I would like to make a hypothesis on what Godzilla eats: Sea water. As I understand it, he basically has a nuclear reactor, so he fuels it with the deuterium found in salt water. This is why he likes to live in the ocean, as he can use it to fuel himself, along with keeping cool. This only covers his energy needs. When it comes to minerals and such, sky scrapers serve a nice helping of iron and whatnot. Supplement with an occasional whale for protein purposes. Godzilla is just a really hangry critter who views civilization as a dietary supplement.
@@ghostface__-pi4kf I ask ways assumed Godzilla having a mouth and teeth means he CAN eat meat even if he primarily feeds on nnafter the mutation Of course the teeth could be vestigial
I’ve had my own headcanons about this for years lol! Goji feeds on radiation but i like to think he can also feed on meet, he can get food from various sources Most other kaiju seem to be carnivorous or omnivorous, Mothra as a goddess avatar of nature likely doesn’t need to eat, and can gain her life force from the planet itself,
I think if you do a follow up to this, it would be nicer to focus more on the "unusual" diets of monsters. A lot, and I do mean a lot are just your basic people and meat eaters. But you got a ton of unusual ones, (especially from other franchises), that eat much more than that. Legion eats silicon, Gabora eats uraninum, The Mammoth Flower consumes blood, SpaceGodzilla eats comic energy, The Monolith Monsters (I know that is a really far out there idea)...they consume water. The Giant Claw is said to feed on the destruction of matter. Elekings are herbivores but can survive on eating electricity. Neronga eats electricity. Hedoron from Spectreman eats pollution, Pulgasari eats metal. Gamera and Guilala consume energy. Iris sucks the life out of things. You get the point though, I could go on for a while with it lol. But I think the more unusual diets would make for a pretty informative and usual followup to this.
I'd always thought that Godzilla had a dietary preference similar to that of bears sence both creatures are omnivorous Edit : I also think Godzilla doesn't necessarily feed on radiation in a normal fashion but more like absorbs it pretty much like a sponge
"Second Showa Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibious lifestyle, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Flight, Intelligence, Magnetic powers, Physical abilities, Regeneration. "Second Showa Godzilla's Weaknesses": Electricity, and Subzero temperatures. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry": Due to Godzilla's size, super-strength and regenerative abilities, he is invulnerable to most forms of conventional attack. However, Alien Weaponry has been shown to be strong enough to wound him with Gigan's Buzzsaw and claw arm ripping into him and Mechagodzilla had gunned down Godzilla severely wounding him.
"Megaguirus Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibiousness, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Physical abilities, Intelligence. "Megaguirus Godzilla's Weaknesses": Godzilla's bulk and slow movement. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry": "Dimension Tide": The Dimension Tide was introduced as a weapon within the events of the film, being a weapon capable of firing a black hole. A black hole was fired at Godzilla as the craft begun to crash land back to Earth. Godzilla countered the black hole with a blast of atomic breath, which resulted in an explosion, with Godzilla vanishing as the smoke cleared, having been seemingly killed by the weapon. He was later revealed to have survived, however, the weapon was effective in at least subduing him for a few days.
"GMK Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibiousness, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Sixth Sense, Gravitational Atomic breath, Physical abilities. "GMK Godzilla's Weaknesses": Internal damage. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry": "Oxygen Destroyer": Godzilla was killed by the device, but his body remained to be possessed by the restless dead of the Pacific War, unlike the original, in which he was completely disintegrated.
"Kiryu Saga Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibiousness, Atomic breath, Energy absorption and projection, Physical abilities, Durability. Kiryu Saga Godzilla's Weaknesses: Chest wound and Mothra Larvaes' Silken Cocoon. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry": MechaGodzilla: A third version of Mechagodzilla, Kiryu, appeared in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla. This time, the mecha was built around the skeleton of the original Godzilla from 1954. However, DNA in the bones caused Kiryu to remember that it was once Godzilla and it went on a rampage. Once the JSDF was able to get Kiryu under control, it forced Godzilla to retreat. Godzilla and Kiryu would meet again in Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., but this time, Mothra would intervene. Mothra demanded that Godzilla's bones (inside Kiryu) be returned to their grave. The JSDF agreed, but only after Godzilla was defeated. Ultimately, Kiryu made the final decision and returned to the sea on its own will, carrying Godzilla with him and plummeting into the ocean.
You forgot to mention how it is mentioned in Godzilla vs Destoroyah that Godzilla Jr. seemingly killed tons of whales for food in the waters of Japan. Fun video nonetheless.
The original King Kong was said to primary be carnivorous in the later prequel books by joe divito, and the Peter Jackson kong was apparent,y a confirmed vegetarian, but with a lot of animals those lines aren’t hard set, so kong maybe have been willing to eat live prey from time to time for protein
@@WhatDillionYT I think he’s a meat eater as well. My theory is that he’s a carnivorous generalist who mainly eats meat (though not all of the time), so fishes are a nutritious treat for him.
Awesome topical video man! Gaira always creeped me out as a kid when he ate people and spat their bloody clothes out. Kong in Kk lives was another scary one, eating crocodiles and that one jerk hunter lol
I get a feeling that Godzilla is possibly omnivorous, as The Big G was depicted snacking on fish and livestock, yet Minilla seems to get nourishment from fruit. Or who knows? Maybe he's a herbivore. Herbivores tend to be larger than carnivores (and also really aggressive).
I think it would be worth mentioning in another video that in the novelization of Godzilla vs. Kong, Kong wanted to eat the meat off Godzilla's bones during their first encounter on the aircraft carrier. Another kaiju worth mentioning is the Ultraman kaiju, Eleking, who feeds off of electricity.
@@t-r-e-x452 and based on the anatomy and depiction in various adaptation, Kingkong likely normal herbivore /omnivore like normal ape (in 2005 adaptation, he shows chewing bamboos and in various animated forms depicted him eating banana)
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 the 2005 version is prob a herbivore but a lot of the other versions display a higher degree of meat-consumption such as Monsterverse Kong, more in line to a baboon or tarsier than a gorilla.
