5 Extraordinary Prehistoric Moments Locked in Time Forever

[@drdeanlomax]

Thanks for a wonderful review of Locked in Time, Ben. I loved the video. It’s heart-warming receiving such incredibly kind comments. I’m absolutely blown away by the support and kind words from everybody. Thank you - its more than I could ever have hoped to receive.

[@Ownxer]

Yup

[@dr.calebrobbins.3177]

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LIFE FORMS WE USUALLY ARE LEFT WITH MORE ASSUMPTIONS AND FANTASY. I TRULY ENJOYED THE FACTUAL PRESENTATION COUPLED WITH ELEMENTS OF AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ' ENTERTAINMENT. OVERALL & MOST IMPORTANTLY I FELT I WAS NOT BEING TREATED AS IF BRAIN DEAD AND NOTHING AMISS WITH A DAMAGED Frontal LOBE. MY SCORE IS 8.5/10. WELL DONE !. REGARDS, CALEB R.

[@dr.calebrobbins.3177]

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LIFE FORMS

[@andrewjakes7761]

I'm gonna pick it up i think very interesting!

[@AngryMothNoises]

I want you to know you are living my dream. Thank you for your contributions to science. I try to follow paleontologists because it always shocks me that you guys are not the real celebrities. (But, I think thats a good think. Plus the media always makes this field out to be more about always hovering over a dig site and not all the writing and paper work and other work that goes into it.) I follow Jim Kirkland, my local dig site and natural history museum on twitter. If you have any particular recommendations for other paleontologist for me to follow (on here or twitter) please let me know! I made sure to sub to you because I want to support you guys the best I can.

[@firegator6853]

the horshoe crab trail is so heart breaking

[@CaspiRose99]

Ikr

[@brettk9316]

They probably still die like this today just saying :(

[@mannmctrash]

who knew tyrannical dictator Lord Freeza was such a big softy for horseshoe crabs

[@lolasdm6959]

F

[@blacktainfalcon7097]

@@firegator6853 they aren't crabs either

[@Jossandoval]

That shoehorn crab fossil is fossilized dark poetry. Poe has nothing on that chilling struggle for survival petrified in time.

[@Jossandoval]

@Abstract Dichotomy Yes, yes, the world is dark, governments are corrupt, inefficient and somehow also fine-tuned machines for evilness, but they are not poetic, so they they cannot put Poe's poetry to shame. Kafkaesque narrative on the other hand... There really is more under the sky than Kafka could possible have dreamed.

[@williamjordan5554]

Horseshoe crab*

[@pickles3128]

I was reminded much more of Dickens. Instead of "I heard a Fly buzz-- when I died" it's "I saw a horseshoe crab march-- as it died / The stillness of the sea bed / Was like the stillness in the anaerobic environment / Between the heaves of storm--- it was washed in by." (One of my favorite poems, perfectly encapsulating the often mundanity of the moments of death -- instead of one's penultimate experience being taken away by an angel, or a view of the pearly gates of heaven. Just like this horseshoe crab's silent, inane flopping as it inevitably asphyxiated.)

[@davidsalazar13]

@@pickles3128 your comment deserves Reddit gold. KZbin needs to make an equivalent so that I can gild comments like this.

[@dougrious_diswiggle]

Did you mean horseshoe crab?

[@panqueque445]

Imagine you're an ant and you're trying to sneak out a fart without anyone noticing, but you get trapped in amber the get caught in 4K for millions of years.

[@lunawolf4583]

That must really stink!

[@Sarcasm_Arc]

Its a mosquito Mosquito caught in 4k million years later

[@Sarcasm_Arc]

Hol up its 2021 But theres billions years ago

[@sendmorerum8241]

You have 666 subscribers. Neat. 🤘

[@smitty1647]

@@Sarcasm_Arc several farters were depicted

[@dukenukem9770]

Predictably, my son loved the “fossilized farts“ portion. He was particularly interested in how some species of insect have actually weaponized farts.

