10 Things You Should Know About Dinosaurs

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10. T.Rex Had 10-Inch Teeth
9. Wishbones Come From Dinosaurs
8. Brontosaurus Was a Real Thing
7. The Smallest Dinosaur Was Very, Very Small
6. The Biggest Dinosaur Was Very, Very Big
5. There are 700 Species of Dinosaurs
4. Megalosaurus Was the First Dinosaur
3. Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded
2. Mammals and Dinos Lived Together For A Long Time
1. Dinosaurs Only Lived on Land
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[@duanesamuelson2256]

In some areas lions scavenge more hyena kills than they make themselves. I've seen both bald and golden eagles scavenging road kills. Just to remind people that predators scavenge also.

[@BadgerMushroom2]

Your kids have/had/will have the best night time bed stories narrator!

[@christopherwright6208]

Simon is one of the best personalities i have ever watched. ALLEGEDLY

[@nickbalmes6640]

Yep but there is a big ALLEGEDLY right there 😅

[@danday8596]

Watch mrballen he is awesome

[@myspiderungoliant]

To put into perspective just how long dinosaurs were around; there is a longer time-gap between Stegosaurus and T-rex than there is between T-rex and the present date.

[@evilsharkey8954]

Beat me to it!

[@danday8596]

Cleopatra is closer to the last dinos than today

[@SWLinPHX]

dan day: wtf?

[@danday8596]

@@SWLinPHX Google it pal they found mammoth bones n that there

[@captainanopheles4307]

Stegasaurus wasnt a dinosaur..

[@zoe547]

The claim of the "tiny dinosaur skull" found in amber was actually later redacted by the authors of the paper that first described it. It was most likely not actually a dinosaur but just a very small prehistoric lizard. Also this particular fossil brought with it a lot of controversy about amber mines in Myanmar. There is thought to be a lot of child labor with dangerous and sometimes even deadly working conditions for very little pay. It is also a concern that the money earned from the amber mines is going to the Myanmar military which is surrounded by controversy due to the genocide of the Rohingya people. There's a lot of scientists who find it unethical to buy amber fossils from Myanmar for this reason Although it makes sense that you wouldn't know all this as this fossil is a fairly recent discovery and the discussions surrounding both the fossil itself and the conditions in which it was obtained are still ongoing in the paleontological world

[@RichardRenes]

small animals are very rare to leave fossils. There probably would have been dozens of dinosaur species not bigger than a pigeon but evidence for them is rare. The currently smallest dinosaur is the honey hummingbird so.. it is possible that there have been non-avian dinosaurs that would not have been much bigger

[@zoe547]

@@RichardRenes I understand that. I didn't mean to imply that it's impossible for a dinosaur that small to exist. My goal was simply to inform people of the fact that this particular specimen was most likely not a dinosaur, as well as to inform people of the controversies surrounding it's discovery.

[@hunterG60k]

Came here to say this, surprised the researchers missed it/left it out

[@phucmapvlog]

I always learn something new on this channel!

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ― Daniel J. Boorstin

[@Digitalhunny]

I _knew_ that! _And,_ I _knew_ you were gonna say that too! 🤪 😂😂😂😂😂

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

@@Digitalhunny 😂😂😂 maybe our minds in sync? 😂😂😂

[@Digitalhunny]

@@QuestionEverythingButWHY - Or I'm delusional..... I mean _illusional!_ 😂😂😂 On a serious _much_ more serious topic, I simply _need_ to know.... are you a 'Blazer' also??🤔

[@richardbidinger2577]

Oh, there's a lot of illusion in DC right now (not the comics).

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

@@richardbidinger2577 😂😂😂

[@Digitalhunny]

So, did _anybody_ else get a visual of big ol' Thor getting stuck between that T-Rex's teeth? _While_ swinging wildly _and_ klonking it in the head with his _might_ hammer? Anyone? Anyone at all? Nope, just me? *sigh Okay, okay than.... I'll see myself out, sorry 'bout that. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Digitalhunny]

@SLCPunked - Oh, oh it's like that is it?? You're gonna comment on _my_ comment & come at _my_ team? Bro, bro... you've got _some_ nerve! That's it, I'm watching you _now,_ & it's on buddy!

