Biology of The Future is Wild

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A breakdown of the biology of ‘The Future is Wild,’ an incredible and nostalgic series that detailed speculative lifeforms which might evolve millions of years in the future.
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Imagine a world where evolution has written a new chapter in the story of life. That was the tagline of ‘The Future is Wild,’ a miniseries that aired in the early 2000s exploring the speculative lifeforms of the far future. And it was… amazing. The fictional world is fantastically detailed, and an impressive team of real scientists came up with the creatures that inhabit it. And I think these creatures definitely deserve a second look, even if you’ve never heard of them before.
For this extra-long entry into the archive, we’ll be exploring this hypothetical future - having fun incorporating contemporary scientific discoveries that might provide new insight into these speculative lifeforms, and just appreciating the richness of the world the series created.
Prepare to jump forwards several million years - to the first era of The Future is Wild…
0:00 The Future is Wild
1:30 Snowstalker
2:38 Gannet Whale
3:41 Shagrat
4:43 Cryptile
5:51 Gryken
6:44 Scrofa
7:32 Babookari
8:37 Carakiller
9:13 Southern Rattleback
9:55 Northern Rattleback
10:43 Spink
11:20 Deathgleaner
12:02 Toraton
13:09 Swampus
13:50 Lurkfish
14:39 Ocean Phantom
15:41 Reef glider
16:39 Spindle Troopers
17:38 Spitfire Bird
18:40 Great Blue Windrunner
19:58 Poggle
21:04 Flish
22:03 Sharkopath
22:37 Rainbow Squid
23:26 Megasquid
24:39 Squibbon
25:25 The Future is Wilder?
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@TheCreativeNick 2 жыл бұрын

It would be a dream if more documentaries like this could be made, especially with today's technology. I guess only time will tell.

@pij0n 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please! Animal Planet be slacking. Maybe Netflix could do it?

@Hehe-oz2ib 2 жыл бұрын

YES! It would be amazing if they did a newer version of it with better graphics

@PuggleStudiosOG 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it would be really cool

@morewi 2 жыл бұрын

They were talking about a vr game for this series set in a different time than the show

@CuriousArchive 2 жыл бұрын

That would be great, hopefully one day!

@snapslingpeavine1371 2 жыл бұрын

I love how The Future Is Wild is basically showcasing a bunch of zoologists fan-creations, and it’s great.

@noneedtoread9256 Жыл бұрын

Can u believe it ! Is like darwinian craziness abt the past is not enough now they will bother us abt the future too! And ppl will act like if it is science again! Not just imagination

@diegopugaquintanilla4344 Жыл бұрын

@@noneedtoread9256 take your pills old man

@YokiDokiPanic Жыл бұрын

@@noneedtoread9256 That's great, grandma, let's get you to bed.

@Dittour Жыл бұрын

@@noneedtoread9256 Yeah, I can believe it. What I can't understand is people believing in the magical man in the sky theory wrote in an ancient book by people who only wanted power, money and controling people.

@noneedtoread9256 Жыл бұрын

@@diegopugaquintanilla4344 from dragon ball pic on ur profile, I should look an old man to you, because you must be a lil kid

@Lia-uf1ir 9 ай бұрын

20:38 I've read that the real reason that mammals are extinct in the documentary was the difficulty of animating fur at the time. Nowadays, they would probably have included more future mammals. We need a reboot of this series that accounts for the scientific discoveries made in the 20 years since this documentary came out!

@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 7 ай бұрын

I think afterman is canon to this series too and in the future is wild VR game the titan dolphin exists, I think it was retconned.

@prapanthebachelorette6803 6 ай бұрын

Worth reexploring now

@benjaminmelgaard7575 2 ай бұрын

when i first heard of it i also just hated how dominating animal groups like mammals and birds just kinda disappear for no reason like they never say there was a mass extinction or anything why are mammals gone

@shilohmustang Жыл бұрын

I remember being so attached to the screen for this. And I was just a kid and my parents asked if I even understood any of it and I was so deep into the rabbit hole I started creating my own weird future creatures and such. Loved it so much.

@tinobemellow Жыл бұрын

Parents rarely give their kids credit for their passions. They typically discourage them from learning anything that isn't approved by themselves or what they learned as children. Yet who has the greater capacity to learn and understand things that previous generations shun? Offspring are a cornerstone of evolution, a fact which humans struggle painfully to understand.

@nicolebarfuss3067 Жыл бұрын

@@tinobemellow i hope one day society learns this and accept it.

@xythrial 11 ай бұрын

@@tinobemellow I agree that parents (and adults in general) tend to underestimate children but I also think it’s a good idea to ask if a child understands particular topics so that you can help fill in any gaps in knowledge. It’s good to be interested and aware of what your kids are interested and aware of :) can be a bonding opportunity!

@benja2998 10 ай бұрын

@@tinobemellow as a person with good parents I have no opinion about that

@FranKoPepez 10 ай бұрын

I know that feeeel! I even created my own future animals with plastiline. I remember a giant snake.When I grew up I knew about titanoboa and was glad that I wasn't that far away from reality

@joelhancock3715 2 жыл бұрын

I actually like the old-school CGI, they gave the animals a lot of character in spite of the technical limitations. I wonder if this kind of low-poly 3d models will eventually become an art-form like pixel art.

@CuriousArchive 2 жыл бұрын

I like it too! I could see that being the case one day, its definitely visually distinctive

@ThighErda 2 жыл бұрын

its already become one in my weird online social circle to an extent. i'll see people on purpose doing low-poly 3d models for the "vibe" and shit.

