Prehistoric Australia, Ray Harryhausen Style

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

The Thylacine is my favorite Australian animal. love stop motion films.

[@jessesands4099]

Everybody forgets that Australia had it's own unique group of Prehistoric animals as well!🦖🦕🇦🇺

[@joehumpston7937]

Just about every landmass on earth had its own unique collection of Ice Age Megafauna; throughout the Northern Hemisphere, there were giant Buffalo, Elk, and of course mammoths. In the America’s, there were Short-faced bears, ground sloths, and the Saber-toothed cats. Madagascar had giant lemurs. In New Zealand, were eleven species of flightless bird called Moa, the only birds in the history of Evolution to lack wing bones entirely.

[@soko4710]

there were nine species of moa in New Zealand at the time of human arrival. also two species of adzebill; vaguely crane-like carnivorous birds that have no close living relatives. in addition there were two species of giant goose-like waterfowl, and of course, the largest eagle to ever exist.

[@joehumpston7937]

@@soko4710 like I said, Moa were entirely wingless. Some didn’t even have shoulder-blades.

[@TheMovieUniverse]

Sad but true

[@avonavians2860]

Cool! I love the stop-motion, and the appearances of the lesser-known Palorchestes, Genyornis, and Meiolania. I would have loved to see Wonambi or Quinkana, though, as they have yet to appear in any documentaries. On a side note, I don't think that either Megalania or Meiolania growled, although I have heard of modern tortoises making strange noises.

[@lostmangos]

Do you know where this film is from?

[@SB-JUN]

Thank you, mate.I've been trying to find videos of this😊😊

[@nathanbrowne2800]

This makes me feel like a kid again , love it .

[@stopmotionmoron2373]

I enjoyed watching this

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

Same.

[@kevinobill4818]

3:09 nothing in Australia are as terrifying as the Megalania and Saltwater crocodile.

[@joeyd6702]

The creature in the beginning with the trunk reminds me of the Las Vegas monster. 🌊

[@henryscott370]

Amazing!

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

Very amazing.

[@tasmaniandog4449]

I love to see thylacine vs mausple lion

[@trvth1s]

Don't let the sizes on the video fool you. That fight would never happen, thylacine would flee. Thylacine weighed about 66lbs while marsupial lions could get from 250lbs-290lbs. Both animals had similar height and length but the marsupial lion was built a lot heavier, thus a lot stronger. It is like a female lion vs a medium sized dog. However i will add if the thylacine had numbers they could harass the marsupial lion. IMO what would have truly been interesting is the marsupial lion vs megalania, on this video megalania was far too oversized,size of the head made it seem like a damn Fasolasuchus which is definitely was not [though, side note, megalania did share its territory with a massive land crocodile called Quinkana which was likely the apex predator of Australia]. Megalania was bigger/stronger then the marsupial, so it would not be overpowered and it's bite was likely venomous. MArsupial was likely more agile so it could hop on its back but megalania was built very robustly, i don't see the marsupial being able to get in a good bite and its claws would not be very effective against the reptiles armor. I see the mammal avoiding the reptile, maybe hunting younger ones, and i see the reptile hunting the mammal when it can catch it.

[@Poliostasis]

Finally some appreciation for Prehistoric Australia.

[@olivialaferriere1489]

I used to watch this as a kid

[@lostmangos]

Which film was this a part of? Would love to see the whole film

[@Shagamaw-100]

This is a great video definitely something unique.

[@SB-JUN]

A lizard that big My biggest nightmare😅😅😅

[@kellyharrison5184]

What a great docu!

[@ultimate_animal_showdown]

This Is Very Good

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

Yep.

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

Indeed Im gonna have to use this in a video sometime

[@jessesands4099]

Very good interesting!🙂

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

Agreed.

[@marssilver]

Needs to be longer!

[@joehumpston7937]

Very cool stop-motion

[@PTtheWildEspeon]

0:34 Shellephant from Crash Of The Titans, is that you?

[@pbh9195]

This was well made.

[@Patrick3183]

Adorable rat doing cartoon move at 5:50

[@AlanNguyen12398fghj]

Palorchestes sounds like a elephant.

[@typorah]

I love the Moa

[@cm94returns19]

close thats a genyornis because of its skull and moas dont live in australia just a heads up

[@greathornedowl1783]

Those poor diprotodons would have been through agonizing hell when caught by megalania. Komodo dragons eat their prey alive and usually start by ripping open the stomach and slowly ripping out organs and flesh. Megalania no doubt would have done the same, it's frightening to think of the billions of diprotodons who were essentially tortured to death in those days.

[@carliegriffin7229]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Jena1999]

What is the name of this documentary?

[@2022irons]

Megalania brought me here

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

Thylacine brought me here.

[@achmadsholi]

2021 irons same

[@greathornedowl1783]

I've seen a megalania skeleton in the Melbourne museum. Absolutely massive and terrifying things they were

[@stoopidragulj2556]

I came for the thylacine

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

Same.

[@johnkieley8994]

Remember, the Thylacine is still out there!!!!!

[@Smilo-the-Sabertooth]

I believe it.

[@elvishassassin1]

What show is this from?

[@cm94returns19]

Prehistoric Australia

[@jessesands4099]

Law Of Nature The Strongest Survive And The Weak Must Go Under!🦖🦕🐅🐯

[@trvth1s]

not the weakest, but the least adaptable, pretty much anything big dies over time. Strongest definetly do not survive the most, they need too many calories. Sauropods were by far the strongest animals to ever walk the earth and they are gone

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

The last of the thylacine died in the 1930s

[@carnotv6136]

This isn’t even Ray ya dingis.

[@Godzillakuj94]

Yeah right, it's just stop motion.

[@renenadar4383]

Yup, it's Nick Hilligoss. Less known but nevertheless extremely talented and underrated.

[@TheKaijuGamer_]

It says Ray Harryhausen style, not that it was by Ray Harryhausen. Remember, most documentaries at the time were done by props, while this was claymation.

[@TheKaijuGamer_]

@@renenadar4383 It never says it's by Ray Harryhausen, it says Ray Harryhausen style, but not by Ray Harryhausen. In other words it's claymation style.