The (Ovi)Raptor That Paleontologists Got Wrong

[@myspiderungoliant]

The Dinotopia books already came up with a good alternative name for oviraptor: Ovinutrix = egg nurse. If

[@trishapellis]

@@spartan1986og 'Ovi'=egg, '-trix' tends to be a female suffix (think 'dominatrix') so I'd think more like 'ovinutor'

[@cinnamoncleric]

Awww I haven't thought about dinotopia in so long!

[@ScionStorm1]

@@trishapellis Why is Dominatrix the example you chose. Really, you think people are going to associate a dinosaur with that?

[@DivineKala]

@@ScionStorm1 I definitely will!

[@spindash64]

ScionStorm scalies

[@DkLnBr]

Imagine millions of years in the future something finding the fossil of a pregnant woman and thinking "Baby eater"

[@wrathayush]

Nice one

[@teguhlg]

And then find out it was a man.

[@wrathayush]

@@teguhlg XD

[@illiengalene2285]

Attacama mummies.

[@tagrisaj3344]

@@teguhlg BABY EATER!

[@GogetaVegeth98]

Maybe it's stupid but I'm really touched by this discovery and feel really sorry for the poor animal, he will be always rembered in pop culture as the bad egg eating dino while he really was the best dad a dino could dream of. Respect for the Ovi!

[@evilshrimpy]

In the Dinotopia series of books, James Gurney depicts Oviraptors as being particularly good egg caretakers, and in the context of that fictional world they are called Ovinutrix- Egg nurse

[@conlinbryant5037]

I hereby vote to rename Oviraptor to Ovinutrix

[@AifDaimon]

I love that book series

[@StephenKoplin]

I love Dinotopia! I got it for my kids to read.

[@Tiberon098]

Dinotopia was so cool

[@heitorluccagelaindonascime6210]

Hnm...i think i have a better one: Pateriasaurus Pater = Father Ria from patria = paternal Saurus = Lizard

[@gutenman7112]

Loving father dinosaur: **just minding his own bussiness protecting eggs** Humans: *EGG THIEF* !

[@kenbee1957]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kenbee1957]

I wonder what our Lizard people descendants will think of my fossilized body playing Xbox on my couch "Potato-like Cheetorapsus!"

[@lazycouch1]

Stop! Thief! You've violated the law. You must pay the fines and all your stolen goods are now forfeit.

[@zack7122]

awww a Dino-Papa just want to care his child. i love him! sweet dinosaur dad🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Considering we can go to jail without any hard evidence now, it do sounds like human didn't change much from back then.

[@sewuc]

When you are such a caring, lovely father and humans give you a name meaning “egg thief”. 👏👏👏

[@PueMonTen]

ok

[@flaparoundfpv8632]

Hashtag mensrights

[@spindash64]

Because we couldn’t comprehend it going to the store for milk and actually coming back

[@lemonboy9yearsago760]

Sewmi Upeksha fossilized errors?

[@chhaylong8872]

Typical American

[@Alistair-gi3bx]

These are literally my favorite dinosaurs. You know that "weird horse girl" in middle school. That was me but the weird dino guy. My grandparents had many emus and one ostrich, probably why I love the oviraptor so much.

[@PainterVierax]

In the 80-90's, a lot of curious young boys (and some girls too) were into dinosaurs, astronomy, physics, electronics and programming.

[@ShinyGoldBacon]

Neat, how many kids could say their family owns an ostrich?

[@Zeithri]

I loved dinosaurs myself. Dinosaurs and space. Still one of the best Sunday activities I can think of, pj's, hot chocolate and watching a documentary about space or dinosaurs.

[@FrietjeOorlog]

Is that a weird girl who's into horses, or a girl who's into weird horses?

[@captainvanhorn773]

@@PainterVierax well I am too, and I'm only 14

[@TissueCat]

We should definitely keep the egg part of the name. Apparently ovinutrix (egg nurse) and ovipater (egg father) have already been suggested. I'll add ovicustos (egg guardian) and ovivigilans (egg watcher).

