5 Extraordinary Prehistoric Moments Locked in Time Forever
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Күн бұрынSometimes the fossil record preserves some truly extraordinary glimpses into the past life on our planet, including traces of prehistoric animal behaviour. In this video we're exploring 5 examples of such remarkable fossil finds - moments forever frozen in time.
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@drdeanlomax 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a wonderful review of Locked in Time, Ben. I loved the video. It’s heart-warming receiving such incredibly kind comments. I’m absolutely blown away by the support and kind words from everybody. Thank you - its more than I could ever have hoped to receive.
@Ownxer 2 жыл бұрын
Yup
@dr.calebrobbins.3177 2 жыл бұрын
A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LIFE FORMS WE USUALLY ARE LEFT WITH MORE ASSUMPTIONS AND FANTASY. I TRULY ENJOYED THE FACTUAL PRESENTATION COUPLED WITH ELEMENTS OF AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ' ENTERTAINMENT. OVERALL & MOST IMPORTANTLY I FELT I WAS NOT BEING TREATED AS IF BRAIN DEAD AND NOTHING AMISS WITH A DAMAGED Frontal LOBE. MY SCORE IS 8.5/10. WELL DONE !. REGARDS, CALEB R.
@dr.calebrobbins.3177 2 жыл бұрын
A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LIFE FORMS
@andrewjakes7761 2 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna pick it up i think very interesting!
@AngryMothNoises 2 жыл бұрын
I want you to know you are living my dream. Thank you for your contributions to science. I try to follow paleontologists because it always shocks me that you guys are not the real celebrities. (But, I think thats a good think. Plus the media always makes this field out to be more about always hovering over a dig site and not all the writing and paper work and other work that goes into it.) I follow Jim Kirkland, my local dig site and natural history museum on twitter. If you have any particular recommendations for other paleontologist for me to follow (on here or twitter) please let me know! I made sure to sub to you because I want to support you guys the best I can.
@panqueque445 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine you're an ant and you're trying to sneak out a fart without anyone noticing, but you get trapped in amber the get caught in 4K for millions of years.
@lunawolf4583 2 жыл бұрын
That must really stink!
@Sarcasm_Arc 2 жыл бұрын
Its a mosquito Mosquito caught in 4k million years later
@Sarcasm_Arc 2 жыл бұрын
Hol up its 2021 But theres billions years ago
@sendmorerum8241 2 жыл бұрын
You have 666 subscribers. Neat. 🤘
@smitty1647 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sarcasm_Arc several farters were depicted
@firegator6853 2 жыл бұрын
the horshoe crab trail is so heart breaking
@CaspiRose99 2 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@brettk9316 2 жыл бұрын
They probably still die like this today just saying :(
@mannmctrash 2 жыл бұрын
who knew tyrannical dictator Lord Freeza was such a big softy for horseshoe crabs
@lolasdm6959 2 жыл бұрын
F
@blacktainfalcon7097 2 жыл бұрын
@@firegator6853 they aren't crabs either
@Jossandoval 2 жыл бұрын
That shoehorn crab fossil is fossilized dark poetry. Poe has nothing on that chilling struggle for survival petrified in time.
@Jossandoval 2 жыл бұрын
@Abstract Dichotomy Yes, yes, the world is dark, governments are corrupt, inefficient and somehow also fine-tuned machines for evilness, but they are not poetic, so they they cannot put Poe's poetry to shame. Kafkaesque narrative on the other hand... There really is more under the sky than Kafka could possible have dreamed.
@williamjordan5554 2 жыл бұрын
Horseshoe crab*
@pickles3128 2 жыл бұрын
I was reminded much more of Dickens. Instead of "I heard a Fly buzz-- when I died" it's "I saw a horseshoe crab march-- as it died / The stillness of the sea bed / Was like the stillness in the anaerobic environment / Between the heaves of storm--- it was washed in by." (One of my favorite poems, perfectly encapsulating the often mundanity of the moments of death -- instead of one's penultimate experience being taken away by an angel, or a view of the pearly gates of heaven. Just like this horseshoe crab's silent, inane flopping as it inevitably asphyxiated.)
@davidsalazar13 2 жыл бұрын
@@pickles3128 your comment deserves Reddit gold. KZfaq needs to make an equivalent so that I can gild comments like this.
@dougrious_diswiggle 2 жыл бұрын
Did you mean horseshoe crab?
