Predator X - The Giant Arctic Pliosaur

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

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  • @anthonyholroyd5359
    @anthonyholroyd5359 4 года назад +506

    Cannot wait for the second half of the walking with dinosaurs examinations
    'Giant of the skies', 'Ice Forrest' and 'Death of a Dynasty'

    • @clementejackson8090
      @clementejackson8090 4 года назад +15

      YESS !! you got the right idea i hope they are working on that the for 1st part was amazing & seeing what’s changed since i was child

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад +24

      Why stop there? Let’s do the whole Walking with series.

    • @memomorph5375
      @memomorph5375 4 года назад +1

      I thought the same thing!

    • @altithoraxperotorum5133
      @altithoraxperotorum5133 4 года назад +8

      Spoilers : liopleurodon isn't the only oversized time and place traveler

    • @hailghidorah2536
      @hailghidorah2536 4 года назад +11

      @@altithoraxperotorum5133 mAgIcAl LiOpLeUrOdOn!

  • @Paul_Allens_Profile
    @Paul_Allens_Profile 4 года назад +490

    There is something unsettling about giant sea creautures way more than ones on land

    • @fart63
      @fart63 4 года назад +126

      I always think about how if you’re running from a massive land predator you can hide, in a cave, a tree, even a house. And you can run from it. But deep in the water... you move as slow as a snail compared to those beasts and you have nowhere to go where it can’t get you

    • @Evolved_Skeptic
      @Evolved_Skeptic 4 года назад +79

      Visibility.
      On land you can see a 'round you for (potentially) kilometres, but below the waterline - even in water as clear as the arctic can get - the visibility is always limited by the way that light moves through water.
      Add in a little monkey brain that's smart enough to have an imagination & now there's a predator hiding (just out of sight) ready to pounce.
      Include beautiful monsters like this big many-toothed reptile for imagination fuel & suddenly the idea of going for a swim seems less popular.

    • @juanjoyaborja.3054
      @juanjoyaborja.3054 4 года назад +8

      @@Evolved_Skeptic Megalodon, don’t forget.

    • @catherinehubbard1167
      @catherinehubbard1167 4 года назад +41

      I agree about giant predatory sea creatures being more unsettling than land ones. For one thing, they are often bigger because the water can support their weight. But mostly I think it’s because they are hidden in the depths until they suddenly attack, often from below where their attacking lunge can’t be seen. They can often move fast for such a large creature, too. So you, or a prehistoric prey animal, could look at a quiet ocean surface but could never feel safe. The ones that weren’t scared enough got removed from the gene pool. And then there is the drowning thing. Sea creatures are at home in the water, but we will always be vulnerable there.
      They must have been magnificent.

    • @nancytestani1470
      @nancytestani1470 3 года назад +3

      No kidding..be afraid , be very afraid

  • @NoobPTFO
    @NoobPTFO 4 года назад +1431

    Predator X made that edgy 12 year old in me go like “Now that’s my new favorite marine reptile!”

    • @TheHetzer-xy9lb
      @TheHetzer-xy9lb 4 года назад +68

      I see somebody else who grew up with Planet Dinosaur.

    • @plaguedoc8417
      @plaguedoc8417 4 года назад +18

      Yes others who loved planet dinosaur

    • @MaxBrix
      @MaxBrix 4 года назад +8

      It's X-Mas.

    • @JEMurl
      @JEMurl 4 года назад +3

      M'NEEEEEERD!

    • @juanjoyaborja.3054
      @juanjoyaborja.3054 4 года назад +16

      Pedos see predator x and be like “That defines my position on society!”

  • @rogertriceratopes2317
    @rogertriceratopes2317 4 года назад +677

    Pliosaurus FUNKei
    Now i can't imagine this reptile whitout a afro and some flashy suit in the midle of a disco

  • @BasicallyFailing
    @BasicallyFailing 4 года назад +90

    Love how you just had to slip in Eromangasaur like it was nothing. I know the name is after the basin but that name still knocked me out cold when i first googled it.