Gamera likes to eat fire and gyaos has a hunger for people(because you know he’s a vampire kaiju) Also in godzilla:planet eater his rival(king ghidorah) in that film he also can devour energy like the other incarnations like when he’s devouring Godzilla’s energy in that film
It would seem that a large number of Gamera's foes are humanitarians. Gyaos in all of his incarnations is always feasting on people, as is Zedus. Barugon chowed down on a jewel thief, and there is an anatomical drawing floating around showing Zigra with multiple stomachs, one of which is devoted to digesting humans. So, maybe an exploration of the diets of the Daiei kaiju is in order.
After watching "Gorgo" when I was a kid of six, I could only imagine how many schools of fish, pods of whales and even groups of humans that sea-going dino consumed.
Seeing how Monster Planet canonically confirms Heisei Godzilla's diet of consuming fruits and deleted segments from Biollante and Destoroyah supporting the species predatory habits alla through Godzilla--again--and Junior, one would think an expert such as yourself would pick up on this.
It's kind of surprising how many monsterverse incarnation have actually eaten a human. Kong on Skull Island, the Skullcrawlers, the MUTOs, Rodan nomming that pilot, and King Ghidorah outright devouring Dr. Vivienne Graham. The only exception is Godzilla because Toho states that he cannot eat people.
Just like regular marine iguanas! I always liked to think along with lots of fish Godzilla 98 also eats lots of Algae and other sea plants! But also eats fish cause it’s so much larger and needs the extra nutrients!
Some things: 1. While a fully mutated Godzilla is presumably still perfectly capable of heterotrophy physiologically, there is probably something going on with their hunger that gradually weens them off any instincts they may have to hunt. We never see the 1st or 2nd generation Godzilla go after a power plant, but we do have those instances of implied behavior that's a remnant of their hunting instincts before the mutation. It's possible those individuals were acting that way because they simply never made the connection between power plants and food. 2. Which brings up a really important question: we only see him at a power plant every so often, and there's simply not enough stuff on the planet to feed a whole Godzilla that's hunting regularly, so how the hell are any of them surviving at all? One possibility that's been thrown aroond is that they're subsisting on background radiation. I remember hearing this as long ago as GURPS Godzilla, with the idea being that whatever natural process was mutated into Godzilla's reactor heart couldn't have evolved in a world with nuclear power plants, at least not the kind we make. Instead, the biology of processing radiation as an energy source likely would have evolved in Godzillasaurus as something incredibly sensitive, able to use the incredibly weak ambient radiation for... something. Obviously this would have made a poor food source, as Godzillasaurs were still marine predators, but this system existing at all would be exactly why they basically gained super powers after mutation, instead of just... y'know, getting cancer or something. A really interesting idea for why this evolved in the first place comes from that blog hypothesizing the evolution of the Godzilla clade, which basically makes it a form of bioluminescence. Which is to say, the reason Godzilla discharges light from his dorsal plates when using the ray, is because his plates were always meant to emit light in response to radiation. 3. It's a lot like a heat sink, of sorts. Shin Godzilla goes a lot into this sort of thing, how his cardiovascular system is basically the coolant system of a man-made reactor. Which leads into the second possibility, which is, as alluded to by the line in Shin Godzilla saying that he could basically subsist on nothing but air and water, once Godzilla's reactor gets going, it's essentially powering itself. This is another level beyond a source of radiation, where Godzilla is like an "ascetic living on mist." You can still point to possible solutions with the idea of ambient radiation, for instance, when Godzilla is submerged in magma for extended periods of time, there are probably some heavy elements in there. But given how the situation is presented in the films, it really just seems like Godzilla is a self-sustaining engine. We can imagine that ambient radiation helps, and that after periods of exertion he would need to actively seek out some sort of energy (Shin just completely shuts down after exertion, for example, but boots back up when attacked without any obvious radiation source, meaning, again, he was probably just conserving energy in order to build up a store of energy through the self-sustaining process), but ultimately he can do just fine when left to his own devices. 4. Godzillasaurs also appear to be able to enter a state of torpor. The Lagos Island Godzillasaurus apparently didn't move from the spot he was teleported to for over 30 years. Godzillas have been frozen for multiple years. One of them lived in lava for 5. Earth was inactive for so long a *mountain* formed over him. And so on and so forth. This is far beyond simple hibernation and looks more like something a tardigrade would do. 5. Speaking of Earth, kinda shocked you didn't mention this, but given that he's basically a kind of Biollante, cuz part plant, Earth and Filius are 100% capable of photosynthesizing. 6. That's not Godzilla. You have to know this. How the hell could you get that thing confused with Godzilla? 7. Frankensteins are still technically human, so yes, they have human diets. It's unclear where the original came from in the Toho movies, although the text implies a stronger connection with the Universal films than anything else, which would make sense why they don't spell it out, given that that would have been a legal issue. If that's the case, then the Universal Frankenstein appeared to be a kind of "perfect" undead, they were just called immortal, and they could eat, sure, but there's no indication they ever needed anything special to maintain this. Frankenstein is kinda just a highlander I guess, they just... live forever. No idea how that's supposed to work biologically, but he IS undead and these ARE monster movies and Mothra's just fully supernatural, so... y'know, not every monster is gonna make sense. 