Mustelids are so fascinating and intelligent! There was a documentary on a honey badger living on an animal rescue preserve and he escaped containment multiple times. Once he used a stick that he carried on his back to climb out of the enclosure, and another time he and his companion unlatched a gate using teamwork.
Stoffel is an OG and a Legend!!! He would break out of his enclosure just to go f#*k with the lions. He often chose violence and when he wasn't terrorizing the other animals he would break out just to grief his keeper and then stand on his hind legs and dance on him literally saying "u need to do better" !! 😅 Stoffell is an Alpha honey badger lol
I've been studying paleontology for years, and somehow I never knew giant mustelids were a thing. These would've been so cool and terrifying to see today, putting the wolverine and honey badger to shame.
@@robdabanksI'd like to imagine these beasts were like their smaller cousins in that they wouldn't back down from taking on a much larger carnivore for a meal.
@@ConstantChaos1Except with horses, you don't have to worry about the possibility of them turning on you and eating you. A war ferret might do that under certain circumstances.
@weirdredpanda not so fun fact, while less likely horses can and have done that, most "vegetarian" animals regularly eat meat and when driven to it by anything from hormones to hunger horses will actively hunt usually small animals but they aren't picky once they do make the switch. In my area it happened a couple decades back and a few stories going back a bit further (not not reliably verifiable)
I try not to think about that era because quite frankly the giant river otters in South America are terrifying enough. Otters are like super predators and I am so glad they are small.
Always more to learn. I'm halfway through the video and I'm still waiting for them to mention giant river otters because I mean those things are terrifying and they're still alive today. To put it into perspective, that species is Apex in the River systems where they're found to the point that they periodically just slaughter all of the crocodilians in the area. They don't always do this, probably because the crocodilians aren't entertaining enough, but it's pretty rare for the crocodilians to come out on top when they come in direct conflict with each other.
Sea Otter mating habits, on the other hand, are incredibly NOT cute, and violent in a way that mustelids can be. I do think that sea otters could one day evolve into a true giant marine mammal the way other mammalian lineages have (whales, manatees, seals, and seal lions, etc.), another frontier for mustelids to "conquer". However, I think coexistence with humans means it's probably never going to happen, more of a "if humans never existed" type scenario. edit: Sorry, more a random comment, not a critique as sea otters look adorable!
@@petebyrdie4799subjectively, I must be like the only person ever to not find that species especially cute. Yes they are cute, but they are not especially cute. I think River otters are a lot cuter personally. And there are many other species that I would say are way more cute than any members of this group.
So interesting! Well, there's still the giant otter, right?! They're so massive, and our crew got them on camera facing a jaguar, we must say, they are brave.
Excellent on the video on giant mustelids, my friend! My favorite species of the Mustelidae are the Wolverine, the Giant Otter, and the Snowstlker from the Future is Wild. And please continue to make more videos on these strange and wonderful prehistoric animals.
Mustelids have always been a huge pet peeve of mine (thanks to some unpleasant experiences) and this video is just what I needed to see today. Thanks a lot.
It's incredible to think of an otter as big as a lion! I think that in the future with the extinction that will happen in millions of years these "mega weasels" could return. I imagine that when predators like hyenas, animals like meerkats could take their place (a mix between Timon and Bazai from Disney's "Lion King"), a possible evolution of the meerkats and become a sort of cross between the Jurassic Park raptors and the Disney hyenas. Since meerkats stand upright so often, they may use their front paws for injure the prey until death.
@@weirdredpanda This work of speculative evolution seems a bit too trivial to me. I'm not saying it can't happen, on the contrary it is very realistic: seals already derive from animals similar to otters, and the ambulocetus natans was an ancestor of whales (even if it looked like a cross between an otter and a crocodile).
I honestly think the giant mustelids like Ekorus or Enhydriodon wouldn't have been as aggressive as their modern counterparts, because mustelids are as aggressive as they are because of how small they are compared to their predators. Even the largest mustelids are relatively small
Oh they're not just that way because of predators, they're that way at their prey. There are plenty that live in areas that don't have giant predators that are absolutely insane. They don't get the same level of coverage because they don't go and be insane at megafauna which people find fascinating, because they don't live where there's a ton of megafauna, but they are if anything worse than the ones that are classically known.
