Euoplocephalus: Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong #9

thegeekgroup.org/ - This week: a dinosaur that's surprisingly accurate, but still manages to be very wrong in other ways. The armored dinosaur Euoplocephalus was a Cretaceous Period specimen that was indeed very much as the toy portrays, but Steve's gonna get nit-picky with it. For science!
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[@dinobroofmf]

“I’m gonna crouch down and swing my tail at you till you go away so I can go back to stuffing my face”

[@arfibutterkeks1927]

me when the waiter asks if everything is ok im not allowed within 100 feet of that restaurant anymore after swinging my tail at people..

[@bigcahoonah5318]

Thats what Rich celebritys do

[@speedrunnersfcone1614]

@@arfibutterkeks1927 what exactly are you?

[@dougrious_diswiggle]

Same with me, but replace “tail” with “arms”

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@dougrious_diswiggle I... understand that. Very well. 😎

[@greblats]

"They've banded it like an armadillo....It should have nine bands." There is an actual animal called the Nine-banded Armadillo.

[@invisiblejaguar1]

Their tail clubs never fail to impress me. I'm not gonna mess with something that's walking around that well armored and armed.

[@walkerfloyd7145]

Leila Smith just bring along a few friends and equip yourselves with Bowie knives. Worked for utahraptor.

[@deadmeme8973]

@@walkerfloyd7145 there's no proof for advanced social behaviors in utahraptors though. Much likely that a young tyrannosaurid or something would try to get 'em

[@GgmanGoudeos]

Fan fact! The Ankylosaurus tail muscle (specilated muscle) plus how tough the bone and the club was enough not to break bones but to pulverise!

[@stalebread2997]

"I'm going to crouch down and swing my tail at you until you go away so I can go back to stuffing my face."

[@significantwyvern8652]

I love the way they slide the toy towards him as if he is some sort of dangerous thing

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

A few episodes ago, they materialized it like it was a TARDIS, which I thought was awesome, myself!

[@SecularMentat]

It would be extremely interesting to see a 3d printed update version in the same scale to see a good side by side comparison. Would really be a nice touch.

[@tomwang7004]

it might be a surprise to some from the younger generation, but there are many companies out there producing updated, scientifically accurate, dinosaur toy that is NOT 3D printed... What's important is a competent and knowledgeable paleo-artist instead of fancy technology.

[@mrbigoofs9820]

Safari Ltd

[@danielsteele6162]

Thiccasaurus

[@jossypoo]

I love the guesses made by predictive subtitles for dinosaur names, but Elvis Ellis is pretty good.

[@Tareltonlives]

Wow. That's actually decent for a cheap ankylosaur toy. I mean, I'm used to the theropod-headed one, but this one isn't that bad.

[@BaefullWolf]

"Like the lines on a baskets all ...but more painful" omg. This show is awesome.

[@wenthulk8439]

I'd like you to do one on Ankylosaurus. And Ankylosaurs are believed to have had a good sense of smell.

[@thelordofryebread880]

12:08 Ankylosaurids defense in a nutshell.

[@StevenBellettini]

Brian Sullivan : they are textured using photographs of construction paper; the shapes are vector art & it's all animated digitally. This is actually the episode that made me concede that the fake stop motion isn't feasible from a production standpoint; all those segments of armor & individual spikes were nearly as fiddly to animate as they would be with actual paper! So, for now at least, the dinosaur animations will be more like slides--that way we can get the episodes out in a more timely fashion. (I can't actually reply to your comment. KZbin is weird sometimes.)

[@bpatricksullivan]

These episodes are great. Are the cut-paper-style animations done with actual cut paper in any stage of the production, or are they 100% digital? The parts where the changes you describe are animated into the video are one of my favorite parts. I'd like to see a video about how you create those animations.

[@blablaforhknot]

Brian Sullivan designer degree here and it’s definitely digital

[@IceSpoon]

It's 3.30 am and I'm watching a dude talking about dinosaur toys. I love you, internet

[@thelordofryebread880]

Ankylosaurids are one of my favorite dinosaurs.

[@Kasmodamous]

They're one of my favourites too.

[@Sombraptor]

Lots of dromaeosaurid toys are very innacurate, maybe you should do one of those

[@videonmode8649]

5:29 I've heard in recent articles that proposed how it's nasal system was probably built to keep its internal body temperature regulated

[@jeffreygao3956]

Are you sure this ain't a Scolosaurus? Most of the "Euoplocephalus" depictions out there are actually Scolosaurus labeled Euoplocephalus.

[@jamespocelinko104]

I actually have this Euoplocephalus toy. It came in a dinosaur playset carry case along with a T-rex, Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Ceratosaurus, Stegosaurus, and Styracosaurus. They have a number of inaccuracies but what's funny is that I have an older set of dinosaurs that are the same except lower quality build and paint job. In that set it was labeled as Ankylosaurus.

[@SuperAllosaurusRex]

Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong: Allosaurus Fragillis

[@Polska675]

These are some of my favorite videos on youtube, so I hope they keep these up for a long while!