8. Of the Heisei era Ghidorahs, only 2/6 aren't shown eating. Well, "eating." Based on the fact that every Ghidorah shown feeding feeds on the same thing, and that the Showa Ghidorah has the same MO as 4/6 Heisei Ghidorahs, I think it's more than safe to make the assumption. However, those two cases are both very special. The VS series KG is basically a clone with extra steps, from the Venusian KG, to designer pets, to their mutation. Super Godzilla brings attention to the fact that Ghidorah cells have an "energy storage" potential, which explains why a non-radiovore would still gain super powers from the bomb like Godzilla did. The 2nd generation KG was also being controlled, it wasn't acting on instinct, and so wasn't looking for food, but also, but outside of that it's still a domesticated creature, not a natural Ghidorah, so it wouldn't have the instinct to devour planets in the first place. I'm way more curious aboot what people who cared for Dorats as pets were feeding them than I am what a clone-KG-with-extra-steps eats because I feel like I already know what KG eats. 9. The other special case is, of course, the GMK guardian Ghidorah, or Orochi. The classic myth has Orochi being bested by drinking a lot of booze, which is depicted in a Toho monster movie, albeit as a recounted story, but we have no reason to think that Yamato is lying. However the most recent Toho version of Orochi before GMK was the 1994 film, and that backstory doesn't mention the sake at all, so maybe the version of Orochi that became Ghidorah simply never drank? It's hard to tell. At any rate, the 1994 movie presents Orochi as basically having the same MO as Ghidorah, it was on Earth, started wrecking everything, was banished to space, returned from space, and once again posed a planetary level threat. One super interesting detail is that in the 1994 movie, they actually say that the next time Orochi will appear, they will be acting as a guardian, which is weirdly prescient, but I'm sure this is just a reference to a particular myth I haven't heard. Either way, pre-GMK Orochi seems to be an utterly ordinary Ghidorah based on that, so taking that into account the GMK Ghidorah doesn't really seem odd either. Their motivations are different due to being guided by spirits with a different agenda than the monster's normal behavior (this might even go back as far as Tsukuyomi controlling Orochi to use as a weapon, but the dialogue just kinda suggests Tsukuyomi IS Orochi, which I guess makes one of the Shinto gods a Ghidorah? Weird, but... he is the moon god, so he's technically from space I guess), but as far as their diet, if they ever were to eat, it would probably be the same stuff. Of course, this Ghidorah might also count as undead, which would complicate things further, but you get the idea. Basically, both abberant Ghidorahs aren't actually any different with regards to their diet, they were different because of their motivations.
The vague idea of Showa Goji being carnivorous is also supported in illustrated books from those years. You can find many pictures of Godzilla's habits, and he's shown feasting on whales and sharks. Of course this is just extra material and not the films, but it reflects the general notion at the time about his diet.
*shows King Kong multiple times during the video* I’m interested to see what Kong actually consumes since it seems to change with every incarnation *never elaborates on Kong*
In regards to the Baby Zillas, they only really start going after the humans because they picked up the smell of the fish while exploring the wrecked stadium. It's still possible that they may have developed a taste for humans anyway, but the fish smell was very much the initial trigger.
Yiu forgot to mention that Ghidorah fed on dinosaurs 65 million yeare ago in Rebirth of Mothra 3 even though yiu showed a picture of him doing just that
Well Godzilla jr has also ate a burger and whales, the baby Godzillas in the 98 film also ate humans and one of them ate a bag of popcorn, and Micheal Doherty states the monsterverse Godzilla eats radioactive meat
Kumonga likely caught Kamacuras with the intention of eating it. In the Ultra series several kaiju have been known to prey on others like Gudon to Twin Tail and Birdon to Kemjili, then theres Astromons that consumed Oil Drinker through its stomach flower
I like to think Godzilla's species can eat basically anything but the adults prefer meat, like cows whales and fish, but the children prefer fruits and vegetables, i would guess that this is due to plants being both easily accessible and enough for them at their young age, but as they get older, they're able to go for more nutritious meals But any of them at any age will prefer radiation
Worth including perhaps is the modern Godzilla of the MechaG duology of the Millennium series (the 54G of that series being the bones of Kiryu): it attacked, killed, and possibly ate some of that giant turtle from a more obscure Toho film.
Godzilla himself doesn't eat, he feeds on radiation. His species, on the other hand, is most likely omnivorous, as Godzilla Junior fed on plants and meat when he was young. Once he was a sub-adult, he even ate whales.
Now gorilla's don't eat people but with King Kong that's more nuanced. He has been seen putting people in his mouth and chewing, but he consistently spits them out. It happens in the original movie and even in King Kong Lives he bites a guy's head off and then picks the man's head out of his teeth. Pretty consistent until we get to Kong Skull Island, when one of the soldiers falls out of a helicopter into Kong's mouth. Maybe Kong is capable of eating people, we're just not very tasty. Perhaps Monsterverse Kong prefers seafood given he starts eating the Mire Squid after killing it.
I've been watching Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster for decades and I never realized those were whales at 2:35! I always assumed they were fake waves or something lol. 😂
Anytime those '90s kids book about Godzilla get a mention puts a smile on my face. I love the art in those books. My favorite of design of Godzilla and others until Monster-verse.
No personally,it makes sense to me that Godzilla has an appetite for animals such as cows,etc.; after all, it just can't live alone on just any forms of radiation. ...and that makes him SCARIER THAN H---!!!!
Another thing about godzilla the series is they tried feed godzilla a seaweed based substitute so that he wouldn’t mess with fishing boats but godzilla did not like it and the most bizarre diet from the series custeacus Rex which fed on tar
Really I couldI care less what any of them eat. I don’t watch them for that.I want to see them fight. And greatest fight I hope I live to see. Godzilla vs Gamera.
I have a head canon that Godzilla eats the carrion of sea animals that die from radiation poisoning due to Godzilla being a radioactive creature, so basically wherever Godzilla swims, he gets free food without hunting.
Here’s an interesting fact about Godzilla from the monsterverse. Godzilla actually eats other titans for radiation and most of the times absorbs radiation. Mainly the only times the monsterverse Godzilla would ever eat is when he likes the taste and during his past history before the events in the monsterverse, he had a taste for muto flesh.
Most likely they made later monsters energy feeders because it would be impractical for them to feed on anything else, especially since they have gotten bigger over the years. Modern Godzilla incarnations are larger than the first Godzilla by what seems like orders of magnitude.
