Chased by Dinosaurs (2002) Accuracy Review | Dino Documentaries RANKED #6

Today we follow Nigel Marvin's adventure in the two-part series, Chased by Dinosaurs. How accurate is this installment in the BBC lineup of dinosaur documentaries?
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Sources
Argentinosaurus Size: www.gspauldino.com/Titanomass.pdf
Pterosaur Flight: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Sarcosuchus Death Roll: web.archive.org/web/201405060...
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Tropeognathus www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/C8NCT8...
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[@GoGojiraGo]

I'm sad that there wasn't a scene where a raptor sticks its head inside the tent and says "Nigel".

[@lordshotgun7168]

I thought it was gonna say “SURPRISE MOTHERFU-

[@Mical21]

Naw should of happened on a plane lol

[@iDontKnow77762]

I know, it "would" have been way more accurate

[@roytard12]

“That idea is just the worst”

[@faathimafarhaan8779]

Nah a sarcosuchus or mosa would be better since their the raptors to nigel like they are to Alan.

[@marinanguish9928]

This may not be the most accurate doc, but it is still fun to watch and I will keep watching it

[@t-rexcellentreviews1663]

Glad to hear it, this series is one of my favourites.

[@prhet199]

fr, Nigel Marwin was my favorite character oat in childhood

[@kiwisark8055]

Hearing this called "chased by dinosaurs" is so weird to me as being Bri'ish I always knew it as two separate entities called "the giant claw" and "land of giants" but I still loved them regardless

[@KhaoticKarma18]

Ikr. The first time I heard someone call it I was like “I don’t think I’ve ever watched that before” until I searched it and it was a combination of both

[@joshuaW5621]

Over here they’re still packaged together on the DVD, but on Netflix they’re listed separately which is kinda weird.

[@truereaper4572]

On my dvd bundle it's called Chased by Dinosaurs, but it's split up into episodes called what you're familiar with.

[@sannicfann3338]

this is one of the shows that helped shaped my childhood and love for dinosaurs

[@stevenelbert8989]

Same here nigel marven was one of my childhood idols along with the kratt Brothers and Steve Irwin

[@rev0568]

@@stevenelbert8989 bruh same though

[@Ozraptor4]

From what I remember from the long dead BBC website = 1) The presence of Pteranodon in Early Cretaceous South America was based on a large humerus assigned to Pteranodontidae from the Albian of Peru by Chris Bennett in 1989. 2) The South American iguanodonts were based on trackways of large ornithopods in the Candeleros Formation, so are probably not Macrogryphosaurus.

[@animationsbydeucestudios61]

Don’t drop the fish the funniest shit I’ve ever heard

[@Grant_Scarboro]

While Giganotosaurus didn't hunt Argentinosaurus, it likely DID hunt Andesaurus.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Mapusaurus hunted Argentinosaurus

[@mofumyon]

There's also a fragmentary titanosaur known from the same formation as Giganotosaurus that apparently got to the same size as Argentinosaurus. Honestly, I think it may be a species of Argentinosaurus, since South American titanosaurs tend to be really oversplit.

[@Grant_Scarboro]

@@mofumyon Not a bad theory.

[@paleoguy2165]

The giga in thos episode is mapusaurus

[@richie_0740]

@@mofumyon yeah, the type fossil is found in 1999, but it was only described in 2021... the thing is dubbed "the candeleros monster" and based on patagotitan it would be a massive titanosaur that rivaled even argentinosaurus in size

[@byronathanitis9557]

"Dont drop the fish" - whise words

[@paulkuchnicki6404]

I love how you mentioned Jurassic Park and Dinosaurs being separate interests and not all people would like both of them. (I’ll fight you) It annoys me too that people HAVE to mention the movies every time something Dino-related happens. Keep up the great work, I love your humor, and the facts you provide to us! Thank you!

[@ein_blinde_Nashorn]

Well Jurassic park was revolutionary for dinosaur films, that’s why most dinosaur media comes out mentioning them.

