I imagine the burrows of the gigantic digging sloths. How enormous they must be, and that they're populated by huge fluffy ogre things. It's like a dnd encounter
@@christosgiannopoulos828 Thank you. I admit I've been toying with an idea akin to DnD, a world populated with creatures that inhabited Earth in its past.
The sucess of marine sloths is also an intresting thing to me Its a clade you wouldn’t expect to be so sucessful yet managed to pull through in this volatile world
Honestly sloths are one of the best mammal groups. It's so unfortunate that we don't have ground sloths anymore, since geologically we basically just missed them. The video is excellent as always. I like that you included an overview of the cladistics of the group as it's something that is not always touched upon and I feel like a lot of people are unfamiliar how diverse these animals were.
Your world is prosperous, wild and magnificent, featuring a diversity of unimaginable shapes and sizes! Apart from luck, they had patience, determination and a high amount of gastronomy (even proving to be imposing despite their calm nature!) I also adore the modern / prehistoric fauna of South America and I love how you develop it in very unique ways !!
Since you’ve added more sloths to the cast, I hope that we get another video deep diving into this group. Like what you did for pterosaurs and elephants
I have another sloth episode coming up. I'm not yet sure how I'm going to go about it. Might try to draw all the sloth species, but it depends on how much time I have that week.
I stumbled upon your channel and upon watching this, I'm greatly impressed. Prehistoric sloths have held my interest since I was a kid, and this subject really entices that nostalgia. It's interesting how sloths here have filled in several niches, and explained so thoroughly. I'm reminded of one interpretation of semi aquatic sloths that were given some features seen on elephant seals, as well as behaviors.
I think you're thinking of Hodari's Thalassocnus! A really interesting and plausible take in morphology and behavior of a relative of the Kaimeran thalassocnomorphs. I followed the pseudo trunk theory of later Thalassocnus species in the bottom punters, and equipped the swimmers with more of a blowhole.
@@TalesofKaimere hey Keenan, what’s your next vid about cuz I want to make fanart about the next creature feature, you can even just hint at it cuz it makes it more fun for me
From the title card I thought there was going to be a major predator sloth as well. Good thing there isn’t as I don’t know if the known world could handle anymore predators
Probably my favourite video so far. Also ground sloths are one of my favourite prehistoric creatures and your work with their "lore" in Kaimere and their ecology is amazing.
I actually am part of the Paleoburrows project here in Brasil, that researches the giant, extinct xenarthran burrows. Seeing them here and their descendents is sooo cool
@@TalesofKaimere Yes, its awe inspiring, in the past people thought the natives were the ones who dug them, or fae, and they thought there was gold and treasure hidden.
So it sounds like certain large sloths of the two-toed sort fill a niche similar to large beard, being omnivores, although perhaps leaning a bit towards herbivory.
Interesting maybe I’ll make my own giant sloths especially the aquatic ones. In fact one of my ideas is a aquatic sloth with blubber allowing it to live in Arctic environmental‘s it goes with the Ice Age theme do you like it?
I think the sloths in Kaimere are pretty interesting. I like that they are diverse compared to the sloths in Earth since the only sloths we have are tree sloths and that most of the sloths that lived on Earth went extinct during the Pleistocene from ground sloths to marine sloths.
The ba'khar, a spinosaurus-like megaraptoran, is their main predator. However, the scars are from the claws and tusks of other sakuur in mating battles.
Especially when a sloth dies, the corpse nourishes not only the other scavenging sloths, but a ton of creatures like hyenas, bats, and other diggers/fliers that make it their home. I’m planning on developing an entire ecology around their dens.
Seemed more interesting to me, also makes sense that an animal with better defenses in both armor and a burrow would supplant something that mostly relies on size for defense and suddenly goes from being 10 times heavier than the predators in its ecosystem to half the size.
Mostly it is scavenging: they have keen noses and are able to bully most predators from their kills by virtue of their size, strength, and weaponry. When they kill on their own it is injured animals or animals that come into their dens seeking shelter
@@TalesofKaimere Or than what TierZoo suggests, I suppose. "Slow, not social, and unintelligent? Lol low tier." I am curious what advantages tree sloths have over, say, monkeys and other animals.
