The Extinct Animals The Ancient Romans and Greeks Saw

[@ExtinctZoo]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

Why don’t you get to think and make a suggestion creating another KZbin Videos Shows that’s all about the Extinct Prehistoric Amphicyons (Bear Dogs) on the next Extinct Zoo coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

Extinctzoo can you please make a third channel focusing on mythical creatures, creatures from folklore, cryptozoology and Speculative evolution?

[@ellishoke1693]

Vote Trump.

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

@@ellishoke1693 what does that have to do with this video?

[@ellishoke1693]

@@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh absolutely nothing

[@MoebiusChungus]

A tiger that primarily hunted deer? Makes alot of sense why the Caspian Tiger was so fast and had good stamina. Would’ve been a truly scary beast to see in the forest.

[@bustavonnutz]

Most Tiger primarily hunt deer, especially Sambar & Axis Deer.

[@What_111]

Actually deer is one of the main prey of Bengal tigers and Siberian tigers. So basically every kind of tiger on earth is scary to encounter in a forest/jungle.

[@PolarBearFan24]

Yeah.

[@MrGksarathy]

That's most tiger subspecies, though.

[@khorjaeden6785]

@@What_111 Maybe Sumatran tiger is still ok

[@MystifiedBeef]

I’d like a video on what extinct animals the Aztecs and Mayans saw

[@demonzabrak]

It would be much harder to research that, but full agree it would be a fun thing to learn about.

[@Ami-jc2oo]

That'd be rad as hell.

[@amosbackstrom5366]

I believe there's some evidence they encountered gaint sloths.

[@VinixtheChair]

Yes same here

[@Complete.cyclepath]

​@@amosbackstrom5366 there are giant sloth bones that have been found in Brazil along the border of Peru that had been worked by humans to become tools. So yes it's extremely likely that they lived along one another.

[@leo99991]

Pretty sad Caspian tiger and barbary lion extinction. They survived both Greece and Rome, only to be wiped out by other humans.

[@just_some_greek_dude]

I mean Greece is still here

[@freeman4real]

Almost all animals have been killed by people

[@One.Zero.One101]

I didn't know some of these extinctions are actually quite recent. I had assumed they were long gone. I wish some of them reached the invention of photography so we could at least see what they looked like.

[@ameybirulkar7503]

​@@just_some_greek_dude He meant ancient Greeks.

[@eadghe]

Frankly, both looked just like a tiger and a lion.

[@SauloA333]

4:44 Interesting fact: Just like Poland is the last refuge for the European Bison, it was the same for the Aurochs too. The last Aurochs to ever exist was a lonely female who died in 1627 in Jawtorók forest, Kingdom of Poland; King Sigismund III honoured her death by covering her horns with gold. The skull was kept as a national treasure in the city till the Swedes invaded the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during The Deluge Wars and was looted by the Royal Army of Sweden. Nowadays a monument in Jaktorók tells the story and the skull is currently located in Stockholm.

[@carmogoncalvesleal2254]

Portugal recebeu este ano uma manada de bisontes europeus com o propósito de reintroduzir a especie em Portugal. Se bem me lembro eles vieram da tua zona da Europa 😊

[@AncientWildTV]

why or how they coverved her horns with gold?

[@lookash3048]

​@@AncientWildTVGold easy melt and is very soft material.

[@codymoon7552]

​@@AncientWildTVas for why, she was the last of her kind. A beast that has been side by side with us from the beginning, wiped from the earth in one day... Why wouldn't you honor her so?

[@AncientWildTV]

@@codymoon7552 yeah i know. Just wondered why its gold but not other materials and the benefit of it

[@notoriousbigmoai1125]

Next, please do extinct animals the ancient Chinese and Japanese saw.

[@Chaosattractor225]

Chinese traditional medicine, enemy of any and all living beings.

[@ValidOreo]

Great idea

[@BlackLotusVisualArchive]

Since Japan's history is actually much more recent compared to China, the animals that people saw in old Japan that are extinct, are much, much more recently extinct. Like the Japanese wolf, which was only exterminated in the Meiji period. The Jomon probably saw a lot more extinct animals, but the Jomon aren't exactly what most people think of when they think old Japan lol

[@SunnatSodiqov-y8m]

YESSSSSSSSSSS

[@ministryofanti-feminism1493]

Chinese and Japanese Dogs?

[@_ata_3]

It's a shame we lost such beautiful creatures for ever.

