The BIGGEST Animals That Existed Alongside Humans

[@Qxir]

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[@K33GRT7N]

What happened to the animated guys?

[@gatlank6080]

You need to make a video of the Acali. It has everything. Romance, drama, a crazy anthropologist...

[@canadianobserver5552]

Geomagnetic Excursions = extinctions of species

[@Upgraydez]

When scientists looked into it, it turns out that humans were not able to impact the large species in any meaningful way. Not even the Buffalo jumps in North America. Sure, we probably hunted them, but enough to put a dent in the species, let alone make them extinct, is virtually impossible. It was the extinction events and climate change that did em in. It wasn't until much, much later that humans were plentiful enough to make a species extinct, not through hunting, but deforestation, resource competition or the like, but we weren't able to chop down forests on a scale large enough to affect animal species. Before metal, we didn't have the tools to cut forests, mine, or do anything much, like cut down a more than country's worth of trees, when those animals were around, 10s of thousands of years ago.

[@hittingdasauce]

Hey man can u do another video like this. This was very educational n fun

[@terricbooth1022]

Quick correction with the gigantopithecus explanation. Porcupines are actually the only reason why we have a fossil record on them. Gigantopithecus lived in areas heavy in rainforests, which are known to have acidic soil. The acidity of the soil actually dissolves the bones before they ever have a chance to fossilize. Where you got mixed up with the porcupines, is because they did in fact live in the same area, and yes, ate their bones. It helps give them the nutrients to produce their quills, so eating/gnawing bones is actually common for them. The cool part is that these porcupine dens were actually WAY better fossilization conditions, compared to the forest floor. Therefore as of the moment these fossilized porcupine dens are actually the ONLY place that we find these jaws and molars. Thanks spikey bois 👍

[@Aszknee]

That’s super interesting thanks

[@SuperLumpyPumpkin]

Hell yeah!!! 🦔🦔🦔

[@Starburns69]

Hell yeah 🦔🦔🦔

[@Catatomica]

Hell yeah 🦔🦔🦔

[@nickbob2003]

I was wondering how we would know what specific species ate their bones, very interesting correction thank you

[@purplehaze2358]

"No human ever looked up at a dinosaur and said, 'Uh-oh'." Aeschylus certainly did when one dropped a turtle on his head.

[@kellydalstok8900]

My daughter used to be scared of one type of dinosaur because a particularly clumsy individual of these flying rats once flew against her head when she was cycling past it.

[@mrosskne]

yeah, he looked up and said "Nah, I'd win."

[@figglywiggly1]

@@kellydalstok8900bats are blind mate it’s happened to me too

[@sue7734]

@figglywiggly1 The "bats" don't seem to be the only blind ones.....😉

[@muhdiversity7409]

All the ladies in prehistory were terminally single because the only dude was below 6 feet tall. RIP.

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

No the cavemen probably lied about their height also. “Me not 5’11”. Me 6 feet tall. Me not short king”

[@josho7138]

😭😭😞

[@UmUs]

I'm not sure the cavemen cared about consent

[@TwoChin]

@@UmUs winning

[@zizonesol]

probably even close to 5 feet if you look at the realism lol

[@compatriot852]

Rule of thumb when it comes to animals that lived alongside early humans. We probably ate them. Woolly rhinos, mammoths, etc. Nothing was safe from a bunch of hungry guys with pointy sticks

[@nickbob2003]

It really puts into perspective that if dinosaurs did exist with humans in another universe, we almost certainly would have hunted them. Like I’ve seen people make theories that if dinosaurs still existed today that we wouldn’t have had the technological progression we did. I just find that laughable. I think it was a KZbin video that I watch like 5 years ago

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@nickbob2003Depends, if there were enough big chickens walking around for us to eat, which lay giant eggs as well, we wouldnt need as much technological progress.

[@CamTheWarlock]

@@TheSuperappelflapL take honestly, but I don’t care enough to point out why that sounds stupid so I’ll let someone else.