Having been a ferret-father to three kittysnakes, I am a little sad we were robbed of gigantic mustelids but on the other hand I know what cataclysmic mischief they would get up to XD
Mustelidae is thought to be both the oldest and the most successful group of animals in the order of Carnivora. There are 66-70 different Species and they likely appeared before the canines.
@@obamacares8386 You're talking about South American giant river otters. There are also much smaller river otters in North America. North American river otters are not potentially threatening to humans like the South American ones are, but I don't think of any mustelids as docile. They are all ferocious relative to the animals they prey on.
YAY!! thank you for making video about paleo mustelids, i wasn’t expecting this😳 hope you will return to this mischievous family one more time, i absolutely love mustelids and it hard to find more documentary videos with them ;0(
It wasn't that long ago I discovered Hippos and Whales are closely related. Since then, I've been fascinated by this idea that they might actually interact somewhere, maybe Orcas on the African coast? Interaction between a pod of Orcas and hippos or maybe even elephants would be something remarkable to witness. Does it ever happen?
it's true that hippos are the closest living relative to the whales, but whales diverged at least 54 million years ago so I'm not sure I would call that "closely related"
I used to give (already dead feeder) mice to my ferrets as a treat. They would eat EVERYTHING. You could hear them crunching through bones like potato chips
An advantage of scavenging frozen carcasses is that the meat doesn't spoil and could last for days. And if you're the only one with teeth that can handle it, you don't even have to hide it.
sorry if this is a dumb question, but how was it elected that mustelids are the most widespread family in carnivora? like, even if you discount pets, felids and canines are also everywhere but antartica aren’t they?
@@gerryhouska2859yeah but mustelids also aren’t native to australia, but i just played back the video and realized they never said that mustelids are the most widespread so my question didn’t make sense anyways, i heard wrong lol;)
I was hoping you would talk about them someday! Glad the day has finally come! xD Amazing video as always, however I have a question, which mustelid were you drawning? o.O
I wonder if all mustelids are immune to venoms and where that trait first evolved? Additionally 8:47... very good depiction of an animal in the wild being hunted by a mustelid. 10 bonus points!
What! That’s crazy how they get so big. I need to know more. I have been watching you guys for so long and love all the research and information that goes into your videos. ❤
Could you make a video about singapore's birds and animals? That will be amazing! Also the Mustelids are very interesting and wouldn't have know about Mustelids. 😁😁😁❤i had aways love your videos🎉🎉
Mustelids are so fascinating and intelligent! There was a documentary on a honey badger living on an animal rescue preserve and he escaped containment multiple times. Once he used a stick that he carried on his back to climb out of the enclosure, and another time he and his companion unlatched a gate using teamwork.
I think his name is farfel or something like that
I remember that one. I was fascinated.
@@wes8052I think it's Stoffel
@@paolopasaol9700 that's exactly what it is
Stoffel is an OG and a Legend!!! He would break out of his enclosure just to go f#*k with the lions. He often chose violence and when he wasn't terrorizing the other animals he would break out just to grief his keeper and then stand on his hind legs and dance on him literally saying "u need to do better" !! 😅 Stoffell is an Alpha honey badger lol
I've been studying paleontology for years, and somehow I never knew giant mustelids were a thing. These would've been so cool and terrifying to see today, putting the wolverine and honey badger to shame.
Same
And yet, a honey badger would still try to fight one.
They might even win if they've had enough Jack Daniels.
@@robdabanksI'd like to imagine these beasts were like their smaller cousins in that they wouldn't back down from taking on a much larger carnivore for a meal.
It's always fun to learn something new. 😌
Imagine if they hunted in packs like the river otters in the Amazon. The hippos in Columbia wouldn't stand a chance.
1:03 mongooses are not mustelids, they are in the family Herpestidae, the same family of meerkats.
Imagine an animal with the temperament of a honey badger and the size of Jaguar.
Nightmare fuel
Worse, imagine one with the temperament of a stoat
More or less the Amazonian Giant River Otter.
Mass Extinction 😂
@@wallingnaga6563right....they went extinct.
