Apatosaurus: Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong #12
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10 жыл бұрынthegeekgroup.org/ - Brontosaurus has been a popular request over the last few months. After a modest correction relating to naming conventions, Steve obliges! Using a rather jiggly example, he covers what made these creatures extremely successful for their time.
UPDATE: An extremely thorough 2015 study of the Diplodocidae found Brontosaurus to be a separate genus from Apatosaurus! They're still more closely related to each other than to the other Diplodocids, though. peerj.com/articles/857/#discu...
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01:00 www.plosone.org/article/info%3...
01:46 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_Bluff
01:54 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_L...
03:48 archive.org/details/Gertie
05:22 rspb.royalsocietypublishing.or...
12:11 www.app.pan.pl/archive/publish...
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15:26 rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.or...
15:53 www.plosone.org/article/info%3...
16:09 www.plosone.org/article/info%3...
17:03 www.geosociety.org/news/pr/10-...
17:21 paleopastori.deviantart.com/ar...
18:01 www.thegeekgroup.org/
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@asocialevent8168 3 жыл бұрын
I want a T-shirt that says “ask me about the bone wars”
@squirrels9027 2 жыл бұрын
What were the bone wars
@nonamepresent881 2 жыл бұрын
So get one, for half as much as he'd charge you for it
@firytwig 11 ай бұрын
@@nonamepresent881maybe they want to support him :)
@firytwig 11 ай бұрын
I would pay a lot for that
@jeffreygao3956 Ай бұрын
@@squirrels9027 It was this competition to find the most fossils between two rival paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh that started when Marsh made fun of Cope for putting an Elasmosaurus head on its tail. It only ended when Cope died.
@thejoe_gambit7323 7 жыл бұрын
It's weird watching this in the future when brontosaurus and apatosaurus are now separate Dino's.
@djyownder109 5 жыл бұрын
Emily Kopp yes it is
@djyownder109 5 жыл бұрын
U read my mind
@iplayforfunsowhat9728 4 жыл бұрын
yes
@jimmyshrimbe9361 4 жыл бұрын
Emily Kopp lol oh yes. And 2 years later.
@bradyklinkowsky609 4 жыл бұрын
Yah
@DKiSAerospaceHistory 3 жыл бұрын
*bronto eats a large stone* "Oh my, that...doesn't seem right." *bronto eats an entire tree* "Well I stand corrected I guess."
@Spiritprime91 8 жыл бұрын
Brontosaurus is back as a seperate species. Huzzah!
@dionaeamuscipula6649 8 жыл бұрын
*genus Some apatosaurus species got reclassified as Brontosaurus genera
@jeffreygao3956 7 жыл бұрын
I still like Apatosaurus more.
@tscream80 6 жыл бұрын
One of them was the one featured in this video. In fact, it's the type species for Brontosaurus.
@specific3600 6 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Gao I like brontosaurus better, partly because of the name, partly because I've seen it restored with these bony studs on the neck (not sure how accurate these are) that look really cool, idk if apatosaurus has been restored with these but whatever.
@dragon091327 6 жыл бұрын
Dionaea Muscipula really?
@dilo19000 8 жыл бұрын
Its quite a good coincidence that the species you used has been redescribed to the Brontosaurus genus.
@whestaudio720 8 жыл бұрын
+BigSexy ya
@dilo19000 8 жыл бұрын
***** That's exactly how it went down. Long Live Brontosaurus
@dilo19000 8 жыл бұрын
***** lots of people still thinks its a thing, so probably not as long.
@kyachdistent1301 3 жыл бұрын
@@frenne_dilley It's a dumb one and it didn't. The dinosaur is Apatosaurus, this is just about people not willing to leave a silly old defunct name alone. Apatosaurus was named first, people, get over it. You've discovered iPads, iPhones, Instagram, coronavirus, Trump, Johnson, Islamists, body-waxing, plastic surgery, killer drugs, climate change, the death of music and film as an art form, the ongoing death of millions of animal species in REAL time, and the unique factoid we don't NEED to eat, wear or treat any of them like shit, yet still do. And all this lovely crap has come to light LONG SINCE Brontodon was retired into the ether. Be proud of that, otherwise you'll lose it all, and deserve too!
