Ward Ulens No, no, see, Megaraptor is the Freddy Kruger Big Bird. Therizinosaurus was the dinosaur equivalent of a large black-woman with 9-inch acrylic nails, sass, and ain't afraid to smack no Tarbosaur into next week.
Just wanted to thank you for mentioning that many traditionally herbivorous animals do eat small animals and insects when they can get it. I think that it's important to remember that animals will opportunistically eat whatever they can digest at times. It always makes me wonder more about how transitions between dietary habits happen.
Very true! I've seen a video of a horse that reached down and ate a baby chick once, scooped it up in one bite like it was nothin. Haven't slept all that well since.
You have no idea how right you actually are, since paleontologists believe therizinosaurs are more closely related to tyrannosaurs than other dinosaurs
That's a good observation, evolution is driven by niches, so it very well may have filled the opposite niche within the ecosystems it lived in - even being related to Trex subfamily. Therizinosaur was likely a main food source for a lot of predators, there was probably a lot of them judging from how often their fossils show up, and they seemed to be highly adaptive to their surroundings. These were some very cool and important creatures! :D
"Mommy, I'm starving and confused. I know we're herbivores, but the smell of that carcass of the sharptooth you clawed to death is making me hungry." "Oh, don't worry dear, herbivores sometimes eat meat too. Just help yourself." "But it's so big! Where do I even start?" "Oh, dear, silly me. Yes, of course." *SNICKT*
@@blazethesteamdragon6202 no because baryonyx is a much more well known species, it only works because baryonyx is a more well known species than therizinosaurus, whilst deinocheirus is even more obscure than therizinosaurus so the format wouldnt really work
what if they were claws used to tear up gigantic ant/ termite mounds, giant anteaters have similar claws that are no joke, for that purpose. idk just a thought
Interesting theory. We often see big claws like that used for digging or hanging from branches. Have any dinosaurs been identified as insect eating? If not that would be highly unusual and therefore likely something missed or overlooked. You'd also expect dino to have long tongue or different mouth structure like other convergent ant eating animals - i would think the tongue is possible.
TheFaraway8 I had a book as a Kid that actually mentioned certain paleontologists had theorized that it was a massive termite/ant-eater as well. So it looks like you weren’t the only person who had that idea.
It would be amazing to see Therozinosaurus or any therozinsaurid for that matter in the new JW dominion film to introduce this unique family of dinosaurs to the general public this could also show off some proper feathers. Also you make a video talking about Deinocheirus since it’s also another unique dinosaur especially compared to its other relatives of Ornithomimusauria & seemly convergently evolved traits similar to therozinosaurus.
when I see how little they have to go figuring out what animal it belonged to sometimes, I grow a new apreciation for the ammount of work and talent that goes into this underapreciated field, thanks for sharing your passion !!
GGW I often find the early paleontological classifications to be very cute. Without anything else to go on, they just had to take modern day animals & apply a type from there. You can’t blame em, really. If I was faced with the limited information of those claws, I probably would’ve come up with something quite similar. Or some form of dinosaur sloth 🤣
DrakoDragonis I’ve been meaning to get one. Every time I’ve tried something has gone horribly wrong and it either kills me or I or my dino ends up killing it.
Christopher Burkill. Try and use a Gallup for taming them so you can stay away from it. Or you if you have stone you can make a taming pen do it. I suggest the taming pen.
You forgot the part where they survived the KT extinction event and were hunted by humans until the internet was made and they saved their memories via technology and they wandered the internet until they found ark survival evolved where they kill all humans on sight
I think therizinosaurs have changed our understanding of dinosaurs just as much as feathered raptors and nesting hills. They showed that evolution would make dinosaurs not only majestic or terrifying, but also weird. Ungodly weird.
Therizinosaurs are my favourite group of dinosaurs, from way back when I knew them as Segnosaurs. They were so weird, and no-one knew where they fitted in, either in dino evolution, or ecologically. there was even speculation that they were specialised insect eaters, feeding on the early evolutions of social insects. Somehow, a thirty foot, multi tonne dino ant-eater had massive appeal for me!