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Thor in Savage Land

[@damianwojtaszek531]

Hey Simon how about a video about the hussars (the polish cavalry) as there is quite a few interesting battles and facts which could make a nice video ;) love the vids btw ❤

[@todddougherty9492]

Oh Simon, Utah raptor is pronounced like the state (more like you-taw)

[@YeeSoest]

True. Unforgiveable ;)

[@kyleward3914]

"Avian" refers specifically to bird, not to flying creatures in general, so it's inaccurate to use it in reference to pterosaurs.

[@roxyshow123]

But birds are living dinosaurs.

[@lurking.historic]

brainchild there are avian and non-avian dinosaurs, which are birds and non-bird relatives. pterosaurs split from true dinosaurs waaay long ago, and aren’t actually part of the clade dinosauria at all. they’re part of the clade ornithodira

[@roxyshow123]

@@lurking.historic I know that as far as paleontologists are concerned: If it swims in the sea or flies in the air, it is not a dinosaur. I just want somebody to bring back the mammoths. I like mammoths.

[@CreatureChallenge]

The Spinosaurus is one of my favorite dinosaurs!

[@threesmallpeopleinabigtren5056]

Never heared Utah pronounced utter before

[@LemonyVengeance]

@thisguy as a utahn, I laughed at simon's pronunciation.

[@siggy6044]

When Simon gets the name of his own channel wrong 🤣

[@AdmiralJT]

Megastructures? Another new...?! Ohhhhh Mega Projects. Already subbed 😎

[@ericvacca551]

Seriously, how do you screw up YOUR OWN CHANNEL. GET IT TOGETHER SIMON.

[@augsdoggs]

I came here looking for this comment.

[@harborcree]

@@ericvacca551 I'd fire him.

[@ericvacca551]

@@harborcree I'm sure Danny is paying for his mistake.

[@Dr_Do-Little]

What i know about dinosaures does not come from Jurassic Park but from "educational books" for kids from the early 70's. Probably worse! 😂

[@keriezy]

Lol. Probably

[@cherrypink1108]

Same here. I was obsessed with dinos when I was a kid. Every time my class would go to the library I'd check out a dino book. I still love them!

[@Deadpool3E]

1. T. rex can hunt and scavenge as most carnivores ought to do. And just to add, Hyenas are renowned not only for their scavenging, but their high kill count. 2. His name is Othneil and the Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus thing is a bit more complicated than just nomenclature and whose head is whose. 3. Occulodentavis (the name given to the head encased in amber) most likely isn't a dinosaur/bird. In fact, after pain-staking analysis, it's likely that the animal was a type of lizard. This has been causing a stir ever since its discovery due to the strange characteristics of the head considered to be more like a typical reptile than any dinosaur. Currently, there was a retraction made to the paper describing it and paleontologists have been going crazy over whether or not this should've happened. 4. The piece of humerus has since been attributed to Megalosaurus. Before, it was informally called "Scrotus humanum." I'll give you a second to figure that out. 5. Other than eggshells, the growth rates of many dinosaurs as well as the bones, which were highly vascularized, also proves endothermy (a warm-blooded nature). 6. The sea turtle isn't an ancestor of anything, but an animal that SHARES a common ancestor with plesiosaurs. Mosasaurs were ocean going lizards with affinities closer to monitor lizards. Ichthyosaurs came from a totally separate branch of reptiles from dinosaurs, pterosaurs, birds, and the other major sea reptiles.

