The Biology of Giants Explained | The Science of Giants

[@ThoughtPotato]

This is essentially part two to this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3Oaq6GwbM-ed6M Enjoy, and thanks for watching!

[@silentnight6810]

Gonna have to go back to that one for context. Thoughts on doing some greek myth ones like satyrs or gorgons?

[@orionfettes5501]

Could you do a biology of Krampus Christmas special?

[@websdaspider8811]

Can you add the giant congo snake on your to-do list?

[@johnwatters1496]

For saint Patrick’s day could you do the biology of the leprechaun

[@TheSaneHatter]

Thanks for clarifying that; my ears perked up when you mentioned "Prof. Alaric" again. Between that, and your references to former companions and their final fates, it seems that the "soap opera" in the background of your videos is growing in both scope and complexity. Perhaps you will someday need to put these into some kind of a playlist, if you want us to watch them in a specific order . . . ?

[@drosera88]

I love how you're weaving your own lore into this series and making it a part of some greater story instead of just being standalone videos.

[@yoshijb9428]

What lore this is all historical "fact" He may dramatize the video but all this is "supposedly" true.

[@datpotat3945]

​@@yoshijb9428that's the lore, sir. The story. The dramatics. What do you think 'lore' is? 😂

[@simplylethul]

​@@datpotat3945pseudoscience trash is what it is.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

​@@yoshijb9428Bro, tell me what you think "lore" is. 😂

[@krispingle]

​​@@yoshijb9428do you know what fact means? sir giants do not have not and physically cannot exist.

[@samlasalle3853]

I would LOVE a TV show about this, especially with the developing plot. It perfectly fits a "monster of the week" style storytelling with fun science and forensics. I know it will never happen but a man can dream!

[@CharliMorganMusic]

TV? The fuck is that?

[@koriw1701]

Hear hear! I wholeheartedly agree!

[@KadenSlinker]

I definitely agree

[@joshjosh8399]

YESSSS💯💯💯

[@trishapellis]

@@CharliMorganMusic It's like Netflix but with even more ads

[@philipgood5041]

When April fools comes it would be hilarious if you had a video where it turned out the creature your talking about actually didn't exist and your character wasted several months searching only for it to be a scam.

[@puppetmasterey]

Expanding upon that. It would be funny if the fake was retroactively an alien as seen through a modern lens. So that's why none of the reports make sense and there's no evidence whatsoever. Mainly because ( in my mind) it would be highly unlikely for an alien species visiting earth would intentionally leave their dead behind.

[@Thyla0]

GENIUS

[@jennyfeare1702]

or better yet: catgirl biology! :3

[@puppetmasterey]

@@jennyfeare1702 hahaha

[@Ed_man_talking9]

the spegettii monster, he finds out it's fake when he encountered an immortal Italian Vampire who claimed he fabricated it for a good laugh.

[@MorgueHound]

Babe wake up thought potato posted

[@MastodonMann]

Why is it that it’s always cool pseudo / speculative science video that always have this type of comment as the top comment

[@Jesicaah]

​@@MastodonMannBecause

[@danangarifwidodo]

​@@Jesicaahbecause what?

[@hammerheadxray8152]

There's a large group of people who enjoy pseudo/science fiction

[@CharliMorganMusic]

​@@MastodonMann it's not. It's everywhere with a dedicated fan base with a very niche interest. You're only seeing it here because this is your niche interest.

[@derrabbit7289]

I remember a story of a big foot hunter describing seeing a being they thought was a big foot but was too tall and lanky. The person she was talking to informed her that she had seen a hill giant.

[@dinarusso3320]

Where did you hear/watch this? Very interesting

[@bigbadwolfstudios1]

Now here's the million dollar question. What if a giant gets bitten by a lycan? Just how absolutely boned would we actually be??

[@Mega-Munch]

Well that’s a horrifying thought that would make a great scenario, escape giants by day, deal with giant Lycans by night who are bigger faster and stronger.

[@atimidbirb]

Maybe they are immune.