  • @DorsenFilm
    @DorsenFilm 4 года назад +111

    Pliosaurus funkei, or predator x, was discovered on svalbard. Svalbard is a norwegian island archipelago, and i happen to be norwegian. Norway is notorious for its lack of mesozoic fossils. Heck, only one dinosaur is known to have lived here (plateosaurus). The rocks are just too young to include dinosaus. Svalbard at least, has a rich diversity of marine reptiles.

    • @EndreaiYT
      @EndreaiYT 4 года назад +5

      Wasn’t svalbard connected or still remotely connected to Greenland and Europe while the Pangea was breaking? I’m not gonna question that.

    • @DorsenFilm
      @DorsenFilm 4 года назад +6

      @@EndreaiYT yes, but it is technically owned by Norway, so it counts.

    • @prla5400
      @prla5400 3 года назад +3

      Norgay

    • @DorsenFilm
      @DorsenFilm 3 года назад +7

      @@prla5400 ?

  • @kotochedias
    @kotochedias 4 года назад +84

    Predator Xmas

  • @IsmailAbdulMusic
    @IsmailAbdulMusic 4 года назад +14

    That predator X looked absolutely menacing and scary. Very fascinating to know the things that once existed

  • @jvccr7533
    @jvccr7533 4 года назад +298

    Eromangasaurus is the most unfortunate name for an animal ever.

  • @zenebean
    @zenebean 4 года назад +80

    I can see the media drooling every time someone says "predator x"
    But it does create interest for paleontology!

    • @steverodgers333
      @steverodgers333 4 года назад +5

      Being the reptiles they are of course

    • @kaylt.7864
      @kaylt.7864 4 года назад +7

      Yeah cant bash it too much bc it sparks interest in research & the field 😊 plus its natural curiousity of humans to understand other animals

    • @John.0z
      @John.0z 4 года назад +1

      I take a positive view - you never know what will spark an interest in people of all ages.
      I think my mother understood a bit more about my (strictly amateur) interest in palaeontology a bit more when "Walking With Dinosaurs" went on TV.

  • @vdun
    @vdun 4 года назад +51

    As a lifelong Norwegian paleontology enthusiast, I have to admit that seeing seeing the picture at 2:45 was a little nostalgic.
    It’s taken in the museum of paleontology in Oslo, and the man is Jørn Hurum, who is without a doubt Norway’s most famous paleontologist. He’s probably most famous for his research on the fossil «Ida» - a complete skeleton of a monkey from 47 million years ago, the oldest yet found. Not really related to the video, but I hope some of you found it interesting. I recommend reading more about Ida the fossil, its quite interesting

    • @Pastamist
      @Pastamist 3 года назад

      Missed opportunity to name the genus Jörmungandr

  • @alanmarcelinosantos5338
    @alanmarcelinosantos5338 4 года назад +151

    This creature was named "Predator X, The Monster and Pliosaurus Funkei"

    • @ticallionz
      @ticallionz 4 года назад +16

      All great band names!

  • @ivechang6720
    @ivechang6720 4 года назад +21

    I like how some of the revised size estimates give these large predators a cuter image.
    Scary cute is a thing.

  • @leppardman4779
    @leppardman4779 4 года назад +43

    Socks from my mother and a new Ben's video are the best X-mas gifts I could get this year

  • @paleoph6168
    @paleoph6168 4 года назад +86

    That's one powerful boi.

    • @goatrex9195
      @goatrex9195 4 года назад +4

      Just wait till you see Livyatan Melville

    • @remanip.k461
      @remanip.k461 3 года назад +3

      @@goatrex9195 Livyatan lived up to it's name 😈

  • @shaunjimbangan1166
    @shaunjimbangan1166 4 года назад +16

    I really like how understanding and respectful you guys are when criticize documentaries, most critics nowadays are complete assholes.

