These Ancient Animals Scarier Than Dinosaurs

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4 ай бұрын

Are there many who know what was BEFORE the dinosaurs? What animals lived 100 million years before them? Or what fearsome beasts lived 50 million years after them?
We bet there are far fewer experts here.
But there must have been some creatures living on the planet at those times, right?
And some of those creatures were scarier than the dinosaurs. If not in size, then in appearance.
Today you're going to discover:
What ancient fish had a bite force twice stronger than a modern polar bear?
What ancient bird had a wingspan almost as large as an F16 fighter jet?
What monster had the body of a bull and the head of a boar?
And many more interesting things!
Ancient animals scarier than dinosaurs.

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@tomba47 14 күн бұрын

Where are the freaking dragons man

@elijahrichey1120 5 күн бұрын

Em fantasy creatures? Just get a different vid to watch with the dragons you wanted to see

@elijahrichey1120 5 күн бұрын

Em fantasy creatures? Just get a different vid to watch with the dragons you wanted to see

@tomba47 5 күн бұрын

@@elijahrichey1120 dragons are real bro

@elijahrichey1120 4 күн бұрын

@@tomba47 Komodo dragon?

@ryansherman2719 4 күн бұрын

They are still alive man. Only irl dragons are so big that that they are actually mountain ranges and slumber until the end times.

@TheThrivingTherapsid 2 ай бұрын

3:43 "they found that the jaws [of dunkleosteus] could open so quickly they sucked water in like a pump. This works well while hunting smaller prey." Meanwhile on screen: Dunkleosteus failing miserably at hunting ammonites.

@nocturnalrecluse1216 Ай бұрын

That's with pretty much most fish.

@stevenbacon-cheddar9914 Ай бұрын

Yeah, nearly every predatory fish gulps in smaller prey, just like a grouper.

@amieleblanc1803 16 күн бұрын

If you look closely, it is sucking the creature out of the shell.

@TheThrivingTherapsid 16 күн бұрын

@@amieleblanc1803 I saw that. I'm no idiot.

@amieleblanc1803 16 күн бұрын

@@TheThrivingTherapsid Never said you were. Just thought you might have missed it. Cheers

@meg2831 3 ай бұрын

I love the dunkleosteus and their guillotine mouths. They are one of my favorite ancient animals.

@jeremyhancock2244 3 ай бұрын

Ditto. Glad it's not just me

@Jesterjones9073 3 ай бұрын

Me too 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@SquirrelGamez 3 ай бұрын

Same. I just wish ARK devs knew about its speed...

@MrNeedshelpedu 3 ай бұрын

I like them also. If you've ever played ark, you can ride them. Lol

@meg2831 3 ай бұрын

@@MrNeedshelpedu that is so freaking cool!

@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 2 ай бұрын

So many species have gone extinct it's just mind boggling. Also discomforting knowing we will as well be extinct one day. We may even contribute to the cause.

@michaelbruecker970 9 күн бұрын

Crazy how much of that was even possible without humans being the problem, or how the CLIMATE CHANGEd just naturally while no dinosaurs were driving gasoline powered vehicles or drilling for oil.

@G_Signer 7 күн бұрын

Its normal like day and night

@coastkid704 5 күн бұрын

Earth can't wait

@AlmightyCoolioVEVO 5 күн бұрын

I had a dream, it was year 4000 and saw in my dream that weren’t any humans on earth but only cyborgs & spaceships everywhere just fighting each other.

@brytoncox 5 күн бұрын

I doubt it. Humans will be like cockroaches. Clinging to life by any means.

@hoibsh21 13 күн бұрын

The Bloop ws the scariest of all. And some say The Bloop still exists!

@leechild4655 4 ай бұрын

If we understood the length of time that was involved of ancient animals it may make better sense to our senses.

@lazeppelini123 3 ай бұрын

That's what you get when AI makes videos

@khansrevenge789 2 ай бұрын

100,000,000,000 years before dinosaurs it tells you twice when the video starts

@user-he8wq2dg4v 2 ай бұрын

I love how they added two of my most favorite childhood memories: Walking with Beasts and ARK Survival😂

@DCmartian01 15 күн бұрын

Evolution went from being strong to weak. It’s like Pokemon from their last form to their first form.

@jasminecollins897 3 күн бұрын

That's very incorrect.

@DCmartian01 3 күн бұрын

@@jasminecollins897 how?