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

It breaks my heart. 😢

[@Complete.cyclepath]

Maybe not forever. We have wooly mammoths coming back in 2026 I believe.

[@kugelblitzkrieg]

Barbary Lions are still around, albeit only in captivity.

[@vegetalover9297]

​@Complete.cyclepath where you here this?

[@dylannoonan640]

​@@vegetalover9297it's called paleo rewinding which basically means bringing back extinct animals through genetic engineering to fill niches and improve ecosystems. It's still in the center of a major ethical debate as to whether it should be done due to the potential damage that it could cause if not handled correctly and the difficulty of understanding the effects of reintroducing species will have on the habitats

[@ggast82]

When Aristotle wrote about lions attacking people, he stated that the lions (not the people) had bad dental health meaning they could not hunt proper prey any more

[@AmericanAurochs]

Came here to say this, glad you beat me to it.

[@Arigriphantua]

You got it reversed. The lions didn't prey upon people who were elderly or had bad dental hygiene. Lions with bad dental hygiene or who were elderly preyed on the people.

[@williamswensenmotta1692]

Isn't that what happened on that bridge that one time?

[@Arigriphantua]

@@williamswensenmotta1692 Yep.

[@chriswilson6650]

What?

[@williamswensenmotta1692]

@@chriswilson6650 other animals hard. Humans soft and chewy. British wanted to build bridge somewhere and Africa, lions with cavities went nom.

[@zackzittel7683]

@@williamswensenmotta1692 the Tsavo lions from Kenya.

[@mayoite160]

Really depressed hearing about the Arabian ostrich and Caspian tiger, which went extinct only in the past few decades or last century :'(

[@em1osmurf]

we also snuffed the western black rhino, recently. 2011. wars, habit encroachment, are threatening the last remaining 2 subspecies.

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Don't worry they will be cloned eventually.

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

​@@MA_KA_PA_TIEThat is NOT how you should be looking at this.

[@DodoBirb]

@@JoshTrager-j9gy?

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

@@DodoBirb Because cloning things back from the dead hasn't even successfully worked yet, so we shouldn't be falling back on that option as some sort of safety net. That should be a last-ditch resort in the event that the worst does happen, nothing more.

[@jigarkapadia434]

Should've mentioned The Atlas Bears, the only modern Bear in Africa that the Romans used gladiator games.

[@harsha1989able]

I thought he would mention them...

[@KvngLeroy1]

There are bears in Africa?!

[@XxKamaelxX]

@@KvngLeroy1 were…the roman empire got them all

[@diademadiademoni202]

@@XxKamaelxX no, they survived until about 100-150 years ago if not less.

[@hoothoot7122]

@@diademadiademoni202with all the un explored caves in the world; I wouldn’t be surprised if died out way later than everyone thought or might even still exist

[@entguarde]

This July I visited Italy as part of an art class trip, and one place I won’t forget was this tiny museum inside a library in Florence. By that time I’d been seeing nothing but art history, so I decided with my mom to look for natural history museums. When I say it was tiny I mean was TINY, only two rooms. But oh my god it did not disappoint. It had ancient hominid remains and even a cave bear skeleton, but the thing that struck out the most to me was this aurochs skull that we could TOUCH. Apparently they had so many in the archives that they felt comfortable with letting the public touch them!

[@jancyvargheese5351]

Wow, that’s so cool!

[@insantonua]

well no, it's resin replicas.. the molds are made from real ones tho

[@aKalishnacough]

There's actually good evidence to suggest that these lions and tigers definitely were more aggressive towards humans than they are today. Lions and tigers over thousands of years have learns that humans are not food and are meant to be feared. These ancient cats had very little exposure to humans thousands of years ago and hadn't quite figured out that we're not food, yet.

[@dannyhernandez265]

Roman history + ancient animal history = chefs kiss 😘 amazing

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Umm. Chefs were slaves in roman times. No kissing unless your owner tell you to. Dont like it, the colloseum is right over there.

[@dannyhernandez265]

@@brandonhoffman4712 😂

[@StinginqNettle]

I like how this video goes "The ancient greeks hunted this animal but respected it, representing it in art and literature!" and then "The romans captured thousands every day, starved them nearly to death, put them in pits to kill the poor and be killed by the rich for entertainment! This may have contributed to it's extinction!"

[@Spiritkill1]

Because the Romans may have hunted on a large scale.