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245
    @celtofcanaanesurix2245 4 года назад +150

    They missed the perfect opportunity to name the genus Jormungandur after the giant serpent in Norse mythology (whose name literally means “big-monster”)

    • @Pastamist
      @Pastamist 3 года назад +15

      That moment when a hammer is part of a paleontology kit, and thus would have dug up Jörmungandr with said-hammer, when the myth Jörm was killed by one:

    • @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030
      @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030 3 года назад +1

      They couldn't name the genus that as it was found to belong to the genus pliosaurus

    • @narendramartosudarmo6112
      @narendramartosudarmo6112 2 года назад

      Another animal was already named after the World Serpent, unfortunately. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joermungandr_bolti

  • @hakminlee571
    @hakminlee571 4 года назад +13

    What a wholesome way to start Christmas morning

  • @noobfart4240
    @noobfart4240 3 года назад +12

    Imagine, enjoying a nice snorkeling in the ocean then this Funkie pass by in front of you.

    • @eybaza6018
      @eybaza6018 2 года назад

      It's likely that there could be specimens that reached above 15 meters, just look at reptiles, for example: crocodiles never stop growing although after a certain age it slows down almost entirely,however, some individuals have a much smaller slowdown, so they keep growing like Gustavo the Nile crocodile. And while Plesiosaurids aren't exactly closely related to crocodiles, they definitely didn't grow in the same way as mammals wich just stop after a certain time.

  • @Picassoturtlenumba5
    @Picassoturtlenumba5 4 года назад +172

    "I like 'em big!"
    "I like 'em funkei."
    "I like 'em round."
    "They would eat monke!" (if they could)
    Merry Christmas. and may your souls heal.

    • @HenrythePaleoGuy
      @HenrythePaleoGuy 4 года назад +7

      XD

    • @keithharper32
      @keithharper32 4 года назад +3

      someone needs to find a new species from the same environment, something P. Funkei would have preyed on, and name it monke

    • @matthewmasucci1425
      @matthewmasucci1425 4 года назад +4

      Mmm monke

  • @steverodgers333
    @steverodgers333 4 года назад +6

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thank you for creating this exciting world for us all to enjoy! What fantastic discoveries you have so graciously espoused to us. I would never have the time or the wherewithal to read and learn about these creatures and Earth's ancient history. Love it so much ❤

  • @jonwashburn7999
    @jonwashburn7999 4 года назад +10

    Thanks. This was very interesting.

  • @ChristophersMum
    @ChristophersMum 4 года назад +6

    Thank you for all the videos that you have given us throughout the year...🎇😁🐉🖖🎇

  • @hyunsung32
    @hyunsung32 3 года назад +7

    "This is Predator X, an animal that must go down in history as one of the ocean's most deadly hunters"

  • @szalard
    @szalard 4 года назад +18

    It is interesting that while in the Mesozoic, on the land lived more than 30 m long giants, in the seas the creatures were just the half that size.
    Today when the biggest creature on the land is 4 - 4,5 m long, the in the sea live 30 m long creatures.

    • @winter2716
      @winter2716 3 года назад +1

      I’ve thought about this too. It’s especially interesting because the rorquals just appeared very, very recently (in geologic time).

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 3 года назад +1

      Laughs in Leedsichthyis.

    • @triceratopshorridus1104
      @triceratopshorridus1104 2 года назад

      never heard of the giant ichthyosaurus? some of em may have been bigger than a blue whale or somewhere similar size to it.

    • @eybaza6018
      @eybaza6018 2 года назад

      @@triceratopshorridus1104 Yes, although they only lived in the Triassic when dinosaurs weren't exactly dominant on land.
      Still, they are the best candidates for being the size of the Blue whales, although above 20 meters Mosasaurids and Plesiosaurids could very well have lived.

