The Croc That Ran on Hooves

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In the Eocene Epoch, there was a reptile that had teeth equipped for biting through flesh, its hind legs were a lot longer than its front legs and instead of claws, its toes were each capped with hooves. How did this living nightmare come to evolve?
Thank you to these paleoartists for allowing us to use their wonderful illustrations:
Ceri Thomas: / alphynix
Fabrizio De Rossi: 252mya.com/collections/shop/f...
Nobu Tamura: spinops.blogspot.com/
Esther van Hulsen: www.esthervanhulsen.com/
Stanton Fink: www.deviantart.com/avancna
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[@desquivel2439]

Everybody gangsta til the croc starts galloping

[@KarlaJTanner]

Desquivel 2001 you are a genius.

[@joseb.junior1455]

"Interior, crocodile, alligator ..." 🐊

[@harrier1830]

😂😂👌🏿

[@dudetime3720]

💀. I'd climb a tree in fear.

[@raebaconowo9910]

Thank you for dis gift

[@purpleemerald5299]

**sees crocodile lying in river** “Don’t worry! We’re too far away for it to catch up with-“ **crocodile stands up and sprints on hooves** _”OH, WHAT THE FU-“_

[@twobigguys5839]

Andre Marchand that would be horrifying

[@lyradubai]

O shoot

[@thelastmanstanding3369]

Andre Marchand your profile pick is perfect for the comment😂😂

[@milesgabriel5623]

Yellow Diamond

[@randomhuman2602]

Nightmare fuel

[@Schinkenspeckomat]

Narrator: "It had long legs and could run on land." Me: Yeah thats kinda creepy i guess Narrator: It only ran on two legs. Me: NO

[@MistikaManiac]

Dinosaurs 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Dinocroc is Real

[@amberreed5964]

🤣

[@vlcallmeprince-x6032]

Nightmare fuel

[@KogasaTatara514]

@@alejandroelluxray5298 lmao I remember that, I waiting to see a comment about it

[@kenshirolucario2836]

Even if it wasn't bipedal, this is the closest thing to yoshi we have in anicent history

[@leonormunoz8839]

:(

[@akumaking1]

MatPat did a theory about what Yoshi “actually” is

[@royalguardracing6341]

Oh god *un-remember juice* *chugs whole bottle*

[@hhemia1239]

yoshi is a raptor right ?

[@rhaskia7807]

@@hhemia1239 I dont think yoshi is based off of anything

[@droopsmoop]

Therapist: Don't worry, cursorial hoofed crocodilian doesn't exist, he won't hurt you Cursorial hoofed crocodilian: *clop clop clop clop*

[@catherinevo6060]

John DC xD

[@TheGreatCrow]

Best comment.

[@Christian-iu3lo]

Clop clop chop chop clop chop chop clop

[@mathiaspurner3791]

noone: nordic hooved crocodilian: *cljöp* *cljöp* *cljöp*

[@CalebJMartin]

Clippity cloppity I run with great velocity Toward that glutocity

[@joytothemarshmellows5330]

You got bear-dogs, pig-wolves, and croc-horses. Palaeontology makes my childhood animal combos realistic.

[@LuckyBird551]

Avatar The Last Airbender fauna makes much more sense now

[@arceuslordofcreation8824]

Next we’ll dig up Man Bear Pig

[@willbedford8381]

@@LuckyBird551 I was just going to comment that and you beat me to it

[@teawrecks1243]

beaver-ducks, anteater-porcupines, tiger-wolves and dinosaur-turkeys just another day in australia

[@ChubbyTeletubby]

We also got hobbits and dire wolves. Next they're gonna be diggin up orcs and elves.

[@jabby6709]

1:38 I never realized how chubby the Nile crocodile looks compared to the others. absolute unit

[@stephidk9224]

he chonky

[@scraps7624]

In awe at the size of this lad

[@mcthrull7417]

*Trot trot trot* Hunter: Aha! Horses! A high price! *Crocodile appears* Hunter: Aha! Im dead!

[@CommanderCrocky]

rip

[@_Stalc_]

Everyone saying how scary it is, not saying what kind of saddle it would need.

