Randomly decided to hang my painting of Minas Tirith up to make the backdrop a little less plain. As a side note, if my narration sounds a little off at times, I was a bit sick when recording some of the voiceover.
@katherinekoza65364 ай бұрын
You sounded perfectly fine . Hope you are feeling a bit better now .
@dukethespider4 ай бұрын
I honestly had no idea, you sounded fine as always, but I am sorry to hear you were sick and I hope you're feeling better.
@timexyemerald62904 ай бұрын
That spider is the one actually speaking. human is just a puppet that is getting controlled by the giant spider on the face
@alexwhite65544 ай бұрын
"giant"
@katherinekoza65364 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@tikaalik4 ай бұрын
That is one massive, overgrown Triops. 😅
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Or undergrown, since it could be a juvenile of something even bigger!
@tikaalik4 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology An undergrown, overgrown Triops 😂
@AdventureswithAmbrose3 ай бұрын
13:53 "Drepanopterus pentlandicus...natures precursors to motivational speakers...it's never too late to change..." 🤣
@ichthyovenator33514 ай бұрын
Not bad for a turbo-size horshoecrab lookalike. I will say I love the colouration on the Hibbertopterus. Much more interesting than the common browns you usually see. And the odd taxonomy is fitting. Being found so early and immediately being placed as a eurypterine reminds me of how so many theropods were just Megalosaurus at one point.
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Seems to be a recurring theme for animals that were among the first members of their respective groups to be described. Even among modern fauna too, like centipedes all being classified as Scolopendra before other genera were erected.
@ichthyovenator33514 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology context seems very much essential. I doubt we’d do better if we didn’t have hundreds of years of science to fall back on. Still funny to think about tho
@firelinksunlight96924 ай бұрын
I love these videos so much. Please never stop making them. Ive learned so much and its really stoked my love and appreciation for arthropods
@BugsandBiology3 ай бұрын
I’ll definitely be keeping the paleo content going! So many fascinating prehistoric arthropods that deserve attention.
@AdventureswithAmbrose3 ай бұрын
🕷Wow! I've never witnessed a spider moult (...just crickets). 🎥Awesome footage! Thank you 🙏🏼
@petrfedor18514 ай бұрын
Like how moany paleoart just show it with smaller critters crawling all over it.
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s kinda endearing, and honestly very plausible. Plus it makes the whole scene feel more alive, like the animal is part of an actual ecosystem.
@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster4 ай бұрын
This genus really shows the diversity of "sea scoprions" more like a freshwater non scorpion
@braydancoe33904 ай бұрын
Great content. Thank you from NZ. ❤
@Alberad084 ай бұрын
Great informative feature! BTW love the background music very much - and off course your little companion.
@HiveSci4 ай бұрын
I love this channel so much. You inspire me!!!
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@FuzzyBunnyofInle4 ай бұрын
Tell me you're secretly a supervillain,.. without telling me you're a supervillain.
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
It's like what Megamind said: what's the difference between a villain and a supervillain? PRESENTATION!!!
@katherinekoza65364 ай бұрын
Excellent video . What living type fish were there in that period ,if any .?
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Early relatives of sharks were around, as were various lobe-finned fishes. Plenty more too.
@katherinekoza65364 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology Thanks . Perhaps you could do a video on those sometime too .
@NoriSausrus4 ай бұрын
You have balls of steel I would scream so hard if something ever crawled over my face like that
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
It’s a…unique accessory for sure haha
@whyukraine2 ай бұрын
Please add these paleo vids to your paleo playlist. I've also noticed some old paleo vids that are not in the paleo list, but rather the informational videos list.
@edwardirwin8884 ай бұрын
sea arthropods are such a vibe, I wish some of the bigger bois were still around
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
At least we’ve got the Japanese spider crab.
@edwardirwin8884 ай бұрын
@BugsandBiology sometimes I feel like all decapod's destinies are to eventually Evolve into crab
@martink94813 ай бұрын
I just adore your face hugging huntsman spider, whats her name?
@BugsandBiology2 ай бұрын
@@martink9481 honestly I don’t bother naming my huntsmen. Too short-lived to get attached to, heartless as that may sound.
@martink94812 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology Low, low is the amount of heartlessness thats shown by this bug-expert! "Tin Man" should we call him.... Sorry.... As a Tarantula keeper, I sometimes forget about the rather short lifespan of most other big spideys.
@HalliePere3 ай бұрын
great video!
@BugsandBiology3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ericbeeman87174 ай бұрын
When ya find out uluru is a giants heart muscle and ur mind is blown
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
[Citation Needed]
@timrosswood42592 ай бұрын
Source?
