The Evolution of the Giraffe

[@animalorigins]

Hey everyone (once again), If the vocals become hard to hear, I'd suggest lowering the volume of the KZbin video to about half or lower of the maximum. I found this to be more useful in hearing the vocals over the bgm. Apologies for audio related issues, I'll be working on optimizing volume in future uploads.

[@diamondnova7598]

Where do you get your background music from? Thanks

[@marshallmeinema3138]

Might I recommend ambient noise if there is background music? Some instruments stand out over your voice.

[@noelsnotes]

I was gonna say, the eyelashes of some of these giraffes were/are one of the species most prominent features.

[@funnygrunt_o7]

Bro all I hear is vocals my ears are bleeding. This video is amazing

[@CrankyPantss]

I don’t make videos, so I don’t understand the need for distracting music while the narrator is talking. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but is there a reason that some of these channels use it? I'm sure I’m missing out on a lot of good content out there, and it might just be my personal problem, but I just don’t care for music playing at the same time that I’m trying to listen to someone speaking. If the content is interesting just as it is, do we need to be musically entertained also?

[@animalorigins]

Hey everyone, I've read a lot of the comments on this video and others regarding both the volume of the background music as well as the speed at which I read my script. I appreciate all of the constructive criticism. I'm still a bit new to making more formal KZbin videos such as this but I'll try my best to address these issues in future projects. Once again thank you for the support and criticism, I appreciate everyone's interest in animal-related subject material and will try to upload more frequently in the future!

[@Emelefpi]

Thanks for listening! I'll be looking forward to catching up on your upcoming content!

[@pickledgarf]

I thought it was great

[@cjmarion6350]

my one and only complaint cause I'm just the tiniest bit ocd about pronunciation is how you say epoch it just hits my ears like a truck haha other than that the video is great

[@essteex4656]

Awesome video thanks

[@mysterious7215]

These channel will blow up one day

[@themightygatekeeperdefende9755]

Never thought learning about giraffes could be this funky.

[@izzie9526]

I remember being at a zoo when I was like 6 and thinking "that giraffe looks like if a dragon was trying to disguise itself as a horse"

[@Galaxia7]

The Red from OSP should've drawn the horse-dragon as a giraffe in journey to the west

[@JennJurassic]

I would suggest looking up the qilin/kirin. It's a chinese dragon-horse(/deer/cow/thing) that is often associated with giraffes because of how it looks (large ungulate with dragon-like scales and horns).

[@SlavKnightVlad]

@@JennJurassic and the word Kirin is just the japanese word for giraffe

[@lordofthewingsrehydrated7922]

This dude is using what sounds like Sonic Unleashed music to explain the evolution of giraffes 😂 Keep up the good work

[@BlackGypsyMusic]

Lol word

[@ahopefor]

It's such a strange mix of sound and info but it works so well.

[@bruh-ft9uf]

Hey no matter what the sound is

[@lildraco]

Heh, lord of the wings

[@daisuki9296]

Giraffe are like sonic the hedgehogs, they're not fast like hedgehogs but they're very long and tall instead 😅

[@EpreTroll]

That touhou music caught me off guard

[@chosen_one.666]

Didn't expect to see you here :0 My time has finally come to say hi to a verified youtuber I know lol

[@radahn42]

Pp

[@MelongBread]

Lol I was about to comment about this since I recognize it from listening to tons of touhou jazz

[@chosen_one.666]

@@MelongBread I know EpreTroll from Bing of Bongs | Big Ben plays "Night of Nights" for the Last time, that remix is some lit shit

[@roakk]

A pleasant surprise

[@nicbro3831]

I have adhd and this format with the jazz and the frequent background shifts is just *chefs kiss* thank you so much

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

I looked at the name "Camelopardis" and wondered if it was Latin for "Leopard Camel." Turns out "pardis" just means "spotted," so leopards are "spotted lions."

[@blvvlb6830]

Man I went to Africa and I found this spotted lion camel

[@mushmush4980]

That's actually stupidly hillarious

[@theqdie]

Actually a pard(still meaning spotted mind you) an animal people thought existed. Humans believed leopards were the off lions and pards hence the name leopard

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

It's camelopardalis - not -pardis.

