I feel like a problem with other Paleo KZbinrs is that they repeat themselves too much and are redundant. I usually end up not watching the whole video. I love this channel because it's not so repetitive and I feel like I'm learning new information every minute I'm watching rather than having the same facts repeating over and over! Keep up the great work 💖
@TheBelrick Жыл бұрын
I call bs on all those animals developing flightlessness. It is yet another example of lazy non-science passed as science to the masses. How convenient it is FOR THE SO CALLED SCIENTISTS to dismiss the mystery so easily.
@AlbertWillHelmWestings2618 Жыл бұрын
yeah iv noticed that the same way when comparing Paleo Analysis to other paleo youtubers, constant feed of info with little repetition which is very nice and what i like about Paleo Analysis
@susanfarley1332 Жыл бұрын
I hate repetition. I do cut the video short every the I'm subjected to it. Enjoying the heck out of this channel.
@nerysghemor5781 Жыл бұрын
@@AlbertWillHelmWestings2618 Dang. I guess that makes me super lucky that Paleo Analysis is the first paleo KZbinr I ever found (and the only one I am subscribed to).
@someonerandom8552 Жыл бұрын
@@nerysghemor5781 Lol same. It was a pretty random recc. And a good one for a change
@icarusbinns3156 Жыл бұрын
I learned about the elephant bird around age 7? And was OBSESSED! On a family trip to the zoo, a keeper was talking about flightless birds, and had eggs on display. She had a chicken egg for reference. When I asked what bird the biggest egg came from, she said, “Take a guess. Where do you think it came from?” I happily answered, “The elephant bird!” I had no idea they were extinct yet! This poor woman was shocked, and completely speechless. After a bit, she looked at Mom, who just sighed and said, “She learned about them two months ago. The library has had to request obscure books from elsewhere so she can keep reading about this bird.” The keeper finally told me, “That’s a pretty good guess, but I don’t have any of those. This egg came from an ostrich, though. Those are the biggest living birds in the world. I’m sorry that the elephant bird is long gone… like the dinosaurs.”
@gshaindrich Жыл бұрын
"I’m sorry that the elephant bird is long gone… like the dinosaurs" ... of course that is wrong, sadly most people don´t know that, almost every week from paleo-youtubers to Elon Musk always claiming "the dinosaurs died out" when they didn´t. Sadly dying out is true for moas and madagassian giants, both like others eg the dodo and Rodriguez solitaire being wipe out by humans. "The library has had to request obscure books from elsewhere" ... sigh, yeah adults would like to keep children dumb
@martijn9568 Жыл бұрын
Hats off to the keeper for acknowledging that she didn't really know much about the Elephant Birds. Your story also reminds me of my long forgotten quest of finding information on certain extinct tree species included in the video game Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs. The poor man at the museum couldn't help me with that quest or my broken Latin when I was 10.😅
@StonedtotheBones13 Жыл бұрын
Y'know... You made me realize channels like these and other edutainment channels are made for kids like us who loved learning everything about something.
@icarusbinns3156 Жыл бұрын
@@gshaindrich this was 1998, when it happened. She was trying not utterly confuse a young child.
@gshaindrich Жыл бұрын
@@icarusbinns3156 nothing against the zoo keeper in 1998, didn´t mean her any offense. But so many people still don´t know or accept that birds are dinosaurs today. So the more often it is mentioned the better.
@Exquailibur Жыл бұрын
Dont forget about lakes, AKA reverse islands. Some of the most interesting examples of this phenomenon are in likes such as Lake Baikal, Lake Matano, Lake Titicaca, and the various African rift lakes. Lake Baikal in particular is a very strange place, it even has very difficult to explain seals.
@eljanrimsa5843 Жыл бұрын
The seals are just normal seals. They have not been separated from other seals long enough to evolve anything special. The giant Lake Baikal freshwater sponges are the real evolutionary showstoppers.
@Exquailibur Жыл бұрын
The fact the seals are so typical is what makes them strange, they are most closely related to the Caspian seal which lives very far away. We also just dont know how they got there or how long they have been there in general. Also the sponges are really cool, same with amphipods. Its basically a mini ocean, too bad its not being well managed.
