Terror Birds: The Terrible Reign Of Giant Killer Birds

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Taking a deep look at the past and the animals that lived in it.

[@animalogic]

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[@mistakesweremade.7981]

Omg I literally just Google searched terror birds and now this pops up 😂😂 Great vid!!

[@mathiasthomsen8450]

Love this Paleogic series Amazing! This might be my new favorite! I love Floralogic 💚 Tasha is The Best

[@Astrapionte]

Do elephant birds next

[@seretith3513]

They are more Similar to a Theropod Dinosaur because, guess what, THEY ARE Theropods

[@Markle2k]

Terrible choice of sponsor. Basically a scam,with cultural predator practice. Art is to be appreciated as art, not placed in a vault.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

I know all birds are actually theropod dinosaurs, but these ones didn't even bother hiding it.

[@marcopohl4875]

why hide it if you can embrace it

[@jonathonlaw6837]

That is so elegantly put lol

[@sebastianalancliffordthomp4114]

Cassowary FTW

[@gigatron4578]

coelurosaurs, specifically.

[@dracodracarys2339]

meanwhile hummingbirds are literally dinosaurs filling the ecological niche of a _bee_

[@AppalachianLady]

When you're describing how the terror Birds kill their prey, it reminds me of how my chickens kill mice. They first catch it by the tail or a hind leg and then they find a hard surface to rapidly bludgeon the head against😖. Luckily my chickens only weigh 1 lb and are not human size.

[@jordantatata155]

Makes sense. It's probably a technique learnt from Millenia ago from their prehistoric ancestors

[@thefluffyeasteregger]

Wow! Do you have bantams? Those are some tiny chickens! Most of my chickens weigh 5-7 Ibs

[@AppalachianLady]

@@thefluffyeasteregger Yes they are called Bearded d'Anvers Bantams. Yes they are tiny but they're also friendly and highly social and really cute😍.

[@robertmcauslan6191]

On the other side of things, I breed brahmas. They take on rats!

[@GaryDunion]

Do they eat the mice or is it purely defensive?

[@Magmafrost13]

Fun fact: lots of modern armadillo species eat meat and even actively hunt prey. A carnivorous armadillo really isnt that weird,

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

I thought they were just eating bugs. is also meat in itself

[@ryanstatt9910]

They're insectivores. Omnivores maybe, but predators...nope

[@Magmafrost13]

@@ryanstatt9910 except there are plenty of documented cases of armadillos eating meat and at least one case of an armadillo actively hunting prey

[@evilsharkey8954]

Man, when I was a teen, I made up a predatory bird species that looked like terror bird and hunted by spreading fires to flush out prey. Years later, I learned about terror birds. Decades later, I learned about those Australian birds that use wildfires to flush out prey. If I were to tell modern kids about my creation, they’d find it derivative and lame. It was cool when I was 15!

[@XSemperIdem5]

We don't know for sure that it didn't actually exist though. Maybe some giant bird waited close enough to fire lines to hunt fleeing animals.

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@XSemperIdem5 the problem for me is that someone would look at my made up bird and be like “you just copied terror birds!”

[@stawbury7413]

And then everyone clapped

[@carpinchipedia7009]

I’m 15 and think this is cool, not derivative or lame :))

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@carpinchipedia7009 well, thank you! 15 year old me thought they were pretty awesome, too.

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

That one time birds tried evolving back into their dinosaur niche.

[@thewoollyviking5928]

ya see, if we still had the largest Terror Birds, we'd have no issue explaining to people that birds are in fact theropod dinosaurs

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

*Glances at fossils and DNA sequencer.*

[@budokai910]

Cassowaries and harpies though

[@thewoollyviking5928]

@@budokai910 that's true, don't forget shoebills and secretary birds

[@HkFinn83]

@@thewoollyviking5928 well you forgot them so don’t try that joining in like it was your idea tactic. I’m onto you and your sneaky ways

[@thewoollyviking5928]

What sneaky tactic? Stating that birds are dinosaurs? Because that’s a fact. You care to dispute that?

