To be fair Megalania portrayed as a buffed up Komodo Dragon kind of makes sense when you consider that the Komodo Dragon is a buffed up Monitor lizard.
@mexicandog52244 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness your right
@GTSE20054 ай бұрын
It's the same genus too so depicting it as such makes sense
Clearly you know nothing of other monitor lizards lmao
@MrT_Rex4 ай бұрын
Komodo dragon : I'm the biggest lizard Megalania : hold my Diprotodon juice
@dr.archaeopteryx55124 ай бұрын
Mosasaurus: Get a load of this tiny mofo
@SharksandDinos4 ай бұрын
Speculative Mosasaurs: Oh yeah??
@SharksandDinos4 ай бұрын
For any commenter, I just wanted to have fun so don't take it seriously.
@pascaalexandru29554 ай бұрын
@@SharksandDinos godzilla: i dont exis- i mean OH YEAH??
@Game0saur_4 ай бұрын
mosasaurus hoffmanni: HAH losers
@raptorious70904 ай бұрын
The biggest Megalania media that scared me as a kid was in one of the cryptid episode of Lost Tapes titled "Devil Dragon" on Animal Planet, where an amateur adventurer is trying to make a pilot episode of his 7 day survival reality show in Australia, find some human bones before then finding the Megalania's den and gets bitten. he treks his way to an aboriginal village before then his body succumbs to the infected bite mark and gets dragged into the dark of the forest a few miles from the village he's trying to get into
@jeremybickham28424 ай бұрын
My favorite Megalania depiction would be from Land of list monsters/ Monsters we met. In it, the mega reptile certainly looks like a unique animal that it truly was instead made of being depicted as an overgrown Komodo Dragon. I think filmmakers should depict Megalania with a unique depiction of colors and patterns.
@prasetyodwikuncorojati24344 ай бұрын
And probably megalania has different coloration from komodo in reality
@The-Lonely-Lighthouse4 ай бұрын
For some of the larger size estimates put Megalania back around when the Jeff Corwin documentary came out had the maximums reaching nearly 30 feet! But that one in particular had a habit of buffing animals for better visuals, but helped cement a lot of prehistoric creatures in my eyes back in the day. The giant spider bit in particular, of watching Jeff dissolve in front of my eyes haunts me a bit to this day.
@gattycroc80734 ай бұрын
I loved how you were scared by both Smilodon and Megalania as a kid and reminds me of how the Diggers from Dinosapien terrified my younger self.
@lukeweaver44494 ай бұрын
Megalania: The bigger and more dangerous Komodo Dragon.
@Forkisdeath4 ай бұрын
One lizard i never thought anyone would mention
@zakan48984 ай бұрын
Very glad that you mention ,,terrestial"- people do not realize that snakes and mossosaurs are lizards :P So for example anaconda is bigger lizard than comodo dragon :P
@JurassicReptile4 ай бұрын
The modern Perentie of Australia has some beautiful colours, it’s also quite a menace since it’s so fast and smart. The legacy of big lizards is still going.
@wildworld62644 ай бұрын
Love this series. So glad you covered Megalania. I had no idea there were so many interpretations of it in media.
@alexciesielski18404 ай бұрын
Wasn’t this the main predator of procoptodon? Also I feel like all games nail the Cenozoic creatures almost completely accurate
@JurassicReptile4 ай бұрын
Probably cause it’s easier to link them to modern relatives. Sure birds are dinosaurs but they’re still totally different from them.
@yanderetotodile694 ай бұрын
While they sadly never show it on screen, the Animal Planet found footage horror series "Lost Tapes" had an episode about Megalania. *I think* they show drawings of it but don't remember it that well, but they usually would show over-stylized drawings of whatever cryptids they'd cover. But in the episode it's stalking and hunting a Bear Grylls wannabe survivalist trying to film a pilot for his show, believe it does bite him and wait out him bleeding out/dying to infection, so surprisingly a bit accurate for what's basically the Ancient Aliens of Animal Planet
@critter_guy21974 ай бұрын
Oh yeah, I remember that show!
@mandohunter85094 ай бұрын
Lost tapes was sick, wasn’t real but very cool and fun
@BrontoSmilodon14 ай бұрын
I remember seeing an ad for La Brea and that apparently a lot of things were being pulled into the time portal like knights and even dinosaurs. so that might explain why megalania is in the show.