I would like to make a hypothesis on what Godzilla eats: Sea water. As I understand it, he basically has a nuclear reactor, so he fuels it with the deuterium found in salt water. This is why he likes to live in the ocean, as he can use it to fuel himself, along with keeping cool. This only covers his energy needs. When it comes to minerals and such, sky scrapers serve a nice helping of iron and whatnot. Supplement with an occasional whale for protein purposes.
Godzilla is just a really hangry critter who views civilization as a dietary supplement.
Interesting theory
Good take! Those sharp teeth give it away.
He could also be eating the plankton in the water
@@tfordham13 nah. Plankton is so small that he couldn't even see it.
@@Frostygecko7 Neither can whales, and they eat it.
There was apparently going to be a scene in the Heisei era where he killed and ate an unused kaiju
Deutalios, in "vs. Biollante", right?
@@ferd1954 Yes
@@ferd1954 yup
Yeah it was said in the bonus content that it was supposed to be a rat like Kaiju
@@ghostface__-pi4kf I ask ways assumed Godzilla having a mouth and teeth means he CAN eat meat even if he primarily feeds on nnafter the mutation
Of course the teeth could be vestigial
I’ve had my own headcanons about this for years lol!
Goji feeds on radiation but i like to think he can also feed on meet, he can get food from various sources
Most other kaiju seem to be carnivorous or omnivorous,
Mothra as a goddess avatar of nature likely doesn’t need to eat, and can gain her life force from the planet itself,
No earth no Mothra?🤨
Fun fact: caterpillars eat leaves, so mothra eats trees(in larva form).
Ah yes "meet" 😂
Is it head canon? Or an educated guess based on what we see.
@@daisukegori2112 what I described in this comment was headcanon, with some inference based in general teeth design and behavior
I think if you do a follow up to this, it would be nicer to focus more on the "unusual" diets of monsters. A lot, and I do mean a lot are just your basic people and meat eaters. But you got a ton of unusual ones, (especially from other franchises), that eat much more than that.
Legion eats silicon, Gabora eats uraninum, The Mammoth Flower consumes blood, SpaceGodzilla eats comic energy, The Monolith Monsters (I know that is a really far out there idea)...they consume water. The Giant Claw is said to feed on the destruction of matter. Elekings are herbivores but can survive on eating electricity. Neronga eats electricity. Hedoron from Spectreman eats pollution, Pulgasari eats metal. Gamera and Guilala consume energy. Iris sucks the life out of things.
You get the point though, I could go on for a while with it lol. But I think the more unusual diets would make for a pretty informative and usual followup to this.
I. The TV there is mutated humming birds that wat fuel and a spinx that eats oil and a weird fire thing that eats fuel
I agree. Such a follow up would be awesome and interesting.
I'd always thought that Godzilla had a dietary preference similar to that of bears sence both creatures are omnivorous
Edit : I also think Godzilla doesn't necessarily feed on radiation in a normal fashion but more like absorbs it pretty much like a sponge
"Second Showa Godzilla's Abilities":
Amphibious lifestyle, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Flight, Intelligence, Magnetic powers, Physical abilities, Regeneration. "Second Showa Godzilla's Weaknesses": Electricity, and Subzero temperatures. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry":
Due to Godzilla's size, super-strength and regenerative abilities, he is invulnerable to most forms of conventional attack. However, Alien Weaponry has been shown to be strong enough to wound him with Gigan's Buzzsaw and claw arm ripping into him and Mechagodzilla had gunned down Godzilla severely wounding him.
"Heisei Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibious lifestyle, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Intelligence, Nuclear pulse, Spiral heat ray, and Physical abilities. "Heisei Godzilla's Weaknesses". Cadmium, Meltdown, Secondary brain, Subzero temperature. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry": Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria, Mecha-King Ghidorah, MechaGodzilla, Super X, M.O.G.U.E.R.A..
"Megaguirus Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibiousness, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Physical abilities, Intelligence. "Megaguirus Godzilla's Weaknesses": Godzilla's bulk and slow movement. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry":
"Dimension Tide":
The Dimension Tide was introduced as a weapon within the events of the film, being a weapon capable of firing a black hole. A black hole was fired at Godzilla as the craft begun to crash land back to Earth. Godzilla countered the black hole with a blast of atomic breath, which resulted in an explosion, with Godzilla vanishing as the smoke cleared, having been seemingly killed by the weapon. He was later revealed to have survived, however, the weapon was effective in at least subduing him for a few days.
"GMK Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibiousness, Atomic breath, Durability, Energy absorption and projection, Sixth Sense, Gravitational Atomic breath, Physical abilities. "GMK Godzilla's Weaknesses": Internal damage. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry":
"Oxygen Destroyer":
Godzilla was killed by the device, but his body remained to be possessed by the restless dead of the Pacific War, unlike the original, in which he was completely disintegrated.
"Kiryu Saga Godzilla's Abilities": Amphibiousness, Atomic breath, Energy absorption and projection, Physical abilities, Durability. Kiryu Saga Godzilla's Weaknesses: Chest wound and Mothra Larvaes' Silken Cocoon. "Anti-Godzilla weaponry":
MechaGodzilla: A third version of Mechagodzilla, Kiryu, appeared in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla. This time, the mecha was built around the skeleton of the original Godzilla from 1954. However, DNA in the bones caused Kiryu to remember that it was once Godzilla and it went on a rampage.
Once the JSDF was able to get Kiryu under control, it forced Godzilla to retreat. Godzilla and Kiryu would meet again in Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., but this time, Mothra would intervene. Mothra demanded that Godzilla's bones (inside Kiryu) be returned to their grave. The JSDF agreed, but only after Godzilla was defeated.
Ultimately, Kiryu made the final decision and returned to the sea on its own will, carrying Godzilla with him and plummeting into the ocean.
