When Camels Roamed North America

[@eons]

Hey, I want to clarify what we say about bactrian camels around 7:35. There are two different species of bactrians -- the so-called "wild bactrians" (camelus ferus), and "domestic bactrians" (camelus bactrianus). "Domestic bactrians" are descended from a species that is now extinct in the wild, and they are distinct from what we now called "wild bactrians". And the ancestor of domestic bactrians and what we call "wild bactrians" diverged 700,000 years ago, according to DNA evidence. So, they diverged BEFORE camelus bactrianus was ever domesticated. Domestication didn’t CAUSE the speciation, which is how some viewers were hearing what I said. I hope this clears things up. Sorry for the confusion! (BdeP)

[@_gerbilrancher4074]

similar to domestic horses?

[@actionwd]

Thank you for clearing this up, I was wondering what was up with a species domesticated 700k years ago

[@matthewcassem8359]

DO ICHTHYOSAURS!!!!

[@davewilson7092]

Hyenas. I want to see a show on hyenas.

[@sparklingwater925]

Please do the Monitor lizard family

[@SwarlesBarkleyJnr]

Can you do an episode on grass itself? I know It sounds like a boring subject the the appearance of grass changed everything and it's hard to find a good source of information about just how much of an effect it had on ecosystems

[@akbarshahzad5780]

Nothing boring about grass, my friend. You are the voice of reason

[@fandomguy8025]

Wasn't grass a major factor in our evolution?

[@rubenskiii]

Great idea, needs to be done! It shaped _our_ world: we began to walk upright to have better vision accross the plains, horses and cows came in to be and most of our staple foods are grasses.

[@silvertheelf]

Yes, because a lot of people think it wouldn’t be interesting but if you do your research the history of grass is surprisingly interesting.

[@PizzaManager101]

Fandom guy we arent fish though

[@intherift07]

I like how camels have that relaxed chilled face with a slight smile.

[@marccolten9801]

They are smiling because they're thinking about spitting on you.

[@jabby6709]

this is why they remind me of surfer dudes or hippies. their faces just scream that "go with the flow" attitude

[@nbkawtgnobody]

That's because they smoke relaxing and refreshing Camel 🐪 brand cigarettes. You can to feel relaxed and refreshed like your buddy the camel, by switching to Camel 🐪 brand cigarettes today! 😎 😂😂😂😉

[@CaraTheStrange]

@@nbkawtgnobody Nine out of ten docters prefer camel 🐪 🚬 The past was crazy

[@LysolPionex]

Cause they smoke

[@hollyodii5969]

I wish each Eons episode was a 2 hr documentary! Every video is so interesting. I just want to hear more about each subject!

[@MegaMementoMori]

Right now it's really condensed - many people would not have time to listen to so many 2 hr films...

[@JamesonNichols]

That would be dope. Especially with the Corona going on

[@derekbauer2125]

Duuuuude yes

[@isaisvargas]

Chicks dig the long ball ⚾

[@CaptainUnikitty]

Same

[@The1Helleri]

There are feral camels in the American southwest. Several populations have started up and then diminished since the mid 1800's. I've seen a solitary bactrian camel from a distance while hiking in the high desert in California. My dad was doing some night field herping and stumbled into the middle of a herd of dromedary camels. Sometimes they escape captivity. Sometimes they are set loose. Sometimes they are semi-feral (technically owned but given free range over a few 100 acres). There are never enough of them to really take hold and establish lasting populations. Especially since ranchers and homesteaders tend to round up the loose ones (feral camels are easily bribed back into captivity).

[@jasonjones8183]

After ww2 the government killed off supposedly all the wild camels. That's how it handled the problem, and yes the US government did have camels before the civil war. They turned them loose as the civil war started.

[@spockbetter]

must've been such a surreal experience to see camels out in american deserts. especially bactrians. i wish there existed some videos of that.

[@SHREDTILLDEAD]

​@@spockbetterwtf did you say?

[@spockbetter]

@@SHREDTILLDEAD i meant experience i edited it now

[@omega3fatass61]

wow

[@rivini4585]

It says a lot when a 10 minute video about camels is well liked. Same as all the other videos on this channel, it's very well put together, informative, and not at all boring. They even communicate with the viewers in the comments, especially when they make a mistake in the videos and quickly clarify on the misinformation. Not something you see from a lot of KZbin channels. Amazing work, to be honest.

