A Natural History of Dragons: Draconology (Part 1)

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Комментарии • 549

  • @ThoughtPotato
    @ThoughtPotato  Год назад +141

    Part two is live! ruclips.net/video/_ubTVWLE_mQ/видео.html
    Which of this artist's dragons are your favorite?

    • @tikimillie
      @tikimillie Год назад +1

      I would have liked to see you explain why a pedatory species would have horns though-

    • @selfloveybear5556
      @selfloveybear5556 11 месяцев назад +3

      Maybe there could be a water draco INSTEAD of breath out fire it could kinda blow out A alot of water from it mouth(Kinda like pokemon)
      To stun its prey like otters so its easier to catch.

    • @taigaforest2009
      @taigaforest2009 10 месяцев назад

      Next: Griffin or Phoenix

    • @mariobalestrieri7488
      @mariobalestrieri7488 9 месяцев назад

      The Eurasian mountain devil I my favorite dragon in draconolgy they kinda remind me of Smaug.

  • @VikasRao218
    @VikasRao218 Год назад +1881

    Thanks so much for covering my project here. Feels surreal seeing my stuff on RUclips, great narration too, can't wait for part 2!

    • @WhitneyDahlin
      @WhitneyDahlin Год назад +88

      Is Draconology the only project you're planning to do or do you have ideas for another project? Because I would love to see like an encyclopedia of the mythical! Which would include mythical creatures from all over the world! Like mermaids and ofc dragons and all sorts of other mythical beings!! I would love to see that from you! I really love how you take a scientific approach to dragons

    • @VikasRao218
      @VikasRao218 Год назад +127

      @@WhitneyDahlin I have included a few other mythical creatures in Draconology and do plan on doing more in time

    • @Wafflecat09
      @Wafflecat09 Год назад +24

      wouldn't that be neat if they were real and could take human form and literally live among humans.

    • @cupcakejack7375
      @cupcakejack7375 Год назад +32

      I know its a small detail, but as a brazillian person who grew up hearing of our folklore, i am so happy you added Iara as a Merfolk subspecies. Made me imagine what behaviour such a creature would have logically, but also when taking our tales into account. I love seeing our folklore get attention in this way.

    • @Littlekoji-df1cf
      @Littlekoji-df1cf Год назад +7

      What a beautiful story and world you have made.
      All love from Finland

  • @crsmith6226
    @crsmith6226 Год назад +759

    Even in a fantasy orcas are still the dominant sea species

    • @mikeoxsmal69
      @mikeoxsmal69 Год назад +90

      What did u expect bro, they got it all

    • @thewall4069
      @thewall4069 Год назад +64

      They op

    • @altithoraxperotorum5133
      @altithoraxperotorum5133 Год назад +58

      Even sea dragons can't counter orcas

    • @sit-insforsithis1568
      @sit-insforsithis1568 Год назад +7

      No KRAKEN

    • @Valigarmanda
      @Valigarmanda Год назад +45

      Of course. Imagine wolves, with the size, the social prowess, and the intelligence comparable or even much better than humans.
      If they evolved to go on land, we would be fucked.

  • @solitaregames
    @solitaregames Год назад +637

    People think fire breathing is impossible, but they forget that nature already has a living fire breathing creature. People forget about the fire-breathing beetle in the amazon. A beetle that shots a chemical concoction at high speeds that once it touches oxygen combust into a fire explosion.

    • @SCPguy
      @SCPguy Год назад +109

      It’s called the bombardier beetle

    • @GenericDan
      @GenericDan Год назад

      Actually, it doesn't breathe fire. It shoots a corrosive chemical. Snakes, however can breathe fire. Kinda. Essentially, when they burp, they can create sparks. Just give them a couple million years of evolution and we will have dragons.

    • @solitaregames
      @solitaregames Год назад +73

      @@GenericDan its a chemical that is shot at high speeds it creates heat. Like firing diesel in a diesel engine.
      When you shot a flamable liquid into atmosphere at high pressure, it creates combustion. And the beetle does that, it creates a spark as it shoots out super hot acid.

    • @GenericDan
      @GenericDan Год назад +17

      @@solitaregames Yes. Acid, but not fire.

    • @solitaregames
      @solitaregames Год назад +65

      @@GenericDan it still a flamable liquid shot at high pressure that sparks with the atmosphere.
      For a good listener few words are needed.
      Or do you think dragons breathe fire too? No.
      They also used gastric gases, which are acid, shot at high pressure into the atmosphere that creates a spark.
      Gas is gas and they are flamable.
      Same rules applied to the bo.bsrdier beetle.

  • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
    @SergioLeonardoCornejo Год назад +838

    We are so fascinated by dragons we want them to be real.