Mike Dougherty also implied that the Legendary Godzilla is carnivorous.
Other kaiju are essentially sources of radioactive meat in that continuity.
Also, it's implied Godzilla is a ceteceavore from him trying to eat a Sperm Whale in Rulers of Earth.
@@Godzillakingofkaiju1 he maybe eats shark and giant squid too
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 didnt he ate ghidorah whole?
@@Godzillakingofkaiju1 I did not know that!
It makes sense for Godzilla to be a carnivore.
@@ricardodavis4730
[ Diet Type Of All Kaijus ]
1. Godzilla (Omnivore/Nuclear)
2. Anguirus (Herbivore)
3. Rodan (Carnivore)
4. Mothra (Unknown)
5. King Ghidorah (Carnivore)
6. King Kong (Omnivore)
7. Gamera (Herbivore/Natural)
8. Baragon (Omnivore)
9. Gorosaurus (Carnivore)
10. Manda (Carnivore)
11. King Caesar (Omnivore)
12. Gomess (Carnivore)
13. Peguila (Carnivore)
14. Pagos (Omnivore/Nuclear)
15. Bemular (Hypervore)
16. Neronga (Omnivore/Electric)
17. Magular (Omnivore/Rock)
18. Gabora (Omnivore/Nuclear)
19. Jirass (Omnivore/Nuclear)
20. Zedus (Carnivore)
21. Barugon (Carnivore)
22. Gyaos (Carnivore)
23. Chadorah (Carnivore)
24. Red King (Carnivore)
25. Gomora (Omnivore)
26. Zetton (Hypervore/Energy)
27. Eleking (Solar/Electric/Moonlight)
28. Windom (Herbivore/Metal)
29. Agira (Herbivore/Energy)
30. Miclas (Herbivore/Lava)
31. Pandon (Omnivore/Sunlight)
32. Black King (Omnivore/Energy)
33. Bemstar (Hypervore/Gas/Oil)
34. Birdon (Carnivore/Maneater)
35. Bogal (Hypervore/Cannibalism)
Godzilla 2014 also eats cars, but he can’t seem to stomach all of them. Mainly FIAT 500L models.
"The all new FIAT 500L, it's bigger than you think."
FIAT 500L was made of Space Titanium apparently.
You forgot to mention how it is mentioned in Godzilla vs Destoroyah that Godzilla Jr. seemingly killed tons of whales for food in the waters of Japan. Fun video nonetheless.
Yeah, I was waiting for him to mention that after saying Baby ate plants but Godzillasaurus were omnivorous overall.
He also forgot to mention that baby godzilla ate a burger.
LOL You realize that "tons of whales" could mean just one whale, right? 😆
The original King Kong was said to primary be carnivorous in the later prequel books by joe divito, and the Peter Jackson kong was apparent,y a confirmed vegetarian, but with a lot of animals those lines aren’t hard set, so kong maybe have been willing to eat live prey from time to time for protein
The monsterverse Kong seems to enjoy seafood.
@@WhatDillionYT I think he’s a meat eater as well. My theory is that he’s a carnivorous generalist who mainly eats meat (though not all of the time), so fishes are a nutritious treat for him.
Awesome topical video man! Gaira always creeped me out as a kid when he ate people and spat their bloody clothes out. Kong in Kk lives was another scary one, eating crocodiles and that one jerk hunter lol
I get a feeling that Godzilla is possibly omnivorous, as The Big G was depicted snacking on fish and livestock, yet Minilla seems to get nourishment from fruit. Or who knows? Maybe he's a herbivore. Herbivores tend to be larger than carnivores (and also really aggressive).
I think it would be worth mentioning in another video that in the novelization of Godzilla vs. Kong, Kong wanted to eat the meat off Godzilla's bones during their first encounter on the aircraft carrier.
Another kaiju worth mentioning is the Ultraman kaiju, Eleking, who feeds off of electricity.
Eleking is implied to be an herbivore but considering the thin mouth I assume microscopic plant life like phytoplankton.
@@t-r-e-x452 and based on the anatomy and depiction in various adaptation, Kingkong likely normal herbivore /omnivore like normal ape (in 2005 adaptation, he shows chewing bamboos and in various animated forms depicted him eating banana)
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 the 2005 version is prob a herbivore but a lot of the other versions display a higher degree of meat-consumption such as Monsterverse Kong, more in line to a baboon or tarsier than a gorilla.
@@t-r-e-x452
[ Diet Type Of All Kaijus ]
1. Godzilla (Omnivore/Nuclear)
2. Anguirus (Herbivore)
3. Rodan (Carnivore)
4. Mothra (Unknown)
5. King Ghidorah (Carnivore)
6. King Kong (Omnivore)
7. Gamera (Herbivore/Natural)
8. Baragon (Omnivore)
9. Gorosaurus (Carnivore)
10. Manda (Carnivore)
11. King Caesar (Omnivore)
12. Gomess (Carnivore)
13. Peguila (Carnivore)
14. Pagos (Omnivore/Nuclear)
15. Bemular (Hypervore)
16. Neronga (Omnivore/Electric)
17. Magular (Omnivore/Rock)
18. Gabora (Omnivore/Nuclear)
19. Jirass (Omnivore/Nuclear)
20. Zedus (Carnivore)
21. Barugon (Carnivore)
22. Gyaos (Carnivore)
23. Chadorah (Carnivore)
24. Red King (Carnivore)
25. Gomora (Omnivore)
26. Zetton (Hypervore/Energy)
27. Eleking (Solar/Electric/Moonlight)
28. Windom (Herbivore/Metal)
29. Agira (Herbivore/Energy)
30. Miclas (Herbivore/Lava)
31. Pandon (Omnivore/Sunlight)
32. Black King (Omnivore/Energy)
33. Bemstar (Hypervore/Gas/Oil)
34. Birdon (Carnivore/Maneater)
35. Bogal (Hypervore/Cannibalism)
Gamera likes to eat fire and gyaos has a hunger for people(because you know he’s a vampire kaiju)
Also in godzilla:planet eater his rival(king ghidorah) in that film he also can devour energy like the other incarnations like when he’s devouring Godzilla’s energy in that film
It would seem that a large number of Gamera's foes are humanitarians. Gyaos in all of his incarnations is always feasting on people, as is Zedus. Barugon chowed down on a jewel thief, and there is an anatomical drawing floating around showing Zigra with multiple stomachs, one of which is devoted to digesting humans.
