Paleo Catalog Basics: Desmodus draculea (The Giant Vampire Bat)

[@amberlytheharpyqueen]

big bats, little bats, fruit bats, vampire bats....they are all adorable

[@NTLMBigBench]

Thought you were about to “sing” a new version of the intro to The Fairly OddParents

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

I mean we all have our own opinions and tastes but vampire bats cute?

[@bigkirbyhj666]

You forgot batmen.

[@bigkirbyhj666]

@@constantinethecataphract5949 yes

[@amberlytheharpyqueen]

@@constantinethecataphract5949 jumping spiders, snakes, rats, sharks, and praying mantises are cute too.

[@rboss5919]

A video on the giant ground sloths would be interesting. They seem surprisingly important for the ecosystems they existed in.

[@TheKlaun9]

There are plenty of videos about them from other channels though

[@apexnext]

*Paleo Analysis* does have videos on giant sloths. 🦥 _La Brea Got them Right?_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LaZYyOoLN4n6c _Were they Hairless?_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5ace6KBhLmohq8 But I am 💯% on more sloth content, always! 😁❤️🦥

[@Bigazoa11]

they definitely were as they have been in south america since the eocene. they were definitely a keystone species

[@beneficent2557]

Joshua Tree.

[@troyjardine5850]

If you've ever eaten an avocado, then you should thank the giant ground sloths

[@pokemon1895]

I love that your spooky Halloween bat video got to end with "and it may still be out there." Thanks for the content!

[@apexnext]

Exactly! I thought it was Halloween themed perfectly. 🎃🦇 Not only that, it might really be true. 😳 When he said that fossil is from 300 years ago. That's nothing in the deep time of species existence. It's almost probable in my mind.

[@darkhumour741]

That ending just blew my mind You’re out here singlehandedly raising a new generation of cryptid hunters - atleast the giant vampire bat makes more sense than Megalodon Also am I the only one who finds modern vampire bats still using the caves dug by giant ground sloths poetically beautiful?

[@siigull1550]

Perhaps the giant vampire bats were sustaining themselves on wild llamas and tapirs, after the extinction of the megafauna, and that's how they stuck around for so long

[@abysswalker2594]

And now farm animals

[@k33k32]

and humans

[@Rafael_Peixoto]

Capybaras, big anteaters and jaguars could maybe be its food source too

[@lalehiandeity1649]

If the stories are at all truthful, they probably fed regularly on humans.

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!" Cool animal and very cool that it may yet still be alive today.

[@cameronpekelder4055]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but are you quoting universal’s 1931 Dracula?

[@christosvoskresye]

@@cameronpekelder4055 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4DEl6WseLOCpdk

[@apexnext]

Correct them if they're right too. I wanna know. 🦇

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

@@cameronpekelder4055 there are times I hate KZbin, as only now I found your reply. The answer is both yes, and no. I was actually quoting page 26 of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula during the first conversation between Johnathan Harker and Count Dracula. This line has been in many adaptations said by Bella Legossi to Gary Oldman.

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

@@apexnext in case you don't get the info that there is a reply to this comment thread, as I didn't, yes it is said in the 1931 adaptation, but that is because Dracula said it in the novel by Bram Stoker on page 26 and that is what I was quoting.

[@Ahalaya]

I saw the title and immediately thought: Yep. That's a Halloween video from a paleo channel if I've ever seen one.

[@colemanmoore9871]

Let's see: It is still relatively small. It is nocturnal. It is by nature an animal that tries to be stealth in order to feed. It is known to be alive 300 years ago It's range included very dense rainforest. Even if seen at a distance, could be mistaken for other, more common bats. Sounds possible.

[@Ahalaya]

Dude. I didn't expect to get mind blown by a video like this. I love it. My day started off miserably, but you just made waking up way earlier than was actually necessary worth it.

[@Ahalaya]

@@AzathothTheGreat Fortunately, I had today off.

[@anthonyavitia6155]

Alrighty then guys, it looks like the quest log has been updated... Yep, seems we need to go find the Giant Vampire Bat now... To Argentina!

[@shadowscribe]

So the poll's less "which should I do" and more "which should I fasttrack?" Love it. Also love the notion since they're simply bigGER and not huge, a skeptical eye would gloss them over. Perfect "could still be around" fodder.

[@RayneZerati]

Oh man, a history of Bats would be amazing! I love bats so much.

[@susanfarley1332]

After rescuing a little bit that had gotten in an auditorium and was confused by the really loud music from a rock band I touched it fur before turning it loose outside. The fur was soooo soft. I lived for 5 years in Mexico and one place we lived in had vampire bats. I used to sleep under my covers because I was scared of them.