[@paulkuchnicki6404]

@@ein_blinde_Nashorn you have a point, JP did popularize dinosaurs for sure, but the problem is that most people try to rip off Jurassic park or take elements from it as if there’s nothing else to do with dinosaurs. Take the risk and do something original

[@herpderp3916]

I love dinosaurs, but nothing brings out my salty paleo-snob quite like JP does. I hate the whole franchise : P

[@GodLovesYou346]

@@herpderp3916 remember “genetically engineered theme park monsters.” Not actual dinosaurs. That’s how I reconcile with the inaccuracies

[@pixelrex2205]

@Mister Majestic The Dilo and raptor were pretty terrible. The raptor less so, since technically it's supposed to be a Deinonychus they just called it "velociraptor" because they thought it sounded better.

[@Chewbaccafruit]

The excuse for no feathers is probably production/budgetary. Especially back then when CGI was still fairly new, it was immensely more difficult and expensive to animate feathers or fur than scales.

[@GoGojiraGo]

I remember reading that the people who made "The Future is Wild" made mammals and birds become extinct because they hated animating the fur/feathers.

[@justjoshua5759]

Let me tell you as a paleo nerd it really does my soul proud to know your recovering these classic documentaries. Really clever and fun. Keep up the nostalgia witch burnings 😌👏🏾🤣🙌🏾🙏🏾. Btw idc what anyone says. That giga design is top tier

[@IceSpoon]

I always felt these two episodes were the "Walking With" episodes that didn't make it in 1999.

[@thelittleal1212]

Well, the time travel problem, isnt really a problem, it’s more a plot device for the character to be their,

[@LandBeforeTime75]

Nice Video of Chased By Dinosaurs. I absolutely adore Chased By Dinosaurs, it’s one of my favorite Walking with Dinosaurs series growing up alongside the Original Walking with Dinosaurs and Planet Dinosaur from the BBC and I definitely enjoy them more than Walking with Beasts in my opinion. Great video Red Raptor and keep it up and I really hope Dinosaur Revolution and Planet Dinosaur are up next after this.

[@MBRSims]

It was refreshing to hear someone else point out the irritating trend of the media mentioning JP in every prehistory news article. I also really hate the trend of T. rex being shoehorned into every article, even ones that don't concern theropod dinosaurs or even dinosaurs at all.

[@nicolegoodew1547]

I know its not dinosaur related but I'd love to see how you'd break down the what if Dragons were real documentary. Where a frozen dragon is found. I loved it as a kid and would love to see/hear your input on if they were real, how would they breathe fire or fly, and if their hypothetical science is decent for the time

[@jesusmejia79]

You talking about the last dragon a fantasy made real a mockumentary about how dragons could had existed if they were real from 2004 on animal planet

[@malice9240]

Nigel marven is pretty much my childhood

[@DinoKelFilms]

Very nice review! This show was certainly apart of my childhood, and I'm glad some of designs and behaviour have held up over time. Also, I really enjoyed the bits of comedy, haha. Subscribed!

[@suchomimustenerensis]

3:46 my theory is that it mostly ate fish,it’s jaw structure and the fact it’s easily the most aquatic of the fauna it lived with( like Suchomimus couldn’t swim well)

[@Unintelligentportuguesa]

Cause yes.

[@PteranoLiv]

Just gonna say this, there’s a difference between gender and sex, sex sure there are 2 (3 if you count hermaphrodite) but the word gender has been redefined just like how some stuff in paleontology is redefined. But no hate intended

[@PteranoLiv]

@@Doomguyhunter1 I’m Christian too XD

[@Phillibetrus]

I absolutely loved these shows and wish they made more. sea monsters and pre-historic park are also great but I liked the vibe of just going back and interacting with these animals. If more are ever made just hope they focus more on accuracy.

[@badgergaming7086]

chased by dinosaurs accuracy in a nutshell: humans with dinosaurs is f tier in terms of accuracy

[@marinanguish9928]

Its still more accurate than Jurassic Fight club though

[@swaggasaurus_rex]

Clicked on your account to see if there was anything new, and saw this posted 1 minute ago. Banger so far.