[@SumMfGoober]

Ironic how this pops up like, the day after I finish a test ON this subject 😭

[@mylessmith9758]

What an amazing test.

[@Puddlef1sh]

So close. Also, what an awesome class.

[@steventheasian5250]

What’s your major?

[@SumMfGoober]

@@steventheasian5250 I’m a junior in high school xD

[@devonwhitehouse4117]

I don't understand the irony. Seems like pure coincidence.

[@NathanCassidy721]

7:20 Predators have always been an issue that armies have had to deal with. Especially with the amount of carrion they generate. Famously in February 1917, the Eastern Front reportedly declared a cease fire to deal with a superpack of wolves. And despite having machine guns, hand grenades and rifles, they still couldn’t get rid of the wolves. And when you consider those armies had access to modern tech and still couldn’t deal with the problem, imagine what an ancient era army had to deal with.

[@pietropes1322]

Tigers in the Vietnam war as well were an issue, feeding on dead soilders and attacking them as well at times

[@MrGksarathy]

​@@pietropes1322Saltwater crocodiles were a huge issue during the Pacific War, and there were several incidents where whole units were wiped out by them.

[@AncientWildTV]

These animals are not only formidable predators but also highly adaptable and resilient. are there any way to get rid of them all?

[@Max-hn5fs]

@@AncientWildTV hopefully we won't get rid of them all. If we humans would have it our way, the only animals left would be housecats, dogs, cattle and all the pests we can't get rid of like flies, mosquitos and such. A completly ruined wildlife. But we humans will probably be the most deadly extinction event happening in history.

[@AndyZach]

@@pietropes1322 I talked with a Vietnam veteran in in the 90s who told me a story about a guy on a patrol yelling and shooting his M-14. The rest of the troop found him with a dead tiger.

[@erikm8372]

Also, I think that’s funny how Xerxes was taken aback by lion attacks. It’s not like his kingdom didn’t have the Asiatic/Persian lion, _Panthera Leo persicus_ in a greater population than today. Now they’re isolated to Gujarat, in west India. But the Asiatic subspecies’ bloodlines definitely influenced the lions of Anatolia, the Levant, and the eastern Mediterranean.

[@sonikku956]

The Asiatic subspecies of lion is actually the same subspecies as the West, Central, and North African lion

[@shqip_sumejja]

Great vid as usual. I'd love one about extinct Chinese animals, the Yangtze had a lot of different animals in the past for example

[@johannesblank1552]

0:38 What in the A.I. hellscape is that...

[@curious5887]

Sad seeing ExtinctZoo use AI noooo

[@Floatingshoelace]

I doubt he knew

[@stefthorman8548]

Art isn't an competition, calm yourself bozo.

[@Gonzo1850]

AI aint art "bozo" ​@@stefthorman8548

[@thesushifiend]

I know I had to stop and examine it! It’s hideous!!

[@saladinbob]

The North African Elephant was smaller than the Indian Elephant because there are many accounts of them being terrified at the size of the latter which the west Asian successor states used, such as the Seleucids. They weren't directly used by Roman Republic's armies, but they did employ mercenary units of them.

[@glennnolasco6892]

Isn't that the elephants used by Hannibal of Barca?

[@brandonhoffman4712]

And they got replaced by helicopters. Bring in the calvary! How many elephants can a chopper gun down? I guess thats why the menutia of history matters much less than the larger concepts weve learned from. Side note. Not a single horse exists on earth that wasnt manipulated by mankind. They used to be food before we found out we could genetically alter them to support a human rider.

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

The best channel about pre-historic life, i enjoy every second watching your vídeos, cheers from Brazil.

[@GamesXanimeX3]

ah olá compatritota, me pergunto se o extinct vai fazer um vai fazer um vídeo focando nos nossos(a corujinha nordestina ainda me deixa deprê T-T) , o All.about.nature focou no mico leão dourado em um de seus vídeos

[@bumblebabble18]

The first video in history I’ve caught within the first minute of upload. I hope it’s just as amazing as I know it can be.

[@maxweII_demon]

i got here at 6 minutes and i don't even have notifications on!

[@lilweepee]

either glazing or a bot

[@bumblebabble18]

Just as great as I thought it would be. Also glad that while not explicitly mentioned, Surus and the Syrian subspecies of elephant got a mentioned in passing.