[@bigbadwolfstudios1]

@Hokova I feel really bad for the werewolf that finds out the hard way 🤣I'm reminded of skyrim ragdoll physics

[@albaestrada8603]

Humans defeat giants in many if not all lore, its only to be fake humble that we would be afraid when our history shows we are much more powerful and dominant than they are.

[@bigbadwolfstudios1]

@albaestrada8603 you do realize this is fiction. Also I don't know how brave you'd be if a 15 muscle bound ginger was right in front of you but more power to you I guess

[@tylermickan1895]

When you first started making these videos I just thought they were kind of neat, but now this is one of the series that I'm most excited for. Your world building and storytelling is phenomenal. From the characters to the concepts they are dealing with and the widening rabbit hole the narrator is falling into it is all very impressive. There is so much potential here. In the coming years you could make this into a book, tv, movie, or game series or god knows what else. But what ever you do with it it's going to be big, really big, and I am so excited to see where you take it ❤

[@nephicus339]

This is kinda the direction DC wanted to go in their new Dark series which started with Tom Cruise's Mummy revival. Died with it, too. I still hear these with the image of the narrator in a lecture hall of some kind of 'monster hunter' headquarters. I say monster hunter, but I want to say the head of the league walking the main character through the halls is also explaining they prefer not to hunt, or at least not in the traditional sense, but are rather attempting to connect and understand cryptids better. Yeah, I know, I make it sound like the BPRD from Hellboy. :P

[@ThoughtPotato]

That’s extremely kind of you to say. Thank so much!

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

So we’re definitely seeing a building story here, especially with the “project starfall” mentioned. Between this and the Frankenstein video, it seems clear someone is trying to make some sort of larger human, there’s also the fact the video glitched, meaning we probably aren’t receiving these stories directly, somewhere along the way between the source and us, something is making edits. Really interested to see what you cover next, both for the story, and also just more cool spec biology on cryptids.

[@bulletgrazer2184]

Some of these are definitely being told out of chronological order as well. I believe it was the strigoi video where it was stated the researcher had lost his whole team, while here they're still around.

[@eddiebendigo7317]

The entire channel is Huge Quest?

[@clintelkins9630]

I've been trying to pick apart the story and I haven't found anything, the closest thing I know is that Allison might have been infected by zombie, but outside of that idk anything

[@trishapellis]

@@bulletgrazer2184 Yup and the Mummy video is chronologically one of the first ones, according to the disclaimer at the beginning, and mentions the author himself to be employed by Vida Nova - the same pharmaceutical company whose stationary was found in Dr. Aleric's lab where his Frankenstein monster was, with notes about project starfall typewritten on it.

[@trishapellis]

Oop, it suddenly looks like the two other comments that were here before vanished. But in the meantime I've looked at some of the other comments here and (trying to maybe keep the information more or less in one easy-to-find place) they're speculating about the name Symaza being the leader of the Nephilim... which, according to the Bible (with some interpretation) were the giant offspring of angels who mated with humans and were cast down as punishment for this. Considering the bloodline thing mentioned, Aleric may be looking for an angelic/ divine bloodline, and his Frankenstein monster may have been a different attempt to achieve a giant (critter was over 7 feet tall after all) and perhaps replicate whatever effect they're looking for that way.

[@michaelmarkcavita7979]

This was nicely done. Now I wanna see dwarves, gnomes, leprechauns, fairies, pixies... mythical small folks.

[@joshuatreiss3452]

Might as well throw elves in there as well

[@DonPatrono]

I love the scientific approach you used to adapt a giant's biology considering the law of square-cube, given that most people are like "oh giants are just twice as big as a human" without considering that this would basically make them almost eight times as heavy as one, with the considered strain on skeletal structure....

[@nil981]

Giants would need to have bones made of something much stronger and have really big powerful hearts to pump blood, nutrients, and oxygen through their bodies.

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Or multiple smaller hearts. More iron and calcium in the bones.​@@nil981

[@aardvarkprods]

So Project Starfall was dedicated to the research (and possibly creation) of the giants? Was Mr. Symaza the one who hid the corpses and "lied" as the message from the beginning says? OH MY GOD, what did Alaric mean by "unconventional methods" to restore the bloodline?! I love how the lore and story in this series expands and interconnects in each installment, especially with a direct sequel to another episode like this!

