River Monsters: Twelve Deadly Fish in the Rivers and Lakes of Kaimere
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2023
- Although there are over a thousand species of freshwater fish in the known world alone, in today’s episode, we will meet twelve of the most infamous and dangerous fish encountered by the peoples of Kaimere. These are only some of the monsters you might encounter. To those anglers employed by the Assembly to collect specimens, I have only one thing to say:
Good luck.
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“Hi, I’m Jeremy Wade, and today on River Monsters we will be sailing up the rivers of Pakardia…”
Despite these fish being relatively mundane compared to the fantastical dragons and oceanic amphibians of your world I must say this was probably one of your more compelling episodes
Thank you! Was fun to keep it grounded (relatively speaking of course. Sizes were quite extreme, but such is the benefit of living in an ecosystem with basically double the trophic foundation of Earth aquatic habitats thanks to magic mostly having different limiting nutrients compared to Terran plankton)
@@TalesofKaimere why spread lies about "15ft arapaimas" when there is NO EVIDENCE whatsoever for that?
@@gshaindrich The wikipedia article on arapaimas said there's anecdotal evidence they may have reached 15 feet historically, and I found similar estimates by National Geographic (where I assume the Wikipedia statistic came from). I don't have proof and didn't claim as such in the video, just that they may have attained that size. I appreciate your passion against misinformation but I stand by what I said.
@@TalesofKaimere "anecdotal evidence" is NO EVIDENCE! tall tales and seaman´s yarn. Fishermen exaggerating on purpose what they battled with or disguising their fear. "anecdotal evidence" is what we have of all the Cryptids from Mothman to Nessi etc. - so you claim all these are real animals too? or "may have been" ? "anecdotal evidence" like the Bible? Every idiot from youtubers to the WWF (and NatGeo) just mindlessly spread that size and every other layman believes it. How about unicorns and griffons? They are in 17th century nature books too...
The same goes for snakes, crocodiles, sharks etc. supposedly meassured from skins or live/dead animals and yet if a real serious scientist remeassures when the skin still exists, SURPRISE no animal twice the proven size but just a big individual within the known range.
So if you are curious try to research one of these animals, e.g. an arapaima (which species?) or the diving speed of a golden eagle. Dead ends all quoting one source that has no sources of its own and did no research... just collected "anecdotal evidence" is NO EVIDENCE -> read further at the top
@@gshaindrich he said MAY HAVE, which is not at all out of the realm of possibility, the largest verified length of an Arapaima was over 10ft long so it is not inconceiveable that in a time with less exploitation of the Amazon River by humans that Arapaima may have been able to attain and sustain such sizes
Jeremy wade is gonna be drooling with those options
So much to choose from
A river monsters special.
Heck yeah
Oof ya'll saw what happened to Jeremy...?
He accidently killed a highly endangered baby hammer head shark...
Doubt we'll be seeing much from him in the future...
@@TalesofKaimere giant axolotls?
@@TalesofKaimere the fish folk have mutated biology, what Would happen if a animals are skin changes
@@hankskorpio5857 what
I saw the tweet.
I will personally rewatch this over and over again to make sure you draw MORE bony fish.
I am very excited.
Either I make bank or I never have to draw a ray-fin fish again! Sounds like a win/win lol
Man your art is getting a lot better! Especially on the Arapaima, and the creatures themselves are absolutely fantastic! I'll definitely be adding the majority of them to my list.
Brilliant! Thanks a bunch. Yeah the Arapaima was a tough one.
@@TalesofKaimere Absolutely beautiful though
I have some notes about this episode to say :
1 - The bird we see at 6:00 is a Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus genus).
Because the picture we see are mean to be Kaimere, we'll all said that species is present on Kaimere, in the wet areas where Azhdarchid aren't regulars.
2 - At 6:09, the elephant we see is a Bush Elephant (Loxodonta genus).
Because African elephants didn't managed to establish on Kaimere, we must all use our imagination and think that this particular elephant on the picture is just a Drenduga very far of its normal range (a lost/explorer specimen as people often say).