[@whestaudio720]

Same

[@robwellington3436]

I want you to make a video about iritator a small spinosaurid.

[@AndriaTheKobold]

I know it was a marine reptile and not so much a dinosaur, but could you do plesiosaur?! it's always been a favorite

[@dmdizzy]

Me: Oh no, he's gonna pronounce it "hop-lights".. Him: *does that* Me: Called it- Note: "He said it wrong!" *cue pleasant surprise*

[@GuillePuerto]

So, where could one obtain toy dinosaurs that are not wrong?

[@simonragnarson22]

Me: 5:00 Cashier: Sir this is Wallgren’s

[@TheIgDemon]

Oh! I have/had one of these dinosaurs! Dunno what I did with it though... Looked almost exactly like this one except it was a dark red. On another note, if you haven't already, you should do a Spinosaurus toy! They are some of the worst things I've ever seen, aside from Dimetrodon toys.

[@whestaudio720]

Half the spinosaurus toys are dimetrodons

[@jagk-du3yw]

+james henriot 98% of the other half are generic theropods with a sail

[@MrAnnesoleima]

I have just binge-watched all episodes! I have to say, I prefer no background music... It's confusing. But the rest makes me so happy. Thanks!

[@dlindeman]

Love your show ...You should make up a judgement chart to give a rating # at the finish ...

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Oooo, the Tank class. I've always liked these rocky guys.

[@damp8277]

So they have more like a flattened plant prickles than spikes. That is nice

[@Kenneth_A_H]

what a cool dino also Amargasaurus would be cool to see.

[@kyle857]

Love your videos. It would be nice at the end if you showed a side by side of the original picture of the toy next to the version you made with all of the corrections.

[@earlmaudrie5850]

Euplocephalus is a Cretaceous dinosaur, if I recall correctly? Around the same time as flowering plants? Could it be their more advanced nasal cavities filtered out pollen? Or, now that I'm typing, it seems more likely it would filter out sand and dust in the air. They live in xeric areas, correct?

[@cerberaodollam]

"I don't have a real world equivalent" - rose thorns!!!

[@jessicaballard8034]

Awesome. XD I'd like to see you take apart an old Spinosaurus (man those things were wrong...)

[@whestaudio720]

That vid would be too long

[@ninjaGrim1]

really good animations in this one

[@nyax129]

Id love to see an update now of this after the find now

[@antoniomitreski9937]

He is Just roasting dino toy companies

[@jasonphillips4301]

Hello sir, do you only do dinosaurs or prehistoric marine reptiles as well? I love pliosaurs

[@loganengelman9927]

Ankylosaurus was actually about 5 1/2 feet tall, but I know this is dated...

[@ultimazillarex1076]

The toy version is still adorable!

[@brettgabbitas1852]

The sculpture didn't understand the three quarters view of Sibbick's Euoplocephalus painting.

[@Tareltonlives]

I own a glow in the dark version of this toy. Interestingly, there are very few Euoplocephalus toys explicitly named as such.

[@danielmcsween884]

Do mosasaurus, leiplueredon or kronosaurus!

[@cjarts6353]

Hey maybe you should do a review on Ark Survival Evolved dinosours

[@OscarGonzalez-iz2xc]

Would like to see ankylosaurus

[@guilmon182]

Eh-woah-plocephalus?! I always say You-plocephalus...

[@FangsFirst]

I always pronounced it (dropping emphases and being lazy about transcribing my phonetics): "You-oh-plo-ce-pha-lus". Wikipedia seems to back me up: "yoo-OP-loh-SEF-ə-ləs" "Eh-oh" is...really weird to me, I'm not sure where that would even come from...

[@Symphing12]

In Ancient Greek , ΕΥ would be pronounced separately as /eu/.

[@gdwolf7]

Great one!

[@KaelBanner]

I wonder if the thick ankles is just to make the toy more solid...

[@holothuroid9111]

I would so buy a set of your accurate toys.

[@caboosetheblu3451]

Can you do a Giganotosaurus

[@ryanpowell5846]

I love this show

[@CJCroen1393]

If you guys are still taking requests, maybe a maniraptor of some kind next?

[@louisg.9161]

so basically.....more violent

[@gyrrakavian]

Which type of dragon was supposed to make a honking sound? This might be it.

[@joggisack4205]

Very nice Video can you do a Video about Gallimimus? pls

[@kasinokaiser1319]

2:07 thicc

[@Suusleepy]

I think it would be very interesting if Ankylosaurs butted heads like cows or turtles, there might not be any evidence of that and it wouldn't make much sense, but maybe a really big species would instead of tail bashing since it takes so much energy and the shock can go through the armor so it makes sense that they would just have shoving matches

[@Vladimir_4757]

Can I get "I crouch down on the ground and swing at you 'til you leave and then continue to stuff my face." on a t-shirt

[@Kila-Innova]

A large part of the reason I watched this video was because I had no idea now to pronounce the name of this animal.