[@redraptorwrites6778]

Thanks dude! Right now this channel is a one man show so it takes a while to produce videos. Thanks for checking in!

[@swaggasaurus_rex]

@@redraptorwrites6778 Heh, I get that. Yeah, no worries. Keep up the great work!

[@redraptorwrites6778]

@Danny Phantom I saw the teaser if that's what you mean. I don't plan on seeing Furious 9 and the Dominion 5 min preview. Thought it was okay. More and more dinosaurs/other reptiles is surface level cool but won't make it a better movie.

[@redraptorwrites6778]

@Danny Phantom Well being more realistic and having more and more dinos doesn't translate into "better movie". Jurassic Park and The Land Before Time 7 (the best one XD) aren't accurate at all but are still great. And Fallen Kingdom had the most variety but was still bad. Once Collin Trevarro and the writing team get their act together, then I'll think about that stuff.

[@godzillakingofthemonsters5812]

So....about the Giga....Mapusaurus wasn't described until 2006, its remains were attributed to its earlier cousin, so that should be in outdated, not problems.

[@animal0mother]

I loved this as a kid because I loved prehistoric megafauna and personalities like Steve Irwin. Now I love this series for putting on at specific parts for guests who are very stoned or high, and not giving them any context.

[@alienstar2088]

In the defense of Nigel Marvin, multiverse theory exists for a reason

[@atak_draws]

You should make a video on ''Amazing dino world'' it's a cool documentary but it flips between accurate and out right WRONG very often. Btw love your video's and iam very confused why you don't already have like 500 000 subs lol.

[@suchomimustenerensis]

He is going to later

[@1986tessie]

Mad channel. Thanks mate.

[@newjojosupercutsandmore2489]

ther argentinasaurus faces bothered me even as a child, I always thought they looked weridly human, like a frog person or some shit

[@kairyu9207]

Great video, I love this show and Sea Monsters too, I hope that one will be next

[@bingbongbingbongbingbongbing90]

Getting that close to the dinos is in character for him. This man has been in the water feet away from a large alligator doing its mating call.

[@F.RO.H]

Every dinosaur doc is fire

[@angelveliz2188]

keep up with this great content!

[@redraptorwrites6778]

Thanks! I'll try my best!

[@versionslongues48]

This is the show that gave me my dinosaur addiction!

[@maddielee3097]

I’m glad you appreciate those who add to discourse! A NOTE: As someone who LOVES your reviews and as someone who’s taken several graduate level genetics and biology courses in pursuit of my degree, the “count them, 2 genders” comment comes off as SUUUPER transphobic, and I don’t want to see a creator with really good content who seems to really care about scientific accuracy walk on a path of ignorance and negate all the work you put into being otherwise accurate. Others have commented, but gender is distinct from sex, and gender itself is not binary but is rather a spectrum influenced by multiple factors, not chromosomes alone. Even biological sex is not strictly a binary, as intersex individuals must be taken into account. So, I would describe sexual dimorphism between male and female non-human animals (especially dinosaurs) in a binary context, because non-human species do not experience the societal construct of gender as they do the biological construct of sex. I hope that helps, I don’t think you’re the kind of creator to purposefully say something inaccurate to be hurtful or controversial so I wanted to attempt to educate, hope you keep making great videos about dinosaurs, and I also hope that you’re not transphobic so I can continue to support them lol

[@aleah559]

Thank you for saying this! I love this channel but that statement didn't sit right with me, so I'm glad I wasn't alone. Red, please don't take this as an attack- I like your dino doc reviews more than anyone else's :)

[@DSLego3]

My sister and I really enjoyed this one. Not the best but solid entertainment for sure. I rewatch this one quite often, then switch to Prehistoric Park just because of how authentic Nigel is, even if he May tamper with the space time continuum. Good grade as always Red Raptor Writes, keep up your informative content, stay safe and have a great day.

[@GOJIRA-Animations]

This show is my childhood I have watched it so many times

[@batspidey7611]

Excellent video as always.