@Forkisdeath4 ай бұрын
Ofc they are australian😭😭
@wolfman2.0554 ай бұрын
And by example that means Komodo dragons have Australian ancestry
@LazarusGamingandDiscussion4 ай бұрын
This video is great and it helped with a project I'm doing. I'm creating my own Godzilla universe and my version of the King is based on an irradiated Megalania, so all these depictions really helped me visualize my version
@stxticnathan66274 ай бұрын
Im pretty sure that "crest" shouldnt be visible and that its a common trait of monitor lizards, but i could be wrong
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
I believe you’re right. I’m not too knowledgeable about that specifically, so I mostly avoided bringing it up.
@nagari90934 ай бұрын
Yes it is
@mochiboot65024 ай бұрын
Thanks, Scorched Earth Explorer Note Man!
@moviemakr39384 ай бұрын
Haven't watched La Brea, but now you're making me wish it should've been added in Far Cry Primal and maybe Jurassic World Evolution 2. Jeff Corwin's Giant Monsters was my introduction to the creature, and I loved it in Monsters We Met, technically it was the US version of the show titled Land of Lost Monsters, but I enjoy the original version more like all BBC shows, haha.
@King_G-dede4 ай бұрын
Since you also do other prehistoric creatures and not just dinosaurs do you think you could do a list on Arthropleura at some point? Love your content btw :)
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@kroek2594 ай бұрын
the Megalania from the isle kinda looks like the Megalosaurus in Crystal Palace
@chancegivens93904 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!! Megalania is awesome!!
@joshuaW56214 ай бұрын
I’m planning to make a video proving why Megalania isn’t still around today since there are people who think it is still around.
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
Great idea!
@SnappyPolarBear16 күн бұрын
Thank you for making this video. I was searching everywhere trying to remember Giant Monsters. I vividly remember the scene where the giant spider injected Jeff Corwin and he melted. Unfortunatly I can't find a trace of it online other than a few short clips. I'd love to watch it again. Hopefully someone can help me find it.
@flightlesslord26884 ай бұрын
thats the name of that Australia doc, finally
@chancegivens93904 ай бұрын
Just found this channel and I really like it!
@Aaaaaaarrrpirate4 ай бұрын
La brea is kind of confusing; it’s actually filmed in Australia but has California animals for some reason. Also surprised you didn’t bring up the fact that Komodo dragons can reproduce asexually, I don’t know how common it is but apparently if a female has trouble finding a mate cause they live on islands she can clone herself so that her daughter can pass on her genetics.
@mutantapk4 ай бұрын
There is one portrayal you forgot. The episode of Lost Tapes called Devil Dragon, about a guy who gets lost in a forest in Australia, with what a lot of people think is suppose to be a megalania.
@abdulazizrex4 ай бұрын
The megalania episode of Monsters resurrected is my favorite of the series!
@JurassicWorldBiology4 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this! Also so did my dog 🐕 he didn’t move throughout the hole episode
@chancegivens93904 ай бұрын
10:16 Holy shit!! It's a slurpasaur!!
@johntodd39104 ай бұрын
I’d like to see a video of that but about t interpretation of woolly mammoth or maybe entelodonts
@HKD93 ай бұрын
Some of the colours for these designs appear to take a lot of inspiration from Australian Perenties
@user-et6vh3wv8s4 ай бұрын
Got to say as a Australian myself I quite like the depictions of megalomania in both jurassic world alive and the concept art from the isle, in truth a mixture of the 2 are what I imagine megalomania to look like in real life.
@morgannnfreeeman9684 ай бұрын
Have you considered doing a review of the 2005 Peter Jackson King Kong film? It's one of my favorite films and I'm curious about what you thought of the "dinosaurs" and creatures in the film.
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
I haven’t considered that, but I’d absolutely love to!
@tyrannotherium78734 ай бұрын
It is one of the coolest reptiles
@TheWarriorWithDucks4 ай бұрын
By any chance would you be willing to cover Kaprosuchus in media?
@JurassicReptile4 ай бұрын
Any of the Land Crocs would be good
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
I’ll add it to the list of suggestions!
@TheWarriorWithDucks4 ай бұрын
@@prehistoricchannel128 Thank you so much. :)
@364dragonrider4 ай бұрын
In the mockumentary tv show Lost Tapes they also have a guy being stalked by a still-living megalania in the australian rainforest.
@arivs6564Ай бұрын
No way Same here monsters resurrected also terrified little me I literally had nightmares of It an ironically that's the reason why it's my favorite creature one of my favorite creatures
@JoseSanchez-wg5hj2 ай бұрын
Komodo Dragon: A Jacked up Monitor Lizard Megalania: A Monitor Lizard on steroid really really jacked up
@ivanlol71534 ай бұрын
Of course it would be in Australlia.