@Nenerii 2 жыл бұрын

People have been making PS1 style horror games, you could say it already has begun

@gsamov 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nenerii eh but most ps1 style games usually look like bricks or legos, and these are just models but in kinda low quality resolution

@lombardo141 2 жыл бұрын

There is a bunch of these animations in the B-movie animations. I also love stop motion.

@complex314i 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the squibbon. Firstly: I am fascinated by cephelopods. Secondly: This is the first time I saw a hypothetical creature evolve to sentience without, for absolutely no reason, morphing into a humanoid form.

@grassfish01 2 жыл бұрын

You're a kid now! You're a squid now! In all seriousness, apparently The Future is Wild was very popular in Japan. I think it later inspired Nintendo a decade later to create its own race of intelligent humanoid squids that live in the post-humanity future

@demonking86420 2 жыл бұрын

1/10 because they didn't develop a penchant for the arts and a big nose

@Belenus3080 2 жыл бұрын

One day they’ll be unearthing the fossils of strange bipedal mammals

@Araneus21 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, there is a speculative creature called the dinosauroid, a humanoid being that is based on evolved dinosaurs One might say there might be a squidoroid, a humanoid creature based on a squid... a speculation that might have inspired the creation of mindflayers...

@Belenus3080 2 жыл бұрын

@@Araneus21 I wonder how far reaching this series was in pop culture

@garthst.claire3459 Жыл бұрын

I loved Future is Wild when I saw it as a kid. The only thing that upset me was that they had mammals die out completely, and then birds too. But later I learned they only did that because fur and feathers were still very costly to animate back then. I owuld love to see a new version of Future is Wild, with modern technology and different takes.

@Starvino Жыл бұрын

I figured it was the higher energy requirements we have

@chistinelane 7 ай бұрын

@@Starvinooxygen especially. Mammals guzzle oxygen. It's likely that with widespread deserts and overly hot seas, atmospheric oxygen will take a dip, putting a damper on mammals enough to be outcompeted

@prcervi 2 ай бұрын

the fun choices of speculative biology the threat of setting the rendering computer on fire is certainly one way to force choices of what way the narrative is going

@RowenaSnow-px3jg 15 күн бұрын

This may be silly, but the thought that mammals only got cut for asking too much pay... is comforting.

@wither5673 Жыл бұрын

squids or octopus evolving near human level intelligence is actually the least weird part of the documentary, the more we learn about actual squid/octopus the more we question intelligence in general. its honestly fascinating.

@talkingweevil3172 6 ай бұрын

I mean if you lok. at the tree octopuses are on the tip on one side and the opposite side is us

@jrizo8849 6 ай бұрын

@@talkingweevil3172the spectrum is probably much more vast too

@talkingweevil3172 6 ай бұрын

@@jrizo8849 ya Ofc

@fireblaze1994 3 ай бұрын

I guess in this timelines, squids and octopus will become the next intelligent civilization like humans did millions of years earlier. My concern is that earth will be uninhabitable in 1 billion years from now, so they have limited time to evolve into a type 1 civilization.

@urielgonzalez2882 2 ай бұрын

@@fireblaze1994 And then they became squid kids, Get it lol

@dialog_box 2 жыл бұрын

What I love most about this is that the animals all have colloquial names. I love speculative biology as much as everyone else here, but one of my biggest gripes is that most people only focus on the scientific names of species. Scientific names are just too foreign sounding and too similar to each other for most people to remember them easily, so coming up with names that actually invoke some meaning is fantastic

@noneedtoread9256 Жыл бұрын

Can u believe it ! Is like darwinian craziness abt the past is not enough now they will bother us abt the future too! And ppl will act like if it is science again! Not just imagination

@dialog_box Жыл бұрын

@@noneedtoread9256 oh no. i can't tell if you're serious or not, and i'm almost not even sure which would be worse.

@ManiyaVinas Жыл бұрын

@@noneedtoread9256 how can you explain the useless bones that are not connected to the rest of the skeleton of a wale?? why would gawd give a whale these bones unless the early ancestor of the whale had four legs??

@noneedtoread9256 Жыл бұрын

@@ManiyaVinas it is already explained that the one you called useless bone. It actually has very important role. Is not my mistake that you don't update your info. Go and check latest studies what they are saying

@raulpetrascu2696 Жыл бұрын

Agreed I actually invented a game with my friends where I give the absurd name of one of these weird speculative creatures and they have to describe its features, habitat, behaviour etc, -the closest to the real description wins. It's pretty fun to see what people come up with when all they have to go by is "Bladderhorn" or "Coconut Grab"

@BigBossMan538 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this on Animal Planet as a kid. I was enthralled by it. The carakillers and babookaris were my favorite animals. The carakillers were actually pretty scary to kid me. You can imagine how horrified I was when the mass extinction 100 million years in the future happened. The book further terrified me when I learned that the earth would eventually end. Yeah I have an interesting story with this series.

@jesseward4115 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing the last mammal die by a colony of spiders made me so sad at 8 years old lol

@wasteofusername1 2 жыл бұрын

I’m happy that everyone had that existential crisis about the last mammal on earth when they were young too lol

@servantofwrath7370 2 жыл бұрын

There was a book?

@danielmcguire7752 2 жыл бұрын

The Snowstalkers scared the hell out of me as a kid I remember having the whole DVD set and I would watch every single one except for the Ice age episode because it scared me so badly mostly tho because I was like six years old LOL 😏

@alang.bandala8863 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, a book?!?