[@CooperHudgins]

Love the fish prison joke😂

[@MalevolentShrine777]

Broski, I just found out about you and lemme tell you, you're gonna be my new favorite channel to watch, I got that feeling already, keep it up 👍

[@redraptorwrites6778]

Thanks! That means a lot

[@K.Pershing]

​@@redraptorwrites6778 man ur devious

[@adeeta5701]

Wow I sure am really excited to watch this series I found about dinosaurs! *blatant transphobia* Oh... welp... nevermind then.

[@adeeta5701]

@@Doomguyhunter1 I'm a Christian too. I find bigotry to go against what I believe. I will whine in a KZbin comments section all I want.

[@adeeta5701]

@@Doomguyhunter1 that's probably because you don't know many trans people. Basically, the idea is that gender is a spectrum which, if not infinite, is very large. Non-binary people are probably the most common non male/female gender, and they are defined as such, being the middle betwixt male and female

[@KryptidKammy1966]

Im gonna ask something pretty odd and possibly outdated here lol: Is there a way to get the Chased By series altogether on DVD or something? Usually I wouldn't ask someone like this but been looking for something like that for the past couple hours yet not having much luck finding any. Trying to find a set that includes both of these episodes and maybe the Sea Monsters special with. Closest thing I found was a repack yet it includes the Big Al doc for some reason. Again I apologize for asking about it here, just figured someone would know and could maybe help 😅 Tho will admit may not be the only Doc I ask about like this😅

[@WesleyO05]

9:58 That scared the hell out of me.

[@ShinGhidorah17]

That’s SCP-087-B (Cheshire Smile)

[@masonpreston5156]

7:04 As an atlanta native and longtime dino geek, I recognized that reconstruction the moment I saw it.

[@ankyloinc.]

The thing with animation is that it takes a long time, so any new discoveries made a year or two before the release of the documentary can't be taken into account (very easily) without a rewrite, reanimation, and a lot of other things. Though, if the new discoveries were made before the documentary went into production, then it has no excuse.

[@Sock1122]

Jack Horner married a 19 year old in 2012 at the age of 65??! Whhhatt?

[@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy]

Yeah very not cool

[@haillobster7154]

These dinosaurs travel through time more than Nigel Marvin himself.

[@sapphhere283]

14:38 not sure if this is you being trans/nonbinary phobic here since your Christian and all. Hopi g it isn't tho. Aside from that this is a very informative video, and it features my boy Nigel so I'm biased

[@crappyanimations9992]

Wait, he's Christian? That's weird, he talks pretty... not Christian.

[@johnalbertflorendo8897]

Omg this is so entertaining!!!

[@SamuelvanWeegen-lv8ik]

Nigel Marvin is my favourite character in the Nigel Marvin Cinematic universe

[@gustavotorres-ky8km]

1:48 This friend does know about music, greetings from Mexico

[@deusvultpictures6550]

Canny wait for Sea Monsters review

[@jabbarmuhammad7529]

This is one of my favorites of the walking with series I wish I could have this one on DVD

[@guilmon182]

I enjoy your content, but was the slam against transgender people really necessary?

[@dorkydodo2325]

Yes it was

[@wetube6513]

Stop being oversensitive.

[@guilmon182]

@@wetube6513 I made your mom over sensitive

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

No, it wasn’t necessary at all. It didn’t add anything to the content, was irrelevant, and was blatantly inaccurate.

[@guilmon182]

@@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674 Thank you.

[@victoriandino]

OMG THIS SHOW WAS MY CHILDHOOD

[@maozilla9149]

Good show

[@victorsztorc511]

You basing your time traveling on back to the future red raptor?

[@maximaldinotrap]

**SCREAMS IN TERROR AT NAKED THERIZINOSAURS**

[@avemetatarsaliaenthusiast8202]

I love your channel, but I am a bit disappointed by your brief mockery of the idea of more than two genders, as well as the improper usage of gender in place of the word sex. As somebody who enjoys science, one would think you would be aware of the fact that sex refers to biological traits and gender refers to psychological traits.