[@hennabri]

i found it fascinating and hilarious too

[@mattysykes2121]

Who wouldn't find that fantastic!? Lol

[@darthmong7196]

Wh...what? I haven't got to that bit but can't wait!!!!! I'm 43 btw.

[@dukenukem9770]

@@darthmong7196 I'm also 43! After seeing that part, I was very excited to rewatch this with my son. I was nearly as entranced with the idea of weaponized farts as he was...

[@darthmong7196]

My daughter rolls her eyes when I weaponize mine.

[@fermintenava5911]

Psittacosaurus is such an underrated, underrepresented species. How have they not been in any movie yet? They're well-studied, cute, and easily marketable...

[@michaelyu2744]

I recall Psittacosaurus having a brief appearance in the beginning of a Transformers movie

[@opheebop2378]

Yeah! Wasnt it like transformers age of extinction with those dinobots

[@aaronwilson4504]

Dinotopia anyone?

[@mrkakaw358]

I read it as Pistachiocosaurus lol

[@BlastDog44444]

Psittacosaurus is my favorite dinosaur! I've learnt so much about them. And they are adorable

[@kellywolstenholme8134]

Perhaps I’m anthropomorphizing the animals too much but the idea of several parents returning to their brood and they’re not only dead, but completely disappeared from a mudslide… makes me sad 😢

[@michaelam9738]

They must have been so confused and distressed...

[@starlight0313]

@@michaelam9738 where the fuck are my babies? WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY? -the parents of the psittacosauruses

[@e.s.r5809]

I don't think it's anthropomorphising them too much-- actually, your comment really made me consider that on some level, I'd been thinking of dinosaurs being unintelligent and primitive. And there's no reason why that was necessarily the case, right? Someone else pointed out that parrots look after their chicks like this, with older siblings co-raising a flock's babies-- and parrots display affection, sorrow, grief, maybe even love. It makes this find even more tragic, wondering how these creatures experienced the loss of so many of their chicks. Whether they loved them, felt fear when they disappeared, and grieved for them afterwards.

[@starlight0313]

@@e.s.r5809 parrots have almost human intelligence, the smartest dinosaurs, the dromeasaurs were likely about as smart as a chicken, psittacosaurus was probably about as smart as a reptile today

[@RatoftheSupremeRodentTakeover]

@@starlight0313 how do we know the intelligence of dinosaur species? (I'm not arguing with your comment I'm just interested)

[@tonydagostino6158]

The crab track was part of a traveling exhibit on the Solenhofen that came through Houston as it made a worldwide museum tour a few years ago. I love trace fossils and I appreciated how close they let viewers get to the surface

[@Replicaate]

I love how we go from tragic stories of struggles to survive to ending on paleo-flatulence.

[@draven86]

honorable mention: The "dueling dinosaurs" fossil. A young tyrannosaurus Rex locked in combat with a Triceratops

[@Craftyarcher04]

OoOOOo I need to see this, thank you!!

[@dinosoid2000]

@@Craftyarcher04 good luck I believe some millionaire has it stashed away in their private collection.

[@DammitBrad117]

Good news: it's coming to my hometown of Raleigh, NC. It will be displayed and actively studied at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in 2022!

[@foxhound963]

Isn't that a velociraptor and a protoceratops?

[@DammitBrad117]

@@foxhound963 That is the "Fighting Dinosaurs" fossil, not to be confused with the "Dueling Dinosaurs" which contains supposedly the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil to date entangled with a Triceratops horridus.

[@scott1285]

I’ve fallen in love with paleontology because of this channel. Thank you for doing what you do, it’s amazing and I love you for it.

[@Shaden0040]

Rather than meerkats, compare them to parrots whichfirst and second born and even third born broods will help the ir parents with subsequent broods in feeding and cleaning and guarding the nest site from predators, until they themselves are old enough to breed and go to seek out their own mate. These younf now knowledgable in nest building, brooding and brood care have a leg up on other birds who are first time nesters without pror caretaking experience.