  • @memomorph5375
    @memomorph5375 4 года назад +9

    Always thought aquatic reptile names weren’t bitchin enough...
    Predator X: Hold my beer

  • @scragglybeard9322
    @scragglybeard9322 4 года назад +128

    0:34 dit someone really just draw a pliosaur taking a shit? Wierd flex but okay...

    • @steverodgers333
      @steverodgers333 4 года назад +5

      lol... I thought so too but ok we all do it but not photographed hopefully

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 4 года назад +36

      About time. Too many paleo art depicts ancient species in way too clean environments. Needs more blood and dirt. They piss and shit just like us once.

    • @memomorph5375
      @memomorph5375 4 года назад +4

      >squinting... That’s no tail... also cloaca lol

    • @damnationdaniel4726
      @damnationdaniel4726 4 года назад +15

      I think in the original it's giving birth

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 4 года назад +4

      Hey man, everybody poops

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 4 года назад +47

    I am glad that this topic has been covered throughtly! Many people forgot that the dominant [apex predator] position has been filled within aquatic niches in the mesozoic times albeit not by dinosaurs themselves but a group of impressive reptiles
    Additionally Predator X & Mossosaurs show a somewhat similar anatomy maybe a case of *convergent evolution* ?

    • @pulpyjambu3290
      @pulpyjambu3290 4 года назад +6

      Yeah, even though I wouldn't say that Mosasaurids and Pliosaurids are that similar. They do share similar lifestyle, diets, etc. But they're kinda different. Like their method of locomotion, Pliosaurids use fin propelled one while Mosasaurids use their tail to produce thrust. Although you're right, it's all about convergent evolution since one of them is a somewhat strange ancient turtle relative while the other one is a relative of monitor lizard who got too comfortable with aquatic lifestyle.

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 года назад +1

      @Mullerornis By which I meant by their physique (shape and anatomy) as well as their occupational niche they are extremely similar

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 года назад +3

      @@pulpyjambu3290 Similiar to how entirely different aquatic species evolve into crab like crustacean forms (It is a real thing called Carcinisation)

    • @pulpyjambu3290
      @pulpyjambu3290 4 года назад +1

      @@thedoruk6324 Yeah that's right, you could say it like that.

    • @pulpyjambu3290
      @pulpyjambu3290 4 года назад +3

      @masteryoda120988 That's what I'm saying, Mosasaurids and Pliosaurids are only similar in a way that they're both aquatic reptiles and fill similar niches, they pursued different adaptations for their lifestyle. Mosasaurids approached the more fish-like body form starting with an eel like body (which turns out most tetrapods that returned to sea exhibit) while Pliosaurids are more similar to sea turtle in their method of locomotion, taking turns flapping their front and hind limbs. This is similar to the modern sea turtle and as you said, scientists think that the closest living relative of the Pliosaurids. They're even classified as stem turtle, a part of a group which will eventually gave rise to turtles (testudines)

  • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
    @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 4 года назад +45

    Nobody, Literally Nobody.
    Some Pilosaur from the artic: *LETS GET FUNKEI*

  • @diegovillalobos5364
    @diegovillalobos5364 4 года назад +5

    Thanks for posting this video on a Christmas Day! I enjoyed very much. Happy hohoholidays!

  • @charlie-jz3us
    @charlie-jz3us 3 года назад +3

    Pliosaurus Funkei: my last name is kinda stupid tbh...
    Eromangasaurus: h...hold my fish

  • @RedXlV
    @RedXlV 4 года назад +15

    3:13 It's hilarious that "Eromangasaurus" is a thing.

    • @陳嘉宇-y4q
      @陳嘉宇-y4q 4 года назад +6

      Lucy the human is named cause the paleontologist is listening to “ Lucy in the sky “ at camp
      Eromangasaurus is named when the paleontologist is ......... you know

    • @lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013
      @lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013 3 года назад +1

      @@陳嘉宇-y4q Is what?