@alex18xd594 ай бұрын
The Megalania is one of my Favorite Prehistoric Apex Predators.
@user-hr6wb8rn5e4 ай бұрын
0:57 The Megalania is not a only ancient animal that is usually portrayed as a scaled up version of it’s close relative but there are other ancient animals They are usually portrayed as their modern counterparts such as a Dire wolf is sometimes usually portrayed as a scaled up Gray/Grey wolf as well as the Megalodon is usually portrayed as a scaled up Great white shark in most medias.
@govardhanposina174 ай бұрын
Titanaboa as well, a beefed up Anaconda is how it's usually depicted
@user-hr6wb8rn5e4 ай бұрын
@@govardhanposina17 Yeah sometimes.
@rex90pawprint4 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Komodo dragons are sort of more like a small megalania, than megalania being a giant Komodo Basically at the time V. komodoensis evolved, giant monitors, such as megalania were actually much more common, and V. komodoensis is sort of just a left over remnant, hence why it’s so heinously big compared to other monitors :)
@user-dc4jq5gt7r4 ай бұрын
Many interpertatians of deinosuchus
@toxicjay85624 ай бұрын
Yay!!!!!
@christianbontempo88594 ай бұрын
Hopefully this means you’ll tackle Titanoboa, Sarcosuchus and Deinosuchus in the near future.
@tommystofko60044 ай бұрын
there is a Megalainia in a Minecraft mod called "Fossils and Archeology: Revival" and its actually the first ever time i had seen Megalainia
@123darkpassenger4 ай бұрын
Would be so cool to go to the zoo and see one of these
@maximaldinotrap4 ай бұрын
Megalania was basically nature going what if Mosasaurs but on land
@robertgomez59854 ай бұрын
Amazing I found eBay on a book Look like design found one Called prehistoric animals of Australian 1983 I saw the megalania drawing appeared look like
@zimrandavid38784 ай бұрын
I will never forgive you for making me watch La brea Dino guy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only was the show hirrible but any excitement of seeing adaptations of the animals was squashed by how badly they used/portrayed them.
@Syntax_Assassin4 ай бұрын
I loved Australia a time travellers guide
@Intrusion4984 ай бұрын
Suggestion:Maybe do The MANY interpretations of dimetrodon or postosuchus
@rafaelhernandez48554 ай бұрын
Not a creature I expected to see next, but welcomed nonetheless. I hope you do other non-dinosaur creatures like the Mammoth, the Dodo bird, and marine reptiles such as Mosasaurus, Plesiosaurus, And Tylosaurus. Also, for actual dinosaurs, I’m hoping you get to Pachycephalosaurus at some point.
@Pancake_Dragons4 ай бұрын
Path of titans player here lol. Megalania!
@aljenembtry77814 ай бұрын
And the main character from Jurassic Park was inspired by him.
@alexanderzaragoza74694 ай бұрын
my fav animal is also the komodo dragon 🐉
@samneugebaur20644 ай бұрын
Though they were an extant species, the Komodo dragons in the 1999 film “Komodo” were huge! At 4 meters long the most I think and were quite beefy thus behaved far deadlier than their realistic counterparts due to living on an isolated island being polluted by an oil company. Though the “bacteria bite” was used in the film and is inaccurate, these things were smart like normal Komodo dragons, if not, smarter! I think they would make a very awesome and excellent interpretation for Megalania, period!
@Meme-penguin694 ай бұрын
Can you Do majungasaurs next please
@theflyingdutchguy98704 ай бұрын
technically anaconda's are the biggest extant lizards. but if you dont count snakes, then komodo dragons are.
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
I hadn’t even considered that through phylogenetics we could classify Snakes as lizards, the same way we classify birds as dinosaurs! I reckon you’re right!
@theflyingdutchguy98704 ай бұрын
@@prehistoricchannel128 exactly!
@zoekassoff60034 ай бұрын
Some Dumbo might ask about dinosaurs being the biggest lizards.
@holdenadams11934 ай бұрын
I love Komodo dragons and megalania
@LacitheHunter4 ай бұрын
Mega Predators is the best documentary! Fight me!
