Sivatherium - Shiva's Beast
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4 жыл бұрынWith their large antler-like ossicones and bulky bodies, Sivatherium were some of the most bizarre and fascinating of Pleistocene megafauna and may have even been depicted in rock art, indicating that some managed to cling on for some time after their supposed disappearance from the fossil record. I hope you enjoy.
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@casandramedranobock8685 4 жыл бұрын
Is kinda Sad how underrated this lineage of animals is especially when the giraffe and the okapi are the only surviving members.
@dallashill5771 4 жыл бұрын
Underrated is an absurd thing to say. No one is really making an estimation and for good reason: we have incomplete skeletons comprised of likely three individuals. That is nothing and means we don't know all that much.
@Robert399 3 жыл бұрын
Is anything *not* underrated? How about the word "underrated"; that's definitely overrated.
@golgarisoul 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite extinct mammals. I remember learning about their existence in the giraffe Zoobooks.
@jimmyshrimbe9361 4 жыл бұрын
Frackin Zoobooks!!!!
@zenebean 4 жыл бұрын
Zoobooks, man, I was always waiting for those to come out.
@titanofserpents4315 4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that's where I learned about them too!
@beastmaster0934 4 жыл бұрын
That’s where I learned about many prehistoric animals.
@FlyingFocs 4 жыл бұрын
This was in Zoobooks? Interesting, I first remembered it in Zoo Tycoon 2.
@MKLettis 4 жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous animal. I cant imagine what it would've been like standing near one. Giraffes are breathtakingly huge so I can barely wrap my mind around an even BIGGER species of giraffe.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
It would be amazing!
@highlyvurgultis3706 4 жыл бұрын
Me: Watching this at 2am at 70% volume with headphones on Henry the PaleoGuy: GIRAFFES
@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking 4 жыл бұрын
RIP Ears.
@nicholasdalli6303 4 жыл бұрын
ikr
@myrinsk 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm yes
@beastmaster0934 2 жыл бұрын
I guess he really likes giraffes
@bluerabbit4010 2 ай бұрын
It's 2:17am for me rn too 😂 and I don't have it very quiet either lol
@cennethadameveson3715 4 жыл бұрын
I remember reading quite along time ago(40years) about someone travelling around Abbasynia (Ethiopia) and they mentioned the emperor had a herd of "antlered" giraffes. I would think a subspecies with larger and /or pronged ossicones not of course Sivatherium (sadly). I thought it might have been in one of Wilfred Thesiger's books but not sure. Great video, look forward to the next.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear.
@pedrocampos691 3 жыл бұрын
Yes ok.
@pedrocampos691 3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah okk.
@veggieboyultimate 4 жыл бұрын
The next prehistoric mammal you should do is Paleoloxodon. Especially since there is a debate whether this was bigger than Paraceratherium.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@LittleVolii 4 жыл бұрын
super cool to see all the different paleo artist interpretations of sevatherium. with the only two extant relatives being so visually distinct, it leaves a lot of room for interpretation. paleo artists are definitely underappreciated in their balance of creativity and scientific knowledge.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
It's a great thing to see. All of these different colourations could be in some way true, which is really incredible to think about. Paleo artists are definitely under-appreciated, given how they give us a terrific glimpse into past life and what it would have been like.
@purplehaze2358 4 жыл бұрын
Giraffes: Tall bois Okapis: Frankenstein’s megabomination Sivatherium: H o r n
@graphite2786 4 жыл бұрын
What a coincidence ( sort of ). I've been researching the Climacoceratidae for some illustration work and suddenly up pops Prolibytherium in the opening of your video! I've never heard of the prehistoric Sivatherium paintings, I'm amazed actually. Maybe one day you could do a video on extinct animals in prehistoric and ancient art. Mammoth, Irish elk, Sivatherium, genyornis, thylacine in rock paintings. European lion, chinese ostrich and even a possible Samotherium are depicted in ancient civilization art.
@tachyonicnewt2473 4 жыл бұрын
Do you have any links to the Chinese Ostrich with my quick searching I found little relevant.
@graphite2786 4 жыл бұрын
@@tachyonicnewt2473 Look up Mongolia - Khoid Tsenkher Cave. The images i have are not online, they're in a book on Mongolia.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting! I'm glad you learned something new. I'll look into a video on cave art. :)
@wisconsinaquatics 3 жыл бұрын
@@HenrythePaleoGuy oh please do I'm sure most of us paleontology nuts could watch hours of information and illustrations on cave art. My main fascination with it is its an actual depiction of what animals of that age really looked like.
@julicaru4812 4 жыл бұрын
Love the detail Henry, lots of research, intelligently put together , and yet not so technical that we laymen can’t understand it , thank you .
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I always try to make them interesting and filled with information, while also making it understandable to anyone, no matter their prior knowledge. :)
@dookiecrust1255 4 жыл бұрын
to me these things always looked like a cross between a chalicothere and a giraffe, also, also video idea: a video on ceratopsians focusing on centrosaurines or chasmosaurines? you can choose which one you want to do :)
@bobrussell3602 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. Music quiet and not intrusive. I wish more videos were like this.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
I wish so too. Glad my videos can offer that.