[@abhishekparmar6702]

Presumably it'll be made me left over human skin from it's last meal.

[@kayseek1248]

They should put this in Ark.

[@James3-5]

@@kayseek1248 we've already got two crocs what they need in ark is more tlcs we don't really need more dinos just more dinos that are useful

[@what2a8guy]

Sebastian Brooks-Baker they’ve already got the kaprisuchus or how ever you spell it, i think it’s basically the same thing

[@xxlrick]

Any ramshackle or journeyman should do

[@lukatrdina5108]

When you notice all the t-rexes are gone so you pretend to be one

[@reenatai75]

🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻

[@Dragrath1]

Boverisuchus And I probably could have pulled it off if it wasn't for that pesky cold. If these guys had regained endothermy I wonder if we might once again have returned to a world dominated by archosaurs?

[@bkjeong4302]

Dragrath1 We already have a world where there are twice as many theropod species as mammal species....

[@viridisxiv766]

rawr! im a t-rex! dave, what are you doing? im a t-rex! ffs dave...

[@tonyorob]

Lol

[@aerinpage]

me: scrolling through recommend this video: "when crocs ran on hooves" me: scrolls past, does a double take me: "did I read that right?"

[@heretyk_1337]

Me scrollig through the recommended: Battle of Kircholm.- Huh interesting, but i alreday know that... The Croc, that ran on Hooves.- Very Interesting, lets give it a watch in a minute, what else... Doom 2 H Ultra virile Map.- What the fu...?

[@siyacer]

Ok

[@alphascorpii3757]

My rec: Crabs trade shells in the strangest ways Two lynx in Ontario having intense conversation Gabbie Hanna dancing to doja cat’s verse in make that cake Straight people need to stop Why blue whales don’t get cancer Is water bear OP Lololol

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Up next: When whales had legs

[@lilper3134]

Me: is that a trunk? In the water? Trunk: “starts swimming” Me: oh thats a croc ill better back of a little bit Croc “starts running” Me:FU-

[@FelisTerras]

Several members of the croc genus actually are still very good spinters; you might want to go for the high branches. Actually, alligators are known to jump out of the water and, even if on land, attempt to leap up to reach prey dangling from the lower branches of trees. You're welcome^^

[@xin2943]

Scientists: "The Earth holds so much beautiful and amazing secrets of a species past, I wonder what we'll find next." Earth: *croc horsey*

[@lilper3134]

I dont get it

[@thechillcorner504]

@@lilper3134 😑

[@randomtechpriest]

Johannes Teilmann Petersen r/whoooooosh

[@arrestonettemerilan1200]

@@lilper3134 GET R/WOOSHED

[@zhugedai1279]

i wonder how many fossils we have lost to things like mining though

[@lotusfomalhaut9950]

The title: the croc that ran on hooves My brain: *the croc that ran on crocs*

[@CommanderCrocky]

XD

[@heretyk_1337]

Would be hard to catch anything, what with this rubbery noise alerting every animal

[@lotusfomalhaut9950]

@Soge 01 so you're saying in 300 million years in the future, I could get in a fist fight with King K.Rool?

[@egocentricblack3278]

Y😂

[@Dylan-hc2lu]

@Soge 01 i love that channel

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Thanks for covering these guys. The "crocs on hooves" have been one of my favorite terrifying extinct animals since I first discovered them on Wikipedia. I'm still having trouble understanding what's a hoof and what's not, though. In most of the artist renderings, it just looks like normal reptile toes, with big claws. Same thing as with the Mesonychid "wolves on hooves".

[@spankynater4242]

Hooves are just toenails.

[@Harrier42861]

Rule of thumb - if it's blunt and for walking on, it's a hoof. If it's sharp and for grabbing things, it's a claw.

[@Zeuseus6609]

...note to self, recommend this for a fossil Pokemon in a future game. Still waiting for a region based off Australia.

[@szhou2513]

With magpies or bin chickens as the regional bird pokemon.

[@MmmetalOrange]

And Giant Spiders are normal

[@MmmetalOrange]

As starters

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Still waiting for one based on the Caribbean and Central America.

[@plinplinplonbutwhole6908]

This thing's image kinda remind me of Krookodile but shiny without the "shades".