[@jiminmanoban1273]

They can't breed because true Camels are in the Genus Camilus and South America camels belong to different family interbreeding is not possible

[@susanfarley1332]

while my grandmother lived in Florida she found a fossil that turned out to be a prehistoric camel jawbone. After being told it was a rare fossil (one of the first camel fossils found in Florida) she donated it to the Smithsonian museum.

[@brenmoyer4896]

When they showed the size comparison between th huge camel and our host!! 😱😱😱😱

[@GigawingsVideo]

I'm more like "More meat for camel steak!"

[@MrMakae90]

Currently, PBS Eons has my favorite content on all internet. Yep, that is right, favorite of ALL INTERNET. Even above PBS Space Time, top favorite for a long time.

[@prinnoah5982]

Check out Kurzgesagt. I love PBS Eons but Kurzgesagt is my favorite.

[@dianamiller3307]

Thanks I've subscribed

[@gilberthjimenez431]

The camelid explosion!

[@5sallaround]

lol

[@VaultBoy1300]

The humble nod to Bill Wurz

[@ArloMathis]

/r/unexpectedbillwurtz

[@brianm.750]

Its the cambrian explosion!

[@botas5254]

The sun is a deadly lazer

[@ahmedwael3824]

This is the best prehistoric channel on KZbin. You have a way of finding and bringing to life so many obscure yet extremely interesting animals.

[@alicew5589]

The Eocene epoch was really hitting hard in its day

[@rad858]

On second thought, let's not go to Camelops. It is a silly place.

[@Carewolf]

Great minds think alike

[@kindafoggy]

Oh yes it sounds a bit bizarre but in Camelops that's how conditions are. The rain may never fall till after sundown. By eight, the morning fog must disappear...

[@slappy8941]

It's only a model.

[@shrimpisdelicious]

@@slappy8941 SSSHHH!!!

[@smashtoad]

If we built a large wooden....

[@Thumbsupurbum]

I've noticed a theme over many episodes on this channel. Teeth seem to be often used as an identifier for relation between distantly related species. What is it about teeth that make them good at this? Do teeth just not evolve much?

[@HuckleberryHim]

Teeth are very, very durable, so they are often the only surviving remains of animals. Hundreds of extinct taxa are known only from teeth and other fragmentary remains. It is more out of necessity than convenience; other parts of the body are compared just as scrupulously when the chance arises. And actually teeth do evolve, a lot! This is part of what makes them useful to compare, the fact that they have a staggering number of shapes across taxa.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

A major characteristic of mammals is our specialized teeth. But as nearly every animal has numerous exceptionally hard teeth, it means they've always been common fossils.

[@joschuaknuppe5849]

Besides being very durable mammal teeth have often countless characteristics that can tell us about the lifestyle and evolution of a species, this has led to a certain tooth specialization within mammal paleontology, you often can read papers about extinct mammals where you ask yourself at the end: ok, and what about the rest of the animal? ;)

[@Metalkatt]

Enamel is harder than bone, so it often survives when bones don't. There's an old paleontology joke that mammalian evolution is teeth mating with other teeth to produce slightly different descendant teeth--so often, teeth are all we have.

[@JulieReizner]

It's really only useful for mammals. Dinosaur folks don't rely on teeth as much, for instance.

[@lncerante]

This is the kind of stories that make this channel so great, I really enjoyed it.

[@samrizzardi2213]

Please do a video on the fascinating history of hypercarnivorous canids (represented today by the African wild dog and the dhole). This lineage was apparently widespread in both Eurasia and North America, before being outcompeted by the true wolves. It even produced a few dwarf forms in Sardinia and Java. I believe the ancestor of them all was Xenocyon, if memory serves me well.

[@turmunhkganba1705]

Could you cover the evolution of blood. Please?

[@averyjenson]

+Turmunhk Ganba ooooh that would be really interesting.

[@nolanwestrich2602]

Interesting. I hope they cover exotic types of blood, like the blue, copper-based cephalopod blood.

[@Peusterokos1]

Highly requested by a and many vampires

[@doctorken2k]

GigawingsVideo the future is wild.

[@RyGuyMemes]

Yo they actually did it nice

[@joesales4728]

We also brought camels into the North American deserts during a war (cant remember which one) as they were more efficient at carrying supplies across it than horses, once the camels had outlived their usefulness they were set free on the desert, unlike in Australia though they didnt thrive and died out relatively quickly, sightings of "wild" camels became almost legend in small towns in places like Texas.