    • @angrybirdsmuseum7241
      @angrybirdsmuseum7241 Год назад +29

      Indeed

    • @imrulkays
      @imrulkays Год назад +27

      Bruh this dude changed his comment now my joke makes no sense :(

    • @Littlekoji-df1cf
      @Littlekoji-df1cf Год назад +4

      @@imrulkays hehe😆

    • @snimon5824
      @snimon5824 Год назад +2

      Yi Qi exist

    • @johnpichon689
      @johnpichon689 Год назад +23

      Every culture across the world spoke of dragons in some form..Obviously dinosaurs or extinct animals

  • @croc_moat2327
    @croc_moat2327 Год назад +96

    The funniest thing is that humans in that universe probably don't even see dragons as mystical majestic creatures and are used to them, same goes for our world, that already has a lot of beautiful and monstrous species, but for some reason we still dream of some cryptids because we are too used to knowing and seeing the real animals of our planet

    • @gamingweeb2-842
      @gamingweeb2-842 Год назад

      @LEOLAMM where?
      I wonder how they taste

    • @annakoutsandreou2214
      @annakoutsandreou2214 Год назад +7

      Listen tigers,hyenas,wolves,foxes and fucking pidgeons frequently show up in the mythos of people who have seen them if we had dragons then they would totally be about as loved as they are here and would probably often be the symbols of gods and whatnot

    • @eyelessnosea1413
      @eyelessnosea1413 4 месяца назад

      Real fauna is lame

  • @catpoke9557
    @catpoke9557 Год назад +142

    I find it super interesting how they were speculative enough to invent an entirely new form of integument for the dragons. They have 'scales' but they're shaped and arranged similarly to feathers.

  • @Xochimique
    @Xochimique Год назад +298

    I'm running a D&D campaign that aims to be a little more realistic and grounded than the typical over the top modern fantasy setting, and Draconology has really inspired me to introduce monsters that feel plausible and dangerous. It's a great project.

    • @argon1232
      @argon1232 Год назад +3

      "Curious Archive" also made a video about IRL dragons too: ruclips.net/video/NXlTO0dti3k/видео.html

    • @argon1232
      @argon1232 Год назад +5

      If you want to be realistic, I must wonder how you would explain Orcs, Elves, Halflings, and Dwarves? I personally think Orcs are simply Homo Erectis with prognathism. That's because Homo Erectus is both taller and stronger than humans and a cannibal, so they're scary asf. Dwarves are simply Neanderthals with shorter height, perhaps through years of living in cramped caves with limited light sources. They're still incredibly strong and smart, like irl neanderthals, but with a focus on mining.

    • @minutemansam1214
      @minutemansam1214 Год назад

      @@argon1232 Homo erectus is generally much smaller than Homo sapiens.

    • @argon1232
      @argon1232 Год назад +1

      @@minutemansam1214 They were sometimes 7 ft tall bro

    • @argon1232
      @argon1232 Год назад +1

      @@minutemansam1214 Orcs aren't necessarily a giant, just slightly taller than most humans (Look at Skyrim). Homo Erectus was taller than Neanderthals who was 5'8" (the same height as humans back then if not taller).

  • @user-tb1fu6qo4j
    @user-tb1fu6qo4j Год назад +76

    I like the fact that the Tiamat was portrayed as some sort of mossasaur-like creature.

  • @enriqueramirez0615
    @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +192

    10:28 The "Titan Drake" (Dirosuchus Maximus) is a majestic scaly critter, I imagine this drake as a deity in the world of Draconia and would have been voiced by "Liam Neeson" who voiced the great lion "Aslan" from C.S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia, Also I've gave this particular drake an individual name, I named him "Igby".

    • @enriqueramirez0615
      @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +9

      Sure (Draconia) is the family tree name for the "True Dragons", "Bird Dragons" and "Gryphons" & a Dragon survival video game. But I like to used this name as a world and a enormous island in a archipelago inhabited by Dragons, Trolls, and various critters (Real, Ancient and Fictional) of all shapes and sizes. Humans also inhabited this world (the good types: various tribes & villagers. The bad types: trappers, hunters & warlords)
      Just like in many various world by fantasy authors.

    • @enriqueramirez0615
      @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +6

      In one artwork where the "Titan Drake"(Dirosuchus Maximus) fought the sea serpent "Tiamat"(Typhoneustes Regius) similar with Godzilla fought Titanus Tiamat in the follow up comic book "Godzilla: Dominion"
      To everyone perspective the Titan Drake (Dirosuchus Maximus) is the Titanus Gorjia of the dragon world.

    • @enriqueramirez0615
      @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +3

      This is how everyone sees him (Igby the Titan Drake) very Big, intimidating but he has a voice that is soft as wild honey dripping from a tree.

    • @enriqueramirez0615
      @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +2

      If the Titan Drake has a powerful fire breath it should be similar to Godzilla atomic breath but instead of a blue color his fire breath blast is to be a rainbow trolls colors(DreamWorks Trolls) his charge up glows from his tail to dorsal osteoderms plates and expelled from his mouth, the colors comes in seven shades, Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red then BOOM! Firepower🌈🔥 at his enemies. (Man or Beast)

    • @mariobalestrieri7488
      @mariobalestrieri7488 10 месяцев назад +1

      I imagine the mountain devil having voice similar to Smaug .