@helloworld2409 2 жыл бұрын
@@kyachdistent1301 brontodon?
@LonelyNaturalist 9 жыл бұрын
Please do a whole episode on the bone wars.
@nikoterangiita9571 7 жыл бұрын
BONE WARS
@digsfossils 6 жыл бұрын
Ditto!!!!!
@randomotakunerd 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they never made a movie out of it!!
@kyle857 6 жыл бұрын
"I cant stand up high enough." You could stand. "Damn it, I'm a scientist not an athlete!"
@XxSoraMifunexX 7 жыл бұрын
In regards to the "Bull-Whip" theory about the tail, I think the idea was less about the tail swinging at the threat and suddenly changing direction to increase the impact, cuz yeah, that'd send the end of its tail twirling off into the trees, and more of just-... Ya'know, take a really long piece of Bamboo; 20~ft?, and while holding it at the thick end, just turn, like, 45 degree (I don't know the Key-strokes for the Degrees symbol) and watch just how much strength you can generate at the end without having to "Whip-crack" it. You'd be surprised how hard those things can hit. Scale that up to the appropriate size and weight and I doubt even Rexes would be brave/stupid enough to attack it from anywhere in a ~90 degree (dammit) arc behind it, let alone if it just spins (albeit quite slowly) around.
@deadmeme8973 4 жыл бұрын
If I were dumb as a rock and had a long tail I'd break it ten times over to avoid having my caudofemoralis longus ripped out my ass I'm sure even if it was a traumatic experience desperate subadults would beat the life out of a predator with that tail, especially considering late derived titanosaurs have spikes and stuff at the tail
@skinless5136 2 жыл бұрын
A comment from 4 years ago? Just do 0 °
@honeybunbadger 9 жыл бұрын
Your Dinosaurs are Wrong is the BEST series ever!!!! Whenever a new installment comes in, I watch it immediately. What's Steve's secret - how did he become so well-versed in dinosaur knowledge - heck, he even cites the literature!!
@chaoticdusk7076 4 жыл бұрын
"So it was for honking" Thank you for this I never thought I'd here this in the the context of dinosaurs outside of modern ones
@calebsundquist2672 3 жыл бұрын
Hearing Brontosaurus is no longer a valid genus:😱 Brontosaurus now making a comeback: ✊😄 long lived the brontosaurus has returned!
@skinless5136 2 жыл бұрын
No
@tigris115 9 жыл бұрын
Brontosaurus is a valid genus now. Isn't that great?
@shootthesaiyan1723 7 жыл бұрын
make a episode of the supersaurus
@jeffreygao3956 6 жыл бұрын
No. The Morrison has too many diplodocids.
@themightiesttyrant1018 6 жыл бұрын
Send a toy then, pretty sure they would not mind doing it.
@diegodankquixote-wry3242 4 жыл бұрын
*Oi JOSUKE! brontosaurus is now a valid genus. Isn't that wacky?
@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster 4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreygao3956 no
@williamsparks1521 2 жыл бұрын
This is an incredible website for truthful dinosaur 🦕 information. I've been a voracious dino fan for about 63 years (67 yo) and I have read everything I can get my hands on. Kudos to you for allowing me to continue to learn on this fascinating subject.
@LanceAvion 7 жыл бұрын
Great now all I can imagine is Little Foot from The Land Before Time sprinting on his hind legs haha
@deadmeme8973 4 жыл бұрын
"Ight, I'm boutta head out"
@phoebusapollo8365 4 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL VISION
@oshkeet 3 жыл бұрын
My first thought was them swimming and floating just enough they could kick along the bottom with their back legs, but now I wonder...
@norncare1 5 жыл бұрын
It’s pretty cool going back to this now in a time where good ol Brontosaurus is back. And seeing as this is about excelsus, technically this IS a YDAW about Brontosaurus. Which is kind of a mind blower.