Therizinosaurids have always been fascinating to me. When first discovered, only the giant clawed arms were featured in National Geographic. I thought it was a massive, t-rex like theropod with big arms. It's amazing years later that yes, they were theropods, but with odd, sauropod-like traits, that were herbivores, not carnivores.
I was on r/dinosaurs and someone photoshopped Freddy Kreuger's claws on an image of Big Bird and was like "this is a therozinosaurus, change my mind " That image lives rent free in my head.
thank you this is so interesting!! and the details in the explanations are amazing, i just still need to search up what all of the different names or groups of different dinosaur types mean lol
Therizinosaurus: *behind a rock* Me, a lvl 15 ark survivor: *gets too close to the rock not realizing that the theri is behind it* *oh no song intensifies*
I had one with a picture of erlikosaurus that was built like a body builder! Massive limbs and a vulture like head! It was my favorite dino for a long time and i was disappointed with the later ( proper) reconstructions.
Just want to say I really like this channel and I've been subscribed for ages. Keep up the good work and I hope you guys are holding up well with the covid 19 pandemic
9:42 I think it funny how you compared these creatures to pandas. I understand the analogy, but "panda" isn't exactly what typically comes to my mind when I see these things.
I love how despite not being predators the therizinosaurs were just as badass as the other theropods with their giant claws, while also somehow being way cuddlier with their plump, fluffy potbellies.
Nothronychus is one of my favourite dinosaurs I didn't know existed, until I watched a dinosaur documentary as a kid. Thanks to that documentary, I will always imagine that Nothronychus looked like "a half plucked turkey" and that it walked "like a potbellied bear".
Out of all of them, Nothronychus is my favourite, mainly because it was the first one I saw because of Planet Dinosaur, and plus it was also pretty cool seeing it owning those Suskityrannus 's.
He was also in when dinosaurs roamed America. Fun fact Nothronychus remains were mistaken to belong to the ground sloth nothroteriops but then it was proof that it was a dinosaur. Nothronychus also means sloth claw
Paleontologists - 'Why can't you just be normal!?'
Therizinosaurs - 'Screams'
C'mon it's common for Dinosaurs
But bizzare for we humans 😔
Nice tank btw
Drake Petty „check out mah tail bros”
Hahahahah
* *raptorex, dickensonia and yiqi have joined the chat* *
therizinosaurus walks by
ark players: running to the other side of the earth.
Once you aggro those mthfkrs they don't stop chasing until they kill you XD
Lol they're my favorite dino
They really oversized the head in the game, but I guess it's to contain all the steroids they put into them.
Dog, I watched this video and learned they were actually herbivores, so I went up to one. Long story short he rocked my shit.
Hello Fellow Ark Players
My favorite dinosaur, Therizinosaurus: the turkey capable of carving you up like a thanksgiving dinner, only to eat a salad instead.
@Ward Ulens Sharpy poultry
Ward Ulens No, no, see, Megaraptor is the Freddy Kruger Big Bird. Therizinosaurus was the dinosaur equivalent of a large black-woman with 9-inch acrylic nails, sass, and ain't afraid to smack no Tarbosaur into next week.
Very well put...
Kinda like a Cassowary
Rkaale 123 can confirm, ran into one while I was collecting resources and lets just say he collected my shredded body that day.
Just wanted to thank you for mentioning that many traditionally herbivorous animals do eat small animals and insects when they can get it. I think that it's important to remember that animals will opportunistically eat whatever they can digest at times. It always makes me wonder more about how transitions between dietary habits happen.
Totaly agree! There are e.g. accounts of cows eating birds
Very true! I've seen a video of a horse that reached down and ate a baby chick once, scooped it up in one bite like it was nothin. Haven't slept all that well since.
@@JordanHayesRule it's so they can get calcium. And other minerals their diet typically lacks
@@travisgartside409 Also baby chickens are delicious. Atleast thats what my horse keeps telling me
The one of the horse eating the chicken is 💀 😆
Huge hands, tiny head, herbivore...