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer 4 года назад +16

    That name was the scariest thing back then

  • @potzblitz6577
    @potzblitz6577 4 года назад +9

    For a long time I felt that Pliosaurs were the most awesome marine reptiles, but nowadays I'm definitely Team Mosasaurus.

    • @plaguedoc8417
      @plaguedoc8417 4 года назад

      Same

    • @spicylizards4714
      @spicylizards4714 4 года назад

      I think the really cool thing about mosasaurus isnt ite appearance or size, but how it came into existence

    • @potzblitz6577
      @potzblitz6577 4 года назад

      @@spicylizards4714 How is Mosasaurus different from Pliosaurus regarding its origins? I thought both would be reptiles/lizards that eventually went back into the sea.

    • @spicylizards4714
      @spicylizards4714 4 года назад +1

      @@potzblitz6577 I dont know anything about the pliosaurus, but I do know about the mosasaurus. The mosasaurus used to be small land dwelling monitor lizards that evolved to live in the ocean because of competition from dinosaurs

    • @potzblitz6577
      @potzblitz6577 4 года назад +1

      @@spicylizards4714 It seems Pliosaurs and Plesiosaurs were descendants of similar but earlier reptiles. They are older than Mosasaurus and not so closely related to Monitor Lizards and Snakes.

  • @Tymon-Gala
    @Tymon-Gala 4 года назад +9

    Finally the x man of didnosaurs

  • @anthroposlogica9379
    @anthroposlogica9379 4 года назад +7

    Amazing!

  • @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030
    @thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030 3 года назад +2

    Funfact the biggest reliablly scalable element of a Pliosaur on record comes from the UK and consists of a massive almost 3 metre long mandible housed in the Oxford museum of natural history and several isolated teeth from the Kimmeridge clay suggesting a Pliosaur with an up to 3 metre long skull making the owners of the teeth and mandible larger than Pliosaurus funkei/predator x

  • @WhiteNucklin
    @WhiteNucklin 4 года назад +2

    Merry merry Christmas you guys! Thanks for the good memories

  • @wildwelshpete
    @wildwelshpete 4 года назад +27

    Merry Christmas all 🙂

  • @jon-paultaylor
    @jon-paultaylor 4 года назад +1

    I've never been interested in dinosaurs but I love the uploads here keep em coming!!...and thanks!

  • @chasmal_forest.
    @chasmal_forest. 2 года назад +3

    Now that I know that Predator X lived in the Arctic, it is now my official favorite marine reptile 👍

  • @cptromero5595
    @cptromero5595 4 года назад +51

    Wish these were still around. Be cool to see one in person

    • @monkeystar3652
      @monkeystar3652 4 года назад +19

      Hmm, I dunno. I mean, really cool last moment tho! 😂

    • @plaguedoc8417
      @plaguedoc8417 4 года назад +7

      But think of the consequences that big a predator in the waters today most whales would be gone same with boats

    • @xanshen9011
      @xanshen9011 4 года назад +16

      Only reason whales went back in the water was because the massive marine reptiles became extinct after the asteroid impact 😂

    • @cezarysiemieniewski5502
      @cezarysiemieniewski5502 4 года назад +1

      You mean from sattelites image? XD

    • @gageburton4153
      @gageburton4153 4 года назад

      Dude, bet!

  • @solluna2155
    @solluna2155 4 года назад +8

    Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @SleepySloth2705
    @SleepySloth2705 3 года назад +2

    Ah I remember when they set up an inflatable replica of Predator X in the central square here in Bergen, Norway, it was so damn cool 😁

  • @HeyItsJumpman
    @HeyItsJumpman Год назад +1

    they just discovered an entire skull today

  • @cebi3939
    @cebi3939 4 года назад +4

    That is one Funky Pliosaur.