[@ericv00]

More generally, you can associate it with simple flock and herd behavior. Quite simply, members of a family group tend to organize themselves by size/age when in danger, with the older and bigger individuals further to the outside and younger smaller individuals huddling together in the safest place they can get to.

[@jasminecollins897]

Hell, even chickens will occasionally do that. Two of my hens raised a clutch of chicks together several months ago. One of their chicks has slight neurological damage and can't balance well. He can't perch with his same-aged siblings at night, so one of his mothers continued to sleep on the floor of the coop with him. She then decided to hatch another clutch of eggs, and allowed that older chick to continue sleeping with her in the nest. In return, he has become a second carer to all the new chicks. They run to him if they can't find their mother, and he keeps a close eye on them and helps them find food and water just like a broody hen would. This helpful sibling behavior is more common with an older sister, but it's not unheard of for a little roo like my guy to do this.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@jasminecollins897 just saying a hello to a fellow chicken treat dispenser! 😋 I'm a chicken treat dispenser, too. I've got a line of Banty Cochins that are great mommas! Though the best one was killed by a predator a fee years ago... I still miss her! She loved hopping on my lap and getting cuddles and scratches. She was a Frizzle, too, and was a real beauty!

[@joshuakarmann7488]

@@MaryAnnNytowl I know this is not relevant. But I recently got 3 bantams and 2 seem to gang up on one and pick at her neck feathers. Is there anything I can do short of separating them?

[@Yikeo]

I read the first 2 sentences and gave up, like fuck me at least check over your paragraph one time 😂

[@brianlevine871]

I love the painting with the protocetid resting on its back. It's very comforting and adorable. That image with the young Psittacosaurus and its baby siblings almost feels like something out of the original "Land Before Time." It's a shame they all met a tragic fate. Farting insects in amber, huh? I wouldn't be surprised if somebody made a joke about that before this discovery.

[@IceSpoon]

I just want to say: I bought this book because of this video, and read it during this summer. It was great! As a palaeo-nerd, I loved it how "you don't need to be a expert on palaeontology to follow along" it was written. Because of the cover, I was expecting the Raptor vs Protoceratops fight, but there were many fossils that I had no idea they existed. The (spoiler?) Psittacosaurus nanny was a personal favourite. Thank you Ben, Dean and Bob :)

[@BobBob-tr7wi]

My reaction to the scene on the right of the thumbnail: "what the actual hell is THAT?"

[@melvinshine9841]

You're not the only one.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

A whale. I use those guys to scare people because most folks don't have the faintest idea what they're looking at...

[@nachomiranda589]

Lol same here. I assumed it was some kind of cetacean ancestor but the drawing hits right on the uncanny valley for me.

[@katyungodly]

It's an ancestor of whales/porpoises/dolphins, looks like they didn't add enough hair and fat onto it. Makes it look creepy like a movie monster.

[@samsalamander8147]

Some type of scary water camel out of a fever dream

[@melk9809]

Why is there 27 people who did a thumbs down, I want to know because I found this very fascinating and really enjoy listening to different prehistoric facts and such.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

Creationists?

[@oddjam]

There's a technical term for this phenomenon: "haters gonna hate".

[@melk9809]

@@oddjam ture, forgot about that one.

[@Bierbernd]

@@melk9809 sadly, there are also alot of creationist morons around here, go to the 200k sub special video by this channel and sort by new comments, read around 10-15 and start crying.

[@ExValeFor]

more like prehistoric FARTS am I right

[@impendio]

I’m no paleo art expert but I refuse to accept that reconstruction at 4:27 as anything other than a feverish nightmare, the second one fully furry and seal-like makes a lot more of sense to me…

[@belisarius6949]

Fully Furry OwO

[@aposterous4126]

It’s definitely nightmarish but probably more accurate for a semi aquatic mammal Sometimes nature is ugly af

[@kyptos2252]

@@aposterous4126 lol

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

@@aposterous4126 LOL... Nature is not a beauty contest. I'd rather be ugly and survive, than be cute and die out.