[@FangsFirst]

According to most sources I'm aware of--and this has been my favourite dinosaur for like a quarter of a century--suggest he pronounced it wrong. Presumably it's a secondary pronunciation from somewhere, but I've never heard or seen it transcribed before. I'm most familiar with this: "yoo-OP-loh-SEF-ə-ləs"

[@McChicken03]

Ah, yes. The Hammer Turtle Pig.

[@ithinkitssimon]

Can you please talk about stenonychosaurus? I seriously doubt any toys were made but they've freaked me out for ages.

[@Tareltonlives]

I believe Invicta made one for the British Natural History Museum, but it's rare now. Stenonychosaurus, by the way, in an invalid name. It's been synonymized with Troodon.

[@whestaudio720]

+Tareltonlives oh

[@markbell9742]

Thanks. Cheers, Mark

[@Raptorman0205]

I wonder why it didn't have any armor at all on its tail. I realize it needed to have the tail remain more flexible than the rest of the body, but seeing as it's the part of its body that probably most regularly saw interaction with predators, I would have figured some bony structures would have remained.

[@Blobstermob]

You probably dont remember the content of this video being the comment is two years old. He does state the tail bones were pretty stiff and I doubt it would need armor tbh, as nothing would be able to get ahold of its tail without getting smacked in the face. Edit: spelling

[@Raptorman0205]

@@Blobstermob Revisiting this comment, yeah, probably wasn't very necessary on account of the giant ball of death attached to the end of it lol though given his more recent commentary on "bony rod" structures, they're more likely ossified tendons than actual bone. Which makes a lot of sense, it would probably need very stout tail tendons to flail the club around, and likely would need to facilitate more side to side movement than up and down.

[@Snuzzled]

10:45 a better description for the shape would probably be a thorn rather than strictly conical.

[@Sea_Leech]

I know youve already done an anklyosaurid. But what about something more... Anky... ya know.. Ankylosaurus! We deserve some love for the honkers. They are, after all, the most well k own of all anklyosaurids

[@iron1215]

have you seen the oculus rift and don't you think that will be the best way to see how dinosaurs moved and to see the scale.

[@EMRLDPRTO]

0:24 I have that toy

[@novadriftgame]

Someone send this guy Umasou, from the anime "You Are Umasou"

[@raydar1541]

imagine this show in the same style more or less as drunk history...

[@damenwhelan3236]

When will we stop thinking of these aninals as "giant lizards" and thinking them as lizard like...

[@robokill387]

they weren't even that lizard like.

[@Algeriawindows69]

They didn't even look like lizards just call them dinosaurs

[@DarthVraak]

I had that same toy as a kid :D

[@maximevandeneynde7692]

I know it's not a dinosaur but please do Lycaenops

[@BeanLord69]

Wait so why is he a Sri Lankan pit viper?

[@egghaverr]

Heyy. That's pretty accurate.

[@Aaroncoop9162]

LoRdSaLsA hey, thats pretty good

[@MiguelWario05]

Shinji get in the robot!

[@OscarGonzalez-iz2xc]

The tail is unique

[@mistypikku]

Hey I have that same toy!

[@seppheinzl9378]

:o I had the exact same one!

[@FangsFirst]

No, but really: this is my favourite dinosaur. Where did that pronunciation come from? I've never heard or seen it before, and it doesn't make much phonetic sense to me.

[@zacharybunker1135]

bearded drragon scales have turned into spikes like that

[@eltio8288]

I had that toy when i was a kid

[@tylersaurusakro]

question, how do we know what dinosaurs had cheeks and lips? And why lips matter with sound?

[@mattiles4778]

#1dinofan Mezezoic Well, we know dinosaurs had cheeks based largely on what they ate. Herbivores generally had cheeks to hold food they were chewing, or in some cases just slicing up. As for beaks, that would go down to finding​ species with beaks and phylogenetically bracketing from there. Finally, I wouldn't say lips had much to do with sound, that would be more associated with cavities in the skull connected to the mouth or nose.

[@serghini11]

Do you do Godzilla figures as well? Or is that a obvious no? LoL

[@henryscott370]

2:11 *THICC*

[@theamericangamer2696]

Whats with the bearded dino In the beginning? Lol

[@TeethToothman]

❤❤❤

[@JamesVanegas-rj3kn]

I have that toy

[@felix25ize]

The made in China, always equal to itself ...

[@SamSitar]

being one of those killing machines must have been fun.

[@kobibaidoo9416]

Ankles bro🐗

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Comment for the Almighty Algorithm... watching these all, and trying to get a comment on all of them, while dealing with real life, sucks, sometimes. _~sigh~_

[@CreepyMcSteezerson]

Are there any animals with us today that have armored eyelids? If anyone knows, get back to me

[@pterrordactyl5694]

Is it me or does the neck look weird?

[@Wired_User]

I like Ankylosaurids because they were probably walking fart machines.

[@bswtsp21]

ARMORED EYELIDS

[@catlover10192]

The toy overall looks very mammalian. The horns in particular read as ears.

[@artemisfjt783]

Do a T. Rex