Hunting For Prehistoric Sharks

[@theextraordinaryexperience]

2:21 Ah, the elusive "horse foot shoe thing" - fine specimen!

[@benjiewasquin3451]

Ya mean hoof

[@theextraordinaryexperience]

@@benjiewasquin3451 Nope. Definitely distinct species of horse foot. 2:21

[@benjiewasquin3451]

@@theextraordinaryexperience oh ok

[@amberrichards2778]

Worm week invades shark week

[@Shoebill1447]

Well your not wrong

[@trurlCXC]

It's just the first step towards complete worm-world domination

[@newtscamander7713]

THE WORMS ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD and I'd be fine with it, cause every week on Ben G. Thomas will be worm week!

[@notamemberofilluminati8382]

@@newtscamander7713 Wrong

[@notamemberofilluminati8382]

@@trurlCXC Wrong

[@FredstarOfBritain]

I've found a few remains of Jurassic turtle in a sloped hill in Portugal, and now I am determined to find more remains of ancient creatures whilst waiting to apply for a volunteer at the lab!

[@diogonunes1865]

What!? That's awesome. Can you say which region it was?

[@FredstarOfBritain]

@@diogonunes1865 They were in Lourinha, the famous place where Jurassic remains were discovered, and it's museum and dino-park is worth a visit!

[@FredstarOfBritain]

@@diogonunes1865 in the Centro Region, specifically in the subregion Oeste.

[@notamemberofilluminati8382]

Nice bro.

[@diogonunes1865]

@@FredstarOfBritain thx will definitely be going there more

[@diegolopez3989]

Fossil hunting is truly a magical experience

[@ครยฬร]

Not as much as fossil fighting

[@braykoe2401]

It really is. I love doing it!

[@CJFreeza]

Both are arguably the best. Something magical about it that Lego just can't quite match.

[@francessev2210]

Doug the amateur fossil hunter: AND NOW OVER TO BEN to explain all about it in the voice-over.

[@Brannington]

Doug arguing with the ocean is such a mood lmao

[@Mr-cm3dl]

Why does Ben have the most soothing voice in the world?

[@ernestlam5632]

A gypsy's curse

[@braykoe2401]

cause he is English lol

[@caseythorne7552]

Because you're gay.

[@hocuspocus111]

@@caseythorne7552 that too

[@belliotrungy9107]

@@hocuspocus111 I've been stuck in quarantine too long - Canada please take over fix us I'm objectifying the fossil guy. 😦☺️

[@HalfTimeLazer]

My parents and I were introduced to shark tooth hunting when I was 6, a lady showed me a few that she had found and I was instantly hooked. Over the years we've filled up several mason jars full of teeth, and now I can't walk down the beach without keeping my eyes fixed on the sand looking for the distinctive black triangle shape.

[@gewoonik687]

Don't you mean that you where instantly caught?

[@pastlife960]

I’m enjoying Doug going full Caligula.

[@enormousderek]

I think I'm one of about 8 people here who gets that joke.

[@bskec2177]

Advice for finding shark teeth on a beach: Take off your shoes and socks and walk around bare-foot.

[@barbarjinx3802]

Ow I stepped on a shark tooth!

[@keithfaulkner6319]

Thar's the point

[@pickles3128]

Maybe not in L.A., you'll step on a used hypodermic needle.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@@pickles3128 in South Texas, you'll find nothing but battered stetsons and old BBQ pits.

[@Caun-88]

If you are ever in Canada, check out Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia. The highest tides in the world actively erode cliffs that reveal fossils from the Carboniferous , plants 100 million years older than dinosaurs can be found in rocks and there's a huge imprint of an ancient tree trunk. Found here was also the remains of earliest known reptile in the history of life. Great place.

[@SkorpTS]

Oh boy, Worm Week is making a comeback! Crossovers sure are fun. I love how you didn't take the tie-rip off the sieve before filming this, by the way. Nice touch.