[@fulanodetal3000]

@@aposterous4126 semi aquatic mammals are usually furry it's just the fully aquatic mammals that are mostly hairless

[@SCP--fj2jr]

*Imagine if mating dinosaurs were fossilized in the act.* *Now I don't wanna see anymore.* :>

[@victzegopterix2]

They'rn't dinosaurs but there's big fossils of trilobites's orgies.

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@victzegopterix2 *Ya don't say..*

[@jimurrata6785]

Rule 34....

[@SCP--fj2jr]

@@jimurrata6785 *Hell Nah.*

[@alvaronavarro4895]

@@jimurrata6785 very ancient r34

[@KRJayster]

Regarding your comments on the tragedies trapped in time via fossilization, one time I commented to a friend that it's kind of sad that we only know some dinosaur species were good parents was because some of them never got a chance to be one.

[@epauletshark3793]

Termite: "dude I really need to fart." Other termite: "Go outside, thats disgusting! But hey, don't get caught in sap."

[@GabiteEditz]

"have you seen Bob?"

[@hannahpickles4825]

I love the idea of being able to witness a snapshot of natural history, although it is a bit disheartening to realize that the only ones we can observe are of death... I wasn't expecting this video to tug at my heartstrings. Also, that artwork of the Maicetus giving birth is... Fascinating 😳🤢

[@melvinshine9841]

Looking after 20+ toddlers at once when you're still a kid yourself? That Psittacosaurus wasn't getting paid enough. While Velociraptor probably was a feathery little chainsaw, I'm of the feeling the Protoceratops was actually the aggressor in that instance. I look at that fossil and easily envision the Velociraptor frantically kicking at the Protoceratops to try to get it off in a similar fashion to what cats will do if they're on their back. If they hadn't been buried alive, the Velociraptor certainly would've walked away with a useless arm, if it even walked away at all.

[@tozarkt9805]

I can imagine that the velociraptor tried to attack the protoceratops, but it quickly went wrong and the ‘ceratops had the raptor pinned.

[@Martial-Mat]

I suspect that the protoceretops was a herbivore, so it would have been reckless and pointless to attack an apex carnivore in its weight class. I disagree with your assessment.

[@tozarkt9805]

@@Martial-Mat But it wasn't, protoceratops was much heavier and larger than velociraptor, about the size of a pig (excluding the tail) to the size of a turkey. Plus velociraptor (according to national geographic) weighed about 45 kilos, while protoceratops weighed four times that amount, and although these measurements are likely inaccurate, I'm sure they give a general overview of the size disparity here.

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

@@Martial-Mat You understimate how agresive hervivores can actually be. You know, wilderneast kill more people than lions do.

[@Martial-Mat]

@@tozarkt9805 Elephants are huge, relative to hyenas, but to my knowledge, they don't routinely attack them.

[@princememphis7726]

Love this channel bro. Can't wait til you reach a million!

[@creepygallery3303]

Sweet video. One of my prized possessions is an an A4 sized plate of fossilized glossopteris leaves, the majority of the leaves show what appears to be hail damage. I know its not quite the same caliber as the fossils in your video but I still love that It's not only evidence of a past flora but also the environment it was living in.

[@veneraberens2547]

THATS SO COOL TO HAVE

[@raptorjesus2516]

The fighting dinosaurs/dueling dinosaurs fossils of the protoceratops and the raptor and the trex and the trike are probably my favourite

[@firegator6853]

although the young t rex and young trike is not sure if they were fighting at the moment...their poses seem to be very different from fighting pose

[@raptorjesus2516]

@@firegator6853 ah OK, I'll change it to fighting dinosaurs/ dueling dinosaurs

[@firegator6853]

@@raptorjesus2516 yea thats better thing to do until the fossil is fully examined

[@dionettaeon]

Great video. The Nesting Oviraptor is another iconic fossil moment. I also remember another interesting trace fossil from Planet Dinosaur; a long gouge they determined to be a hunting plesiosaur that had dragged its head across the seabed, exposing a prehistoric angel shark hiding in the sand.