[@adamthaxton3157]

Hmm. Samyaza is the name of an apocryphal fallen angel and leader of the Watchers, one of the progenitors of the Nephilim. Maybe this Symaza guy has been around for a lot longer then we'd think...

[@aardvarkprods]

@@adamthaxton3157 I was thinking all this was some sort of buildup towards an angel biology vid, so this is pretty much the final nail in the coffin to solidify that theory

[@dark7859]

@@aardvarkprods Also worth noting, there are is a passage in the bible which is often translated to say that giants walked among men that were children of angels with humans, so it sounds to me like they were looking for something more divine in the bloodline

[@housewilma4904]

yeah nephilihim or giants in abhramaic view were descdeants of angels breeding with humans creating the giants.@@dark7859

[@trishapellis]

I think the 'unconventional methods' may have something to do with Frankenstein's monster, considering that creature was over 7 feet tall. But it could also be another video yet to come.

[@eugenehatin.420]

Lovelock cave had skeletons found there in the late 1800s and then excavated in the early to mid 1900s(1930-1950-60) and were sold to the Smithsonian museum. There’s old documents and news papers on it and there super hard to find now. This has been brought up a few times and always seems to be silenced or claimed to be false but the cave has the burn marks they claim to have made when killing those giants and the Indians even used to say the white man stole the skeletons.

[@beestorm7609]

Oh hun.

[@ryonhatcher4561]

I was not expecting another video to pop up at this time of year, but it was truly interesting. It really sucks that the Giants are 99.9996% likely to be extinct, because seeing and studying a live specimen would've been interesting, albeit terrifying. But Giants aren't just found in Nevada, as stories of towering, human-like beings likely spread other regions in the world, like Scandinavia in the form of Jotnar. I wonder what other mythical creature will appear in this series; Dwarves? Elves? Basilisks? Wyverns? Krakens? Trolls? Only one way to find out. And who knows, maybe some of these could be interviewed rather than dissected or something. Regardless, this Video is incredible! And I hope you keep up the great work, Thought Potato!

[@Steven_McCrae]

I think we will eventually venture out into the other “worlds” “dimensions” whatever you want to call it? We will have so much to discover from the beings living among us , personally i hope it’s (time manipulation) i want the gov to have “back engineered” , I know they will do shady shit lol but maybe eventually it will spill into the public domain ? Oops gotta go the feds are listening shhhh !!!

[@wolfpix7687]

Unfortunately, Gigantism tends to grow humans larger than gravity allows for. Based on how our insides are laid out. I imagine giant tribes were likely just a buncha people with giantism who ended up like 7 or 8 feet tall, which is gigantic compared to 4 to 5 foot tall averages from about that time.

[@yeetgames1846]

Basilisks, Wyverns, Dragons, Cockatrices, and “Living Dinosaurs” would make for interesting entries in this series

[@wolfpix7687]

@yeetgames1846 biologically speaking a wyvern is the only way a dragon could exist. Since all animals that aren't insects have 4 limbs, sometimes a prehensile tail. I do agree though, it would be cool to have an episode on those.

[@lucaricci1987]

@@wolfpix7687If one looks at the Old Testament genealogy of Giants/Nephilim, they’re said to be descendants of demons/fallen angels, their size pushing the square cube law could be a feature of their supernatural origins bending the laws of physics

[@purplehaze2358]

I think the reason giants are so common in mythology and folklore is because they uh.. don't exactly require a ton of creativity. "Me but bigger" doesn't take much thought then you get down to it.

[@jennyfeare1702]

true, as easy of a mythical being to cook up as werewolves and animal shifters in general

[@JonathanGhost42]

Yes and much is also very much exaggeration. Many mythological tribes of brutal giants are probably relicts of forgotten conflicts between one tribe of people and another tribe of people, who could have been just a little bit taller as the other tribe... or maybe they were not even tall, but just very strong and after some generations the descendants of the other tribe would tell stories of a tribe of taller and more monstrous warriors, who after more generations would become taller and taller as well as more inhuman and mythical. And in other situations it really just could be "Me but bigger", when people want to represent that a historic figure, mythical being or personification of nature is important and powerfull.