[@duanesamuelson2256]

Just something to add another line to your post. Currently postulated that T. Rex livrd in closely associated groups based on fossils that had massive,healed, debilitating injuries that would have prevented hunting probably even scavenging while healing (unless dinos were so thoughtful that they died right in front of the aforementioned t rex). Personally I find that both fascinating and a bit terrifying to think of them as a hunting pack or group...the big ones ignore you so that the young can practice on safe prey...but make sure you don't run off to far. Sort of like the video of the killer whale that was keeping seal pups from escaping while the half grown pup (?) was learning to kill them.

[@wheeler1]

I missed the memo that Brontosaurus was brought back to life! cool!

[@DerptyDerptyDUM]

Brontosaurus: Your Boy who comes 🔥BLAZING🔥 back to life.

[@wilting_alocasia]

The human to dino size comparison pictures remind me of a huuge dino encyclopedia my sister had and we absolutely adored looking through all the size differences!

[@Moonbeam143]

I always had faith in the Brontosaurus. 🦕

[@TheWeatherbuff]

Thank you, Simon! At the rate we're going, I'm pretty sure humans aren't going to be around anywhere near as long as dinosaurs were. That's just a hunch.

[@LarryPhischman]

1:31 Hyenas aren't scavengers. They're very effective pack hunters and kill most of what they eat. But being very intelligent, they are smart enough to steal kills whenever they can. Similarly the T-Rex might have itself been a pack hunter. The size of their brains relative to body mass was among the highest of any dinosaurs, and they were likely at least somewhat social. They also had feathers and lips.

[@emilandreasson9670]

Dinosaur videos is why I found this channel back in 2014

[@maddog6620]

You are awesome Top Tenz

[@kdevon4736]

Great video!! How about comparing herbivores vs carnivores in terms of how endangered they are? Maybe it'll have to be two separate topics...

[@DanCooper404]

'Utahraptor'. From the state of Utah. Pronounced the same, not 'Uttahraptor'. Jeez.

[@donbriggs9128]

For an Englishman who has a degree in Business and also spent a year studying law, both proving he is well educated, Simon miss-pronounces so many simple words it's unbelievable. I fully understand the differences between US and UK English. Today's cringing came from his use of the word *genre,* which is actually French and therefore nothing to do with US and UK English.

[@MisterAndrewBuckley]

T-Rex huge scary lizard or giant chicken... Allegedly

[@emilandreasson9670]

Huge scary chicken

[@leighpowell1062]

On cocaine....Allegedly

[@beachboy0505]

So amazing, I watched it 3 times

[@baruchavraham1939]

I love these videos too. Simon is a cool 😎 host. He makes listening to them fun.

[@spacepiratejacen2258]

Thank you this was very interesting and fun!

[@jocelynhale7168]

Definitely would love more paleontological videos❤️

[@hungryfatphil]

nice channels: pbs eons, ben g thomas, trey the explainer, mothlike media

[@YeeSoest]

This man is one of a kind. Said the name of his own channel wrong^^ Megastructures?? Where do I find that, it's not linked to below ;)

[@President_Starscream]

"I'm the mighty megalosaurus, king of all dinosaurs."

[@alanrogers7090]

Do you count Godzilla?

[@President_Starscream]

@@alanrogers7090 nah, kaiju are separate from dinosaurs

[@roxyshow123]

That's catchy. You ought to put some music to it.

[@matthewjohnmoriarty]

I love dinosaurs feel free to make more videos about them

[@neilgoodman2885]

Mr. Whistler: How did second grade teachers evolve? Warmly, Yada, Yada, Yada.

[@jaciboughter6762]

Thanks so much for this! Don’t know why but I’ve loved dinosaurs and info about them my whole life, but then again I was raised with “the land before time” so maybe it’s not really a question?... 😂 Loved learning all this... thanks for sharing! And so glad that littlefoot is apparently still a real dinosaur! 🤷🏻‍♀️😂❤️

[@traqueliacooper5132]

Oh there you are I've missed you. Great narrator

[@mercuryvincent6796]

Ahhhh yessss...Burritos and HBO. Man's Greatest Achievements 😂🤣

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

We know its you Deadpool.