[@Martial-Mat]

This is one of my favourite episodes. For me, the emotional story of prehistoric life is what really fascinates me - the pathos and empathy I feel for their existence, especially when I discover that many of them felt the same urges as I do; a desire for survival, fear, protectiveness, and more. I will just offer one alternate theory though: I suspect that the insect farts were expelled as a result of their struggle to escape the amber,the abdominal contortions forcing the gas out, which makes them even sadder. They are literally, a gaseous indicator that they did not go to their deaths passively.

[@michaelyu2744]

Honestly the shrink wrapping on that one Maiacetus reconstruction makes it look very horrifying and cursed

[@DKQuagmire]

i would like to pay my respects to the poor Horseshoe crab. They're one of my favourite animals on the planet, next to Australia's flying foxes, and i always cry whenever i watch a video of scientists farming up Horsehoe crabs for their unique "Blue" coloured blood, in which most of the horsehoe crabs die in the process, from stress.

[@peanutbuttertoast7742]

I remember seeing that video. The blood was used for some sort of medication. I think it was headache medicine, if I remember correctly

[@philli8308]

@@peanutbuttertoast7742 no horse shoe crab blood is very inportant its used to check for comtamination in vaccines since the blood is very sensitive to contaminates

[@42Fossy]

It doesn't kill "most" of them. Yes, it does unfortunately kill a significant amount of them - roughly 10% - but to say it kills a majority of them is misinformed. The good thing is that there is a conscious effort going on right now to create a lab-grown substitute for it, since its become indispensable for the field of surgery.

[@iagonax2158]

I like to imagine the protoceraptops bitting with it's beack, if such a small ceratopsian is so strong and aggresive for it's size, just imagine what bigger herbivores could dish out!

[@birdgirl8390]

it's theorised that they weren't the sharpest tool in the shed and therefore hyper aggressive and had a "if it breathes, it's a thread" mentality, mainly due to its small brain, but as we know "size doesn't matter". I still wouldn't want to square up with a "smarter" herbivore though lol

[@starlight0313]

@@birdgirl8390 troodon, one of the smartest dinosaurs is literally as smart as a CHICKEN!

[@starlight0313]

Dinosaurs are idiots

[@iagonax2158]

@@starlight0313 I agree with you on troodon (wich btw, it isn't a valid genus anymore, look it up, it's only lativenatrix ir stenonichosaurus) BUT DON'T YOU DARE INSULT MY FAVOURITE ANIMALS AGAIN, an animal doesn't need to be very smart to be cool

[@starlight0313]

@@iagonax2158 oh yeah i forgot sorry

[@aureaphilos]

"Well, whilest it may not be possible to find intact dinosaur DNA inside ancient mosquitoes in amber, it is possible, as it turns out, to find farts. And isn't that just a better discovery anyway?" Authoritatively PRICELESS!! Keep up the great work, Ben. Love your videos.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

Another excellent video, I'm sure. ❤️🦖 Edit: Ah yes, fossil termite farts. Excellent video indeed. 🐜💨

[@tonywhitehill2825]

Терміти не мурахи. Вони таргани.

[@veggieboyultimate]

The Fighting Dinosaurs was featured in an episode of Dinosaur Planet. Also, fossilized farts? Now I’ve seen everything.

[@winter2716]

White Tip’s Journey!

[@starlight0313]

@@winter2716 yes

[@primrosevale1995]

12:20 The Velociraptors in Jurassic Park are actually Deinonychus, as a theory around the time the book was being written suggested that Deinonychus were actually a species of Velociraptor, given the species name Velociraptor antirrhopus. Even after this theory was disproven, Michael Crichton stuck with the idea being sound in the book as it sounded more impressive.

[@CalebWilliamsGlazer]

I thought that Michael Crichton made the velicoraptors the size of deinonychus but likes the name velicorapto better.

[@aarons6935]

And having turkey sized velociraptors chasing them isn't half as intimidating.

[@CalebWilliamsGlazer]

@@aarons6935 yup.