[@yoshijb9428]

Or or or they wrote/talked/drew what they saw. I like how your answer is i thought of this logic so that has to be the fact in this. Your statement is just as ignorant as someone believing in giants with no proof. However we literally have 1000s of cultures that have giants in there culture. Also they have literally found humanoid remains that were giant sized. So your comment just shows your ignorance and unwillingness to entertain facts brought by scientists not theologians trying to profess a religious base. They literally found real life physical evidence of "giants" maybe your the fool being blinded by your own cognitive dissonance. Must hurt your head to be that obstinate.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Also, Human Gigantism is a thing that does exist

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

​@@llewelynshingler2173also humans tendencies to over exaggerate exists.

[@Nugnugnug]

20:33 how I interpret this part is that the text seems to imply that the giants were Nephilim or possibly Atlanteans, but then that train of speculation is censored and replaced with the assertion that the giants were Ice Age hominids. Very interesting.

[@runner3932]

He actually already did a two videos on aquatic humanoids:Mermaids and Sirens.

[@Nugnugnug]

@@runner3932 I'm aware.

[@nil981]

Giants being ice age hominids that diverged from humans is a pretty good explanation as giants would thrive in a colder climate.

[@Nugnugnug]

@@nil981 that was the censor. The original line of thought before the censor implied the giants were something else entirely.

[@clintelkins9630]

The implications of the Nephilim would be insane

[@hmmmm5895]

Your videos are very inspirational. They’ve even moved me to create origins for my own versions of known mythological/fantasy creatures while keeping elements that make them recognizable/correlated to their speculated origins. Thank you! Keep up the good work.

[@ThoughtPotato]

Wow that’s awesome, great to hear. And thank you!

[@theultraatomicgamer]

​​​​@@ThoughtPotatoWhen i watched this video and saw the Giants having a lost complex culture i feel like that attribute could be put into the mermaids in your series. Idk i just felt a little letdown that the mermaids are just a bit stale i was expecting them to have like an intelligence similar to us and primitive yet distinct technology and culture that is comparable to like uncontacted tribes in alot of isolated places like the Amazon and how their language and ways of communication is also just as complex as us but it's just too alien and distinct that we still find difficulty understanding it and since they are aggressive isolationists it's a caution to come close to one even if you appear harmless.

[@FeedMeSalt]

Man I swear the last time a Creator stood out so much it was Tier zoo with their format and animation work as of recently. I hope these continue and improve for a long time to come.

[@avelociraptorwithacomputer1402]

I wonder if they’ll ever do a video on dragon biology. Hydras would also be interesting in trying to figure how a species can become multi-headed by default or at least seem like that.

[@ssjraikage7874]

they already did a dragon video

[@mthnz-xn3ck]

Genetic manipulation by the Nephilim , Giant children of the Fallen Angels.. before the Flood of Noah

[@trishapellis]

@@ssjraikage7874 That two-parter video was based on a project by a different author. This series is Thought Potato's own work, the two are not connected. I really like the idea of him looking into hydras, but I think dragons have been overdone. There's a dozen different speculative biology works about how dragons could actually exist and the organs and processes necessary for them to breathe fire and all that. Thare *is* a video about Nessie, however, which is probably as close to dragons as this fictional author has come so far.

[@Molech996]

Thank you for this early Christmas present,Mr. Potato. I was hoping you were going to make a video on the biology of Krampus.You should do it next year,perhaps.Keep up the great work!!!

