March of the Dinosaurs (2011) Accuracy Review | Dino Documentaries RANKED #18

We put the Dark Age behind us to embrace the savior, March of the Dinosaurs! This dino documentary focuses on life in the Alaskan Prince Creek Formation and the thousand mile migration of a young Edmontosaurus. How well does it hold up scientifically?
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[@GTSE2005]

March of the dinosaurs is more focused on the entertainment aspect than on education. But even then it does a great job in educating its audience

[@heilmadon]

I think so long as the facts are accurate it can focus on the entertainment more and still be educational

[@toothandclaw4347]

Lol

[@subith88]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL LOL LOL LOL

[@Bagelgeuse]

I remember watching March of the Dinosaurs as a kid. It introduced me to feathered Tyrannosaurs and I've loved them ever since. Btw, another positive I noticed when rewatching MotD was the sexual dimorphism in Edmontosaurus: the males have stripes while the females dont. Scar has stripes and is referred to by male pronouns. 2nd edit: The Troodon and Pachyrhinosaurus also display sexual dimorphism.

[@herpderp3916]

Even if feathered rexes aren't considered as accurate anymore, I still like the idea that maybe they had downy fuzz as babies that was eventually shed. Imagine a gangly little rex chick, all legs, with a fuzzy coat.

[@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614]

@@herpderp3916 Have you seen the Prehistoric Planet teasers? They have a great depiction of that idea.

[@herpderp3916]

@@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614 I saw it a little while ago, very excited for it.

[@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614]

@@herpderp3916 Me too. It’s got some hyper accurate depictions of prehistoric life but also a healthy amount of speculative biology thrown in there. There’s a lot of talented people working on it as well like Gabriel N.U, Darren Naish, Jon Favreau, David Attenborough and Hans Zimmer.

[@dibble1331]

Plus many of the females are a brighter gray color, almost white, while the males are a slightly darker grey color. I thought that was neat.

[@GoGojiraGo]

I love how the Edmontosaurus does absolutely nothing to get the Albertosaurus off its neck, hell it looks and acts like it doesn't even care or notice.

[@v-man6671]

It may sound strange but I've seen videos where the prey animal does nothing whatsoever in order to fight back or resist the predator. For example, I've seen videos of several lions holding onto a subadult giraffe and it was just standing there, not even trying to kick at them. Perhaps it has something to do with the prey animal being in shock and completely paralyzed by it. Surely, it depends on the individual and species, but as illogical as it seems, March of the Dinosaurs portraying this isn't extremely implausible.

[@codyshrimp2346]

I haven't watched it in years but if I remember correctly, if this is referring to the scene by the Cliffside then the elder edmontosaurus had a brain disease or something. Still a bit odd how it barely reacted though.

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@v-man6671 In those cases they're probably exhausted and have been fighting for some time, I have definitely seen giraffe kick the shit out of lions and leaving them paralyzed or with broken jaws. Herbivores not fighting at all is more of a trend with domesticated animals like goats, cattle or mules. Funnily enough I have heard the opposite being true with domesticated carnivores, hunting dogs are said to be more reckless than wolves, possibly running off things or struggling with prey despite injuries.

[@shronk2210]

Well there are several videos where a prey animal has been captured by a predator and it looks like it doesn’t really care and is just going along with it. Though it’s probably just in shock

[@collateralpigeon2151]

Getting multiple steak knife sized teeth shoved into its cervical vertebrae and windpipe might have something to do with it.

[@estaextrana8486]

Funny how the Albertosaurus's jumping moment, who is apparently "stupid" was and still is my favorite scene in the show. It may not be accurate, but it is very cool looking.

[@georgetagianinasileanu4526]

That scene is similar to tyrannosaurus an evolutionary journey

[@IceSpoon]

Even though it can stand next to the Walking series or Planet Dinosaur, I wouldn't call this "documentary". It's one of the most accurate palaeo-movies out there. I felt it always tried to entertain and give a nice story first, accuracy second. Second is still very good, and I agree with your A- on that, but it's for sure an A+ when it comes to entertainment value.