@StevenBellettini 9 жыл бұрын
+LordTrilobite I'm sorry if I didn't explain my reasoning better. I personally think it's okay to call *Apatosaurus* "brontosaurus" in the same way that we call *Felis* "cat."
@yergaderga 9 жыл бұрын
You have a channel!? I am subscribing.
@dilo19000 8 жыл бұрын
Steven Bellettini Well, that might not work now, Considering Brontosaurus is now a Valid genus separate from Apatosaurus.
@StevenBellettini 8 жыл бұрын
Dilo Power Mhmm
@NikodAnimations 2 жыл бұрын
why,@@dilo19000 why? there is NONE evidence to support this!!!1
@yergaderga 9 жыл бұрын
"I hope you didn't drown." No. Otherwise they wouldn't be watching this wonderful program!
@TheStrongNerd 6 жыл бұрын
Andrew Shriner we managed to avoid drowning
@carrieseymour5197 5 жыл бұрын
Technically, I don't believe drowning is defined by fatality. Drowning victims may be rescued and revived.
@thegreatgoldfilms6311 4 жыл бұрын
caveman vs deep end of pool
@zooemperor3954 4 жыл бұрын
I never attempted to do that.
@chaosgoettin 3 жыл бұрын
@@zooemperor3954 It's good I only have been at the bathtub and used a straw......if it worked, I wanted to do that in the actual lake. good thing it didn't work and I didn't had it far to break through the surface. I tried an actual snorkel. that sucked.
@petercarioscia9189 6 жыл бұрын
I really love this guy. I want to take him home and keep him in q comfy room that I can go into any time I want awkwardly delivered dinosaur facts.
@sciencecompliance235 4 жыл бұрын
So cool to learn that baby apatosaurus was a bipedal runner. Thank you for putting this video together!
@JonaGold-od8rt 9 жыл бұрын
Brontosaurus is back!
@mrbigoofs9820 7 жыл бұрын
yee
@phoebusapollo8365 4 жыл бұрын
Funny how the fossil in your profile pic is doing a pose that suggests: *TOO FABULOUS FOR YOU.*
@kyachdistent1301 3 жыл бұрын
Apatosaurus is front. For over a 100 years. Brontodon is-back in the mists of time to stay. Death to non-discoveries that are another name and species entirely. No name sounds so brilliant it can't be made disappear when not needed!
@Diaramamond 7 жыл бұрын
Those baby Sauropods better be active and fast on those hind limbs to avoid all the Theropods who rely on the massive amounts of Sauropod eggs left to fend for themselves until large enough to join the herd. Makes a lot of sense. Interesting to imagine what social groups if any, baby Sauropods may have formed.
@sockmonkey6666 6 жыл бұрын
I read an article on bipedalism that said it was better for acceleration, so it makes sense that little ones would use it to get moving as fast as possible.
@jacobkeary6740 4 жыл бұрын
*_"Largest land vertebrate to walk the earth" implies that there was a bigger, land dwelling, invertebrate... spooky stuff._*
@AndrewTBP 11 ай бұрын
_Arthropleura_
@thespinodino 5 жыл бұрын
Brontosaurus is now a separate dinosaur. Now when people say brontosaurus they aren't referring to a fake dino.
@russellharrell2747 4 жыл бұрын
Baby Brontosaurs running on hind legs just made my week!!! 🦕
@dallasrover5515 3 жыл бұрын
My dad did almost drown as a teen. He thought he was so clever with his 15 foot snorkel.