  • @kearsargeyt8848
    @kearsargeyt8848 Год назад +23

    My idea about the Asian Dragon is that they are actually a giant relative of Paradise Flying Snake that is fully capable of flight not just gliding.

  • @willyjf6193
    @willyjf6193 Год назад +49

    The fact that somehow dragons were talked about by like everyone across the world
    Makes me think something about them has to be real.

    • @ivyme5783
      @ivyme5783 Год назад +12

      Yeah the dinosaur bones they used to find looked like they belonged to a dragon

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Год назад +11

      A combination of fossils and travellers spreading lore. There's also a solid argument for humanity all having brains that work in similar ways. For instance, a town is swept away by a hurricane or a large flood, over generations of retelling the town becomes a mythical place with impossible technology. Humans always live near water, its just logical that towns being lost would be a regular occurrence.
      In the case of dragons, I'd be willing to bet it had a lot to do with Chinese immigrants. Their mythology goes back extremely far, its not hard to imagine them bringing tales of dragons and their universal appeal spreading the idea like wildfire

    • @Kumagoro42
      @Kumagoro42 Год назад +5

      Western dragons and Eastern dragons have actually very little in common. I know a person with no previous exposure to Western dragon mythology who couldn't understand why we consider them as evil monsters who must be killed, as they're benign divine spirits in most Eastern cultures.

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Год назад

      @@Kumagoro42 I mean, how many creatures can you think of in western culture that were held sacred? We killed everything lol. Maybe fairies? I think it might be considered bad luck to kill a fairy. Hell, up until the early 20th century it was the pinnacle of being a worldly badass to travel to Africa to kill every big creature they've got with ginormous guns.

    • @BlankEmporium
      @BlankEmporium 9 месяцев назад

      Yes. They're called big damn reptiles. Like the Nile Crocodile, or the Python, or the Komodo Dragon.

  • @jamiemahoney2446
    @jamiemahoney2446 Год назад +23

    A long time ago there was a "documentary" called The Last Dragon. It was about a couple of paleologis caught in a cave and find Dragon fossils. They explain all the features of dragon's with biology.

  • @jayteah1349
    @jayteah1349 Год назад +28

    Just an idea, could Dragons use their flame breath as a way to create small updrafts that the dragon uses to rise and aid their heavy body

  • @bossmarethyu
    @bossmarethyu Год назад +112

    Humans did live with reptilian megafauna, we also wiped them into extinction, they were the megalania, almost the exact same as the ones seen in ark survival evolved, with some differences of course.

    • @bossmarethyu
      @bossmarethyu Год назад +8

      It very well could not be megalania, but I know for a fact we lived with something similar that got wiped out because of humans sadly. Or luckily, either way, so be it.

    • @oiltoast3723
      @oiltoast3723 Год назад +20

      Humanity didn't wipe out megalania Australia is always traveling northwards so the climate changes over time as the continents shift.
      For a while it was in a position to support large life but it moved into a hotter area, so it wasn't humans but climate change that killed megalania and all other Australian megafauna.

    • @garrettamerson99
      @garrettamerson99 Год назад +2

      You destroyed your own argument involving a video game title….

    • @casey8898
      @casey8898 Год назад +1

      @@garrettamerson99 Climate change is a natural thing to happen, by either the land masses shifting position over time creating different water currents to pretty much any natural disasters such as forest fires, eruptions, earthquakes (once again shifting land masses/creating mountains etc).
      Not saying humans aren't speeding it along, not saying they are.
      But it is a natural process that our planet has been going through ever since the earth has formed.

    • @theunknownshadowish
      @theunknownshadowish 9 месяцев назад +1

      Ark survival evolved.... yea.... I'm gonna have to stop you there and cut you off from alcohol from this point onward, you're too drunk to even understand your own words or thoughts

  • @badillacslatt
    @badillacslatt Год назад +12

    I always thought dragons had 4 legs and wings on their backs and wyverns had 4 legs but their wings were attached to their front legs.

  • @benjaminhenderson1759
    @benjaminhenderson1759 Год назад +9

    Doesn't dragon just mean large lizard. If there was a large lizard that breathed fire, with all the tales of nights killing them, it's safe to say they were killed off.

  • @HereBeDragons_25
    @HereBeDragons_25 10 месяцев назад +4

    Imagine a survival game where you can play as dragons just like these

  • @derforce5
    @derforce5 Год назад +8

    i always like the idea that dragons were real and driven extinct, it would make sense given all the stories of them being slayed, or prized for their hides.