[@ley_brab]

I saw a spotted lion camel at the zoo it was very cool

[@ultraapple3997]

1:54 Awwwww it 's sooooooo cute! It' s like a rat-guinea pig deer thig is like fantasy

[@LautaroArgentino]

look up pudú.

[@ravenblackwing7888]

Ikr?? Omg i want one 😭😭😭

[@ravenblackwing7888]

@@LautaroArgentinothank you for this information. What you have done for me today will not be forgotten

[@christaverduren690]

KZbin suggested your page, and I'm so very glad they did!! I loved this video and look forward to see the rest of your work. I find it very informative, easy to understand, I love the graphics and the music as well (reminds of the background music on the PC game of monopoly I played in the 90s lol) Thank you so much for your hard work in bringing this to the public. The vocal were fine for me, I was listening on my PC with noise cancelling stereo headphones.

[@vaporwavevocap]

My pet theory is that the long necks came about originally for plant eating, but it also allowed them to spot predators from further away, and it allowed them to compete for mates as well. Sort of a Jack of all Trades.

[@dutchvan.740]

Yeah and people barely know the theory was removed.

[@Diesalot-sc9qz]

I don’t think it has anything to do with mating or male combat, as that would generally lead to sexual dimorphism, which we don’t see

[@t.c.2776]

@@Diesalot-sc9qz I heard the length of their necks had a direct correlation to their penis size which would have helped a female maximize her choice in offspring survival...😆😉

[@ashleylopez9130]

I dont think its neck was used for display

[@bobcat24]

Just like long necked dinosaurs.

[@eagleeye5290]

Thanks Animal Origins. I liked the music and I heard you clearly. Good Job

[@jimthedinoman5765]

I love to draw dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and this video is giving me so many new species to draw.

[@rexlupusetxe8367]

You should put a disclaimer. You're about be educated on animals you've never heard about or seen. This is fantastic I'm subscribing right now.

[@typicalnormie842]

honestly, your channel is underrated. Keep up the great work.

[@KingHaruWolfs_Infinitverse]

Omg man, really got me caught with that great Smooth Jazzy Vibey music. Great content my man!

[@laurenr9659]

Can you speak more slowly and make the music lower? You're speaking so quickly it's hard to digest with the distracting loud music in the background.

[@coronavirusmadeinchina6269]

Decrease speed at 0.75

[@canaldbmiguel1429]

And put legendas

[@samsalamander8147]

The smooth jazz flute was fucking killing me

[@KingofgraceSARA]

@@samsalamander8147 Smooth jazz flute 😆😄

[@falandodezoologia7737]

Great video, I just have one note. When a clade is put on the side branch of another clade it does not mean it is its ancestor, rather it means they are sister clades that share a common ancestor. Such ancestor does not belong to any of the sister clades. Take Palaeomerycidae as an example... They are not ancestors of Giraffidae, rather they are a sister group. This means Giraffidae and Palaeomerycidae have a common ancestor that did not belong to any of this families. Same thing goes for Dromomerycidae which are not ancestors of Cervidae, but rather a sister group. Aside that amazing work. Hope it helps! :-)

[@mrapollo13]

Imagine your evolutionary game plan is to make one of the most vulnerable parts of your body the main part of it

[@mjaved1000]

You deserve more likes and views. 👍

[@iambodybuildingyt221]

I wish I had more views and likes 😢

[@akhtarw]

Fr

[@mtheg7220]

I never knew mouse deer were a thing...

[@--Paws--]

What if the Okapi, although it has the shorter neck, is the descendant and the Giraffe is its ancestor instead. I notice this with the Bush Elephant versus the Forest Elephant, and the Emu versus the Cassowary. They all have a forest and grassland alternative. On another extreme case, the Kangaroo versus the Tree Kangaroo. The grassland relative seems to be more spread out and have a better distribution compared to those that live in forest. The forest relative seems to have become specialized in hiding, and foraging in smaller area. They seem to be like the more "advanced" version.

[@PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

First time I ran across your channel. Very nice presentation, will go back to scan more as time allows.

[@nekokoishi]

Didn't expect the touhou music.

