Looking closer at dinosaur fossils can absolutely blow your mind!

[@houstonmuseum]

**CORRECTION** "Distant relative" to Tyrannosaurus Rex, not earliest ancestor. Alternate theory: The leg injury and rough chest/jaw bone "could" all be related results of a horrible fall. Basically, the bone on its face and chest could have healed that way after the fall/fight that broke its leg. Fascinating!

[@DreadEnder]

Incredibly fascinating! Palaeopathology is potentially subfield of study for me.

[@The_Dum_Reptile69420]

Thank you for typing this! As soon as you said the word _Ancestor_ I screamed at the screen _ITS A RELATIVE NOT ITS ANCESTOR_ I scared my family due to this 😅

[@DreadEnder]

@ I love it when people are unreasonably obsessed with prehistory

[@RobertJarecki]

​@@The_Dum_Reptile69420 OMG! Dad used to yell at the television. We got used to it and ignored him.

[@dfsilva3617]

Is this skeleton a cast replica? Or original bones?

[@arnicamoana7861]

Bone cancer is a horribly painful ailment. That giant probably suffered for some time. I wonder what sort of self-soothing behaviors it might have exhibited during its downtime. It’s hard to imagine such a deadly predator in so much pain. Even if it was due to an injury from a fall, bone damage is still tremendously painful.

[@houstonmuseum]

This ⬆️ 🦖❤️

[@Lordzilla]

🦖rawr

[@No-sc9wm]

Probably never felt any of it being so hoped up on insane amounts of hormones went to sleep one day and never woke up again one can simply look to crocodiles a one example

[@gidw5833]

​@@No-sc9wmActually, they probably healed more like birds did, a missing arm could well be fatal for them! It's crocodilians slow metabolism that allows them to heal so well, dinosaurs were endotherms like mammals and birds!

[@kingcosworth2643]

Probably tore a herbivore apart to relax

[@TIRENZARI]

Cancer really been fucking life over since probably before the dinosaurs, it’s so sad and such a devastating illness I just hope this gorgo didn’t suffer to long

[@InnSewerAnts]

Because of what it is. At the core it's just the instructions in one of your cells being damaged in such a way it disables self-destruct and makes the cell figure it's always time to divide. It's as old as genetics in a sense.

[@athos9293]

​@@InnSewerAntsAs old as multicelular life.

[@CalebHansonlets]

Cancer isn't a disease, it's runaway regeneration. The same mechanism that allowed you to grow and allows you to heal. So ever since life was capable of replication cancer was a possibility. I wonder if it's possible that uncontrollable cell growth came before the markers to stop the growth evolved, so cancer may in a way predate cellular life as we know it

[@stepaushi]

​@@CalebHansonlets A quick check on MW reads for "disease": "a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms". It seems that cancer is a disease.

[@Lucifer-rg5dx]

When he said “and all it took” I thought he was gonna say cancer 😂😂

[@FeeshUnofficial]

There's a T. rex fossil in a natural history museum near me named Trix, one of the most long-lived specimens ever found, and she had arthritis.

[@ssjgarfield]

She also had a deformed tail vertebrae that she had since birth.

[@FeeshUnofficial]

@ssjgarfield AY YO ANOTHER TRIX FAN?

[@ssjgarfield]

@@FeeshUnofficial Yup X3

[@am_Nein]

​@@ssjgarfield so cool! Is there a place where you can learn things about displayed dinosaurs, or is it just more tidbits from websites and stuff like that

[@Am3lia77]

I think this kind of information is what should be highlighted on information panels. People don’t want to read a textbook when going to a museum

[@RobertJarecki]

Just the sort of "good boy" to guard your home! Poop bags and feed bill would both be enormous.

[@houstonmuseum]

🤣🦖

[@fallinginthed33p]

Maybe not a good boy but a "clever girl". (Jurassic Park velociraptor quote)

[@rjhamler5324]

The broken leg bone looks like it was healing a bit before it died.

[@hezekiaB]

This hits close to home. I had to take my Gorgosaurus to the vet last week to have him put down.

[@houstonmuseum]

😭🦖☠️

[@yessumyecrad]

It's always hard when a dear pet leaves us and leaves a building sized hole in our lives from their absence.

[@flutterbree]

I like how excited you sound when you talk about the fossils. We NEED more shorts like this, I'm actually excited to visit a museum after watching these! 😂❤

[@yessumyecrad]

I love dinosaurs so much. I have a difficult time at museums because I want to see everything, but I also want to stay and appreciate things that really spark interest. It's not easy to do both when a visit to one is a rare treat.