[@nouhorni3229]

Or we ate all it's food. Haast's eagle nests were found with human child bones in them, but their main food source were the Moa. We just outcompeted them.

[@dr.floridaman4805]

Rome was on the verge of steam power, but slavery was cheaper, so they stayed with it. Dude has a point. Look at africa. They get free food so they dont produce anything but slaves for the colbalt mines​@CamTheWarlock

[@weednose4183]

nah, i'd win All the doubters, they clearly don’t smell my aura. I alone am the drunk driver

[@Adiya_55]

Nah, I'd win...

[@maasnelsonhailey218]

nah, i'd win

[@dyci]

Nah, I’d lose

[@kameronjones7139]

*Human with a stick*

[@cassettegames9794]

Nah I’d win

[@hanoord9412]

"You see this massive hairless freak standing on two legs" Hey wait... thats us!

[@leohippelainen2037]

You don't have any hair on your body?

[@DreadEnder]

I love how KZbin autocorrects Qxir to acid

[@josho7138]

Lol

[@Sniperboy5551]

Checks out to be honest

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

*looks at keyboard* "Ah, I see."

[@Dr_Larken]

It does that because Qxir is Scottish OldLatin for Acid!

[@RosaMalaikaCrook]

Not on mine autocorrect is user /language defined I believe

[@BubblewrapOracle]

6:15 I love how the thing's "expression" -frown, bottom eyelid raised- make it look like it's about to say, "How about you glypto- don't" to a giant ground sloth thinking of flipping it over and attacking its weak point for massive damage.

[@Dwigt_Rortugal]

Glyptodonts had piercing eyes that would stare into your very soul. Or maybe that one was on its way to relieve itself.

[@raucoussauce1528]

Giant enemy crab

[@BubblewrapOracle]

@@raucoussauce1528 Rridge Rracer!

[@aj1986917]

underrated comment, I love it

[@thememeguy2195]

An animal you didn't mention was Palaeoloxodon. Which is surprising since it's such a crazy animal when you think about it. A 16ft tall, 20+ ton living tank made of 200% muscle. Almost 2x the size of a current day elephant.

[@chheinrich8486]

Not to mention the biggest tusk of any elephant species EVER, and as such technically the largest teeth ever

[@MasonDeanSteinerRedScare]

Speaking like Qxir

[@Hyperlingualism]

Palaeoloxodon were estimated to be just over 5m tall, which while that is about "2x" times the size of average African Forest Elephant and Indian Elephant, African Bush Elephants can reach about 13ft/4m tall, making the Palaeoloxodon only 25% taller than the Elephants we usually think about. This breaks Qxir's rule of "no animals that are survived by similar animals of a similar size". Palaeoloxodon were large, but not unimaginably or surprisingly large.

[@thememeguy2195]

​@@Hyperlingualism that only accounts for the largest specimens discovered. On average, a Palaeoloxodon is around 2~3ft taller than the largest African Bush specimen, with the average being around 10ft. This also only accounts for height since another factor in determining size is weight, and Palaeoloxodon weight estimates ranges from 18-24 tons. Over 3x heavier than the largest Asian Elephant specimen (7.7 tons) and twice that of the heaviest African Elephant (12 tons). I'd argue that an Elephant that is taller and vastly outweighs a T.Rex is fantastical enough to be on this list.

[@TheMrJizzus]

It's almost as tall as the olliphants from LOTR, that would ruin your day

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

I’m kind of shocked that you didn’t mention New Zealand’s Moa birds. Those things were gigantic and only went extinct during the Middle Ages, about 600 years ago.

[@lucienarcos-palma3834]

Sad ;(

[@Nono-hk3is]

What's it like to be shocked during the entirety of a 17 minute video? Do you gasp each time an animal that isn't your favorite got introduced? Did you start hyperventilating? Or perhaps you went catatonic, or even unconscious? Anyways, I'm sorry you are so easily startled. Good luck being on the Internet!

[@MescalineBanana]

Right after the humans showed up, shockingly

[@lucienarcos-palma3834]

@@Nono-hk3is man cant support people having an opinion

[@LagrangePoint0]

@@lucienarcos-palma3834 Sad little man indeed

[@12345.......]