@@BigBossMan538 Oh boy to I have problems with the misinformation and misrepresentation that TZ does lol A major advantage sloths have is that their slow metabolism means they need less food to reach larger sizes. A monkey needs food not only in greater quality but far greater quantity, so have to move around more to get it, thereby burning more calories per step and ultimately increasing their demands. They get caught in a bit of a loop of greater activity meaning more food which requires more activity to acquire and so on. Great when there's abundance, but sloths don't need to travel for their food. They don't go through the whole cycle so not only need less food for their size, they're burning less fuel because they don't need to seek better food. Obviously I wouldn't say their method is ecologically superior, but it certainly strikes me as a lot more efficient, and the fact that monkeys and sloths cohabitate without much trouble shows that both strategies are viable.
since i came back to my book, i restarted a new tribal saga, with the unfortunate homo florensis tribes being pushed towards the second continent less populated with ancient life and more populated by recent animals, with mostly reptiles habiting it because of the great war that happened on this continent wiping all of it's humans inhabitants and more of the giant fauna which was founded by dinosaurs and permian giants, tho i still have a problem, how would the felines which are the major group on the continent [with a small branch on their evolution tree growing omniverous felines and 2 herbivorous ones] evolve in a desert inhabited by giants and humans.. [also would love to see more of the kaimeran culture, im a nerd on human culture and history]
Hi there! I’d need a bit more info on the context but my first instinct would be to say something cursorial would be best. Not an ambush predator, because they need to travel efficiently to get to prey over a wide range and covering a lot of distance at night. I might look at camels for inspiration in limb proportions. Hope that helps! I definitely plan on doing more with the people and cultures. The Halloween videos next week will explore the people and their beliefs a lot more. Cheers!
Some carnivores : try to attack
Terrestrial sloths : *T POSE ACTIVATED*
THE POWER! OF THE sloths of kaimere
I imagine the burrows of the gigantic digging sloths. How enormous they must be, and that they're populated by huge fluffy ogre things. It's like a dnd encounter
Absolutely! The sequence in which they appear in my upcoming novel very much leans into the cave troll vibes
@@santiagomacario2563 Maybe one day they'll be brought back. The chance is tiny but greater than zero
I can see dwarves using such sloths as beasts of burden.
@@darrenheideman2546 Bro that's an awesome idea. If I use it I'll credit you
@@christosgiannopoulos828 Thank you. I admit I've been toying with an idea akin to DnD, a world populated with creatures that inhabited Earth in its past.
Sloths were already cursed animals
Kaimere just managed to make them even more cursed abd i love it
The sucess of marine sloths is also an intresting thing to me
Its a clade you wouldn’t expect to be so sucessful yet managed to pull through in this volatile world
Is just how kaimere do man
Honestly sloths are one of the best mammal groups. It's so unfortunate that we don't have ground sloths anymore, since geologically we basically just missed them.
The video is excellent as always. I like that you included an overview of the cladistics of the group as it's something that is not always touched upon and I feel like a lot of people are unfamiliar how diverse these animals were.
I must admit ive thoroughly enjoyed the illustrations of the sloth - zentaur interactions. 🤣👍
Your world is prosperous, wild and magnificent, featuring a diversity of unimaginable shapes and sizes! Apart from luck, they had patience, determination and a high amount of gastronomy (even proving to be imposing despite their calm nature!) I also adore the modern / prehistoric fauna of South America and I love how you develop it in very unique ways !!
Thank you so much! They really are incredible.
@@TalesofKaimere Precisely, I love how you develop they speculative evolution!
@@juanisol8275 Thank you!
Gotta say, as someone working on an setting were larger sloths survived this gives me a lot to think about and good inspiration
Since you’ve added more sloths to the cast, I hope that we get another video deep diving into this group. Like what you did for pterosaurs and elephants
I have another sloth episode coming up. I'm not yet sure how I'm going to go about it. Might try to draw all the sloth species, but it depends on how much time I have that week.
Bro I didn't know giant ground sloths had osteoderms. Like, what the goddamned fresh hell?!
They must be under the fur.
Great way to start the morning 😌☕ greetings from California
I stumbled upon your channel and upon watching this, I'm greatly impressed. Prehistoric sloths have held my interest since I was a kid, and this subject really entices that nostalgia.
It's interesting how sloths here have filled in several niches, and explained so thoroughly.
I'm reminded of one interpretation of semi aquatic sloths that were given some features seen on elephant seals, as well as behaviors.
I think you're thinking of Hodari's Thalassocnus! A really interesting and plausible take in morphology and behavior of a relative of the Kaimeran thalassocnomorphs. I followed the pseudo trunk theory of later Thalassocnus species in the bottom punters, and equipped the swimmers with more of a blowhole.
Also was so hyped when i saw this video had been uploaded
SLOOOOOOTHS WOOOOOOO
I have never felt this flattered before, i love everything about this
Thank you! Was a super fun piece
Absolutely poggers
@@TalesofKaimere hey Keenan, what’s your next vid about cuz I want to make fanart about the next creature feature, you can even just hint at it cuz it makes it more fun for me
@@egolero4447 demons my bro, get ready to draw some furries.