3 - It really nice to see that there numerous species of both Piranhas, Lungfish, Sturgeons, Sawfish, Siluridae, Catfish, Snakehead, Spikes and Coelacanthes on Kaimere !
(because when there at least one representatives, there others, and yet, this compilation have shown the biggest species of their respective families).
4 - I really like the take to present a Coelacanthe in a dangerous and menacing perspective !
These primitives, living fossils/panchronic fish were highly diverses in term of size and diet during their golden age.
They all shared a overall very similar bodyshape and appearance, but it isn't the body who made the life of an animal.
The true things that made it are more internes traits than we usually thoughts.
5 - Most of the species we have seen so far are capable to actively breath and keep air when outside water, which of course is a key additionnal trait responsible of their high success !
6 - The Carpenter Shark isn't a shark at all, but a Sawfish.
The key trait to identify a sawfish from a sawshark is that the sawshark have two clearly visibles whiskers on is rostrum, while the sawfish haven't wiskers at all.
True Sawshark are btw well-present on Kaimere.
7 - It cool to have mentionend the Megapiranha, who truly existed ! The biggest spesies so far !
A Piranha just bigger than the others, a true Mega Piranha !
(the people behind it nomination were subtile and complex (sarcasm))
Again something that at first sight seem to have been completely inveted for the famous series B killer animal movies "Piranha 3D" (2010) and "Piranha 2 3D" (2012), but att he end was discovered to really existed.
Like Scrat from ice Age or the Raptor of Jurassic Park with the Utahraptor, fictio often reach reality !
Seeing xhe makes me think about the rhizdont it makes me wonder if there any rhizodonts harvested in kaimere during the first dynasty
Fantastic episode!!! I like how most of the “river monsters” don’t usually see people as prey. A fact mirrored in our own world.
Is the Ridgeback catfish related to the goonch at all? If so were there any other notable fish/ animals that came through that harvest?
Heck yeah! Felt right to make most of them dangerous but not especially direct in hunting humans. Make the three that do all the more menacing.
Ridgeback catfish came from a harvest in the middle Miocene, and is likely in the genus Bagarius (earliest confirmed of that genus was only in the Pliocene, yet may have their origins as much as fifty million years ago. Record is unclear). The goonch itself has likely only attained their notorious size after the last ice ages, so while they are convergently similar in size and niche, they arrived there independently.
I noticed how "Top 3 Maneater fish" includes Kaimere version of Goonch catfish and Tigerfish, most famous of RIver Monster episodes.
And really good job at coloring shades of irridescence and scales!!
Thank you! Yes, although neither are actually the same species as their Earth counterparts, they are quite ecologically and physiologically similar.
I love aquatic ecosystems especially freshwater and I’m glad to see them expanded in this video. Truly these are river monsters and all of them look amazing!!
Heck yeah! This was a very fun episode even though it ended up being a ton of work. Very proud of the results!
Funfact : Where I'm from snakeheads are nicknamed tiger fish because of their ferocity. Glad to see them on kaimere as badass and beautiful fish.
Heck yeah. Seeing giant snakeheads definitely inspired this design and coloration. Here in the states they're all invasive and have a much more discrete python-like coloration.
Do paddlefish exist on kaimere dis they go extinct
@@rylanbrewer3320 I justly asked keenan about that some times ago.
The awnser is no, but there was already too many works and species for this episode, so that something for another, in another potential video.
Anyone else remember when a fifteen minute episode was considered unusual?
Nah, me neither.
But seriously, theres been a notable increase in production quality these past few months and I am all here for it!
Great new additions to Kaimere all around!
Also hippo music'nt
Heck yeah! Having more of a budget means I can devote more time and that’s been swell
Once again a beautifully assembled work of art! I love how you’re able to represent all of these animals so seamlessly - both the environments and the animals themselves feel so natural and real!
Thank you so much!!
I always love to see more of this world. Its ecosystems are legitimately able to stand to the pressures of even iron age societies well, and its always neat to see how these societies are impacted by those environments.
Thanks a bunch! Definitely wanted a world wherein magic is not only a natural part of the ecosystem down to its very foundation, the magical beasts are not the most imposing or powerful organisms around.