@jigilub3 ай бұрын
Arthropod Pool Cleaners! But not my pool...
@BugsandBiology3 ай бұрын
That is honestly such a good description for Hibbertopterus
@stuckp1stuckp1224 ай бұрын
How was it possible for them to get so big? Internal circulation?
@agmuntianu4 ай бұрын
probably high oxygen availability
@Kevin-hx2ky4 ай бұрын
@@agmuntianu That was disproven with the existence of Permian griffinflies
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Relatives of Hibbertopterus persisted into the end of the Permian, when oxygen was way lower. Perhaps that sturdy shape, coupled with generally aquatic habits, allowed them to get gigantic without being too hampered by gravity.
@yanliwei93004 ай бұрын
Don't know if you'll see this, but I have a question for you. I'm a young Australian who is interested in entomology, and in one of your past videos, you collected a male huntsman spider from the wild so that you could have it breed with your female one. I was wondering if a permit or something similar is required to do such a thing, since it could be an option for me if I want to expand my hobby.
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
You don’t need a permit for huntsmen. But it’s a different case for other inverts, like tarantulas.
@insectilluminatigetshrekt55744 ай бұрын
Do you think it neared the maximum size for arthropods, or could they get bigger?
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
I don’t really know to be honest. The potential size for “adult” Hibbertopterus is enormous judging by those South African trackways.
@insectilluminatigetshrekt55744 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology is there any agreed mass estimates for hib?
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
I didn’t really come across any. But it’s pretty safe to assume it’d outweigh both Arthropleura and Jaekelopterus.
@supposedlygreg4 ай бұрын
Hi I was wondering your taken on Channel like Clint Reptile and Jack Wild life ? I saw your video on Exotic Lair and especially the one on Coyote Peterson (which I agree 100%) I just discover Jack Wild Life Channel about a week ago and as I'm not a Biologist or expert on wildlife I was wondering if he's legit I do like that he does not over dramatize sting or bite video that he make, and I do like the Is This a good PET video from Clint Reptile and the phylogeny video that he make but not being an expert I do not know if those 2 creator are legit and good or if its all BS :) This might sound weird as a question but having 2 little kids I want them to watch good creator and not sensational bs full of mistake and bad editing like Brave Wilderness
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Jack and Clint are both much more reliable sources of info than Coyote. As a matter of fact, I’ll be meeting up with Jack and a few others in the not so distant future.
@supposedlygreg4 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology cool, I hope you guys will have fun and thanks for your reply :)
@bustavonnutz4 ай бұрын
Clint is a hardcore evolutionist that's prone to confirmation bias (I've done responses to him on my own channel), but when it comes to his actual reptile content he's pretty solid.
@dukethespider4 ай бұрын
@@supposedlygregif it's any consolation, Jack pokes fun at Coyote a fair bit. He did a video on getting stung by a lot of painful inverts and does not go to the ground and starts like rolling like a leg was dismembered or something.
@supposedlygreg4 ай бұрын
@@dukethespider haha ok good to know, I know what I will be watching tonight then hehe :)
@leoornstein396327 күн бұрын
My beloved lobster scorpion horseshoe crab fellas ♥️
@roro-mm7cc3 ай бұрын
is that a giant spider on his face?!?! :o
@BugsandBiology3 ай бұрын
It is indeed haha
@roro-mm7cc3 ай бұрын
@@BugsandBiology whyyyyyy
@alexanderkelly25174 ай бұрын
The honk is a Yeechalopterus?
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Jaekelopterus
@P.ilhaformosatherium4 ай бұрын
awwww
@chazsaw4 ай бұрын
Do we have much knowledge of what the telson was adapted for on these chunky fuckers?
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
I can’t really see the telson serving much of a function myself. Didn’t really come across many studies talking about it, although a couple papers were paywalled, so they could’ve included some info I missed.
@chazsaw4 ай бұрын
I guess it could be as simple as horseshoe crabs - flip yourself over if you wind up on your back, wave it about and hiss if something threatening is nearby.
@TheLokiBiz4 ай бұрын
You got something on your face dude lol
@BugsandBiology4 ай бұрын
Yeah thought I felt something. Wasn't sure...
@Sal1va4 ай бұрын
W I D E
@dukethespider4 ай бұрын
It took us 5 minutes before you uttered a curse word. Is this a new record? Still, a fascinating specimen. That is also a very well preserved looking fossil, and you could probably make an hour long video with "this was called this but it is more like this or isn't that". Still, great presentation, great pacing and word choices. It didn't feel like 15 minutes at all, and I just wanted to hear more. Also the discussion about taxonomy wasn't boring at all, even if it went over my head (possibly due to sleep deprivation)