[@dibble1331]

When I first watched this, I didn’t know about nonexistence Troodon. The only thing that caught my eye was Frog Albertosaurus

[@paleoscinkus542]

That Jurassic Fight Club parody was hilarious, lmao. 💀

[@L0LZZYT69]

Got me laughing to the max 💀

[@user-H_m]

Yes💀

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

The piss yellow screen made it even more hilarious

[@bartoszhallay6576]

Fun fact: Gorgosaurus and Albertosaurus here have complex, bird like feathers, which is unlikely, considering that tyrannosaurs were basal calurosaurs, so they most likely had basic down feathers

[@pinky0558]

*Troodon is invalid* Conductor from dinosaur train: I don’t feel so good… *Snapped out of existence*

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

*proceeds to get replaced by Stenonychosaurus*

[@dinogamer7214]

This movie introduced me to mass migration and told me that the dino world was not just sunshine and rainbows as i thought when i was 5

[@ianeuguin]

That Quetza Breaking Bad edit was genius!

[@therandomspinosaurus5717]

This is easily one of my favorite dinosaur documentaries, it’s such a breath of fresh air

[@Thereelmnm]

Quetzalcoatlus being the one who knocks is legendary

[@Spnozilla]

As inaccurate as it was, seeing an Albertasaurus do something straight out of Naruto was pretty bad ass ngl. Part of me likes to think it was in there just for dramatic effect but eh it is what it is.

[@vaggos2003]

Great video for my personal favourite dino doc (although it's technically an educational movie and not a doc, but whatever). Here are some positive additions I have: -Even the smallest of wounds are treated like a big deal. The Gorgosaurus gets wounded by the Troodon, his wound gets infected and that slows him down. He gets further wounded by the Edmontonia and he's done for. -The absence of grass. -Edmontonia with an accurate design. -Animals adapting behaviours by seeing other animals (I'm refering to Scar eating the bugs in the wood by watching the Edmontonia doing so). That happens quite a lot in nature (for example, there was an instance where some wolves learned to fish salmon after watching some bears do so). -The lack of food forced the herbivores into rivalry. About time we saw something like that. Seriously, it's always carnivores vs carnivores or carnivores vs herbivores. People may not realise it, but herbivores from different species in the wild can get into fights with each other for remaining food, water or territory. -Patch was described to see in slow motion, which believe it or not, after a bit of research on my part, I discovered that it is actually accurate with lots of animals nowadays. In fact, the smaller the animal, the more information it can perceive information with its eyes and the faster its brain can process said information. It even applies to animals or humans of different ages. It's quite likely that the same thing applied to dinosaurs (I mean, I see no reason as to why it wouldn't apply to them as well).

[@ac_nerd9794]

I thought this was a great movie. I liked that it portrayed the dinosaurs as animals but also had some type of narrative. I wasn't invested in the dinosaurs as characters but I sure did enjoy watching them live their lives. Might have hated that the Gorgosaurus dies but I liked the movie a lot.

[@estaextrana8486]

Karma

[@KhanBalkan]

I always wondered how Edmontosaurus could survive during the winter without any feathers. I guess it's size alone did the job.

[@desjykv7]

This is my favourite dinosaur documentary, and this should have been the walking with dinosaurs movie.

[@jeebus2313]

Otherwise known as what the Walking with Dinosaurs movie should have been.

[@sonofjack6286]

7:43 Ah, Aurora Borealis, took me a second to get the reference.

[@forrestannis909]

Can't wait for more dinosaur documentaries to be ranked.

[@ModernTyrannosaurus]

God the difference in quality between this and Stephen Fry's latest venture into dinosaur documentaries is staggering.

[@ashwinnmyburgh9364]

This documentary is literally Walking With Dinosaurs the movie but way better.

[@thepterosaurwithinternetac2426]

Everyone be vibin' till the Albertosaurus jumps

[@acrazygamer1318]

Apparently, there was a debate that Edmontosaurus was a full quadraped in life whereas the majority say it utilized the traditional quadraped/bipedal locomotion

[@ianoliver2224]

I love that Steamed Hams is constantly in the background.

[@bigchungus6853]

you thought the albertosaurus jumping was bad?? Man you haven't even SEEN the ending of speckles the tarbosaurus, my man leaps and dives with purposeful form directly into the ocean 🤮 OFF A HUGE CLIFF NO LESS. to be honest, I noticed dino king (speckles the tarbosaurus) is on your review list which I think is strange. Considering dino king isn't even a documentary, it's a movie. In fact, it's based on a documentary called "tarbosaurus: the mightiest ever" which is ACTUALLY a documentary. So I think that should be reviewed instead

[@dibble1331]

I feel like there isn’t really any point in reviewing Dino King. As a movie, even now, I still quite enjoy it. It’s a bit cheesy and the narration when Speckles was still a baby were…not great. But as a movie, I think it’s a solid B-. As an informative documentary? I’d give it an F-.