Kaimere is so amazing, the level of detail you go into with the worldbuilding is just incredible
Thank you!
Guys do not let this video flop, we need to make this man do more fish
Great episode. I remember that when I was younger I was often watching River Monsters with Polish lector, it was always great seeing all those giant fishes and seeing how big some of fishes in Kaimere can get brings me similar vibe. It was also great to see some of catfishes in new desing after their last episode over a year ago.
Thanks! I didn't end up seeing many episodes, but I've seen a few clips from Wade's show over the years and it's great to see a person immersed in their passion. Had a lot of fun with that catfish episode and it was nice to dust off some of those designs!
@@TalesofKaimere There one species of the catfish special episode who isn't taken again, the Wujani, but this species being completely inofensive for people, she have any reason to be considered as a river monster, and as such to be in this episode.
Man, do I miss River Monsters! What a great show! This is by far my 2nd favorite episode of 2023. It gave me such a nostalgic feeling, Jeremy Wade needs to visit Kaimere!
Absolutely! I've only seen a few clips but Wade brings a lot of passion and charm to an already awesome subject
Damn this was a phenomenal episode. Watching these river monsters is really awesome especially fascinated by the Skewerback Sturgeons and Musketeer pikes but damn the Xh' Rakha is really scary . Glad none of it's counterparts are alive on earth 😅..
This episode was worth the wait.
I know it's probably too much to ask but any chance we will get a Crocodiles of Kaimere episode some day?
Thanks so much! Was a ton of work but had a blast! I definitely plan on a croc episode, since there are at least a dozen species scattered throughout the known world, but I need to wait for a sponsor since each one will take 2-3 hours to draw so I'll need to charge more than the usual clade rates if I'm going to fit them all in.
I've been rewatching this episode more times than my usual but there is so much new information to obtain. Despite the fact that this topic was limited to truly giant fish, the dozen species that you choose represent many different clades so they still provide a good glimpse into the freshwater fish diversity that we were missing previously. I really like the inclusion of the giant pike (I've always liked pikes for some reason) and the arapaima (I was hoping for it to be present in Kaimere). The three man-eater species are really cool especially the killer coelacanth from Pakardia (In Kaimre if you seek something ancient and deadly in the Known world, go to the highlands of Pakardia). Definitely a lot of stunning designs in this episode. I hope there will be funding for more fish related content in the not too distant future, because it is needed and this episode was great.
Thank you so much! Always great hearing from you and I’m glad it was so well received! It wasn’t a topic I’m much familiar with but just this one dip in the proverbial shallow end has me fascinated
Can you make a video showing where all of these major areas/land feaures (Seridic Wetlands, Great Lakes, Titan Gardens, etc.) are on the map? A video talking about the various habitats on Kaimere would be cool, too. Also, the seagrass meadows are freshwater, right?
That would be a great topic/series! Seridic wetlands are freshwater, but the seagrass meadows are saltwater.
Jeramy Wade and Steve Irwin would have had a field day on Kaimere.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A RANDOM FISH-CENTRIC SPECIES EPISODE FOR SO LONG!!!!! So excited for this ^^
Heck yeah hope you enjoy!
I bet a version of Jeremy Wade in this story's version of Earth is currently planning an expedtion to Kaimere via the portals that connect the two planets haha.
I’ve been waiting to watch this all day
Love it and yes Mr. Wade would absolutely be joining the asimbly
I always love the episodes around aquatic animals.
Heck yeah they're so fun to work on. Always loved water and the creatures that call it home.
We need a video series on crocodilians, one for semi aquatic kind, one for the fully terrestial kind
That would be awesome!
@@TalesofKaimere especially an explaination of how crocs like odogan evolved their godzilla like posture
Banger episode. Fish haven't been touched in a while even though we get a lot of marine vids and it's nice to see some giants.