@becauseimafan 3 жыл бұрын
It's probably an indication I should go to sleep, but I could _not_ figure out how a snorkel would be helped by a garden hose to swim to the bottom, and your comment made me realize that he only said "garden hose" not as in "garden hose connected to the outdoor running water pipe" 😅😅 So thank you for your comment, I'm gonna go rest my tired brain 😁
@Albukhshi 6 жыл бұрын
@ 13:19 Translation: "I was that stupid kid"
@Suusleepy 2 жыл бұрын
I wanna see an animation of modern animals and dinosaurs interacting in realistic ways, maybe a small raptor and a big cat meet and they both jump a bit and watch each other before both running off, or a Sauropod being scared by a hippo protecting it's river or something like that, hell even just dinosaurs interacting like that with each other
@Lichen8404 2 жыл бұрын
Those videos where a cat sees her reflection for the first time and tries to fight it but its a velociraptor
@NickyPee 8 жыл бұрын
I'm lucky with the snorkel pool statement
@mormytheoutcast1784 2 жыл бұрын
Can you describe what he means by that? I’m not entirely sure I know what he’s describing. Could you also explain what would go wrong in that scenario?
@jdvr3891 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, fill my brain with more Di-knowledge!
@bongfulgencio2046 6 жыл бұрын
I accidentally came across this channel just now and it's awesome !!! and especially the last part showing "Aladar's evolution... sorry, interpretational evolution haha !! Great job!
@HoveringAboveMyself 9 жыл бұрын
Actually, the most recent biomechanic analysis of sauropod feet point out to them having a "semi-plantigrade" posture, the metatarsals were not quite level to the ground but not anything close to vertical either.
@StevenBellettini 9 жыл бұрын
Oh, cool!
@brysonbaird6604 6 жыл бұрын
HoveringAboveMyself that’s not how it works- if it’s metatarsals are off the ground at all, it is digitigrade, because all of the weight is on it carpals
@thegreatgoldfilms6311 4 жыл бұрын
which foot?
@cl0ckw0rker 4 жыл бұрын
i'd love to see a full episode, or even a series, on the bone wars. cope is one of my favorite historical figures in paleontology.
@tasty8186 2 жыл бұрын
The rollercoaster of Brontosaurus classification was more than I expected.
@Bearthedancingman 6 жыл бұрын
I did the garden hose snorkel thing. Lol. But it was so hard to inhale through the long hose that I switched to a twelve foot long vacuum hose that was 2" diameter. That was easier to inhale through. I also exhaled through my nose. I'm glad I didn't drown... Lol
@maddy6764 4 жыл бұрын
That last bit of info about the running baby was so cool!
@ketami2 5 жыл бұрын
i'm late to the party, I just found your show and have been watching an episode every night. Not in order. Can I just say I love your show and I LOVE GERTY THE DINOSAUR!! I'm always happy when people know who she was. Also you should totally do an episode on the Bone Wars! If you already have and I haven't found it I apologize. It would be awesome!
@barkasz6066 4 жыл бұрын
"No, my father didn't fight in the Bone Wars, he was the navigator on a steam freighter." "That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold your father's ideals. He thought he should have stayed here and not gotten involved." "You fought in the Bone Wars?" "Yes. I was once an archaeologist, the same as your father. " "I wish I had known him." "He was the best horse rider in the country. And a cunning curator. And he was a good friend."
@Ugly_German_Truths 3 жыл бұрын
"...sauropods rose to prominence" Some lifeforms just don't know when to stop! They did rise quite a bit, prominencing more and more :D
@lcy-es6928 5 ай бұрын
We need a Brontosaurus Synapisode!
@Suusleepy 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but the fact that you can see the tape where they marked with tape so they know where to put if
@abdulazizrex 2 жыл бұрын
This really needs an update!
@Donglator 6 жыл бұрын
t.rex: "ayyo what up i'm here to-" "BACK THE FUCK UP I AM AN APATOSAURUS!!!"
@boredwarlock5216 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for defending the layman's term of Brotosaurus or Ptrodactyl, like you always say, "What's in a name?"
@theoriginalpdogg90 7 жыл бұрын
Dude I love your videos!!! Where can I find more Dinosaur information!!!
@Nickademus77 6 жыл бұрын
'Baby apatosaurs running on their hind limbs' I have the most adorable image in my head after that description.
@GreebleClown 2 жыл бұрын
4:18 Hey, at least Gertie’s legs are directly underneath instead of sprawling like a lizard. So that’s something.