[@variantangled]

don't worry guys, this glitch was patched in the latest update

[@whosthis5471]

The current crocodile builds are to op hopefully they get nerfed by the next update patch.

[@mistachicken5507]

Humans need to get nerfed,

[@Gorandius]

@@mistachicken5507 *nuked

[@joshua_prime3743]

Humans needs a balance update Nerf our their brains and buff their physical bodies

[@ObsidianSnake12]

Is that a tier zoo reference

[@starwarfan8342]

The real question is... Can I ride it into battle???

[@kledus420smith8]

Imagine strapping on some jet engines on em with Lazers

[@spooky-nz9vj]

probably yeah

[@anicecomfybedforyoutosleep7302]

Yes but however you'll get poked with advanced stick instead

[@nachoviteriletamendia3887]

WARHAMMER III new unit for the lizardmen!!! Come on please!

[@Ritziey]

vs spino

[@geogutierrez6671]

The two scariest things that ever lived. A horse that can do calve raises, and a Crocodile that *gallops.*

[@OneStarRating]

Don't forget the Haast Eagle that could pick up children, kill adults, and became extinct around 1400 which is just 600 years ago.

[@joosoo]

Some crocodiles nowadays can gallop up to 11 mph

[@lanun696]

Other people: Giant crocodiles will eat us Me:I want to ride one

[@mr.turtle4394]

lanun 696 same

[@tsuturo]

play ark haha

[@siyacer]

Wait

[@kaybevang536]

Steve Irwin’s Wet Dream

[@mizcaesar1804]

@@kaybevang536 more like pointy nightmare

[@LetsTakeWalk]

*Trotting sounds* Oh no, a horse! *Boverisuchus appears* Wut?

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Feed it carrots and sugar cubes

[@ironsnowflake1076]

You reminded me of that old medical school joke a doctor told me once...when you hear hooves, you think horses not zebras (about symptoms usually indicating well-known diseases) who the heck thinks *crocodile* ?!

[@godzilla_fan_13]

Cronch

[@danz9507]

*NANI*

[@ShaulDawg]

😂😂😂

[@petegriswold]

Running Crocodiles too OP, nerfed in the update

[@bkjeong4302]

petegriswold They were brought back later and lasted for some time until humans killed off the last ones on New Caledonia.

[@vbgvbg1133]

The meta change

[@hoidthings5728]

@@bkjeong4302 yup, but these last ones were quite cute and small

[@rexoni2512]

Humans needed some nerf soon too. They pretty much too OP now, making all others extinct xD

[@viridisxiv766]

@@rexoni2512 the human community is pretty toxic, the server population is heading for a crash. so while they may not be nerfed, there will probably be far fewer of them around to break the matchmaker.

[@legacyoflore1597]

Finally, an Eons presenter that pronounces niches the way I want them to 😂

[@User18277]

How else would someone pronounxe it

[@legacyoflore1597]

@@User18277 the two pronunciations I've heard are "neesh" and "nitch"

[@ian_b]

Niiiiiiiiiiicshe

[@User18277]

😂

[@Lishadra]

You say nightmare fuel, I say “battle mount”

[@mikelavelazquez3393]

Croc with hooves: exists Humans: what are we going to do now? 😦 Me: Now... We ride... 😎 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJPRkJ97hqmLq6M

[@adamfair1976]

you say battle but i say turtle

[@boomstar1564]

Steve Irwin: Crickey! look at this beauty! *giant croc gets up and starts running full sprint towards him* Steve: "..... oh no."

[@thebrainman4045]

Boverisuchus: OMG can I take a picture with you Steve

[@jonnyboyjs22]

steve irwin : i’m gonna touch it....

[@CommanderCrocky]

Rip Steve

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

So now we know what Steve Irwin uses as transportation in the afterlife.

[@jinx7501]

"Danger! Danger!"

[@Fullychargedevil]

Some topics doesn't need clickbait titles This is one of them

[@terra_727]

Ikr, the concept of the animal alone already brings in viewers.

[@_Katzenberg]

clickbait titles or stupid red circles pointing something not in the video.