[@rustymustard7798]

I like how there's more worms than sharks in a Shark Week video.

[@martonk]

These irl videos are really neat, you could do some more every now and then

[@vanityhusk]

When I was in middle school, we had some paleontologists come in and they had us dig out shark teeth out of a pile of rocks and dirt as a fun little thing. After that they just... Dumped out the rest of the shark teeth? In a patch of dirt behind the school. Every one went NUTS, every day there was like 10-15 people cramped in that tiny spot digging for teeth. None of us ever put two and two together, and we started thinking the area our town was in must've been underwater millions of years ago. We couldn't explain why it was just that one spot though. I miss that

[@peacht5339]

i’m from southern california, so watching people fully dressed walk around the beach was an experience. congrats on the shark fossil!!!

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

How can shark week get any better?

[@abingleyboy]

I dig you and Doug digging in the sand and hope you dug digging with Doug in the sand👍👍 I think the best places to look for fossils (other than a museum lol!) Is at the bottom of cliffs on pebbled beaches. If in the, North Yorks, Whitby area you can also find Jet if you're lucky.

[@venumbra1177]

Shark tooth hunting is hands down my favorite beach activity, I could spend hours scavenging the shore for them

[@ethanamano7258]

Fossil hunting is truly something special. I live in Hawaii where there are mainly Gastropod fossils but it still is truly still amazing

[@_robustus_]

I live in ohio not far from hocking hills. It’s known for its subarctic flora even though we’re nowhere near the subarctic. These resulted from seeds and spores being pushed and washed down from glacial melt water. What isn’t as well known is the area was below sea level hundreds of millions of years ago and we find shark teeth....in appalachia.

[@presidenttogekiss635]

I love how Ben is superprofessional and Doug's just like, vlogging hehe.

[@callunas]

I'm 1000s of miles from the nearest beach and don't have any paleontology loving friends. Thanks for bringing us along on your little adventure!

[@pscyking]

Doug's improvisation is surprisingly entertaining.

[@HSPGelton2]

Ben - where can I get your T-shirt? Another cracking video, thanks Ben and Doug!

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

I remember the first fossil I found myself. It was on my first campout as a Boy Scout, and part of the trip was going to this former coal mining area in Illinois, and we basically got free reign to just go looking for fossils there since it's been a pretty fruitful formation in the past. There, I found myself a Tully Monster. Definitely one of my fondest memories.

[@justfmax]

Ben: you and your team produce terrific videos. I hope you can continue this effort for a long time. Cheers!

[@laurachapple6795]

There's a boulder in the park near my house that's full of fossil clams. I've never seen my nieces so excited as when I showed them.

[@rustymustard7798]

WOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! They've 'wormed' their way into a Shark Week videol, lol!

[@neveraskedforahandle]

Alternate title: What happens when you take your nerdy friends to the beach.

[@thepaleohunter7115]

I’ve been fossil hunting for years. It’s always been such a amazing experience when you find something, which could vary from anything to a shark tooth or a mammoth femur, knowing that you are quite possibly the first human to ever encounter that specific animal which without you would’ve been lost in time. Florida has such a rich fossil hunting experiences, hence how I really got into paleontology in the first place at such a young age.

[@brianlevine871]

Several years ago, my mom, brother and I went to this little beach in Florida (sorry, can't remember which city or beach) where we found several fossilized shark teeth. We even carried them in a couple of ziplock bags. Unfortunately, we seemed to have lost them at some point. It's still awesome that you guys got to do this, especially for Shark Week.

[@Mydarkarts23]

I fossil hunt at my home all the time. One time I was in my backyard I thought I had found armor plating? I love fossil hunting. Great video Ben I love it.

[@KarenDian1]

Some of my friends and I were collecting selenium slabs in Ocotilli Flats, a desert region in Southern California, when I spotted a large fossilized oyster shell... a great find! Fossil hunting is so much fun... just like your channel! Thank you!

