predators. But where there's a way, there's a will, I suppose, nature will figure it out. *Sharks have been always there pretty much yes (tho the first modern highly predatory lamniform sharks didn't evolve until around 100 million years ago, well after the golden age of top reptile marine predators. There were still large marine reptile predators in the cretaceous, but doesn't seem anywhere near the dominance (size, species abunance/ firm hold on the top predatory niches) they had during the Jurassic. New species can/do evolve during times of stasis, but seems more likely most major change/evolution occurs after extinction events or in response to changing environments. With the extinction of many marine Reptiles sometime during or after the Jurassic, a meso-predator release happened where modern sharks evolved and thrived much more than they did during the Jurassic. Sharks were still hit hard (or at least many of them) by the end cretaceous extinctions (the topic of my first elasmobranch evolution podcast, for those curious about it and don't want to read lots of scientific literature or if there's no documentaries about it yet) and haven't always been at the top of the global marine food chain , but yep their consistency and diversity among predatory fish or any marine predators over time is basically unmatched Edit: and it's a myth/ romanticizing the mosasaurs that they were alone at the top/ the only big bad marine predators in the cretaceous. Shark diversity was pretty solid all the way until the K-T extinctions, had sharks of lots of forms including ginsu shark (Cretoxyrhina), squalicorax aka crow shark, goblin sharks (in shallow seas not just in deep ocean like nowadays), cretalamna, etc. mostly those ancient mackerel sharks. I'm no absolute cretaceous expert, but I do know it was a mix of mosasaurs and sharks dominating in at least much of the cretaceous, and some bony fish like Xiphactinus to some degree
LOVED this presentation style!!! Felt like the worlds most interesting hour of school. You all always do an unbelievable job adding the graphs, scientific studies, and a mix of pictures and skeletons for us less educated on it to be able to make the jump and understand and appreciate the little bones we are seeing
That was a great talk you all gave! Really informative and easy to follow. Also not too long either.😄 The "rivalry" between your favourite marine reptiles was also funny and i'd think adds to your enthusiasm to the listeners😄
Was having a conversation on Facebook about ichthyosaurs. They said the artists rendering should look like a turtle or a croc because that's what marine reptiles look like. I tried to explain convergent evolution and they decided that scientists just mistook dolphins for reptiles. I quit trying at that point. I'm happy as a clam to info dump about evolution but not with someone who refuses to understand.
Amazing stuff truly, as an aspiring paleontology student you have heightened my drive tenfold over the years 🙏🙏❤️ Pliosaurs are such amazing animals in particular, almost like living oar driven boats!
Fascinating, loved all the detail and your collective enthusiasm presenting it makes me want even more. Would totally pay to have you all as personal museum guides.
That was interesting and you didn't need to worry and sound nervous at the start. More up to date, I was shown around a crocodile farm and had a neat explanation of one given to me. Now this type looked more delicate than the others with a finer skin. For ladies' purses perhaps? It had a long slender snout with a saucer shape at the end. The guide explained, "This one eats fish and catches people for bait".
@@patreekotime4578 It certainly gave me that impression, but why was it not introduced as such? What was it doing in Africa? Apart from growing to a suitable size. That's another thing. Are there any Gharials left in India.
You did great and this was very interesting as always :D I actually also had my first public presentation last week so thats a funny coincidence. Though mine was about Hydrogen applications in the Public sector
I grew up in Abingdon and Wootton. I went to a school called Dry Sandford in Wootton and the area was completely full of small fossils. There's a reserve close by that has lots of sand banks too. I loved it as a kid!
It is great to see young people not only taking interest in prehistoric animals but also actively pursuing a career in discovering and studying these creatures.
We have that same problem in Louisiana. We were part of the Western Interior Seaway for most of the Mesozoic. We've had an Icthyosaur or two found here.
You did the presentation really well. Sounds like you were spacing your words, great. Though the individual words were often said really fast, so that I couldn't quite catch exactly what you were saying, and had to replay a couple of times to get the names properly. Overall though, fantastic job guys. Thanks.