[@callumg_0147]

​@lilweepee you're the bot "lilweepee"

[@crypt_hound]

I'm the bot. 🫥

[@travisdelafuente1150]

Do a video on what extinct animals early European Americans saw. Examples the Passenger pigeon, Carolina parakeet, California grizzly bear, Florida wolf, Caribbean monk seal, Mexican grizzly bear, Heath's hen, Ivory-billed woodpecker, Xerces blue butterfly, etc.

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

@@travisdelafuente1150 Damn those early Europeans........😡

[@KvngLeroy1]

I feel like it would just be a rehash of the native American video? Why not just early Europeans?

[@travisdelafuente1150]

@@KvngLeroy1 That would probably be a rehash of this video.

[@jancyvargheese5351]

Wait, did Florida had wolves? And is there any difference between California and Mexican grizzly bears?

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

@@jancyvargheese5351 Yes, historically all parts of the US had wolves, not just Florida. And yes, I'm pretty sure Californian and Mexican grizzly bears differed from one another. They lived in different habitats and had different dietary options available to them. For example, the Californian grizzlies scavenged by the coast for marine organisms, whereas Mexican Grizzlies ate different things, since they lived near the desert.

[@Tyrantrum858]

7:03 better brush your teeth kids, or the European lion will get you

[@epiceducation867]

Coolest way to make a kid brush his teeth🤌😎

[@Pleasewatchtransformersone]

W method

[@oentrepreneur]

Wait,how would the lion know someone had poor dental hygiene to attack them?

[@Prometheus7272]

@@oentrepreneurMabye they can smell gum disease and perceive you as weak and sick.

[@jancyvargheese5351]

Guys, he mistakenly said that. He meant lions with poor teeth, or teeth missing became man eaters, as their teeth weren’t strong enough to hunt their natural prey,but was enough to take down humans with soft and fragile skin.

[@mattthemarine46]

Knowing this breaks my heart. Poor animals now gone forever

[@joshjoshua-sv9xu]

Better them than us.

[@johnspettell1853]

Alexander first encountered Indian elephants in modern day Northern Iraq at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, years before he entered India. Also the elephants Pyrrhus used at Heraclea against the Romans were Asian elephants, gifted to him by his father-in-law Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt.

[@brendankelly9789]

So was most likely as least one of the elephants Hannibal used against the Romans.

[@johnspettell1853]

@@brendankelly9789 Yep. The Syra, his largest elephant.

[@DragonKing-te9wy]

A horse-sized tiger is the type of thing to stalk my dreams at night! If that thing wanted you - you're done - there is no escape, there is no resistance. You are done.

[@hazeshi6779]

On the other hand imagine using a horse sized tiger as a mount... you'd be feared as much as the huge tiger

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Imagine that mankind decided that animal was a threat. Where is it now? Imagine mankind decided the short faced bear was a threat. Where is it now? Imagine a dog built like a bear, makes the kitty look cute. But mankind has out competed the entire planet. If orcas keep sinking boats they might be next... They dont even know what they are messing with.

[@InChristIDelight]

I have had a dream of a malicious tiger trying to kill me… would not recommend!

[@yvettestrickland4546]

Of all the channels involving paleontology on you tube!....extinct zoo is my personal favorite!...keep up the good work.

[@tvbnine793]

Can we please get an extinct animals the Vikings saw video? Idk if they did, but I would find that interesting

[@the_coronation]

jörmungandr cameo is coming

[@TheEggmaniac]

That sounds like an intrguing idea. But now Im wondering what animals would the vikings have seen, that were not included in this video. The only ones that come to mind are the Icelandic walrus and great auk. Probably still worthy of video though.

[@tvbnine793]

@@TheEggmaniac they still have wolves and bears in Scandinavia, don't they?

[@TheEggmaniac]

@@tvbnine793 Yes but the whole theme of this is extinct animals the Ancient romans and Greeks saw. So a video about what extinct animals the vikings saw would not include wolves and bears. As they are not extinct.

[@JohnyG29]

I doubt they saw anything that people and civilisations far more interesting than the "vikings" saw.

[@bdrenfro]

Singular: aurochs Plural: aurochsen Like ox and oxen.

[@docclabo6350]

Actually, the plural is also aurochs, like deer and deer.

[@bdrenfro]

@@docclabo6350 my point is that one is still an aurochs.

[@barnie4203]

Ngl this channel has been my go to late night watch before bed and im loving it! Keep up the absolute banger videos!