@user-lj8iz1yj8w4 ай бұрын
Mosasaurus and utahraptor please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@jross95534 ай бұрын
My favourite animal of all time
@WolfiTheBigAll4 ай бұрын
Bro, and cenozoic survival and primal haven megalania 😭😭
@user-lj8iz1yj8w4 ай бұрын
Triceratops deinosuchus and more please ❤❤❤
@Lator_Gator4 ай бұрын
Woooo the big boy
@FlatterNewt10364 ай бұрын
Would love to see a vid on Dienosuchus.
@princevermilion87994 ай бұрын
8:56 this behaviour is called tripoding!
@TheErikGud4 ай бұрын
Though never shown The Lost Tapes had a Megalania dedicated episode
@WYATT6RABBIT4 ай бұрын
Because of course the Komodo dragon on steroids lived in Australia 😂
@xenome38834 ай бұрын
we can basically clone them their dna still didn't expire so we might see them along side mammoths in that prehistoric park in russia
@hcollins99414 ай бұрын
The many interpretations of Rhamphorhynchus Just a suggestion
@TrainLizard4 ай бұрын
ITS MEGIN TIME
@BladeMC_x_reddonns2 ай бұрын
Hey man i play path of titans but i happen to megalanias often and i always lose
@walter13834 ай бұрын
To play devil's advocate, linguistically speaking, Megalania is far more of a 'dinosaur' than Megalosaurus or Iguanodon could ever be. ;)
@powerbalancevathelastkitsu25042 ай бұрын
Megalania is in the same family as Komodos, Snakes, and Mosasaurs
@lophus024 ай бұрын
The crest isn't actually supposed to be there! Its called a sagittal crest, its just for muscles and other tissues. All monitors have that but obviously we dont see it in life. A lot of other animals have it too, like gorillas for example
@levliv4664Ай бұрын
There has been a new doc called megafauna:what killed the Australian giants it’s on abc iview
@user-qg1mw5tz1q4 ай бұрын
it's the giant monitor lizard
@superiorcybergodzilla56704 ай бұрын
Megalania against Homo florisiensis 🦎🐵 6:03 Program name?
@baconsroblox26604 ай бұрын
Play roblox games. Prior extinction , dinosaurs world mobile, prehistory, crnozoic survival, extinction
@tm439774 ай бұрын
Megalania the lizard Monster This Goanna and that ceno beasts on the list
@ShockedPool4 ай бұрын
10:16 An Acrolopholania
@someonewhodoesntcare4 ай бұрын
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@aljenembtry77814 ай бұрын
Have you ever met the famous JACK HORNER??? HE IS REVERSE ENGINEERING CHICKENS 🐔 BACK INTO DINOSAURS 🦕 HE'S CALLING IT """DINOCHICKEN""
@ashenfox76154 ай бұрын
And where's wildcraft animal sim online's Megalania boss?
@MastodonMann4 ай бұрын
Where can I watch Monsters Resurrected for free?
@carlritchie27724 ай бұрын
Megalaina is obviously the real tyrannosaurus rex aka t rex
@levliv46644 ай бұрын
Yay ones upon Australia and we met monsters and mega predators and I forgot the animal planet doc and death of the mega beasts and monsters resurrected and prehistoric assassin and AUSTRALIA TIME TRAVELING GUIDE my favourite and those are all the ones that I watched
@SpecklesTeeV4 ай бұрын
I think you may have missed one more depiction. It’s from the Ark Animated Series creatures on KZfaq where they show possibly a Megalania. I’m not too sure but the definitely looks like one.
@Kory-Edits20244 ай бұрын
Why is it called Varanis now 😭😭
@rappy_nur244 ай бұрын
That's the genus name for all monitor lizards, megalania is its common name.
@prehistoricchannel1284 ай бұрын
It’s just been placed under the Varanus genus (same genus as modern day Komodo Dragons and other monitors) but many still call it Megalania for the same reason that we call Panthera leo a lion.
@dr.archaeopteryx55124 ай бұрын
I'm always really annoyed when animals like Megalania are reconstructed as just huger modern animals. Especially when the model quality is garbage. Just using the pop cultural preconceived notion of a modern animal and artificially inflating it, immature behavior and a terrible look for anything even vaguely in the business of teaching the audience. Really putting the "boy" into awesomebro fanboys. Pretty glad there's an increasing trend to avoid that recently. Bemused by the Isles attempt to have their Komodo-cake and eat it too, but the Isle is almost always good for mixing some quite interesting and some utterly baffling design choices together.
@SamuRhino20234 ай бұрын
I’m the 69th like >:)
@abdulazizrex4 ай бұрын
Megalania’s inclusion in La Brea was pretty cringe!