The most impressive feature shared by all mustelids, as pointed out by the scientific community, is how cute they are! They are fluffiness incarnate
Cute, but intrepid!
I want to ride a war ferret so bad can we please science bring these back
@@ConstantChaos1Except with horses, you don't have to worry about the possibility of them turning on you and eating you. A war ferret might do that under certain circumstances.
@weirdredpanda not so fun fact, while less likely horses can and have done that, most "vegetarian" animals regularly eat meat and when driven to it by anything from hormones to hunger horses will actively hunt usually small animals but they aren't picky once they do make the switch. In my area it happened a couple decades back and a few stories going back a bit further (not not reliably verifiable)
I try not to think about that era because quite frankly the giant river otters in South America are terrifying enough. Otters are like super predators and I am so glad they are small.
Fascinating Mustelid facts.
I just wish people would stop thinking ferrets are rodents.
When I was a kid, I thought ferrets were cousins of cats! Lol
I just realized that Danielle not only presents the show, but also does the artwork used in it.
I think in one video she mentioned she worked for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Which if your into Toronto I recommend
Still otter-ly adorable!
Awesome. What animal do you like?
The Dobhar-chu, a cryptid from Ireland, is described as a lion sized otter. Interesting that there is fossil evidence of such a beast.
Im a professor in biology and I never knew their were such giant mustelids!
Hopefully you teach your students a fun fact!
Hopefully you teach your students a fun fact!
Always more to learn. I'm halfway through the video and I'm still waiting for them to mention giant river otters because I mean those things are terrifying and they're still alive today. To put it into perspective, that species is Apex in the River systems where they're found to the point that they periodically just slaughter all of the crocodilians in the area. They don't always do this, probably because the crocodilians aren't entertaining enough, but it's pretty rare for the crocodilians to come out on top when they come in direct conflict with each other.
Sea otters are objectively the cutest animals on earth
Red pandas, aardwolves, baby gators etc.
They are evil though.... there would be no procreation without rape. They also rape baby seals and anything they can get their nasty claws on!
Sea Otter mating habits, on the other hand, are incredibly NOT cute, and violent in a way that mustelids can be. I do think that sea otters could one day evolve into a true giant marine mammal the way other mammalian lineages have (whales, manatees, seals, and seal lions, etc.), another frontier for mustelids to "conquer". However, I think coexistence with humans means it's probably never going to happen, more of a "if humans never existed" type scenario.
edit: Sorry, more a random comment, not a critique as sea otters look adorable!
They're adorable, but it's stoats for me, especially ermine.
@@petebyrdie4799subjectively, I must be like the only person ever to not find that species especially cute. Yes they are cute, but they are not especially cute. I think River otters are a lot cuter personally. And there are many other species that I would say are way more cute than any members of this group.
Hope everyone has had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend! Cheers animalogic!
So interesting! Well, there's still the giant otter, right?! They're so massive, and our crew got them on camera facing a jaguar, we must say, they are brave.
Excellent on the video on giant mustelids, my friend! My favorite species of the Mustelidae are the Wolverine, the Giant Otter, and the Snowstlker from the Future is Wild. And please continue to make more videos on these strange and wonderful prehistoric animals.
Mustelids have always been a huge pet peeve of mine (thanks to some unpleasant experiences) and this video is just what I needed to see today. Thanks a lot.
That sounds sarcastic lmao
Did someone's mustelid pet peeve you?
Sorry to contradict you, Danielle, but we have none in Australia either. Even ferrets are forbidden in my state of Queensland. Wish we did.
The surprise at the end made me laugh pretty hard! Still chuckling. :)
It's incredible to think of an otter as big as a lion! I think that in the future with the extinction that will happen in millions of years these "mega weasels" could return. I imagine that when predators like hyenas, animals like meerkats could take their place (a mix between Timon and Bazai from Disney's "Lion King"),
a possible evolution of the meerkats and become a sort of cross between the Jurassic Park raptors and the Disney hyenas. Since meerkats stand upright so often, they may use their front paws for injure the prey until death.
You should do a speculative evolution "world" where this happens. Per someone else's comment, giant sea otters could take the place of whales.