[@thegametroll6264]

"The dinosaurs may be long gone but they left the world a vicious legacy" My favorite quote from walking with beasts. Sums this video up nicely I think.

[@asmrplushpaws]

Aka Murder Chickens

[@karnage2948]

Surprised this isn’t their official name

[@emilyoftheemeraldcity]

Bundy Pigeons!

[@redreaper2088]

Predator Ostriches

[@glasstrash]

Chickens are murder chickens

[@magallanesagustin4952]

Duck Freddy Krueger

[@Woopor]

Terror Birds are commonly found in the Redwood forest, near the Center of the Island. If you intend on taking or hunting one, be prepared for one heck of an adventure, as the redwood forest is surrounded by a swamp on one side that is home to many snakes and crocodile, and the other a plains where alphas, Theris, raptors, and even rexes can spawn. Even in the forest itself, Dire Bears, Thylacoleos, and other dangerous creatures spawn. Once you’ve found the Terror Bird, try to hit them from afar. If you have a tame such as Argentavis or a Quetzal, you can use it to pluck a terror bird from the pack and bring it to a safer taming area, but doing that exposes you to Thylacoleos that lurk in the shadows, ready to pounce on you. Bring weapons.

[@itsyaboydanno7143]

F thylas

[@user-ol7bt4wp1j]

Bruh you just made an ark tutorial.

[@sysbofh]

Bring tickle chicken! :D

[@DracoInduperator]

This is cool

[@TeachMeLordGod]

Yes, finally.

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Most documentaries: "The reign of the dinosaurs ended 66 MYA" The Terror Birds: "Reports of my demise were GREATLY exaggerated..."

[@bubbykins4864]

[insert "I lived bitch" meme here]

[@ekosubandie2094]

Their reign lasted until New Zealand become colonized by the Maori people

[@sonarbangla8711]

What drove the terror birds to extinction, was not even mentioned.

[@mimorisenpai8540]

@@sonarbangla8711 great Panama exchange

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@ekosubandie2094 are you talking about the Moa or the Haast Eagle.

[@Venefica_me]

I really appreciate the artistic effort in the background. Those illustrations are stunningly beautiful & it's soooooo satisfying to watch.

[@animalogic]

We love 'em too! All done by the amazing Danielle Dufault

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Wonderful as usual. 😄👍

[@Venefica_me]

@@animalogic love her dearly!

[@lambchop58]

@@animalogic what?! Danielle is also the artist? Awesome, thought she just a host

[@fighterck6241]

Yeah Danielle draws these. They showed her drawing in one of their videos.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

The prehistoric, ice age ecosystem is some of the most interesting times to me. I've found just how interested I am in the animals that lived during those era's.

[@vylbird8014]

These were /way/ before the ice age. We're sort-of in the middle of an ice age right now: We're in an interglacial period, which is sort of a warm bit of an ice age (The ice has retreated to the polar regions). If humans don't screw things up, we'd be back in full-on ice-age in only 50,000 years.

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

South America has some of the most amazing prehistoric fauna, if you haven’t already I’d highly recommend looking at their unique and awesome paleontological history!

[@gattycroc8073]

I know there should be a paleo project on South America before the interchange.

[@LuckyBird551]

Yes. One of the most amazing facts is how marsupials originally evolved in South America, migrated to Australia when those two continents were connected by land, and then marsupials thrived in Australia while they went almost complteley exitinct in South America.

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

@@gattycroc8073 yess!

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

@@LuckyBird551 didn’t they use Antarctica to get there? And yeah it’s fascinating and kinda makes them extinction refugees in my opinion.

[@prestigev6131]

@@GeorgeTheDinoGuy ​ yup, they did use Antarctica as a land bridge which means Antarctica also has very unique prehistoric flora and fauna like South America and Australia do. It would probably be the strangest of the 3 because even without the deadly cold of modern Antarctica, it would still be in perpetual day and night for half a year which would’ve certainly influenced the evolution of life there. It’s a shame the fossil record is buried under miles of ice

[@westcoasthiker7093]

Imagine if this was still around. Your just hiking then a skull crushing 550lb 10 ft Long 6.5 tall bird steps out

[@whitewolf3051]

*If* early humans tamed, domesticated, trained them, we could be riding them.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

They're still around. They're called cassowaries. A little smaller, but just as mean.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Well, at least your done hiking...?