1. How do the First 3 interact since they share a habitat?
2. What motivates the sturgeon to attack man? Their current relatives are quite docile.
3. Are there any special magic enhanced fish that have become fisherman's tale?
4. Do fishermen have specific creatures they try to fish near to to scare off the more dangerous items? (My idea was the large fish eating crocodile from the wetlands)
1. Arapaima hunt piranha, and will also pursue younger gar. Gar will probably go for all but the largest of the piranha.
2. Opportunity mostly. Beluga sturgeon primarily eat other fish, sometimes up to half their own length, so stumbling upon a swimmer and eating them doesn't seem out of character for a 20+ footer.
3. Almost definitely. Was a theory about Shanksmonger until they actually looked at the skull.
4. Not something I can considered much aside from fishermen accepting ba'khar taking tribute, a segment I had to cut, but I think it would also apply to some crocodiles and definitely orcas for marine fishermen.
How do the snakeheads and xhe intersct with the other denziens of the greta lakes like the jiao moose and watioga
Favorite episode so far, had my favorite species haha. Freshwater fish are some of the coolest, especially sturgeon and gar
Heck yeah! They’re so neat I was really excited to study and definitely left wanting to know and draw more
@@TalesofKaimere nice! Researching those ancient species is always fun, and your artwork is amazing
I honestly cant get enough of these videos when will the next come I loooove your material
Thanks so much! Next week we got vermin and I’m honestly super excited for that
I honestly thought the Carpenter Shark, when I first saw it, was an Onchopristis/Onchopristis descendent that kept its large size.
You had subtitles now? I didn't expect that. I really loves the Arapaima and Skewerback Sturgeon drawing!
Thank you! Yes I got a sponsor who specifically wanted captions. It adds over an hour of work to some of the longer episodes like this but I do like to have it as an option. The auto-generated captions can be... really bad.
I remember watching River Monsters as a kid. I loved that show
Only seen a few clips but dude is clearly passionate about the subject and all around a great guy
The diversity of giants you have is great! Given the weirdness that is fish indeterminate growth, I'd suspect that a number of them would change simply due to the greater ability to catch food.
On a totally different note, do you have any plans to address earth-extinct insect groups? It would be very interesting to see a late surviving group of Palaeodictyopteroidea.
This episode was AWESOME ! All these 12 species are as fantastic, amazing and threatening looking !
And yet, we are still with only FEW of them, and that cover ONLY the species INSIDE the Known World !
The rivers and lakes of all the realms beyond it must have even more crazier and/or dangerous species that no one caneven maybe imagine....
This is glorious, as an aquarist I love seeing a fish special.
Heck yeah! I’m open about not knowing much going into this but it was a real treat to study and illustrate
Banger episode :)
Hell yeah thanks Skull!
This made my day
Glad to hear it!!
HECK yeah, Kaimere has sturgeon!! Humongous sturgeon, too.
I LOVE. Love. The evolution of the idea of the Houze prairie - the fact that is has a floodplain season.
As an aquarium enthusiast, all of these giant predatory fishes are a few speculative animals that truly make me go “NOPE”, given that this is a world filled to the brim with dinosaurs and other formidable beasts.
This was really fun
Thanks! I had a ton of fun putting it together
Kaimere is terrifying tbh... Very terrifying even for superhumans! Now these amazing predatory and dangerous fish are what made me realize : Everything there is hostile... And it's so amazingly perfect!
I have to admit, these fishes are just extraordinary. Bravo my friend, and good luck in your future projects.
Thank you so much!
@@TalesofKaimere And thank you, from all of us, for giving us the amazing world of Kaimere.
On my way to purposely make this episode pop off so Keenan would draw more fishes in the future.
Dagnabbit
Very nice episode! All the new retcons to some of these species managed to give more depth and more unique roles. My favourites are arapaima, radiant snakehead and xhe'rhaka. Next week is without video or overview of snakes of Kaimere will appear as planned?
Thank you! Snakes has been moved later in the summer. Next week is vermin!
@@TalesofKaimere Vermin of fluffy or scaly kind?
Glorious
Love the video man, do you plan on doing a video on crocodiles in kaimere?
Thanks!! I'd love to but I don't have a sponsor for one anytime soon. Someday though!