It's an opposite T Rex!! 😲
Yup lol
Nice 😂
Yup, didn’t notice until now, cannot unsee
You have no idea how right you actually are, since paleontologists believe therizinosaurs are more closely related to tyrannosaurs than other dinosaurs
That's a good observation, evolution is driven by niches, so it very well may have filled the opposite niche within the ecosystems it lived in - even being related to Trex subfamily. Therizinosaur was likely a main food source for a lot of predators, there was probably a lot of them judging from how often their fossils show up, and they seemed to be highly adaptive to their surroundings. These were some very cool and important creatures! :D
they remind me of a cross between a giant ground sloth and a bird.
Ya they look stupid
It's a an eagle with hands.
Convergent evolution
Nah, my man just lost his nail clippers.
Lol
Lol
@@nevergonnagiveuup3744 give me up now
@@zhongxina6646 Yes
Keep up with the paleontology content, it's great and really interesting! It's the reason why I subscribed 😉
I think of what evolution would have created had they survived.
6 finger samurai sword swingers
Fr, it's already crazy enough that we have giraffes and now we found that there are sloth/panda resembling dinosaurs, the possibilities are endless!
John Lennon a real life edward scissor hands
Lol, that's funny 😂🤦♂️
Reminds me of a Moa, maybe related?
Normal people: Therizinosaurus
Me, an intellectual: Wolverine Bird
The almighty Tickle Chicken
Huge Wolverine birds are 'Tight. Wow.
I like how it’s you and another intellectual I know it’s a typo but it’s more fun that way anyways lol
Turkey scissors hands
Freddious Krugersaur
evolution: **hits joint** "ok ok, what if like, a 12 foot turkey with wolverine claws and a tiny head"
How everyone says: Therezinosaurus
How i say: taxonomical confusion
Tickle chicken
I love how the therizinosaur at 0:01 looks eerily similar to a bipedal ground sloth or tamandua .
I remember segnosaurus from one of my old dinosaur books, but didn’t realise it was this dino that later became therizinosaurus.
Same! I vivdly remember the drawings depicting a front facing running brown bipedal dinosaur
Erlikosaurus is named after the Mongolian death god Erlik
And i have a friend named Erik
Erlik khan?
"Mommy, I'm starving and confused. I know we're herbivores, but the smell of that carcass of the sharptooth you clawed to death is making me hungry."
"Oh, don't worry dear, herbivores sometimes eat meat too. Just help yourself."
"But it's so big! Where do I even start?"
"Oh, dear, silly me. Yes, of course."
*SNICKT*
-Baryonyx: I've got the wildest claws of any dino!!
-Therizinosaurs: ... bruh, hold my beer.
Albatross flight 🤣
Feel like this joke would've been better with Deinocheirus instead of Baryonyx
@@blazethesteamdragon6202 no because baryonyx is a much more well known species, it only works because baryonyx is a more well known species than therizinosaurus, whilst deinocheirus is even more obscure than therizinosaurus so the format wouldnt really work
@@Jojozilla426 No I think it would work as long as the claws are really weird
@@blazethesteamdragon6202 actually that could be funny too
7:17 Did Batman and Superman get to name a dinosaur?
No. Hulk and. Thor beat them to it lol
what if they were claws used to tear up gigantic ant/ termite mounds,
giant anteaters have similar claws that are no joke, for that purpose. idk just a thought
Interesting theory. We often see big claws like that used for digging or hanging from branches. Have any dinosaurs been identified as insect eating? If not that would be highly unusual and therefore likely something missed or overlooked. You'd also expect dino to have long tongue or different mouth structure like other convergent ant eating animals - i would think the tongue is possible.
They're herbivorous
TheFaraway8 didn’t it have the teeth of a herbivore? cool theory but maybe a bit unlikely, still could be true though
@@astolenusername7675 yeah I know
realized that a little after I posted that comment 😅
TheFaraway8 I had a book as a Kid that actually mentioned certain paleontologists had theorized that it was a massive termite/ant-eater as well. So it looks like you weren’t the only person who had that idea.