  • @maxwelll3134
    @maxwelll3134 4 года назад +1

    i love your uploads, it warms my paleontologist heart

  • @user-fg3dz5kv7q
    @user-fg3dz5kv7q 4 года назад +4

    3:13 "eromanga saurus"

  • @damnationdaniel4726
    @damnationdaniel4726 4 года назад +2

    Nice video! Just like to point out in the Pliosaurus kevani description by Benson et al. Plisoaurus funkei was described in more detail: the vertebrae were significantly shorter in length than in Kronosaurus (about 10.6 metres in length) suggesting an even shorter body length than the 10 - 13 metre estimate given in its description.

  • @raffaelbaumkaenguruh2654
    @raffaelbaumkaenguruh2654 4 года назад +8

    to be honest,pliosaurus is kinda funky!
    i cant believe i just made that joke...
    best Wishes!

  • @YusufGinnah
    @YusufGinnah 4 года назад +1

    Thanks to Ben's channel, for another great video...
    😎👍🏼
    Love your work, your facts and presentations always keep it interesting...

  • @supersourg2922
    @supersourg2922 4 года назад +12

    I wonder if this Pliosaur would like music

  • @yeeters2347
    @yeeters2347 3 года назад +1

    Remember this guy from that one episode of Planet Dinosaur? Fudging loved that show

  • @mr.joesterr5359
    @mr.joesterr5359 4 года назад +6

    3:13 Eromangasaurus

  • @krissmonte6374
    @krissmonte6374 3 года назад

    Thanks for the updated.imformation. I was curious on these facts for about 10 years. Great stuff

  • @katiobrien7854
    @katiobrien7854 4 года назад

    Happy holidays to you all. I always eagerly await the next video from you. Thank you for all the great ones you have given us!

  • @tofuteh2348
    @tofuteh2348 4 года назад +3

    3:11 i heard "eromanga-saurus" and i hate myself

  • @xenomorphbiologist-xx1214
    @xenomorphbiologist-xx1214 4 года назад

    I’ve been waiting for years for a video about Predator X!

  • @ezkillionaire3276
    @ezkillionaire3276 4 года назад

    Thank you Doug! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

  • @floobidyfloo
    @floobidyfloo 4 года назад +1

    thanks

  • @MidnightDarkness666
    @MidnightDarkness666 3 года назад +2

    Liopleurodon: Who are you?
    Pliosaurus Funkei: I'm you, but better
    Liopleurodon: I'll say! You look more like me, than well, me! *looks forlornly at Walking With Dinosaurs recreation*

  • @marlon1be
    @marlon1be 3 года назад +5

    I always wonder how they construct an unknown reptile from a few incomplete/broken bones

  • @randallpetroelje3913
    @randallpetroelje3913 4 года назад

    I love anything with dinosaurs and ancient creatures. Thanks for your show and commentary.👍

  • @vern6400
    @vern6400 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤ you people have serioisly no idea how much this makes my year -crazy person in NL

  • @almazzagitov9799
    @almazzagitov9799 4 года назад +96

    Virgins remember “Planet Dinosaur”
    Chads remember “Walking with Dinosaurs” Liopleurodon

    • @thedoruk6324
      @thedoruk6324 4 года назад +7

      +Almaz Zagitov Planet Dinosaur, It was a worthy successor for BBC's documentary contenders

    • @almazzagitov9799
      @almazzagitov9799 4 года назад +16

      I don’t know, when I was revising both WWD and PD, I came to conclusion that “Planet Dinosaur” is more of a good dinosaur clip rather than a full-fledged documentary. I mean, there were a lot of problems with the interruptions of a story with these interactive maps and explanations and showing animals simply fighting, killing and eating each other.
      Walking with dinosaurs on the other hand nails the story and the plot better. It also focuses a lot on the environment and ecology, such as symbiotic relationships, cycle of matter and tones more. Basically, I prefer the sophisticated plot focusing on nature to the epileptic clips showing repetitive action with a very little amount of the actual story. Does any of you remember the plot in the first series about Spinosaurus? Or when they talked about Gigantoraptor? Have you felt depressed when the meteor fell and the disasters were gradually destroyeing all the giant fauna of the Mesozoic?
      Personally, I didn’t. But I was genuinely crying when I watched Ornithocheirus die slowly and agonisingly, I cried when I saw female Postosuchus suffer from the injuries and getting eaten by the very creatures she could easily have scared off or bitten in half, I was excited when I saw Brachiosaurus for the first time when I was a kid, I had a lot of adrenaline when they showed Utahraptor chasing the Iguanodons. I didn’t experience any of this while watching “Planet Dinosaur”, to be honest. That’s why I don’t like Planet Dinosaur