@dukenukem9770 2 жыл бұрын
Predictably, my son loved the “fossilized farts“ portion. He was particularly interested in how some species of insect have actually weaponized farts.
@hennabri 2 жыл бұрын
i found it fascinating and hilarious too
@mattysykes2121 2 жыл бұрын
Who wouldn't find that fantastic!? Lol
@darthmong7196 2 жыл бұрын
Wh...what? I haven't got to that bit but can't wait!!!!! I'm 43 btw.
@dukenukem9770 2 жыл бұрын
@@darthmong7196 I'm also 43! After seeing that part, I was very excited to rewatch this with my son. I was nearly as entranced with the idea of weaponized farts as he was...
@darthmong7196 2 жыл бұрын
My daughter rolls her eyes when I weaponize mine.
@fermintenava5911 2 жыл бұрын
Psittacosaurus is such an underrated, underrepresented species. How have they not been in any movie yet? They're well-studied, cute, and easily marketable...
@michaelyu2744 2 жыл бұрын
I recall Psittacosaurus having a brief appearance in the beginning of a Transformers movie
@opheebop2378 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Wasnt it like transformers age of extinction with those dinobots
@aaronwilson4504 2 жыл бұрын
Dinotopia anyone?
@mrkakaw358 2 жыл бұрын
I read it as Pistachiocosaurus lol
@BlastDog44444 2 жыл бұрын
Psittacosaurus is my favorite dinosaur! I've learnt so much about them. And they are adorable
@kellywolstenholme8134 2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps I’m anthropomorphizing the animals too much but the idea of several parents returning to their brood and they’re not only dead, but completely disappeared from a mudslide… makes me sad 😢
@michaelam9738 2 жыл бұрын
They must have been so confused and distressed...
@starlight0313 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelam9738 where the fuck are my babies? WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY? -the parents of the psittacosauruses
@e.s.r5809 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's anthropomorphising them too much-- actually, your comment really made me consider that on some level, I'd been thinking of dinosaurs being unintelligent and primitive. And there's no reason why that was necessarily the case, right? Someone else pointed out that parrots look after their chicks like this, with older siblings co-raising a flock's babies-- and parrots display affection, sorrow, grief, maybe even love. It makes this find even more tragic, wondering how these creatures experienced the loss of so many of their chicks. Whether they loved them, felt fear when they disappeared, and grieved for them afterwards.
@starlight0313 2 жыл бұрын
@@e.s.r5809 parrots have almost human intelligence, the smartest dinosaurs, the dromeasaurs were likely about as smart as a chicken, psittacosaurus was probably about as smart as a reptile today
@RatoftheSupremeRodentTakeover 2 жыл бұрын
@@starlight0313 how do we know the intelligence of dinosaur species? (I'm not arguing with your comment I'm just interested)
@Replicaate 2 жыл бұрын
I love how we go from tragic stories of struggles to survive to ending on paleo-flatulence.
@draven86 2 жыл бұрын
honorable mention: The "dueling dinosaurs" fossil. A young tyrannosaurus Rex locked in combat with a Triceratops
@gigavlad37 2 жыл бұрын
OoOOOo I need to see this, thank you!!
@dinosoid2000 2 жыл бұрын
@@gigavlad37 good luck I believe some millionaire has it stashed away in their private collection.
@DammitBrad117 2 жыл бұрын
Good news: it's coming to my hometown of Raleigh, NC. It will be displayed and actively studied at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in 2022!
@foxhound963 2 жыл бұрын
Isn't that a velociraptor and a protoceratops?
@DammitBrad117 2 жыл бұрын
@@foxhound963 That is the "Fighting Dinosaurs" fossil, not to be confused with the "Dueling Dinosaurs" which contains supposedly the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil to date entangled with a Triceratops horridus.
@tonydagostino6158 2 жыл бұрын
The crab track was part of a traveling exhibit on the Solenhofen that came through Houston as it made a worldwide museum tour a few years ago. I love trace fossils and I appreciated how close they let viewers get to the surface
@Shaden0040 2 жыл бұрын
Rather than meerkats, compare them to parrots whichfirst and second born and even third born broods will help the ir parents with subsequent broods in feeding and cleaning and guarding the nest site from predators, until they themselves are old enough to breed and go to seek out their own mate. These younf now knowledgable in nest building, brooding and brood care have a leg up on other birds who are first time nesters without pror caretaking experience.