Side of the Moon. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)
Itd be cool to study icthyosaurs for college especially since theres really good specimens i was at a dentist office they had a whole icthyosaur fossil in the sediment on the wall i dont know if its a recreation probably but it looked nice
Between ichthyosaurs potentially showing up as early as the Late Permian and the thalassosuchians as early as the Triassic, it makes one wonder as to what was going on that allowed different groups of archosaurs (?) to claim the oceans as soon as they did.
I suspect the face-biting may be evidence of mating behavior? We see fin biting in modern sharks and rays, but, those are unrelated to these critters. Today I learned from an offhand comment that there's actually difference between Pliosaur and Mosasur. I thought they were same before now. Because of this confusion I had, I think it would be brilliant if you were to do a video about animals that look extremely similar, but, are, in fact completely different species and what makes them different from each other. :)
Great job, guys! I can tell you were a little nervous still, try slowing your speech down a bit and remember to let yourself breathe between words. Cheers!
It's so weird how few marine reptiles there currently now is, in this day of age. Since the fossil record limits the ability to know: I'm curious what ancient Eel's, squid's, octopus, cuttlefish, and other soft bodied creatures were like in our ancient past?
I live near a clay/shale “pit” in northern midwest burgerland, an area that was part of the interior seaway, dating to about 90-75mya. We have found many croc teeth, a croc snout, and vertebrae. Along with snails, ammonites, bivalves, and sharks. HOWEVER, a Vertebrae found here many years ago, iirc is now in an Ohio museum, maybe from an ichthyosaur, the last of the ichthyosaurs, but it’s yet to be confirmed. Unfortunately it’s very hard to get to the material, as it’s buried beneath 150ft of glacial till, the fossil layer only being exposed by old mines.
Wait… I thought the only aquatic animals in the UK was “fish & chips”!!?? Very interesting presentation fellas!! You are very good at sharing information for simple people like myself to understand lol! Good luck with your schooling!
Well thats cool i live in wootton just outside abingdon when were kids we used to ride our bikes around cothill if you want fossils and bones set into a steep bank thats very high its worth checking out mate
Off-topic discussion: Bovids are hoofed mammals that comprise the family Bovidae, living bovids range in size from the royal antelope to the gaur, living bovids are only found in North America, Eurasia, and Africa, all bovids have a single sharp end on each horn, this is present in both males and females, males tend to have longer horns than females, as the largest and most diverse family of living hoofed mammals, there are over one-hundred-and-sixty-four extant species within seventy-two genera, ten subfamilies and three major clades, the major clades are the primitive clade, the cattle-like clade, and the goat-like clade, the primitive clade consists of three subfamilies: Ovibovinae (Muskox, Takin, Gorals, Mountain Goat, Serows, Chamoises, and Tahrs), Hippotraginae (Grazing Antelope), and Alcelaphinae (Hartebeests, Wildebeests, Damalisks, and Hirola), the cattle-like clade consists of three subfamilies: Peleinae (Rhebok), Reduncinae (Reedbucks, Lechwes, Kob, Puku, and Waterbuck), and Bovinae (Cattle, Spiral-Horned Antelope, Nilgai, and Chousingha), and the goat-like clade consists of four subfamilies: Caprinae (Goats and Sheep), Antilopinae (Gazelles and True Antelope), Cephalophinae (Duikers), and Neotraginae (Dwarf Antelope).
It is odd that dinosaurs never really took them the oceans until..penguins maybe ? Where reptiles went in pretty quick and mammals went relatively quick after gaining dominance
I have a question about speculative evolution: you know how there are scientist who think that, given time and if we don't manage to wipe them out, polar bear will go full aquatic? Do you think it would have been possible that, given time, spinosaurids would have evolved to challenge mosasaurids as the rulers of the seas?
Ben, in reference to those injuries; have you considered them to be the result of mating behaviour? Sharks are like the lizards that live around here, the males bite the female to hold onto her for mating. I have seen instances of both... and I am quite inexperienced in the study of biology. Female sharks get quite a lot of injuries around the area of their gills at mating time. As Ichthyosaurs were viviparous, I would suggest this is strongly indicated.