@Dell-ol6hb Жыл бұрын
@@eljanrimsa5843 the reason the seals are interesting is because we still don't really know how tf they even got to Lake Baikal, their closest relatives live like 4400 km away
@eljanrimsa5843 Жыл бұрын
@@Dell-ol6hb There were multiple occasions when Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea where it's nearest relative live were linked via giant glacial lakes and remnants of the ancient Tethys Ocean. Because there was more than one occasion we can't tell which one it was, that's the whole mystery here. I guess scientists would need a fossil from an intermediate form somewhere before they can say more about this.
@gshaindrich Жыл бұрын
@@peterbreis5407 simple logic = evolution: every pair of sister species has had an intermediate form! Same actually goes for any two species, regardless of being "closely related" or not.
@ClintsReptiles Жыл бұрын
This was a very fun and timely video as I might know a guy working on a video about all of the Palaeognathae right now... Your series on island evolution sounds amazing!
@PaleoAnalysis Жыл бұрын
I'm starting to wonder if Dinosaur December ever really ended. 👀
@squelchotron8259 Жыл бұрын
@@PaleoAnalysis Not in our hearts.
@rodrigopinto6676 Жыл бұрын
@@PaleoAnalysis question, why don’t you talk about the intelligence of the Tyrannosaurus rex is the MAIN topic??????
@aadityapandey43999 ай бұрын
@@PaleoAnalysisending of one dino December is just the start of the evolution of a new one
@balenfalotico2283 Жыл бұрын
The Elephant Bird is truly the BIGGEST BIRD 🦤
@christopheroquend136 Жыл бұрын
You can tell how much fun he had making that end card
@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын
Note: Elephant bird chasing Tin-Tin while name of patreon "Crispy Fried Chicken" scrolled past.
@fancysimp7651 Жыл бұрын
IM THE BIGGEST BIRD IM THE BIGGEST BIRD
@griffenbaum Жыл бұрын
IM THE BIGGEST BIRD IM THE BIGGEST BIRD.
@connorhaley3190 Жыл бұрын
@@griffenbaum I’M THE BIGGEST BIRD I’M THE BIGGEST BIRD!
@justs3th532 Жыл бұрын
IM THE BIGGEST BIRD
@orkolahiri5846 Жыл бұрын
I’M THE BIGGEST BIRD I’M THE BIGGEST BIRD
@kattheyak Жыл бұрын
IM THE BIGGEST BIRD IM THE BIGGEST BIRD
@johnwalters1341 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your video! Having spent the 1970s In Hawaii, I became fascinated with the local ecosystems, and with island ecology in general. One of my main references at the time was "Island Ecology," by Sherwin Carlquist. It has probably gotten dated by now, but it's worth looking for. One of the many peculiar Hawaiian ecosystems is that found in lava tubes, which are caves left behind by flowing lava. The only energy input to these little mini-ecosystems is tree roots growing down through the ceilings of these caves, so each cave has evolved its own suite of critters that feed on the roots, or feed on the critters that eat the roots. There are blind wolf spiders, and a bunch of blind insects as well. Then there are the carnivorous inchworms, which feed on any of the hundreds of Drosophila (fruit fly) species. And the giant dragonflies...I could go on and on... And other island groups have equally interesting ecosystems. There are lots of ways to go if you're interested in studying island ecosystems!
@ivestan-os1mc3 ай бұрын
Wow you’re lucky you had a chance to see a lot of birds that are now extinct since the 70’s
@randomjaddis9680 Жыл бұрын
If you delve deeper into Fosters Rule, I’d love to get your speculation on how an island ecosystem, like Hatzeg, could even support large sauropods long enough for them to shrink in size. I’m just having a hard time wrapping my head around the length of time needed for that evolution without the large creatures stripping the island bare
@stevenschnepp576 Жыл бұрын
It was about 80,000 square kilometers, so it's not like they were crammed onto a postage stamp.
@randomjaddis9680 Жыл бұрын
@@stevenschnepp576 I appreciate the size reference of the island. It’s my own ignorance for not googling Hatzeg island. I still imagine there’s got to be some pressure on vegetation when you account for possible herd size and different groups at that.