[@wintershock]

Fullychargedevil don’t*

[@ratsiiaratr24]

How is this clickbait?

[@jimmyhernadez6185]

Steve Irwin: “I’m gonna touch it”

[@colinsmith1288]

I FIND EVOLUTION BOTH FRIGHTENING AND AMAZING ALL AT THE SAME TIME. TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Yet another reason why we need a full Walking With reboot...

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Nope cause remember the 2015 Walking With Dinosaurs movie?

[@zalenahquaddy4354]

Ikr and they should use the same mechanisms they used in walking with Dinosaurs, Monsters, and Beasts. For a outdated dinosaur film it really had good graphics compared to Cgi.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 "Full WW reboot" implies a full on "remake" of The Trilogy Of Life.

[@bryanrodriguez6875]

A more accurate one would be amazing

[@CloudsGirl7]

So long as they don't toss out the facts from the experienced scientists they sought out in favor of false, sensationalistic, clickbait-y garbage, sure. **looks to the exaggerated Liopleurodon**

[@WAMTAT]

The real question is ... Could you ride it?

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

It's Steve Irwin's signature Mount

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

@@macmcskullface1004 Steve also has a Kaprosuchus farm where he feeds them fresh pigs

[@frodobaggins6684]

You can ride a similar species in Ark: survival called Kaprosuchus!

[@bkjeong4302]

You can train crocodilians, but riding one is still not going to be safe at all.

[@KaminariHouse]

Into battle? Certainly!... Ok maybe not.

[@joseph7972]

6:03 Ancient Crocodilian Naruto running. 15 million years ago -colorized

[@CommanderCrocky]

We have been training for the raid for years.But no one trusted us and left us behind :( .We are waiting to support your country in the war.See us as allies Not as enemies.

[@DG123z]

"Which is.. NOT HOW I WANT TO GO." lol

[@Kbd972]

I'm not usually scared of crocodilians, but the mental picture of one with hooves running down prey on land is terrifying.

[@MrAranton]

Keep in mind: You share the planet with the descendents of the creatures that out-competed hooved crocodiles.

[@DreamStepper]

@@MrAranton Well you can easily outrun a modern croc on land, I have to say one that can chase you down is much more terrifying.

[@MrAranton]

@@DreamStepper Modern crocs were not what outcompeted the hooved ones. The ancestors of wolves, bears and big cats did. And I don't think many humans can outrun those. And assuming hooved crocs are as poikilotherm as their living cousins, they're not something to worry about in the climate I live in; they would't surive a winter and would take a metric shitton of climate-change to change that. Wolves, bears and big cats are warmblooded and perfectly capable to surive a winter where I live.

[@DreamStepper]

@@MrAranton I don't think that makes the idea of being chased down by a semi-bipedal croc less terrifying which is more the point I was making, but okay.

[@Smug924]

DreamStepper I mean if u swimming with a croc in a lake you’d be scared asf but they ain’t that scary on land

[@abtl1154]

**Clop clop clop** Friend: When you hear hooves, think horses, not ze- Me: *_C R O C ._*

[@solaireofastora4888]

Imagine You turn around and just see this unit of a gator sprinting at you

[@zyechartorisky9879]

Fun fact a few years ago a type of crocodile was discovered in the Nile it was pretty much a cross between the skeletal structure of a dog and that of death it’s self, so it was somewhere between a meter and a meter and a half it could swim fairly well and was more than capable of getting out of the water and sprinting full pelt at it’s target

[@silentsoulsoldaccountlol7973]

6:04 Damn, he be naruto running

[@slappy8941]

Crocohorse, also known as _equussuchus nopi._

[@BonaparteBardithion]

It would make an interesting fantasy mount, but given the shape it might be hard to use it as anything but a draft-horse equivalent. I could see that kind of thing in a Dinotopia-like setting.

[@bkjeong4302]

Honestly the best use of this thing is as a hunting partner (you can train crocodiles, though they still can’t be trusted with your personal safety afterwards)

[@okatori795]

Why did this get so little likes? Oh wait they don't know what an Equus is

[@erinrow399]

Oh gosh this is epic lol

[@slappy8941]

@@okatori795 That makes the likes I did get worth so much more.