@jasminecollins897 2 күн бұрын

@@DCmartian01 that's fundamentally not how evolution works. It literally cannot work that way. Just because animals look less impressive to you in their current forms doesn't mean they're weak. They're well adapted for the current environment, and constantly getting better adapted for it. A very large animal is more vulnerable to environmental change of all kinds. That's why they've mostly died out. Smaller animals are able to be more agile and adaptable. They can reproduce more quickly, move more quickly to evade predators, and they won't starve as easily if food is unavailable. One of the strongest and most adaptable species on the planet is the norway rat. Just because it doesn't look cool to you does not mean it's not absolutely winning in evolutionary terms. You're just looking at nature through the lense of a literal cartoon.

@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059 13 күн бұрын

Fantastic video. Literally one of the best I've ever seen. Love the detail and imagery. Great info and the way you give all sides of a hypothesis

@debrajbhowmik9823 2 күн бұрын

People from North Sentinel Islands dont know what a dinosaur is

@fresnoniiji 5 күн бұрын

Nothing is scarier than the modern day Karen

@evilfingers4302 3 ай бұрын

The Dunkleosteus reminds me of an episode of River Monsters with Jeremy Wade, where he investigates what kind of fish that castrated two men in New Guinea.

@Dusk.EighthLegion 2 ай бұрын

Ah, fairly certain that was an Offyourcockus.

@lynnbarsby7356 2 ай бұрын

He never finds anything except an occasional piranha

@Chadegon1693 Ай бұрын

@@Dusk.EighthLegion i think it was just a large foreskinsnapper

@johning5464 22 күн бұрын

@@Dusk.EighthLegionoffyurbollox

@suzannahirwin7165 2 ай бұрын

How did the scientists figure out these animal behaviors from a few fossilized bones?

@Skinny_vlog 24 күн бұрын

yes..im wondering too

@Mike-qc8xd 10 күн бұрын

I know right

@user-pr8wy8hx7p 10 күн бұрын

Google it 💀muscle structure, space for how much muscle mass was there (if your not a combat fighter your muscle won’t be developed like an electricians it’s the same with forensic science could tell what you did for a living up to a point based on muscles, teeth, fingernails etc) scars on bones from other teeth etc the internet is a wild thing more than a social medias you should use it 😂

@michaelbruecker970 9 күн бұрын

The narrator does give the disclaimer that this is all just a hypothesis but yes I always wondered that but then used my rational thinking and figured out they used time travel. It also helped that my future self came and answered plenty of questions

@MC-zr6gc 4 күн бұрын

Comparisons to modern animal physiology and behavior.

@UniqueNei 3 ай бұрын

I was having visions of this stuff days before coming across this video. The great continent and everything.

@5stringking 3 ай бұрын

Imagine a spider the size of a bus

@richardcoble9498 3 ай бұрын

If there was a cute lil spider the size of a bus. It probably would not even bother trying to turn the humans insides into a yummie stew..

@michaelgoodman8849 2 ай бұрын

@Catti003 2 ай бұрын

god no I'm from Australia and seeing one over a metre wide is enough [they are up in the trees under the bark and they ambush prey on the birds reptiles snakes rats small animals and mammals}

@Yomam_Sophat 2 ай бұрын

Didn't happen, mate.

@Catti003 2 ай бұрын

@@Yomam_Sophat yer it did come over I'll show ya where to find 'em. You can tell the four other people there that saw it too. lol didnt happen go f yourself mate

@user-sk8ts3cj7f 3 ай бұрын

Always fascinating. We were not there. It’s amazing how paleontologists and other scientists using only fossil remains, many times incomplete, can explain how an extinct species lived, ate and otherwise survived during their time on our planet.

@ingus5552 2 ай бұрын

Paleontologists have good fantasy. This is amazing. Having only sculls they imagine whole body and presents their imagination as truth. It reminds me so called Nebraska man.😂

@cliffordfernandez3524 Ай бұрын

It’s called speculation Of course they don’t really know

@gregvaldez1269 11 күн бұрын

@@ingus5552Oh wow, thats a lot of talk and speculation right there, please enlighten us with your amazing knowledge that you know that paleontologists and scientists don't.

@RustyRed17 3 ай бұрын

There is a Dunkleosteus skull at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. Highly recommend checking it out if you plan a trip there!

@stevielease7952 2 ай бұрын

Also there's one at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Impressive.