[@andromedas3497]

@@aarons6935 Have you ever seen the size of a wild turkey?

[@spinozilla2421]

Yet deinonychus are shown to be their own thing shown in toys and games

[@kanjiwooowooo3202]

It's such a amazing phenomenon, when this happens

[@timbobshe]

DEAN LOMAX! He’s so wonderful! Met him once, cannot wait to read his new book.

[@IamTurtlez]

Adore these book reccomendations you give. I remember a while back you promoted a great pop-up book aimed at children, I ended up buying it for the birthday of kids my mother minds who love asking me about zoology and palaeontology questions and they loved it! Hell, I was jealous I didn't get a copy for myself. Lovely book. Keep up the good work and I'll certainly be picking up a copy of Locked In Time!

[@josephashley9961]

Absolutely awesome video! Love your channel. Much love from West Virginia.❤️👍

[@GTSE2005]

The best one imo is the Protoceratops vs Velociraptor fossil

[@Raptorworld22]

There's apparently also one that's a young tyrannosaur and a triceratops, but called "dueling dinosaurs" instead of "fighting dinosaurs"

[@michaelinthebathroom]

Sir u have no business looking this good.

[@jamesginty6684]

1:17 I got that recently, great book.

[@MKLettis]

That poor horseshoe crab. 😭

[@InsaneGold]

Nice pfp bro

[@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013]

😔

[@gloomerkun6546]

Your videos keep showing up in my recommendations and I keep watching them. So I guess I should subscribe

[@TubbybloxianYouTube]

Such a great video! Hopefully you do a top video on large underrated prehistoric creatures, like Madtsoia and Palaeophis.

[@kyptos2252]

What about Matapanui waihao? Too underated.

[@patrickblanchette4337]

7:47 It kinda reminds me of the discovery of that big group of human remains in the docks at Herculaneum. It’s definitely sad and tragic, but it gives us such a big incite into ancient life.

[@Thrashdragon]

First time I’ve ever bought a book featured on anything I watch on KZbin. It’s good, like real good. Thanks Ben

[@WileyCylas]

I was not expecting such a well traveled inquisitive professor-ish voice to come out of that youthful face. Must be from studying old ass megafauna for all these years

[@travisbicklejr]

Excellent video as always, Ben!

[@lightningboltt5437]

You should do a video on the sturgeon and paddlefish as well So underappreciatef

[@michaelwave863]

Amazing video! I really loved the part with Psittacosaurus!

[@book3100]

I grew up in a place where horseshoe crabs are everywhere. That poor young one trying and dying is vivid

[@Aengus42]

Excellent stuff! Thank you 😃 Oh, Dean said "The cheque's in the post mate." 😆

[@JohnSmith-li6mn]

Whoever disliked this video enjoys mayo on grilled cheese without the corners.

[@giftinggeezer3149]

r/rareinsults

[@Ta2dwitetrash]

Use mayo instead of butter to grill the sandwich. You will never go back. But don't be a monster, leave the corners on.

[@howHumam]

But mayo fried cheese sandwiches are amazing, despite any reaction to that order of those words. A lot of things eaten in ignorance are delicious...

[@thexangelolight6693]

Hehe; they think it's 'mayo'

[@ブランドン死神]

Or is a creationist. Found at least one in the comments.

[@russpaxman3660]

Well done Ben, absolutely fantastic video, Behaviours of long dead organisms.

[@ztoogemcducc6360]

That protoceratops was a badass RIP

[@stevepalpatine2828]

That little dude looked like he was ruining that Velociraptors day.

[@cancel1913]

Fantastic and well done video! Thank you Mr. Thomas.

[@thelittleal1212]

How about I do like, Short stop motion story’s of those animals and how they became fossilized like this.

[@jacklantern7479]

Like, yea man

[@eacalvert]

Excellent video Ben ty for your hard work

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

I like the CGI and artwork here👌

[@RikJSmith]

Love your Videos. You've obviously put a lot of effort into providing as much info as possible. I'm currently going through your Videos to find my way from your first Video to the most current. Absolutely amazing content you're sharing. Hope you're doing well and staying safe. 🎸

[@callunas]

Poor horseshoe crab, that's so sad. It's like those fish that accidentally wander too close to the deep sea brine pools.