@@TalesofKaimere glad to hear it man, best of luck in whatever subject you decide to pursue next
I'm certainly including a lot freshwater fish in my own worldbuilding work, maybe some based on these guys. And you certainly were right when you announced this episode, Jeremy Wade would have a field day with these guys! Also worthy of note is that the fossil record of freshwater fish is not exactly complete and it takes some geological study to figure out if you're dealing with salt or freshwater habitats. Here are some thoughts on the taxa shared today:
It is highly debated whether or not the Megapiranha hunted in packs like modern ones do, and with their size they could've hunted larger prey on their own. Given that the Dire Piranha travels in schools it's more like descended from a more modern genus than a prehistoric one, possibly even a hybrid.
The Arapaima is the largest freshwater fish in the Amazon, only slightly smaller in maximum size to the Giant Freshwater Stingray of Cambodia. Dating back to the Cretaceous, this fish is also called Pirarucu after an Amazon warrior who defied the Gods, only to be struck by lightning and turned into a fish. What can kill people is that an Arapaima can leap out of the water and ram its head into someone, possibly breaking bones in the process. Part of the reason why they're endangered is their habit of surfacing to breathe which immediately tells fisherman where they are, leading to an easy catch.
The Crocodile Gar is very exceptional, on par with North America's Alligator Gar, which was almost wiped out due to electrofishing and persecution. That said, they are impressive survivors from the dinosaur age. There's even a record of a gar fighting a 5-foot alligator and the gar won by cutting the gator in two!
Most sturgeons are bottom feeders and don't really attack people. They're also living fossils, with the largest modern sturgeon, the Beluga or Great Sturgeon, growing up to 18 feet and weighing up to 4,400 pounds. The largest in freshwater is the critically endangered Kaluga of the Amur River at just half that size.
Sawfish are an unlikely freshwater animal, but many breed in rivers, including in Australia where they have been worshipped by the Aboriginal people thousands of years ago. The giant Onchopristis lived in the early Cretaceous and was part of the diet of Spinosaurus back then.
Catfish are voracious and indescriminate about what they eat. They can be bottom punters or surface feeders, with the largest being a mostly herbivorous species, the Mekong Giant Catfish. The Amazon has an overabundance of species including the Piraiba and others, some reported to be maneaters. You may not believe this, but a Wel's Catfish was found in a lake near Chernobyl by Jeremy Wade and had developed teeth in its mouth where before there was none.
Musketeer Pike and pikes in general are like freshwater barracuda, torpedo-shaped terrors that attack anything that moves. They are mostly ambush predators with large ones growing up to man size.
Tigerfish of Africa are pretty nasty-looking because of their spiky teeth sticking out, with the Goliath Tigerfish able to take on crocodiles and win. Smaller ones school like African piranhas, and some including Jeremy Wade have suggested that these animals are attracted to shiny objects, making sense since they mostly hunt other fish.
Snakeheads have gained notoriety for being illegally imported to the US, becoming an invasive species, and it's pseudolung giving this creature horror movie stardom.
Lungfish are living fossils, likely predating the dinosaurs by millions of years. They can survive up to 4 years in suspended animation!
Sarcopterygii or lobe-finned fish are a group that is survived today by species like lungfish and coelacanths. More derived forms would form into the ancestors of Tetrapods to conquer the land. Plus, in Jeremy Wade's opinion, one prehistoric member of this clade, Rhizodus, is the scariest river monster of bygone ages!
Well done, Keenan, once again!
Awesome :D
BTW what about fish in the Biodome ?
@@dudotolivier6363 ooooh yea those guys , wanna hear about the first few fresh water fish I’ve made ?
I'd love to see an episode with a complete list of living adapiforms (not just three) of Kaimere.
Someday perhaps!
This is truly a fish moment! 🐟😄🐟
Sure is!
Oh the great possibilities for fresh water terrors this will be fun.
Question does anyone know if there are any factors beside food and space that limit fish from growing massive?
From what I could tell those are the biggest factors. A lot of the limitations on modern fish size are overharvesting, unreliable nutrients, and pollution, which either aren't a factor or don't come nearly as heavy into play in Kaimere as they do on Earth. To top it off, having effectively two trophic bases in floral and magic plankton makes for a more productive ecosystem overall.