@@weirdredpanda This work of speculative evolution seems a bit too trivial to me. I'm not saying it can't happen, on the contrary it is very realistic: seals already derive from animals similar to otters, and the ambulocetus natans was an ancestor of whales (even if it looked like a cross between an otter and a crocodile).
I honestly think the giant mustelids like Ekorus or Enhydriodon wouldn't have been as aggressive as their modern counterparts, because mustelids are as aggressive as they are because of how small they are compared to their predators. Even the largest mustelids are relatively small
Oh they're not just that way because of predators, they're that way at their prey. There are plenty that live in areas that don't have giant predators that are absolutely insane. They don't get the same level of coverage because they don't go and be insane at megafauna which people find fascinating, because they don't live where there's a ton of megafauna, but they are if anything worse than the ones that are classically known.
Merci, Danielle. Come toujours une emission extrordinaire.
Wow that’s amazing
Having been a ferret-father to three kittysnakes, I am a little sad we were robbed of gigantic mustelids but on the other hand I know what cataclysmic mischief they would get up to XD
A honeybadger the size of a lion is a problem
Most people: Getting scared of a lion-sized otter that can both swim and run at you
Me: Thinking about how adorable their babies are 😍
Mustelidae is thought to be both the oldest and the most successful group of animals in the order of Carnivora. There are 66-70 different Species and they likely appeared before the canines.
Great Auk next please!🙏🐧
This is weasely my fav mustelid vid this week!
😂😂
This entire family branch of animals are some of my favorite animals of All time! They are AWESOME! I'd love to see the ancient ones that have existed
I love how the lions are like "chill bro" not even taking them as a threat, but also slightly scared 🤣
Why are some species (skunks, honeybadgersetc) to be so plucky for their size whereas others like otters to be relatively docile?
Have you ever seen river otters? They are anything but docile lol. 😂
@@obamacares8386 You're talking about South American giant river otters. There are also much smaller river otters in North America. North American river otters are not potentially threatening to humans like the South American ones are, but I don't think of any mustelids as docile. They are all ferocious relative to the animals they prey on.
One of the best episodes of Paleologic! I've learned so much!
That ending was too good!! 🤣
i unmake all mustelids i see. lmao.
also nice dress dude
It's a great thing they are as small as they are today, considering the hunting craze and extreme success they achieve with their hunts
I just gotta say your art inspires me every video. Legit everytime I go on an Animalogic spree you make me want to start drawing paleo art again.
Honey badgers and wolverines as big as lions is terrifying.
YAY!! thank you for making video about paleo mustelids, i wasn’t expecting this😳 hope you will return to this mischievous family one more time, i absolutely love mustelids and it hard to find more documentary videos with them ;0(
4:00 love that Honey Badger versus 🦁 clip
Hold me back bro😂🦖
i've seen enough casual geographic and boy the mustelids are pocket-sized bundles of crackhead energy and tenacity,
Fascinating, I didn't know that honey badgers had a much smaller cousin in South America, that look just about identical to them....
That's an otter with a dark side.
Sick sketching skills.🤘
The ending was great I had to play it again to show my wife. 😆
8:46 That ending actually made me jump😂
I heard somewhere that Amazon Giant River Otters are pretty big in size. Somewhere around 4 feet in length I think, if that’s true that’s crazy!!!
Fantastic work as always. Kudos to you and your team.
i didn't even watch it yet I love mustelids. I just heard " the peak of mustelids" and i had to like the video ^_^
It wasn't that long ago I discovered Hippos and Whales are closely related. Since then, I've been fascinated by this idea that they might actually interact somewhere, maybe Orcas on the African coast? Interaction between a pod of Orcas and hippos or maybe even elephants would be something remarkable to witness. Does it ever happen?
Yeah, if there was an animal to ever try to randomly an elephant or hippo, orcas would be the first to give it a go.
Orcas are known to kill moose off the coastline- they might try the same with a hippo.
This nature animals aren’t gonna be nice to Eachother because of a common ancestor 😭
it's true that hippos are the closest living relative to the whales, but whales diverged at least 54 million years ago so I'm not sure I would call that "closely related"
10/10 content as always. Love this channel! 🙂
I'm just thinking that a lion-sized honey badger would be terrifying!! 😱
I love seeing the art being drawn on the background, it's so good!!