When they first start out introducing themselves, they're a little uneasy and bashful, only to immediately display confidence and care to their lesson on prehistoric reptiles. Inspiring stuff.
I used to struggle immensely with public speaking, you gotta find your own rhythm. Definitely get better as the presentation continues.
That's generally what happens when people aren't exactly comfortable with public speaking, but then have a chance to get nerdy about something they love
I was an instructor in the military. Public speaking is natural for very few people. Practice and experience matters.
Seriously impressive that you have been producing these videos all the while completing academic studies. I had you measure up as a PHD student of higher given your adroit coverage of the subject you clearly have so much passion for. Thank you for bringing your passion to all of us. We are gifted by your gift for understanding and explaining palaeontology.
Those ancient marine reptiles are so fascinating, real shame they don't get as much attention in mainstream media
They kinda do though.
It’s all because of maaagical liopleurodooon ❤️
@@mjm3091 only mosasaurus does not pliosaurus
Mosa? They gave him some scenes in the Jurassic world movies he’s a movie star!
Thank you so much for simply using the term "reptiles", not something sensationalized like "monsters." Animals, living or dead, should not be referred to as monsters. That just reinforces the idea that nature is somehow intentionally malevolent or adversarial to human existence. We need to find a way to coexist with nature, not demonize it.
Idk, have you seen a Mississippi Mosquito?
That's just how you feel about the word it has more than the negative connotation you've assigned it
It was so cute how you all started out so nervous and then got into the flow of it a little better as you went and started talking about the things you know so much about and are so interested in.
So cute how you all started out slow and bashful - then got into the subject and gained your confidence.
Great talk, may you do many more (and put those talks on RUclips)
Can I just say how amazing it is to see you grow over the years? From years ago when I first discovered your channel through all of it and now. You're about as old as me, I remember a levels less than a year apart and it was kind of amazing to hear that, it reminds me how far everyone has come. I didn't turn out to study the same, but I am still a huge nerd about paleontology, and I sincerely thank you for making the science more accessible so I can stay informed even next to my quite stressful course of study and work. Please keep doing what you do!
I've been wanting to learn more about ichthyosaurs ever since reading Gates of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This vod is edited much better than I was expecting for a live talk. Thanks for using good equipment, and for taking a thorough look at the production before releasing this material.
This is such a great, detailed and very informative presentation.
As a Shark nerd & the first specialized fossil shark podcaster, I must admit highly predatory modern sharks Only evolved & dominated because these ancient sea lizards went extinct for whatever reason, and sharks were able to survive and soon fill the void. These creatures are very deserving of study, attention, and praise, more likely than not
To be fair sharks have always been able to coexist with preda bigger than them
@Jurassic Ark: Jordanisgreat Yeah probably true (*see below). Amazing nature knows there's always a potential open niche at the top and usually something evolves to claim it (i.e. dunkleosteus, megalodon, largest huge pliosaurs, orcas, etc) we take them for granted but takes huge energy costs to evolve mega predators. But where there's a way, there's a will, I suppose, nature will figure it out.
*Sharks have been always there pretty much yes (tho the first modern highly predatory lamniform sharks didn't evolve until around 100 million years ago, well after the golden age of top reptile marine predators. There were still large marine reptile predators in the cretaceous, but doesn't seem anywhere near the dominance (size, species abunance/ firm hold on the top predatory niches) they had during the Jurassic. New species can/do evolve during times of stasis, but seems more likely most major change/evolution occurs after extinction events or in response to changing environments. With the extinction of many marine Reptiles sometime during or after the Jurassic, a meso-predator release happened where modern sharks evolved and thrived much more than they did during the Jurassic. Sharks were still hit hard (or at least many of them) by the end cretaceous extinctions (the topic of my first elasmobranch evolution podcast, for those curious about it and don't want to read lots of scientific literature or if there's no documentaries about it yet) and haven't always been at the top of the global marine food chain , but yep their consistency and diversity among predatory fish or any marine predators over time is basically unmatched
Edit: and it's a myth/ romanticizing the mosasaurs that they were alone at the top/ the only big bad marine predators in the cretaceous. Shark diversity was pretty solid all the way until the K-T extinctions, had sharks of lots of forms including ginsu shark (Cretoxyrhina), squalicorax aka crow shark, goblin sharks (in shallow seas not just in deep ocean like nowadays), cretalamna, etc. mostly those ancient mackerel sharks. I'm no absolute cretaceous expert, but I do know it was a mix of mosasaurs and sharks dominating in at least much of the cretaceous, and some bony fish like Xiphactinus to some degree
Sharks and crocodiles are great survivors 🦈🐊.