The Glyptdont shell would make a kick ass clubhouse

[@DrDeuteron]

The glyptdo is even worse.

[@John_Redcorn_]

Or turn it upside down and make it a swimming pool.

[@SirDankleberry]

​@@John_Redcorn_Goddamn it we could've had easily accessible pools or hot tubs if they didn't go extinct.

[@ronburgundy8458]

Dude i was thinking it made a good shelter too or flip it over and catch rain water with it.

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

get its tail and you'd have an even kicker-ass club house

[@bryanthardin8481]

The idea of giant kangaroos stomping around like Australian T-Rexes brings a smile to my face

[@Dwigt_Rortugal]

The male roos today beat the tar out of each other in territorial fights. Imagine what those guys were like!

[@bryanthardin8481]

@@Dwigt_Rortugal in few words, fucking terrifying

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

@@bryanthardin8481 Too bad the first humans that arrived in Australia weren't impressed. They hunted them down like any other animal.

[@muggsyl]

Keep up the good work Qxir love watching your channel grow❤️

[@josho7138]

Me to bro

[@johngamer6255]

Suprised he didn't mention the haast eagle, which definitely existed at the same time as early settlers and had the ability to take on a 230kg Moa. It was the biggest eagle to ever exist with a speculated weight of 15 kg

[@Azazel2024]

But not the biggest wingspan..because it hunted in forests. It was robust though. Huge talons. Also it like did predate on human beings

[@SuperCatacata]

I'm not. That's nothing compared to the size increases shown of the animals in this vid.

[@50izz]

with the accent all i could hear was "gigantopithecus black guy"

[@Dwigt_Rortugal]

Compared to 5'11" guy, he was pretty fly.

[@iBeerus-]

calling the giant ape the blackguy is craaazy

[@ToaRahkshi]

I thought he'd pronounce it like "Blacky"

[@johnladuke6475]

Oh good, I'm not the only one who heard that. The comparison with a modern gorilla helped that thing be properly terrifying, more so than seeing it next to a human.

[@AndrewLewer90]

"Black eye"

[@Kreeos]

I absolutely adore your accent. Could listen to you narrate all day.

[@H3liosphan]

Just a slight correction, humans probably weren't 5'11" thousands of years ago. Closer to 5ft up to 5ft 5in. To do with Modern nutrition probably. Doesn't matter for the scale probably though.

[@Qxir]

Yeah the figure is just for scale rather than an accurate depiction of early human physiology lol. Makes more sense to put modern man there for modern audiences.

[@christophersnedeker]

Paleolithic humans were actually as tall as modern humans, it's neolithic humans which were short.

[@Azazel2024]

Incorrect. You need to look at most pre modern hominids eg homo Heidelbergenses..6ft easy . And like 220 plus

[@AYVYN]

@@Azazel2024How would you know, you dating one?

[@BubblewrapOracle]

And today's Thirst Award goes to... @@AYVYN

[@Olanius_Pius666]

Its amazing how effective the spear was. 5 or 6 people with spears getting a couple deep spear impacts on an animal before falling back and letting it bleed heavily before closing back in to stab it some more is a terrifying strategy.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

What's especially scary about the giant monitor lizards is that it's hypothesized that they might have existed in the same place at the same time as Homo Floresiensis so it would've seemed even bigger to them. Also this scene is the best National Geographic artwork I've ever seen. Check it out if you got a chance.

[@opiwaran354]

it's unreal how high quality your videos have become man I mean your stuff was always entertaining but you seem to have really nailed down the formula as of recent :D

[@ThunderSims]

"StEpPe MaMmOtH, wHaT aRe YoU DoInG?"

[@axolotlfeverdream]

Im sTuCk WwHaT aRe YoU DoInG? (You made me read this, so now you have to read this)

[@ThunderSims]

@@axolotlfeverdream heLp NoW i TyPe LiKe ThIs StEpBrO

[@skunkrat01]

No. Stop it. Right now.