[@darrenswails]

Well to find one you would have to rig up your house with thousands of balloons and fly to where they live...

[@darrenswails]

I hear they like chocolate

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

5:19 Nah, no one's ancestors ever faced off terror birds. The ones who did never survived to create descendants!

[@jayzenstyle]

That's for sure, especially given how silent and perceptive its descendants are, I'm sure they didn't even know one already spotted them and are already beside them to get smashed into the ground.

[@ornamentidoro]

I'm from South America and yes I definitely imagine some of my ancestors hiding from terror birds and ground sloths. Oh and completely unrelated, Terror Bird is also the name of an excellent musical project from Canada, highly recommended.

[@gattycroc8073]

we really need a massive paleo project on South America before the interchange.

[@neochris2]

The video mentions this was in the Miocene. That epoch was before any humans (any animal of the genus homo) even existed. When this bird lived in South America, all of our ancestors were actually primates living in the trees of Africa. edit: nevermind, she says they could have been up to 6k years ago. These birds really existed for a long time wow

[@HkFinn83]

Terror birds have been extinct for nearly two million years, they definitely never encountered people lol

[@ancientyoke]

​@@neochris2 The species that lived 6,000 years ago was only 2ft tall, nothing compared to the terror Birds that lived 3 million years ago

[@seretith3513]

They are more Similar to a Theropod Dinosaur because, guess what, THEY ARE Theropods

[@alexandraian1362]

I actually watched the documentary about the Titanious terror bird once, in which they theorized that the bird used the sharp point of their beak as a type of sledgehammer to either break the spine or the skull of their prey as they were running with an estimated 30 to 60 lb of force. The Terror Bird are my favorite prehistoric creature alongside the spinosaurus!

[@blokin5039]

You killed these beautiful creatures, why?

[@Bane520]

@@blokin5039 No, he didn't.

[@noname-xo5mp]

Anyone playing ARK can account for just how annoying these birds are. Literally silent when they run & can spot you moving from pretty far away.

[@142yearsago3]

also move in group...one attacking and other one will follow the lead

[@dinomanny41]

The largest known Terror Bird was Kelenken, which grew 13 feet (4 meters) tall.

[@darkop3191]

I appreciate that these giant terror birds make it easier to see how birds are theropod dinosaurs.

[@juroBeba]

Dang, there are a couple of Siriemas near my grandma's ranch in South Eastern Brasil, I had no idea they were descendants of terror birds. Usually farmers around here do anything to keep them around, as they're incredible at killing snakes. The funny thing is that their legs fold backwards, so when they' eat they just sit on them like a folded lawn chair. Funny little creatures.

[@ryanwellington7493]

Their legs don't fold backwards lol, they just have really high knees and ankles pretty much all birds do. Their knees are covered by feathers so it gives the ankles the illusion of being backwards knees.

[@DJFracus]

They are not "descendants" of terror birds, just the closest living relative. Just like how you are not the descendant of a cousin - you just had a common ancestor.

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

Tyrannosaurs really got back up after the asteroid, slapped on a beak and said “I didn’t hear no bell”

[@kayskreed]

So that dream I had about the murdering seven foot tall chickens wasn't a dream after all lol. ;) These were phenomenal beasts to say the least. Very reminiscent of predatory dinosaur theropods at least superficially. It's probably for the best that they're still not around. It wouldn't be pleasant to be chased by a giant, hungry death chicken that could easily outrun you.

[@zenmasterlaughingcloud6068]

Yup! Colonel Sanders would have some explaining to do.

[@josebenardi1554]

They were predatory dinosaur theropods.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@zenmasterlaughingcloud6068 I know this a joke but hypercarnivores and especially when they are birds are said to taste horrible.