@bojeelll9192 3 ай бұрын

I always loved watching these videos in junior high and high school in the mid 90s along with the planetarium always fun to listen to these folks even if alot of its theory

@VitchAndVorty 3 ай бұрын

What if Dunkleosteus actually had fleshy lips? We tend to perceive fossils as face values. From the skeletons alone, Hippos are so goddamn scary. Beefy looking build, terrifying teeth... It'd be interesting if the giant terrifying fish actually had lips... Imagine the horror.

@MySerpentine 18 сағат бұрын

The Cambrian Explosion was fascinating, have you done a video on that?

@ronaldmessina4229 3 ай бұрын

I do most certainly love 💕 all of the animals/fish that lived during all of the periods of the earth 🌍, and I do wish that I could have lived when they lived 😮

@4thdoctor284 4 ай бұрын

Dunkleosteus AKA The Giant Aquatic Bolt Cutter creature

@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 2 ай бұрын

Well it's no wonder why we didn't live at that time. We would have been essentially chicken McNuggets to these beasts.

@indonemesis1020 11 күн бұрын

think about puffer fish where you thought they were just as big as your livingroom but then they didn't puffed up yet 🤪😂

@jeanscruggs812 2 ай бұрын

Have to say I had no idea. Makes me wonder. During evolution everything gets smaller. How small will lifeforms be in 100 million years and what odd stuff will they discover about us?

@shirleyboyce5281 2 ай бұрын

Less resources. When food in particular, is less available a smaller size allows one to make use of what is available. And another thought. Being small may let one hide easier. Just thinking.

@robertsnitchler3016 8 күн бұрын

Basically. What happens is during extinction events.(rule of thumb) Most animals that are over a 100 pounds will die off and only the smaller relatives carry on. The Meek quite literally inherit the earth.

@R3DWOLFY96 4 ай бұрын

We need a god dam fucking time machine to study them personally

@johndeans1469 3 ай бұрын

We need to further study more simple creatures first.

@user-he8wq2dg4v 2 ай бұрын

Real bro. ARK SURVIVAL and Jurassic Park irl. Where my platform saddle

@roseannaruthlynnewyman3123 Ай бұрын

@R3DWOLFY96 no we don't need a time machine we don't need to mess up the past like we've messed up the present and Future we've done enough damage we don't need to do more especially when it's connected to us if we were to make a time machine we'd most definitely ruin the past it would affect the future greatly

@cliffordfernandez3524 Ай бұрын

They’d use the Time Machine for evil purposes as we all know

@runonline4065 3 ай бұрын

kuddos to the cameramen

@user-he8wq2dg4v 2 ай бұрын

How did he get so close to them

@destinyarmentrout501 4 күн бұрын

Maybe the doriospus spike in the middle was used as a weapon to ward off predators

@electrominded8372 7 сағат бұрын

There should be a first person survival game like Subnautica but where the protagonist accidentally goes back to the Triassic era.

@jplatt812 3 ай бұрын

A video about the Licalotapus would be a sight to behold.

@freetheworld12 3 ай бұрын

if it was for real , how does anyone know what anything looked like millions of years ago even before the dinosaurs?

@jplatt812 3 ай бұрын

@@freetheworld12very true. I heard not long ago that a lot more prehistoric creatures had feathers than archeologists once thought so just imagining the intense & bright color variations that could have been on some of these beast is mind blowing but I was being silly with the "Lic-alot-a-pus", a lesbian dinosaur 😁

@dariusbrock2351 3 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks.

@richardcoble9498 3 ай бұрын

The fact is is that none of this is fact .its all a guess . And a decietful guess to undermined God

@Daran-bi7qh 2 ай бұрын

@@richardcoble9498 bible speaks of large creatures and "leviathans" that once roamed the earth and seas though😅

@hallo5048 7 күн бұрын

Life of an argentavis seems pretty chilled

@debbiecurtis4021 Ай бұрын

Not lizards. They shared a common ancestor.

@dustintroydeguzman5411 4 күн бұрын

So we have a Relicanth, a Dodo Bird and an ancient Vulture.

@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 2 ай бұрын

"They fed on sharks...", let that sink in.

@ginnied7346 4 ай бұрын

I think it probably used an electric currant to stun it's victim's with that saw like protrusion, or even swished it about in the silt to find food

@FatGamerDad 2 ай бұрын

I'd say anything during the era when there were giant insects running around are more terrifying than the dinosaurs

@malachiwright9662 2 күн бұрын

The dragons where the competitors that keeps many birds from wanting to fly

@suzethlacasaca5105 7 күн бұрын

Pervatuarus lurks tiny dinosaurs to his caves and stomping then and eating them

@aaronmurry6014 7 күн бұрын

That fish was a corral eater not a predator.