    • @theunknownshadowish
      @theunknownshadowish 9 месяцев назад

      Yet there is no physical evidence of their bodies in all of existence.... the idea is I threshing but we cannot simply dive completely into fantasy, we must have one Foo planted firmly in reality

  • @Gizeh59
    @Gizeh59 Год назад +90

    You should voice a documentary or have a podcast. Best voice ever

    • @ThoughtPotato
      @ThoughtPotato  Год назад +30

      Why thank you

    • @curiodyssey3867
      @curiodyssey3867 Год назад +3

      If you like him so much why don't you marry him

    • @theluftwaffle1
      @theluftwaffle1 Год назад +15

      @@curiodyssey3867 Don’t threaten him with a good time.

    • @Blurby-Sir
      @Blurby-Sir Год назад

      @@theluftwaffle1 Dun dun duh , dun dun da da dun da, dun dun duh, Dun dun da da dun da

    • @BanishedandBroken
      @BanishedandBroken Год назад

      @@curiodyssey3867 How old are you? Damn.

  • @gojigamer2406
    @gojigamer2406 Год назад +27

    i have always loved dragons and i knew all the types of classifications. i thank the you for this video and the person who made this project. it has made my day and is really interesting. i do really wish dragons where real and possibly able to be befriended and we humans have a symbiotic relationship with them makinfg us having a beastly pet. like how dogs are like

    • @RissaFirecat
      @RissaFirecat Год назад

      Like the dragon series by Anne McCaffrey?

  • @jeremybenoit759
    @jeremybenoit759 Год назад +2

    Talks about mermaids, proceeds to show a picture of a seal lol

  • @rockypalacios2494
    @rockypalacios2494 Год назад +34

    Dinosaur bones found throughout the world like the t-rex skull has influenced ancient peoples in myths of dragons

    • @raftguy1376
      @raftguy1376 Год назад +5

      On the other hand, hollow bones for a flying animal are likely to be absent from the fossil record. There are far more species we dont know about than the ones we can prove existed.

    • @pierre-samuelroux9364
      @pierre-samuelroux9364 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@raftguy1376archaeopteryx cries in corner

  • @juanisol8275
    @juanisol8275 Год назад +28

    Wow!! Is like if Httyd whas mixted with Monster Hunter!! But More diverse, deep and natural!! Simply Marvelous!! Thank you!! Part 2 here whe go!! I love Bestiaries and speculative Evolution!! Yay!!

  • @CosmicPotato740
    @CosmicPotato740 Год назад +22

    I would love to see a survival game created off this with these models 😂❤

  • @brutusmagnuson315
    @brutusmagnuson315 Год назад +33

    I mean… if some of these can be defined as dragons, then so can mosasaurs, salt water crocodiles and azhdarchids

    • @Youshallbeeatenbyme
      @Youshallbeeatenbyme Год назад +14

      I think you missed the point.

    • @shadowslayer9988
      @shadowslayer9988 Год назад +2

      This what would realistically happen if dragons were real they would adapt to different environments.

    • @brutusmagnuson315
      @brutusmagnuson315 Год назад +2

      @@Youshallbeeatenbyme Dragons are real :L

    • @Youshallbeeatenbyme
      @Youshallbeeatenbyme Год назад +1

      @@brutusmagnuson315 sure thing buck-o.

    • @Rokiriko
      @Rokiriko Год назад

      Yeah, many of these were completely pointless.

  • @david-kc5hr
    @david-kc5hr Год назад +6

    I'm not sure if it's related but there was a series of books that included one called dragonology where it goes deep into speculative biology of dragons, including things like fake scales, feathers and skin.

  • @tempestneko7311
    @tempestneko7311 Год назад +3

    Imagine you make theories about dragons for months and then you forget about it and suddenly you see that on RUclips. This is awesome

  • @Dooterman_Creature
    @Dooterman_Creature Год назад +3

    Dungeons and Dragons players when he mentioned tiamat: WHY DOES IT HAVE ONE HEAD IT SHOULD HAVE FIVE

  • @Denneth_D.
    @Denneth_D. Год назад +14

    Curious Archive: This looks familiar.

  • @THATGuy5654
    @THATGuy5654 9 месяцев назад +2

    See, I don't know that it's realistic, but I like the idea of the fire-breathing organ being flexible enough to adapt to different environments, so that for instance, the sea drakes could replace fire breathing with a stunning sonic cry. Still, I enjoy how well-thought-out this all is.

  • @jennellhickam7912
    @jennellhickam7912 Год назад +3

    I found this video to be very cool. And the artwork renditions to be absolutely worth even pausing the video so i could take it all in.

  • @TheWizardOfOunce
    @TheWizardOfOunce Год назад +5

    What's the story behind the alternative World Map? That could be a series on its own.