[@CaraTheStrange]

It was during and after the civil war. These camels even sometimes turned to legend and monster stories

[@FNA27601]

I think they were killed and didnt die out since camels can survive in pretty much any ecosystem

[@kanamesuzaku1138]

Honestly the whole of the ice age was like Africa in terms of diversity, camels,horses,bison,bears,big cats,smilodons,hyaenas,humans,giant slothes the diversity was amazing sadly we lost it

[@averyjenson]

+Lute The Mage much of it also had to do with the changing climate as well and possibly other currently unknown possibilities

[@Moribax85]

@Lute The Mage sorry to burst your "self-blaming bubble", but it's not always human's fault. scientist are still debating the matter, and it was most probably a mix of different factors, from human intervention to climate changes, to increased competition for food, to who knows what else

[@ilo3456]

@Lute The Mage Actually Mega-fauna are not well suited for the more temperate climates of the post ice age world, that is the main reason why a lot of animals are actually a lot smaller, simply put the preferred ecosystems changed and became rarer, which lead to a die off of mega-fauna, animals go extinct when they can't adapt to new environments, we simply turned out to be particularly effective at adapting, thanks to our use of tools and fire, we were able to adapt far better to the changing climate, and could survive in pretty inhospitable conditions for most species.

[@kanamesuzaku1138]

Noah William Great Argument

[@fenrirgg]

@Lute The Mage Nah, blame climate change, ticks and the stupidly effective feline hunters. Maybe felines exterminated everything.

[@andrewcasey2704]

I loved that transition using the strange squid thing from one of your earlier videos, and I LOVED your bill wurtz reference. Keep up the great work!! I love this channel.

[@Sidorio]

So you've done the ancestors of domesticated dogs, horses, and now camels. What other domesticated animals can you give us a lesson on? Personally I'd quite like to see you revisit cats seeing as the only cat episode I'm aware of is the sabertooth episode.

[@OOOOOO-dx7zu]

pigs, cattles

[@kevinsocks]

I think they just did bone-crushing dogs and dire wolves, but not the more recent domestication of dogs?

[@spirited_stories08]

There was also the guinea pig episode. I want to see domestic cats as well. And maybe an episode about sheep and their relatives

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

Definitely want to see goat and sheep episodes. There are still a huge variety, domesticated and wild.

[@deathblade111]

I really want a pig episode

[@PercyMamedy]

I am from the Island of Mauritius and I would love to learn about the evolution of the Dodo Bird. Where it came from and it's lineage.

[@patricioiasielski8816]

Now it's a great time to make an episode about south american Ungulates! Awesome video, as usual!!

[@HuckleberryHim]

I've been requesting this so long

[@somedude140]

For such a large and diverse group of animals there's almost no information I can find on them. Seriously, not even finding specimens so well preserved we can do genetic testing on them and finally solving a nearly 200 year old mystery of what animals they were most closely related to apparently isn't even worth a mention in PBS Eon's can we extract DNA from ancient fossils video. I swear, it's a conspiracy at this point to keep these things as unknown to the public as possible.

[@HuckleberryHim]

@@somedude140 Most of the public just doesn't care, but you're right, the paper you reference was absolutely thrilling to read (it was published in Nature maybe 3 years ago?), and Meridiungulata is a massive group, with multiple large and unique groups within it (Litopterns, Astrapotheres, etc). They were also around only 10k years ago meaning, like almost all recent megafauna, they should still be alive today (if humans hadn't arrived in SA). It's bizarre that an entire huge slice of large mammal diversity is erased from the world and people's minds.

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

You should do each north American megafauna

[@averyjenson]

+captain thunderbolt same with Australia. In fact, they should do an episode on the convergent evolution present in Australian fauna.

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

@@gerardosalas9477 the Columbian mammoth, homotherium,mastodon

[@Hello-qd3uy]

Megafauna are the most interesting

[@fghsinging]

Geese

[@Ivar2x4]

hit me with that knowledge, Eons

[@tigercow]

Ivar bruh there isn’t a way for you to have watched the whole vid when you made this comment...

[@droopsmoop]

*The Camelid Explosioooonnnn*

[@danrhyev]

John DC bill wurtz is amazingly hilarious

[@Magmafrost13]

We could make a religion out of this

[@titan133760]

@@Magmafrost13 no don't

[@VinxPlanilla]

Wow, that's camels and stuff.