@user-sk8ts3cj7f 3 ай бұрын

The serrations on the small doriospus were possibly a defense mechanism in the event a larger predator tried to swallow it. It also could have been poisonous.

@Roy-gn4sv 2 ай бұрын

One must take into consideration that 99.9 percent of animals that die are not fossilized.

@rubencastro2247 12 күн бұрын

dunkleosteus were great for farming oil nodes in the sea, argentavis and a good saddle ftw.

@nataliechupil8510 6 күн бұрын

Really interesting, but as I watch I wonder how do they know any of this? They have no skeletons… nothing. What are the sources of this info?

@Caleb1874ya 4 ай бұрын

Ok immediately I had to pause and rewind on that saw toothed shark turtle clam monster and I hope rest of video is about that creature.

@chissstardestroyer 4 ай бұрын

Basically Andrewsarkus was a gigantic predatory *sheep* the size of the largest species of *horse* ever to exist; it was, simply put, a carnivorous lamb.

@och70 3 ай бұрын

Would that make it a literal wolf in sheep's clothing? A real life version of the "Beware of false prophets" tale.

@chissstardestroyer 3 ай бұрын

@@och70 No, more like a sheep in wolf's clothing to be exact, but one that'd *hunt* the wolves.

@janicecole2722 3 ай бұрын

I think it looks like a GIANT modern-day hyena!

@chissstardestroyer 3 ай бұрын

@@janicecole2722 Notice the feet: those're hooves, as in *sheep hooves* on Andrewsarkus; that is the giveaway: it is a carnivorous sheep.

@chissstardestroyer 3 ай бұрын

@@janicecole2722 Then look at its *feet*, those give away its true family line: it is a carnivorous sheep.

@danthaman6720 3 ай бұрын

The P in pterodactyl and pterosaur are silent, there I said it! That was driving me nuts.

@michaelcrispin1879 3 ай бұрын

What is more ridiculous, words with letters that are not to be pronounced or pronouncing a word exactly like it is spelled? Do you also get irritated if people drive on a parkway or park in a driveway?

@danthaman6720 3 ай бұрын

@@michaelcrispin1879 it's called English, the pronunciation is part of the language. do I pronounce your name mi-ch-ay-el or mike-al?

@lancerevell5979 3 ай бұрын

Simply put, all languages have rules. "Everybody does it" is no defense for bad grammar. Our education system is woefully failing our young, though many older people who should know better do it too. It isn't rocket science, we are (at least used to be) taught this by third grade.

@danthaman6720 3 ай бұрын

@lancerevell5979 absolutely! In a time where everyone literally has access to a small computer that can spell check with a 2 minute search, many are too lazy to even do that let alone learn from the mistake when corrected.

@iceyu5241 3 ай бұрын

thenwhy the f if P there? tell your goverment to remove it

@Chosenone711 3 ай бұрын

Maybe the Doryaspis moved like a Lung fish?

@leaflet1686 Ай бұрын

Me an ARK player: Is the first one a fricking Ferrox in monster form? YES! Argentavis!

@learnfrom3128 10 күн бұрын

What’s the avain beside the Arggy? Which map is it in??? I never seen that bird in Ark before!!!

@leaflet1686 10 күн бұрын

@@learnfrom3128 Do you mean the Snow Owl from Extinction? O.o Those are the only birdy birds!

@Midg-td3ty 5 күн бұрын

Imagine being teleported back to the devonian and taking a swim in this sea... Its practically like visiting another planet. Everything is different.

@jeremygilbert9625 2 ай бұрын

0.28 dinosaurs where dinosaurs not lizards

@MrParallell 11 күн бұрын

It's not uncommon with cannibalism in the sea. The common fish known as Pike is also a cannibal.

@winterfoxcloud 3 ай бұрын

why compare dunkleosteus biteforce to a polar bear and not a great white or at least a saltie (strongest bite force in the animal kingdom) seems like a really random comparison

@MayScott-dp2wz 5 күн бұрын

Fantastic video

@Gojo69420_ 5 күн бұрын

0:25 it took me 20 years of my life to realize dinosaurs is something some people do not believe in, I had no clue and can’t process why. Guess they take “how do I believe you if I’ve never seen one” to the next level😂

@ALGOBESS 8 күн бұрын

What if the dinosaurs were only 600k years ago?