What are your tips for drawing animals from the front specifically theropod snouts
Lots of arches to convey length in the snout. Skulls can be useful references but unfortunately it can really depend on how it was reconstructed. A lot of fossils preserve the shape rather than 'fix' it, which can be wise since our understanding of shape is constantly improving, but it does mean trying to copy from the mount can be unreliable.
I can’t wait to see what fish live in the deep sea of kaimere
You just made a new job opportunity for Jeremy Wade
i hope one day you get to make a video of kaimere's bivalves
I NEED to know how you illustrate so good(specifically plumage, skales, and skin)
Even though it's coming summer meme and sadness for the jurassic island.
Copy paste in 3, 2, 1.
Thank you! I try to look at a range of references so I'm not copying pictures (would be much easier to copy but copyright prevents me from doing so) but having references nearby is very helpful.
Good shit once again
Heck yeah thanks!
The last three fish when they see a human. “I love you free food and you look like seafood!!!”
From the deepest jungles to remote floodplains, wherever freshwater flows there is a shared legend among anglers
He is a man, white haired and dressed in strange clothes. At first, he appears to just be fishing, his eyes trained on seemingy calm water.
The man can spring into movement in a single moment. It could take minutes or hours, but he always reels in his prey, even if it should not be possible on a meer fishingpole.
Everything from walrus eels to carpenter sharks, and even xhe'rhaka are his prize.
At the end, when the exhausted fish can only lie there, the man gently places even the most vicious of maneaters back into the water. Disappearing to find his next monster.
First off, lemme just say that this video was awesome. Second of all, the assembly maximum for many of these fish, especially the arapima, got me to say “god damn” to no one in particular. Just, ENORMOUS
Heck yeah! There was a deep part of my primal mind that absolutely marveled at the thought as I put the charts together. Couple times (arapaima was one of them) where after putting together the chart I sat back, checked the length and height along the open rooms near my studio and just imagined seeing them. Would be a dream
@@TalesofKaimere oh absolutely. Simply magical
What do you think the safest landmass to live on in the known world is?
Probably Qajar and the Free-States. Few dangerous predators and lots of good farmland.
@@TalesofKaimere I was thinking Qajar actually!
@@TalesofKaimere the safest landmass on kaimere with no form of human civilazation or medeling on it
cool video
Thank you!
@@TalesofKaimere your welcome
Absolutely gorgeous fish. Insane world-building and such a beautiful example of an excellent biological understanding.
Thank you so much!!
One of Objecia's largest freshwater fish is the Mega Pond Fish, a lobe-finned fish. Unlike many other fish, they need air to breathe. And they go through both freshwater and saltwater. Adults live in saltwater, while juveniles live in rivers and lakes. They hunt very different things. Sometimes, adults come back to freshwater to hunt crocodilians and mammals.
Damn the kurujaku of Kaimere is Eating good with these guys!
Absolutely, and this is only some of them! Wanted to underscore that being a big fish specialist is a totally reasonable and worthwhile niche to explore.
Bro so excited for this. Love how all the females are gigantic in comparison to the males.
Yes indeed! I did goof on snakeheads apparently they’re one of the few with much larger males
@@TalesofKaimere Ya no problem. In the end it's speculative evolution, maybe there is a selection pressure that selects for larger females. How much is it to sponsor an episode of an animals? I'm thinking of sponsoring an episode on the two other kings of the North and east. The Tiktakatik and the Komu. The giant Abelisaurid and the Giant Eudromaesaurid. As a guy who studies niche partitioning for my masters I love that after the tyrant dynasty them along with the Bokodu ( my favourite animal in Kaimere) kind of had a nice coexistence going. Then the Uktan came and messed it all up.
Heard the news prehistoric planet season 2 teaser is out
Indeed! I’m very excited.
Jeremy is so happy rn
are there any fish related to xiphactinus in kaimere?
I'm not sure. Marine predatory fish are still too early in development to say, especially beyond the known world.