@ericv00 2 жыл бұрын
More generally, you can associate it with simple flock and herd behavior. Quite simply, members of a family group tend to organize themselves by size/age when in danger, with the older and bigger individuals further to the outside and younger smaller individuals huddling together in the safest place they can get to.
@jasminecollins897 2 жыл бұрын
Hell, even chickens will occasionally do that. Two of my hens raised a clutch of chicks together several months ago. One of their chicks has slight neurological damage and can't balance well. He can't perch with his same-aged siblings at night, so one of his mothers continued to sleep on the floor of the coop with him. She then decided to hatch another clutch of eggs, and allowed that older chick to continue sleeping with her in the nest. In return, he has become a second carer to all the new chicks. They run to him if they can't find their mother, and he keeps a close eye on them and helps them find food and water just like a broody hen would. This helpful sibling behavior is more common with an older sister, but it's not unheard of for a little roo like my guy to do this.
@MaryAnnNytowl 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasminecollins897 just saying a hello to a fellow chicken treat dispenser! 😋 I'm a chicken treat dispenser, too. I've got a line of Banty Cochins that are great mommas! Though the best one was killed by a predator a fee years ago... I still miss her! She loved hopping on my lap and getting cuddles and scratches. She was a Frizzle, too, and was a real beauty!
@joshuakarmann7488 2 жыл бұрын
@@MaryAnnNytowl I know this is not relevant. But I recently got 3 bantams and 2 seem to gang up on one and pick at her neck feathers. Is there anything I can do short of separating them?
@Yikeo 2 жыл бұрын
I read the first 2 sentences and gave up, like fuck me at least check over your paragraph one time 😂
@BobBob-tr7wi 2 жыл бұрын
My reaction to the scene on the right of the thumbnail: "what the actual hell is THAT?"
@melvinshine9841 2 жыл бұрын
You're not the only one.
@invader_guy1171 2 жыл бұрын
it's what happens when artists don't add enough flesh to the skeleton
@Amy_the_Lizard 2 жыл бұрын
A whale. I use those guys to scare people because most folks don't have the faintest idea what they're looking at...
@nachomiranda589 2 жыл бұрын
Lol same here. I assumed it was some kind of cetacean ancestor but the drawing hits right on the uncanny valley for me.
@katyungodly 2 жыл бұрын
It's an ancestor of whales/porpoises/dolphins, looks like they didn't add enough hair and fat onto it. Makes it look creepy like a movie monster.
@scott1285 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve fallen in love with paleontology because of this channel. Thank you for doing what you do, it’s amazing and I love you for it.
@brianlevine871 2 жыл бұрын
I love the painting with the protocetid resting on its back. It's very comforting and adorable. That image with the young Psittacosaurus and its baby siblings almost feels like something out of the original "Land Before Time." It's a shame they all met a tragic fate. Farting insects in amber, huh? I wouldn't be surprised if somebody made a joke about that before this discovery.
@impendio 2 жыл бұрын
I’m no paleo art expert but I refuse to accept that reconstruction at 4:27 as anything other than a feverish nightmare, the second one fully furry and seal-like makes a lot more of sense to me…
@belisarius6949 2 жыл бұрын
Fully Furry OwO
@aposterous4126 2 жыл бұрын
It’s definitely nightmarish but probably more accurate for a semi aquatic mammal Sometimes nature is ugly af
@kyptos2252 2 жыл бұрын
@@aposterous4126 lol
@Ispeakthetruthify 2 жыл бұрын
@@aposterous4126 LOL... Nature is not a beauty contest. I'd rather be ugly and survive, than be cute and die out.
@fulanodetal3000 2 жыл бұрын
@@aposterous4126 semi aquatic mammals are usually furry it's just the fully aquatic mammals that are mostly hairless
@higheveryday138 2 жыл бұрын
The narrators don't typically show their mugs, but this guy knows his looks good, and I'm glad he blessed us with it.
@iagonax2158 2 жыл бұрын
XD
@conorhaynes-mannering5094 2 жыл бұрын
If u watch his very early videos, he was less organised/camera shy, I personally have loved watching his presentation evolve. Check out his mum's channel, OneWorld!
@iTsEfFiNsTePhh 2 жыл бұрын
There's another KZfaqr I follow and bruh he's gorgeous asf too ha like could be a model gorgeous 👀 I'm straight but never been one to fawn over guys and always been confident around them but his looks had me fumbilin for the first time ever 😂🙈 Too bad he focuses on human history tho and not prehistoric animals because if they did a colab holy shit 😵 haha his channel is Forgotten lives if y'all are interested 👅
@ginam830 2 жыл бұрын
Yasss he’s so smart and handsome! I could see him getting a show
@jgr7487 2 жыл бұрын
he shows his mug on all 7DOS vids.