  • @italucenaz
    @italucenaz Год назад +13

    7:05 just a small correction, Iara is pronouced with a propper I, not the english (ai), but the equivalent of (ee), it would be like (eeara)

    • @cakes4494
      @cakes4494 Год назад

      I'm also curious about how exactly they're related. He referred to them as cousins but they do not share the same genus name (the first part of the name in binomial nomenclature) is it like saying cats and dogs are cousins when they're not from the same genus? But they appear so similar in physiology they should be under the same genus and be separate species only. I need a paper on their individual biology is it something internal we aren't seeing that's so different?

    • @italucenaz
      @italucenaz Год назад

      @@cakes4494 they probably share the same subfamily, all big cats for exemple share the same genus, but clouded leopards are from a different genus and belongs to the same subfamily, very close though not as much as the others

  • @mesoica391
    @mesoica391 Год назад +8

    Dude, it's such a shame that no gaming company decided to make a video game with this concept (or at least a movie) .... It's such a expansive worldbuilding that even avatar can feel ashamed at some point...

  • @shadowscalestudios
    @shadowscalestudios Год назад +5

    Holy shell this was a sick and incredible video. Well done! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 The design of these are sooo cool!!

  • @peanutmoose9591
    @peanutmoose9591 Год назад +29

    I feel like dragons should be like as smart as parrots or even elephants.

    • @mikeoxsmal69
      @mikeoxsmal69 Год назад +7

      Would that be necessary to survive tho? Would it not just take more food to keep alive.

    • @peanutmoose9591
      @peanutmoose9591 Год назад +6

      @@mikeoxsmal69 I'm not sure.

    • @Unknown-kl9mm
      @Unknown-kl9mm Год назад +9

      I believe it depends on the species. As some dragons are way smarter than humans while others have mild intelligence.

    • @darkemperortheobscureone694
      @darkemperortheobscureone694 Год назад +8

      According the the author some of the dragons in that world are just as intelligent as primates, cetaceans, and some birds

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +1

      @@Unknown-kl9mm Agree

  • @JimDodahday
    @JimDodahday Год назад +4

    This is amazing. I can't wait for part 2!!

  • @Valigarmanda
    @Valigarmanda Год назад +5

    The Mountain Devil's size and height make it as tall as a Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, but without the hollow bones.
    It makes sense that it hunts in lowlands because if it were a sky-based aquatic creature hunter, the amount of drag (pun intended) it would have to contend with would be massive.

    • @mariobalestrieri7488
      @mariobalestrieri7488 7 месяцев назад

      The mountain devil and it’s relatives are the best dragons.

  • @parkerpshebnisky1051
    @parkerpshebnisky1051 Год назад +6

    I’m looking forward to part 2!

  • @azurephantom100
    @azurephantom100 Год назад +3

    i remember watching a show that was called something along the lines "dragons a fantasy made real" where it followed a documentary style show that delved into how dragons would be if they were real. first off the common european dragon couldnt exist so they used the wyvern(winged front limbs) that had lived during the time of the dinosaurs (i forgot the details beyond that on how it survived the extinction event) as for the details on its biology it has cartilage bones and a second pair of lungs that act like a swim bladder but for flight. the 2nd pair of lungs hold helium made by bacteria in their guts. as for the fire breathing they use the helium in the flight bladder along with platinum. the chew it with flat teeth in the back of the mouth and this gave the reason they are known to like shiny objects. to keep the fire from going back into their throat they have a flap like alligators and crocodiles have to keep water out. they need the helium to fly so they only use fire in a last resort.
    it also covered the japanese and chinese dragons evolving to be long and slender losing their wings as their habitat was the bambo forests and rivers with their number of toes changing between them to explain why one version has more/less toes vs the other
    these are the only details i remember i cant find the show anywhere sadly

  • @vrathod66
    @vrathod66 Год назад +10

    Yeah!

  • @Deadman7600.
    @Deadman7600. Год назад +4

    Looking through this comment section I was surprised that there was no snobbish knowitall saying
    ‘The eudraconians are actually wyverns not dragons’
    Although, it will probably happen eventually.

  • @darkscarecrowfxs.3205
    @darkscarecrowfxs.3205 Год назад +9

    They actually had an documentary of this once

  • @KashmirGoat-zx8vp
    @KashmirGoat-zx8vp Год назад

    At 8:06 the transmission to the pain promotion from the video topic is very smooth

  • @federicoxcc4966
    @federicoxcc4966 Год назад +8

    Due to the fragility of a leather membrane, I was expecting the true dragon to be fethered

    • @catpoke9557
      @catpoke9557 Год назад +4

      Pterosaurs had wing membranes. I don't think we know if they had feathers on top of them or not though. But if they did they weren't for flight. Considering how big they got, it makes perfect sense for a dragon to have wing membranes.