@jamesstader6650 Жыл бұрын
Birds are related to theropod dinosaurs but ratites long necks and small heads relate more to sauropods. Could it be junk DNA from Dinosauria in general... hmmm.
@stevenschnepp576 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesstader6650 Oh, my, no. In fact, the long necks and small heads are present in other therapods, too.
@mrmayo5905 Жыл бұрын
Island ecology and evolution is one of the most fascinating subjects in all of paleobiology. Some of the most unique ecosystems and species come from islands. It’s really awesome to hear that you’ll be dedicating so much well deserved attention to them. Hats off
@nerysghemor5781 Жыл бұрын
As a woman, those eggs are painful to even think about. 😮
@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын
Think about how they would have tasted!
@TheDuckyDino Жыл бұрын
Just ask the Kiwi
@nerysghemor5781 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDuckyDino Yeah, OUCH.
@0ddSavant Жыл бұрын
No doubt. Childbirth had about a 10% fatality rate for most of human history, and babies were smaller [Largely due to poor nutrition]. If women were consistently birthing 20% of their body mass that mortality would be absurd [Absurder? 10% is already stupid high] and humans would be long extinct by now. Cheers!
@user-rs8ky8hv6s10 күн бұрын
Don't forget-it was the heaviest bird that ever lived, so that kinda offsets the massive size of the egg.
@vostyok6030 Жыл бұрын
Have been listening to these while recovering in hospital and can't wait for the next "history of" episode. Thank you for these. Have really enjoyed them
@1969kodiakbear Жыл бұрын
Tale. This is so cool. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)
@ZeFroz3n0ne907 Жыл бұрын
Glad your still with us Kodiak, had brain surgery in 05 to remove a 4 inch long cyst on my brain, have been having seizures ever since, then fought stage 4 cancer. Lost 7 inches of my small intestine on that one. I just recently started losing my memory from the seizures, I do kind of understand. My ex also had a stroke, she's still struggling with it, but she just recently went back to work. Keep your head up, trust in the Lord and he will provide. ❤
@ZeFroz3n0ne907 Жыл бұрын
I'll watch a video, hit the like button and then forget about it a couple minutes later, so I'll check that I actually did it. When I noticed I was losing my memory I would get very short-tempered and snap at people and I hated that, so I started making notes and watching videos like this and ones about physics and astronomy, all kinds of stuff. It really seems to help, but, you find what works for you. Wishing you the best! - Dave from Alaska
@ZeFroz3n0ne907 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video Paleo! Keep up the amazing work and Thank You for making fun and enjoyable content!
@waywardscythe3358 Жыл бұрын
the elephant bird cry activated my kitten, she attacked the speaker lol
@RipzRockz Жыл бұрын
I was watching the older videos from the complete history of the earth series and started talking to my girlfriend about South America being separated for millions of years and even mentioned the elephant bird but I didn’t tell her where it was from bc I couldn’t remember. So I get on KZbin 4 hours later and a see a video about the bird I was talking about is on my feed and not only that it was the same KZbinr! That’s super crazy and awesome. Nice video bro.
@CHIBItheSPARROW Жыл бұрын
As a small modern bird, I find the subject fascinating. Thank you for your informative and fun videos.
@V1ncenz010 Жыл бұрын
He’s da biggest bird
@Dionaea_floridensis Жыл бұрын
The quality of your videos just keeps getting better and better, it's an absolute pleasure to watch you grow!
@shadowscribe Жыл бұрын
I imagine their mobility was the bird equivalent to it's namesake, it didn't run in the strictest sense, it just plodded along somewhat quickly.
@sydhenderson6753 Жыл бұрын
I've read that elephants can simply walk at 40 mph.
@MikeAG333 Жыл бұрын
@@sydhenderson6753 No. 40kph (=24mph) is more realistic. I've been chased by elephants a number of times, and if they could do 40mph I wouldn't be replying to you.
@barron204 Жыл бұрын
Interesting video. It would be nice to see your analysis of New Zealand birds and reptiles, due to the islands shifting, submerging and the volcanic changes.
@derekburge5294 Жыл бұрын
Oh Tim-Tim... It's amazing you've lived even this long.