[@InChristIDelight]

Same!

[@georgecyp.4581]

Funny, the one emperor who didn't enjoy gladiators and hunting, Nero,is considered to be the most psychopath emperor

[@pennietaylor-stachelrodt296]

Well that was depressing

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

Isn't it though? 😢

[@marcelomelo9977]

It's so sad to know that some species could have easly be extanct till today if it wasn't for overhunting

[@JoshTrager-j9g]

Guns are an evil, evil invention.

[@joshjoshua-sv9xu]

It’s not it’s just nature and most of these animals are extremely dangerous animals that would pose a huge danger to us

[@ThisAlbino]

>Ancient China >Shows Korea

[@reighguevarra114]

@0:16, the clip showed koreans, not chinese civilization.

[@laurenthomas7074]

This is such an awesome topic i had no idea aurochs lasted so long before extinction! Or that lions were in European so late, and I'd never heard of the caspian tiger!

[@FlintSparkedStudios]

After the 5th thumbnail change, I’ve decided to watch this.

[@romylosvspartan4208]

Greeks my people 🇬🇷

[@s.marcus3669]

We in Israel are glad that our two nations are friends now, thank you!

@@s.marcus3669 Israel isn't friends with anyone at the moment, kid.

[@s.marcus3669]

First, I'm sixty years old, meaning I'm probably twice as old as you, plus a few years. Your ignorance gives away your age. Second, Israel has a lot of secret admirers around the world which you are obviously unaware of. Suggest you get over to Prager University and start to undo the bullshit which was poured down your empty cranium in the last twelve years of public skrewl.....

[@KvngLeroy1]

Why not?

[@mpidismpidaros4927]

@@s.marcus3669 greeting from greece friend .Good luck with the situation there .All the best

[@gruzza9000]

Hey bro i see you changing up your video's presented picture alot actually, and i am so often impressed by how much effort you go to just to make it look good. Good stuff dude

[@blackpajamas6600]

6:26 This is easily the most badass art ever conceived.

[@sarantissporidis391]

The ancient Greek authors believed that the African elephant was smaller than the Asiatic one, which sounds a bit odd at first. But they were actually writing about the north African elephant which was indeed smaller. The African elephant we know today wasn't known to the ancient Greek and Roman world due to the barrier that the Sahara desert posed.

[@KvngLeroy1]

Yeah I thought that was weird, especially since even the African elephants alive today are actually smaller than they used to be due to poaching targeting the bigger and larger males and reducing the genes to the smaller ones.

[@drpepper-is-a-woman206]

Just found this channel and i am absolutely hooked. Been telling everyone at work too. I love hearing about extinct animals, its fascinating and makes me appreciate how we got here. Our prehistoric family members are so cool and mysterious ❤

[@MightyLeviathan]

Do you really have to censor the sculptures and pictures? Or does youtube demonetize art from 3k years ago?

[@warlordofbritannia]

Most of the art is about 500-600 years old at most. Those are classical paintings from the Renaissance. But yes. Because education isn’t profitable, so why bother making an exception for that material? Easier to treat it as explicit.

[@chriswhinery925]

Most of KZbin's censorship and demonetization stuff is all AI algorithm based. It doesn't know the difference between a picture made 500 years ago and one made 5 minutes ago.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Imagine if Cave Bears, Sabertooth Cats, Wooly Mammoths, Wooly Rhinoceroses, and Irish Elk didn't went extinct? Or if the empires existed in the Pleistocene?

[@Ben-iz9ud]

Well we would probably be built like Neanderthals still with much greater strength and bone density

[@joshjoshua-sv9xu]

The would would be a much more dangerous place for us.

[@davidviner5783]

Some impressive and well-presented research here. Very interesting. I think the singular form of aurochs is still aurochs and Pliny is not pronounced Pline-y, but Plin-y. It is now common to use BCE and CE in scientific research.

[@TeaDrivenDev]

Correct on the "aurochs" part. "Aurochs" comes from German "Auerochse", in which the "-ochse" means "ox". "Auroch" is not a word.

[@blue-phoenix115]

If I had to fight an extinct animal, I’ll fight a Dodo.

[@justtheilluminativ282]

I would like to see a video on the extinct animals the ancient Mayans and Chinese saw, as well as a video on the extinct animals European explorers and American pioneers saw

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

It's a shame the Romans didn't invent football or rugby to feed their psychotic bloodlusts and instead they chose to drive these magnificent beasts into extinction.