LOVED this presentation style!!! Felt like the worlds most interesting hour of school.
You all always do an unbelievable job adding the graphs, scientific studies, and a mix of pictures and skeletons for us less educated on it to be able to make the jump and understand and appreciate the little bones we are seeing
Imagine "blue planet"-style documentary about Cretaceous seas... Water is sexy
That was a great talk you all gave! Really informative and easy to follow. Also not too long either.😄
The "rivalry" between your favourite marine reptiles was also funny and i'd think adds to your enthusiasm to the listeners😄
TIME TO BE A COOL GEEK YEE HAW
Well look at you guys all important giving scientific lectures. Truly inspiring to see such passion.
This channel, Anton Petrov and geologyhub are literally the only channels I regularly keep up to date with. Thanks for being awesome
Was having a conversation on Facebook about ichthyosaurs. They said the artists rendering should look like a turtle or a croc because that's what marine reptiles look like. I tried to explain convergent evolution and they decided that scientists just mistook dolphins for reptiles. I quit trying at that point. I'm happy as a clam to info dump about evolution but not with someone who refuses to understand.
Great presentation. Makes me want to visit the UK and dig around in some local museums.
Amazing stuff truly, as an aspiring paleontology student you have heightened my drive tenfold over the years 🙏🙏❤️ Pliosaurs are such amazing animals in particular, almost like living oar driven boats!
Fascinating, loved all the detail and your collective enthusiasm presenting it makes me want even more. Would totally pay to have you all as personal museum guides.
Thanks for making this, guys.
Brilliant talk. Prehistoric marine reptiles don't get enough coverage. Just needed a Mosasaur expert in there.
That was interesting and you didn't need to worry and sound nervous at the start.
More up to date, I was shown around a crocodile farm and had a neat explanation of one given to me.
Now this type looked more delicate than the others with a finer skin. For ladies' purses perhaps? It had a long slender snout with a saucer shape at the end.
The guide explained, "This one eats fish and catches people for bait".
Sounds like a gharial, from India.
@@patreekotime4578
It certainly gave me that impression, but why was it not introduced as such?
What was it doing in Africa? Apart from growing to a suitable size.
That's another thing. Are there any Gharials left in India.
This was fascinating! Thank you so much for uploading the presentation 👍
Very interesting talk comparing the different marine reptiles. You guys stayed nicely focused and didn't repeat yourselves or each other.
You did great and this was very interesting as always :D I actually also had my first public presentation last week so thats a funny coincidence. Though mine was about Hydrogen applications in the Public sector
I grew up in Abingdon and Wootton. I went to a school called Dry Sandford in Wootton and the area was completely full of small fossils. There's a reserve close by that has lots of sand banks too. I loved it as a kid!
Thanks for posting this. Fantastic, learnt a lot.
Slick and fascinating production, many thanks.
crazy how sharks were able to survive all these predators
i love people talking about what they love, could listen to this for hours!!
Awesome presentation. As a total layman I was able to keep up and understand ,mostly. Ty for your work.
Well Done. I know live presentations are nerve racking but it gets easier over time.
i grew up alongside this channel, been followed Ben since highschool now i'm at my mid 20s
Im in a course about marine reptiles and this was greatly informative. ❤️ Thanks
Thanks for sharing this talk. Interesting, informative, and downright enjoyable.
Awesome!!! Best of luck on your Doctoral Thesis. Can't wait for your first book!!