[@JahblessThomas]

How about yetis , since ruldolph the red nosed reindeer had a yeti in the movie

[@wendylacey2745]

While we’re on the topic of giants, do you think you can do a video documenting one of history’s most gargantuan monsters? I am of course talking about the Behemoth! I’d imagine the Behemoth to be a species of pachyderm possibly an offshoot of the Mastodon that has adapted far out of reach of the humans that once hunted them. They probably would live there lives high up in the mountains of both Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They probably are able to communicate with each other from long distance with loud bellowing roars. These roars can be made at different frequencies as well, such as the classic trumpeting sound which they primarily use to scare off predators and (In the case of a male Behemoth.) to intimidate rivals. They also can drop that down low to communicate from long distance. These calls are in fact so low that humans are unable to hear it. This is the primary reason why they went undetected by humans for so long. They can also make high pitched calls by pinching the front ends of their trunk together. I’d also imagine that they live in small to medium sized herds consisting mostly of one alpha male and several females plus there calves. Most male behemoths are usually kicked out of the herd when they reach a certain age, and move to find a herd of there own. This is why most behemoth attacks on humans are lone males that have either just left the herd or have been ousted by another male in a fight.

[@yeetgames1846]

I think the Leviathan should be a gigantic Squamate that has adapted to life in bodies of water(do note that the leviathan is separate from the mosasaurus)

[@wendylacey2745]

@@yeetgames1846 I’d imagine it to be the the only animal other than humans who can take down a full grown Behemoth.

[@JonathanGhost42]

Oh, i was hoping for so long for a video about giants and now i am so happy! I am a bit disappointed that there were no pillar-like feet as one of the scientific explanation for the giants anatomy, but all in all i liked it. And i also find it rather interesting how you have build a story behind all your video and even something of a deeper lore, that we as watchers are more and more discovering with each video.

[@digifreak90]

20:59 Okay, that freaked me out since I wasn't expecting it.

[@JoniHadu]

I would have loved to see a section about their potential genetic origin, how closely are they related to humans? another thing to mention is if giants would have been capable of humans speech. great video, keep it up!

[@Beadledom2024]

Read your Bible (with Apocrypha).

[@user-some_failure]

What?

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

The Greeks and the Norse both have legends about their gods going to war with giants. These stories must have come from somewhere and given how many species of hominids have been discovered, is it really that farfetched that at least one grew to enormous size? It certainly wouldn't be the first time mammals went in that direction.

[@lucaricci1987]

Alleged Sasquatch and Giant DNA tests revealed that they’re closer to humans than Chimps, but not as close as Neanderthals, and there’s unidentified Paternal DNA, if one looks at the genealogy of the Nephlim in The Old Testament, their Paternal lineage is said to come from demons/the sons of God, there is perhaps genetic evidence of Demons/Angels existing, the ties to the supernatural are not made up

[@reipolhopolar]

There is A LOT of research on supposed giant hominids, sadly, the largest one was 2.1 meters average iirc

[@headgames3115]

Except square cube law and calorie requirements for such size

[@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv]

Yes, it is that farfetched.

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@reipolhopolar Yeah, but imagine if there was literally a red headed tribe that was a good 6-7 foot average in height compared to your average prehistoric humans, who were normally 5 foot due to uneven diets. Play several thousand years of telephone and you wind up with legends of 20 foot tall monstrosities.

[@perihelion1225]

You better believe I hit the bell for some of the best biology content on KZbin!

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-rz1wh]

uhm, Roanoke Gaming??

[@perihelion1225]

@@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-rz1wh he’s cool too

[@JamesAdams-nd1td]

I checked this site for a video only about 2 or three hours ago, and then I came back today and what do I find . . . I’m loving the story that’s developing. Alaric remains an intriguing character; in fact, he’s getting more interesting. The inclusion of the 6 digits on the giants harkens back to certain Jewish legends. Combined with Alaric’s mentions of a “cataclysm,” and the possibilities of just what he’s looking for become a lot more limited and terrifying. Meanwhile, the implications of our beloved narrator walking into a conspiracy dedicated to keeping the creatures he studies a secret . . . Something else I noticed, this series seems to have come before the Strigoi one, because the team is just now breaking up. So, these segments are appearing out of order? Intriguing. I wonder what that means . . .

[@silentnight6810]

Coooooool. Been waiting for this. Biology of satyrs or gorgon next? Think it would be neat to cover some greek mythological creatures.