[@oscarlopez7991]

I have never been fossil hunting but it looks really fun and just watching Ben's videos I want to learn more about science not just biology anymore but a bit of every type of science and so far I have enjoyed shark week.

[@capacamaru]

I panned for shark teeth in a river in Florida when I was in school. I found some teeth, ray teeth, turtle shell, etc. Good times.

[@thedoruk6324]

Do be prepared to find teeth *Lots of Teeth* In fact *only* teeth :[

[@matteussilvestre8583]

Sharks do be boneless

[@thedoruk6324]

@@matteussilvestre8583 *🅱🅾NELESS* chicken obligatory reference!

[@justaretardwithinternetacc2859]

@@matteussilvestre8583 spittin fax

[@graphite2786]

We have a beach in Melbourne, Beamauris. Lots of urchin fossils, shells. Shark teeth too. I found a fossil seabird skull, also fossil dolphin teeth.

[@Imbapiranha]

When I was a kid, I had been to sandpits in Germany with my father and panned out dozens of fossilized big shark teeth. The area around Mainz used to be a very populated part of sea (ages ago).

[@hoperules8874]

Love the segment. Love the mudworm castings. Questions abound as to why you are wearing shoes at the beach.

[@justhereforkicks8208]

I don’t have access to a beach where I’m at, and I haven’t found many fossils in my time. But a friend of mine showed me a fossil of a prehistoric tree in the rock on a mountain side. We couldn’t take it with us because it was in a state park and there’s a sign that points it out on the trail were on. The closest thing I’ve found to a fossil are a couple of Native American arrowheads and a spear point they was broken. Plus a few flakes where that were discarded as they made the tools.

[@tonydagostino6158]

You gentlemen are collecting along what geologists term a Transgressive Surface of Erosion (TSE). Modern sea level rise and continuous wave action erode the Eocene formation you mentioned and winnow out the clay and silt. The process works to concentrate things by mass. The shells you're finding are heavy by virtue of their size. The shark teeth and fish bones are concentrated by virtue of the higher density of their phosphatic mineralogy. This phenomenon is happening all around the Atlantic margin as modern sea level rises. On the US Atlantic coastal plain the same process concentrates garnets and other heavy minerals eroding out of the Appalachian Mtns. Ancient TSE's often appear on outcrop as thin, well cemented shelves or benches between softer layers

[@ultimate_animal_showdown]

I found a tiger shark tooth at a beach several years ago sadly I lost it yesterday

[@Dman9fp]

Why you've gotta use plastic baggies, gem jars, riker mounts, &/or floating mounts xD. But really, hard to beat bang for buck in plastic baggies & gem jars (off eBay fairly cheap) & put on same shelves or drawers. Never lost 1 at home or moving far as I know (only one partial Meg during or after a fossil hunt, but probably user error, but while fossil hunting highly reccommend small nail aprons that tie around your waist from home improvement stores, never lost anything big or small from em)

[@DaraM73]

I found fossilised worm casts surrounding an ichthyosaurs spine bone segment On the Dorset coast.

[@thomasthemetriacanthosauru7030]

Thats a tiny tiger shark tooth. A great place to find shark teeth in the UK is Walton on the Naze in Essex which represents a possible ancient shark ray fish and whale nursery and pupping ground based on the edge of a possible mangrove swamp

[@rustymustard7798]

In Venice Beach, Florida there are so many shark teeth on the beach that you'd have to pick a few shells out of the pile of them in each sieve.

[@Noble4Truths]

I confirm this. Venice Beach, Florida is the must-go-to place for fossilized shark teeth. If you cant find 100 in a short period of time, then your eyes are closed 😂😂

[@rustymustard7798]

@@Noble4Truths Lol, like 35 years ago you could scoop them up by the handful.