[@Ragnarra]

I like those as well they both work🧐

[@patrick7459]

How about "ovipater" - egg father. Just keep it simple and close to the original but reflecting the new information.

[@joshuad5300]

lol i didnt even think of that good one:) shouldve thought to keep the ovi in it would have made more sense i suggested pater-amantes "loving father"

[@PlainsPup]

Agreed!

[@spindash64]

And it’s about as blunt and to the point as a name can get

[@gavinoaw]

I love this one!

[@Ezullof]

I don't like it. It doesn't really convey any information about the animal's behaviour, except that it lays eggs.

[@marloelefant7500]

"Dinosaur dad" actually translates to "terrible lizard dad"

[@matthewodonnell6906]

Marlo Elefant Patersaurus (father lizard) might be a better name tbh.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Deinos in the neologism Dinosaur was supposed to denote "scarily large" not "terrible".

[@sniper0073088]

Sounds like the zucc

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@@Ugly_German_Truths At the time "terrible" was more often synonymous with "great" than it is now, so they would have understood it meant "very large lizard".

[@Ezullof]

It's "terrible" in the victorian-ear meaning, that is, terrifying, monstruous. The meaning of "terrible" changed and nowadays it generally means "very bad", "incompetent" but that's relatively new.

[@MrBlack0950]

Piumpatris sp. It is the words for loyal father combined into one genus name. It seemed fitting for the prompt at the end.

[@framegrace1]

It would be Piuspater. Yeah, I know Latin is confusing.

[@MrBlack0950]

@@framegrace1 i used google translate cause i cant find a legit place to learn it.

[@IgabodDobagi]

I would go with Patersaurus

[@MrBlack0950]

@@IgabodDobagi perhaps piuspatersaurus?

[@irisjoosten8669]

I legit misread piumpatris as PIMP-patris at first

[@EgholmViking]

I like the idea of the father Ovi taking over once the eggs was laid. But i coulnt help but entertain the thought of the parents taking turns guarding and keeping the eggs for extended periods, like emperor penguins

[@speedracer2008]

Not an unreasonable bit of speculation, considering that many birds, such as raptors, share parental care.

[@AppalachianRocks]

Imagine if they mated for life too.

[@IsAcRafT]

A devoted father that risk his own life for his children Now that's a real MvP.

[@hailnijo7099]

Sounds like an egg thief to me

[@Fede_99]

Oviraptor: I'm a good father Scientist: an egg thief Oviraptor: excuse me wtf?

[@SophiaAstatine]

Reminds me of that reddit story where a random woman steals a baby from its father by taking it into her arms then screaming that he is trying to kidnap it.

[@KoldBreeze]

Oviraptor: Am I a joke to you?

[@infantrytactics1233]

@@alansawyer8600 Careful there, that blank statement could be easily turn far easier the other way.

[@26DoctorUnaffected11]

@@SophiaAstatine its a karen xD i think

[@26DoctorUnaffected11]

@@SophiaAstatine i dunno whats a karen

[@Rioluman10]

I think the name is fine as is. Raptor has gone on to gain a new meaning in the field of paleontology: small to medium sized fast theropods. In this way, it's more of a reference to its discovery than its behavior.

[@mucanan]

So Oviraptor wasn't an egg thief. I've been living a lie for 20 years :-(

[@zlyntudteam2394]

Me too!!

[@prehistoricworld_]

Manuel Ucañán tbf judging by its teeth and jaw it may have eaten eggs too. Oviraptorsaurs were very generalist

[@MrLhxD]

Same. As a Mongolian i am very shocked....

[@hypn0298]

Manuel Ucañán not necessarily. This is just proof it cared for its young, it does not mean it wasn't an egg thief. Dinosaur Planet (2003) portrays Oviraptor better than this video, as it is shown to care for its young as well as be an egg thief.

[@iainmawhinney8867]

oviraptor: “they were my eggs all along, that’s what i’ve been trying to tell you!”