Absolutely adore these creatures! Fluffy beasts. Great videos man, you’re keeping me alive during quarantine. Stay safe :)
It would be amazing to see Therozinosaurus or any therozinsaurid for that matter in the new JW dominion film to introduce this unique family of dinosaurs to the general public this could also show off some proper feathers. Also you make a video talking about Deinocheirus since it’s also another unique dinosaur especially compared to its other relatives of Ornithomimusauria & seemly convergently evolved traits similar to therozinosaurus.
This comment must have driven Autocorrect nuts!
ohgary indeed it did
Did you mean Deinocheirus?
Imagine someone riding Therizinosaurus fighting a T.Rex in the film. It would be epic
Indeed
1:30 those are mega pigeons and you cannot convince me otherwise
Ultra-Mega Pigeons
TICKLE CHICKEN
when I see how little they have to go figuring out what animal it belonged to sometimes, I grow a new apreciation for the ammount of work and talent that goes into this underapreciated field, thanks for sharing your passion !!
It's early theorized turtle form made me chuckle
GGW I often find the early paleontological classifications to be very cute. Without anything else to go on, they just had to take modern day animals & apply a type from there. You can’t blame em, really. If I was faced with the limited information of those claws, I probably would’ve come up with something quite similar. Or some form of dinosaur sloth 🤣
Why would they guess a turtle of all things? That wasn’t even close.
@@nyr0r0saurus because turtle flippers look a bit like the claws of therizinosaurus once you remove the flesh.
Scientists think everything's a turtle
Why would anyone thumb this video down. It’s duly researched and beautifully put together. This is a great channel with good scientific information.
Lol. Some folk think the world is 7000 years old. And that dinosaurs are a satanic falsehood. Someone with your user name ought to realise this.
YES, you’re covering my favorite dinosaur!!!!!!!
My favourite too :D
@@BenGThomas same
ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS!ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS!
ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS!ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS!ALLOSAURS! ALLOSAURS! Far cooler!!!
Martharaptor? Why did you say that name? WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!
Someone had to do it.
If you hadn't, that's where I was headed.
Segnosaurus : its his mother's name
LMAO
Yooooo does it have tippers though😳
It’s kinda funny that therizinosaurs are related to alvarezsaurs.
@Hans Günther I think he means it's funny in the sense that these giant scythe ducks evolved from little tiny chicken boys
@Hans Günther Because alvarezsaurids have tiny, almost non-existent arms while therizinosaurids have giant scythe-wielding arms.
Dinosaur humor
@@maddeeps5520 they didn't evolve from them they shared a common ancestor with them
They’re a pain to run into on Ark: Survival Evolved. I make sure I stay away from them.
New people to the game have it worse lol
I used to love taming them. They make great mounts/harvesters :)
This dino can tear your tatch home to shreds
DrakoDragonis I’ve been meaning to get one. Every time I’ve tried something has gone horribly wrong and it either kills me or I or my dino ends up killing it.
Christopher Burkill. Try and use a Gallup for taming them so you can stay away from it. Or you if you have stone you can make a taming pen do it. I suggest the taming pen.
You forgot the part where they survived the KT extinction event and were hunted by humans until the internet was made and they saved their memories via technology and they wandered the internet until they found ark survival evolved where they kill all humans on sight
I hate those things
@@nyr0r0saurus yeah but if you can tame em
Burn the evil tickle chickens
@@Sometallguy lol
@@Sometallguy evil tickle chickens sounds funny
03:57 Arthur Weasley wrote about these? I guess he wasn't always into muggles and electrical plugs?
I think therizinosaurs have changed our understanding of dinosaurs just as much as feathered raptors and nesting hills.
They showed that evolution would make dinosaurs not only majestic or terrifying, but also weird. Ungodly weird.