    • @daphneloose5880
      @daphneloose5880 4 года назад +2

      I remember both shows!!

    • @RuskiWaffle
      @RuskiWaffle 4 года назад

      Y e s

    • @altithoraxperotorum5133
      @altithoraxperotorum5133 4 года назад

      Legends remember top 10 megabeasts pliosaur

  • @wen9157
    @wen9157 3 года назад +3

    Yes, the plier swords, some of the most fierce predators of submarines to ever live.

  • @dynamosaurusimperious6341
    @dynamosaurusimperious6341 4 года назад +34

    Predator X: *yeah basically i'm the biggest Marine Reptile ever*
    WWD Liopurelodon: *so i'm a joke to you?*
    Me: *also does anyone remember Megalodon vs Predator X?*

    • @Shoebill1447
      @Shoebill1447 4 года назад +11

      Speckles the tarbosaurus mosasaurus: you are in danger

    • @garythefishable
      @garythefishable 4 года назад +25

      You could imagine my disappointment when I discovered later in life that Liopleurodon actually only maxed out at around 7 meters.

    • @altithoraxperotorum5133
      @altithoraxperotorum5133 4 года назад +1

      Jurassic world mosasaurus : hold my indominus

    • @goatrex9195
      @goatrex9195 4 года назад +1

      @@garythefishable yeah dude! I nearly cried when I heard that because liopleurodon was my favorite marine creature and I grew up with it

    • @NoOne-ju8fi
      @NoOne-ju8fi 4 года назад

      @@Shoebill1447 the Jurassic world mosa is also huge

  • @randybarnett2308
    @randybarnett2308 4 года назад +2

    Love Pliosaurs!👍💪❤

  • @FableWolfe
    @FableWolfe 3 года назад +2

    Just another reminder that the ocean is actual Hell. It was back then, and it still is now.

  • @davidgrech4574
    @davidgrech4574 4 года назад

    Thank you for sharing your insights and hope you know how much I appreciate your videos

  • @garypfeiffer3489
    @garypfeiffer3489 4 года назад

    LOVELY vid for the holidays Ben!

  • @MrFossil367ab45gfyth
    @MrFossil367ab45gfyth 4 года назад +6

    Merry Christmas 🎄 and have a Happy New Year 🎉🎆

  • @rodJtip
    @rodJtip 4 года назад

    Happy Christmas and a great New Year from Seattle. Thanks for the fascinating videos.

  • @irexzilla2392
    @irexzilla2392 4 года назад +18

    Why does it BBC treat Predator X the same way how Discovery Channel treats Spino in Monsters Resurrected?

    • @Ankylosaurus_mangiventris
      @Ankylosaurus_mangiventris 4 года назад +7

      Everyone wants something “bigger and cooler” than a T. rex these days. Some people and companies just see them as blood thirsty movie monsters and figure something larger than the famous T. rex which all know will make people get excited. But in reality they’re just animals that fill their own unique ecological niches and they aren’t necessarily better or worse than each other. They’re just animals trying to get by really.

    • @irexzilla2392
      @irexzilla2392 4 года назад +2

      @@Ankylosaurus_mangiventris Tho it supposed to be educational but did had to be more powerful than even a Megalodon in a almost accurate (only outdated) documentary?