[@John_the_Paul]

@@ThunderSims Oh StEpPe MaMmOtH wHeRe ArE yOu GoInG wItH tHaT bIg TrUnK oF yOuRs?

[@ThunderSims]

@@skunkrat01 you stop it

[@wackofish7435]

Spectacular video, never heard of these creatures. Been watching every upload since killdozer I believe or something around there. Love the channel!

[@DreadEnder]

If you want a scary marsupial, let me introduce you to Thylacoleo, aka the marsupial lion! It’s basically a lion with the teeth of a beaver and lives in Australia.

[@TigerShork1]

Of course it does

[@joaomartins814]

Lived right ? Whatever that is doesn't exist anymore right ?

[@markwallace1727]

I've read articles that make a good argument that Thylacoleo may have been an ambush predator as part of its strategy. One option being that it climbed trees and would drop down on the unsuspecting prey. In other words, it was a larger, more deadly, version of a drop bear. A giant fucking drop bear with opposable thumbs with oversized retractable claws, massive incisors, and a ridiculously huge set of shears to slice through flesh. As if a goanna that makes a komodo dragon look tiny wasn't scary enough.

[@scottcantdance804]

​@@markwallace1727 So... A drop cat?

[@floo1465]

@@joaomartins814lived is right. idk why they put “lives,” they’ve been extinct thousands of years

[@michaelmarks5012]

I love the new format! You deserve every subscriber you've earned. Keep on keepin' on, brother!

[@JTA1961]

Well said

[@TikiOperator]

# 1 should be my mate’s mum

[@iverkjellkken6569]

I think you mean your mum

[@thestone8187]

Is his name kyle

[@henry1527]

😂

[@the-engneer]

To me the giant gorilla sounds absolutely terrifying. Not only were they big and strong they most likely had high intelligence for an animal. I'd be scared to death of that thing

[@thejunglecommando]

Like gorillas they probably would be pacifists then

[@drewk448]

Meh, the giant gorilla is still around although very secretive. People call it Bigfoot.

[@kwak0]

If you've ever played Ark Survival Evolved you would know how scary it can be to encounter some of these creatures. Especially if you don't how strong, fast or hostile they are.

[@ABobRoss]

Legit haha surprised me to know ark's terror birds are only the medium ones

[@davidsherman2612]

@@ABobRoss Cool game, haven't played since I trolled my son into quitting. He wasn't a fan of me drugging him and throwing off a cliff into a pile of spikes .. lol

[@whyyaskkwhyy]

As a man who is 5'11" i thank you for standing up for us

[@johnfoster6412]

Everyone over 5'8" is technically deformed. Sorry, science.

[@JTA1961]

Same here...

[@SirChris]

ARK players, assemble

[@LaughingStockReal]

I’m doing my part

[@tomoliver3177]

I felt connected to our ancestors when i walked around the Natural History Musuem deciding which extinct animal looked like "Good Eating"

[@kellydempsey9868]

More of this please. Great video.

[@johanjvdw]

I definitely liked this new series! Good job

[@viktorthebird6115]

I love these videos! You should do more on that format ❤❤

[@PowerTrain611]

This channel is so diverse. I love it.

[@A_Ducky]

Another excellent video! Thanks for all your hard work and research on this. We appreciate you!!

[@ReverendRover]

"If he fell down the hill, you wouldn't want to be down at the bottom" Now I can't get the image of that out of my head 😂

[@charlessaint7926]

If Steven Seagal was ever in a Jurassic Park movie, I bet he would have to use his martial-arts 'skills' against a pack of Velociraptors.

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

“I will snatch every Dinosaur birthday”

[@craigpardy6204]

And if my auntie had a pair of balls she'd be my uncle..