[@captainanopheles4307]

I'm only here for the scientific inaccuracies. For example lions aren't primarily hunters and hyenas are primarily scavengers. Also: bite strength isn't related to the weight of its prey. Sigh: Dinosaurs aren't lizards.

[@mikeygallos5000]

Simon has a new channel, "MegaStuctures". 😅

[@hungryfatphil]

while the big blue button of "Mega projects" hovers next to him. ;)

[@trahapace150]

Chickens are the descendants of the t-rex....damn dude that is a rough transition. From the most frightening predator on the planet to being used for chicken mcnuggets

[@ZAR533]

I love this show and business blaze

[@Erin-Thor]

Jay Jones - Genius! They should so a “show business blaze” focusing on Hollywood weirdness! I love it!

[@maddog6620]

Wow that is amazing

[@miketenny5201]

Cool, thanks.

[@KSWfarms]

While Brontosaurus is it's own genus it's still part of the Apatosaurinae subfamily that also includes Apatosaurus.

[@coreymason7662]

That was fun. 🔥🔥💯💯😀

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Do we have definitive proof that dinosaurs didn't have burritos and HBO?

[@hectorolivier7181]

Could you maybe make a video of the thylacoleo also known as the marsupial lion

[@openpeace1174]

cool .stuff.

[@TheJediCaptain]

Speaking of wishbones: don't the arms on a t-Rex, they could pull a human's legs apart like a wishbone.

[@connorcharron8534]

Burritos and HBO

[@Moonbeam143]

Humanity's peak.

[@jenniferlawrence8533]

How cool!!

[@JetsBauer]

Liked the video before even watching it

[@trevorreilly963]

Of all the things humans have created Simon picks burritos and HBO 😂😂

[@RS49059]

I didn't know the trex wishbone thing.... its official! The trex was a dragon and not what we think it looked like!

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

Its pretty crazy to think that Stegosaurus were already fossils when T-Rex was roaming the earth...

[@jenniferwintz2514]

Simon's pronunciations make me gnash my teeth. Utahraptor!!! YOO-taw-rap-tor. As in the state of Utah.

[@shebbs1]

I guarantee you get a lot wrong too. Glasshouses and all that...

[@jenniferwintz2514]

@@shebbs1 I bet you're right! I have "feet of clay" as the saying goes, just like the next person. I hope you have a great day, and thanks for the reminder to check myself.

[@SteveBueche1027]

Dino’s when extinct when man invented the word Steak.

[@paddyodriscoll8648]

The tiny bird in amber, Oculudentavis WAS a squamate, not a bird/dinosaur, and Nature retracted the paper.

[@ashleyking6743]

Gday Simon mate

[@RAS_Squints]

Na na... na na... nana na. Na na na

[@jesseeheilbronn4958]

So many channels, Simon’s starting to forget their names

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

There was a lot more oxygen in the air back then, than now. Animals like the biggest dinosaurs couldn't live now, even if they could be cloned and resurrected. It's also why ancient insects, with airholes in their exoskeleton and no lungs, were able to evolve to become so big.

[@bloodandempire]

It just seems really impractical to be that huge 😭😂💀

[@harborcree]

@6:23 Ballsack?

[@jefferyepstein9210]

How did a T-Rex hunt? HOWEVER IT WANTED TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@twocvbloke]

But what about that famous blind dinosaur, Duyithincysaurus? :P

[@KonradTheWizzard]

Does anybody know where those clips of Jurassic Park like Dinos hunting tourists came from? Did I miss one of the films?

[@cherrypink1108]

The T-rex also could see well better than an eagle which is not mentioned in Jurassic Park and is strange. He didn't roar either Science suggests he made a different noise which I think is scarier.

[@cleverbstard944]

cool

[@SWLinPHX]

Diplodocus is similar to brontosaurus.