[@PipiLongStawlk]

Excellent video, I learned a lot and I will never look at camels the same way again. By the way, my jaw dropped when I saw the size of Megatylopus (a species that I never even knew existed). I had no idea that some ancient camels were that massive. I FREAKING LOVE PALEONTOLOGY

[@davidsi5376]

KZbin "camel eats cactus" its amazing! They eat it with thorns and all!

[@chiggsytube]

Sucks having no thumbs.

[@John77Doe]

David Si Camel peak diversity. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@Peusterokos1]

Chowing down cacti be like for those animals: *LIFE IS PAIN, I HATE*

[@mazvita18]

@@Peusterokos1 clip that

[@asdfghjklzxcvbnm6874]

well camels are a giant middle finger to desert

[@Frezzed]

Great episode eons! I'd love to see an episode about some of the wierdest and most niche features and adaptations that evolved during the eons of life! wierd horns, absurd bodies, and just other over the top stuff! Keep up the good work!

[@0thyme]

That was facinating! You hear a lot about species coming over the land bridge to the Americas but not the other way around.

[@joaolucasvieira2979]

That's why I love this channel! Intriguing content, lovely presentation and greatly informative experiences.

[@Sgt-Gravy]

Steve, SR, & Sam... thank you all for keeping these channels I love alive. Eons, Space, & healthcare triage

[@stefmellon9748]

Love this one! We would love to see a video on the history of dog and cat domestication!

[@kevinsocks]

Agreed! Would be very interesting.

[@elizabethnorth2828]

I love this channel so much, I get so excited and happy I stop working and shout "everyone leave me alone, I'm watching EONs!"

[@nekononiaow]

Great episode, thanks. Camels are one of my favorite animal. They are super tough and adaptable yet super calm and friendly. They eat and drink very little compared to their size and can walk for hours under super harsh conditions. They are slow but unstoppable. And I have read that they produce one of the tastiest and rich milk, which unfortunately I have yet to try.

[@ticsyringe9517]

Entirely unrelated, but I feel the need to ask, whats with the Tully Transition ™ at 2:35?

[@pedrosampaio7349]

So for camels, we humans were *THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK?*

[@jamessparkman6604]

Metaphorically speaking

[@jodinanny1105]

I love watching all of your videos but for whatever reason hearing “and Steve” at the end always cracks me up.

[@redheadedstepchild5432]

Same😂

[@Marzapan92]

I really like these. They are narrated so well!!!!

[@ironsnowflake1076]

Really love the illustrations of the North American rainforests camels evolved in, beautiful, awesome vid, life rarely takes the path that seems apparent 💓

[@CalebJMartin]

3:40 That Bill Wurtz reference has been seen and appreciated 👌

[@fallingasleepaswespeak]

i thought i was the only one who noticed!!

[@rejask448]

These videos are the prime example of great content.

[@kokepasu4583]

Is this why llamas and camels can breed?

[@thenutella8846]

Yuh

[@itacom2199]

Wait, they can?

[@jabby6709]

​@@thegloriousquran1208 llamas kinda scare me tbh... I don't know why

[@davell1078]

@@jabby6709 because you never met a guanaco...

[@farishope6540]

@@davell1078 🤣🤣🤣

[@UdderlyEvelyn]

You finally got me, a thing that I had no idea about whatsoever.

[@gillesackermans2520]

Could you make a video why mammals began giving life birth instead of laying eggs? And also why some reptiles give life birth instead of eggs.

[@Dragrath1]

The trait has also appeared in Sharks And even extinct animals like Mesozoic sea reptiles, and Placoderms fossilized while giving birth...

[@tmc059]

Loved every second of this! Thank you!

[@martir701]

Mega “Ty Lopez” there in his garage with his snack pack

[@enriquehartmann8642]

Thank you so much for doing these videos.

[@rehobothtoye]

Love eons

[@nikkibishop8025]

Thanks again, Steve!

[@onegrapefruitlover]

This was way more interesting than I initially thought Camels are super rad

[@marydonohoe8200]

This is an amazing channel. Revelations every day!!!

[@HueManatee]

3:40 nice reference to bill wurtz

[@louf7178]

First heard about this in an episode of Death Valley Days. They outrun (Indian) ponies. Pack camel can haul 1000 lbs., can travel 90 mi./day, need practically no water, can survive for weeks from humps, four stomachs (one stores water), one or two humps, require almost no sleep, can eat a cactus. - Yes, I jotted down some of the notes.