[@charlessaint7926]

"I love the f*ck out of Compies."@@Chiefs_fan1595

[@rudedogg6331]

Steven Seagal would be safe in Jurassic Park, because the velociraptors attack is based on movement 😂

[@Monkey.D.Pression]

Steven is such a unit, he would block their attack, than eat them whole, unhingeing his jaw like a snake ​@@rudedogg6331

[@ivarlarsen6045]

Thank you for the video Qxir! Your delightful & terrifying yarns keep providing us all equally with awareness of unknown terrors & distraction from the incessant passage of time, our absolute personal insignificance & the inevitable thermal death of the universe. Cheers! Have you considered gathering some material into an hour & hiring an agent? I´d buy a ticket. But srsly, thanks man -great show. Many thanks :)

[@superzilla784]

Muscle Man: You know what's the biggest animal in the world? MY MOM!

[@josho7138]

Your mom😈😈😈

[@luna_macaroni]

Do you know who else went extinct in the megafauna extinction? MY MOM!

[@ipellaers]

Wow you're a nerd.

[@ttl34570]

you deserve more than one million subscribers

[@RussianBiasEnjoyer]

He could literally talk about anything, and it would be entertaining.

[@Whatsforlunch710]

I like how even ancient humans thought about eating everything and likely did, it’s funny how hunger and curiosity connects us to them

[@C4lico]

Love your videos!

[@thick45]

Love this type of content! Especially since compared to other channels, it lacks the common bland humor that comes with it!

[@felixulrich3212]

Ah yes, the Combat Wombat

[@josho7138]

🤘🤘

[@JTA1961]

Hodaka

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

That's one of my ancestors!

[@baneverything5580]

Thank GOD there are no more giant armadillos....I think? The little ones are bad enough to deal with in my garden. I cussed one out and he stood there and listened and then walked over and sniffed my foot!

[@kameronjones7139]

I had a dog that would eat them

[@JTA1961]

Toe~tally believable

[@baneverything5580]

I got breakbarrel air rifles but I really hate having to take a life, but my soil at this place is like concrete and putting up a fence will be extremely difficult. I hit one with a can of expired green beans and he returned that night and destroyed 80% of my vegetables. The only reason I didn`t kick this one is because it was at the end of summer when there was nothing left to destroy. I bought over 300 dollars worth of air rifles, 100 worth of pellets, and 6 driveway alarms trying to stop them. I`m gonna try Irish Spring soap, mint oil, and extremely hot pepper powder this year to repel them since they locate worms by sniffing. Last year there was a drought so my garden was a magnet to them and they even got into my plants in containers. I made friends with a wild bunny I caught nibbling my peas and green beans last year and since a disease greatly reduced their population a few years ago I tolerated her but made temporary "fences" with some tin, cardboard and other things to protect some things. The peas and beans were very thick cover crops to fix nitrogen and she couldn`t eat them all. Rabbits are too lazy to try to get past the most simple barrier...but not the little bulldozer armadillos! @@kameronjones7139

[@TheWoollyFrog]

@@baneverything5580 Now I'm no armadillo expert, but it sounds to me like hiring someone to put up a proper fence might be the most cost-effective solution.

[@johannvonbabylon]

@@kameronjones7139 My dog caught one, but it balled up. The dog couldn't pierce its armor but didn't want to let it go, even when I tried to make him let it go. Eventually though, my dog decided "Fuck this" and dropped it.

[@DreadEnder]

Anyone who has been to the natural history museum in London knows the sheer size of megatherium. And I’ve personally seen one of the few skulls and it’s fukin massive! It’s the the size of a teenager!

[@southwestphilomath807]

Hey this is awesome! Always wanted a sequel to your human ancestor video

[@Arsopu]

What are you doing steppe mammoth...

[@Lord_of_Proboscidea]

Although mammoths and mastodons aren’t much bigger than elephants, deinotherium gigantium and palaeoloxodon Namadicus are terrifying and gigantic. The palaeo was able to reach 20+ tons. Deinotherium is just freaky

[@croon4111]

My new favorite video of yours. Keep it up fool

[@runner0233]

4:48 you just explained what a human looks like XD

[@jakeking974]

Terror birds are fucking terrifying. A regular modern day cassowary is basically the equivalent of a velociraptor and they get up to about 5 feet. Terror birds went up to 8 feet. If a cassowary can disembowel a human in seconds, a terror bird would probably already be eating them in that amount of time.