[@Wi-Fi-El]

This is interesting and informative. I imagine your channel will do well with content like this

[@mushmush4980]

The lack of a pause before showing the Shivatherium actually made me laugh

[@ravick007]

I love the content of the video, but please lower the background music a bit. :) Anyway, you got a subscriber here!

[@connerreid3579]

Thank you for the video! I've never heard a story of mass extinction told with such a smooth jazzy beat.

[@ameressor2352]

Honestly? I think it d be just as well without the weird music in the background... But hey, just me - other than that, I never found better, more comprehensive and coherent summaries about 'animal origins' than yours, so, cuddoes and thank you, mate!

[@TheRoy119]

Excellent systematics, and biogeography; magnificent music, keep up the good work

[@panrick]

You must be joking about “magnificent music” part. There is no way you think that.

[@joebaumgart1146]

Would you mind teaching me the evolution of the Platypus?

[@okapijohn4351]

16:02 The scientific name of the giraffe is "camelOpardalis" not "camelEOpardalis"

[@KylerJohnson7]

It was probably a typo and even if so it’s not really that important

[@okapijohn4351]

@@KylerJohnson7 I know but it is always good to point it out, especially because he also speaks Camaleopardalis instead of Camelopardalis

[@SOLIDShift_VI]

Camel Leopard. shut up.

[@ourochroma]

They were indeed described in ancient times as Camels with the skin of a leopard and really long necks

[@WahhaC]

This comment give me the vibe of "It's leviOsa not leviosA"

[@silverghillie3199]

The moment the word pecora gets mentioned I end up imagining a rabbit HAHAHA

[@p.r.o.d9685]

A man of Culture i see

[@saucesamurai8768]

I see what u did there

[@JJ-oq3tz]

The evolution of Giraffe is so rare from the Miocene to the modern world.

[@wildsideofthings7733]

How do you have only have 8 and half hundred subscribers. Your videos are awsome.

[@bensantos3882]

Great video and love the respect you gave to giraffes and their extended extinct family members!

[@bugayden2287]

A unicorn sounds more like a reasonable creature than a giraffe but look which one we got.

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

We had unicorns too, they were just rhinoceros.

[@TheTheponnisinthu]

Hearty congratulations and Keep up your good work. 👏👌👍🌹

[@AK-de7jn]

Their distant relative looks like no animal I’ve ever seen before!

[@shannomhalls5055]

Your channel allows us to look back at all that we have missed and makes you feel like a little b connected to our past thank you for your time to share all of this content

[@arcosprey4811]

The algorithm is blessing me today

[@fleckensteleworm4889]

I think that the necks of giraffes are the way they are mainly because it makes them look scarier, and thus, scares more predators off than it would’ve otherwise. Plus, it makes it harder to reach for predatory suffocation purposes. This would also help to explain the sudden jump in neck length in the fossil record, given how the shorter necked ones were preyed upon more successfully than their more intimidating counterparts.

[@Myrrid]

Really appreciating the touhou music in the background of these videos, great taste. 👍

[@jonny-nava-367]

Why I'm hearing Touhou music?????

[@nothanks131]

The soundtrack to Giraffe evolution is top tier, honestly kept me really engaged with the video 6:57

[@dagoodboyvids336]

This dude make amazing content.

[@Parker--]

8:48 If you're painting an ancient extinct creature, why are painting it shitting?

[@caviramus0993]

To make it more realistic.

[@asmodai2025]

It is because it is funny :P.

[@yesno1978]

Me hearing the very long word: I like your words magic man

[@benwest9004]

I would like to see a video about pronghorns. They have a very diverse and interesting lineage. I would like to know more about when the spit off from giraffes and migrated into America.

[@lombax2505]

I'm so glad I discovered this channel!

[@Brodyshalecomedy]

This is awesome!