@promemerboy1765 3 ай бұрын

Huge respect for the cameraman who travelled into the future to record this documentary

@KingAlextheKing 2 ай бұрын

yeah

@ShootingStarNeo Жыл бұрын

Nice to know I wasn’t the only kid given to existential dread by the concept of the silver spiders and the poggles.

@Hearty1100 11 ай бұрын

Same. Plus I'm an arachnophobe, so it made it worse

@SuperRyge 5 ай бұрын

As the person that animated and rendered the silver spiders I am quite pleased that they freaked you out :). They were originally brown, in a vfx team meating the producers asked us what we could do to make them more interesting and less like normal spiders. I was actually joking when I said "Make them chrome" and entireley suprised when they weent for it.

@BSsex 5 ай бұрын

@@SuperRyge that's awesome! I'm pretty sure you've given some kids nightmares tho xD

@robwalsh9843 2 жыл бұрын

The Snow Stalker is a very realistic theoretical future animal. There were prehistoric mustelids that came close to the size of bears and large canines in size. A huge polar sabertooth wolverine is something that could exist.

@catsdogswoof3968 Жыл бұрын

That's what every animal was supposed to be

@ekszentrik 2 жыл бұрын

THIS show is the ground zero of most spec evo (even if some books were earlier). It's strange that there are pieces of art where you can go "what the hell is this and why is it so interesting" as a middle school kid and your interest in a whole field lies then decades dormant because this was literally unprecedented and unpostcedented in mainstream media.

@pacotaco1246 2 жыл бұрын

This and alien planet created absolutely key captivating moments of my love of spec evo

@sephiroticempires 2 жыл бұрын

unpostcedented lol yeah it sucks. even regular old dinosaur documentaries don't look as good as they used to be

@jordanbriskin238 2 жыл бұрын

"Unpostcedented." Remind me to use that one.

@effigytormented 2 жыл бұрын

@@jordanbriskin238 easy enough to discern with context clues. I've never even thought of this word before.

@olekzajac5948 Жыл бұрын

I think TierZoo could (and should) make a similar series where he predicts how different species could evolve in the future.

@WozzyWatkins 6 ай бұрын

To be fair though his evolution knowledge isn't actually very good he's far better at raging the animals like his channel is based on which I woukd personally prefer to watch.

@tripleswaggaroni1544 Жыл бұрын

The spec biology is really really neat, but I also like the speculative geography and geology as well! Love the idea of the Mediterranean Sea becoming huge salt flats like the ones in present-day Death Valley. Really neat to picture this stuff!

@obiomajronyekwere4469 2 жыл бұрын

I would love if they did a remake of this with new ideas and speculative ideas! Overall great video too!

@CuriousArchive 2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@geckoguy4141 2 жыл бұрын

There's apparently a VR game in the works with some interesting concepts produced so far. You can find most of the concept images and stuff on google.

@tobenamed610 2 жыл бұрын

@@geckoguy4141 what's it called? i wanna check it out

@geckoguy4141 2 жыл бұрын

@@tobenamed610 I think it's just called, "The Future is Wild VR."

@CybertronusPrime-ro9ve 2 жыл бұрын

Guys! There was a TV show made that was based on the documentary broadcasted on Discovery Kids. Please look it up, it is not a joke.

@m.w.4879 2 жыл бұрын

Man, what a trip down memory lane. Me and my siblings were enthralled by The Future is Wild when we were younger, even those of us who had less interest in science fiction and strange creatures. I remember the Lurkfish scared me, because when it shocked the Swampus there wasn't any visible method of attack, it just... spasmed and died. I don't remember it's name, but the flat, eel-looking thing that could spit out its jaws to catch prey scared me too, so much that I would refuse to watch the episode and the part of the intro it appeared in! I think that was more because it was so bizarre and startling to me, not because of any unknowns like the Lurkfish. I also thought it was so weird that it was one of my oldest brother's favorites. My favorites were the Ocean Phantom and the Spindle Troopers. I just thought they looked so cool, and their symbiotic relationship was a completely new concept to me. They were strange and not quite earthly, but close enough to what I already knew to be utterly captivating. Looking back now, The Future is Wild really helped shape some of my interests and those of my siblings. Nowadays, the ocean holds some of my favorite creatures, jellyfish and siphonophores and coral and whales and all kinds of weird fish, and both my brothers love strange, alien creatures, some of the past and many of the future. I am so glad I subscribed to this channel. Not only do you bring new and fascinating things to light, you've concisely covered things I already knew, and reminded me of why I love those things so much. Thank you for all your hard work!!

@dionettaeon 2 жыл бұрын

I think it was called a Slickribbon, a descendant of cave worms. And I agree, that thing looked freaky.

@caranostalgico9249 2 жыл бұрын

There's actually a shark named ''Goblin Shark'' that protrudes it's jaws in the moment of the attack, that's a freaky shark...

@davidegaruti2582 2 жыл бұрын

@@dionettaeon honestly i think it's like anomalocaris redux

@dionettaeon 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidegaruti2582 See your point, though I think Opabinia would be a closer fit.

@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 7 ай бұрын

I never saw the TV series, but I did read the book. And one of the things you can absolutely respect about The Future is Wild was that even though they never claimed to be anything more than speculation, their speculation was still grounded in scientific theory. The fact the Megasquid's maths actually checks out and it could support itself using the those muscles is one of the small details that helped separate this series from "oh in the future there'll be flying sharks and laser shooting frogs" sort of drunken rambles.