[@volkspanzer8444]

'Their deadliness remains unmatched by modern predators.' Somewhere in the oceans, a pod of orcas is laughing.

[@bubbykins4864]

They exceed their deadliness aplenty. They don't match it.

[@jayzenstyle]

Totally agree especially for a species that kill for fun.

[@minutemansam1214]

@@bubbykins4864 Orcas are most certainly the deadliest non-human predator. They hunt blue whales just to eat their tongue.

[@MrMezmerized]

I think it's a close match. Beak and claws vs. intelligence and cooperation. I would fear a Terror Bird more because of its beak, claws and its stare. Orca's don't have us on the menu anyway

[@Glunked]

I could beat an Orca on land

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

And now we just have that feathery blue bastard, the cassowary. Ps: Shoebills are awesome. They sound like machine guns, and will accept you if you bow to them. How cool is that? A bird with more manners than some people!

[@Name-ps9fx]

If a shoebill were 8 feet tall...they probably wouldn't be so polite!

[@morebrigges]

@@Name-ps9fx Did you hit your head or something?!

[@whitewolf3051]

Too bad early humans *didn’t* try to tame, train, domesticate, then ride these birds. *If* they had, these birds *would* still be around and we would be riding them.

[@dimman77]

Chocobos.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@mhdfrb9971 almost as stupid as taming wolves! Oh, wait...

[@ZombieBarioth]

@@TragoudistrosMPH Except that we didn't exactly tame them ourselves, a few mild mannered ones found it advantageous to hang around. And you'll notice that with the bird species we've domesticated, they're highly social, to the point their wild counterparts live comfortably around us. As cool as it'd be terror birds were probably much too aggressive. I could see it being a bond with a single rider sort of thing.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@ZombieBarioth taming may happened that way; without records we're speculating 🤔 :) Falconry, and hunting eagles in Mongolia are other examples.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@ZombieBarioth I can't help but be amused to be speaking of training when your pic is a worm. Dis you see The Immortal Worm episode of Monster Rancher? The game was great too! ( The switch rerelease is on sale lol. Are you a living ad trying to make me buy it? Lol)

[@Kankan_Mahadi]

There's a reason I chose this creature as my persona decades ago. Getting pecked by 1 is like being hit by a bec de corbin (a type of polearm or warhammer that was popular in medieval Europe)!

[@ivanabah2237]

The shoebill is a gentle bird that loves humans, looks can be deceiving

[@retroradkat]

It's so cool to see the terror birds and know that the age of dinosaurs actually did last just a little longer than we all think.

[@traviskingful]

The reason i love this channel so much, are the drawings that you put in the background.

[@prakritipraveenkumar6352]

Fun fact about shoebills their actually really friendly they will even let you pet then if you bow down to the shoebills.🐤🐤

[@majinsole8554]

Disappointed not one Terror Bird has an eponymous name that’s an ode to a classic horror slasher or monster. Titanis is a pretty badass name though. Loved the vid! ~_~

[@roybenari9472]

Is there a known explanation as to why a kelenken's eyes were pointed sideways off the skull, like prey animals such as deers, and ostriches' eyes are front-facing, like a predatory carnivore - yet the ostrich is clearly more of a prey than a predator, and kelenken is thought to be a predator?

[@vincecallagher7636]

You guys did an outstanding job. Very impressive.

[@sailordarty9032]

I remember watching these things in a documentary as a kid. To this day, these things terrify me.

[@dracodracarys2339]

terror birds were so called due to their acts of terrorism, such as leaving bombs at subways or driving hijacked vehicles into crowded public spaces

[@ThorinKyuubi]

Terror birds are so awesome, I love them. Amazing episode!

[@whitewolf3051]

*If* only they been bred for us to ride, wouldn’t that be something?

[@musamaturah4693]

7:38 lmao those birds are sounding like an evil villain 😭🤣🥴. Something’s gonna happen 😭🤣

[@matthewharris5232]

Love this channel. Terror birds are my favorite prehistoric animals.