@DKQuagmire 2 жыл бұрын
i would like to pay my respects to the poor Horseshoe crab. They're one of my favourite animals on the planet, next to Australia's flying foxes, and i always cry whenever i watch a video of scientists farming up Horsehoe crabs for their unique "Blue" coloured blood, in which most of the horsehoe crabs die in the process, from stress.
@peanutbuttertoast7742 2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing that video. The blood was used for some sort of medication. I think it was headache medicine, if I remember correctly
@philli8308 2 жыл бұрын
@@peanutbuttertoast7742 no horse shoe crab blood is very inportant its used to check for comtamination in vaccines since the blood is very sensitive to contaminates
@42Fossy Жыл бұрын
It doesn't kill "most" of them. Yes, it does unfortunately kill a significant amount of them - roughly 10% - but to say it kills a majority of them is misinformed. The good thing is that there is a conscious effort going on right now to create a lab-grown substitute for it, since its become indispensable for the field of surgery.
@SCP--fj2jr 2 жыл бұрын
*Imagine if mating dinosaurs were fossilized in the act.* *Now I don't wanna see anymore.* :>
@victzegopterix2victorindem895 2 жыл бұрын
They'rn't dinosaurs but there's big fossils of trilobites's orgies.
@SCP--fj2jr 2 жыл бұрын
@@victzegopterix2victorindem895 *Ya don't say..*
@jimurrata6785 2 жыл бұрын
Rule 34....
@SCP--fj2jr 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimurrata6785 *Hell Nah.*
@alvaronavarro4895 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimurrata6785 very ancient r34
@raptorjesus2516 2 жыл бұрын
The fighting dinosaurs/dueling dinosaurs fossils of the protoceratops and the raptor and the trex and the trike are probably my favourite
@firegator6853 2 жыл бұрын
although the young t rex and young trike is not sure if they were fighting at the moment...their poses seem to be very different from fighting pose
@raptorjesus2516 2 жыл бұрын
@@firegator6853 ah OK, I'll change it to fighting dinosaurs/ dueling dinosaurs
@firegator6853 2 жыл бұрын
@@raptorjesus2516 yea thats better thing to do until the fossil is fully examined
@michaelyu2744 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly the shrink wrapping on that one Maiacetus reconstruction makes it look very horrifying and cursed
@epauletshark3793 2 жыл бұрын
Termite: "dude I really need to fart." Other termite: "Go outside, thats disgusting! But hey, don't get caught in sap."
@GabiteEditz 2 жыл бұрын
"have you seen Bob?"
@hannahpickles4825 2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea of being able to witness a snapshot of natural history, although it is a bit disheartening to realize that the only ones we can observe are of death... I wasn't expecting this video to tug at my heartstrings. Also, that artwork of the Maicetus giving birth is... Fascinating 😳🤢
@melvinshine9841 2 жыл бұрын
Looking after 20+ toddlers at once when you're still a kid yourself? That Psittacosaurus wasn't getting paid enough. While Velociraptor probably was a feathery little chainsaw, I'm of the feeling the Protoceratops was actually the aggressor in that instance. I look at that fossil and easily envision the Velociraptor frantically kicking at the Protoceratops to try to get it off in a similar fashion to what cats will do if they're on their back. If they hadn't been buried alive, the Velociraptor certainly would've walked away with a useless arm, if it even walked away at all.
@tozarkt9805 2 жыл бұрын
I can imagine that the velociraptor tried to attack the protoceratops, but it quickly went wrong and the ‘ceratops had the raptor pinned.
@matbroomfield 2 жыл бұрын
I suspect that the protoceretops was a herbivore, so it would have been reckless and pointless to attack an apex carnivore in its weight class. I disagree with your assessment.
@tozarkt9805 2 жыл бұрын
@@matbroomfield But it wasn't, protoceratops was much heavier and larger than velociraptor, about the size of a pig (excluding the tail) to the size of a turkey. Plus velociraptor (according to national geographic) weighed about 45 kilos, while protoceratops weighed four times that amount, and although these measurements are likely inaccurate, I'm sure they give a general overview of the size disparity here.