@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын
Love the TierZoo shout-out, & the appearance of so many NZ birds! 🥰 In light of our local moa I've always found extinct ratites pretty interesting, & this episode was just fascinating! Particularly appreciated the explanation of why birds are the ones that tend to experience insular gigantism rather than dwarfism. So weird how so many ratite species all went the flightless route in so many different environments!
@nicoherrmann6377 Жыл бұрын
Its wild to think how we were so close to being able to witness these animals yet we know so little about them
@jamesabernethy7896 Жыл бұрын
Been finding a few new channels to subscribe to over the holiday period including a couple of paleo channels. I just found your one tonight and really like it. Visually well presented, informative, but also light and refreshing. Much more akin to listening to a friend tell you something than sitting at a lecture. A nice channel that I have now subscribed to. Great stuff.
@shanov Жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard at the Kiwi and their egg problem. I knew that info before this video, but I have never seen anyone put it in such an hilarious way.
@EndreaiYT Жыл бұрын
BUT IM THE BIGGEST BIRD IM THE BIGGEST BIRD! IM THE BIGGEST BIRD IM THE BIGGEST BIRD🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤 Post-Video Edit: Damn it humans, killing all the megafauna, can’t have shit on Earth.
@akumaking1 Жыл бұрын
“BIRD HEAVY LIVES!” ~Pootis Bird
@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын
Can't have sh*t in the holocene💀💀💀
@TugiFox Жыл бұрын
I'd love for you to make a video on the ecological history of Antarctica... It's dinosaurs and how it's ecosystem evolved differently to other continents. Would be so fascinating! Loving all the New Zealand content (let's go kiwis!). Love how many of the flightless birds shown in the video I recognise from various backyards I've lived in across the country... please keep up the incredible work!!
@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын
Second all that! 😊 Recognised both bird species & some of the aerial bush shots used in this episode, and would looove to see some paleo-Antarctic coverage! Wish we had gotten elephant birds in Aotearoa, they sound even cooler than the moa! 😆
@BGSenTineL Жыл бұрын
I see Paleo Analysis uploads a video - I PRESS LIKE before I watch it , because I know it is going to be gold as always !
@tehanu99 Жыл бұрын
Love the videos, I learn so much new stuff every time and I love the Tim-Tim bits, they always manage to make me smile. Thank you for your hard work 😊
@SmorgeMcbork Жыл бұрын
I'd like to imagine there are still elephant birds somewhere out there. Maybe a big yellow one with a shaggy mastodon friend, hiding out somewhere in New York.
@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын
I feel the idea for a sitcom germinating in my brain!
@Astrapionte Жыл бұрын
WHATTTTTTTT I REQUESTED THIS VIDDD! I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!
@akumaking1 Жыл бұрын
BIRD HEAVY LIVES!
@peter_the_pancake5170 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for requesting this Video
@melissam8939 Жыл бұрын
You are such a great presenter and writer. Thanks for the always engaging content!
@cavemancaveman5190 Жыл бұрын
It's Barak Obama
@StephenJohnson-jb7xe Жыл бұрын
I love the Tier Zoo reference, it is such a good channel.
@robertwood4681 Жыл бұрын
Madagascar is a very big island but is fourth biggest not third as you stated coming after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo.
@yingfortheking Жыл бұрын
At first i thought this was a video on the terrorbirds, but id never heard of the elephant bird before! What a large squawker!
@RAkers-tu1ey Жыл бұрын
Really great stuff, keep it up. And, yes, the island thing is really interesting.
@sundoga4961 Жыл бұрын
Wow. I would NOT have expected the closes relative of the Aepyornids to be the Kiwi.
@BorderWise12 Жыл бұрын
I will never get tired of people freaking out at kiwi eggs. 😆 Warm greetings from New Zealand, love your content! ✌
@VoltTOTA74 Жыл бұрын
As the "Bigest Bird" song becomes popular how fitting
@ThePurza Жыл бұрын
Keep doing your thing man, really appreciate your videos
@alexbiggeek1349 Жыл бұрын
im not a patron yet but as someone who lives on an island, i am excited to see more island evolution videos.