@quantumangel737 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this back in the day, and couldn't find it anywhere, thank you for bringing this out! I was fascinated by the squids being terrestrial and super intelligent

@Red_Adanac 2 жыл бұрын

I like how most of these creatures are somewhat possible in a small sense or intermediate sense, but the fact that they used uncertainties to be more creative with future evolutions is what amazes me in this series

@catpoke9557 Жыл бұрын

Yup. If you didn't use anything you weren't 100% certain about most of the animals would just end up looking more or less the same as modern ones, since those are really the only ones we can truly be certain make sense.

@saturn6784 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to see science fiction that explores the idea of earth in millions of years. Your channel has been wonderful for that!

@Kickiusz 6 ай бұрын

"This thing looks like [thing you know] but it's actually [another thing you know]" - TFIW in one sentence. Loved that show as a kid, still constantly think back to it as an adult.

@ChipsDaCat Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of Future=Past. History does seem to repeat itself.

@pux0rb 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when this came out as a kid. I watched it that night in complete and total awe, and went to bed imagining what kinds of amazing creatures are possible. It also helped me to better understand ancient life. I miss this kind of programming so much.

@raidermaxx2324 10 күн бұрын

now we have even better thanks to KZfaq

@gameslacker2711 2 жыл бұрын

We need more of this, speculative lifeforms can be far fetched most of the times but man it's entertaining and fun to think about. Heck it's what got me so interested in wildlife, animals and plants as a whole when I was a kid

@billfred9411 Жыл бұрын

I remember another one similar to this that is about possible lifeforms out in space. It even speculates on lifeforms that could survive on planets that would be totally inhospitable to us like gas giants or planets that have a frozen surface with a sea under the ice.

@HomeSlice97 Жыл бұрын

Some of the more extreme examples, like terrestrial and arboreal cephalopods, are a bit out there, but most of these creatures seem not only entirely possible, but actually relatively probable. Very cool documentary!

@HerohammerStudios Жыл бұрын

The time frame is probably the biggest issue

@pogostix6097 4 ай бұрын

I remember watching this in high school biology class one time, when a substitute teacher was there. We only had time to watch one episode, which was a severe bummer at the time... I forgot what it was called and only found the series in full on KZfaq recently, over a decade later hahaha.

@KingAlextheKing 2 ай бұрын

must've been fun lol

@kain5056 2 жыл бұрын

This also had a kids 3d animated spin off series. It was about people time travelling and having adventures involving these creatures. I don't know if it was any good, but it is nice that it exists.

@RichyArg 2 жыл бұрын

i can't remember jack about that series, but i do remember it was fun as hell to watch

@olookslike0 2 жыл бұрын

I personally liked it back then but that might just be cause the concept was really neat. I do recall they gave the animals voices on occasions, which is kind of a weird choice. But hey, it was to get some introspection into how they operated as a species.

@lyndapietrzak785 2 жыл бұрын

Ha! I knew I remembered a spinoff of sorts. Wasn't sure if anyone else had watched it but looks like I wasn't alone. I do remember really liking the show tho

@heliosdik1931 2 жыл бұрын

I Found it some time ago and i have to Say it aged with grace. Aside from original music and visuals the characters Were thought out and the story was actually quite logical. Wich i cannot Say about many other animations of that era. And of course the main thing was showing this fantastic enviroment and placing the cast in the context of it. It is still a series for Kids but an adult can watch it too without mental depriviation from non logical story and bullshit character decisions. Also the chemistry between the cast is Nice. Over all watching it is a pleasant expirience, Worth a shot

@Mary-Love 2 жыл бұрын

WHAT IS THE SPIN-OFF CALLED??

@mlgodzilla4206 2 жыл бұрын

Feel like the show needs a reboot, somethings are off even for speculative zoology. Also I think the worlds need more fleshing out with more animals and plants in each time zone

@cosmicrider5898 2 жыл бұрын

There are a few channels that have running series

@mlgodzilla4206 2 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicrider5898 which ones?

@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 2 жыл бұрын

@@cosmicrider5898 don’t just stand there, tell us!

@NoNamesLeft0102 2 жыл бұрын

@@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 alien biospheres by bibilarion (spelling?)

@cosmicrider5898 2 жыл бұрын

My appologies my favorites are artifexian(more conlang less speculative) kzfaq.info,and biblaridion (more speculative , but also a good bit of conlang) kzfaq.info/love/MjTcpv56G_W0FRIdPHBn4A Project rose( only speculative biology) kzfaq.info/love/8bL-lETKMgWrTM-egjA_PQ Ben G Thomas( is good palentological bioligist, for real life examples) kzfaq.info

@adamthepaleo-nerd5452 Жыл бұрын

I'm getting so much nostalgia from my childhood with this video! This documentary series was actually one of the many documentary shows and movies from the late 90's and early 2000's which strongly contributed to me pursuing a career in paleontology. It further contributed to my profound interest in studying ecology, evolution, speculative biology, and even geologic processes such as plate tectonics. As such, I will forever cherish "The Future is Wild" alongside the other documentaries from my childhood even with all of its questionable predictions.