[@ionavram4002]

Imagine if those were around when humans were a thing,the Romans would make gladiators fight em, knights would bring their heads as trophies,cults would revolve around them as the descendants of dragons

[@cryptozoology505]

There is millions of records of such things and not imagination. The only imagination is these silly theories of billions of years old and dinosaurs died out millions of years ago To that they are birds now. All this is theory not fact. In ancient rome much evidence exists and mention of huge dragon like beasts fighting in events. If you look at my dragon piece you will see tons of history showing that. All these theories again are theories. The reality is that humans killed off most of what we call dinosaurs today and the flood. History mentions this in our historic records thousands of thousands of times. While all of these are just theories with no backing.

[@frankteng5476]

crypto zoology There is backing you just don’t want to read any of it and refuse to accept it with any kind of backwards logic you can think of.

[@cryptozoology505]

@@frankteng5476 No backwards logic full fact a flood happened and it is the cause of what you call dinosaurs. However many survived and still do from ancient rock rats to the celocanth many species of this so called millions of years still exist. You create a imaginary time line per year of layer and anyone can make machine to match this equations. Also the fact of hundreds of fossils found with human and dinosaur foot prints in same layer let alone the thousands of cave drawings let alone tons of temples with everything from diplodicous to tyrannosaurs depicted on their walls exactly as we claim they look like today. Imagination is what you follow not reality. Just in one museum there is over ten thousand examples of pottery and stones all from 200 to over 3000 years of age showing many species and how they even interacted with them, Keep believing in darwins imagination. It all happened because darwin had smoked some majot ti stick and it got stuck to his beard and caused him illusion and then when he made his big speech all the others smelling the smoke off of his infested beard then caused their brains to fry and then the theory became fact. And if you keep making new papers of theory you get lost over time and think is all real but reality is all theory and sort of silly. If you want to think you come from a chimp then that is your right. I tend to think we come from a higher power then that.

[@cryptozoology505]

@Jacob Masten My oh my watch video on my channel dinosaurs you can clearly see a tyrannosaurus attacking a horse to many examples. There is tens of thousands .You can find them all over the world. That is a ridicules answer and whom ever told you that is leaves on it also thinks peter pan is real Lol These scientist cannot except the facts and try all kinds of silly things to debunk but they are laughable often and rarely accurate. Science has been wrong tens of thousands of times making statements from no new animal be found of any size that was 1800s with thousands since found . To fossils dating only thousands of years many of them of so called extinct dinosaurs including dna and bone tissue If people really think bone tissue can survive millions of years then again peter pan must be real as well. All kinds of evidence shows hundred percent some forms of dinosaurs lived with man. Whether they really were around millions of years ago is irrelevant they for sure some species lived to at least early times with humans.

[@bosknight7837]

crypto zoology I have no idea what you smoked,but I definitely want some

[@dustinharvey5393]

Title: The Croc That Ran on Hooves Me: THE WHAT?!

[@Olivia-vp1xj]

When you showed the picture of the Smooth-Fronted Caimán I about died from the cuteness

[@godvin9160]

Bear Grills - See those hoofs marks it must be of a deer. Boverisuchus appears Bear Grills - Wut

[@user-td3ke9st9m]

And that's why bears rarely attack deers

[@thrace_bot1012]

@@user-td3ke9st9m The conundrum here I am faced with being - that I can't discern whether you are joking or simply lacking awareness about who Bear Grylls is.

[@user-td3ke9st9m]

Well back then when I made this comment I didnt know who he was but rn I know

[@bigpapao8889]

Mrs. Frizz takes the kids to the eocene and whoops, ralph just got mauled by a naruto-running crocodile with f r e s h hooves

[@flamingrainbws4800]

XD

[@Bradzen15]

r/cursedcomments

[@praetorianrex5571]

Naruto Croc......... NANI ?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@spookyplaguedoctor5714]

The croc that *WHAT*

[@captainfatfoot2176]

It’s fun to see that the birds and crocks both made a play at being the top predator after the Cretaceous extinction.

[@invisiblejaguar1]

Last time I was this early cats, bears and dogs hadn't evolved yet.