I enjoyed this immensely, I have to watch this again, again, again
I hope you three go on to get your doctorates and teach someday. Beautifully done!
Bro keep up the good work!!You guys are doing some great work specially in your research theses videos!!
im proud of you guys. great to see you struggling through a presentation. Please do keep it up! Its not an easy subject
I liked how as soon as it was Eddie's turn, the high-pitched mouth chirps started happening.
im 18, and ive wanted to work in paleontology since i was a kid
asking you where to start is the next step to achieving my dream
It is great to see young people not only taking interest in prehistoric animals but also actively pursuing a career in discovering and studying these creatures.
Amazing presentations from everyone. I learned a lot. You should all be proud.
The Ichthyosaur is the Nevada State Fossil, from back when we were a sea way. Very few dinosaurs here, for the same reason.
We have that same problem in Louisiana. We were part of the Western Interior Seaway for most of the Mesozoic. We've had an Icthyosaur or two found here.
You are the best! such good work!
Ben I’ve been watching you for awhile this convinced me to sub well done
You did the presentation really well. Sounds like you were spacing your words, great. Though the individual words were often said really fast, so that I couldn't quite catch exactly what you were saying, and had to replay a couple of times to get the names properly.
Overall though, fantastic job guys. Thanks.
I enjoy watching these videos while eating on my lunch breaks... It's like the little scientists are chillin with me.
Informative stuff! I know very little about marine reptiles compared to dinosaurs, so I appreciate the opportunity to learn.
You did amazing. As long as you don't say Ummm so much you have all got it in the bag. So glad to see your progress.
You guys did a wonderful job! 👏😊
Thoroughly interesting and informative!
Fantastic presentation!
Great talk- any chance for a future discussion of why Ichthyosaurs and marine crocs lineages did not survive to the end K-Pg extinction?
So proud of you guys!!!!!
Well done guys, great presentation 👍
Side of the Moon. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)
Excellent presentation future rock stars
Well done; I greatly appreciated it.
YESSS!
Itd be cool to study icthyosaurs for college especially since theres really good specimens i was at a dentist office they had a whole icthyosaur fossil in the sediment on the wall i dont know if its a recreation probably but it looked nice
FINALLY MARINE REPTILE DISCUSSION!
Always my favourite chapter in reptile evolution.
Seeing the two transorming from Awkward students to the content creators I know was amazing, and your presentation doesn't trail behind.
Hurrah for you young folk carrying science forward!
Great job!!
Love this stuff
Between ichthyosaurs potentially showing up as early as the Late Permian and the thalassosuchians as early as the Triassic, it makes one wonder as to what was going on that allowed different groups of archosaurs (?) to claim the oceans as soon as they did.
Watched these creatures on channel Dinosaur Channel this morning self.
I suspect the face-biting may be evidence of mating behavior? We see fin biting in modern sharks and rays, but, those are unrelated to these critters.
Today I learned from an offhand comment that there's actually difference between Pliosaur and Mosasur. I thought they were same before now. Because of this confusion I had, I think it would be brilliant if you were to do a video about animals that look extremely similar, but, are, in fact completely different species and what makes them different from each other. :)
Similar traits shared between distantly related or unrelated animals is due to what is known as "convergent evolution."
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Mesozoic water .
Great Job!
Great job, guys! I can tell you were a little nervous still, try slowing your speech down a bit and remember to let yourself breathe between words. Cheers!
I live in Pompy that’s mad gonna have to keep an eye out for you around town ahah
It's so weird how few marine reptiles there currently now is, in this day of age. Since the fossil record limits the ability to know: I'm curious what ancient Eel's, squid's, octopus, cuttlefish, and other soft bodied creatures were like in our ancient past?