    • @ekosubandie2094
      @ekosubandie2094 Год назад +4

      Well, despite being quite delicate bat wing membranes can repair and heal itself fairly quickly when damaged, so the same adaptation could probably applied to the membrane wings dragons too

    • @federicoxcc4966
      @federicoxcc4966 Год назад +2

      @@ekosubandie2094 thanks for the informazion. I didn't know that leather membrane could easely repair itself.
      Anyway I was also thinking about the advantages of fethers like:
      -Cold resistance and some chemical resistance
      -Slash Attack resistance
      -Better mechanical and fluidodynamic caracteristics
      -Easier to repair and/or replace
      -Lighter.
      There Is also the problem of wing loading. Skin membrane can withstand lower loads than fethers

    • @minutemansam1214
      @minutemansam1214 Год назад +3

      @@federicoxcc4966 There is a reason why pterosaurs were the largest flying organisms of all time. Skin is superior to feathers at producing lift.

    • @federicoxcc4966
      @federicoxcc4966 Год назад

      @@minutemansam1214 they became the largest due to the way they take off, not the leather membrane. Pterosaurus took off by lounching themselves with the same powerfull muscles they used to fly. Birds have a limitation in dimentions because they take off by using their legs, not the powerfull muscles used to fly, so they are less optimized than pterosaurus in take off.

  • @roseyuen6916
    @roseyuen6916 Год назад +3

    I love how dragons here are hunted by real life animals. Seems like the marine dragons aren't invincible, the wicked orcas are.

  • @TheVengeanceofdefile
    @TheVengeanceofdefile Год назад

    Seriously made my day thank y’all💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @sunsetta9496
    @sunsetta9496 Год назад

    Thank you very much for video. The magic of Dragons will always live on!!!

  • @somethingmildlycreative8467
    @somethingmildlycreative8467 Год назад +1

    “Dear traveler” just reminds me of Willy Wonka saying “dear children” and now I can’t get it out of my head

  • @8DRAGON8
    @8DRAGON8 Год назад

    I love this. Love your voice. Thank you for this

  • @CharChar2121
    @CharChar2121 Год назад +9

    Okay, okay, let's give this a try, my guy.

  • @nevaehrose1786
    @nevaehrose1786 Год назад +3

    The denwen dragon is definitely the best one, looks wise and abilities

  • @marquanreese7895
    @marquanreese7895 Год назад +1

    Cant wait for part 2 also how many parts will this series be

  • @carolshannon6449
    @carolshannon6449 7 месяцев назад

    This is sooo cool and so much fun.

  • @kevinobill4818
    @kevinobill4818 Год назад +2

    I love dragons very much especially the True Dragons that are like the most iconic alongside the Kirin and Titan Drake

    • @mariobalestrieri7488
      @mariobalestrieri7488 2 месяца назад

      I’m a fan of dragons One of my favorite dragons is the spectral dragon , Eurasian mountain devil, western mountain devil, European crested dragon and the magnadrakon destructor in draconolgy .

  • @federicoxcc4966
    @federicoxcc4966 Год назад +3

    Sea serpents are basically mosasaurus

  • @randomdofando8458
    @randomdofando8458 Год назад +3

    One visited me in a dream and brought me a message of goodness there were no wings it was a slifer but I have never had a dream of a dragon before or after that in my entire life

  • @LICENFIREFEAR
    @LICENFIREFEAR Год назад

    thank you for youre amazing work

  • @pathfinderwellcare
    @pathfinderwellcare Год назад

    OMGOODNESS...I love the Green Dragonette 💗 so cute.

  • @zacharybrafman402
    @zacharybrafman402 Год назад +1

    awesome video NICE JOB

  • @yozfnn
    @yozfnn Год назад +1

    Keep making these

  • @a_tired_wendigo
    @a_tired_wendigo Год назад +1

    The merfolk made me giggle with joy

  • @skeetsmcgrew3282
    @skeetsmcgrew3282 Год назад +1

    One sort of science nerd thing about breathing fire. As a method of cooking, using a liquid fuel would require an extreme amount of it to do any significant heating, even extreme heat like described here. Water is amazingly resiliant to heating. Also, for a creature big enough to be their prey, it would be necessary to butcher it in order to cook the meat without totally immolating it and transforming a lot of the caloric content into gas. I think it is indeed not impossible by the miracles of nature for an animal to develop the ability to breath fire. Nature does frankly more ridiculous things than that all the time. It's merely that fire is not a calorically reasonable adaptation to ever be useful.

  • @hopetagulos
    @hopetagulos Год назад +2

    It seems silly to say this, but every time I see a feathered dinosaur I am reminded of artistic representations of dragons in the Middle Ages. A simple search, very simplistic, even on Google Image, to make comparisons. However, in place of ears and horns, manes, bristles, and crests may be used (certain species of owls, for example). Who knows, it might be a real creature that inspired the legends; Evolution is multilinear, dinosaurs gave rise to birds; and, perhaps, some surviving dinosaur species must have stayed side by side for some time.