[@PungiFungi]

I love horseshoe crab. During spawning season I always head out to the nearby beach and flip the overturned ones back on their legs.

[@minustaco42zero24]

The horseshoe crab trail was amazing that it has been preserved like that. I love our natural history.

[@dinoxels]

New Ben G Thomas vid? I’ll watch this while eating lunch.

[@thebookwitch895]

I was looking for a new dinosaur/paleontology book, so this video came at a perfect time!!!!

[@cainkind]

Is this 😳👆🏻 the fossil guy?? The man who gives me my ancient creatures content is this? He's a dedicated passionate researcher and enthusiast AND pretty?? I am floored.

[@austincorreia53]

Amazing video as always! Thank you for the awesome content!🤘

[@addam6666]

Wow Psittacosaurus is really a giant when it comes to paleontology! Feathers (not so common on ceratopsian), babysitting behavior, that smelly part thing that idk how to call and I heard that we have proof that it was brown

[@theBeastcub]

3:30am and I am over here getting emotional over a pile of dead baby dinosaurs and their dead babysitter

[@davisjugroop3782]

2:51 the size of the limbs reminds me of spinosaurus. Could it be Spino was in the process of getting back to a marine lifestyle?

[@iagonax2158]

Of course it was! Tail fin? Croc jaws? Short legs? It's obvious! Next thing you know it has a seahorse nose!

[@JohnyG29]

No. These are whales, not dinosaurs.

[@iagonax2158]

@@JohnyG29 We know, we just said that it REMINDS us of spinosaurus

[@streamerssaymyname]

I think spino was only progressing to a state similar to crocodiles

[@iagonax2158]

@@streamerssaymyname I mean... The tail fin kinda indicates It was going ferther Imo

[@Your_Future_Overlord]

Imagine drowning in tree resin and finding out millions of years later that your death farts were being marveled and documented by hairless apes

[@aidan5077]

Imagine if Jurassic Park was about farts preserved in amber rather than DNA lol

[@patrickt6572]

Lol Then itd be called Jurassic Fart lol

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

No thanks.

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

@Adrian Nelson Don't apply logic to that movie lol

[@michellepainchaud3246]

Each and every video of yours has been fascinating and insightful thank you for making such perfect content for my commutes! It's really nice to see your face and your voice is incredibly soothing

[@garypfeiffer3489]

Any time for a "Ghosts of the forest" review on Walking With Dinosaurs?

[@batspidey7611]

Spirits of The Ice Forest.

[@martinmortyry7444]

"Less than a year from the previous one this time."

[@Gray-Wolf]

I enjoyed the video and definitely will be picking up "Locked in Time" looks very interesting

[@lilitheden748]

I have always been fascinated by tracing fossils. Just wondering what animal made the prints can make you dream away to ancient shores or rivers.. The horseshoe crab is around for millions of years. Now because of us, humans, it is being on the rim of extinction. These poor creatures are being killed to serve as fishing bait or to make vaccins …. This was an unique and enormously interesting video. Thanks Ben.

[@jimurrata6785]

LAL isn't used _in_ the vaccine, only to detect bacterial endotoxins. (It helps assure the sterility of many drugs and vaccines) A synthetic test (Recombinant Factor C) was developed in Asia in 2003, but it _still_ doesn't have approval here in the U.S. nearly 20 years later. rFC is widely accepted in Europe and Asia, but obviously some force is acting against it here. That these really cool (and harmless) creatures have survived eons only to be exterminated by our greed is heartbreaking.

[@jimurrata6785]

@Abstract Dichotomy Of Limulus polyphemus? 300,000,000 years is a long time.

[@jimurrata6785]

@Abstract Dichotomy Really???? I point out that there is a well understood alternative to bleeding hundreds of thousands of enigmatic creatures every year, and you come up with I hate humanity? Honestly, trolls like you are certainly pushing me that way.