@rac1equalsbestgame853 2 жыл бұрын
@@matbroomfield You understimate how agresive hervivores can actually be. You know, wilderneast kill more people than lions do.
@matbroomfield 2 жыл бұрын
@@tozarkt9805 Elephants are huge, relative to hyenas, but to my knowledge, they don't routinely attack them.
@IceSpoon Жыл бұрын
I just want to say: I bought this book because of this video, and read it during this summer. It was great! As a palaeo-nerd, I loved it how "you don't need to be a expert on palaeontology to follow along" it was written. Because of the cover, I was expecting the Raptor vs Protoceratops fight, but there were many fossils that I had no idea they existed. The (spoiler?) Psittacosaurus nanny was a personal favourite. Thank you Ben, Dean and Bob :)
@melk9809 2 жыл бұрын
Why is there 27 people who did a thumbs down, I want to know because I found this very fascinating and really enjoy listening to different prehistoric facts and such.
@AngelEmfrbl 2 жыл бұрын
Creationists?
@oddjam 2 жыл бұрын
There's a technical term for this phenomenon: "haters gonna hate".
@melk9809 2 жыл бұрын
@@oddjam ture, forgot about that one.
@Bierbernd 2 жыл бұрын
@@melk9809 sadly, there are also alot of creationist morons around here, go to the 200k sub special video by this channel and sort by new comments, read around 10-15 and start crying.
@ExValeFor 2 жыл бұрын
more like prehistoric FARTS am I right
@deoxyribomorph99 2 жыл бұрын
Remember folks, if you're not on the fossil forum, you're missing out!
@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013 2 жыл бұрын
The fossil forum is amazing
@katyungodly 2 жыл бұрын
What is the fossil forum? I am intrigued!
@deoxyribomorph99 2 жыл бұрын
@@katyungodly It's a forum for paleontology enthusiasts. It's great, you can post your collection and comment on other people's, show off your finds if you ever do any hunting, talk to people about spots, ect. You should check it out!
@iagonax2158 2 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine the protoceraptops bitting with it's beack, if such a small ceratopsian is so strong and aggresive for it's size, just imagine what bigger herbivores could dish out!
@birdgirl8390 2 жыл бұрын
it's theorised that they weren't the sharpest tool in the shed and therefore hyper aggressive and had a "if it breathes, it's a thread" mentality, mainly due to its small brain, but as we know "size doesn't matter". I still wouldn't want to square up with a "smarter" herbivore though lol
@starlight0313 2 жыл бұрын
@@birdgirl8390 troodon, one of the smartest dinosaurs is literally as smart as a CHICKEN!
@starlight0313 2 жыл бұрын
Dinosaurs are idiots
@iagonax2158 2 жыл бұрын
@@starlight0313 I agree with you on troodon (wich btw, it isn't a valid genus anymore, look it up, it's only lativenatrix ir stenonichosaurus) BUT DON'T YOU DARE INSULT MY FAVOURITE ANIMALS AGAIN, an animal doesn't need to be very smart to be cool
@starlight0313 2 жыл бұрын
@@iagonax2158 oh yeah i forgot sorry
@primrosevale1995 2 жыл бұрын
12:20 The Velociraptors in Jurassic Park are actually Deinonychus, as a theory around the time the book was being written suggested that Deinonychus were actually a species of Velociraptor, given the species name Velociraptor antirrhopus. Even after this theory was disproven, Michael Crichton stuck with the idea being sound in the book as it sounded more impressive.
@PatandSponge 2 жыл бұрын
I thought that Michael Crichton made the velicoraptors the size of deinonychus but likes the name velicorapto better.
@aarons6935 2 жыл бұрын
And having turkey sized velociraptors chasing them isn't half as intimidating.
@PatandSponge 2 жыл бұрын
@@aarons6935 yup.
@andromedas3497 2 жыл бұрын
@@aarons6935 Have you ever seen the size of a wild turkey?
@spinozilla2421 2 жыл бұрын
Yet deinonychus are shown to be their own thing shown in toys and games
@creepygallery3303 2 жыл бұрын
Sweet video. One of my prized possessions is an an A4 sized plate of fossilized glossopteris leaves, the majority of the leaves show what appears to be hail damage. I know its not quite the same caliber as the fossils in your video but I still love that It's not only evidence of a past flora but also the environment it was living in.