@gaz-atollahofrockandrolla7519 Жыл бұрын

I loved this series, one of the best speculative future docs out there (Life After People was another great one) but I would love to see this redone with better CGI and covering more points in time than just the 5, 100 and 200 million years they hit

@sivanlevi3867 2 жыл бұрын

Other creatures included: Roachcutter-A flutterbird in tropical Antarctica that feeds insects that evolved from a seabird ancestor Falconfly-A descendant of wasps that lives like the modern sand wasp, hunting birds with its lance-like middle legs then taking the carcasses to multiple nests all over the forests Spitfire Beetle-A beetle that mimics a flower when four of them work together, the only creatures that can hunt Spitfire Birds without issue False Spitfire Bird-A bird that looks like a regular Spitfire Bird but is using Batesian mimicry as a defense Silver Swimmers-The bottom of the food chain in the global ocean, evolved from the larval form of crustaceans through neoteny, taking on a variety of forms and niches Bumblebeetle-A short-lived insect of the Rainshadow Desert of the new Pangaea that has to find rotting Flish carcasses to lay its eggs in before its life ends Grimworm-The larva of the Bumblebeetle with jaws like those of leechs to shear through flesh, which they eat a lot of before metamorphosis Desert Hopper-A snail that has become human-sized, lives in a dry desert, buries itself in sand to avoid heat and hops around like a pogo stick with its one foot Death Bottle-A flowering desert plant that relies on the Bumblebeetle to spread its pollen and seeds, while also feeding on lifeforms that fall into a spiky trap it creates in the sand Terabyte-A super evolved termite with multiple castes that lives in the central desert of the new Pangaea, some carry water, some dig their mounds, some serve as troop transport Garden Worm-A strange worm that relies on photosynthetic symbiotic algae for most of its sustanence, often having to avoid predators with surprising defenses Gloom Worm-An aquatic worm that lives in freshwater caves underground, feeding on luminescent bacteria colonies growing on the rocks Slickribbon-A predatory worm that feeds on other worms using extendable mandibles Forest Flish-A relative of the Ocean Flish that lives in the northern rainforest, a pollinator that lives like a hummingbird Slithersucker-A slime mold that preys on Forest Flish by hanging from trees and snaring them in a sticky trap

@jordanbriskin238 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, according to the narration, the desert hopper is only 30 cm (1 foot, more or less) tall, so you couldn't really call it human-sized.

@sivanlevi3867 2 жыл бұрын

Well, based on where the Desert Hopper lies evolutionarily speaking, it's like scaling a snail to the size of a man. And 30 cm is way too small if you look at the animation.

@paleongames 2 жыл бұрын

If you haven't already, how about looking at "Alien Worlds" on Netflix. It goes over different planets with different conditions like higher oxygen levels, thicker atmosphere etc.

@paleongames 2 жыл бұрын

@Minh Nguyễn Yeah that is a major issue with it, you do have to watch the same snippets a lot over the span of an episode

@n.g.s1mple29 2 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of the aliens in it are kind of lazy.

@axjagfilms 2 жыл бұрын

I saw it, it’s awesome so far. I also saw an episode of Cosmos: Possible Worlds where Neil deGrasse Tyson explains an idea from some scientist. (I forgot some parts of this) Somewhere on Saturn or it’s moons are giant Jellyfish like creatures that propel themselves by gas, and then there are flying predators to hunt them down. He said that it is theoretically possible if there was life there.

@davidegaruti2582 2 жыл бұрын

The first two ep. ( the one with the flying fishes , the attack zeppelins and the radialli simmetric creature ) where good , the third and fourth where kinda bad tbh

@purplehaze2358 Жыл бұрын

I’m not joking when I say, wholeheartedly, that tFiW is one of, if not, the best spec evo project. Period.

@Crayven95 Жыл бұрын

The coolest parts for me in this video (never saw the show) were birds taking up mammal niches and the squids. They could probably do even more with the “what ifs”, like what if all mammals went extinct. Seeing what else would fill which roles and how they would change to fill said role would be fun

@mazdamundi1768 2 жыл бұрын

I remember I watched this in my high school biology class. After watching this we did a project where we had to choose an animal and predict how it might evolve in the future. I choose an otter and my reasoning was that it had to develop longer legs for walking on land because its habitat dried up. It could also use its opposable thumbs to catch small prey. I have no idea if that's plausible, but it was certainly fun.

@joshuagross3151 Жыл бұрын

Small prey? Look up River Otters in the Amazon.

@SM-be5dh Жыл бұрын

Your bio teacher sounds like a g

@MadHatter42 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I had never heard of this series, but I HAD watched the cartoon show on Discovery kids based on this series, which had the same name. My friend, meanwhile, had heard of this series, but HADN'T heard of the kids' cartoon. So we ended up having a long conversation about how much we loved all the cool different animals that appeared in both shows, and it took us a long time to figure out that we were even talking about different shows, and an even longer time to explain what these other shows were. This just before smartphones became commonplace, so we couldn't just pull up a quick KZfaq clip or Wikipedia article. It was a little breakdown in communication that was fun to work through.

@sonicANDtailsfan157k Жыл бұрын

Must've gotten a little awkward when you mentioned the human time traveling teens.

@realn.w.a554 Жыл бұрын

I would have never thought the quality of the first one would be considered "dated" as the narrator said in the beginning , I didn't even know when it was actually made exactly, I just seen it as realistic slightly animated example.... It's so cool though how they were able to depict these animals and interesting to know how drastically things could change millions of years from now😳

@BergXX23 Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how long I've been looking for this. It was a special on the Discovery Channel way back in the day. Thanks for posting this!

@x1PMac1x 2 жыл бұрын

They do need to bring this series back. I bought every Walking with Dinosaurs and similar docu-series like this as a teen and young adult.