[@BothHands1]

i really wish i could see all these amazing animals in person

[@a.g.m.s_1916]

I once saw an animal in a person

[@buku1174]

I once saw a person in an animal

[@wadespencer3623]

Oviraptor was always my favorite dinosaur as a kid, and I appreciate it just as much now. I begged for an Oviraptor toy all the time, and finally got one when I was like 11. I still have it around, but it's in storage now. Love that thing, although I could use one with more updated feathering.

[@ling0s138]

No one: Brooding Oviraptor: Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, no atmosphere!

[@epauletshark3793]

The eggs:

[@Eontologist]

Patersaurus (pater - Latin for father)

[@felixmervamee7834]

That would be patrisaurus, rather. Pater is the nominative, and species names are usually made by taking the genitive (for example ovi in ovisaurus is the genitive of ovum).

[@obenrob]

Eupatrisaurus (eu - good)

[@gerardtrigo380]

@@felixmervamee7834 Patrisaraptor.

[@kalanivernon7273]

I like it, but to keep with the naming nomenclature of other maniraptorans, it should be Eupatriraptor

[@susannebaum219]

Better than my suggestion, Papasaurus

[@ahmedm.el-sayed1358]

As always pbs eons continues to amaze me by their wonderful content , I love how they mix science with entertainment and finally their own touch of comedy

[@deflatedball4330]

Dad Dino: *just giving his kids a warm hug* Us: Your name is Oviraptor, cause you are a *MURDERER!*

[@katothegod8500]

Joel Masanza not funny

[@IICJZII]

Henry Farfield Osbourn: I WILL NAME THIS DINOSAUR OVIRAPTOR! Someone else: Oh, so does it eggs? Henry Fairfield Osbourn: I DON'T KNOW!

[@anotherdrummer2]

Read this in the voice of Ryan from Pitch Meetings.

[@awesomelyshorticles]

"Does it eggs" is not a sentence

[@animalia5554]

You do the best you can with the knowledge you have. He both took his best guess AND presented his doubts. There’s something admirable about that.

[@PueMonTen]

"does it eggs"

[@SophiaAstatine]

Liking this solely for "does it eggs?"

[@faiss03]

That’s the one from the beginning of the Disney Dinosaurs movie

[@Jack-sy8mr]

Love that movie

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@Jack-sy8mr Same. I find it fascinating that despite coming out in 2000, the cgi looks superior to most cgi nowadays.

[@Russo-Delenda-Est]

I coulda sworn I'd seen it somewhere! Thankyou, that would have bothered me for awhile.

[@veggieboyultimate]

Ahh you watched that movie too!

[@spindash64]

Cintrón Productions Also, not every day you see Carnataurus

[@evan-moore22]

Ovicustens - based on "guarding eggs" in Latin. The genitive would be Ovicustentis.

[@ellenbryn]

ovicustos = egg guardian probably better, with ovicustodis as possessive. custos has these sense of guardian, watchman, sentry, guard. (As in the saying "Qui custodes ipsos custodiet," "Who watches the watchers [themselves]," all too apt nowadays)

[@rateeightx]

@@ellenbryn Hey You Had The Same Idea As Me, Just A Few Months Earlier!

[@jellysharkbat]

Love finding out about dinos. There just hasn't been enough new docs in recent years.

[@brycevo]

What was thought to once have been an egg thief, now has been proven to be a caring and nurturing parent

[@marlonrezash4752]

Thank You PBS for everything you do! The amount of joy you spread through public education is legendary

[@callmegoats]

Man this channel is really reigniting my passion for dinosaurs I had as a child on a more knowledgable level

[@JoeJoeTheCapybara]

Fantastic video!

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

"Father" in Mongolian is "aav." If you you wanted to keep it fairly close to the original, it could be Aaviraptor, or perhaps Aaviovis, meaning "Father of raptors" and "Egg father" respectively.

[@Zeithri]

Always loved the image of the Oviraptor. Interesting to learn that it's not actually an egg thief.

[@kotarojujo2737]

poor dinosaur, early scientist accusing them for stealing their own eggs

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

The spirits of bitter dino-fathers can finally rest.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@alansawyer8600 what if they were like Jacanas?