@lollylemur5041 6 жыл бұрын
That garden hose and snorkel idea... Yeah that was my 6th grade science project. 🤣 lol
@Antares2 6 жыл бұрын
The Brontosaurus as depicted by Zdenek Burian was my favorite dinosaur growing up. It was used in an old book called "Life before man", which was my dinosaur "bible" for many many years. It also contained a lot of other amazing pictures. Not entirely scientifically accurate anymore, but very beautiful :)
@AceofDlamonds 4 жыл бұрын
I love the humorous tone. Tail snap break the sound barrier 😂😭
@get2rog 8 жыл бұрын
When the first skeleton was found it was mistakenly given the wrong skull (a Camarasaurus skull), which remained that way for decades. When the mistake was realised and the skeleton was given the correct skull it was renamed Apatosaurus. I don't know why but it probably put a few noses out of joint at the time. Personally I still love to think of this animal as Brontosaurus. Always thought it was a cool name and he is still my favourite dino.
@jasonpeacock9735 8 ай бұрын
The skull has nothing to do with the Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus debate.
@tlo3olt 9 жыл бұрын
Love this series! If you get the chance, maybe do an iguanodon? You know, those ones from the movie Dinosaur!
@SamSitar 9 жыл бұрын
thank you. your explanations are very thorough. why did Duck slide in front of the camera?
@ettinakitten5047 5 жыл бұрын
Gertie's chewing motion is one of the inaccuracies, right? I heard that only mammals can do side-to-side chewing, so they'd only have done up-down chewing, right?
@tea.lillith 2 жыл бұрын
Sauropods didn't chew at all, as they didn't have molars. they swallowed their food whole and ground it up using gastroliths
@SpectrumAnalysis 3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of largest land animals ever to walk the earth, I'd love to see you discuss the Sauroposeidon. If I recall, about 15 years ago I read all we had at the time were four neck vertebrae and we decided it may be the biggest thing ever to walk the earth, I'd like to see of that still holds up and if people recreate it accurately.
@rockclanhawkstar1454 8 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a carnotaurus i would like to see what we got.
@ljvahle1532 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe a Carnotaurus
@gameplayxtreme3389 8 жыл бұрын
i Always call teropods ''terrorpods''
@rhodelganaden5444 7 жыл бұрын
GamePlayXtreme. Makes sense once you watch the JP trilogy.
@Bruh-mr1nt 6 жыл бұрын
GamePlayXtreme its "theropod"
@ceulgai2817 2 жыл бұрын
"For the *lazyman, it's enough." FTFY
@janetchen9410 8 жыл бұрын
Can you do that majungasaurus thing in the intro?
@KougajiCalling 7 жыл бұрын
Is that what that thing is?
@janetchen9410 7 жыл бұрын
+Kougaji Sciacallo Dunno?
@KougajiCalling 7 жыл бұрын
+Quetzalcoatlus I kinda want him to do it just so we can know...
@janetchen9410 7 жыл бұрын
+Kougaji Sciacallo yeah...
@eaglelord145 7 жыл бұрын
Quetzalcoatlus its a corythosaurus
@Emelefpi 4 жыл бұрын
Breakthrough in hand-drawn animation involves a dinosaur with 'Gertie the Dinosaur'; breakthrough with computer animation involved dinosaurs with 'Jurassic Park'
@defiant_bard 2 жыл бұрын
Okay but imagining a juvenile sauropod tegu-running is legit terrifying. Imagine if subadults or adults still managed that! I wouldn't want to be anything considered threatening.
@chaosgoettin 3 жыл бұрын
"it is for honking". Of course. I am starting to believe if non-avian dinosaurus would be still around today, they would've been somewhat drawn to overly trafficed highways with honking cars......
@SickDelusion 5 жыл бұрын
What is that piano piece called you've been using at the end of your YDAW videos up to this one? I love it and if it's a real song I'd love to listen to it.