[@ein_blinde_Nashorn]

Why are you talking about gender, when this is a video talking about a dinosaur documentary

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Gender is a bs term invented by John Money. You are either a man or a woman, aside from the rare intersex genetic disorders.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Gender is a bs term invented by John Money

[@GeraltofRivia22]

You are either a man or a woman

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Apparently calling intersex a disorder is not allowed on KZbin

[@kellynbotha]

Love that I can't even watch dinosaur videos on KZbin without some poorly thought out jab and transgender people coming in. Pteranodon would have had zero genders - two sexes (likely more, given intersex variation exists in most species). Gender and sex are not the same thing and pretending they are for the sake of a lame joke is just plain annoying.

[@thisisbetterthanmyprevious6674]

Yeah I was going to make a similar comment, but I thought it might come off as too nit-picky. I’m sure Pteranodon, like any other creature with two distinct sexes, would have had intersex variants. This is ignoring the blatantly inaccurate understanding of gender.

[@valentinvozaf647]

Cry harder

[@kellynbotha]

@@valentinvozaf647 I made this comment two years ago, lol. You ok?

[@user-mv8ys5og5l]

Explanation for the Pteranodon hanging in Argentina: in the early 2000s, a Pteranodon like species was found in Brazil's Santana Formation which for years was assumed to be a Pteranodon when production happened. However, we now know this is the slightly related species Ludodactylus. This is confirmed by the Ornithocheirus (Tropeognathus was a contemporary of Ludodactylus)

[@maximaldinotrap]

I too like Jurassic Park and dinosaurs separately, however, Jurassic park is still linked to me liking dinosaurs because it is probably one of the reasons I got into dinosaurs as a kid.

[@newjojosupercutsandmore2489]

I appreciate your jp rant, dude the amount of paleontology accounts i've followed online that turned into jp fanboy accounts is just upsetting

[@RagdollM]

Ayo, we appreciate that up to date Spinosaurus skeletal model

[@alejandroguerra8758]

Did an American youtuber used the "¿Cómo te voy a olvidar?" theme of my iconic band Los Angeles Azules???... That's new... I liked it

[@Soldierus3003]

Wouldnt Amphicoelias be the largest land animal we know of or is it still disputed

[@MeganeuraARK]

amazing

[@yourlocalcloaker9364]

Sigilmassasaurus was a steriod spinosaurus, so it was most likely the longest.

[@davidmccann9811]

I watched this when it came out and then forgot about it, until you reminded me. It just didn't leave much of an impression for some reason.

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

with the joke about time travel at the end, the way I see it is that those kinds of things are self correcting, if you mess with the timeline, either a new timeline is born, or the timeline always went like that anyways

[@pupsianimations]

Could you do planet dinosaur it was my childhood

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

11:39 I'm not entirely sure when this happened, but I do know that Spinosaurus being larger than T. rex and Giganotosaurus was not always known. I have dinosaur books from before that discovery that report Spinosaurus at around 36 feet or something insanely small like that. It's possible that Spinosaurus being hecking huge was already known, but if it wasn't, that could have played a factor

[@IkeReviews]

Spinosaurus is the heaviest average of 8 tons and t rex 7.7 tons

[@IkeReviews]

Giganotosaurus is 6.1 tons

[@azhdarchidae66]

well jurassic park three knew it, that came out at a similar time

[@CT--xj5jf]

As a person with gender dysphoria it hurt hearing the two gender thing being slapped onto my favorite animal 😞. Note I’m not trying to hate on this guy or anything

[@mhdfrb9971]

Ok

[@valentinvozaf647]

Noone cares

[@PeasfulDonkey]

Bro these movies are my childhood

[@ok5916]

Does anyone know where the footage at 4:56 is from?

[@redraptorwrites6778]

That's from When Dinosaurs Roamed America.

[@waveedits142]

My favourite out of the 2 is The Giant Claw.

[@sashabertasius1046]

We have the “time travelling pteranodon”

[@thekingofdinos8518]

Is no one going to talk about how the Giga picked up an Iguanodon sized dino in its jaws?