Therizinosaurs are my favourite group of dinosaurs, from way back when I knew them as Segnosaurs. They were so weird, and no-one knew where they fitted in, either in dino evolution, or ecologically. there was even speculation that they were specialised insect eaters, feeding on the early evolutions of social insects. Somehow, a thirty foot, multi tonne dino ant-eater had massive appeal for me!
Therizinosaurids have always been fascinating to me. When first discovered, only the giant clawed arms were featured in National Geographic. I thought it was a massive, t-rex like theropod with big arms. It's amazing years later that yes, they were theropods, but with odd, sauropod-like traits, that were herbivores, not carnivores.
Ark players: whats that
Therizinosaurus: i took that personal
Ben, ignore the creationists people who commented in your video, you educated people more than teacher and creationists would ever be
Imagine having meter long claws but the name deinonychus was taken by an oversized chicken
I was on r/dinosaurs and someone photoshopped Freddy Kreuger's claws on an image of Big Bird and was like "this is a therozinosaurus, change my mind "
That image lives rent free in my head.
Fun fact:therizinosaurus had claws longer than even the longest Romanian sword
Creationists ask for a crocoduck; science shows giant sloth turkeys.
Creationists need their heads checked
I increasingly love this strange group of theropods
thank you this is so interesting!! and the details in the explanations are amazing, i just still need to search up what all of the different names or groups of different dinosaur types mean lol
Therizinosaurus: *behind a rock*
Me, a lvl 15 ark survivor: *gets too close to the rock not realizing that the theri is behind it*
*oh no song intensifies*
As an ark player and an official paleontologist i can confirm this is not what the 'real' therizinosaur looks like.
I remember an old dinosaur book of mine portraying Segnosaurus eating fish (and without the long claws, if i remember correctly).
I had one with a picture of erlikosaurus that was built like a body builder! Massive limbs and a vulture like head!
It was my favorite dino for a long time and i was disappointed with the later ( proper) reconstructions.
I still have this book aha
This has been like my favorite dinosaur and have never forgotten I saw these in a book in elementary school.
Just want to say I really like this channel and I've been subscribed for ages. Keep up the good work and I hope you guys are holding up well with the covid 19 pandemic
They didn’t mention they were really good for alpha boss fights
@@skulkyt and good for destroying beach bobs dreams
Jesus I literally SCREAMED when I saw the notification! Therizinosaurs are my favorite family of dinosaurs!
The idea of it using it's claw to reach branches for feeding makes me remember about calicothere
Therizinosaurus is and has always been my favorite dinosaur
9:14
Tyranosaurus relative(?): "Great dude you just scared them off, how am I supposed to eat now?"
I love therizinosaurus, it's my favorite dinosaur. Glad it's finally getting some widespread recognition!
Same I like Gigantoraptor too
love ur profile pic btw
Ah my favorite dinosaurs of all time glad to see someone actually do a video on them nice work👍
Therazinosaurus is my favorite herbivorous dinosaur! Glad you covered them!
me: goes near a Therizinosaur
Therizinosaur: and I took that personaly
One of my favorite dinos in Ark survival evolved!
Loved this one, lovely to see you obvious love for these unlikely animals.
"So... Earth?"
Earth: "Yes?"
"Evolution got drunk again.."
Earth: 》_《
it never ceases to amaze me how much researcher can figure out how a certain animal look just from tiny bits of skeletons
Ark players: "ohh... I'm remember him.... That monster, that cruel monster"
9:42 I think it funny how you compared these creatures to pandas. I understand the analogy, but "panda" isn't exactly what typically comes to my mind when I see these things.
*Altangerel Perle is one of the best names I've ever heard. Are we sure he's Mongolian? Not a High Elf?*
His name is even more awesome than you think. Altan = golden, gerel = light.
The craziest thing about Therizinosaurs is how well they harvested wood and plant fibers, but how terrible they were at harvesting thatch.
Someone knows the name of the song? In descriprion only says "geographer"
I love how despite not being predators the therizinosaurs were just as badass as the other theropods with their giant claws, while also somehow being way cuddlier with their plump, fluffy potbellies.