[@definitelynotruss9141]

So what were camels like back in the day? *Bigger and there's more of them~*

[@dardar1862]

Really love this channel!! Thanks 🙏

[@indigotaylor-noguera7119]

Another interesting video I would like to see done by PBS Eons is one of the evolution of Pronghorns (Family: Antilocapridae) and discussing why only one species (Antilocapra americana) is left, despite the abundance of genera as recently as the Pleistocene.

[@KibAJoel]

I just love this channel :)

[@Skyler.142]

3:46 is that a Bill Wurtz reference? We can make a religion out of this

[@cinquine1]

no, don't Ok but like actually do, I just wanted to make the joke

[@titan133760]

@@cinquine1 how about we do anyway

[@sherab2078]

Great material! And I really appreciate citations in the descriptions under the video.

[@MikaylaPope]

Youre my favorite one to to these videos! Be part of more!

[@randomcanadian6890]

I've always wondered why my Doberman uses a pacing gait at low and medium speeds. I enjoy telling people he jogs like a camel, but I have no idea why. Great video!

[@crispykernal2971]

Camels are like off brand horses

[@calimerohnir3311]

@Mac Mcskullface so the knock-off has become more successful than the original? Kinda like Oreo and Hydrox in a way

[@crispykernal2971]

@Mac Mcskullface or i should say horses with accessories

[@LazyCat010]

Now Alice. Is a. Horse!

[@averyjenson]

What’s even more impressive is that they were able to find niches in almost every single biome

[@johnsantos9108]

A camel is what happens when you leave a horse out in the sun. It gets all lumpy and melty looking.

[@arijitkundu9655]

Genuinely informative and captivating as well. Thank you.

[@Usulcardo]

The subject of speciation reminded me of the case of the Italian sparrow . It would make for a good episode, given the hybrid nature of that species. It's quite a nice example of speciation and a fascinating one to me (the fact that they originated from hybrids).

[@oddpotato4038]

i would love to see that too. sparrows are really fascinating animals

[@Crazymexicano214]

Your channel gets me through my job while entertained, thanks guys (:

[@gillesackermans2520]

Could you make a video about how monitor lizards became mosasaurs?

[@gillesackermans2520]

@Mac Mcskullface okay, I have learned something new, thanks

[@averyjenson]

I think they may have mentioned during the snake episode, to which also may be related to Mosasaurs.

[@joschuaknuppe5849]

Problem with mosaurus is that it is not quite settled who they evolved, even at this years SVP meeting there were talks that could challenge everything we know right now about them and their evolution.

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

@@joschuaknuppe5849 There seems to be quite a bit up in the air. As I study biology... Really love your Paleostream Sketch Compilation. For those not familiar. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqrPZGCEr6x6atk

[@GigawingsVideo]

@Mac Mcskullface How about Komodo Dragons?

[@ianchristopher367]

We need an episode on synapsids! Therapsids, gorgonopsids. The entire proto-mammal family tree and history, and notable species!

[@derekdenouden1822]

I'm a simple man, I see a video on camel evolution, I like.

[@chiquilio]

I didn't think I would watch the whole video, but it was very engaging and interesting, nice work :)

[@travelers8607]

CAVE HYENAS!! Please. :3

[@galkepic9229]

Wait this was a thing? I've heard of cave lions and bears. Cave hyenas are new to me. That would be neat.

[@travelers8607]

@@galkepic9229 yeah, they were pretty big creatures... There also exists some cave paintings of them that are pretty neat. 😊

[@Jobobn1998]

I love this channel.

[@ivanclark2275]

What’s the evolutionary relationship between camels and giraffes? Do they just look similar or are they more closely related to each other than to other hoofed mammals?

[@scranton8582]

Purely Looks that make people think they're related. The closest living member outside the girafridae family is found in north america and is the Pronghorn. (a short antelope like animal) Even though giraffes and camels are both even-toed, this group includes everything with hooves that isnt a rhino. horse and tapir. What you've got to remember is that nature doesn't care much on if cousins look the same (take the elephant and hyrax) it just cares to what survives and works. Also another point to add is that people think the giraffe and camel are related due to the giraffe scientific name 'camelopardus' which yes does include the word camel. all you have to do is look into the original translations of the latin used and you'll find that camelus was used for creatures with long necks, like the ostrich ( strutheo camelus). The origin to the giraffes latin is long neck (camelus) and spotted (pardus). Pardus being used for others as well like cats. why do you think its called a leopard. (spotted lion)

[@marlineharrold1937]

awesome vid! Thanks lots for sharing.