[@ferrjuan]

You forgot the Atlas Bear the only bear species native to Africa.

[@codymoon7552]

The one Elephant that crossed the alps that wasnt a North African Elephant was a Syrian Elephant. A much larger and more robust species that was also driven to extinction by Rome. His name was Surus.

[@billybones9117]

It's depressing to see that you blank out classical depictions of naked humans but can show graphic depictions of extreme violence.

[@Intrusion498]

Ground news finna sponsor every animal youtuber

[@bingus_dingus]

I love this video so much. The mix of history and animals makes me feel happy

[@chriskylo323]

This channel is really cool, just stumbled upon with a KZbin “recommendation”, enjoying and learning thanks creators, awesome stuff.

[@komodomp3]

I love the spacebar sounds after every take

[@PolarBearFan24]

Woah this video is a lot longer than ur usual videos

[@kabohakevin4103]

Please do a video on the extinct animals ancient Africans saw

[@theaviatroy]

0:17 that's South Korean 😭 and I'm not even from that country

[@veganmeatballsareyoukiddingme]

Ok?

[@Kam_Roxx]

Congratulations ☕️

[@westonprather3157]

Honestly, who fucking cares?

[@pabsitterab675]

@@westonprather3157well considering this is an educational video I do. I care about accuracy and even tiny details like these matter.

[@lostvayne104]

​@@pabsitterab675literally nobody does you're just trying to get likes on your comment

[@Eli-akad]

Didn’t u already make a video like this? I only ask because I remember saving a video with the exact same title and thumbnail style to my watch later that’s been sitting there for months🤔

[@jlgonzales2322]

Please do.. What Extinct animals that Ancient Chinese or the Aztecs/Mayans saw

[@codymoon7552]

The Aztec and Mayans are way way more recent that you're thinking bro. Famously, a lot of Aztec structures were being constructed in the 12 to 1300s

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@codymoon7552 The reason the Aztecs get so much attention is because they happened to be the major power in Mexico when the Spanish showed up.

[@codymoon7552]

@@warlordofbritannia that, the Genocide carried out by the spanish, and the fact that uhhh, oh I dont know THEY ARE STILL HERE.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@codymoon7552 Still here, no thanks to the Spanish 😂

[@codymoon7552]

@@warlordofbritannia many such cases lol

[@Inyourbox-kr5uf]

Fire video start to finish

[@lilweepee]

bro what speed are you watching

[@darrencorrigan8505]

Thanks, Extict Zoo.

[@Trex_Matcha]

according to google, the caspian tiger went extinct in 2003, literally 4 years before i was born 😭, I would've known about it in my childhood if it lived a bit more longer

[@Tiger89Lilly]

I was born in the 80s and I'm sure we were told as kids it went extinct before WW1 (1914 - 1918) I don't remember the date though

[@VitZ9]

I really hope you are censoring that amazing ancient artwork just for KZbin, and not because genitals might offend someone. 🙄 Otherwise, it's a sad time in human history if we have to censor art. 😢

[@KvngLeroy1]

It's obviously for youtube no one is getting angry over some pecker

[@DinoPalaeosc]

Oh yes I want to see big black

[@KvngLeroy1]

@@DinoPalaeosc bro?

[@SpeedDemon_Editzzz]

Keep churnin out this History x Prehistoric shit Man 🗡⚔🦕

[@taheralikhan908]

You make a good video i almost forgot the strength and abilities of caspian tiger.🐯🐅but please make a video in what central and south asian peoples saw.👀🐘🦏🐅🇮🇳👍😃❤️

[@livelyilyaas5563]

Make a vid on ancient Amazon rainforest pls

[@raidenkou]

@@Randomaccount-l4qmaybe YOUR the bot

[@carracinganddinosaurs6288]

Its possible the tigers Aleksandar saw were caspian tigers , as Afghanistan was considered by some to be the western most part of India back then.

[@maddiehite3502]

16:42 my favorite animal has been the elephant for as long as I can remember. I am also Greek and an ancient history nerd and a nature lover. This video just became a pivotal part of my personal string theory. Thank you, Extinct Zoo.💙🐘🏛✨🥹

[@megabytes6434]

Bro the clip of Leonidas had me rolling! Some good parent, like those Tigers 😂

[@long4140]

Hey man, i watched all your vids and it is amazing. But could you also make videos about the insect ages too?