@PaleoAnalysis Жыл бұрын
Hateg Island is currently in the cooker! 👍👀
@alexbiggeek1349 Жыл бұрын
@@PaleoAnalysis cant wait to watch it. love your videos.
@DragonFae16 Жыл бұрын
You should do a collab with the Atlas Pro channel on the effects of islands on evolution. He's already done videos about the biogeography of islands, so I think a video where the two of you work together would be really cool.
@xavier84623 Жыл бұрын
Great video. I checked, and I can’t find a single video on pampatheres. I think most people have never heard of them which is why they lost the poll so bad. Maybe you should do a video on them and show us how great they are :D
@nicolegoodew1547 Жыл бұрын
I loved the video with the tree crocodiles, I really wish these were still around
@personifiedmarvel696415 күн бұрын
Which one is it?
@danmurphy94807 ай бұрын
I’ve been convalescing with COVID and these episodes have kept me from going stir crazy and refreshing lessons I had decades ago. What is really amazing is just how much the thinking and ideas have changed in the last 45 years since I took these classes in college. An old dog can relearn. You do have to speak up and repeat yourself a few times, but we can still get it.
@magmat0585 Жыл бұрын
You always have some of the most interesting videos, and I learn stuff I didn't know. Fun and useful!
@martijn9568 Жыл бұрын
The fact that humans and Elephant Birds coexisted for so long before the Elephant Birds died out probably points to less predation of these animals by humans. I imagine that there were some efforts by the inhabitants of Madagascar to limit their hunting of these birds as they became rarer. I personally have my suspicions that this wasn't the only case where humans actually limited their impact on the environment, because the Greenland Norsemen did the same when it came to hunting seals. Rather than hunting the land-going seals they focused on the ice sheet staying seals, otherwise those other seals would have quickly died out. The probably a whole branch of archeology and biology(and probably history) that focuses on this question as it would be too easy to say humans did it and leave it at that. Besides that, I didn't even realise that there probably existed multiple species of Elephant Birds😅
@arnaudt3935 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your work, and giving thanks to everyone of us, not only patreons,sometimes we simply cannot afford ... Big thanks to you !
@aeronlangheim3462 Жыл бұрын
Maybe you can do a video on the Wrangel island mammoths or the dwarf elephants on Crete. Another fun one could be all the weird little micro habitats that used to exist on various islands in the Mediterranean.
@mbvoelker8448 Жыл бұрын
Yes! Mini-elephants FTW.
@NancyLebovitz Жыл бұрын
I'd have sworn I'd seen an argument that ostrich eggs were about as big as an egg could be because oxygen has to filter through the shell to the developing bird. Maybe elephant birds had a mutation which produced more porous shells that were still strong enough to support the weight of the egg.
@Alister222222 Жыл бұрын
I would argue that many species grow larger not because of the lack of predators, but because it puts them, or more specifically their offspring, in the 'too big' range for predators. In my country of New Zealand, we have kiwis, which aren't large, but have the largest egg by bodyweight of any bird. Baby kiwis are just big enough to be safe from moreporks, the main nocturnal predator in pre-European New Zealand. We also had the moa, which was preyed upon by the Haast's eagle, and which would explain its large size. The larger they grew, the safer they would be from the giant eagles. This would also explain why the Haast's eagle grew so large, as they were in an arms race with the largest birds on the island.
@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын
Let's not forget about the Eyles' harrier
@shibolinemress8913 Жыл бұрын
Just want to day that your intro music - and overall - sound quality is amazing. Even with my bog standard headphones it feels like surround sound, so I often involuntarily look around to see where the percussion is coming from! 👍
@AlexIsModded Жыл бұрын
In other words, had humans never landed on Madagascar, it's entirely possible that the elephant bird would still exist today.
@stevenschnepp576 Жыл бұрын
"If it hadn't been for humans" is true of most recently extinct species. That's part of the appeal to resurrecting the mammoth - they're the victims of one of mankind's earliest sins against nature.
@PaleoAnalysis Жыл бұрын
Possibly, however it should be noted that humans were not responsible for the drying out of Madagascar. This was happening with or without us so it may also have been an inevitably that the elephant bird could have died out as its habitat disappeared.