[@amyreynolds7244]

Every time megafauna get mentioned in these videos, my first thought is "Oooo I wanna ride it!"

[@redheadedstepchild5432]

Hahahaha

[@yumokaro2443]

i think this is my most favorite presentation yet. Good job. Also, the piano music was a nice touch :)

[@DavidRReed]

Thanks! I like learning natural history a lot. Keep it coming and I'll be watching. Dave ☺️

[@benrinehart7776]

Possibly ome of my fav eons episodes. So many fun twists and turns in the history of these animals!!

[@LimeyLassen]

You need a better map projection.

[@rml2765]

Camels are like the ultimate animal, they’re like the snakes of mammals. Have weird beginnings but are suited for many different conditions

[@aliraza3936]

Which stomach evolved first, the one of the pseudo ruminants or ruminants, I've been asking this question for quite some time but got no answer.

[@oddpotato4038]

curious... what is the difference between the two?

[@aliraza3936]

@@oddpotato4038 the ruminants one has 4 chambers while pseudo ruminants one has 3 chambers.

[@oddpotato4038]

+verreaux thanks for the explanation I hope they do a video about your question

[@michaelvangundy226]

Hey Mike, Mike, Mike. What day is it? It's HUMP DAYYYYYYY!

[@Blumart]

Thank Mr. Steve.

[@LeoDas688]

It is amazing to know that so many animals existed in the North America and then moved old world and while disappearing from North America

[@lexalina132]

“Come on camelids, let’s go eat grass!” “Nope, can’t eat that. And there’s soft fruit here so i don’t care.”

[@judywaits4u]

It is amazing that today there are more wild camels living in Australia than any other country in the world.

[@ssibyl4376]

i tell my friend this friend: Yea i know that Me: oh really Me in my mind: No you didnt

[@bigfootsburneraccount9160]

😂

[@rustyshakleford9222]

This videos are amazing

[@kennethsatria6607]

THERE WERE ELEPHANT SIZED CAMEL!?

[@rmatt24]

Would have been a sight to see!! O.O

[@shadetreader]

The people who brought camels to Australia aren’t ”settlers”. They’re colonisers. Invaders.

[@Bastonikov]

Last time I was this early camels were roaming Canada Okay. I'll leave now

[@wafflewarble2980]

Camelda

[@ainnothin9854]

I like this fellows delivery

[@crispykernal2971]

Are camels obedient like horses?

[@tec-jones5445]

Typically, yes, because they are fully domesticated. When they do get angry, aggressive, or restless, it's easy to tell because they spit.

[@thehuman2cs715]

@Mac Mcskullface yeah like how they can't run or their legs collapse

[@crispykernal2971]

@Mac Mcskullface the most I know about camels is from Brendan Frasier in the mummy

[@MrWadeSnow]

@@crispykernal2971 Lol

[@anatypicallyhumanperson7200]

@Mac Mcskullface I volunteered at an exotic animal rescue for about a year in my teen and I remember a pair of camels( sisters if my memory is correct). They were so sweet and affectionate. But smelly and almost as stubborn a donkey. I loved feeding them

[@willemvandebeek]

This is fascinating! :)

[@MusikCassette]

9:08 Horses? realy? I think that will be some time later that they come to northamerica

[@animalobsessed1]

Well, he's showing the wrong species of horse, but America did used to have its own species...

[@scranton8582]

Horses and their cousins, the rhinos and tapirs all find their origin to south america. Once the land connected the 2 americas the 3 species spread out across the world as north america was still connected to russia.

[@animalobsessed1]

@@scranton8582 The "horses" of that time looked about as similar to modern horses as the "camels" of that time do to modern camels.

[@pauldodds9646]

Horses actually evooved there originally

[@couchgrouches7667]

@@animalobsessed1 That's not exactly true. Modern horses (Equus) likely evolved in North America and crossed over into Eurasia, only to cross back into North America.

[@Seamus322]

In the 1800's, the U.S. Army imported camels as pack animals for the West. After the experiment, the survivors were turned loose and were sighted for decades after throughout the Southwest.

[@joeys4289]

Steve! #PBSEONSISLOVE

[@sjandrews]

Love these videos

[@carmelosaurus7480]

I see what you did there with the title of this video very clever very very clever P.S. When dinosaurs roamed America

[@rhygro796]

Loved that bill wurz reference