@mansfieldtime 16 күн бұрын

. Doriaspis, Like an alligator, the fins probably had multiple uses. Steering, digging, maybe even crawling on land.

@lostlothbrok7156 17 күн бұрын

Crocodiles have the most powerful bite of any animal alive recorded, it would've been more impressive to talk about ancient Crocodilians

@coltonmason8290 7 күн бұрын

Most peoples favorite dinosaurs arent even truly dinosaurs

@kelvincannon3675 2 ай бұрын

This channel always seems to be right on point, despite leaving that one species, who knew with all of the money, pouring into “endangered species campaigns,” that there out there somewhere, “living fossils” still exist! #KudosTsuki

@raminagrobis6112 3 ай бұрын

In addition to their pseudoteeth (a serrated lining of the mouth, not embryonically or histologically equivalent structures), the tiny beady eyes of Dunkleosteus spp. contribute in giving them a truly terrifying head. They are so disproportionately small they accentuate their alien physiognomy.

@TheThrivingTherapsid 2 ай бұрын

The age of the vertebrates were off for a great start. RIP invertebrates as apex predators.

@jufialio6287 3 ай бұрын

Exist one thing wrong with this video, that is the fact that all the birds are dinosaurs, it's means that putting birds on this list was a mistake.

@EzleRS 8 күн бұрын

I wonder if the Doryaspis used the spikes on its side fins to help it bury its self in the sand on the floor. Maybe it moved them to cover itself as a way of hiding or how it slept. But my real idea is the spikes on its fins were a way to try to scare predators away. Like a stegosaurus has the spikes down its back type of thing.

@marypatten9655 11 күн бұрын

Would like to know the expected life span of these dinosaurs. From birth to natural death besides being naturally eaten.

@thvtsydneylyf3th077 17 күн бұрын

6:21 'He aint heavyy, he's mah brotherrrrrrrr'

@glenncordova4027 4 ай бұрын

5:30 Ammonites not amenities. LOL

@julius_the_python 4 ай бұрын

Yo this video is chock full of horrid pronunciation - i mean - Dunk-lee-osteus? Come on. hahaha

@FallGuy2005 Күн бұрын

22:06 Are you sure this bird abandoned flying? There is no logic with that statement. It would make more sense to say this bird did not develop the ability to fly.

@johnkochen7264 2 ай бұрын

If these fish fed on each other, it must have made the reproduction process a bit of a challenge.

@Sinphome 3 ай бұрын

13:45 i think its a bottom dweller. The serated protrusion on its face and fins would be scraping up the sandy ocean floor to feed on other small fish and crustaceans. The protruding spikes on the back would be for protection from attack from above?

@Jerhyn7 Күн бұрын

Seven words that make algorithms love You.

@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 2 ай бұрын

It sticks it's tongue out which looks like a chain saw... would make an interesting pet.

@AutoCrete 3 ай бұрын

The lack of good parenting and at home education of kids simply amazes me. I had a 10 or 11 year old boy next door who had no idea of what a mammoth or mastodon was. I was all over that when I was 7 or probably before that. The next time I was at my MD's office a science magazine in the waiting room had a rather detailed article on mammoths. I asked for and received the magazine explaining it was for a neighbor's kid. How pitiful can it get?

@johnyewtube2286 Ай бұрын

Knowing what a Mammoth is, is useless information.

@AutoCrete Ай бұрын

@@johnyewtube2286 I believe scratching a curiosity itch is a good thing. Not being curious is a scary thought.

@GiftigeBalspuwer Күн бұрын

I want these fish in my aquarium !

@hector4146 11 күн бұрын

at 3:33 he says "not a bad design ' lol

@SikanderG 3 ай бұрын

These creatures resemble animals around right now because there are forms that are manifesting on Earth in the form of these species. E.g. the vulture form, elephant form, shark form, etc.

@Hobbinski 4 күн бұрын

You forgot to mention Shaggoths or Lava Men.

@user-sk8ts3cj7f 3 ай бұрын

The ancestors of the modern elephants had short trunks. The lower shovel shaped jaw could also have been used to scoop up water to drink.

@WoozyCool 6 күн бұрын

15:13 when u like both barbie and oppenheimer.

@nocturnalrecluse1216 Ай бұрын

Dunkleosteus was much smaller than depicted. Roughly three to four meters across.