@kbassassin8308 Жыл бұрын

Walking with Monsters: Time Before the Dinosaurs, Walking with Dinosaurs, Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special, Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, Walking with Apes, & Future is Wild are the ones I own (might've gotten some of the names wrong been awhile since I've seen them.)

@ArcaneWolf9 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, there's a blast of nostalgia. Such a great and thought provoking series. If I remember correctly, the narration at the start states that humanity's descendants have left the planet behind, but are now sending probes back to survey and study the changes in their former home.

@Milanium215 Жыл бұрын

I always love your speculative evolution stuff and hearing you talking about The Future Is Wild made my day. The Megasquid was always one of my favourite animals from this series!

@deucedecker4903 Жыл бұрын

This is truly jaw dropping. I'm watching the ocean phantom segment, and I've just noticed my jaw has been "on the floor" the whole time. I am glad to find something this exciting and genuinely interesting.

@Pinheadd 2 жыл бұрын

The best documentary so far. Yes, it's just a bunch of biological concepts, but it so well made for the year it came out. I think I'm studying bio right now, because I watched it as a kid

@caliberkat 2 жыл бұрын

I used to watch this series when I was about 8 years old, & it feels good to see these amazing creatures 10 years later. Thanks for bringing nostalgia.

@Theheadgiver Жыл бұрын

I completely forgot this show existed for over a decade. I loved this show when I was a teen. What a great throwback

@kotyara85 Жыл бұрын

I loved this series as a child! I even revisited it somewhat recently, and it’s still very fun, even if the CGI is kind of weird

@Arthion 2 жыл бұрын

Given that both the ability to predict future evolution and animation technology has vastly improved, I would very enthusiastic about a revisit to this concept.

@Replicaate 2 жыл бұрын

I won the book they made of 'The Future is Wild' at my grade school's end-of-year ceremony thing for being the highest scoring student in English class in my grade year - I loved it, but I had no idea it was a TV series until much later, when I was just starting college, and then I watched it for the nostalgia and old-school, somewhat limited CGI, which I find incredibly charming in its way. TFIW is no Serina or All Tomorrows, but I feel like this series really got people and especially kids thinking about speculative evolution, and some of the future animals. I give it credit for having several very familiar orders of animals - birds, mammals, aquatic fish - be obliterated and allow really weird new creatures to take their niches. Also I wonder if the flying tribbethere species from Serina were in/directly inspired by the Flish, now that I think on it...or everyone who does spec-evo just really wants fishbirds.

@shreddherring Жыл бұрын

That reef glider is an image that always stayed with me, but I'd never have been able to remember where I'd seen it, so it was absolutely brilliant to see bits of this show again

@FlauFly Жыл бұрын

I could watch it again and again in childhood. It was one of my favorite mini-series ever. I shared also very similar sentiments towards various creatures like a narrator.

@JBrotsis1 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you did a breakdown of this show because I could never find episodes all these years later. I will say I remember thinking, and still do, the ridiculousness of the show not including crocodilians as they’ve remained relatively unchanged for millions of years and would more than likely be here millions of years after us.

@SophisticatedGoat222 Жыл бұрын

To be fair, showing something relatively unchanged wouldn't be all that interesting if they couldn't come up with a weird direction for it to evolve like they did with the sharkopath.

@JBrotsis1 Жыл бұрын

@@SophisticatedGoat222 I think a fun direction could be to make them turn into dinosaurs/raptors. Like a reverse evolution.

@williamerwin7094 Жыл бұрын

@@JBrotsis1 Except that crocodiles evolved before the dinosaurs, so it wouldn't be reverse evolution but possibly a kind of progression.

@catpoke9557 Жыл бұрын

@@JBrotsis1 They did a reverse evolution by giving those vulture looking birds finger claws.

@catsdogswoof3968 Жыл бұрын

All of them including American are on youtube now

@chasewormwood9638 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if this would be up your alley but could you do one of these on the robotic animals of horizon: zero dawn. The story is basically that humanity created a nano machine bio weapon that self replicated by consuming biological matter. To preserve the remaining flora, fauna, and humanity, they built giant bunkers like arks governed by ai set to start trying to recolonize the planet with plants and animals after the nanomachimes die off in a couple hundred years. The ai’s use machines based off of biological animals from the present and the past, but with some evolutions and machanical body part for increased efficiency. I think it is an interesting take on how an ecosystem could coexist with nature and machine.

@DarthBiomech 2 жыл бұрын

HZD is possibly the closest thing to my concept I wanna see realized some day, about a biosphere and technosphere being mixed together, with autonomous machines finding uses and niches among the organic life, and organic life finding uses and niches for the roaming robots as well.

@SpiteBellow 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking about this yesterday and wasn't even looking for a 'review' of this program! Amazing timing. Those giant squids always reminded me of the opening of the original pokemon show when a giant Tentacruel smacks that skyscraper

@atomiclight 7 ай бұрын

I know this video is one year old but I have to comment, this video helped me find the lost cartoon that was stuck in my head. the toraton was a creature that was inside my mind for years, I remembered watching something about it and it was a 3D animation show when I was a kid. thanks to you, I found my lost memory about this. thank you so much!

@Scienceboy0 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else remember the children's animated show based on The Future is Wild? It was a team of humans and a squibbon going through all these time periods and locations, encountering a different one of these creatures each episode.

@ajax7590 Жыл бұрын

I remember this show ! I thought for a while my overtop imagination made this up!