[@FrogInShorts]

The mystery and wonder you managed to capture with the end segment was really well done.

[@Dr.Piedra666]

I live in Guatemala, and farmers said that sometimes they see big vampires on their cattle, i dont know much about bats, so i only took it as storys, i will send this video to some friends who are studiyng bats, this is very interestign. Your videos are great, specially the ones about crocodiles, you should make a video about how bats or mamals evovlve to fly. (sorry for the shity english)

[@Daniel-hp8pq]

The footage used in these videos is getting so good and your narration is so impressive

[@scottgardener]

I think ARK: Survival Evolved's Fjordur expansion has brought a lot of attention to Desmodus, too. Though, ARK exaggerates the size of these even more than they normally do most other prehistoric creatures. In the game, a human character can ride one.

[@bkjeong4302]

I really hope this thing is still around: a bat is the sort of animal that could go undetected relatively easily, being small, nocturnal and airborne.

[@kae5717]

What a fun video! They lasted SO LONG, possibly longer- that's mind blowing and awesome. I know flora are outside the usual wheelhouse, but I'd love to hear something about petrified wood. I've been to the Petrified Forest park in southwest America, and I've collected a few samples from other locations over the years. It's fascinating how the trees manage to essentially self-fossilize without decaying. Have we made any particularly good discoveries in petrified wood, for that matter? Preserved insect bore-holes or unusual specimens? I might know a lot about normal rocks, but I know so little about these.

[@tonytaskforce3465]

I couldn't follow what your little companion was saying this time, really good video and you've made me scared of the dark again..

[@Trxps_Dark]

I love your channel, can't wait for the next video

[@alexandracojocaru1210]

like and comment for helping the video. but also, you content is really good. it is well deserved.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Another great episode man! Don't have D. draculea in Kaimere, but am planning a large analogous bat in conjunction with the increasing size of the hukolgur sloth for the reasons you cover here. You've made me want to dust off those designs and do a bat episode soon! Again, fantastic as always. Cheers!

[@eyeoftheswarm5708]

I wonder if this will make a unique species of vampire.

[@largent45]

I love bats! And i think this was an awesome start to spooky month! Thank you! I love this channel!

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome video and great content!!

[@k33k32]

Thank you so much for bringing this wonderful species to my attention! What a cool animal Desmodus draculea was!

[@dottiegillespie8067]

Thank you so much, your videos are fun and informative. Also, your voice sounds great after a long day at work. Thank you again, it's always a pleasure to hear you.

[@apexnext]

I'm glad I'm not alone feeling this way! 😁👍 Like you said, funny, informative, entertaining, but also such great narration and love put in all around. That soul is felt in the content! ❤️

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

How nice seeing the giant prehistoric Vampire bat getting representation

[@flydye45]

Well, I took this as a consolation prize for another History of the World Video, but the end commentary about the recency of the finds elevated it to a worthy replacement.

[@franciscahazlet4021]

What a great presentation to start October out with I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks so much. I hope that the giant vampire bat still is around it would be vary interesting to hear about if it is.

[@caseylieby2775]

Would it be within the scope of this channel to discuss the two vs. three species debate about North American canines? For those who are in aware, this debate refers to the disagreement of whether all wolves/coyotes come from the gray wolf and coyote or if the Eastern Wolf (and its close relative the Red Wolf) are distinct species that are not the result of crossbreeding of coyotes and gray wolves.

[@0Time0Stop0]

There is a lot more than just what you named in the Americas. It would be nice to start in Alaska and hit the tip of South America, covering the development of all the canines. How did they come up with the Chihuahua from a wolf?

[@Devin_Stromgren]

@@0Time0Stop0 Technically the guy said NORTH America.

[@0Time0Stop0]

@@Devin_Stromgren Yes, but it would be nice to do them all since most came through Alaska.

[@Sara3346]

If they can all successfully interbreed I think the case should be made for their being one canine species in North America!

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

​@@0Time0Stop0There are other south american canines, such as bush dogs... 🐺🦊🐶

[@peter_the_pancake5170]

There is also a theory about a surviving species of ground sloths in brasil, so there could be a Food source for giant Bats

[@stevepower6616]

Your work has quickly become my favorite videos. There's a whole lot of other things that I find interesting and enjoyable, but I always watch your videos first. Keep up the great work!

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

This video was so good and I gladly enjoyed it Hope you're having a great day

[@Scott-wf9kp]

So cool! Really loved learning about this, and finding out how recent their discovered remains are. Truly makes you wonder what's out there!

[@Alucard1191]

I used to go to South America every year as a young person. And South American cryptids and stories are really fascinating. Giant snakes, spiders, bats, all kinds of critters are said to exist in the amazon. (And by giant snake, I mean bigger than Anacondas.) I wouldn't be surprised if these bats are still around down there.