[@roccomarcy]

Why did this comment make me laugh.

[@invisiblejaguar1]

@@roccomarcy memes, gotta love them 😁

[@MrTimurLP]

damn you hilarious

[@rimmipeepsicles1870]

Actually yes, at least not until the point that they can challenge crocodilians for the top of the food chain.

[@bkjeong4302]

Rimmi Peepsicles But there were other predatory mammals that actually coexisted with Boverisuchus in North America, like oxyaenids and mesonychids. This thing didn’t get ousted by mammals, it rose to the top alongside mammals.

[@Ninjaananas]

3:33 That vegetation looks really interesting. Could you do a video about the evolution of forests?

[@novaoak7297]

yes more videos on plants!!!

[@callusklaus2413]

@@Ezekiel_Allium is joke. r/woosh

[@zack7122]

uses!!!!!yassssssss

[@Tunir007]

@@Ezekiel_Allium are you 12?

[@Tunir007]

@@Ezekiel_Allium stop with the damage control and just take the L

[@fr0z3n33]

There is one animal that's still alive that is as scary as a croc running on land and that is a hippo

[@lydiahall7346]

I work at the museum that has the Deinosuchus at 1:41. I was WAY too excited when I recognized it!

[@Halbairn]

_I'm gonna take my crocs to the old town road..._

[@insertnamehere8096]

I got dem crocs in da back

[@jaywatermore9553]

they gallop and attack

[@deadbeatnetwork9792]

They chomped down on my back, and destroyed the cadillac

[@marlonnodal7143]

Ridin on a crock, ha

[@ashrafulalashad3984]

They whipped out their hooves ,ya

[@Amadeus8484]

Captain Hook: "I thought Ticking was scary!"

[@BlackRabbit007]

Imagine if this still around today, while you are on safari sudenly a galoping croc run beside your car and the guide just "yeah its happen here alot"

[@sydposting]

Hey, I know Dr. Brochu! I took a paleontology class with him at the University of Iowa when I was a student there. My ears perked up immediately!

[@FreakyFeline88]

Every time I binge watch PBS Eons episodes, makes me want to own a time machine

[@adity.atiwari]

nah bro seeing this i desperately don't want one

[@stegosaurus6654]

Wow the new Pokémon looks great!

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Galarian Krookodile

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

You anit gonna get him in a Pokéball

[@starlitshadows]

Feraligatrsuchus

[@natsukisubaruthestruggling6401]

More like the warney crocodile from one piece

[@nonexistent4814]

Stegosaurus Yeah but I wonder if it will be a fossil Pokemon or not.

[@volksmann]

If there was a bipedal walking croc, surely human would've wrestled it like how we wrestled bears.

[@WhiteChocolate74]

Have any humans actually wrestled bears?

[@volksmann]

@@WhiteChocolate74 Yes they have, you should search it up. If you can't then use this keyword: "Wojtek the bear"

[@Wynters01]

There is something satisfying about imagining that thing running at you, while flailing its arms like a basilisk lizard. I would be so confused while running for my life.

[@Buildosaurus]

Well technically there are still crocodiles that can hunt down prey on land, as the wise Danny Bhoy once said: "'Over the first 100 metres, crocodiles are faster than horses. I don't know how many horses it took to prove that.'' (also please please please make the shirt in more colours!)

[@CommanderCrocky]

Oh hi there

[@Darkzro317]

Nightmare fuel. Sterling Archer would not be pleased with this discovery.

[@abhishekparmar6702]

He might have a brain aneurysm just at the sight of it.

[@MichaelSHartman]

Thanks for the interesting video. When I saw those rear legs under its body, I thought that baby can run, and how it could catch me. Belly scrubbing crocodiles, and ilk that stay in the water constantly make me wonder why they didn't evolve flippers like liopleurodon.

[@frederickhargro5153]

Could you imagine a crocodile that lived on land and ran at the same speed as a dog being alive today.

[@CalamityDiamond]

Imagine seeing a Crocodilian in the distance, "That's a long way away, I'm safe." But then it stands up on two legs and starts running at you.