[@maxstrugaa3266]

I'd love to see a video on satyrs!

[@glitteryvomitt]

I'd be very interested on the biology of a gorgon. is each snake on their head actually a snake that can bite and has a skeleton and a brain or is it more like octopus tentacles that only look kinda like snakes and that are only soft tissue but they can still move independently. also would be interesting how exactly they would turn ppl to stone, maybe like some sort of venom that makes the victim paralysed

[@dragonegg1722]

Id like to hear about centaurs or sirens.

[@nil981]

We already have a video on sirens.

[@adeyemi120]

6 digits according to genetics is actually a dominate gene. The reason it’s not common is because it has been recessive for millions of years and the gene for a functional extra digit is rare. However if selection allows for the extra digits then this scenario is a cool twist.

[@Andrei-un1cl]

There is a guy with 6 digits on one hand all in proportion an functional

[@NetherHyena]

You know what I love the most about your videos? You give off the same excited feeling as listening to an SCP log from Lord Blackwood

[@ShadowFireZZX]

Imma be honest I found your content before I went to boot camp and I genuinely love your content it’s so awesome I love biology and you spending your time doing this kind of content keep up the great work and don’t burn yourself out

[@marcoaureliodasilvalima4502]

Refresher/Reminder; I have three great video suggestions for you. Dhampirs; The Strange Case of the "boneless children", the ancient legends said that in the place of Bones they have a gelatinous substance and also have an instinctive hatred for vampires (pheromones perhaps?), they can be children of an uninfected with an infected, rare cases of women infected during pregnancy or just mutants. in legends, it was said that vampires still retained some of their humanity and ended up raping their wives. Vrykolakas; Rare cases of double infection by a pair of viruses that alter the genetics of their host, legends mention that "like wolves they walked on all fours" and depending on the source it was said that they "returned" as direwolves/werewolves. Cambion; half-demons whose only power is attractiveness (financial, sexual and or social), the legends said that succubi after "collecting" the semen would pass or become an incubus that there "places" in a woman, in this case I would say it would be a type of parasite similar to cuckoos.

[@silentnight6810]

I hope these are covered one day

[@marcoaureliodasilvalima4502]

@@silentnight6810 thanks

[@viniciuspaiva3578]

Very nice! How about the Elves and Dwarves?

[@jennyfeare1702]

20:22 oh shit Minotaur biology teased??? 😲

[@annakoutsandreou2214]

One can only hope

[@orbweaver9750]

I am loving how much this series has developed.

[@Chaydex]

Thanks Thought Potato, having to spend Christmas while having really nasty sinus infection, your videos just cheer me up to pull through the holidays

[@ted.3602]

I love seeing you evolve as a writer you're so good at this!

[@CoffeeMecha]

"the lineage" ah shit the mad scientist is lookin for nephilims, isn't he?

[@bladezoidz]

I need a massive book of ThoughtPotato’s lore when it come to this world

[@SamaLayuca]

this is one of my fav series on youtube! you truly are creative, love it

[@ThoughtPotato]

That's high praise. Thank you!

[@Gyarren]

Another awesome video!❤❤❤❤❤ Merry Christmas, Thought Potato!

[@ThoughtPotato]

A bit late, but Merry Christmas to you!

[@Iteration456-8_codename_goblin]

good video I agree with the fearful short kings, we do not like a height difference of 2' because we get very scared and shrink back into our patented short king shells

[@octaviusmorlock]

The thing I don't get with the whole "square cube law" is why wouldn't _everything_ (or, basically everything) grow proportionally? Larger, denser, bones. More fast-twitch muscle fibers. Etc. I really enjoy these videos, going into how myth _could_ be possible. So many things chalked up to legend are pretty reasonable if you think about it. Like, a unicorn is just a horse with a horn on it's head. Bigfoot could be one of those giant ground sloths. And even the phoenix could've been a real bird- one that made a nest in recently burned areas. There's a beetle that does just that; so why not a bird?