    • @spicylizards4714
      @spicylizards4714 4 года назад +2

      @@irexzilla2392 tbh the only thing that could really defeat a megalodon in underwater battle would be livyatan

    • @goatrex9195
      @goatrex9195 4 года назад

      @@spicylizards4714 humans

    • @greener2497
      @greener2497 4 года назад +1

      @@irexzilla2392 recent estimates put both predator x and megalodon at 13m length for average adults. They both have gigantic ass mouths so i guess this would be a pretty good match

  • @zzrzx-ck5jo
    @zzrzx-ck5jo 4 года назад

    I actually was attending a conferance held in my hometowns museum about predator x. The guy at 2:38 was holding the conferance and i was allowed to ask him questions at the end of it. And i tought it was cool that Beg G Thomas made a video about it

  • @MV-vv7sg
    @MV-vv7sg Год назад

    Water Horse is a good way to imagine how friendly this might have been 🥺

  • @gaetanoiuculano7895
    @gaetanoiuculano7895 4 года назад

    Such a funkei looking beast awesome!

  • @Uniqo.7
    @Uniqo.7 4 года назад

    I genuinely didn’t know this. I learned something new thx for the educational content

  • @alexanderrahl7034
    @alexanderrahl7034 3 года назад +1

    The Virgin Megalodon vs the Chad Pliosaurus Funkei

  • @richardhall1667
    @richardhall1667 4 года назад

    Please keep making these videos. You’re too good to flame out early.

  • @jeremyt1433
    @jeremyt1433 4 года назад +2

    I was hoping someone would do a follow up of this massive reptile.

  • @gruu
    @gruu 4 года назад

    0:35 And here it is drawn in mspaint shitting itself. Great pic thanks guys.. xP

  • @salvagemonster3612
    @salvagemonster3612 3 года назад +1

    I caught one of these once in Scotland. But since I practice catch and release I let it go in lake Champlain. I have eaten one before and they just taste funny

  • @chasefoster845
    @chasefoster845 3 года назад +1

    I Saw Predator X When I Was Watching Steve Backshell It Was Great He Knows Everything About Dinosaurs 👏🔥💯👍

  • @nautilus2151
    @nautilus2151 4 года назад

    Great video, as always. Have a Very Merry Wintersday!

  • @paulkaufmann4381
    @paulkaufmann4381 4 года назад

    Love your videos man keep it up!

  • @lancejburns
    @lancejburns 4 года назад +5

    3:13 Excuse me, the what now?

  • @Casual_Shots
    @Casual_Shots 4 года назад +2

    Get passed the nightmare jaw and this thing is so cute!

  • @60sfoley
    @60sfoley 4 года назад

    Thanks for the video... happy new year!

  • @atheistsgod
    @atheistsgod 4 года назад +2

    There's always a bigger fish. ~ Qui-Gon Jinn

  • @grebnedu1219
    @grebnedu1219 3 года назад +2

    "This is the most powerful marine reptile ever discovered"

  • @graphite2786
    @graphite2786 4 года назад

    Predator X is now so funky!

  • @paulroche6969
    @paulroche6969 3 года назад +1

    It's funny, because despite it's incredible size, and undeniable prowess, it would still almost certainly be utterly helpless before a pod of orcas.

  • @moose3786
    @moose3786 3 года назад +1

    i love the name Pilosauruus funkei it makes me laugh everytime i hear it

  • @SkorpTS
    @SkorpTS 4 года назад +5

    Merry Christmas, lads!

  • @jimmyshrimbe9361
    @jimmyshrimbe9361 4 года назад

    Yes!! Awesome stuff!

  • @grimfin3214
    @grimfin3214 3 года назад +1

    Legally changing my name to Predator X

  • @Luka-eo7cs
    @Luka-eo7cs 4 года назад

    Nice video as always! 👍❤

  • @NandoA130
    @NandoA130 3 года назад +1

    Predator X sounds like a metal band 🤘

  • @Motivatededits0
    @Motivatededits0 3 года назад

    I watched a documentary on this when I was like 5 and it got recommended to me again