@@dirandrous7682 a, why yes, indeed indeed
i nearly asked if you had seen the omnivorous sloth paper before the video got to that point lol. this is a good one.
The timing on that was perfect lol paper dropped as I was writing the script!
@@TalesofKaimere truly fortutious
From the title card I thought there was going to be a major predator sloth as well. Good thing there isn’t as I don’t know if the known world could handle anymore predators
Haha we are pretty tapped for predators.
@@TalesofKaimere yes you even got a predatory bunny look alike that can eat ones face off
Katamoto and wojun are carnviorus sloth
@@rylanbrewer3320omnivorous.
I like the aqua sloths
Probably my favourite video so far. Also ground sloths are one of my favourite prehistoric creatures and your work with their "lore" in Kaimere and their ecology is amazing.
Thank you!
I actually am part of the Paleoburrows project here in Brasil, that researches the giant, extinct xenarthran burrows. Seeing them here and their descendents is sooo cool
That’s so cool! I’ve wanted to check those out for years. Being able to see those tunnels must be truly exciting!
@@TalesofKaimere Yes, its awe inspiring, in the past people thought the natives were the ones who dug them, or fae, and they thought there was gold and treasure hidden.
Cadence has greatly been improving from video to video. Best video yet.
Thank you!
Yes I love sloths
They’re the best!
Who the F disliked Thai video? This is natural geographic content man
A lot of mine have one or two dislikes and I don’t really know how to react lol
Well done keenan, I enjoy about the sloths of and I quite wait for more about these guys
Thanks!
5:11 Very NICE
oh hey im early! would love to see amphibians of kaimere
I’ve got a video on the subject planned for next year!
So it sounds like certain large sloths of the two-toed sort fill a niche similar to large beard, being omnivores, although perhaps leaning a bit towards herbivory.
Interesting maybe I’ll make my own giant sloths especially the aquatic ones.
In fact one of my ideas is a aquatic sloth with blubber allowing it to live in Arctic environmental‘s it goes with the Ice Age theme do you like it?
4:47 ok that's extremely terrifying also how the hell would this behemoth raise itself on two legs what the hell
My guess is that the hukolgur could’ve descended from bolivartherium, lestobradys, or magdalenabradys.
I think the sloths in Kaimere are pretty interesting. I like that they are diverse compared to the sloths in Earth since the only sloths we have are tree sloths and that most of the sloths that lived on Earth went extinct during the Pleistocene from ground sloths to marine sloths.
Thank you! I’ve always liked sloths and I made basically a perfect world for them.
@@TalesofKaimere Haha, you're welcome 😊. I do think it's great that they coexist with other animals and plants in Kaimere.
This world is so much more awesome than ours!
My favorites are Hukolgur and Sakuur i wonder what are the natural predators of the Sakuur those scars look nasty
The ba'khar, a spinosaurus-like megaraptoran, is their main predator. However, the scars are from the claws and tusks of other sakuur in mating battles.
8:49 lol sponge bob reference
The Urutumotu is ready to throw down with somebody.
Always. At a moment’s notice.
Big boys the sloths
Do other creatures make use of the sloth burrows?
If the sloths are willing to share?
Especially when a sloth dies, the corpse nourishes not only the other scavenging sloths, but a ton of creatures like hyenas, bats, and other diggers/fliers that make it their home. I’m planning on developing an entire ecology around their dens.
What prompted you to retcon the Hukolgur from a megatheriid into a mylodont?
Seemed more interesting to me, also makes sense that an animal with better defenses in both armor and a burrow would supplant something that mostly relies on size for defense and suddenly goes from being 10 times heavier than the predators in its ecosystem to half the size.
@@TalesofKaimere Fair enough. :)
What’s the largest non-sloth animal that visits sloth burrows?
Probably thescelosaurs like the qotaur
I knew that modern sloths were distantly related, but not how distantly related.
It’s really fascinating! Probably the most incredible example of convergent evolution out there.
Crocodilian sloths, Dicynodontid sloths, several lineages of actual sloths, did I miss any?
i love ur videos
Thank you!
Jesus the sloth is spooky
His goal
@@TalesofKaimereoooooooo is there a colourmorph with a skull face ?
@@seanessdragon4142 haha that would be a fun idea!
@@TalesofKaimere yep
T pose of death lol
How are deer doing in kaimere?
Great! They’ve got a video coming up in the near future!
Ok, thank you
What’s the muttaburasaurus camel ?
lol that's a Macrauchenia.
@@TalesofKaimere cooooooooooooool
Are there any sloth in the eastern continent?
There sure are! Hukolgur have made it and are doing quite well
It’s a damn shame that an ice age ruined Xenarthra’s rule on our planet, but it happens.