[@AdmiralJT]

I wonder what dinosaur HBO was like? 🤔

[@leighpowell1062]

It had high class boxing

[@TheJediCaptain]

It won't exactly be a "top ten" but is it a stretch to make a video on all of the mass extinction events to hit the Earth?

[@allisone7472]

How am I supposed to know when is the punch line if Simon doesn't punctuate it wil "Bada bum bum tish?

[@MRVEEVOOYT]

i

[@bloodandempire]

I love non avian Dinos 😍

[@FranciscoSciaraffia]

Serious and composes simon is freaky to watch now

[@Averagecanadian1984]

Dinosaurs......all of Simon's other channels after business blaze takes over and starts getting 20 million views per vid

[@hearinggonebeethoven5787]

welp... its time to play to The Isle again.

[@theretrogamer5843]

Those poor chickens have a very bad infestation of scaly leg mites! 1:48

[@spunkythedingo9859]

Everyone leave Simon alone; he probably did not assume that Utahraptor had anything to do with the state of Utah; plus I think he often mispronounces words to irritate Americans, which I find quite amusing myself

[@DanCooper404]

Wait, what? Sea turtles are ancestral to Mosasaurus? I thought monitor lizards were.

[@AwesomeStuffAndMore]

I think he meant the sea turtles as being their closest living sea going relative even though they are very far flung relatives. Your thinking is correct about mosasuars they are more closely related to monitor lizards which is there closest living relatives.

[@paulreyes07]

Johnny Sins?

[@happy_feet546]

Well at least the humans think that most water Dino's were extinct when in reality we only discovered 5% of Earth's oceans

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

Many humans also don't realize that what they usually call "water dinos" are not dinosaurs and have never been classified as such. They are not even a single group for that matter. And while you are certainly right that there is a lot more to discover about the oceans I don't think that would have missed huge reptiles that need to go to the surface to breathe. The surface lair of the ocean is fairly well know, plus this type of animals usually don't live far from the coast.

[@zemorph42]

"Ancestor". A sea turtle. Descendant!*

[@gingecharmander]

Comparing Chrises per T-Rex and didn't use Chris Pratt?

[@JanBreuer]

Isn't that the boy with the blaze?

[@729Cohen]

It's Utah-raptor. Pronounced like the state Utah which is where it was first discovered.

[@urobos1]

I see why you did there.... for us Americans.... I’m gonna measure everything in Teslas now.

[@tim3tRav3l3RR60]

Utah raptor- like the state

[@dallanledford6364]

Pterodactyls had picofeathers

[@tplyons5459]

You forgot the feather issue

[@spencerkieft6021]

Chickens? What about cassowaries?

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

At least there are no conspiracy theories, yet.

[@BigMobe]

Dinosaurs were around for millions of years and didn't even invent chocolate. Humans have only been around a couple hundred thousand years and we have internet porn, video games, and air conditioning.

[@duanesamuelson2256]

Well to be fair the plant wasn't around then to invent chocolate from....however based on the number of fossils from shorelines they must have had some type of intoxicants or drugs to have had so many drownings at their beach parties.

[@KryptKicker5]

Dude, we rule!!!

[@Zach-ku6eu]

Gotta hate when you go to all the work including tne hummingbird dino, right after the Chinese retracted thier claims this morning. Damn, but their products don't last very long!

[@christopherr3676]

Right . Im really sorry but i gotta ask this . As soon as Simon said its a big boy in every way my video cut to an advert advertising large sized durex, please tell someone else got this 🤣🤣🤣

[@jimwinship7159]

If you get your info about dinosaurs from the educational system or here for that matter, you are completely misinformed.

[@Johnny_Shields]

Utah Raptor. It's the Utah Raptor. It's not the terrible state of uhtuh.

[@BlizzardDaPup777]

If all you know about dinosaurs you got from jurassic park then you don't know much about dinosaurs