[@bigchungus6853]

@@dibble1331 it's a 1 to 1 lion king ripoff but with dinosaurs

[@dibble1331]

@@bigchungus6853 Literally. But I think it’s fairly good.

[@amn2760]

Speckles the Tarbosaurus just ripped off a dinosaur documentary that ripped off other dinosaur documentaries

[@tyrannotherium7873]

I really enjoyed this documentary back in 2011 it’s my favorite out of all the 2011 dinosaur documentaries in my opinion also there was a National Geographic documentary version called the great escape dinosaurs or something and I also like how in this version had interviews with Dr. Philip Currie about interesting facts about these animals

[@martinsalazar8587]

A big problem is that in the documentary the quetzalcoatlus is biped when we know it was a cuadrup.

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

I love this ranking,cause MOTD is an absolute Dino Doc 2010s classic

[@gabrieljvelez-perez9275]

You also forgot to include the Prognathodons and both their migrations to freshwater and yearly hunts within the arctic. This movie really was ahead of the current research we know.

[@Saurophaganax1931]

I also felt that the “Troodons” were far too thinly feathered. Living in a polar region you’d think that the creators would have seen this as a good excuse to go full in on the ploomage and give us some truly fluffy, bird like, raptors. Heck it would have been really cool if they were shown molting ~ having a brown light coat before the snowfall and developing a thick, floofy, white coat as winter sets in.

[@mechanwhal6590]

Do feathered animals do that? I’m vaguely aware that some mammals do.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

I like this documentary my opinion it’s my favorite 2011 documentary it’s better than dinosaur revolution. Well the first time I saw this it was actually from National Geographic called the Great dinosaurs escape

[@stevenelbert8989]

Same here I saw it for the first time on national Geographic and saw more of it full on KZbin and streaming websites

[@The_Dino_Edits]

Both were good

[@Bagelgeuse]

I think both DR and MotD are good. Dinosaur Revolution has super eye-catching designs that, while likely a little unrealistic, certainly showcase how real dinosaurs could've been nothing like what we see in paleo-media. Plus, even though I've seen ppl criticize the cartoonish and somewhat anthropomorphized behavior of the animals, It's a nice change of pace compared to other dino documentaries where it's just violence and killing. MotD has more grounded designs, and showcases dinosaurs in the snow, which you don't often see in paleo-media.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

@RKaale Dinosaur revolution I just don’t like it because of the sense of humor you can’t put an animal documentary with some sense of humor it doesn’t fit

[@Bagelgeuse]

@@tyrannotherium7873 Tbh I never had a problem with it. I like seeing dinosaurs behave less like serious violent monsters and more like flawed animals that did stupid things from time to time. The only time I had a problem with the humor was the Eoraptor snickering in Ep 1, and even then It was so minor I barely noticed it.

[@adamthespinygiant]

Prehistoric Predators? Animal Armageddon? Walking with Cavemen?

[@rookroberts]

in his walking with beasts video he said he wasn't interested in a walking with cave men video.

[@mitchellskene8176]

Hopefully he reviews the first two. As stated above, he already said he wouldn't review Walking With Cavemen.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Prehistoric Predators needed a two parter.

[@Logan_The_Mega_Dragon_Gojira]

The Albertosaurus looks like a Wolf in a Dinosaur edition and I like that

[@thdenwheja756]

I thought for certain you would have ragged on the Bipedal Quetzalcoatlus more.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Also not fingers on wings? WTF was that?

[@RhiannaRyselAOpo]

i love the feathered albertosarus

[@juliab7934]

I love this movie, one of my favorites :) I also love hearing about the Dakota specimen since I live in ND near where it was found. Edmontosaurus is actually one of my favorite dinosaurs

[@nickmitsialis]

Ah so this is that docco where the Albertosaurus does that ninja commando leap!

[@endprince8068]

I always like dino docs thar are more akin to proper nature documentaries, and this one is no exception. It's a very cozy kind of film, the kind where you just have a bowl of popcorn in your lap and just forget about everything else. That being said tho, seeing the Albertosaurus anime-jump into the herd was so absurd that I couldn't help but laugh.

[@earth5853]

I remember watching when I was a kid and it blew my mind

[@ianoliver2224]

You can tell the Albertosaurus jumping was literally done for cinematic purposes and nothing else. All just so they could get that “cool shot” that seemed to be missing from the documentary.