@veneraberens2547 Жыл бұрын
THATS SO COOL TO HAVE
@matbroomfield 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite episodes. For me, the emotional story of prehistoric life is what really fascinates me - the pathos and empathy I feel for their existence, especially when I discover that many of them felt the same urges as I do; a desire for survival, fear, protectiveness, and more. I will just offer one alternate theory though: I suspect that the insect farts were expelled as a result of their struggle to escape the amber,the abdominal contortions forcing the gas out, which makes them even sadder. They are literally, a gaseous indicator that they did not go to their deaths passively.
@ProfezorSnayp 2 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video, I'm sure. ❤️🦖 Edit: Ah yes, fossil termite farts. Excellent video indeed. 🐜💨
@KRJayster 2 жыл бұрын
Regarding your comments on the tragedies trapped in time via fossilization, one time I commented to a friend that it's kind of sad that we only know some dinosaur species were good parents was because some of them never got a chance to be one.
@GTSE2005 2 жыл бұрын
The best one imo is the Protoceratops vs Velociraptor fossil
@Raptorworld22 2 жыл бұрын
There's apparently also one that's a young tyrannosaur and a triceratops, but called "dueling dinosaurs" instead of "fighting dinosaurs"
@veggieboyultimate 2 жыл бұрын
The Fighting Dinosaurs was featured in an episode of Dinosaur Planet. Also, fossilized farts? Now I’ve seen everything.
@winter2716 2 жыл бұрын
White Tip’s Journey!
@starlight0313 2 жыл бұрын
@@winter2716 yes
@theBeastcub 2 жыл бұрын
3:30am and I am over here getting emotional over a pile of dead baby dinosaurs and their dead babysitter
@dionettaeon 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. The Nesting Oviraptor is another iconic fossil moment. I also remember another interesting trace fossil from Planet Dinosaur; a long gouge they determined to be a hunting plesiosaur that had dragged its head across the seabed, exposing a prehistoric angel shark hiding in the sand.
@kanjiwooowooo3202 2 жыл бұрын
It's such a amazing phenomenon, when this happens
@MKLettis 2 жыл бұрын
That poor horseshoe crab. 😭
@InsaneGold 2 жыл бұрын
Nice pfp bro
@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013 2 жыл бұрын
😔
@princememphis7726 2 жыл бұрын
Love this channel bro. Can't wait til you reach a million!
@aureaphilos 2 жыл бұрын
"Well, whilest it may not be possible to find intact dinosaur DNA inside ancient mosquitoes in amber, it is possible, as it turns out, to find farts. And isn't that just a better discovery anyway?" Authoritatively PRICELESS!! Keep up the great work, Ben. Love your videos.
@michaelinthebathroom 2 жыл бұрын
Sir u have no business looking this good.
@jamesginty6684 2 жыл бұрын
1:17 I got that recently, great book.
@Thrashdragon 2 жыл бұрын
First time I’ve ever bought a book featured on anything I watch on KZfaq. It’s good, like real good. Thanks Ben
@timbobshe 2 жыл бұрын
DEAN LOMAX! He’s so wonderful! Met him once, cannot wait to read his new book.
@josephashley9961 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome video! Love your channel. Much love from West Virginia.❤️👍
@IamTurtlez 2 жыл бұрын
Adore these book reccomendations you give. I remember a while back you promoted a great pop-up book aimed at children, I ended up buying it for the birthday of kids my mother minds who love asking me about zoology and palaeontology questions and they loved it! Hell, I was jealous I didn't get a copy for myself. Lovely book. Keep up the good work and I'll certainly be picking up a copy of Locked In Time!
@cancel1913 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic and well done video! Thank you Mr. Thomas.
@minustaco42zero24 2 жыл бұрын
The horseshoe crab trail was amazing that it has been preserved like that. I love our natural history.
@ztoogemcducc6360 2 жыл бұрын
That protoceratops was a badass RIP
@stevepalpatine2828 3 ай бұрын
That little dude looked like he was ruining that Velociraptors day.
@jaydenkraft9527 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I hope you make it to 500K soon you really deserve it!
@deadeye8843 2 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of this channel. I wish there were more like it.😁
@austincorreia53 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video as always! Thank you for the awesome content!🤘
@catsantos353 2 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting such a well traveled inquisitive professor-ish voice to come out of that youthful face. Must be from studying old ass megafauna for all these years
@TubbybloxianYouTube 2 жыл бұрын
Such a great video! Hopefully you do a top video on large underrated prehistoric creatures, like Madtsoia and Palaeophis.