@Crusader1089 2 жыл бұрын
That bull whip would be painful for regular communication but I bet it could terrify predators or rivals in a display
@greensteve9307 3 жыл бұрын
"This has implications, but we're not sure what they are." So much of science is like this, but hey, that's part of the reason we love it.
@Tareltonlives 9 жыл бұрын
Oh boy, one of those bendy toys!
@rayvenredfield 9 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you do videos on any of these guys~ Velociraptor (which i'm sure is coming, it's just a matter of time) (or dromaeosaurid theropods in general, really.) Microraptors Carnotaurus Triceratops (Or Ceratopsids in general) Spinosaurus (It'd be awesome to see, especially considering the new findings recently!) Oviraptor Archaeopteryx (I'm fairly certain these last four aren't dinosaurs though, but marine reptiles if i remember right?) Icthyosaurus Pleseosaur Mososaurus Liopleurodon
@thisisnotharvey 7 жыл бұрын
Apatosaurus for us in the UK wasn't actually that popular. I guess our equivalent was Brachiosaurus. Like, the core dinos were T-Rex, Raptor, Triceratops, Brachio and Stegosaurus
@invalidusername6809 7 жыл бұрын
ThisIsNotHarvey yeah you might just hear of apatosaurus but brachiosaurus was more popular, at least where I was in the uk that was the case.
@krankarvolund7771 6 жыл бұрын
Same in France I think, although I know too much species to be a good french profane representative ^^
@thesecretroman 6 жыл бұрын
I have to somewhat disagree, I grew up with both Bronto and Brachia, maybe because one of my first toy dinosaurs what a schleich Apatosaurus followed by a allosaurus and a brachiasaurus. So i always think of both of them when peoppe talk about saurapods. I also think of loads more dinosaurs before Raptors because I actually only found out about those when I watched Jurassic park for the first time 😅 it's interesting to see how it's different for different people 😊
@richb3014 9 жыл бұрын
Are you actually a puppet? I was looking for the strings attached to your waving arms, but I couldn't see any. It's very well done...
@emanueleapostoli244 5 жыл бұрын
This was made only one year before brontosaurus and apatosaurus where classified as distinct genus...
@Riceball01 7 жыл бұрын
Any thoughts about diplodocids possibly having trunks? I recall reading a book years ago, might have been Bakker's "Dinosaure Heresies", that suggested that they had trunks because the naris(?) placement is similar to that of pachyderms. I believe, though, that the same book also suggests the idea of it leading to resonating chamber although I might be confusing it with the chapter on hadrosaurs.
@kyle857 6 жыл бұрын
Riceball01 Trunks would be redundant to the long neck. The nostrils were probably up high to keep them out of the way of the branches.
@generationproductions1154 3 жыл бұрын
@Chaotic Good Steve Question ? how do scientists come up with what geneius and Spicies name takes Presadance ? like Apatosaurus over Brontosaurus ?
@grizlerber 3 жыл бұрын
He's no longer on this channel. You can find him at the your dinosaurs are wrong channel.
@Xxsnipedawg72xX 2 жыл бұрын
"the head was just a grabbing device to move food into the gut" sounds like an insult to me, I think I'm going to use it on my mother-in-law
@Warpwaffel 6 жыл бұрын
The wobbly head of that toy cracks me up. :D
@johnelliott7850 4 жыл бұрын
Hmmm... How did they hold up that huge tail all the time? Was a similar system in play as is used in a suspension bridge?
@travismcgrath7375 6 жыл бұрын
Do the bone wars!!! I'm reading about it now, would love to hear your take.
@kainepeterson6638 2 жыл бұрын
I’m of the mind that they absolutely used their tails as whips, but only in the most dire circumstances. Otherwise they just threw their weight around to defend themselves
@cloudythedragon 7 жыл бұрын
whats the bone war
@8ballentertainment.885 5 жыл бұрын
Read dragon teeth by Michael chriton, it will give you the idea. It’s also a great book
@SciencenHistorydude 9 жыл бұрын
Love this!!!