Did you know paternal mitochondrial DNA does sometimes get passed down.
Source?
Walking with dinosaurs was my childhood film.
Therizinosaur nickname: The ground sloths of the Mesozoic.
This Therizinosaurus Was Tough Herbivore Dinosaurs With This Heavy Claws In the world 😱🔥🔥💯
No, you can't just evelove in to a peacefull herbivore as an theropod dinosaur.
Therizinosaurus: leafe cutting claws go wush.
You ok dog?
@@Yu-xp5wq Its a meme...
@ the spelling and shit just threw me off
Nothronychus is one of my favourite dinosaurs I didn't know existed, until I watched a dinosaur documentary as a kid. Thanks to that documentary, I will always imagine that Nothronychus looked like "a half plucked turkey" and that it walked "like a potbellied bear".
Therizinosaur = “Pharaoh Xena Saw” when subtitles turned on.
I ain’t mad.
Thanks Ben, it’s my second time watching this and the content is fascinating!
Ahh yes, the Murder Chicken
It’s funny how the more we learn about dinosaurs the more they resemble the world of Dr. Seuss.
So what you're saying is that Dr. Seuss' creatures are scientifically accurate in his books?
It looks like my mother in law, probably it sounds like one ! And those NAILS OH MYYYYY GOD !!!! TOTALLY it's she 😱😱🤯🤯 HORROR
Love the videos🤙🏼 speculative zoology videos are so interesting keep it up
The Theropod with the ultimate defensive *Stand!*
One of my favorite groups of dinosaurs too! Thank you for this video!
They kind of reminded me of panda's of the dinosaurs. Panda's evolved to be herbivores from past carnivorous bear like creatures.
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7:18
"Why did you say that name?!?!?!?"
-Batraptor
Nothing is as weird as the therizinosaurus.
Spinosaurus: Am I a joke to you.
Seriously
Spinosaurus is nothing compared to this weird dude
@@jascha8681 🤣🤣
Nah, epidexipteryx was the weirdest dinosaur.
I just searched it and... he smol
Now that was completely new to me. You manage to find consistently fascinating topics, young man ! :)
Long Claw Fluffy Bois
I really love that you use different artwork of this dinosaur other than professional published pieces in Dino books. Thank you for doing that!! ❤️
Therizinosaurs are my favs as well, thank you for this video!
I remember vibing on Ark just getting some wood, then turning around and seeing one of these running towards me
It sounds more like there's more history with how their classified than the actual animal itself. 😭😁
"My favourite group of dinosaurs"
Me too Ben!
They're so great.
Can't believe there was no mention of my big-armed boi, Deinocheirus in this vid tho.
Deinocheirus is not a pat of the super family of Therizinosauria
@@arlo9015 ahh that explains it. I had an inkling it wasn't. What the heck is it then?
This is my favorite dinosaur i love you so much for making this!
Me who has a Therizinosaur breed pair in ark: Well I already knew that
Thanks for sharing another great video!
As science moves forward, dinosaurs become closer to Chicken Park, rather than Jurassic Park.
Who you call a chicken?!
Yeah chicken??!!!!
Well nit as the dinosaurs had feathers, the therapods all did. 😮
But every other line didn't.
@@AngelEmfrbl It's not that simple, many (small) ornithopods also have feathers, and some theropods lost feathers like carnotaurus.
I can't get enough of this channel!
Out of all of them, Nothronychus is my favourite, mainly because it was the first one I saw because of Planet Dinosaur, and plus it was also pretty cool seeing it owning those Suskityrannus
's.
He was also in when dinosaurs roamed America. Fun fact Nothronychus remains were mistaken to belong to the ground sloth nothroteriops but then it was proof that it was a dinosaur. Nothronychus also means sloth claw
I watched every ad for this video..........
Couldn't this be the first tuber specialist?
They have been my favorite dinosaurs since I was a kid. I say it in walking with dinosaurs and immediately fell in love.