Now I kinda want to see an episode of Kaimeran Jeremy Wade gathering stories of Maneaters and catching them.
He might struggle though with some of these fish😅
Haha some might prove a challenge to be sure
Now I really want a fishing game set in Kaimere
Would be a blast! Amazon Trail was one of the only computer games I had when I was a kid and I got so much fun out of it. Would be really nifty to see a similar mechanic in Kaimere.
Ridgeback catfish is very cool like a wolf fish only prettier.
Keenan, thank you for your hard work, we all appreciate it. Your an amazing, wonderful, and incredible, and awesome person. ☺️😊😄😃🤩😍
Thank you so much!
I like how Kaimere almost have a loot of RPG fantazy monsters in your fauna, but when you dive in a river you see....fish....but little larger........fish......🤔🤔🤔
I've always wondered how lungfish get by with those weird, wispy fins.
It does seem quite counterproductive. By watching clips it seems they are pretty strong at the base. I don't know if the rest is just for display or if there is some other purpose, but I didn't have time to do more than surface studies (if you'll pardon the phrase).
So this episode got my thinking, but are there any species heralding from clades/lineages/species that, while on Earth they were traditionally/only found in marine environments, but on Kaimere have adapted to, and possibly only survived by, freshwater descendants? Like say ichthyosaurs, thalattosuchia, and such?
Possibly! Given the Dynastic Extinction hit freshwater habitats of the known world extremely hard probably not present there, but maybe in the realms beyond
The Xhe'Rhaka reminds me of the Devonian lobe-finned fish Edenopteron,with similar fin shapes and similar large teeth, although the head of Edenopteron is much more rounded. Any idea from which time period they hail from, or is that meant to be unknown?
Their ancestor is presumed to have been harvested at least as far back as the mid-Cretaceous, but it isn't known and could be far more ancient.
I enjoy this folksy gone fishin’ music
What does assembly maximum means?
Meant a the largest the Assembly has recorded
Are the Xhe’Rhaka related to Coelacanths by any chance?
They are indeed!
Yey big fishes
what was the source of the photograph for the magic bloom?
I believe it was a different species of real algae, but I'll confess I don't know. Just looked for open-source images under 'purple river' or something to that effect.
@@TalesofKaimere Hope that was natural, not a picture showing a poor river under some kind of pollution...
@@dudotolivier6363 I hope so too
What there will be next week ? I don't remember.
Next week is vermin
@@TalesofKaimere Yesss it that ! Thank !
Yup, I’m canceling my vacation to Kaimere
Probably wise lol
BIG FISH
Indeed!
this is my favorite episode lol, im a fishkeeper
Nice!!
Skewerback sturgeon caviar gotta be hella expensive only nobles can afford them or that's what I think
It is a prized export from the Free-States
Something interesting I wanna point out but arapaima have been around since the Cretaceous and have remained unchanged ever since.
is jeremy wade employed by the assembly or
Haha could be
We should get more fish epasodes
im realising that both the giant mudskipper (shown in moorkutlot) and the xhe'rhaka have fin spurs. is this coincidence?
Same sarcopterygian lineage as these guys
Jeremy Wade would love Kaimere
the kaimeran piranhas almost look like descendants of the black skirt tetra.
Does Kaimere have any particularly large jawless fish?
None yet but that may change with future developments
The largest freshwater fish on Therosia is the Lake Imperator Dragon Sturgeon.
Lake Imperator, a freshwater lake the size of the Caspian Sea, is the largest body of freshwater on Therosia, and is found on the northern continent of Laurasica.
It holds a wide variety of fish species within it.
But the Dragon Sturgeon is by a wide margin the largest.
The largest females can measure a whopping 40 feet in length, and weigh around 4-5 tons.
Like most sturgeons, these fish are covered in thick armor along their backs, which keep them protected.
Despite their large intimidating appearance, the dragon sturgeon primarily feed upon benthic organisms, such as freshwater mollusks, bivalves, and crustaceans.
Jeremy Wade would have a field day.
God bless
Thanks and to you too!
I like gars a lot
They’re pretty awesome
@@TalesofKaimere agreed
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