@missdivine3557 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I remember that too! I think it was a bunch of kids/teens too. The show would also do this weird thing where they’d have cutaways to the animal that was being studied for that episode where they were talking and having weird sitcom like escapades.

@OsmoZchannel Жыл бұрын

I still have the augumented reality cards of the future is wild that you could pop off creature from thee show with your webcam

@angrybudgie96 Жыл бұрын

I thought that's what this guy was talking about though?

@LordInquisitor701 Жыл бұрын

Do you know what name is

@carmineknight9123 2 жыл бұрын

So, fun fact, I was living with the family of one of the professors who was on this series, in the summer of 2020. I found this out when I was watching a _different_ discussion video during that summer, and while I also suddenly remembered that I had actually seen parts of one of the episodes, the video showed clips of the people talking on the show, and BAM, there was the face of someone who was literally a stone's throw away from me! I told them about it, and it was wild. They still have old VHS tapes from the show. Fun stuff aside, this show is such a unique exercise in presenting specbio content to a wide audience with a great deal of passion. It means a lot to me, who dabbles in specbio myself. It's surprising I didn't remember it stronger given how into the subject I am.(I mean, I'm on this channel, aren't I?!)

@aarons6935 2 жыл бұрын

Sure bud.

@vincenttrigg4521 2 жыл бұрын

What's specbio

@carmineknight9123 2 жыл бұрын

@@vincenttrigg4521 it's just shortening the term "speculative biology" since that can be unwieldy to repeat over and over in succession. Speculative biology being theorizing about lifeforms like the ones on the video, figuring out how they could have continued to adapt and change in a somewhat "believable" way.

@SirBlackReeds 2 жыл бұрын

That is one cursed profile image.

@Funny-Meth-Man 10 ай бұрын

I remember watching this on DVD like when I was 6, and it was until I rewatched it again a while ago that I saw the amazing work this people made. I think this was the one thing that introduced me into Science Fiction.

@thaqiftalip2771 7 ай бұрын

I remember this show. It is actually my favourite since I was a kid. Thanks for making a video for this. I forgot about it but thank you.

@ebonyblack4563 2 жыл бұрын

I'm incredibly impressed at how well CA summed up so much in this time frame. For the unfamiliar there were whole speculative ecosystems skipped in this summary, so the actual series is still very much worth a watch. The Future Is Wild paired with After Man were my entry points to speculative evolution from a science perspective rather than fantasy.

@BrotherRobbie 2 жыл бұрын

Still have all 13 episodes saved on my computer....it was an interesting adventure, and very well detailed. Dougal Dixon inspired a generation of scientists, writers, and sci-fi fans for sure

@khrystynenewport590 Жыл бұрын

I've been looking for this series, I just couldn't find it, thank you!❤

@sinaibarney Жыл бұрын

I had a lot of fun watching this documentary back in the day, even now I find it fascinating as a concept and a very good challenge for biology experts. We need more of this. Reminds me of that book called "All Tomorrows", another fascinating experience of the future but with humans (maybe NOT as science-based) but still worth a read.

@Drefsab 2 жыл бұрын

This is what got me into speculative evo/biology/zoology back in the day, along with Alien Planet. The 2000s were a great time for this sort of thing.

@FunkMastaMegaFlex Жыл бұрын

The 2000s sure were. They took a really unique approach to looking at ideas and telling fictional stories using real science.

@SharkNinjaBlueStar 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I remember this series blowing my mind when I was a kid. I had the whole thing on DVD and used to watch it all the time. I'm pretty sure this and other nature shows like it only propelled my interest in the natural world into overdrive, leaving me with the fascination of the topic that I have today.

@Inkfinitycomics Жыл бұрын

I just discovered this channel and I just love it. I love how “academic” you sound as you talk about this stuff. I’m a writer and I love world building, so this is incredibly useful 👏 thank you for this amazing content

@JonatanEA Жыл бұрын

Holy hell, I remember the Squibbons! As I watched this video it dawned on me that I had actually seen that particular episode of this show as a kid and loved it. Thank you so much for making a video on a show I had completely forgotten!

@elli_senfsaat 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, I remember reading the book and watching these documentaries back in elementary school. I loved it so much, it provided the spark for my passion for creating my own fantasy creatures.

@tionen3810 2 жыл бұрын

"The Future is Wild" book version was one of my childhood books ! I am so happy that you made a video about it !

@tyddlup Жыл бұрын

I remember only ever watching these videos on KZfaq in the past decade, though apparently it did air where I live back in the early 00s, so I may have seen it on TV as a teenager. I'd have wanted to anyway! I enjoyed the entire series and I enjoyed your video too. I've always loved fantasy creatures on shows on films, particularly the peculiar creatures in 'Alice in Wonderland' (the bird glasses always fascinated me lol) so seeing something more scientific, what could evolve here in the future, is amazing. A few years ago I began writing a sci-fi/fantasy story where I was inventing my own creatures living on a distant planet in our universe, so these on the show were likely in the back of my mind and inspired me, especially to keep them looking realistic when creating them and the environments they'd live in.

@DanielRuiz-tq6tp Жыл бұрын

My mom and I used to watch this on tv when I was a kid. We both loved this series!

@Sebastian-tm6hk 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the show that fascinated me as a kid, could not remember what it was called for years until I turned 15 and then rediscovered it on YT with all the episodes up (until most were deleted, that is) and then became enraptured with it once again. Seriously, this show holds a very special place in my heart and I still get chills of nostalgia every time I hear the intro theme.