[@bkjeong4302]

Re: pack hunting, pretty much all of the arguments used to rule out pack hunting in dinosaurs rely on false dichotomies once you look at living animal behaviour.

[@kylethedestroyer1117]

Green Goblin: Why bother? Spider Alberto: *rawr*

[@DSLego3]

Solid review Red Raptor, between the serious paleontology and the funny edits with your favorite movies. March of the Dinosaurs I remember enjoying quite a bit when it came out. Could you consider doing Prehistoric America or Monsters we Meet in the future, both are pretty decent documentaries but the paleontology aspect is what I'm curious about. Keep up the great reviews, stay safe and have a good day.

[@vanglhun]

14:18 Omg you did not just do that😂 I just burst out laughing in my bedroom at 1 am.. So unexpected

[@topcroc2653]

I've been waiting for this one!, keep up the great work man 👍

[@manzac112]

Now Azdarchid Pterosaurs may have not been lazy, but they could still scavenge if needed even they were mostly predatorial. The comparison between a Bison jumping and a Albertosaurus jumping however is a little redundant because both animals have different skeletal structures and organ placement.

[@crankyfranky1288]

I actually remember this documentary on tv,so my mom recorded,(thx Mom),but then it disappeared?So glad I can watch it on KZbin.

[@rockclanhawkstar1454]

I personally like when dino docs and movies that try for accuracy, do include interpersonal interactions. I doubt edmontosaurs would be as sociable as modern herding animals who live in smaller herds like deer or Elephants. But for a non herding animal as an example of fun interpersonal interaction I like to go and think of Hyenas, Vampire bats, and sharks. With Hyenas they make what can be described as friendships, and it can sometimes be seen with females in lower rankings of the pack getting real high ranking and respect with just nepotism alone. For Vampire bats, they got a bit a debt trading system thing, in which if an individual doesn't find any food through out the night, another may share some of their food, and if that induvial who gave the food needs food a following night the other bat may pay the other bat back. And Finally to sharks, namely reef sharks, during the day it's seen that groups of sharks like to join together, at night they disperse around and feed, but when day returns they they meet back up with the exact same group of sharks.

[@aliendilo3105]

Other dino docs: Tatakae, tatakae! March of the dinosaurs: I can't fight this guy he's too big!

[@callsignmaverick3979]

Love this movie! And your channel!

[@l0el]

Great Video! This is one of my favourite Dinodocs! Although it's admittedly not that good when you watch it a second time.

[@sweatermoncalamari3728]

Me whenever red raptor writes uploads a video:"WOOOOO LETS GOOOOOO"

[@AnicentLich]

I love that documentary.I watched it multiple times and I love it.

[@takenname8053]

LET'S GOO can't wait for the next one!

[@govnopochta69]

15:10 this is when quetzalkoatlus became Heisenberg😱

[@dylanfrancis5996]

A friend of mine gave me the youtube link for that movie before New Year’s. Good watch to say goodbye to 2021 with

[@sethcothran470]

2:14 That is too accurate to JFC.

[@Dino-oh3fj]

Once I saw the title, I knew that the Albertasaurus jump was going to be mentioned.

[@estaextrana8486]

I love that jump. I loved it 2 years ago when I discovered this movie, and I still love it today. It looks badass.

[@kairyu9207]

Hey, what a coincide. I was watching this documentary today and now the accuracy review for this one is out.

[@Blodkorv]

I can't wait until the review of amazing dinoworld.

[@beatingtheblade4498]

I knew you gonna mention that Albertosaurus's RKO scene lul

[@Iron_Clad_Shorts]

Yooo finally i have watched this doc and it's great Great vid but i have one. Request can you plsss make a Britain Dinosaurs Plssssss

[@maxandjulianvideos4454]

My favorite dino doc!!

[@tomatogenesis]

14:27 Is it just me, or does that Camarasaurus' head resemble Scorpius' in some way?

[@DryptosaurusDavid]

Scorpius Rex ?

[@tomatogenesis]

@@DryptosaurusDavid It's a popular way to call Scorpios with.

[@puppet_43]

Are you gonna make a review about last day of the dinosaurs or animal Armaggedon?

[@Spinno.]

Are you ever going to review other forms of dinosaur media like books btw love your videos

[@josephpatterson2549]

Tbh, the closest genus that patch could be is latenivenatrix, which is a troodontid

[@chaosthebaryonyx6344]

The best thing is that you can watch it anytime you want on KZbin

[@VukovatzTV]

New sub.