[@NedreddDwr]

Its so very nice to see dinosaurs representee as animals and not monsters, they must have been so amazing

[@ambuttablow]

didnt know i needed to hear a massive dino be called 'good boy' but now that ive heard it i definitely needed to

[@MARIYAHGKHAN]

I love how there's a unique story to each fossil

[@Toenailish]

I’ve honestly never thought about dinosaurs or anything prehistoric getting cancer or even being sick, what an interesting but sad find for mr goro. Wonder what horrifying diseases like the deers chronic wasting, that is terrible but fascinating at the same time, these guys also would have had

[@princevermilion8799]

I recommend you search for the scientific paper by the title "Record Breaking Pain," it discusses one of my favourite individual dinosaur specimens with a very sad story

[@concavacatbc]

A dinosaur with a rabbies or CWD equivalent sounds horrifying

[@The_Dum_Reptile69420]

​@@concavacatbcthankfully rabies is a mammalian disease, and dinosaurs are reptiles, so we are safe

[@hanifanzk]

​@@concavacatbcreminds me of an animated zombie dino show

[@N1gh7L0rd]

Dinosaurs shall stay infinitely fascinating to me

[@tubbyqueen]

People forget one simple thing all too often: Non-avian dinosaurs were really just animals. Incredible animals, not the movie monsters of media

[@bartlesbee]

Whoever calls a dinosaur fossil "basic" isn't your audience.

[@Bagelgeuse]

Is that the fibula that's broken? Poor thing must've been in so much pain.

[@racheljohnstone9574]

I want to go to the museum with some one who actually knows stuff! I love learning about history but struggle with museums because I don't know enough to put it into context

[@houstonmuseum]

Ask for a guide! ♥️🦖

[@christosmani]

Imagine being the king of your time only to die hungry, cold with pain not only in your bones, a lot of pain, but also a broken leg. Slow, agonising, ever worsening...

[@palashdubey8827]

I imagine most were eaten alive by smaller ones as soon as they fall and this specimen is lucky to survive

[@MariaTDorna]

Who else thought it was a t-rex also now I'm more interested in dinosaurs

[@equarg]

The injuries that dinosaurs had are both amazing AND terrifying. Plus many showed healing. Even an allosaurus that got groin shot by a stegosaurus. 160 million year old injury that can still cause humans to cringe with empathic pain. Or a hadrosaur that was bitten in the back by a T-Rex, had a tooth break off in the spine, and healed from such an injury. I figured a T-Rex bite was as bad as a Komodo Dragons bite! Seriously. Apparently Triceratops regularly stabbed each other with their horns, and ankylosaurs fought each other with their club tails (injuries on bones and plates match the thagomizers). Seriously. It took an asteroid ☄️ and a volcanic apocalypse to kill these guys off…..the big ones at least. We still have reptiles and birds. So their decedents are no slouches either.

[@houstonmuseum]

I appreciate these intelligent comments among the rest of the woefully uneducated ones ♥️

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

It’s so fascinating to see evidence of diseases that still plague us in these creatures from millions of years ago 🤯 I might be misremembering but I think I heard about tuberculosis being found in dinosaurs and even older life forms too?

[@L-mo]

Those diseases affect not just dogs, but most mammals, including humans.

[@godslaughter]

I've seen some bones like these when inspecting some of my (more contemporary) bones, but from what I've seen, it doesn't necessarily have to be an osteosarcoma, instead it can be an injury with a callus forming. However, I also just can't really tell just from this footage, it's possible that it was osteosarcoma. A malnourished racing pigeon whom I captured for rehab (unfortunately didn't make it) had a calloused phalanx bone which looked similar to this.

[@houstonmuseum]

We just recorded a podcast/video deep-diving into this subject specifically, with a focus on this specimen. Stay tuned! Here's the Spotify link, but the podcast is everywhere. open.spotify.com/show/4XuipbRMTrJu9WH9Y8m6Ya?si=T7NfoGu-RNCqAB0MByN58w

[@PirateR4ptor]

Very cool video! Subbed

[@houstonmuseum]

'Preciate ya! ❤️🦖

[@Mrenergy129]

I went there for a field trip today!! I bought some stuff I loved it there!

[@thecretaceouscritter1920]

Is this the Ruth specimen? That individual has the same pathologies in the same spots, including a very striking fibula pathology that resembles the one in the video, they also share (from what I can tell) the same skull, so I am thinking that this might be a mount of that specimen. Truly incredible!

[@nDjinn1]

I so thought this was going to turn into an ad for pet insurance

[@houstonmuseum]

🤣

[@nDjinn1]

@@houstonmuseum It really did sound like it nr the start

[@FurioSpinone]

"...BUT!!... I am a huge geek"

[@seaweeb2258]

A very good boy, until a rich business man wants to make them attractions and hires scientists at high dollar to bring them back, while paying low dollar for security details.😂

[@houstonmuseum]

Sparing "some" expense!

[@palashdubey8827]

Is it weird or coincidence that I first saw a bone cancer dinosaur few days ago for first time and now again ? Where were these dinosaurs for last 24 years ?