Agreed. It was so recent that we had a huge amount of sloth diversity. Almost all gone.
Have there been sloths introduced into non-native places by peoples?
Possibly. Kaishel is a possibility
5:10
Big! Meaty!!! Claws!!!!!!
Lmao
If I missed something, I apologize. But how do the meat eating sloths hunt live animals? Are they surprisingly quick? Will they hunt unwary humans?
Mostly it is scavenging: they have keen noses and are able to bully most predators from their kills by virtue of their size, strength, and weaponry. When they kill on their own it is injured animals or animals that come into their dens seeking shelter
@@TalesofKaimere Yeah that makes sense
What about the armadillo clade?
They’re doing quite well! At least one species of glyptodont is found on the prairie, probably will work in a few more. Several small omnivores too.
I’m surprised that tree sloths as we know them are present on Kaimere. I figured they would be outcompeted or hunted to extinction
Nah they’re doing fine. Sloths are much more successful and competitive than their reputation suggests.
@@TalesofKaimere Or than what TierZoo suggests, I suppose. "Slow, not social, and unintelligent? Lol low tier."
I am curious what advantages tree sloths have over, say, monkeys and other animals.
@@BigBossMan538 Oh boy to I have problems with the misinformation and misrepresentation that TZ does lol
A major advantage sloths have is that their slow metabolism means they need less food to reach larger sizes. A monkey needs food not only in greater quality but far greater quantity, so have to move around more to get it, thereby burning more calories per step and ultimately increasing their demands. They get caught in a bit of a loop of greater activity meaning more food which requires more activity to acquire and so on. Great when there's abundance, but sloths don't need to travel for their food. They don't go through the whole cycle so not only need less food for their size, they're burning less fuel because they don't need to seek better food. Obviously I wouldn't say their method is ecologically superior, but it certainly strikes me as a lot more efficient, and the fact that monkeys and sloths cohabitate without much trouble shows that both strategies are viable.
@@TalesofKaimere this was very insightful and makes a lot of sense! Thank you for replying
Whats the diffrence between 2 and 3 toed sloth
What is the level of technology in the people of Kaimere?
Depends on the people. Most are comparable to Ming Dynasty China and Renaissance Europe, with medicine slightly more sophisticated.
Was hiskatherium harvested?
Unknown, but their relative Hapalops has been proposed to be the ancestor of cougar sloths
since i came back to my book, i restarted a new tribal saga, with the unfortunate homo florensis tribes being pushed towards the second continent less populated with ancient life and more populated by recent animals, with mostly reptiles habiting it because of the great war that happened on this continent wiping all of it's humans inhabitants and more of the giant fauna which was founded by dinosaurs and permian giants, tho i still have a problem, how would the felines which are the major group on the continent [with a small branch on their evolution tree growing omniverous felines and 2 herbivorous ones] evolve in a desert inhabited by giants and humans.. [also would love to see more of the kaimeran culture, im a nerd on human culture and history]
Hi there! I’d need a bit more info on the context but my first instinct would be to say something cursorial would be best. Not an ambush predator, because they need to travel efficiently to get to prey over a wide range and covering a lot of distance at night. I might look at camels for inspiration in limb proportions. Hope that helps! I definitely plan on doing more with the people and cultures. The Halloween videos next week will explore the people and their beliefs a lot more. Cheers!
@@TalesofKaimere cheers mate, ye it does help a lot.. i can't wait to see their culture
Are there any codilians in Kaimere ?
Crocodilians I assume? Crocs are super diverse on the Eastern continent beyond the known world.
@@TalesofKaimere yes, i meant Crocodilians, arre they also present in the known world of Kaimere?
And I thought the giant sloths would have a natural predator...
Wait so if there was a harvest in South America, that means that the Cacao/chocolate plant is present on kaimere! Right?
Yes indeed! Well 99% sure I haven't taken the time to study up and see if they evolved by the time of harvest but most likely!
@@TalesofKaimere Mmmmmm chocolate
You redeemed sloths gave them the success that they lost on earth because of humans
They deserve it!
@@TalesofKaimere absolutely they got fucked over by nature so it’s cool to imagine a world where there still thriving
Noice
Yo wanna hear how sloths are doing in the biodome
Go for it!
Man. You didn’t showcase my Gu fan art. Oh well.
I’m sorry! I didn’t save it in the right file. Just found it in my megaraptoran one. Dang.
@@TalesofKaimere it’s fine.
Me what to see a carnivorous sea sloth in kaimere
The sakuur is the only aquatic sloth that sometimes scavenges.
Hippo sloth. Hippo sloth.
I love it