  • @JuhlahComptonMentality
    @JuhlahComptonMentality Год назад

    Love the video .. thanks 💯

  • @sherrycurrie8960
    @sherrycurrie8960 Год назад

    WOW! GREAT INFORMATION. I love dragon's. Thank you for teach people about dragon's.

  • @Mrdragonjack
    @Mrdragonjack Год назад

    This is Awesome

  • @TheWoodlandCreature
    @TheWoodlandCreature Год назад +2

    I don't know if there is a podcast for these type of things or if the creator themselves has a podcast for these types of topics like biology, but I'd like to see a podcast be made and I bet others would as well, will keep in touch if I find a podcast on it

  • @rachdarastrix5251
    @rachdarastrix5251 Год назад +6

    Most youtubers on this subject: Just complaining that dragons don't give a shit what humans consider scientifically possible and are depicted as being difficult to defeat.
    Thought Potato: Creates an entire world.

  • @PpAirO5
    @PpAirO5 Год назад +1

    😱😍 I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL !!

  • @janbaltes2863
    @janbaltes2863 Год назад

    This was very interesting:)

  • @josephlongbone4255
    @josephlongbone4255 Год назад +3

    Just saying that that the central Atlantic island seen on the world map at the beginning has the potential to be a major European power.

  • @EnabiSeira
    @EnabiSeira Год назад

    That is so cool!!

  • @jocelynhernandez609
    @jocelynhernandez609 Год назад +1

    hey make a part 2! right now!

  • @TheB657
    @TheB657 Год назад +1

    This is just awesome 🙏 Yes there are Dragons across world cultures and histories. Maybe if there was a stage between Dinosauria and birds like the raptors which may have morphed into larger varieties and whom may 'not' have breathed fire can still be considered to fit the description of dragons. So if the accounts are true, these raptor creatures existed in the early C.Es and the B.C.Es ?? That's an amazing find actually with all the fossils lying around and being discovered in different formations around the world. Remember studying about a raptor that could morph it's feathery limbs into wings to glide and fly a distance and then return to normal form ! These creatures may have been there (some species) during time of early humans. That explains a lot. Thank you.

  • @seleuf
    @seleuf 10 месяцев назад

    I'd love a deeper dive (no pun intended) into those colugo-descended merfolk. =)

  • @RagingBrachy
    @RagingBrachy Год назад +1

    This is interesting👍

  • @KyzenEX
    @KyzenEX Год назад +1

    I love how, even here, orcas are still deadly af 💀💀

  • @enriqueramirez0615
    @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +17

    Oh by the way Mr. Potato (not to be confused with Mr. Potato head) if you're doing part 2 soon, we need to know if you're still doing Andy Frazer Dragons of Wales because you said "I have a feeling we'll be coming back to Wales very soon"
    Because Andy Frazer has released a new book titled "Dragons of Deep Time".

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Год назад +4

    the forest drake reminds me of a giant salamander

  • @mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649
    @mucioagustinmartinezzarago2649 6 месяцев назад +3

    14:47
    What about spliting nitroglicerine
    Because its aiquid explosive if its put in agression or hight and excesive movement and if its hunting that could make the liquid in a superfice of a living being explodes setting them a blaze

  • @Abominatrix650
    @Abominatrix650 Год назад +1

    This is fascinating. And the kind of application of spec evo, I've been wanting to find for ages!

  • @henriquesouza8704
    @henriquesouza8704 Год назад +1

    You probably already know, but nontheless I think I should comment that the Iara (actually pronounced like "ee-ara") is based on a mermaid/nymph from brazilian folklore. It's always nice to see refferences to our country on big stuff like this.

  • @thomassizemore5814
    @thomassizemore5814 Год назад +3

    I love dragons! (Unpopular opinion) dragons are just early mans depiction of dinosaurs

  • @calebchristensen900
    @calebchristensen900 Год назад +7

    So honest question, sea Trolls we’re named bc of their similarity to terrestrial trolls, would that mean trolls are primatomorphs as well?

    • @enriqueramirez0615
      @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +5

      Well I've seen aquatic trolls before they are known as the Techno Trolls from the DreamWorks Trolls franchise.

    • @Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387
      @Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387 Год назад +2

      Some belive that ogres and trolls were actually Neanderthals and other early hominids that were still around

    • @calebchristensen900
      @calebchristensen900 Год назад +2

      @@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387 Would this be scientific fact though? I'd love to see a planet earth style mocumentary of this and the wildlife from it.

    • @Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387
      @Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387 Год назад +2

      @@calebchristensen900 it’s just theories with some science but isn’t widely accepted

    • @minutemansam1214
      @minutemansam1214 Год назад +1

      @@Jewel_Screaming_Chango8387 There's no science behind it, and they're not theories. They aren't even hypotheses.