[@mikepatton8691]

I really struggle to believe that an unarmed human, no matter how strong or combat experienced they are, could take down a full grown lion. Unless the lion was drugged or injured beforehand I just don't see how a human would stand a chance with no weapons.

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Ancient Greek settlers were in Egypt since 7 century BC when the Pharaoh Psamtik I, hired them as mercenaries and allowed them to settle in Naukratis. The Mycenaeans and Minoans had trade relations with Egyptians and the various people in modern day Libya, so they were certainly there even earlier as well. The ancient Greeks knew about the North African elephant much earlier than you stated, Herodotus writes about the Elephants of Aethiopia and Libya which he obtained from earlier sources

[@Camds1111]

Curious about what the Mesoamericans saw

[@Spiritkill1]

One of the extinct animals which Romans may have acquired would be the Aurochs.

[@ExoticBankai]

Really interesting !

[@jumpupdown2556]

Aurochs is an interesting name for a cattle breed. There was an ancient Babylonian god named Moloch. This god was traditionally represented as a calf.

[@classmst89]

War elephants would have been an amazing yet terrifying thing to see

[@alg94]

fun fact: when Rome and North Africa went to battle, the romans put fake trunks on their horses so that the North African war elephants would mistake them for baby elephants and wouldn't want to attack

[@shahmeer-nf9fj]

please do extinct animals the ancient mesopotamian saw

[@taylorgravely2004]

So disappointing how ancient humans handled wild animals with poaching/killing/games etc. absolutely no effort to preserve or prevent beautiful species from being lost to time forever. I guess at that point they really just didn’t understand and were still somewhat animalistic themselves.

[@MrTable678]

Honestly, the world is probably better off without the European lions.

[@joshjoshua-sv9xu]

Really not missing the array of blood thirsty dangerous wild animals prowling around the countryside 👍

[@exxence326]

Yes sirrr! another banger

[@Timsmith13911]

19:04 there’s also a small giraffe so it’s likely both were juveniles

[@NathanOlaleye]

our ancestors were tough people. I feel ashamed being a skinny loser.

[@KvngLeroy1]

To be fair most hunters back in the day were skinny, granted it was a lean muscular type of skinny but all you have to do is some cardio and home workouts and you can get there man

[@aidanbagwell7879]

That picture of the man guillotine choking the lion is so badass

[@deathhimself4676]

Great video.

[@Bouch1018]

Sitting and thinking about extinction for any species of anything alive is really wild. Save for technology, these creatures just don’t exist anymore. It’s sad, normal, and needed all at the same time.

[@ricksondenden5406]

This just makes me hate humans more. Hope we can all learn from this...specifically rich dentists that go on trophy hunts

[@rahjeel]

Great beasts laid low by the cruelty of man. Caspian Tigers and Barbary Lions are amazing creatures.

[@cdkw2]

Perfect way to start the day!

[@mistergoats4380]

Thank you. Excellent video

[@catdog7660]

@ExtinctZoo you're the best bro keep doin your thing 👍💪

[@zac9933]

3:25 "Steer clear" good one.

[@Pleasewatchtransformersone]

Caspian tiger was a beast it had all traits for predators need for hunting prey fast big strong good stamina

[@AntiquatedApe]

There is a belief that the lion filmed for Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's logo, Leo the Lion, is directly descended from a Barbary lion.

[@joshjoshua-sv9xu]

He was definitely an African lion.

[@AntiquatedApe]

@@joshjoshua-sv9xu Barbary coast = Africa

[@joshjoshua-sv9xu]

@@AntiquatedApe the other one x

[@Drakovenator]

Dear ExtinctZoo i have a question why do you delete a lot of your videos on your channel is there a reason for it? If so you are probably thinking of remade does videos that you delete also don't you think that deleted those videos of yours will cause them to be lost media do you have also plans of preseving and reuploading those videos that you deleted?

[@ExtinctZoo]

Yup, you got it, videos I take down are usually ones that I liked, but think I could do a better job on now, I haven't deleted any of them. I just made them private, so they still exist.

[@Gfan2015-o5g]

You should do a video on the Mesonychians at some point. They were a group of carnivorous ungulates that were some of the first mammalian apex predators.

[@drunkbillygoat]

Oooo arta was mentioned. I go every year. I should read up on its history more.