[@houstonmuseum]

They've been here for all that time, I'm just bringing attention to it on social media because it's flipping fascinating! - Johnny, HMNS KZbin & Podcast Manager

[@LDogSmiles]

The stock clips of pets at the end made me think: “This dinosaur fact was sponsored by Purina”

[@SourojitBh]

More such videos please!

[@robdawg7183]

Excellent video

[@shelbydegraff1292]

Damn bro, cancer was a thing that long ago too? Idk if that seems obvious to some, but, I hadn't the first thought to think dinos could suffer from cancer.

[@mikesecondname]

Has anyone else noticed how Americans are really into the T.Rex? It used to really annoy me how OBSESSED USA museums/historians were with the T.Rex and it’s relatives. Nowhere else in the world is like this, apart from maybe China but the CCP is weird. But then I learned that the T.Rex lived in the USA and you like it so much because it’s yours. That makes it a bit better but you’ve got terror bird skeletons and Dire Wolves skeletons too. But I’m an autist and prefer outer space so maybe I’m just biased.

[@Soundofwindonsand]

Who's a Good Boooy??? Wanna dino treat!??? MY ARM!!!!

[@houstonmuseum]

🤣

[@ChargerusPrime]

Man, I GOTTA get down south to come see y'all someday.

[@קטונהבכר]

I didn't know cancer is that old and honestly i respect it for that.imagine being so successful to survive both the meteor strike AND the ice age with the only other species to do that are mammals and some deep sea fish

[@harnikovna]

Pretty silly question but I have always wondered if dinossaurs in museums are really the dinossaurs they show...I mean I know those are not the original fossils but are those reconstructions from the same animal or are different bone parts from the same species. Might be really hard to find a full body of a dinossaur so perfect like this

[@StrikerEureka13]

Many of them are the real fossils, and usually the replicas are of complete or nearly complete specimens

[@SamuRhino2023]

A yes, the 3 ton good boi, Gorgosaurus

[@tricoelacanth1114]

Big Al: First time, buddy?

[@javi__...]

Really makes me wonder who were the first animals to develop cancer

[@raizin4908]

I thought one of the earliest ancestors of Tyrannosaurus was a unicellular creature of some kind about 4 billion years ago 🤓

[@JDINK]

He is a very good boy

[@ussxrequin]

Who's a good boy? -gorgosaurus wags its tail and pants-

[@billclinton984]

I thought gorgosaurus was a kaiju 😂

[@LowellLucasJr.]

No I never look at a dinosaur bone and think it's basic! I am always and sheer awe of its Majesty and humbly think "Wow! These things rule the Earth so long ago before we're even a mere thought!" ❤️

[@CMONCMON007]

Wow cancer has been around for so long. Makes me so sad how this soul suffered...no chemotherapy nothing back then

[@user-xm9sb5zv8t]

Just maybe the ancient prehistoric Dino doctors doesn't yet discover much knowledge how to scientifically treat bone cancer and the so so ..poor beast 😢😔

[@DrSpooglemon]

I want a pet Gorgosaurus now. One that's bred to be small and will floofy tufts of feathers round it's ears.

[@hic_tus]

no! nooooooo! bubba stop chewing on the neighbor, noooo! it's the 3rd time this week ooomygoood how many times do I have to tell you?! bad bubba, baaaad

[@yrbelite8450]

Man that mf was really struggling. I ain’t even know a Dino could get bone cancer.

[@Christophskis88]

Freaking awesome!!!

[@phoebemurtagh3059]

I once looked up at SUE and thought, that must be what my dad's skeleton looks like! Though thanks to youthful sports, Pop's probably has more healed over injuries. 😂

[@mtrest4]

So many T-Rex 🦖 had holes 🕳️ in their jaw lines. Some parasite 🪱 was eating its way through their jaws...

[@princevermilion8799]

Those holes are actually normal. They may have been attachment sites for the lips of the dinosaur.

[@mtrest4]

@princevermilion8799 Pretty sure the holes 🕳️ would not be that massive for lip attachments. It looks like some kind of dental 🪥 cavity or something

[@EmyMartinez-hj4if]

Thats rex from night at the museum

[@thomaskrug6161]

I wonder how many cats the Gorgosaurous could eat at one sitting?

[@Lagomort]

It's not bone cancer,,, it's osteomyelitis.

[@houstonmuseum]

Possibly. The actual skull was scanned in an oncology lab and found evidence of cancer in the brain case as well.