[@CommanderCrocky]

*SCP-682 spotted*

[@user-zt8sm2uc5z]

Right? The thought of being chased down by a crocodile is terrifying and there's genuinely little if anything you could do about it unless you've got a vehicle to just "nope" out of there with. Also, how hasn't Sci-Fy made a movie series about these things yet? Maybe a land invasion of massive crocodiles?

[@RichterBelmont2235]

Crocodile on hooves? It's game over man. GAME OVER!

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

I would like to see it running after a prey.

[@humanoid9787]

On 2 legs

[@Lopezprieto]

Classic Hudson line :)

[@Weigazod]

@@neptuneai8168 Well, Crocs can do it too.

[@cheeseburgerrunner5217]

I like the way you said “not how I want to go”. Your mannerisms there made me laugh 😆

[@alexstauffer3359]

Eons: *shows picture of Smooth-Fronted Caiman* Me: kitty! My friend: You're an idiot.

[@martismartiis813]

"dog sized horses" I WANT ONE

[@TheOneWhoAsked4373]

I want a loyal horse sized dog....

[@THEE.apples]

They already exist. Ponies

[@laurelcook9078]

martis martiis I’ve always wanted a guinea pig sized horse

[@AaronShenghao]

The crocs before extinction: Winter is coming

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

And then winter arrived.

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

@JASSON REYES Of course! Those filthy reptiles didn't have the regulatory sy of temperature ll mammals have...

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

@JASSON REYES When Winter arrives there is no reptile, amphibian, fish, or bug that can survive. We, mammals and birds, are kind of graced with fur, feathers, and a circulatory system way different.

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

@TheGreaterGood80 I know of a cricket...Seriously, THAT cricket...

[@aaadj2744]

Yet, some species, specifically which had long leg are extinct 😭

[@Mygfisawesone]

This helligator is absolutely terrifying

[@601salsa]

Nice, bite size documentaries, packed with info. Really enjoy these vids

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Paleontologist: "Why are you..?" Boverisuchus: "Deal with it!"

[@aminahmahmood1737]

"[...] Which is...not how I want to go. [...] Which is...not a better option." These two lines made me laugh! Educational, hilarious, and enjoyable to listen. Thank you to the Eons team.

[@jackburton8947]

They really know their audience, a shirt with a breast pocket.

[@colekammler2355]

Thanks Steve.

[@StarboyXL9]

Plot twist: the croc was actually tricked into trying on a pair of pre-historic high-heels and could never get his feet out.

[@elykspuz6596]

It did that to catch up with Bryce Dallas Howard.

[@ObsidianSnake12]

As a witness to the spectacle, it was a pair of crocs

[@adamfair1976]

this is awesome

[@adamfair1976]

detarednu si siht find out the secret code

[@adamfair1976]

i love this one

[@gabriels.i.780]

Please make a video on the evolution of multicellular life. How did it branch out from unicellular life forms?

[@abyssinia4ever]

Check out ‎AronRa's channel, he has a whole series on evolution of life from unicellular to advanced life like humans.

[@ajla_k3640]

Why doesn’t school teach about this kind of stuff, it’s interesting and we can learn a lot lol

[@4Frmcfff]

U fine 😎

[@AstroPC96]

Man, just discovered this channel recently! Have been binging since! Awesome content.

[@davidmorris6226]

Crocodilomorphs... yes... always want more of those

[@waouighaeoua541]

Why is it when I see the image of the croc running on its hind legs, my first thoughts were "Oh my god it's doing the naruto run"

[@TheRealGpixels]

If this ever replaces every crocodile, I'm moving to mars

[@hamstermc7807]

All I could think of while watching this was a video from my favorite suggestion-based drawing channel where the very first drawing was a crocodile horse. It was surprisingly close in concept... For anyone interested, the video is called "The Ultimate Animal Hybrid (ft. Katie Marovitch)"

[@WickedWildlife]

🐊🦖Thank you for covering this one! Crocodilians are one of the most fascinating groups of animals, but I might be biased considering I work with them every day 😂🐊

[@WickedWildlife]

Jacqueline Crone haha thank you Yes they are very cool animals

[@molybdaen11]

“Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.” - Steve Irwin

[@ericgrace9995]

I work in an office with colleagues like that too.....