@TheStretchypantsmast 7 жыл бұрын
you're so cute when you're shouting "Active!" ttutt
@SailorBarsoom 8 жыл бұрын
Those hind-leg-running juveniles are COOL! And it make sense: an *adult* Apatosaur would have no natural predators -- just too freaking big. But a juvenile might have to run for his life every now and again.
@AndyZach 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect to see Gertie the Dinosaur animation.
@flightlesslord2688 6 жыл бұрын
brontosaurus was reclassified as it's own genus separate to apatosaurus last year or a couple years ago I believe. Alsooo, what were the bone wars?
@juleskooijthemicroraptor5953 6 жыл бұрын
This man is my Hero
@austinguenther7620 4 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this for the first time now (after having seen the more recent episodes) and man is Steven ever flamboyant with his arms. What happened to him???
@annekewren8950 8 жыл бұрын
17:18 oh my god
@mrbigoofs9820 7 жыл бұрын
I hope you are surprised that the babies were doing that. (PLEASE! Don't think that the adults were doing that!!!)
@kzn4875 6 жыл бұрын
xD yea
@barbarjinx3802 3 жыл бұрын
What
@nakenmil 4 жыл бұрын
The skull kiiiiinda reminds me of a horse, of all things. Or a giraffe, I guess. Which is probably fitting. EDIT: Oh, he mentioned horse in size.
@RandyC75 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve always had a thought that the naris (hole in the top of the head) was similar to an elephants skull with the same hole. Could it be that the brontosaurus had a trunk like an elephant? Curious on your thoughts.
@errorcrj110 3 жыл бұрын
It's not impossible given how trunk musculature can't fossilise. However, given the (hypothesised) use of the long neck and small head primarily to extend the feeding envelope, it's unlikely they would have developed a prehensile trunk to serve what was effectively the same purpose. Not to mention how no known reptilians, whether extinct or extant, have a trunk in that manner. It's an amusing and creative thought, but the redundancy of it and lack of evidence would seem to suggest otherwise.
@SunnySoroush 5 жыл бұрын
That snorkeling story, though!
@Jrez 2 жыл бұрын
An episode on the Bone Wars would be awesome
@zeniittinen 6 жыл бұрын
Are you saying you used a garden hose as a snorkel? Could someone explain what exactly might go wrong in that?
@ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh9963 5 жыл бұрын
I thought Taylor et al.(2009) also suggest a high neck is the most likely posture for most land vertebrate animals
@superdupergrover9857 5 жыл бұрын
What was the name of the dinosaur where the paleontologist who "discovered" it got the head of one mixed up with the body of another species? I thought that was the Brontosaurus, and now I'm confused.
@tammastrongbear 6 жыл бұрын
Where can I get the toy. I know it’s not accurate but it would look kool on my desk.
@DeepPastry 3 жыл бұрын
Ouch, a mere year too early. So which are you describing, the Apatosaurus or the Brontosaurus? Since a study of their vertebrae says they're two distinct groups. ... And dang it, you've updated the description to indicate the change... Stupid "Show More" button.
@Eer4000 3 жыл бұрын
That toy looks cool it’s super inaccurate obviously but I liked its squishy rubbery material
@eylookvulheimiik7538 8 жыл бұрын
Please do quetzalcoatlus and carnotaurus they are two awesome prehistoric creatures that are often misportrayed in toys. (ie. the toys from whale mart that have the super disproportionate horns for carno and the missing crests on quetzal.
@jdvr3891 6 жыл бұрын
could the shorter neck-bone things be an adaptation to allow the youngsters of the species to lift their heads up and back in order to shift their centre of gravity back towards the hindlimbs to enable bipedal locomotion? Because running with such a long neck stretched out in front of you will probably not be very safe. Or functional.
@ThePrimalEarth 6 жыл бұрын
so seeing how B. excelsus is its own genus, and this episode was on A. excelsus, does that mean we'll get another episode about apatosaurus and change the title of this one to Brontosaurus?
@kzn4875 6 жыл бұрын
*WHOOO* Late Jurassic That endings always get me 😂