[@lilitheden748]

@@jimurrata6785 you’re right. If an alternative exists why doesn’t the US approve it? It’s not like bleeding those poor things is a huge industry… I hope ..

[@davidreibelt2704]

Mate - this was awesome. Love Dino's but this was so different to what i have seen mostly. Loved your commentary and composition. Your Meerkat analogy was perfect! Cheers

[@utubeisCensorred]

I feel like guys that do Paleo Art for a living are the ultimate scientific hipsters. At parties they probably sigh slowly and toss back their hair say "Yaaaaaaah I'm a Paleo artist. What's up ladies?". Also... FART.

[@robertbennett270]

Brilliant one Ben...thank you

[@killerzillavolt2655]

Woah, you're handsome

[@jamesh2412]

That was fantastic, solid vid mate.

[@starspeculation]

The original "caught lacking in 4K".

[@13Odrade]

Thank you, very interesting. And you speak clearly and without hands waving or image jumping. Please go on !

[@dumbshitmule2251]

This channel is perfect. I geeked out on it then introduced it to my 5 year old. Good substitute for the bs he wants to watch. And he likes it. Thank you.

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

I never thought that I could feel so bad for a horseshoe crab that lived millions of years ago. My buddy Jeff, he can kill people with his farts!

[@DanetteScheel]

I will definitely buy your friends book as soon as I’m able. Right now I’m an unemployed student so money is very tight. It sounds like a fascinating read! Thank you for the recommendation, Ben!

[@Tachyon1457]

🦖

[@hek1464]

Agreed

[@tomsanders9106]

Fascinating and well put together. Great video.

[@higheveryday138]

The narrators don't typically show their mugs, but this guy knows his looks good, and I'm glad he blessed us with it.

[@iagonax2158]

XD

[@conorhaynes-mannering5094]

If u watch his very early videos, he was less organised/camera shy, I personally have loved watching his presentation evolve. Check out his mum's channel, OneWorld!

[@iTsEfFiNsTePhh]

There's another KZbinr I follow and bruh he's gorgeous asf too ha like could be a model gorgeous 👀 I'm straight but never been one to fawn over guys and always been confident around them but his looks had me fumbilin for the first time ever 😂🙈 Too bad he focuses on human history tho and not prehistoric animals because if they did a colab holy shit 😵 haha his channel is Forgotten lives if y'all are interested 👅

[@ginam830]

Yasss he’s so smart and handsome! I could see him getting a show

[@jgr7487]

he shows his mug on all 7DOS vids.

[@Faythe98]

So glad this was in my recommended! Definitely subscribed!

[@andreagriffiths3512]

Locked in Time was a fascinating read! I read it whilst on my cruise in Feb and thoroughly enjoyed it. The death-march was heartbreakingly sad. I’d also highly recommend it.

[@yensid4294]

The illustrations in the book are wonderful. Sad little tableaus preserved in time forever

[@deadeye8843]

I never get tired of this channel. I wish there were more like it.😁

[@victoriawilliams2786]

Welp, when I got up today I had no idea I'd be introduced to "fossilized farts"...🤣🤣🤣 Thank-you! I needed that chuckle!

[@aciddrive1019]

Good effort, you persuaded me to buy that book Amazon.

[@therealslimshady19]

Really enjoyed this video

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

This is fascinating! The actual story of how the fossils are made is usually quite sad, but that's the only way we know they even existed. I'm never sure how to feel about that, since I'm sad they died that way, but amazed at what those fossils tell us.

[@onyxsky2304]

I love the fact Ben just addresses jurassic park as "those who shall not be named" like science finds it embarrsing

[@zenebean]

Every time I see the fighting dinosaurs, I imagine the velociraptor narrating, "now you're probably wondering how I ended up here..."

[@ghoulchan7525]

Complete with record scratch i hope

[@joakimblom1110]

Well made! Carry on please😄

[@rock8983]

Awesome vid as always! Love the horse shoe crab one