[@gokummit969]

Man, I used to encounter swarms of them in the redwoods

[@Palpo_pics]

I still hear the noises they make as they tear me and my newly tamed dodo apart…

[@Sinaeb]

Literally just dinosaurs.

[@Thekellin1]

Considering dinosaurs were feathered, yes.

[@magallanesagustin4952]

@@Thekellin1 not all, but yeah. Birds are modern dinosaurs.

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

Birds are avian dinosaurs. They are the last surviving lineage of dinosaurs....

[@luxtianz]

Cage of Eden, the manga series, introduced me to terror birds. Love it. A must-read!

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Fantastic as usual!

[@DjurrenArt]

Alternate title: Pre-Snickers Chocobo.

[@alfatazer_8991]

Terror Birds: let's teach these mammals why their ancestors once feared Dinosaurs!

[@guardailmiocanalenatura369]

Thank you for sharing!

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Terror birds are the cenozoic equivalent of a tyranosaurid

[@osvaldocortes4598]

2:45 I mean, yeah, they WERE theropods. As all birds are. But yeah, yeah, I get that you mean non-avian theropods.

[@habeeboomadsam7183]

Imagine if these things can Mimic the screams of its Victims..

[@Spikethealligator]

About time u did this

[@chindodawg]

Great content as usual. But I have to say, placing the figurines in a scene of pebbles, leaves, twigs and blades of grass that come up to their knees really takes he viewer out of perspective as you describe the enormity of these animals. It creates quite a cognitive dissonance

[@emilytheuncoollady7676]

Kelenken Is Life!! If You Guys Were To Do More Birds Here In The Future, I’d Love To See Ones Like The Haast Eagle, Argentavis, And Kairuku! Or... Maybe You Could Give Us Some of Those Even Older Birds? Like Giganotosaurus~? Therizinosaurus~?

[@Tareltonlives]

I love these guys. I hope there's going to be a video on Seriemas too

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@alkatraz706]

those are satan's pet parrots right there 😂

[@mgmnfld3109]

I dunno, Canada Geese are still pretty terrifying...lol.

[@joea.9969]

Great video and i love the narrators style

[@stepchicken3238]

Would've liked to have seen more than a glimpse of the full-scale mock-up here with some people standing around it!

[@gattycroc8073]

finally, somebody is getting my advice that we need more paleontologists in South America.

[@jem99b]

Nicely inspiring future archaeologists as always. Many thanks

[@Acridotheresfuscus]

*paleontologists

[@davidbailey2025]

I love Daniel’s illustrations

[@kinghal123]

Speaking of seriemas, they should be talked about in the next Animalogic: World of Birds episode.

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

That artist rendering is amazing!

[@liambrandley2716]

Could you do videos on creatures like chalicotheres, brontotheres, or entelodonts?

[@NormanF62]

How about sea sloths? They were actually a thing.

[@martletkay]

I had that shirt as a kid! Wow, nostalgia. I think I still have it somewhere

[@FishOutOfWaterToronto]

I want these little models to add to a collection!

[@deeya]

Please eventually cover the Platybelodon. That was just the goofiest looking thing 8 year old me ever first came across in a children's encyclopedia way back when.

[@soltcolt4506]

I wish they were still around, I would train them, form a pack with them, where I would be the alpha, they would follow me when I ride on my bike. It would be awesome!

[@scottzema3103]

Love your videos, Terror birds are extremely fascinating, and if toothed (?) I guess may have represented something indistinguishable from theropods. No? Masterworks? Sounds like speculation. But is it investment?

[@triceratops2653]

Dope episode!

[@Allan003]

It would have been a time! Can we have a video on the North American Pronghorn?! It is so crazy to see an animal that looks like it is from Africa, running around in Canada!

[@NormanF62]

I’d love a video on the American cheetah. Some of them crossed the Bering Strait and became the cheetah we know today that ranged from Asia to Africa.

[@lucas9269]

Almost like the non-avian dinosaurs but with beaks 😂

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

Some dinos HAD beaks too...