So, maybe an exploration of the diets of the Daiei kaiju is in order.
After watching "Gorgo" when I was a kid of six, I could only imagine how many schools of fish, pods of whales and even groups of humans that sea-going dino consumed.
Seeing how Monster Planet canonically confirms Heisei Godzilla's diet of consuming fruits and deleted segments from Biollante and Destoroyah supporting the species predatory habits alla through Godzilla--again--and Junior, one would think an expert such as yourself would pick up on this.
Gameras diet consists of fire, lava or anything fire related because he is seen feasting on fire in the beginning of Gamera vs barugon
It's kind of surprising how many monsterverse incarnation have actually eaten a human. Kong on Skull Island, the Skullcrawlers, the MUTOs, Rodan nomming that pilot, and King Ghidorah outright devouring Dr. Vivienne Graham. The only exception is Godzilla because Toho states that he cannot eat people.
Just like regular marine iguanas! I always liked to think along with lots of fish Godzilla 98 also eats lots of Algae and other sea plants! But also eats fish cause it’s so much larger and needs the extra nutrients!
Some things:
1. While a fully mutated Godzilla is presumably still perfectly capable of heterotrophy physiologically, there is probably something going on with their hunger that gradually weens them off any instincts they may have to hunt. We never see the 1st or 2nd generation Godzilla go after a power plant, but we do have those instances of implied behavior that's a remnant of their hunting instincts before the mutation. It's possible those individuals were acting that way because they simply never made the connection between power plants and food.
2. Which brings up a really important question: we only see him at a power plant every so often, and there's simply not enough stuff on the planet to feed a whole Godzilla that's hunting regularly, so how the hell are any of them surviving at all? One possibility that's been thrown aroond is that they're subsisting on background radiation. I remember hearing this as long ago as GURPS Godzilla, with the idea being that whatever natural process was mutated into Godzilla's reactor heart couldn't have evolved in a world with nuclear power plants, at least not the kind we make. Instead, the biology of processing radiation as an energy source likely would have evolved in Godzillasaurus as something incredibly sensitive, able to use the incredibly weak ambient radiation for... something. Obviously this would have made a poor food source, as Godzillasaurs were still marine predators, but this system existing at all would be exactly why they basically gained super powers after mutation, instead of just... y'know, getting cancer or something. A really interesting idea for why this evolved in the first place comes from that blog hypothesizing the evolution of the Godzilla clade, which basically makes it a form of bioluminescence. Which is to say, the reason Godzilla discharges light from his dorsal plates when using the ray, is because his plates were always meant to emit light in response to radiation.
3. It's a lot like a heat sink, of sorts. Shin Godzilla goes a lot into this sort of thing, how his cardiovascular system is basically the coolant system of a man-made reactor. Which leads into the second possibility, which is, as alluded to by the line in Shin Godzilla saying that he could basically subsist on nothing but air and water, once Godzilla's reactor gets going, it's essentially powering itself. This is another level beyond a source of radiation, where Godzilla is like an "ascetic living on mist." You can still point to possible solutions with the idea of ambient radiation, for instance, when Godzilla is submerged in magma for extended periods of time, there are probably some heavy elements in there. But given how the situation is presented in the films, it really just seems like Godzilla is a self-sustaining engine. We can imagine that ambient radiation helps, and that after periods of exertion he would need to actively seek out some sort of energy (Shin just completely shuts down after exertion, for example, but boots back up when attacked without any obvious radiation source, meaning, again, he was probably just conserving energy in order to build up a store of energy through the self-sustaining process), but ultimately he can do just fine when left to his own devices.
4. Godzillasaurs also appear to be able to enter a state of torpor. The Lagos Island Godzillasaurus apparently didn't move from the spot he was teleported to for over 30 years. Godzillas have been frozen for multiple years. One of them lived in lava for 5. Earth was inactive for so long a *mountain* formed over him. And so on and so forth. This is far beyond simple hibernation and looks more like something a tardigrade would do.
5. Speaking of Earth, kinda shocked you didn't mention this, but given that he's basically a kind of Biollante, cuz part plant, Earth and Filius are 100% capable of photosynthesizing.
6. That's not Godzilla. You have to know this. How the hell could you get that thing confused with Godzilla?
7. Frankensteins are still technically human, so yes, they have human diets. It's unclear where the original came from in the Toho movies, although the text implies a stronger connection with the Universal films than anything else, which would make sense why they don't spell it out, given that that would have been a legal issue. If that's the case, then the Universal Frankenstein appeared to be a kind of "perfect" undead, they were just called immortal, and they could eat, sure, but there's no indication they ever needed anything special to maintain this. Frankenstein is kinda just a highlander I guess, they just... live forever. No idea how that's supposed to work biologically, but he IS undead and these ARE monster movies and Mothra's just fully supernatural, so... y'know, not every monster is gonna make sense.
8. Of the Heisei era Ghidorahs, only 2/6 aren't shown eating. Well, "eating." Based on the fact that every Ghidorah shown feeding feeds on the same thing, and that the Showa Ghidorah has the same MO as 4/6 Heisei Ghidorahs, I think it's more than safe to make the assumption. However, those two cases are both very special. The VS series KG is basically a clone with extra steps, from the Venusian KG, to designer pets, to their mutation. Super Godzilla brings attention to the fact that Ghidorah cells have an "energy storage" potential, which explains why a non-radiovore would still gain super powers from the bomb like Godzilla did. The 2nd generation KG was also being controlled, it wasn't acting on instinct, and so wasn't looking for food, but also, but outside of that it's still a domesticated creature, not a natural Ghidorah, so it wouldn't have the instinct to devour planets in the first place. I'm way more curious aboot what people who cared for Dorats as pets were feeding them than I am what a clone-KG-with-extra-steps eats because I feel like I already know what KG eats.