@jamestang1227 Жыл бұрын
@@stevenschnepp576 I find it a little incredulous to believe that humans were the prime factor in the extinction of Eurasian mammoths since they'd been living with H. sapiens for ~30,000 years prior to their extirpation from most of Siberian and had been living with Neanderthals for hundreds of thousands of years.
@stevenschnepp576 Жыл бұрын
@@jamestang1227 Look at it less like we ate them all and more at what we do as keystone species. We were a selection pressure they were ill-adapted for, which helped push them over the edge while being ecologically stressed.
@jamestang1227 Жыл бұрын
@@stevenschnepp576 I would say if a species interacts with a predator for tens of thousands (or hundreds of thousands of years with Neanderthals), it has likely ecologically adapted to its presence. You'd have better luck blaming humans for island extinctions we've certainly caused than the Eurasian megafaunal extinctions.
@kinglyzard Жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear more about this iguana sized, arboreal crocodile, Mr. Therapsid, sir.
@DneilB007 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see a deeper dive into island ecosystems. I’m intrigued by the concept that species like Varanus sivalensis & the Komodo dragon might be examples of insular dwarfism, being smaller versions of Megalania. I don’t think that there’s a direct line from one to the, but the idea intrigues me.
@zevrxn Жыл бұрын
unrelated but i wanted to thank you, your channel gave me and my girlfriend new interesting stuff to talk about (which is always nice when you talk to someone everyday pretty much all day)
@Stgpop Жыл бұрын
I hope some day we can get back a few of every giant bird, just to study them.. I wonder what they would know instinctually to do and what they have to learn from parents
@dragonfolkstudios Жыл бұрын
You my friend, are a font of fascinating knowledge AND an exceptional Storyteller! BRAVO and Rock On!
@akumaking1 Жыл бұрын
Birb
@diegodankquixote-wry3242 Жыл бұрын
Moas are borbs, as they were too big to be birbs
@jaganrpillai5 ай бұрын
The saddest thing is how close it came to surviving till the Industrial era,when someone would have known it's predicament and tried to save it
@hughmongus6191 Жыл бұрын
I wish these birds never went extinct and we could keep them as pets.
@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын
They would be pets in the same way horses are, way too big to keep at home.
@kellyharrison5184 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for illuminating one of my favorite subjects! Well done, as always.
@hughmongus6191 Жыл бұрын
Elephant bird the closest thing reality ever gave us to the Chocobo.
@Astrofrank Жыл бұрын
Little correction: You said "half billion square kilometer land mass", but Madagascar has only half a million km² (as shown as number). But the video is very good, as I expect from you.
@thejudgmentalcat Жыл бұрын
As soon as you said "giant egg" I wondered if the kiwi would be mentioned. Evolution gave a huge middle finger to the kiwi
@meg2831 Жыл бұрын
Crazy how big they were! It's just amazing!
@andreagriffiths35129 ай бұрын
Poor Tim Tim! I wouldn’t want to face off against a giant emu-esque bird. Emus are scary enough!
@RemusKingOfRome Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Timmy the Azz-hat. I'm actually very interested in the Moa, can it be classified as a Elephant bird ? and it's relationship with the NZ giant eagle.
@josieschultz4241 Жыл бұрын
please make this elephant bird a reoccurring character i love her
@nadeen3157 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if the genus has a genetic susceptibility to losing flight. While i can see it being a big coincidence it makes more sense to me if their common ancestor was already a (relatively) few steps short of that too
@kassy6373 Жыл бұрын
Maybe it is not about losing flight but being good at growing big fast which a lot of other birds did not do even if they discovered the islands earlier. Dropping flight is then just a consequence. Think of it as them running the old dinosaur program.
@Heetas Жыл бұрын
I am most definately, the largest non avian dinosaur
@Liethen Жыл бұрын
Born too early to sail the stars, born too late to ride a chocobo.
@khango6138 Жыл бұрын
Yes please on the videos on island habitats!!
@Chareddragon Жыл бұрын
We should bring the elephant bird and the moa back
@mikes5637 Жыл бұрын
For food? Absolutely.
@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын
@@mikes5637 You really don't care about nature don't you?