Marine Reptiles are so interesting
40 m Ben G Thomas video? oh baby it is a good day
I live near a clay/shale “pit” in northern midwest burgerland, an area that was part of the interior seaway, dating to about 90-75mya. We have found many croc teeth, a croc snout, and vertebrae. Along with snails, ammonites, bivalves, and sharks. HOWEVER, a Vertebrae found here many years ago, iirc is now in an Ohio museum, maybe from an ichthyosaur, the last of the ichthyosaurs, but it’s yet to be confirmed. Unfortunately it’s very hard to get to the material, as it’s buried beneath 150ft of glacial till, the fossil layer only being exposed by old mines.
Wait… I thought the only aquatic animals in the UK was “fish & chips”!!?? Very interesting presentation fellas!! You are very good at sharing information for simple people like myself to understand lol! Good luck with your schooling!
Well done Gentlemen!!!
Well thats cool i live in wootton just outside abingdon when were kids we used to ride our bikes around cothill if you want fossils and bones set into a steep bank thats very high its worth checking out mate
I am so “proud of you” all. I have been watching your videos for years!!! 🇵🇱🧸⛺️🛶🏳️🌈👩🍳🇺🇸
I love it when a man talks rocks and bones to me
Off-topic discussion: Bovids are hoofed mammals that comprise the family Bovidae, living bovids range in size from the royal antelope to the gaur, living bovids are only found in North America, Eurasia, and Africa, all bovids have a single sharp end on each horn, this is present in both males and females, males tend to have longer horns than females, as the largest and most diverse family of living hoofed mammals, there are over one-hundred-and-sixty-four extant species within seventy-two genera, ten subfamilies and three major clades, the major clades are the primitive clade, the cattle-like clade, and the goat-like clade, the primitive clade consists of three subfamilies: Ovibovinae (Muskox, Takin, Gorals, Mountain Goat, Serows, Chamoises, and Tahrs), Hippotraginae (Grazing Antelope), and Alcelaphinae (Hartebeests, Wildebeests, Damalisks, and Hirola), the cattle-like clade consists of three subfamilies: Peleinae (Rhebok), Reduncinae (Reedbucks, Lechwes, Kob, Puku, and Waterbuck), and Bovinae (Cattle, Spiral-Horned Antelope, Nilgai, and Chousingha), and the goat-like clade consists of four subfamilies: Caprinae (Goats and Sheep), Antilopinae (Gazelles and True Antelope), Cephalophinae (Duikers), and Neotraginae (Dwarf Antelope).
Beware of a commenter called Indy Reno posting nonsense taxonomy and other flawed info. He does this all the time and stubbornly ignores criticism.
Bathysuchus looks like a river dweller. Similar features as a Johnston's (freshie) croc.
It is odd that dinosaurs never really took them the oceans until..penguins maybe ? Where reptiles went in pretty quick and mammals went relatively quick after gaining dominance
I have a question about speculative evolution: you know how there are scientist who think that, given time and if we don't manage to wipe them out, polar bear will go full aquatic?
Do you think it would have been possible that, given time, spinosaurids would have evolved to challenge mosasaurids as the rulers of the seas?
25:50 Do they reckon pliosaurus carpenteri evolved into pliosaurus westburyensis?
Looks that Plesiosuchus have taken the Leopard seal body-type niche.
Teeth also.
go on, go on...
That was a weirdly creepy thumbnail of an ichthyosaur lmao
37:49 A Rick & Morty reference!
You guys are adorable :3
Amazing the diversity crocodiles once had. Even though they survives the Cretaceous Extinction, their diversity is a shadow of what it once was.☹
any historic ones besides the marine iguana?
Ah, the water dinosaurs.
Ben, in reference to those injuries; have you considered them to be the result of mating behaviour?
Sharks are like the lizards that live around here, the males bite the female to hold onto her for mating. I have seen instances of both... and I am quite inexperienced in the study of biology. Female sharks get quite a lot of injuries around the area of their gills at mating time.
As Ichthyosaurs were viviparous, I would suggest this is strongly indicated.
Man I wish I had my major in paleo, not in math
Math would have been a more lucrative field.
Wish mine wasn't accountancy
@@donaldmackerer9032 If and only if my coursemy course wasn't made for control theorists
You should credit artists for your thumbnail art. Thats my work in your thumbnail and its uncredited in the description.