@Bricksgaming710 5 күн бұрын

Maybe their tasks were bent downwards so they could dig up dirt and mud to cool off in the hot summers. Find water and maybe with the upper tusks can use it kind of to tenderize they're meal so they could eat it easier?

@teacherjeremyford6625 Ай бұрын

At around 16:40 it says the Mosasauru's main pray was sea turtles, but how do we know this? The shells of the sea turtles would be more evident than the soft bodies of octopuses and other cephalopods. And the beaks of a cephalopods would probably pass through the animal more easily than the shells of a tortus. I also now wonder what cephalopods might have existed back then, it would be very difficult to find evidence of cephalopods or jellys (or similar) from that time period.

@buddydavidson8549 18 күн бұрын

Diuretic Jurassic pirozhok was all very fascinating times in history

@scottneal2738 Ай бұрын

I wonder if scientists thought of hot lava areas or places where it might be almost frozen and in very deep waters due to the smooth bottom and might have acted like a stingray

@johnpfaff7532 15 күн бұрын

5:47 there are structures in the background. Who built them I wonder?

@user-sk8ts3cj7f 3 ай бұрын

Another possible evolutionary example of the large flightless birds could also be the roadrunners of the American Southwest. I believe they hunt lizards and small snakes, meat sources for their food. Sound familiar? Just a thought.

@burninhellfish 19 күн бұрын

someone put antiquity ruins with the dunkleosteus good job man how confused childrens

@kentl7228 3 ай бұрын

Dun-kil-os-te-us to be phonetic. The discover was named in hoonour of David Dunkle.

@user-qb9kb9fz7f 5 күн бұрын

❤ Subhan Allah ❤

@Crimson_Igris25 14 күн бұрын

Megalodons,Titanoe boa,And Unknown super Massive size Monsters or sea monsters just like apex predators

@lohkie2__3 3 ай бұрын

Wonder if Shortest Blockbuster knows ?

@jenmb2679 29 күн бұрын

why no documentaries about the first fish with vertebrae that evolved into humans? i found only a handful of documentaries, and definitely not taught in school.

@larrybedouin2921 Ай бұрын

Good grief! Ever hear of the Cambrian explosion?

@jacob6885 4 ай бұрын

In aircraft, forward swept wings create an "unstable" aerodynamic situation. Which makes controlled stable movement more difficult and less energy efficient, but also makes the vehicle more agile and responsive. Hydro and aero dynamics share many principles. If the same applies so water, then perhaps this fish evolved forward swept fins to better evade predators or better bring its "spear" to bear. The energy cost of less efficient hydrodynamics also implies a food rich environment. (Given that efficiency is a major component in most creatures.)

@mike19989 3 ай бұрын

This is why I love playing ark survival evolved

@abbostolibjonov_ 4 ай бұрын

thank you

@chris77jay77 4 ай бұрын

Lmao @00:58 that’s the werewolf from Bad Moon… solid lower-budget flick. Stars the kid from the 90’s Dennis the Menace. Great animatronics but terrible CGI transformation scene. Good jump scares. Definitely recommend it.

@Awareness_With_Dennis 4 ай бұрын

As a guy named Dennis I approve this message

@TheFberry100 4 күн бұрын

Or they created that way? We should believe that flying birds "decided" flight was too energy intense and they could survive on land without wings and then they shrank their own wings? Dude!!

@Bricksgaming710 5 күн бұрын

Maybe the birds decided they didn't need to fly in order to catch their food. So in order to conserve energy. They decided to lose their flying wings Plus if they had big old wings with their legs trying to run maybe it would throw them off balance and alert the prey to them. So their wings shrunk and their legs got stronger eventually having it so they lose the ability of flight but have great running abilities? So I commented that about 20 minutes in when I first started hearing about the birds and I was right lol

@piervisser3121 3 ай бұрын

I imagine Doryaspis as something like the Tick of the seas, piercing larger animals with their rostrum and staying put with those serrated fins

@thearishok2802 3 ай бұрын

That would make sense.

@schisophrenic 3 ай бұрын

Doriospus, the snout resembles a sword fish, it might be used for defence from prediters and maybe even to cut down plant life in the seas, the protrusions on the fins may have been used in the same manner, from the small size of this creature it may have had a diet of plankton and maybe even shellfish, which could also be the reason for its protrusions, for example ammonites shells were tough and barnacles stick to things, meaning that it may have needed to break into the shells to get to its food

@schisophrenic 3 ай бұрын

Not saying that's what it is, just taking what I know about current life and using that knowledge to make an educated guess