[@lucas9269]

@@carloshenriquezimmer7543 I forgot, Triceratops totally had a beak lol

[@murderycatdoll1380]

Love this Vids thihiiii 🤭 you Guys are the best, really!

[@nickp3949]

Terror Birds are my favorite prehistoric creatures. They’re just so fucking cool.

[@4hm35319hd0h5]

☠You were killed by a Terror Bird - lvl 1!

[@andrewthornton6043]

The redwoods are so ghetto

[@Pigsama]

Well, I live in south America. And to be fair, it still is a strange and dangerous place.

[@magallanesagustin4952]

Not as dangerous and strange as Australia.

[@Pigsama]

@@magallanesagustin4952 Australia ecossystem is like the Guided lands of Monster Hunter series.

[@b1zzarecont4ct]

Your continent supplies women for me to sleep with in Miami

[@robgraham5697]

I'm remembering an old TV show called 'The Future Is Wild'. It was about what the wildlife in the future, after humans had disappeared. In it Terror Birds did male a comeback.

[@martinator_videns]

Watching the sketch come to life, while listening, is the best. W

[@twstf8905]

The artwork is almost as mesmerizing as the content 👍

[@chheinrich8486]

Not to mention voth the heaviesz flying bird and largest wingsoan of any bird ever, argentavis and pelagornis also lived in south america, DURING THE "AGE OF MAMMALS" bit to mention probably the largest snake ecer titanoboa

[@MrSea123456]

The largest terrestrial Cenozoic carnivore is Barinasuchus. The skull is comparable in size to an Allosaurus skull.

[@chheinrich8486]

@@MrSea123456 another fact purusuchus and titanobia Wer mostlynin the water but still the largest predator was a reptile, a Land crocodile all modern animals had their largest species in the cenocoic

[@JohnSmith-kf1fc]

Great job as a new host Talia, youre a natural

[@josedelarosa909]

Great Episode !

[@seraphimsforge-master5433]

Who makes the prosthetic prehistoric birds ? They're dope 👍

[@madexx6280]

ah yes, knowledge.

[@lexnellis4869]

In the Houston Meuseum of Natural Science, of which Dr. Bakker currently serves as the Curator of Paleontology, has a skeleton of one of these "terror birds". It states it is much more likely these birds were vegetarians rather than carnivores. It cites the beak, among other physiological adaptations, as being one more suited to cracking seed shells rather than skulls

[@The_Omegaman]

They need to set a “Jurassic Park” type movie in this time period.

[@michaelgreen8851]

Great pick! These animals were so actually scary!

[@marginbuu212]

Or as we know them in the Final Fantasy universe, chocobos!

[@marklewfatt4374]

In Australia we had terror bird's too,in KAKADU Northern Territory there is rock painting of a GENYORMS

[@CanaldoPedroNeto]

Greetings from Brazil! Seriemas are really commom where I live, I've never imagined they had these terriffying ancestor!

[@ThePoolo12]

I live in south America and still is q very dangerous place 😂😂😂

[@mushmush4980]

I don't know why I can't stop laughing when a shoebill faces forward

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video 📹 Excellent graphics 👌

[@spiderlime]

in most of the books that i remember, the era of the terror birds is described as rather brief, between the extinction of the dinosaurs and the ascendency of the mammalian predators. it't tempting to think that had dinosaurs continued to evolve, the descendants of theropods would resemble terror birds

[@jacobbradburn3319]

They were a nightmare in ark

[@zayvay67]

Ikr they are so fast and powerful but if you tame one it’s so much fun to jump of cliffs with

[@maillardsbearcat]

Oh dang she's a cutie

[@thomaszaccone3960]

I'd wrestle a terror bird - or anything else - for her!

[@VindictiveDesign]

Mammals after Dinosaur extinction: Phew Terror Birds: Round 2 Theropod Boogalooo

[@congathemonkey2242]

Normal people: Wow these bird is so incredible! Ark players: **Your (Pterotodon) lvl 217 was be killed by a (terror bird) lvl 145**