9. The other special case is, of course, the GMK guardian Ghidorah, or Orochi. The classic myth has Orochi being bested by drinking a lot of booze, which is depicted in a Toho monster movie, albeit as a recounted story, but we have no reason to think that Yamato is lying. However the most recent Toho version of Orochi before GMK was the 1994 film, and that backstory doesn't mention the sake at all, so maybe the version of Orochi that became Ghidorah simply never drank? It's hard to tell. At any rate, the 1994 movie presents Orochi as basically having the same MO as Ghidorah, it was on Earth, started wrecking everything, was banished to space, returned from space, and once again posed a planetary level threat. One super interesting detail is that in the 1994 movie, they actually say that the next time Orochi will appear, they will be acting as a guardian, which is weirdly prescient, but I'm sure this is just a reference to a particular myth I haven't heard. Either way, pre-GMK Orochi seems to be an utterly ordinary Ghidorah based on that, so taking that into account the GMK Ghidorah doesn't really seem odd either. Their motivations are different due to being guided by spirits with a different agenda than the monster's normal behavior (this might even go back as far as Tsukuyomi controlling Orochi to use as a weapon, but the dialogue just kinda suggests Tsukuyomi IS Orochi, which I guess makes one of the Shinto gods a Ghidorah? Weird, but... he is the moon god, so he's technically from space I guess), but as far as their diet, if they ever were to eat, it would probably be the same stuff. Of course, this Ghidorah might also count as undead, which would complicate things further, but you get the idea. Basically, both abberant Ghidorahs aren't actually any different with regards to their diet, they were different because of their motivations.
Undead Vampire Ghidorah ???
How many minutes you wasted to do that?
@@Pocket-troopsAs many as they liked.
The Rhedosaurus from Beast From 20,000 Fathoms devoured a policeman for shooting at him, though that might just have been out of spite.
Didn't Godzilla Junior eat whales too?
Yes it was implied he went after whales
I know Rodan was talked about, but there was one scene in Destroy all monsters where Rodan went dolphin fishing!
It hadn't occurred to me that Godzilla returned to Oto Island because he knew there was food there. Thanks!
The vague idea of Showa Goji being carnivorous is also supported in illustrated books from those years. You can find many pictures of Godzilla's habits, and he's shown feasting on whales and sharks.
Of course this is just extra material and not the films, but it reflects the general notion at the time about his diet.
*shows King Kong multiple times during the video*
I’m interested to see what Kong actually consumes since it seems to change with every incarnation
*never elaborates on Kong*
In regards to the Baby Zillas, they only really start going after the humans because they picked up the smell of the fish while exploring the wrecked stadium. It's still possible that they may have developed a taste for humans anyway, but the fish smell was very much the initial trigger.
Isn't there a scene implying that Godzilla Jr. eats whales in Godzilla vs. Destroyah?
We see a mothra inspired kaiju in Kirby! eating palm trees.
They eat each other and eat whales as snacks
4:06 I don't blame them
I thought it was implied that the M.U.T.O's larval stages were parasitic and fed off of other titans
Yiu forgot to mention that Ghidorah fed on dinosaurs 65 million yeare ago in Rebirth of Mothra 3 even though yiu showed a picture of him doing just that
Well Godzilla jr has also ate a burger and whales, the baby Godzillas in the 98 film also ate humans and one of them ate a bag of popcorn, and Micheal Doherty states the monsterverse Godzilla eats radioactive meat
Ghidorah eat dr graham
This topic is pretty interesting
Zilla’s children, including Zilla, Jr., all smelled fish on humans leading them to want to eat them
I watched Dante Dotson
So Rodan would technically eat weed 29/7 if can?
Didnt godzilla eat some of kamoebas in against mechagodzilla
The Baby Zillas go after the humans because they smell of Fish.
Don Freye eats meat. I mean commander Douglas Gordan. He counts as a Kaiju.
Kumonga likely caught Kamacuras with the intention of eating it. In the Ultra series several kaiju have been known to prey on others like Gudon to Twin Tail and Birdon to Kemjili, then theres Astromons that consumed Oil Drinker through its stomach flower
What a neat little video!
Can you talk more about the godzila show
Mothra prays on intangible forces of earth .
Anguirus ate the carcasses of the dead rodans in singular point.
Anguirus was also said to be carnivorous in his debut film, Godzilla Raids Again.
Rodan eats green uhh I mean volcanic matter💀
Love these creative videos!
[ Diet Type Of All Kaijus ]
1. Godzilla (Omnivore/Nuclear)
2. Anguirus (Herbivore)
3. Rodan (Carnivore)
4. Mothra (Unknown)
5. King Ghidorah (Carnivore)
6. King Kong (Omnivore)
7. Gamera (Herbivore/Natural)
8. Baragon (Omnivore)
9. Gorosaurus (Carnivore)
10. Manda (Carnivore)
11. King Caesar (Omnivore)
12. Gomess (Carnivore)
13. Peguila (Carnivore)
14. Pagos (Omnivore/Nuclear)
15. Bemular (Hypervore)
16. Neronga (Omnivore/Electric)
17. Magular (Omnivore/Rock)
18. Gabora (Omnivore/Nuclear)
19. Jirass (Omnivore/Nuclear)
20. Zedus (Carnivore)
21. Barugon (Carnivore)
22. Gyaos (Carnivore)
23. Chadorah (Carnivore)
24. Red King (Carnivore)
25. Gomora (Omnivore)
26. Zetton (Hypervore/Energy)
27. Eleking (Solar/Electric/Moonlight)
28. Windom (Herbivore/Metal)
29. Agira (Herbivore/Energy)
30. Miclas (Herbivore/Lava)
31. Pandon (Omnivore/Sunlight)
32. Black King (Omnivore/Energy)
33. Bemstar (Hypervore/Gas/Oil)
34. Birdon (Carnivore/Maneater)
35. Bogal (Hypervore/Cannibalism)
I like to think Mothra in GMK ate those people in the water🍖
Godzilla lives in water, so it would be logical to assume that he feeds on fish, also considering the size of Godzilla, he could hunt whales.