[@joshuaW5621]

Your joke clips are like the cutaway gags in Family Guy.

[@dinoman2135]

Mr. Red Raptor, I have a dino question, do think it's possible and maybe just possible, that arctic dinosaurs could have migrated at least some of the time?

[@JerkyD]

I hope you don't mind, but 12:30 reminded me of something I recently noticed: W/the exception of sauropods, you usually don't comment on hand/foot anatomy despite the fact that dino docs often get it wrong. In this case, see the Edmontonia's hands at ~1:39, the Pachyrhino's hands at ~9:39, & the Quetzal's lack of hands at ~15:00. I should also mention that 1) the Troodon's head looks almost exactly like that of a JP Velociraptor, & 2) not everyone agrees that "Troodon is total trash" (E.g. From Varricchio et al. 2018: "Given that [Stenonychosaurus inequalis] had already been synonymized into the senior T. formosus36 and remained unused for 30 years, Troodon formosus remains the proper name for this taxon, exclusive of L. mcmasterae, and we continue to use it here").

[@bluehet7505]

Where you can find old info abaut palentology? I am doing som resrch and I found only 1 site but it is not the best so can someone help? I am scerching abaut BC-1700 fossils wich were found, and fossils and theories in 1700-1800

[@bluehet7505]

Ps its not bad just I want to see what and other sites says maby I found more info than just 1

[@blackdragon5274]

So, Troodon isn't valid, but Troodontid is still the family name?

[@powerbalancevathelastkitsu2504]

I'm looking forward to it

[@hsdinoman2267]

Awesome new video

[@casualchaos4253]

honestly, i feel like they made hadrosaurs look like carnivore fodder in this documentary. They should have at least let them fight back rather than just getting killed every fight.

[@starzilla624]

Ohhhh no, we've entered 2011 now, which means you'll be reviewing Planet Dinosaur. It's my favourite docu, but I have a feeling you're going to slam it :(

[@groque1654]

To this day I can hear the opening tune as the daspletosaurus looks up. Even with the inaccuracies the dinosaur models in the docu are some of the best so far.

[@starzilla624]

@@groque1654 Yeah they are beautiful, I hope he acknowledges that despite their inaccuracies, along with accurate animal behaviour.

[@bluefinmanta5373]

No mention of the mosasaurs? or how the _Quetzalcoatlus_ are portrayed as bipeds with only the wing finger on their forelimb?

[@dread164]

Red raptor how many Dino docs are left?

[@angel_2009...]

This movie made me love dinosaurs

[@justint8851]

So Dinosaur Revolution is next because I know it and Dinosaur Planet came out at the same time but I do believe Dinosaur Revolution came out a month before Dinosaur Planet right?

[@christianbontempo8859]

Will you discuss the Walking With Dinosaurs film?

[@TheBigRhino]

Can you make a video on NHK dinosaur world, pls

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

For 2011 it's amazing and I love it so much

[@tanneraustin9071]

Why are chalmers and skinner in the corner?

[@FirebonE_88]

A 6 feet jump for a 1 tonne animal is by no means tiny, nor unimpressive. That's taller than a lot of men.

[@Actually_Alice_Orchid]

I like this one I always found it interesting

[@Spiny_21]

I thought that was a panopalosaurus

[@NatteNek]

Never forget finding this one for the first time in KZbin as an 8 yr old despite not understanding shit

[@thenormaldino3404]

This is my childhood

[@zade6288]

yay a new review

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

Here we go

[@Randomixx-xm1ml]

What I find funny is that the general perception was that smaller predatory dinosaurs were pack hunters living in tightly knit congregations while larger ones either hunted solo or in smaller, less closely knit groups, when the evidence seems to suggest the inverse was generally true.

[@beneficent2557]

Arent there modern birds [corvids] which hunt in packs? Or are they too derived to be analogous?

[@GravityIsFalling]

Packs as in live together AND hunt together And not many birds do this Even raptors like bald eagles I’m pretty sure only use mob hunting not pack

[@gluteusmaximus8881]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the mosasaurs

[@universodolucas6023]

we need a remake of WWD3D and Mach of the dinosaurs

[@gpreviews1322]

Wait what about the Mosasaurs in the fresh water lakes and under the ice

[@bossky1780]

The baby edmontosaurs looks soooo cute😍

[@mb_allo-3023]

Can you make a vid about dino Dana idc if it is the movie are the auther one