@spacepiratejacen2258 4 жыл бұрын
This is so incredible awesome and fascinating and informative! Thank you Henry! 👍🏻
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@spacepiratejacen2258 4 жыл бұрын
Much obliged! :)
@minted1841 4 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this. Well done & thanks!
@invisiblejaguar1 4 жыл бұрын
I love how alien they look, I wish I could see one, even just for 5 minuets
@alioramus1637 4 жыл бұрын
Very good video. Never knew all this. Hopefully you will keep providing us with quality content like this.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
@pedrocampos691 3 жыл бұрын
Yees ok.
@etinarcadiaego7424 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if my landlord would let me keep one in my apartment?
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Depends on the apartment. I'd say that many would definitely not be big enough. XD
@casaroccafamilyking 4 жыл бұрын
Your channel is a wealth of superbly-illustrated research. Thanks for all your time and effort!
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you think that.
@BigBossMan538 4 жыл бұрын
I remember these in ZT2
@ethanwall2443 3 жыл бұрын
What is ZT2?
@BigBossMan538 3 жыл бұрын
Ethan Wall Zoo Tycoon 2
@Mydarkarts23 4 жыл бұрын
very fascinating prehistoric giraffe to learn about and to know about. Great video Henry very interesting video.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching as always.
@caseyrayharris.esquire489 4 жыл бұрын
I'm always searching for subjects in your videos. Sparsely do I add to my channel sub list, bravo good sir. You got madd narration game my friend! I imagine you working on that sounds & cutting your own sound out of that out that basic format mold. Perhaps your personality shining through the cracks illuminating your genuine passion..art for art's sake(opposed to art for the sake of $). As the shape morphs your quality improves creating. Keep the content coming from your heart
@timothymoore8549 4 жыл бұрын
It’s skull looks almost ceratopsian
@walterdiaz7315 2 ай бұрын
It’s sad seeing so many gentle giants not here anymore. I’m honestly surprised giraffes are still around. Such a beautiful animal.
@badartgallery9322 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent delivery. I love this guy before bed.
@jeffreygao3956 3 жыл бұрын
So THAT'S how you say it! These big giraffes must've been a spectacular sight!
@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed!
@a-bird-lover 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes!! I was about to go fan-person(?) about this before realizing that other people probably would think I'm weird for being a hard core fan of a not well known extinct giraffe-relative
@myxini 4 жыл бұрын
You're among friends here.
@dannybright8708 3 жыл бұрын
I remember those from Zoo Tycoon!
@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын
They are quite the cool animals! :)
@robertfletcher3421 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Henry very well presented as usual That is something else I have learned.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@georgefleming4956 4 жыл бұрын
Well done! Enjoyed this very much. How about a video on the various giraffe species.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'll look into that. :)
@whangadude 4 жыл бұрын
kia ora bro. Love seeing a fellow Kiwi making informative youtube docos. You seem to mainly focus on birds and the occasional mammal but have you thought of doing an episode about the Weta? I've always found them so neat, giant flightless cricket, occupied the ecological niche normally taken by rodents on most of the world. Certainly less of them now days, but certainly not doing as bad as some of our other native animals. And I honestly have no idea what kinda fossil record there is for them, or just how related they are to crickets around the world. Just an idea. Keep up the good work dude.
@blizzard2508-k7n 4 жыл бұрын
Wetan idea
@JonJon-vg2nv 2 жыл бұрын
fantastic video!
@kennethconnors5316 3 жыл бұрын
excellent informative and through enjoyed it
@marilcho2664 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most unique megafauna animals i've seen tbh
@madderhat5852 4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful creature. Thank you for bringing it to us.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
No problem! Thanks for watching.
@cg2383 4 жыл бұрын
That skull is so amazing
@bloodandempire 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Awesome video and awesome animal
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@bloodandempire 4 жыл бұрын
Henry the PaleoGuy No way! Thank you for the awesome content 😁
@Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears 3 жыл бұрын
Wait... they do not have much withers at all. How would they lift their heavy head without much muscle attachment above the neck? Look at giraffe/okapi/horse withers they are massive. I am doubting the high head carriage.
@ahmedbakr458 3 жыл бұрын
That,s was same name of video of extinction blog!!!!
@cinthialara386 7 ай бұрын
Great video by the way it is possible to recreate sivatherium by altering the DNA of okapi is there a chance that this will work or am i wrong? it's just an example
@GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
It’s great to see another video on these animals, I think giraffe groups should be way more recognised
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Same here. I'll be sure to make more videos on them at some point. :)
@GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Good to know!