@kyptos2252 2 жыл бұрын
What about Matapanui waihao? Too underated.
@bradsullivan2298 2 жыл бұрын
This video is outstanding! Well done Ben!
@eacalvert 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Ben ty for your hard work
@thelittleal1212 2 жыл бұрын
How about I do like, Short stop motion story’s of those animals and how they became fossilized like this.
@jacklantern7479 2 жыл бұрын
Like, yea man
@JohnSmith-li6mn 2 жыл бұрын
Whoever disliked this video enjoys mayo on grilled cheese without the corners.
@giftinggeezer3149 2 жыл бұрын
r/rareinsults
@Ta2dwitetrash 2 жыл бұрын
Use mayo instead of butter to grill the sandwich. You will never go back. But don't be a monster, leave the corners on.
@howHumam 2 жыл бұрын
But mayo fried cheese sandwiches are amazing, despite any reaction to that order of those words. A lot of things eaten in ignorance are delicious...
@thexangelolight6693 2 жыл бұрын
Hehe; they think it's 'mayo'
@user-te2em4zf5i 2 жыл бұрын
Or is a creationist. Found at least one in the comments.
@travisbicklejr 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video as always, Ben!
@RikJSmith 2 жыл бұрын
Love your Videos. You've obviously put a lot of effort into providing as much info as possible. I'm currently going through your Videos to find my way from your first Video to the most current. Absolutely amazing content you're sharing. Hope you're doing well and staying safe. 🎸
@callunas 2 жыл бұрын
Poor horseshoe crab, that's so sad. It's like those fish that accidentally wander too close to the deep sea brine pools.
@PungiFungi 2 жыл бұрын
I love horseshoe crab. During spawning season I always head out to the nearby beach and flip the overturned ones back on their legs.
@TeamLegacyFTW 2 жыл бұрын
I like the CGI and artwork here👌
@WhyIsTheMooseLoose 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely deserves many more views! Fantastic video (:
@gloomerkun6546 2 жыл бұрын
Your videos keep showing up in my recommendations and I keep watching them. So I guess I should subscribe
@aidan5077 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if Jurassic Park was about farts preserved in amber rather than DNA lol
@patrickt6572 2 жыл бұрын
Lol Then itd be called Jurassic Fart lol
@TeamLegacyFTW 2 жыл бұрын
No thanks.
@deoxyribomorph99 2 жыл бұрын
You know what I don't get about Jurassic Park? Why did they use frog DNA to fill in the genetic gaps when they could've used birds? Y'know, the modern members of the dinosaur clade...one would think that would work better.
@TeamLegacyFTW 2 жыл бұрын
@@deoxyribomorph99 Don't apply logic to that movie lol
@patrickblanchette4337 2 жыл бұрын
7:47 It kinda reminds me of the discovery of that big group of human remains in the docks at Herculaneum. It’s definitely sad and tragic, but it gives us such a big incite into ancient life.
@tomsanders9106 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and well put together. Great video.
@michellepainchaud3246 2 жыл бұрын
Each and every video of yours has been fascinating and insightful thank you for making such perfect content for my commutes! It's really nice to see your face and your voice is incredibly soothing
@cainkind 2 жыл бұрын
Is this 😳👆🏻 the fossil guy?? The man who gives me my ancient creatures content is this? He's a dedicated passionate researcher and enthusiast AND pretty?? I am floored.
@lightningboltt5437 2 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on the sturgeon and paddlefish as well So underappreciatef
@michaelwave863 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video! I really loved the part with Psittacosaurus!
@russpaxman3660 2 жыл бұрын
Well done Ben, absolutely fantastic video, Behaviours of long dead organisms.
@addam6666 2 жыл бұрын
Wow Psittacosaurus is really a giant when it comes to paleontology! Feathers (not so common on ceratopsian), babysitting behavior, that smelly part thing that idk how to call and I heard that we have proof that it was brown
@dinoxels 2 жыл бұрын
New Ben G Thomas vid? I’ll watch this while eating lunch.
@robertbennett270 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant one Ben...thank you
@davidreibelt2704 2 жыл бұрын
Mate - this was awesome. Love Dino's but this was so different to what i have seen mostly. Loved your commentary and composition. Your Meerkat analogy was perfect! Cheers
@killerzillavolt2655 2 жыл бұрын
Woah, you're handsome
@henrythekaktus 2 жыл бұрын
Why did you delete the ping pong tree sponge episode
@Faythe98 2 жыл бұрын
So glad this was in my recommended! Definitely subscribed!