[@indyreno2933]

Vampire bats (family Desmodontidae) are native only to the neotropical realm, they are the only mammals to evolve parasitism, they belong to the superfamily Noctilionoidea, which most closely relates them to the bulldog bats (family Noctilionidae).

[@ToniBoordane]

Dude this is so dope. I love stuff like this. Hidden in the size of the world. Keep this stuff up my friend

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

A canine that recent, would mean they survived alot more recently than we first thought. To think they would theoretically been possibly around to see the arrival of the Spanish in the New World. Whether they are still out there is... an interesting thought

[@DrabWallDevice]

Hurray! I love bats.

[@bartfoster1311]

Wow that's amazing, had no idea how recent these were!

[@alecity4877]

I find it funny that the first fossil was found in Venezuela, knowing that today we have Lacava and his ramblings about vampires.

[@DragonFae16]

I think it would be cool if for these paleo catalogues, you and TimTim would temporarily on the form of another extinct animal the one being featured would have shared its environment with, one that isn't well known. This could give people ideas of other animals to suggest for paleo catalogues, and also might inspire some viewers to look up new animals. It would also add variety, and show that these videos are separate from your histories of the planet series.

[@Afrologist]

Vampire bats are my favorite bats; still not sold on them being their own unique species rather than a subspecies, but either way the Giant Vampire Bat is dope af

[@Afrologist]

@Kahanu Ermeyas-Tulu Are they? How do you know? If they can reproduce & make fertile offspring then they very well could be. You're speaking from a place of certainty where none exists. Talking about cope topkek

[@ianswinford5570]

Bats are my favorite animals, so this video pleases me.

[@MarkkuKoljonenwTinja]

Thanks again! :D Great job!

[@paulgregory7359]

Another fantastic video, thanks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧👍🤞

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

Very nice. Keep 'em coming.

[@arcticnord6804]

Keep it up paleo wish the algorithm blesses you

[@martryan2060]

I suppose. They got fed up of Singing oh the Israelites! Lol😄 Great video very interesting subject. Thanks 👍

[@davidfletcher6703]

Being that it was found in South America, I'm surprised they didn't call it Desmodus Camazotz, after the bat god

[@Deform-2024]

I wish Necromantis would get more recognition.

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Bless the analyst Bless the Helpers

[@ktulurob]

Thanks Again For the amazing videos.

[@darklordofsword]

Thanks so much for doing this one. I hope we see more lesser-known species in future. I only learned about Desmodus draculae recently, via the ARK Survival game, where it got presented far larger than real life as a flying mount. Shame how we have to warp everything in fictional paleomedia just to make it "cooler" when it's already plenty awesome.

[@kennethgreene7139]

This episode was fascinating. But still the idea of such a creature actually existing and having nothing to pray on but maybe humans is horrifying. But it did exist and its story should be told. And you do a fantastic job bringing that to us in a way that we can thoroughly enjoy thank you

[@LightBlueVans]

THREE **HUNDRED** YEARS AGO?? i had to rewind and turn the volume up to make sure i was hearing that correctly. that’s wild!!

[@orcaman178]

Perhaps it a Lazarus taxon, who knows......... Happy spooktober

[@Charlie-kn7zg]

Genius way of incorporating patreon, keep it up bro! I want to see you become a millionaire off this!!

[@nickdorazio2894]

I think two great subjects to cover would be salamanders and newts post kpg extinction and the evolution of hippos ( we get so much about convergent species and I guess whales) but the actual close relatives are pretty underrepresented

[@myself9084]

This is so awesome!

[@lucasbussard6241]

Can’t wait for Carboniferous video

[@LanceHall]

I'd like to see something on the micro Evolution of Dimetrodon and the divergence and radiation of ammonites from nautiloids.

[@the_chosen_one5642]

ALGORITHM LETS GOOOOO

[@daultonhuskey2804]

Thanks!

[@cosmo6122]

I love this channel

[@joanfregapane8683]

Great episode!

[@Charlotte.M.S]

I love the speculation and the connection to relativly modern times. The fun facts if you will. But I still mainly come for ancient history.

[@penny_the_wiser413]

Awesome video

[@myrddinterwilliger4762]

Dope video

[@lionessoftor4139]

I love bats! They are one of my favorite animals.

[@mathughsyoutubeworld2655]

These guys are in ark and they are big enough to ride, really like moschops blood.

[@TheKlaun9]

I have no idea what ark is, but if they are big enough to ride, it must be another species

[@PaleoAnalysis]

It's a video game that has different prehistoric animals in it but is not known for its historic accuracy.