[@ballandbiscuit6490]

This is very well put together. Thank you all.

[@enzoleonardo2197]

A good number of extinct species could do with a name change

[@cintronproductions9430]

Not really, most have fantastic names that suit them. The ones I can think of with unfair names are Oviraptor here and Basilosaurus, which was a whale and not a reptile.

[@sherochafernando6346]

@@cintronproductions9430 Yeah, I too immediately thought of Basilosaurus. Maybe Basilocetus would be more appropriate?

[@TheSeldamoo]

“And Steve.” Merch... I love how I learned one thing and within 20 years science is opening my eyes to bigger possibilities.

[@wanwambam3830]

Wtf i was just watching Ben g Thomas talk about this

[@JoeJoeTheCapybara]

I was just thinking the same thing!

[@LolSnimci]

The same,also few days ago i was watching an old documentary about Oviraptors.

[@code_0586]

I do not now why yours is 44 minutes and the vid is 36 minutes

[@veggieboyultimate]

So you watch that channel too huh? 👏

[@code_0586]

@@veggieboyultimate me,? Or him?

[@lucs4512]

I would just name him Richard, idk why it's just a cool father name

[@robinchesterfield42]

It actually happens to be MY father's name! :)

[@the_SolLoser]

Should i be a daddy? XD

[@rateeightx]

Ricarodsaurus, Richard Lizard.

[@RoboBoddicker]

City Patty is my favorite dinosaur. She's a junior at NYU and her nest is a fourth-floor walkup, but it's cozy and she decorates it with christmas lights all year long.

[@joshuasuey1963]

7:36 "should u let ur meat rest?" I ask myself the same question everyday...

[@winstonelston5743]

The problem is, in the rules of species nomenclature, the first published genus and species name is the name. Unless an earlier name was published for an example of the same species, _Oviraptor_ will remain _Oviraptor._

[@Red-in-Green]

Ovipater or Patersaurus. That’s “egg father” and “father lizard”

[@jukes6741]

The oviraptor painting at 4:54 is just absolutely gorgeous

[@sebastianhead7680]

It is yea, I wonder what that genre is called?

[@heinricusblasius7917]

Oh God yes, I was refreshing my feed just for this.

[@rvaugh230]

I've been watching PBS eons for about a year now. I haven't seen a single bad video or video that didn't capture my interest very well. Please keep up the awesome work.

[@demoraptorplays5645]

Yes! I've been waiting for this.

[@arishok89]

I always loved Oviraptor's history. How about an episode about Giraffe and Okapi (and giraffids) evolution?

[@hollyodii5969]

Yo Daddy-o that episode was dadtastic! I love oviraptors and Mongolian fossil exploration! Thank you again Eons!

[@dealyuh]

Happened to watch this on Father's Day. Happy Father's Day, Ovi"raptors"!

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[@Tyki𭙑]

Yo

[@patricknyhan7491]

I'd rename Oviraptor "Paternavisaurus" or "Paternavis" - meaning "Father Bird Lizard" or "Father Bird"

[@GeteMachine]

Paternavis sounds good.

[@Ezullof]

And where your "n" is supposed to come from? What you wrote would mean "lizard-boat-father" and "boat of the father". I would be Patravisaurus or Patravis, respectively.

[@Oscar97o]

Not a bird though

[@jamesward-parrish2309]

Oh how imaginative, you have reinvented the species as some kind of self fertilizing single sexed species. Well done.

[@YodasMessenger]

did you just rename a dinosaur into Dino-Daddy?

[@shenhue7041]

I realy like this channel when i was a kind in the mid 90´s i read a lot about dinosaurs and other ancient species. And its realy nice to see how much our knowledge has improved since then^^

[@asralyn7339]

Also, on another note, I think I'd really like to know more about the evolution of sleep!

[@havable]

It started as a wink and then about a million years ago the kitty cats came along with their Science and they invented The Nap and that took on a life of its own until it became a deep, long sleep. End of story.