Always been a fan of mustelids ever since i got my Zoobook on them when i was young.
I would like a video regarding the diverse ecotypes and cultures of the Killer Whale and why they don’t really engage with one another.
Otters love to play and will chase each other and frolic, and it would have been incredible to watch these giants do the same.
that was a vicious attack at the end of the video :P
I learn so much from watching this channel. Glad I found it. Thank you and everyone have a good weekend.
The clip in the end sent me. Great video as always .
I used to give (already dead feeder) mice to my ferrets as a treat.
They would eat EVERYTHING. You could hear them crunching through bones like potato chips
That ending!😂
Thanks for the great content❤
An advantage of scavenging frozen carcasses is that the meat doesn't spoil and could last for days. And if you're the only one with teeth that can handle it, you don't even have to hide it.
Oh, the violence at the end tho! 😂❤
Mustelids are probably my favorite carnivorans.
sorry if this is a dumb question, but how was it elected that mustelids are the most widespread family in carnivora? like, even if you discount pets, felids and canines are also everywhere but antartica aren’t they?
Not in Australia, all introduced fairly recently (even the dingo).
@@gerryhouska2859yeah but mustelids also aren’t native to australia, but i just played back the video and realized they never said that mustelids are the most widespread so my question didn’t make sense anyways, i heard wrong lol;)
They ARE widespread in an evolutionary sense, spanning five continents and parts of the sea and many different habitats with largely varying forms
Absolutely love mustelids.
I love, love, love Paleologic
Is no one going to talk about the ending 😂😂
River otters in Singapore never fail to catch the attention of my fellow Singaporeans wherever they show up..
The end! What an ending 😂
I jumped so hard when the skunk tackled the bear at the end...
That illustration though
I would not live long in such a time. I love otters too much. Is this what cat lovers feel like seeing big cats?
It’s amazing that this animal, auntie terrestrial animals, and even our ancestors Australopithecus afferentsus
Wow Das Oppers
Three Cheers to the skunk tackle at the end lol.
❤😊 awesome as always thanks guys
1:04 why is there a mongoose in a video about mustelids?
I was hoping you would talk about them someday! Glad the day has finally come! xD
Amazing video as always, however I have a question, which mustelid were you drawning? o.O
That would be Megalictis!
The suit guys at the end caught me off guard lol
The ending though... 🤣
I'd totally want a giant Red Panda! 😅
Amazon River otters are terrifying, I’m glad they don’t get any bigger these days
Can't you make an episode about Northern Pike? A great underwater beast!
Very interesting and your ability with pronunciation of large words is awesome 👏❤️
That mid-credits scene though 😆
~_~
I wonder if all mustelids are immune to venoms and where that trait first evolved? Additionally 8:47... very good depiction of an animal in the wild being hunted by a mustelid. 10 bonus points!
Could you do videos on bird like dinosaurs like Archaeopteryx, Microraptor, or Yi?
On the topic of mustelids it seems odd that there is seemingly no talk of reviving the North American Sea Mink.
They still are in South America. Google "The Giant Amazonian Otter." You're welcome.
I need these back so bad, bring the chaos and let me ride a war ferret
Love your videos!
Ferocity isn't just in their nature. It's a necessity in their very way of life.
I'm gonna have nightmares about that bonus scene. 😂
THE END GOT ME GOOD. 😂 I was like, oh this is nice, a furry jus- HOLY SHIT SKUNK TACKLE! 🤣
What! That’s crazy how they get so big. I need to know more. I have been watching you guys for so long and love all the research and information that goes into your videos. ❤
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Majestically through the sky,
But they can walk.
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Hey animalogic do you guys have a video on European Badgers? I thought you did but I i cant find it
What should you talk about next? The racoon family, procyonidae, is far more diverse than many realise. Coartis, cacomistles, kinkajous, ringtails.
Imagina un mapache del tamaño de un león
Really amazing 👍
Could you make a video about singapore's birds and animals? That will be amazing! Also the Mustelids are very interesting and wouldn't have know about Mustelids. 😁😁😁❤i had aways love your videos🎉🎉
Love from singapore ❤❤