[@olsamthememegodbicyclechin]

This was such a funny video omg ! Doug being surprised at how big that guys foot was !!! 😳😳😳😲😲😲

[@Bill-py1fn]

I wish I I had friends like the two of you. So hard to find simpatico companions where I'm from.🙂🙂

[@braykoe2401]

I love finding fossils is our vacation spot up in nova Scotia, Canada. There are 100 feet cliffs that have similar beaches to that of the beach of where you are. I love hunting for stigmaria and other fauna. cool discord btw lol.

[@oliver8928]

oh boy ben, I sure was looking for a new enjoyable and gratifying activity but it looks like I've found it now

[@RaithGyaron]

My dad liked to go hunting for trilobite fossils and we often took time out of our vacations to look.

[@Senbonzakura776]

That's pretty cool. Also dig your T-Rex shirt.

[@bartfoster1311]

I want to go hunt the chalk in Kansas for one of the fossilized specimens. I have found shark teeth in Wyoming, including a bunch of crusher and ray teeth. Good luck and keep looking!

[@chieckenman4432]

Fossil hunting is an incredibly fun, amazing and great activity! Which i most likely wouldn't get to experience and succeed in it

[@1jotun136]

You fellows would love Venice Florida, commonly called the shark tooth capital of the world.

[@anyoneofus9948]

We have some great spots around here, one of the best is the upper manatee river on the insides of the bends. You can find so many old shark teeth you can fill a ziplock bag with them! I haven't found any Megalodon teeth yet, but they are there.

[@dougthedonkey1805]

“This tiny little... well, Ben can tell you what it is right now”

[@mattm2451]

Need to look for Beaches in Cali that are fossil hotspots. The Grand Canyon had a lot of fossils which was cool to look at with my class.

[@SpectreEelman]

i have lots of good fossil hunting locations near me here in Los Angeles. a friend and myself found the first recorded Megaladon Tooth in the Santa Monica Mountains back in the 1980's... Watching this video makes me want get back out and hunt fossils locally.. once it cools down.

[@SocraticEngineer]

I wish I could be a paleoboy. My parents killed my dream. Bring me back to life

[@planetaxolotl4398]

What happened?

[@stuartyeo5354]

The fire nation attacked

[@SocraticEngineer]

@@planetaxolotl4398 my parents think that Paleontologists don't earn much and there is small scope for the profession in my country. And they don't want to send me abroad ig. I planned to study in Canada if not America. But with my dreams dead, those universities don't matter anymore :(

[@tylowren2005]

I found a really good spot on a shingle/clay spot but it’s only accessible at really low tide

[@Abominatrix650]

I found various ammonites in Folkestone on a Geology field trip in 2013. I think I kept them in a small plastic bag and left it in my jacket pocket. In late 2014, that jacket went missing. I miss the jacket and wish I didn't lose those ammonites. They were remarkable.

[@thomaseskelsen1362]

Lucky find. Way to go! Love your channel. Cheers :)

[@tylowren2005]

Another great place nearby is Lee on Solent and you can find loads of sharks teeth there

[@Insanity_TM]

I have heard Denmark is a good place to find fossilized craps 5:44 to 5:45 on the back left there are to Turritella shell’s one big broken one and one smaller

[@MrKross-tc9yy]

Every anime has it's own beach episode.

[@sykens587]

As a kid i’ve spent hours looking for shark teeth whenever i visited the beach. I actually found quite a lot of them. Now I’m studying paleontology :)

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

We always find sharks teeth on Galveston beaches. We assume they are from recent sharks, not fossils. Our fossil teeth come from cretaceous limestone and gravels north of Dallas.

[@sylvarna5153]

Bigfoot confirmed at Bracklesham Beach

[@rustymustard7798]

Lol, you call that big? Those shoes probably wouldn't even fit on my size 16s.