[@5610winston]

"Renaming" _Oviraptor_ would be invalid under the standard rules of taxonomic nomenclature. The first published name sticks, except in the rare (but it has happened) when a previously used name is applied to a new genus (family, order, whatever) by an author unaware that the name has already been used. Another situation arose when an author described _Eohippus_ (dawn horse), unaware that the species had already been described and published as _Hyracotherium_ (hyrax critter).

[@BearRangell]

the scientific name that is latin for "good father lizard" is Bonum patrem lacerta, which is a long scientific name, and another short scientific name of Oviraptor is Bonusaura lacertrem.

[@greatboniwanker]

This is great. So many things we misunderstand! Thanks ❤️

[@borko8325]

“THAT RAPTOR STOLE MY BABY!”

[@kennybadri8759]

Happened to watch this good father dinosaurs facts on my fathers birthday. Happy Birthday Dad!!!

[@biglil771]

Natodomeri lion as part of an episode on African mega fauna pls. It's a giant lion found in Africa and could reach size comparable to a large P. Atrox

[@parkersampson583]

The oviraptor really out here paying for child support and millions of years later gets called a theif

[@DaBloons1]

Me: *should be sleeping* Also me: *Egg dino*

[@Jop_pop]

Too real

[@jaisanatanrashtra7035]

I am so glad that they made a video on dinosaurs at last enough of those early humans and primates

[@damirmarpradotroncoso5589]

CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THE TERRESTRIAL GONDWANIAN CROCODILOMORPHS?!?!?

[@Zei33]

I love this channel. Keep up the good work

[@Amaal]

Paterlacerta ! Pater= father Lacerta = lizard! or Magnus tata = big daddy! haha

[@andrej6861]

Magnus tata for the win!!

[@idk-ir6vv]

Finally another video lol. I dont know why but I love these videos

[@alexisrux2223]

Disney needs to remake the much under rated dinosaurs movie to an updated version XD

[@milesbradshaw6643]

If that happens they need to give Oviraptor, Velociraptor, and Struthiomimus feathers, depict Iguanodon and Parasaurolophus with beaks and able to switch between walking on two legs and four legs, give Carnotaurus the correct size or replace it with an actually large predator (like Giganotosaurus), and replace the lemurs with a mammal that actually existed in the Mesozoic Era (like Purgatorius). And maybe their can be no talking at all in the rebooted film, not that talking animals are bad but it might be a nice change of pace, plus movies and tv shows like Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron and Primal have shown that music, sound, and imagery speak louder than words.

[@robinchesterfield42]

You know what would've been really adorable? If this episode had come out on Fathers' Day. :D

[@80spianist16]

amandiovosaurus- in latin amandi ovo means egg loving, and to keep up with tradition saurus which means lizard in greek. So its new name means egg loving lizard.

[@a.kitcat.b]

My favorite Dinosaur!! Awesome!! I always loved its complicated story!

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Awesome video as usual.

[@UnintentionalSubmarine]

0:58 "49... 23... OMAHA! HUT HUT HUT!"

[@Svensk7119]

Ovipater. Egg-father. Pater is from where we get "paternal". I think it is Greek. Might be Latin.

[@michaelluo642]

Kulu-Ya-Ku confirmed

[@veggieboyultimate]

It's really interesting male dinosaurs would be as caring parents as the mothers.

[@osvaldocortes4598]

Eons? With art by James Robbins? I clicked faster than you can say "Vintage paleoart"!

[@sceroye3538]

Hairless ape: Accuses dinosaur of being egg thief Also hairless ape: Breeds dinosaurs for the purpose of stealing and eating their eggs.

[@qaz3057]

We where the true egg thiefs all along

[@luwuluri]

Oviraptor deserved better :(

[@jamesab-]

When i think of Oviraptors and think of their feathers, head crests and beaks I tend to think of Cassowaries. I have a feeling theres a chance Cassowaries are directly descended from Oviraptors

[@Joseph_yy]

A bird lizard from millions of years ago is a better father than my dad （；へ：）

[@havable]

Same here. Dads haven't evolved much.