[@octaviusmorlock]

_Eventually_ sure, but even 15-20 feet doesn't seem that unreasonable. (For fiction.) Robert Wadlow was 8' 11". And- depending of your beliefs'- Goliath of Gath was 9' 9". And King Og of Bashan was something like 13'? Plus- while comparatively rare- there were/are giant land animals. Elephants, dinosaurs, hippos(?), giant ground sloth, etc.

[@headgames3115]

​@@octaviusmorlockat 15 to 20 feet the calorie requirements would be absurd especially without modern agriculture

[@octaviusmorlock]

@@headgames3115 Who needs a tractor when you can BE a tractor?

[@headgames3115]

@wyltedleaves which then means that every giant eats enough to feed 3 or 4 people, which would leave an enormous, noticeable ecological footprint

[@holstatt6896]

Neandertals died off because of their increased caloric intake relative to homo sapiens. 2500-3000/day was what they needed, compared to 1500-2000/day for humans. That 500-ish difference is why we are here today and not them. You think a human like creature needing 8000-10000 calories a day is going to survive the rigors of an ice age environment? And because their ecological footprint is absent, it is clear that they never existed.

[@imadeterminedpenguinp8339]

You scared the shit out of me. These videos are normally safe!! Now I’m super freaked to watch anymore

[@NephiylusBaphson]

I freaking love giants and every little tidbit of lore about them throughout all of human folklore and mythology

[@ZoeHerron-hf7zt]

Question, was the glitch intended or was my screen bugging out? If it was intended great job. It scared the crude out of me😅😂

[@kingsadvisor18]

Phenomenal video. Have a real challenge for your research team: still living dinosaurs in the Congo. Of course there is the gentle supposed Mokele Mbembe or... Kasai Rex

[@nisman9558]

I love the lore of this team, including the mention of the mad Dr Eliric

[@holstatt6896]

I just came from a channel that would use this video as a datapoint for why Giants actually exist. I am so glad you state this is a work of fiction, turns out A LOT of people need those disclaimers.

[@matthewcron8842]

Always great to see these videos. Though I’d never expect the version of giants to be located into would be the ones local to me.

[@Freqsheux]

The "giants" in my book have what I call a dual engine circulatory system. Basically they have two hearts. They also have much longer and more densely muscular legs and feet with their feet resembling an almost elephant like foot structure. They also have specially adapted bones that are much more dense but the inner bone has a spring/sponge like material that under heavy load can compress instead of breaking. Giving it a higher tensile strength while also having much more flexibility in load bearing. I'm no where near an expert in biology so this is all mostly just author-mumbo-jumbo, but I would love any suggestions if anyone has any. Please, allow me to utilize your mental labor for free. Once I publish the book I'll write your name on the front cover. It'll be in microscopic text but nevertheless..it'll be there. Lol. Oh and they also have a "fused ribcage" which I call a "ribshield" so.. yeah.

[@TheFoxkin]

Potential Spoilers Below! . . . . . So the Giants are the Nephlim, polydactyly being one of their main traits other than size and power. Project Starfall is linked to recreating a bloodline, potentially of non-human origin that intermixed with early humanity. Kind of like ancient aliens and the Annunaki. God I love this series!

[@Bluedd17]

Hi Thought Potato! Sincerely I thought to have been pleasurably shocked by the subject of the last video, but this one got me too. I didn't expect you could possibly track the Legends of the Giants ... Good for us that, as always You, came out with a surprise. Aside from the similarities with biblical legends of seven-fingered giants, from what I perceived from your video, the formation of a sixth phalange could have proven useful to grant a wider surface area to their feet, proving useful for balance and sustaining their own weight (being spread across generations and becoming a common feature of the species), am I correct? Since I didn't recall You addressed these creatures I suppose there is not yet a name for this new branch of Hominids evolution (something like Homo Golyat or Homo Giganteus) ... maybe there is something more we need to uncover before to get it? I really hope that in the future there will be some other references to this creature in other videos, since as You recalled, the Myths of Red-haired Giants are Worldwide spread, from the Mid-East and Northern Europe to the Solomon Islands ... I was wondering if You would like to talk about the so-called "Immortals" of the game Sekiro; more precisely the corrupted ones, who drank the rejuvenating waters and became infected by a vicious parasite. I think the various stages and forms taken by these beings inside a human body could prove to be an interesting challenge for You. I'd like to write You some more if that's ok for You. PS Aside from this I really wanted to apologize to You if I wrote you too much (or something wrong) on the P platform. Thanks for this new gift! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! My best Regards to You!