[@apexnext]

_ARK: Combat Evolved_ Is the full name if you wanna look it up. 😎👍

[@mr.bubblewrap5726]

I dig it

[@divide_art]

I know it's just pure evolutive speculation and we have a lot of other explanations for the chupacabra, But I just like the idea of a giant bat evolved into a more stealthy, arboreal/terrestrial version that lead to the myth of the chupacabra.

[@raphlvlogs271]

their large size can help them better survive cold weather as well

[@carolynallisee2463]

There is also something else to consider. Whilst there aren't the Megafauna around any more, cattle are quite big animals, by today's standards, and they are numerous on the Argentine Pampas. There are, or at least were until very recently, colonies of Elephant Seals on the coasts of Argentina. Could these have been numerous enough to sustain a relict population of the Giant Vampire Bats until the 1600's/1700's, do you think?

[@PaleoAnalysis]

Well sure, and fossils being dated to around 300 years ago support this.

[@aaronworkgrierson1470]

That's so cool

[@GothMusicLatinAmerica]

We love a Halloween special

[@scottlette]

Someone is going to bat for Halloween!

[@charlesjmouse]

While I'm certainly no expert on Vampire bats I do wonder if 'Desmodus draculae' and 'Desmodus rotundus' are actually the same species. If one takes the parsimonious view one might conclude these two 'species' are no more than examples of the size range for this bat - just as humans can range from basket ball players to African pigmies. Maybe bigger bats predominated in the past because they could and remain an uncommon part of this species' morphological range today. PS: Now Hippos have become established in South America it shows there is no reason why large animals couldn't exist there today. So while the Hippo isn't much use to a vampire bat if some other drug baron with a private zoo of large animals got 'permanently put out of business' one could imagine 'giant' vampire bats making a comeback.

[@volrosku.6075]

"and I think the Amazon would be a very likely possibility" and on the bombshell the video ends

[@lindagodfrey9994]

Can you do three sauropod dinosaurs next poll?

[@kade-qt1zu]

Paleontology Channels: Make a video discussing a prehistoric creature that just happens to be in Ark Survival Evolved. Ark Fans: It's free real estate.

[@AB-zk4mk]

Love the bats.

[@Pianet]

Could you you please find some "sad piano music" to play music whenever talking about extinction events

[@mrbluth6432]

What is the next on the complete history of the earth

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

Thank you. I didn't know about that recent find. Maybe they can eek out a living on cows and horses. Would you please consider putting the Megistotherium on the next poll? I think they are super cool and everyone confuses them with that giant sloth because of the similar name.

[@ewaszot1243]

He is In ark

[@fusermiversej3068]

lmao

[@IxxieNyx]

In Ark you can ride Desmo cuz they’re way bigger, it’s pretty nifty, they make pretty much the best flying mounts lol The tooth they found is really cool, if it was around just 300 years ago you can be pretty certain that any local stories telling about a creature fitting that description are probably founded in reality. It probably is still out there too. If we find ANYTHING, even a tooth, there’s probably quite a bit more where that came from.

[@takenname8053]

NICE

[@DBDUFIEBTHDHDV]

Hi. Amazing video! I'm interested about the creature mentioned, that one vulture sized vampire in 7:47 but I can´t understand. Can anybody help me? Thanks!

[@zackilleen2078]

Please, I need to know about the bees, the BEES!

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

This bat made it into ARK Survival Evolved as a new mount! It is a VERY powerful mount indeed.

[@biblemansings]

Lol idk how you’d mount it. Did they make it giant?

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

@@biblemansings This version is scaled up and as big as a small car (approximately).

[@eliletts8149]

Wow! I am surprised that this channel covered cryptozoology! Awesome!

[@thegreatjay1245]

Can you talk about the evolution of the canids family?

[@tomhutchins7495]

"Their remains have been found from Mexico to Argentina" Me: yup that's a big bat.

[@WyattGoslingIsCool]

I have an idea for a video: if dinosaurs were around today, how would we tell them apart from other animals? When we're young, we learn that mammals have fur and give birth to live young, birds fly and have feathers, reptiles have scaly bodies and lay eggs on land, while amphibians lay eggs in water. What would we say for dinosaurs? Would we even classify them as multiple groups?

[@orionparish9858]

We've had species that science says have gone extinct, be shown to be very much alive. So it's not impossible that these guys are still very much around. They just are so good at avoiding humans.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

I suppose it had a CR2 and 100xp worthy...

[@NormanF62]

If it still exists on the other side of the Andes in Patagonia, its much shrunken from its heyday. It evolved into a smaller vampire bat driven by changes both in the climate and in the fauna. Much of the habitat it would live in Is remote and largely unexplored. An unknown vampire bat species in that part of South America would present us with a Lazarus taxon species snd these do exist.