@RobinMarks1313 Жыл бұрын
Big pumice raft islands. This is how big birds got around. edit had to add. I don't mean to be a twit, but, Darwin started getting the idea of natural selection because of pigeons. Rich folks back in Darwin's day bred "Fancy Pigeons". Check them out, so cool. He had also knew farmers selected animals for their traits. However, the wild array of selections of pigeon breeders got him wondering if that's how nature come up with all the "wild" designs. Pigeons are cool. They've been awarded metals during wars. They were the thing that sparked Darwin's imagination. Pigeons are super smart and can be trained to do a wide variety of tasks. Pigeons have even been turned into weapons by evil scientists working for armies. Pigeons can do math. Pigeons are friendly, can dance, and have intense relationships with their partners. I'm sure there's more. I'll stop.
@hailmammonmoments7568 Жыл бұрын
Glad I found your channel, I never would have guessed that these giant ostriches were actually giant kiwis.
@HasNoHalo Жыл бұрын
Turns out, this bird was actually The Word.
@SamwellBritton Жыл бұрын
Great :) I'm shocked about the Kiwi connection! Incredible.
@ThortheGodly Жыл бұрын
This channel is awesome. I am so happy it popped into my feed.
@cyrilio Жыл бұрын
Love seeing TierZoo being referenced. Seriously an amazing KZbinr.
@erichtomanek4739 Жыл бұрын
It should be remembered that the elephant bird and co. survived the glacial and interglacial periods of our current ice age. This means it survived the forests contracting and expanding; the birds were under stress and then able to regrow its numbers when more favoured climatic conditions returned. It was humans, the ancestors of the Malagasy, and all they do, that caused the death knell of the elephant bird.
@erichtomanek4739 Жыл бұрын
And this goes world wide.
@RichardsChilli Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Blokewood3 Жыл бұрын
The first elephant bird hatched out of the egg that Horton kept safe.
@lawaincooley6788 Жыл бұрын
We're new fans. Thank you for your interesting content and down to earth explanations and well researched presentation!!
@theofficialken1755 Жыл бұрын
The Moa and the Haast Eagle are the interesting bunch you should cover
@Shy-Girl69 Жыл бұрын
Great video! First one I've seen of yours, look forward to more videos :D
@sarahaufssri4529 Жыл бұрын
As someone that owns chickens, I would imagine the people living at the same time as the elephant bird fearing them. Flightless birds are violent
@senorsuave Жыл бұрын
Love big birds. Always been a fan
@user-yw9mw9hv8o Жыл бұрын
Oh man i wonder what kind of a sounds a bird like that could produce, the extant ratites have some really unique crazy low frequency calls
@kratix0469 Жыл бұрын
Are there animals that evolved on an island and later found success on the main land? I‘m asking because the connection to the mainland often meant extinction for island animals from what i‘ve learned
@cameronjim2983 Жыл бұрын
To quote Star Wars, “We Were on the Verge of Greatness.”
@largent45 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos. Each one has its own personality that lends its self a video world all it own. And i love your island adventures idea. Its amazing!
@ToothlessWizard Жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Love the support. Good stuff. :)
@gtbkts Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the awesome content and great video!!
@Badeentencop11 ай бұрын
very interesting video. looking forward to see your ideas about island evolution becoming realized. keep it up
@morewi Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention that agriculture was only introduced on Madagascar around 700 ad when clear cutting would've happened for cattle herds.
@whiteknightcat Жыл бұрын
Can we please get a citation for Columbus' alleged visit to Madagascar? I can't find any references to such a trip.
@CNAistaken Жыл бұрын
With the price of eggs, I expect to see the elephant bird in the next lost world dinosaur movie
@Kiki-cs8xv Жыл бұрын
This makes me wonder if the Elephant Birds also shared some personality traits with the Kiwi. If that was the case, they would have been quite shy birds, but aggressive fighters when confronted. It would make sense that humans would have struggled to hunt a bird like that.
@nigelworters3667 Жыл бұрын
Given that it's now known that kiwi and elephant birds are most closely related to each other than other ratites ( including the mos) that is a possibility
@tealion Жыл бұрын
I did not realize that Pixar’s UP was sorta based on a factual past.
@paulbags123 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant 👏. Great entertaining video and I especially liked the ending 🤣