[@Leto85]

My childhood dinosaur books from the 1990's still talked about the Oviraptor as being an egg thief. I bet they didn't catch up quickly with the newest findings.

[@LemurWhoSpoke]

Please discuss Darwinius (the Ida debacle from 2009) while also discussing strepsirrhine evolution in Africa and how modern strepsirrhines (toothcombed primates or lemuriforms) evolved. In other words, don't just talk about evolution of anthropoids. In other words, please tell the full story of early primate evolution and how all of us got to where we are.

[@NewAge374]

I've always appreciated the variety of palaeoart used in these educational videos to illustrate the animals behaviour, alongside more scientific photos of skeletons etc. And this time the selection has some good going for it, but honestly, showing several depictions of featherless Oviraptor is just not what science hypothesises to be extremely probable. Besides, being so closely related to birds , the 'good fathers' definitely needed some form of integument to make the brooding efficient. I would suggest that next time you recount the history of palaeontology, you use depictions in a before-after fashion, to contrast with modern ideas. Keep it up!

[@hohoho1110995]

And here we have a Kulu-Ya-Ku in its natural habitat.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Dodoraptor Boii

[@socc4298]

Basically monster hunter in a nutshell. "Super crazy fantasy dino hunter" doesn't have the same ring...

[@vsk2377]

I kinda got choked up imagining a big ol dino wrapping itself around its eggs in a final attempt to protect them from a flood or volcano

[@extremedee7320]

dad's for the win. lol

[@judsonbaker8128]

Isn’t there a tradition of not renaming genera even when the name is super inaccurate? I think that’s why we’re still stuck with “Basilosaurus.”

[@micahsantander4754]

So what did the bloody thing eat then? That's the real question

[@CJCroen1393]

There's evidence to suggest it was an omnivore. Most oviraptorids probably ate plant matter, small animals, insects/invertebrates, and maybe even eggs occasionally (meaning the whole "egg thief" thing could still kinda be accurate, just not as much as we thought).

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Sausages.

[@張於哥]

Burgers and pizzas

[@cetyl2626]

@@張於哥 except that cows and pigs did not exist yet...

[@intendedviewer922]

I love these videos.. also you are lookin buff DUDE

[@timsullivan4566]

How about "Sahdosaur"? - from SAHD (Stay-At-Home-Dad)

[@danoudeliserdemorsain340]

thats very funny

[@IndriidaeNT]

This video is interesting! Given the fact that it centers on Oviraptor and Maisaura.

[@MrTomtomtest]

How hard would it be to change its name ? Poor thing ^^'

[@cintronproductions9430]

Sadly you can't change animal names. Or maybe you can but it's not that simple.

[@CJCroen1393]

Very hard, unfortunately. With science, the binomial nomenclature of an organism is pretty much with it for life, with only a few exceptions (mistaken identity, the name turning out to have already been taken, etc.), none of which, to my knowledge, apply to Oviraptor. This is why, for example, the ancient whale Basilosaurus is stuck with a name that claims it's a reptile despite being a mammal.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

We are for, better or worse, stuck with it.

[@serenityriver2701]

I love these videos.

[@Taylor-kn3jq]

we would go to Egg Mountain as a field trip in elementary!

[@travelinghermit]

Oviraptor to young: I am your father. Young: No! That's not true! That's impossible! Oviraptor: Search your full bellies and remarkably warm nest...you know it to be true Young: Nooooo! Nooooooo!

[@danielschmidt9427]

I mean we scientifically named chimps "cave dwellers"

[@rateeightx]

And Their Genus Is Named After The Greek God Pan, So You Could Say The Full Scientific Name Is "Cave-Dwelling Nature-God".

[@danc6167]

Much respect to my fellow dad's, extinct or otherwise. I say we rename the oviraptor to the dadbodasaurus

[@ArchFundy]

Ozzyosaur. For Ozzy Nelson from Ozzy and Harriet.

[@Fool1000]

I was thinking more like Ozzy Osborne... but sure yours works too.