[@baarbacoa]

It makes gogosaurus a little more human

[@houstonmuseum]

'Zactly

[@roxyroller8492]

That's insane. Everyone's in their dino afterlife talking about the massive explosion that ended it all, meanwhile this poor fella is in the corner like, nah man, Cancer. Cancer sucks!!!😡

[@yuutonosuri772]

was it even all the bones how much it is it recreated

[@blitzsturm5614]

Imagine if we had dinos today, we can keep em as pets and they'd be good boy's too! I'd name my T-Rex, Rosie the sweet Rex. She doesn't bite she just swallow 😊

[@dylanjones9061]

I was disappointed when I learned that Gorgosaurus had nothing to do with Gorgo. But it's apt choice for this video because Gorgo was also about a monster with relatable qualities.

[@Thep40EGuy]

Judging by the leg injury, i believe its caused by an ankylosaurid, because they both live in north america at around the same time zone (Pls correct me if im wrong)

[@houstonmuseum]

Could very well be an injury from another animal. Injuries are quite common in specimens.

[@ilpoomatili9549]

I'm honestly surprised of how many fossils show signs of cancer

[@clarisd]

Advanced Gangrene presents the same way as these examples.

[@Universelove777]

I always wondered if you raised a baby T-Rex 🦖 from birth would it treat you as the parent. Almost like a dog or cat!!! That would be awesome if it could be domesticated 👍👍😆

[@j.s.2281]

Wow youtube knows when to hit you hard. I left the vet today learning my dog has an aggressive cancer .. hes right though, dinos do seem more real after stuff like this

[@antonio_kun502]

OMG DINASOUR PUPPY I literally just came up with that but I need it

[@hhjhj393]

I thought larger animals are far more less likely to get cancer? Idk I just remember some video or something about it.

[@arthurbinado7576]

Less likely not impossible

[@ironskual6312]

Still on history. Never getting to Mars.

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

"Good boy" would have you for breakfast.

[@Robobthedinobro]

I love dinosaurs 🦖 👍👇

[@IchbinMiaokit017]

Poor Gorgon 🥲🥹😭😢

[@Der_GUNTHER]

My pet rabbit died of bone cancer this year😢

[@princevermilion8799]

I'm sorry for your loss 😢

[@Der_GUNTHER]

@princevermilion8799 Thanks

[@princevermilion8799]

@@Der_GUNTHER ❤️

[@mysterious_flame]

Imagine dying of ancient cancer

[@MrMkillen11]

He was the goodest of boys

[@r3ddr01d7]

I'm sorry did you say *BONE CANCER*

[@houstonmuseum]

Yup...and in our latest podcast, we scanned the actual skull in a local oncology lab and found evidence of cancer in the brain case too!

[@r3ddr01d7]

@houstonmuseum damn, cancer already a Pain since the Dinosaur era Not even T, Rex save from Cancer

[@bilingwu9798]

Gorgo is real and he attacked the United Kingdom during the Jurassic

[@maanmallak8953]

سبحان الله العظيم 🌺 God the great creater 🌺

[@UjvV-j5s]

He don’t bite

[@lynsylva-bb6ss]

I always wanted to go to the Smithsonian. 🙁

[@houstonmuseum]

This is in Houston ♥️🦖

[@daoudkamal7768]

Yes only our pets suffer from these ailments and definitely not us to…

[@houstonmuseum]

Where in the sweet flying fossils did you infer that we implied humans didn't!?

[@risunokairu]

His only regret as that he never cured his Boneitis

[@The_Crucible714]

Gorgeasaurus? No gorge!

[@Farhan-jsj]

Rip dino 🦕😢

[@jimmylolo8108]

I tried to take a closer look one time. They yelled at me and called the police.

[@Buc-eesGurl]

Wow!

[@breadbully2268]

Good boy

[@vinceDivincenzo-d1h]

that's cool

[@logawnio]

Those look more like quill knobs on the face. Maybe they had something akin to whiskers seeing as they used their mouth for everything when interacting with the world.

[@houstonmuseum]

Interesting hypothesis!

[@hanoh2904]

There's nothing basic about a dinosaur fossil

[@mathiaskjeldgaardpetersen5926]

Wtf, that jaw is not ajar...

[@SD_Chosen]

Considering these are not real bones takes the facts out of it

[@houstonmuseum]

Correct. This specific display is a replica of the real specimen held in another institution. Just like our Triceratops is ~85% complete and real in our possession on display, and other institutions have a replica of our real Triceratops. Furthermore, the real specimen of this Gorgosaurus skull was brought to Houston and scanned in one of our Oncology hospital labs. Low and behold, evidence of brain cancer in the brain case. Not that these facts will convince the entrenched. Just like proof the Earth is round will never convince a Flat Earther. Oh well. More knowledge for the rest of us.

[@AgroAcro]

​@@houstonmuseum It will never convince someone who is entrenched, but maybe it will prevent more people from becoming entrenched

[@briantaverne915]

That is a replica

[@AarnavPoudel-z5s]

Wow

[@JWRB_Gaming]

You lost me at "today"

[@KR-jn2yc]

sry where do you see bone cancer

[@houstonmuseum]

Where the video shows bone cancer.