@bhogapurapuravi9695 4 жыл бұрын
you can make some video on sivatherium like how did they extinct and it can be de extincted how
@jastermereel4946 4 жыл бұрын
some princess mononoke shit right here
@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын
Science can say all that they want to- and they should. However, to me it looks like a huge moose. The shovel antlers are very similar to a moose. Moose are huge. I don't know about taming any of them, though I suppose that could have been possible. As for them being nearly the size of an elephant, the picture doesn't portray that kind of size. I think they need to guess better.
@anthonyappleyard5688 4 жыл бұрын
I saw a suggestion that some Sumerian amulets depict Sivatherium.
@lavenderflowersfall280 3 жыл бұрын
Yes but what happens if I try to ride one?
@omallj100 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful animal!!
@phillise1 3 жыл бұрын
What about the bronze statue?
@rickharold7884 4 жыл бұрын
Cool. Thx
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@Servetus54 4 жыл бұрын
7:30 higher CO2 favors trees over grasses.
@omnesilere 4 жыл бұрын
You just said the inverse of what he said, which is also true: low co2 levels favor grasses over trees, and higher co2 levels favor trees over grasses.....
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Very true.
@blizzard2508-k7n 4 жыл бұрын
1:46 nice.
@luisvalentin361 4 жыл бұрын
So sad, so many magnificent animals forever gone.
@beverlybalius9303 4 жыл бұрын
Now we know where unicorns come from.
@teaburg 4 жыл бұрын
They are magnificent
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@2Hesiod 4 жыл бұрын
Aren't they giant okapi's?
@exomake_mehorololo 4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting animal!! Really a shame only giraffes are left 😶 their relatives look awesome
@blizzard2508-k7n 4 жыл бұрын
He mentioned okapis are related (and are alive)
@bassbustingman 3 жыл бұрын
7:11 so co2 does not cause climate change? how is this climate change any different then what came before or in the future.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын
The change occurring now is doing so at a much faster rate, and therefore will be more tempramental.
@The_PokeSaurus 4 жыл бұрын
There's a question I have.
@DanCooper404 4 жыл бұрын
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@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
What's that?
@The_PokeSaurus 4 жыл бұрын
@@HenrythePaleoGuy I wanted to ask you what you think of Nanotyrannus, I wanted to ask you more discreetly to avoid a fight breaking out because, you know how big this question is. If you don't want to answer I understand.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
@@The_PokeSaurus I personally think that the genus is indeed just a representation of juvenile Tyrannosaurus, and overall appears to be more likely. Once it all gets resolved as best it can be, I'll see about making a video. :)
@The_PokeSaurus 4 жыл бұрын
@@HenrythePaleoGuy Oh, thank you for this answer. I just wanna say Personally I think Nanotyrannus is it's own thing after I talked to some real paleontologists about it. And I used to be very anti Nanotyrannus.
@minoadlawan4583 4 жыл бұрын
Are they larger than Giraffes?
@__seeker__ 4 жыл бұрын
Watch the video again and pay attention this time.
@umcaraqualquer9555 4 жыл бұрын
Watch the video
@beastmaster0934 3 жыл бұрын
They are heavier than giraffes, but not taller.
@juanitoblogs6574 3 жыл бұрын
@@beastmaster0934 In biology "big" is more mass
@themaryrivers 4 жыл бұрын
😍😍
@rahultiwari-dx8qo 4 жыл бұрын
Why is it titled Shiva's beast?
@good7bad13 4 жыл бұрын
Probably the translated name.
@SadisticSenpai61 4 жыл бұрын
First discovered in India and that's what they named the genus after - the Indian god Shiva
@kbtitan2464 4 жыл бұрын
What if ALL prehistoric Mammals, Bird's that ever existed, were alive today?
@jessegartung294 4 жыл бұрын
I remember those creatures from zoo tycoon 2
@wisconsinaquatics 3 жыл бұрын
8:10 lol you'll thank me
@skyem5250 4 жыл бұрын
"Pachyderms" are not "now invalid". They were never valid, but are now known to be invalid. Bad taxonomy takes sooooo long to die.
@HenrythePaleoGuy 4 жыл бұрын
I meant as in they were "believed to be valid", but it was later realised that this assessment was wrong.
@skyem5250 4 жыл бұрын
@@HenrythePaleoGuy That is my point. The facts don't change.
@taquitoxiq1444 4 жыл бұрын
people be sleeping on pronghorn
@blizzard2508-k7n 4 жыл бұрын
I no understando
@dynamosaurusimperious6341 4 жыл бұрын
I a door these odd looking giraffe.
@SomeoneCommenting 4 жыл бұрын
8:10 "Guess how these animals pooped!" ... well, from the same place as every other.
@wisconsinaquatics 3 жыл бұрын
Omg I'm glad I am not the only one who wanted to comment on that lmao
@richarddelotto2375 4 жыл бұрын
...allergic to atl-atls, maybe?
@PastaCool 4 жыл бұрын
a paleontology video???? on the henry the paleoguy youtube channel???????
@ixisinvestigator6009 Жыл бұрын
but why is he shiva's beast? i know that black dog and the nandi bull where assosiated with shiva but why this extincted animal?
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