[@sr.alligator7569]

Cuban crocs are my favorite

[@ytanonymity3585]

One of the species who survived in Dinosaur extinction

[@DutchBane]

Looking with a 1000 yard stare at my wall listening to this video i am suddenly hit with the vision of gandalf the white appearing at the top of the slope at the battle of helmsdeep on a prancing hooved crocodile

[@Tanygopteryx251]

It’s a force vision...

[@reyvilla8501]

NERDS!!!..... Now..where did i leave my GOT/Marvel/Eons fanfic?😁

[@samguapo4573]

I absolutely love this channel. You guys are freaking awesome.

[@DrevorReal]

He can't get over how cute that croc is. I want one.

[@Phlebas]

A crocodilian that could run on its hind legs is a terrifying thought. 5:57 Okay, it's a slightly funny thought but still terrifying.

[@kanserthecrab899]

*goes to the farm to hear galloping but can’t find any horses* Me: *AHHHHHH*

[@Rubytuesday1569]

Brilliantly presented.

[@Lishadra]

The more I learn about crocodile cousins the more I love them. Dog crocs, horse crocs, BIG crocs, they’re all great

[@bocejo]

Thanks for using the metric system! I can finally imagine how big animals are without having to solve a freaking equation.

[@kenneth9874]

Surely it can't be that difficult for you, smh

[@Indoraptoad]

Me: ima do homework Them:Uploads video Me:I LEARN MORE WITH THIS VIDEO THAN IN HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!

[@nolanwestrich2602]

I've learned more from PBS Eons than 2 years of school.

[@Tanygopteryx251]

The usual point of homework is studying anyway

[@williandalsoto806]

Make homework about this video!

[@DevinMcSalty]

Norman Atherton I’ve learned more from pbs than school in totality... As a wildlife biologist I can assure you that school(in the US) is a giant waste of time in this new age of technology Between google, youtube, tv, movies and social media you can learn more than all of the professors at your school combined. It all comes down to how much you want to learn

[@koichihirose1792]

*Video:* Has 419 dislikes *Me:* "Oh yeah, it's all coming together."

[@justAGuy2106]

There are so many weird animal combos. Now I won't be surprised to hear about crocodile climbing on trees 😅

[@Amarganeitor]

*_[SCP-682 HAS JOINED THE SERVER]_*

[@pillowmaster420]

Can we stop the fricking scp jokes in all the videos i watch

[@pillowmaster420]

The Meta tf you talking about

[@Rico-oz4ct]

@@pillowmaster420 *no*

[@stormintheshell5130]

@@pillowmaster420 no

[@pillowmaster420]

*Im now a class d personnel fam*

[@darhaha3391]

"Which is not how I wanna go!"

[@lavonakirtley9280]

Darian Dalili “that’s not really any better!”

[@stutterking1008]

Me: **sees the title** I'm sorry, the Croc that what now?!

[@gunnerlittle4650]

Crocs now:I love the water. Crocs then:GAS GAS GAS

[@conormcmullen6437]

"Which is not how I want to go" Ah the real reason I come to this channel, the humor.

[@ironsnowflake1076]

As someone who really fears alligators & crocodiles...this was some high-octane *nightmare fuel* 🐊😨

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

think about how great it would be roasted on somepalm trees on a beach with hundreds of people, wearing kevlar mideval style armor and spearguns, and fresh coconuts for everyone, and theroasting meat and herbs floating theough the air

[@ironsnowflake1076]

@@VincentGonzalezVeg I've actually eaten Alligator tail, it was pretty tasty :P

[@Deform-2024]

If You thought that is scary, then you should check out Razanandrongobe, it was a terrestrial Crocodilian that was over 20 feet long and weighed nearly 3 tons!

[@Tanygopteryx251]

Everyone is going to see something in nature as nightmare fuel, because of its variety

[@naomieherpin-saunier399]

Please make more shirts, all sizes below XXL have been sold out for months ! I LOVE this channel and I want to show it to the world !

[@JohnSmith-op3qj]

How are you going to convince me that this is scary when the thumbnail is the happiest crocodile I've seen in my life? Look at it! Look at its cute smile!