I like to think Godzilla's species can eat basically anything but the adults prefer meat, like cows whales and fish, but the children prefer fruits and vegetables, i would guess that this is due to plants being both easily accessible and enough for them at their young age, but as they get older, they're able to go for more nutritious meals
But any of them at any age will prefer radiation
The old B/W King Kong where he ate one of the islanders.
He didn't actually eat the islander; he just chewed him to death, took him out of his mouth and tossed him aside.
Worth including perhaps is the modern Godzilla of the MechaG duology of the Millennium series (the 54G of that series being the bones of Kiryu): it attacked, killed, and possibly ate some of that giant turtle from a more obscure Toho film.
Yeah, Mothra. Pretty sure in larvae form, she eats trees.. But, in moth form..
*N e c t a r .*
I guess?
Considering Mothra is based on a silkmoth she probably eats everything while she is in her larval state and not while she is an adult
Awesome video,I love your vids. Its always the best day when you upload 🎉❤
Same :)
What does the kaiju do on there free time
Godzilla himself doesn't eat, he feeds on radiation. His species, on the other hand, is most likely omnivorous, as Godzilla Junior fed on plants and meat when he was young. Once he was a sub-adult, he even ate whales.
I wanna know what Mechagodzilla eats
Lmfao
There's a ride godzilla that's seen eating car sized fruits on his planet.
4:06
Everyone when there's no more butter for the popcorn.
Mothra eats free-range tofu.
Now gorilla's don't eat people but with King Kong that's more nuanced. He has been seen putting people in his mouth and chewing, but he consistently spits them out. It happens in the original movie and even in King Kong Lives he bites a guy's head off and then picks the man's head out of his teeth. Pretty consistent until we get to Kong Skull Island, when one of the soldiers falls out of a helicopter into Kong's mouth. Maybe Kong is capable of eating people, we're just not very tasty. Perhaps Monsterverse Kong prefers seafood given he starts eating the Mire Squid after killing it.
Tyranitar eating Milktank
Pretty sure we do see Ebirah eat? I mean you put up a still of it using its claws like chopsticks shovelling towards the mouth.
This is just another chill master peice. I feel like this man always makes chill bangers keep it up!
I've been watching Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster for decades and I never realized those were whales at 2:35! I always assumed they were fake waves or something lol. 😂
Do part 2 part 2 part2
King Kong eats the mire squid 🦑 in Kong skull island and in his toho counter part he feasts and drinks on tharolacing juice and probably meat .
Anytime those '90s kids book about Godzilla get a mention puts a smile on my face. I love the art in those books. My favorite of design of Godzilla and others until Monster-verse.
that's a lot of fish!
That alot of fish
Your mom
I’ve been curious about the monster Jirāhs feeding habit
Here's one you probably don't know. Reptilicus from 1961.
No personally,it makes sense to me that Godzilla has an appetite for animals such as cows,etc.; after all, it just can't live alone on just any forms of radiation.
...and that makes him SCARIER THAN H---!!!!
KiryuGoji also had predatory tendencies when he mutilated Kamoebas.
King Kong seems to enjoy fish and animals like the warbats and squid
Another thing about godzilla the series is they tried feed godzilla a seaweed based substitute so that he wouldn’t mess with fishing boats but godzilla did not like it and the most bizarre diet from the series custeacus Rex which fed on tar
Pokemon eating poke chao poke puffs Curry and Sandwiches
King Kong is should eating good that normal gorillas eat (vegetation such as fruits and vegetables). But also ate an octopus in KONG: Skull Island.
Rodan likes weed
Rodan definitely likes eating humans, I remember that from his debut movie.
In a Taco Bell commercial, Zilla was shown eating Tacos, for some stupid reason.
Did you pronounce Herbivore like Muricans claim herbs is supposedly pronounced? 😂 ‘erbivore! Love it
4:21 maybe the mutant iguanas couldn't sustain themselves on seagrass alone
Really I couldI care less what any of them eat. I don’t watch them for that.I want to see them fight. And greatest fight I hope I live to see. Godzilla vs Gamera.
Zilla may like popcorn, but HATE gumballs.
I honestly would love to see a follow up video for this focusing on the kaiju from the Gamera franchise
I have a head canon that Godzilla eats the carrion of sea animals that die from radiation poisoning due to Godzilla being a radioactive creature, so basically wherever Godzilla swims, he gets free food without hunting.
...People?
Here’s an interesting fact about Godzilla from the monsterverse. Godzilla actually eats other titans for radiation and most of the times absorbs radiation. Mainly the only times the monsterverse Godzilla would ever eat is when he likes the taste and during his past history before the events in the monsterverse, he had a taste for muto flesh.
King Kong likes Soma Berries
You forgot the part that Godzilla 1954 literally bitten a train
Most likely they made later monsters energy feeders because it would be impractical for them to feed on anything else, especially since they have gotten bigger over the years. Modern Godzilla incarnations are larger than the first Godzilla by what seems like orders of magnitude.
I recommend the Rhedosaurus from the beast from 20,000 fathoms
Marvels American Kaiju is a human that turns into a creature that looks like Godzilla so whatever a human eats
Vrahno already solved this! It’s comically large corn
Can’t resist hunger, yup. Sweet analysis/theory.