[@Puuppamies]

Did not expect to hear touhou music in a nature themed video

[@bibia666]

LIKED👍... The volume improved.., the length too., but the last is never enough 😅 Greetings bibia. BTW... (ps) the music I could do without.., but (tbh) I didn't noticed until I read the (or some of them) comments, that this video has music.., wich isn't the worst (not the best either, but most certainly not the worst) yet increasing the volume of the music during the video only works with horror films. Or if you want to make the viewer/ list er nervous 😅. If it were up to me I'd do very very easy on the music because the text is what's important and you're a good writer slash (/) narrator. I like videos wich are well narrated and NOT PRESENTED! I like it when videos have a mix of drawings / stock footage / cartoons / other film materials (if it fits the subject then show it😉..., especially when it's helpful like charts and maps) and I generally don't like videos with a presentator on screen. Showing oneself only distracts imo.

[@KiwiPoku]

I usually put natural history videos on in the background while i work on my art. Imagine my shock when i suddenly hear touhou music lmao. good music taste.

[@Insane3OB]

What's the name of the song? Super Super Candy Bomb Death Squad or something?

[@MyFatherLooksLikeAPallasCat]

Fun fact! In Persian we call giraffes "shotorgavpalang" which means camel-cow-leopard. We also call them Zarrafe but it's less fun.

[@paulbennett7021]

Some good stuff here, despite 'huffed' mammals & jazz! Re the Long Neck controversy: they're not for display; no sexual dimorphism, as stated: nor for combat; they'd have used their now much reduced horns. They're not for reaching the highest leaves; that's what their long legs & heads are for. So if you've got really long front legs how do you drink? You grow a long neck! It's still not caught up with the legs - they have to stand with legs splayed out to reach ground level.

[@ZoniDobes]

Giraffes a closely related to deers that’s for certain and even share similar cloven hooves.

[@JB-kt9dx]

Just found ur channel and I subbed. Keep up the good work. Giraffes🦒 are my fav animal lol they just so unique.

[@pencilpauli9442]

When the background music is louder than the narrative.

[@charliewells9595]

@Jur jur 14 notice how the original comment has 16 likes an your reply has none.

[@charliewells9595]

@Jur jur 14 you’re not funny

[@10_p9getsomehelp7]

@@charliewells9595 notice how his comment has 4 like and yours has none

[@jonsojgu9893]

@@charliewells9595 leave him alone dude

[@charliewells1927]

Hey guys I'm charlie and I'm an idiot so I go around making fun of other people

[@acanpc333]

That was super interesting! Thank you so much! It’s interesting how this family of animals has ended up with just two species. It would’ve been cool if more of them had survived in places like India or the Middle East. There an interesting group of Christmas!

[@LongTail8443]

LOL, Small animals are so cute.

[@ll7868]

I was watching a video yesterday that had nothing to do with giraffes, a Rick Steve tour of Bulgaria and there was a goat, I thought at first it looked like a giraffe which led me to think "I wonder how giraffes evolved to be different than goats?" Today I found out. This isn't the first time I thought something only to have YT provide a video within 24 hours. Weird coincidence.

[@generaldissatisfaction5397]

This happens to me too.

[@ll7868]

@@generaldissatisfaction5397 The other day I was watching DCeased, a comic storyline where the DC universe has a rage virus apocalypse caused by the Anti-Life Equation signal sent through cell phones, anywho, Superman says he can't be infected by seeing computer screens because he's using ultraviolet and infrared vision and I wondered what seeing in those spectrums was like. Next day in my recommendations...a video about the Peacock Mantis Shrimp and it's amazing eyes.

[@charliewells9595]

@@ll7868 the KZbin recommendation system works in strange ways

[@ll7868]

@@charliewells9595 Another time I suggested the song Speak English Or Die by The Stormtroopers of Death on a reaction channel that had just uploaded an Anthrax reaction, I mentioned that they do other versions at live shows...within an hour Stormtroopers/Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante uploaded the group doing a live social-distancing alternate version (they performed all their parts separately from their own home studios) called Speak Spanish Or Die. The weirdness never ends.

[@metaphysicalgraffiti]

Awesome video. I'm subscribed now!

[@theglanconer6463]

Brilliant. Thank you !

[@lebleu8843]

A giraffe nearly ripped my shirt off at a drive-thru safari once.

[@r1verman]

One of my favorite animals. I had the experience years ago to pet an Okapi and her young at a zoo years ago. It was amazing.

[@阿源-x2v]

the background music is awesome

[@henrybitencourt]

Music at 9:32?