[@bkjeong4302]

One issue I have with this (and most other) carcharodontosaur depictions is the meme of predators with cutting teeth that rely on blood loss being inefficient hunters that are unable to bring down even prey considerably smaller than themselves, being forced to wait hours if not days for their prey to expire. That's not how ANY large predator hunts today, even those with slicing dentition (before you mention Komodo dragons, they try to bring down prey outright via cutting damage, though not necessarily kill it; the cases of them supposedly waiting hours or days to finish a hunt are actually failed predation attempts).

[@johntoyama9862]

Dinosaur revolution review please?? I mean, mark witton written the series! And he's the best paleoartist that equal to Luis v rey & brian engh

[@paleoguy2165]

Andrey atuchin and Mario Lanza are better

[@johntoyama9862]

@@paleoguy2165 what!! What did you mean when you'd said, "Andrey atuchin and Mario Lanza are better" explain how. 🤔

[@paleoguy2165]

@@johntoyama9862 just…buy theropod facts and figures and look at the artwork and there’s you’re answer

[@CooperHudgins]

Can we bring back the opening SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM?

[@dbz100ful]

19:30 Don't touch anything? I'LL TOUCH WHAT EVER I FEEL LIKE!

[@ReMiXNeoNZz]

Considering the fact they're similar size, I'm not sure why the Ark Giga is so much bigger then the Rex..still pretty badass though

[@iguanaboi3921]

I like how you say Trope-pog-nathus

[@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy]

This is a nitpick but for animals when referring to male and female, that’s the animal’s sex not gender, gender is a psychological concept for people not animals, my biology professor had to make that very clear when we were writing papers.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Gender is a bs term invented by John Money.

[@valentinvozaf647]

Found the troon

[@PunchCounterpunch_Lizzy]

@@valentinvozaf647 it’s hilarious you think your Reddit ass insult does anything, I’m comfortable with who I am, are you?

[@sciencelizard]

@@valentinvozaf647goofy ass fake slur

[@liamflanagin7134]

what if protoceratops was like a beaver? simularitys between the to: long widend tail strong jaws small hands and big feet differences: ones a reptile tail of protoceratops is widened upward

[@alexgriffith1001]

Oh it would be sooo funny if in The Gant Claw when he sleeps he dreams about a velociraptor saying "Nigel"🤣🤣🤣

[@baptistelaurens1482]

I've watched both this review and the sea monsters one, and I didn't know there were that many innacuracies. I grew up watching these in french, and I think they remade their estimations during the voiceover, because it's a bit more accurate in the late french dub.

[@hbear0783]

There is still walking with monsters

[@Wiseguy_53]

Im not sure why... but I really wish I could see Red Raptor do a breakdown of Ark: Survival Evolved dino mistakes.

[@ein_blinde_Nashorn]

Damn a dinosaur video game with mythical creatures…IS WRONG ABOUT DINOSAURS?!!??! NOOOOOOOOO I COULDA NEVER GUESSED

[@xDinomanx]

Who was the guy in the wedding photo at the start? No idea who that is.

[@SamuelvanWeegen-lv8ik]

Jack Horner

[@xDinomanx]

@@SamuelvanWeegen-lv8ik Oh now I get it. Oh lord! XD!

[@nathanstrother7593]

12:19 where is this clip from

[@roytard12]

8:11

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

9:30 one day I believe teams will find a complete or almost complete Argentinasaurus specimen and we will have more facts.

[@jesusmejia79]

was chase by dinosaurs a show from 2002-2003

[@s.s.p.k1360]

Please do planet dinosaur (my fav Dino documentary

[@paleoguy2165]

Yess mine too

[@raymondminton6388]

Informative and funny! I know one dinosaur doc I won't be watching.

[@Velociraptor_Feathers]

19:25 i cant promise i wont pet a fluffy velo or try to ride an allo

[@TogameRosecraft]

Nice

[@tyrannotherium7873]

It’s actually still debatable according to Dr. Thomas car who is a tyrannosaur expert he calls it Tyrannosaurus battar

[@besn1k619]

My childhood ❤️