[@yeoungbraxx]

0:52 "Help me, steppe mammoth! I'm stuck!~"

[@Abuglizz]

As the humans began expanding their domains, the megafauna’s shrunk back in fear

[@lachlancurrie6143]

Those Castoroides probably just acted as the dam themselves, no need to build one.

[@goliathprojects7354]

The quality of these videos keep improving

[@lxik2677]

0:40 Fun fact: while blue whales were thought, as you said, to be the largest animals to ever exist, they have recently (like a couple months ago) been dethroned by Perucetus Colossus, which is... an even bigger whale.

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

Perucetus got downsized recently, to no one's surprise

[@G_FRE]

​@@Kevin-hx2ky yeah fortunately your mother is now recognized as #1

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

@@G_FRE I don't have a mother.

[@djxunlimitedfpv644]

Great Topic Idea Qxir!

[@sterlinsilver]

Megalania would make a great metal band name...

[@AdynRink]

0:13 That is a beautiful AI generated dino bedroom. I loved looking at the random tails and missing limbs in the wallpaper!

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

holy shit a hexapod

[@user-vw4xp5nt9f]

one of them has a tail on its neck oh no

[@aaronleblanc9276]

The editing and writing are being taken to the next level.

[@KellyTour-d9s]

Sasquatch as still here all over earth and they are not rare.

[@HubertofLiege]

I don’t think he is a gigantopithicus, maybe a distant but distinct relative.

[@EEsmalls]

I knew of all the other ones, but i had no idea beavers and kangaroos were ever that big! Fascinating 💙

[@RationalGaze216]

Your most fascinating series of videos are the ones that aren't officially part of any series, like this one, the one about nuclear mishaps, and the one about extinct human species

[@rarenightcore]

WE MAKING IT OUTTA THE ICE AGE WITH THIS ONE

[@SPELLATTIC]

1:36 When you said "he's dead", I got a movie trailer ad and the first thing they said was "Who's he?" lol

[@dystopian..]

Love these videos

[@hollister2320]

0:03 fck, jump scare😹😕

[@reddst]

🤯

[@Codsworth_]

One of my favourite videos of yours yet

[@tomsy6522]

Long time subscriber here, love your content!

[@goldengriffon]

I miss the cartoon drawings! But I understand they probably take a lot of time, which can be better spent researching details for vids like this. I hope you can still inject a few drawings from time to time, perhaps to emphasize comedic moments in the script. But whatever you do, thanks for doing it! One of my favorite channels.

[@lestupidunicorn]

given what we know about the techniques of giant kangaroos today, a big ass one of those that just casually walks like a human is hitting different for me

[@MinionofNobody]

I can’t believe he left out sasquatch, yeti, and the Stay Puft Mashmallow Man.

[@RETRO_THE_DRAGON]

I know right?

[@bigmanpatty9418]

man, your videos are top tier

[@headtrauma_1]

Sweet vid! Would be awesome to get a video exploring First Nations myths and folklore someday

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

Should be more rigorous than this one to avoid misrepresenting their stories

[@tendo6385]

I’ve been following your channel for a long time and I gotta say I’d love some classic cartoony simple illustrations with these videos

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

Awww, you showed a picture of my brother in the first segment. Us marsupials are pretty cute☺️

[@hunk8562]

love the effort you put into your vids bro. keep it up.

[@friskydingo5370]

Good video but would be grate if it had your awesome animations they are the main reason i love this chanel 😊

[@skunkrat01]

Youre doin great kid

[@fatovamingus]

This was excellent

[@dezertraider]

GREAT JOB AGAIN QXIR

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Great vid as always!

[@Drew_001]

Thanks Qxir, excellent video!