[@zebraz3839]

9:19 imagine if sivatheruim never went extinct. It would be so cool to actually see one like in a safari Great video by the way

[@toonbat]

That proto giraffe in the thumbnail looks like it's doing the Sailor Moon meme pose.

[@bitofwizdomb7266]

The music is very danceful. I danced away while listening to the dancy jingle

[@nexus_r]

18:00 the transition from that statement to what the giraffe is doing on the top right in the outro... 💀

[@misomaniac3907]

I love the music, but maybe tonw it down a notch with something a bit softer or slower, or at least lower in volume. The music combined with the speed at which you were going led me to get distracted a bit. But great video!

[@federook78]

I tried, but I can't deal with the over present supermarket muzac

[@BurntWeeny435]

Yes, me too, which is such a shame because other than the loud music, the video was good. I'm hoping for a 2nd version.

[@happyfullfridge]

@@BurntWeeny435 ye it can't be hard to just reupload without the music right? unless the editing file has been deleted

[@MauriceBiermans]

Very interesting. I made it until 5:12 and then jumped ship to flee the music.

[@4ctina246]

4 minutes longer than me 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@JohnnyAngel8]

I made it to 6:43.

[@WeepyWoops]

This dude just taught us a whole school year of studying in 18 minutes. Keep it up!

[@abyabraham6646]

Good work. Can you do one about lions?

[@iambodybuildingyt221]

Awesome well made video I like it 👌

[@ultraapple3997]

Fun fack: Scientists have found thath girafes make camel noises.

[@scottw.3258]

here's another one...It's fact, not fack.

[@cataclysmkataklysm]

Here's another one too..! That and not thath.

[@brandonchan5387]

And here's yet another! Giraffes and not girafes.

[@guesswhoitsmeagain3003]

Geez y’all don’t be so strict >:0

[@metaphysicalgraffiti]

Damn ultra, they burnt yo cookie up, huh?

[@ll-bz8re]

The kind if video you find scrolling before you get out of bed in the morning. And of course you have to watch the whole thing before getting up.

[@Pervatasaurus.Leroy129]

Soy fan de este contenido aunque sea en ingles😁👍

[@Threetails]

Been looking for a resin cast of a sivatherium skull but nobody sells one. Which sucks because the real ones are rare and they'd look so metal on the wall.

[@shuddupeyaface]

Brilliant video, based on facts. I love watching it.

[@okehal]

Just came across your channel fascinating stuff

[@NICOLAI_VET]

The music is the exact same my doctor uses when you are on hold 😂😂😂

[@prototropo]

Wonderful research and narrative arc! This is exactly the level of academic depth a lot of viewers want/need. BTW, the volume of the music isn’t so much the problem, I think, but the choice-snappy jazz is too commanding, and about as baffling in relevance as the typical KZbin commercial-head-scratching and attention-dissolving. But the content is unsurpassed!

[@prototropo]

oops-didn’t see the previous comments. Sorry to spout off.

[@Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears]

Recent ancestor found suggest that maybe the fighting style was the biggest determining factor for the long neck.

[@beneficent2557]

Whats your take on pronghorns?

[@scrumpy8192]

Fantastic channel, great job. Also volume aside please never change the background music.

[@coffeemarshall3484]

These were some of the most epic words I have ever heard in my life....scientific spoken word poetry.

[@chatoranger-moment]

Amazing music in the background

[@Maelstrom99]

I’m going crazy over this music. I’m lovin it tho

[@georgecrutchfield9850]

Yes, the music is to loud. Otherwise it's a interesting video.

[@paurushbhatnagar8100]

Great work 💯

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

I really want to watch your 19 minute Giraffe video but the music is just too loud D:

[@HakRomero]

I expected this channel to have ALOT more subs than it has. What is going on 😳

[@danielmoura2255]

9:14 NOO! So close! why they couldn't live just a little bit longer :'(

[@brysenstrowder5178]

Global cooling and more mass extinctions because we kept eating them

[@robertbaumann9085]

Amazing work

[@Fede_99]

A really well done video

[@TheDuvee6]

The music is like playing Gran Turismo 5. This is a good thing.