[@charlespichler1057]

Hi Guys Love the videos. Maybe bring a bucket next time (if allowed) and just remove the sand and bring the bucket of stuff home to sort out. it will give you time to look in detail and find many interesting small things. good luck

[@wasp6425]

Do a video on the ironclad beetle

[@AmbyreUwU]

I live on Calvert Cliffs and go do this whenever I can

[@javadragon7475]

Best beach episode ever.

[@peterheneghan1227]

You guys are awesome, great idea to list places where amateurs can find fossils

[@lowpointfair4653]

how nice all i can find near me are viking stone axes and stuff like that

[@katroamleft4721]

Aberdeen Scotland here! Going fossil hunting tomorrow!

[@humancattoy7767]

Walk along the dirt roads in Central Kansas after a rain and you will find plenty of fossils, including shark's teeth. I found a megalodon tooth in the '80's that I donated to a museum.

[@ecurewitz]

3:07 and this is why I don't wear shoes at the beach

[@Archangelm127]

03:30 - Is that a bit of unicorn horn? :P

[@rustymustard7798]

It's from a sea unicorn, they're like sea horses, but hornier.

[@MrFossil367ab45gfyth]

I've heard of rivers, creeks and beaches where you can sift for fossils. That is something I would really like to do since I'm into fossils and minerals.

[@dougthedonkey1805]

I’d imagine someone with a name like Mr. Fossil would like fossils lol

[@randomman2588]

This is the first time I've seen what you guys actually look like and I've gotta say you look really cute, Ben :)

[@grey9438]

makes me want to go fossil hunting again, just wish the river where I go looking would go down already.

[@wildwelshpete]

Got some good fossil sites here in South Wales and have some nice ones in my collection Also an area known as the bendricks in the Vale of Glamorgan has some impressive dinosaur footprints and tracks that can followed

[@mandalor45]

there is a shale river bed near where I live with lots of fossils

[@bird2034]

I love these videos. I’ve never fossil hunted before but it’s something I really want to do.

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Just get a shovel and start digging in your garden till you hit something could be the previous owners shovel from the 50s but still cool or you could find a really cool rock

[@bird2034]

I'm not weird everyone else is weird and I'm normal Haha I should. The soil in my area is really bad (just a ton of shale and clay) but I bet it’s still interesting to look through (:

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

@@bird2034 I tried to do that when I was 7 or something and i broke my foot long story literally involving a partrage in a pear a tree

[@OFS_Razgriz]

Y'all have a great and educational channel AND y'all are cute, bonus

[@elishaberry611]

I would love to try this one day.

[@John.0z]

You two are so lucky with where you live. At least for this sort of activity. Only a few years ago I discovered why there are essentially no fossils where I grew up - the land is made up of beds laid down just after the dinosaur extinction event. :-(

[@randolfaquino9998]

Wow such a wonderful place to be

[@lightsaber230]

I’d love to go fossil hunting next time I’m in the uk. It’ll be in a fair few years but still gonna try

[@MobyTheLion]

The sand kind of looks like ones you would see in Zen gardens. In fact I think this IS where they get it

[@captainanopheles4307]

I found one of them spiral fossils in some pea gravel.

[@tylowren2005]

Lee/hill head is part of the bed of the bracklesham group

[@joeyd344]

Gosh he's so serious and it's a vlog

[@colton3927]

The camera exposure is the same as when you have the gamma all the way up in Ark Survival Evolved

[@NoNo-fr2ev]

I never would have guessed you guys live in the UK

[@garypfeiffer3489]

Ben I love your shirt!

[@AD-pi9yq]

there is actually megalodon tooth discovered in the philippines, where I'm from, in bohol

[@uj7739]

I remember messing with a shovel as a kid one day and finding a weird rock and thought I found a Tyrannosaurus tooth.

[@abyssal_phoenix]

I got a fossil of an orthoceras. Based on my research it should be around 250 to 270 million years old years old, by the way it comes from morroco

[@lordplant9890]

Ahh i live on that exact section of the beach such a small world haha