  • @lunar9342
    @lunar9342 Год назад +2

    As a Dungeons and Dragons fan, it just feels wrong for a sea serpent to get the title of Tiamat.
    Tiamat, in D&D, is the five headed draconic god of Chromatic dragons, (ie; red, blue, green, black and white) trapped in the Nine Hells. Tiamat has a Wyvern's tail, which ends in a vicious spike that is full of poison strong enough to rot flesh away in seconds. Each of her five heads breaths a different Element. Fire, Ice, Lightning, Poison gas, and Acid. She eats any of her children she doesn't like, and makes more children with any of them she does like, so yikes. Seeing that name on a particularly grouchy sea serpent is like naming a pug breed after Cerberus

    • @CyberCowboy-gv2jg
      @CyberCowboy-gv2jg Год назад +1

      Well Tiamat in D&D get's her name from a Babylonian creation goddess associated with water, who is also often depicted as a Dragon. So in that regards, it makes sense to have name from irl mythology/religion for this particular dragon.

    • @lunar9342
      @lunar9342 Год назад +1

      @@CyberCowboy-gv2jg I understand that. I was saying that, for me, the first thing brought to mind by 'Tiamat' is the evil god of chromatics, which is way off the mark compared to what was shown, lol

  • @vonrelevanz1963
    @vonrelevanz1963 2 месяца назад

    Not a fan of dragons, but this is well made. A believeable explanation why fire breathing could develop naturally. Considering electric eels exist, even a lightning subspecies becomes plausible. What is a ball lightning, but highly electrically charged ionized gas? Paired with how bioluminescence works, all kinds of 'breath weapons' become plausible.

  • @eyelessnosea1413
    @eyelessnosea1413 4 месяца назад

    I, as a Wyvern see this video as an absolute win

  • @chillcannongames5758
    @chillcannongames5758 Год назад +1

    I know your stuff can't be real but I like it

    • @catpoke9557
      @catpoke9557 Год назад +1

      These animals are theoretically possible and may actually exist on another planet or in another universe.

  • @UgUg15
    @UgUg15 Год назад

    I watched ONE video and heard him say “you matter.” Now I’m binging just to hear it over and over 😭

  • @almachizit3207
    @almachizit3207 Год назад +2

    When "cooking" their food, do they use purely their own pyrogenesis, or do they create some kind of bonfire and use their pyrogenesis to ignite that which cooks their food? Because the former would be extremely calorically wasteful, but the latter would require a significant amount of intelligence and dedicated preparation for almost any animal to pull off.

    • @theunknownshadowish
      @theunknownshadowish 9 месяцев назад

      Well he does say it burns it's prey upon capture so your question was already answered before you asked it...

  • @T4N7
    @T4N7 Год назад +2

    Wait, y was the next episode not the continuation of this?

  • @vermilliontoaster3063
    @vermilliontoaster3063 Год назад

    I love the piano music that was played.
    Does anyone know what song it is and the person playing it?

  • @LC-hb5ky
    @LC-hb5ky Год назад +1

    Wait, hold up. *THIS* is how I find out turtles breath through their butt?

  • @allysonketchum813
    @allysonketchum813 7 месяцев назад +1

    Who knows, they are probably on an distant planet somewhere. Plus the old testament is really about a dragon if you think about it. Burning down towns, flying fiery serpents and even the description of god just screams dragon story to me.

  • @polishdragon4853
    @polishdragon4853 Год назад +9

    I hope that one day dragons are revealed to be real and not that dangerous (so people wouldn't kill them for no reason like in legends), that we can co-exsist with them, cuz i really really like dragons, they are so adorable.

    • @thelaststeakbender3150
      @thelaststeakbender3150 Год назад +1

      Huh? You really think there’s a possibility that dragons existed/ still exist and we just don’t know about it?

    • @polishdragon4853
      @polishdragon4853 Год назад +1

      @@thelaststeakbender3150 there always is a possibility, and i this case im just being optimistic cuz the chance is very very tiny

    • @argon1232
      @argon1232 Год назад +4

      Yeah no. The fact that they aren't that dangerous only means that capturing it is much easier. The demand and price of dragon body parts will be so high it'll break the black market. Governments will have to step in to actively protect their wildlife property from poachers at all times with snipers and cameras everywhere.

    • @thewall4069
      @thewall4069 Год назад +6

      @@thelaststeakbender3150 hey man, let the kid dream

    • @c.s.joethedragon1311
      @c.s.joethedragon1311 Год назад

      Ever read the book series "Wings of Fire?"
      It is my favorite (dragon) book series.

  • @meli-melo9759
    @meli-melo9759 Год назад +12

    I'm a dear traveler

  • @weAreNotAloneHere
    @weAreNotAloneHere Год назад

    Ino most of you won’t get this at this moment in time, but they where turned to stone m you can find them all over the world, big, giant and titan sizes . I’ve seen them and there fascinating

  • @nagasimp1855
    @nagasimp1855 11 месяцев назад

    i can only think the destructive demon that forced a whole animal branch to become flamethrowers only to have a way to defend themselves from it