@gafrers 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Fantastic
@davisjugroop3782 2 жыл бұрын
2:51 the size of the limbs reminds me of spinosaurus. Could it be Spino was in the process of getting back to a marine lifestyle?
@iagonax2158 2 жыл бұрын
Of course it was! Tail fin? Croc jaws? Short legs? It's obvious! Next thing you know it has a seahorse nose!
@JohnyG29 2 жыл бұрын
No. These are whales, not dinosaurs.
@iagonax2158 2 жыл бұрын
@@JohnyG29 We know, we just said that it REMINDS us of spinosaurus
@streamerssaymyname 2 жыл бұрын
I think spino was only progressing to a state similar to crocodiles
@iagonax2158 2 жыл бұрын
@@streamerssaymyname I mean... The tail fin kinda indicates It was going ferther Imo
@garypfeiffer3489 2 жыл бұрын
Any time for a "Ghosts of the forest" review on Walking With Dinosaurs?
@batspidey7611 2 жыл бұрын
Spirits of The Ice Forest.
@martinmortyry7444 2 жыл бұрын
"Less than a year from the previous one this time."
@jamesh2412 2 жыл бұрын
That was fantastic, solid vid mate.
@dopplerduck 2 жыл бұрын
Superb. Fascinating.
@utubeisCensorred 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like guys that do Paleo Art for a living are the ultimate scientific hipsters. At parties they probably sigh slowly and toss back their hair say "Yaaaaaaah I'm a Paleo artist. What's up ladies?". Also... FART.
@starspeculation 2 жыл бұрын
The original "caught lacking in 4K".
@LeLe-kz4tb 2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing we can gather so much info from millions of years ago.
@Aengus42 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff! Thank you 😃 Oh, Dean said "The cheque's in the post mate." 😆
@lilitheden748 2 жыл бұрын
I have always been fascinated by tracing fossils. Just wondering what animal made the prints can make you dream away to ancient shores or rivers.. The horseshoe crab is around for millions of years. Now because of us, humans, it is being on the rim of extinction. These poor creatures are being killed to serve as fishing bait or to make vaccins …. This was an unique and enormously interesting video. Thanks Ben.
@jimurrata6785 2 жыл бұрын
LAL isn't used _in_ the vaccine, only to detect bacterial endotoxins. (It helps assure the sterility of many drugs and vaccines) A synthetic test (Recombinant Factor C) was developed in Asia in 2003, but it _still_ doesn't have approval here in the U.S. nearly 20 years later. rFC is widely accepted in Europe and Asia, but obviously some force is acting against it here. That these really cool (and harmless) creatures have survived eons only to be exterminated by our greed is heartbreaking.
@jimurrata6785 2 жыл бұрын
@Abstract Dichotomy Of Limulus polyphemus? 300,000,000 years is a long time.
@jimurrata6785 2 жыл бұрын
@Abstract Dichotomy Really???? I point out that there is a well understood alternative to bleeding hundreds of thousands of enigmatic creatures every year, and you come up with I hate humanity? Honestly, trolls like you are certainly pushing me that way.
@lilitheden748 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimurrata6785 you’re right. If an alternative exists why doesn’t the US approve it? It’s not like bleeding those poor things is a huge industry… I hope ..
@TheLacedaemonian300 2 жыл бұрын
I never thought that I could feel so bad for a horseshoe crab that lived millions of years ago. My buddy Jeff, he can kill people with his farts!
@book3100 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a place where horseshoe crabs are everywhere. That poor young one trying and dying is vivid
@therealslimshady19 2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video
@Tachyon1457 2 жыл бұрын
🦖
@hek1464 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Ridgeback- 2 жыл бұрын
That was an awesome video, thanks guys!!
@rock8983 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid as always! Love the horse shoe crab one
@dumbshitmule2251 2 жыл бұрын
This channel is perfect. I geeked out on it then introduced it to my 5 year old. Good substitute for the bs he wants to watch. And he likes it. Thank you.
@romz1 2 жыл бұрын
I could listen/watch hours of this, it gets the imagination going.
@raygrange7312 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing.
@13Odrade 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, very interesting. And you speak clearly and without hands waving or image jumping. Please go on !
@Gray-Wolf 2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the video and definitely will be picking up "Locked in Time" looks very interesting