@squidsinspace75 2 жыл бұрын

I was always moved by this moment when Squibbons attack the Megasquid to save their 'tribe member'. This was so strong parallel to the similar scene in one of the episodes Walking with Beasts when Australopithecus tribe did exactly the same to save one who get attacked by wild cat.

@caranostalgico9249 2 жыл бұрын

You would say that... someone with your profile name must appreciate squids! (≧∇≦)

@n.g.s1mple29 2 жыл бұрын

I loved the walking with series so much.

@Eli-akad 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy thing is as a kid I watched both series and remember drawing the same parallels

@remhunt13 Жыл бұрын

i have been looking for this show for YEARS!!!!! Im so happy you made this video!

@silverhowl9331 Жыл бұрын

I’m into speculative biology right now, and this is just a goldmine of inspiration waiting to happen!!

@lunarwench 2 жыл бұрын

I've thought about this series from my childhood all my life. I'm 35 now, and I remember being awestruck at the show, and my love of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals could never have prepared me for how cool this show was. I have never been able to forget how simply thrilling it was. I hope a revival happens too!

@thisisachannel.780 2 жыл бұрын

honestly i could totally see cephalopods taking over if there’s a mass mammal extinction. squids/octopi(pode?) are insanely smart already, imagine what they could do if they became pack creatures??

@jwwebnaut7045 Жыл бұрын

I think the main reason the octopi haven't advanced further is their extremely short lifespan. Hardly any time to learn new things - and pass them on. Poor critters 😢 Are they social beings btw?

@thisisachannel.780 Жыл бұрын

@@jwwebnaut7045 i’m honestly not sure about that. i know they can be pretty friendly with humans in captivity and in the wild, but the key word is can.

@lucidinterval8012 11 ай бұрын

Imagine seeing the SWAMPASS in real life?!

@thisisachannel.780 11 ай бұрын

@@lucidinterval8012 😱😱😱 SWAMPASS caught LIVE on CAMERA ?!

@GeoTren28 6 ай бұрын

@@jwwebnaut7045lifespan is something that actually evolves quickly, i mean look at us humans it was near impossible for someone to reach 80 years of age 5000 years ago

@juliajs1752 Жыл бұрын

Ohhh, I loved that series! Had the DVDs for years until they broke. I'm very happy to see it on youtube!

@jindrariley1824 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for reminding me this show. I have seen only a snippets out of it as a child, but it left me astonished non the less. Especialy the swampists and windrunner. ❤

@Turnute 2 жыл бұрын

The Future is Wild was imported in France when I was a kid. I lived next to an amusement park called « le Futuroscope », and when I first went to it they adapted this world into a VR Ride! It was really cool and there was merch too : a book, website, and AR Cards of different creatures that would fight and interact with each other. This universe is still so cool and I still love it! Great video, I feel like a kid again

@ghostbread6615 2 жыл бұрын

Damn you’re pumping out videos like a factory and that alone makes me happy because I have 30 minutes of interesting content to watch now

@NotOnLand Жыл бұрын

I loved this as a kid, and while I've forgotten most of it I'll always remember the squibbons!

@Randomme001 6 ай бұрын

Brings back memories. When I was 6 my dad would make me watch it and I loved it so much.

@dionettaeon 2 жыл бұрын

This series was awesome. I remember catching a glimpse of the Ice Age desert episode as a kid, and the Spink and Deathgleamer really stuck in my mind. It took me about a decade to finally find what the show was and was amazed by all the creature designs. If I had to pick a favorite from each era, it would have to be the North American Rattleback, Great Blue Windrunner, and Forest Flish.

@junoniathesilkwing4221 2 жыл бұрын

Most speculative evolution: Horrifying alternate realities with otherworldly life-forms. Meanwhile Serina: kanarie

@ChrisJoestarr 8 ай бұрын

This was one of my absolute favorite shows I remember watching this really late at night I was mesmerized

@ssa6227 7 ай бұрын

I remember this. I am glad you did the video. Great job! 🎉

@egomanfreeman1 2 жыл бұрын

oh man I loved this show, it felt so forgotten I thought I have dreamed it all up or something. after many years it made me interested in videos like this

@Shvetsario 10 ай бұрын

ah yes, when history becomes myth, and myth becomes legend

@manzac112 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they do a remake of this series.

@allisonrich5061 3 ай бұрын

I loved this series. I watched it again recently. It wowed me just as much.

@jacobcasmus1882 3 ай бұрын

Dude! Thank you so much for making and posting this video! I saw this when it came out and i think about that "jellyfish" ALL THE TIME! for like 24 years lol. And the show in general, super dope! Great job 👌 10/10

@dmanagable 2 жыл бұрын

THE OG SPECULATIVE EVOLUTION SHOW! So excited to see you do a video on it, this is the show that got me and I think a lot of people interested in this topic

@makenziescudder7699 2 жыл бұрын

Words cannot describe how much I love this concept. One of my favorite speculations of my own is that the moose will evolve to be an ocean bound creature even bigger than modern whales. It makes sense since whales evolved from hoofed pig like land creatures, and moose are already semi aquatic, so much so that one of their main predators is the killer whale.

@quantummidget 8 ай бұрын

I remember loving the book version of this as a kid. Never discovered that there was a show until decades later

@miragex2256 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my most favored childhood memories for and i also agree that this is very underrated of documentary on what we could hope to have in the far future of our world man.