[@shadeaquaticbreeder2914]

OMG I absolutely love vids like this! I love looking at what humans had to exist alongside that would have made building a large city hard

[@SuLokify]

Humanity is currently in the "long ago, dragons roamed the land" stage of civilization. It's been awhile since we exited the "what the hell are we gonna do about all these damn dragons" era and we largely did it ourselves

[@Flesh_Wizard]

We still have Komodo Dragons, and saltwater crocodiles (not dragons but definitely big enough)

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

It's always strange for me to think that everyone has someone in their family tree that's killed something insane.

[@FHS101]

this is the best video now that i’m doing anthropology 😭😭

[@billyskittles1036]

Great video, man.

[@pfifo_fast]

Nice video, the info is interesting, thanks for putting so much effort into it.

[@chongetsu2362]

love your videos keep it up brudda

[@superbad8008]

9:13 Something that large having thumbs is insane.

[@budnrobots2968]

I hope this one blows up its a good mix for the algorithm

[@loganater45]

Terrestrial crocodiles also cool. Great vid!

[@teevarg]

Great video, really enjoyed this. Miss my college biology classes

[@Deadpool3E]

1:01 Just to throw it out there, Dire Wolves aren't really a thing. What were thought to be another species of wolf is actually a different type of Canine that converged on the same body plan and is closer related to jackals. 3:22 Herbivores tend to reach large sizes due to the availability of resources and the availability of predatory pressure. Diprotodon lived at the same time as large carnivores like Varanus priscus (a largest lizard to ever live related to the Komodo Dragon) and Quinkana, a large land crocodile. 5:03 Megatherium had been around before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, which led to a Great Biotic Interchange between North and South America at around 3.5 million years ago. In the South, this sloth had to contend with giant terror birds, along with the arrival of Northern predators like sabre-tooth cats and pack-hunting dogs. The situation didn't change as the genus migrated up North where said foes were still present, along with the encroachment of humans. 5:40 This is usually seen as a one-two punch between the presence of human hunters and the recession of glaciers heading to the poles. Much of the planet where the megafauna existed in were vast shrubland and savannahs due to a cooler Earth where sea levels were lower than they are today. Over time, thanks to these fluctuating temperatures, the habitats were being wrecked and replaced with wooded forests. These stark changes, coupled with sharp declines in resources and an unpredictable climate, was seen as essentially the stake to the heart for many large species. Human hinting of the remnant populations was a fatal insult to an already lethal 1:01 Just to throw it out there, Dire Wolves aren't really a thing. What were thought to be another species of wolf is actually a different type of Canine that converged on the same body plan and is closer related to jackals. 3:22 Herbivores tend to reach large sizes due to the availability of resources and the availability of predatory pressure. Diprotodon lived at the same time as large carnivores like Varanus priscus (a largest lizard to ever live related to the Komodo Dragon) and Quinkana, a large land crocodile. 5:03 Megatherium had been around before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, which led to a Great Biotic Interchange between North and South America at around 3.5 million years ago. In the South, this sloth had to contend with giant terror birds, along with the arrival of Northern predators like sabre-tooth cats and pack-hunting dogs. The situation didn't change as the genus migrated up North where said foes were still present, along with the encroachment of humans. 5:40 This is usually seen as a one-two punch between the presence of human hunters and the recession of glaciers heading to the poles. Much of the planet where the megafauna existed in were vast shrubland and savannahs due to a cooler Earth where sea levels were lower than they are today. Over time, thanks to these fluctuating temperatures, the habitats were being wrecked and replaced with wooded forests. These stark changes, coupled with sharp declines in resources and an unpredictable climate, was seen as essentially the stake to the heart for many large species. Human hinting of the remnant populations was a fatal insult to an already lethal injury. 6:33 There were many species of Glyptodonts, though the remnant genera were Glyptodon, Hoplophorus, Glyptotherium, Panochthus, Doedicurus and Neosclerocalyptus. Also worth adding was that Megatherium is indeed a herbivore due to isotopic analysis and lack of dental design that's seen in more carnivorous mammals..

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It's nice that you gave us a break from the constant death and human misery shown in your normal videos.

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Im grateful you brought back the bongo for this episode