[@flufferpupper7726]

I love that you utilize actual old folklore and archeology as inspiration! I watched a video by Miniminutemen (aka Milo) and he went through the history of Lovelock cave. You captured the folklore ideas and exaggerations of oral history while making it feel more solid and based in reality.

[@samuellatu3123]

According to a dna study done on my family during the 70s to find out why boys in my family grow to around 6’5 at age 18 they found four possible giants ranging from 7-13ft tall and the last giant was my great great grandfather who was 7 foot.

[@yoshijb9428]

You're a descendant of the nephelim man. You have a demonic bloodline. Not insulting you just saying. That's why, kinda cool though.

[@ssjraikage7874]

it’s not possible to grow to 13 feet tall, let alone 10

[@samuellatu3123]

@@ssjraikage7874 hey man it was probably 13tf pulse the hair 🤣

[@zenvariety9383]

​@@samuellatu3123humans were probably taller before the flood as mentioned in the Bible.

[@madmanarrivednow]

A monstrous jumpscare in a horror movie in my face: Sheesh, this again, doesn't even raise my blood pressure. A simple video and sound glitch and jump cut: Ooookay, time to change my pants. I don't know what you did, or what frequency you managed to spruce the uncanny aspect of the scene, but you had me good.

[@zhcultivator]

Awesome video, I would love to see a society of Persianate giants in a fantasy story one day....

[@AH-64EApacheGuardianHelicopter]

I could listen to you for hours! Keep this up!

[@josephpetrossi5138]

Giants are my favorite mythical creature. Thank you!

[@mrssmith6894]

Sounds very professional when using the correct anatomical terms and when a logic solution is presented of how the evolution occurred of the skeletal remains and mummified remains of these alleged studied giants.

[@anisaliu3443]

You should do one on the Solomon Islands giants! I think you'll enjoy it more, giants in secluded tropical islands with high humidity, temperature and biodiversity will give you much more flexibility than these ones.

[@dippndolphin8279]

Imma send this to all my friends. I LOVE THESE

[@bigboxofstuff]

I may have missed it but I don't think you mentioned the second row of teeth. and you have earned my sub.

[@johnwatters1496]

The return of the king

[@Mrdragonjack]

Thought Potato and Roanoke Gaming keep me alive

[@dawudabuadam]

This is probably the best video on Giants I've seen.

[@redoanda_teawitchdragon]

Someone get MatPat we have lore to unpack! for real, this is incredible, I am fully invested, and would like more whenever you have time😊 Also maybe do the Loch Ness Monster at some point? As a scot, and someone who's favourite videos of yours are on the aquatic cryptids, I think you could do something super cool with it!

[@Crossbow-xy4xg]

Nice. I was aomewhat expecting Grinch or Krampus because of the season but Giants are nice too. I love your work

[@GeorgianaOnline]

These videos are so damn cool. I’ve always been fascinated with cryptids and mythical creatures. Seeing their biology explained is just awesome. You put so much imagination and creativity into this. ❤️ Well done.

[@mtndewmslayer2564]

Your videos are what inspired me to create a homebrew setting for d&d with more realistic and biological monsters. I included giants as a playable species and came to similar conclusions as to how they’re biology might differ to account for the size. They get +2 to strength and constitution but a -2 to dexterity. Great minds think alike I guess 😂. Keep up the good work, and maybe orcs next? I’d love to see if your ideas match mine or not.

[@FoxUnitNell]

They'd be pretty good with a segmented bow to cover for their rigid movement.

[@jonpatrick66]

This is great! Thank you. This video brings hope to more becoming out about the real history of some of the giant skeletons found here in America in the last 250 years. Very exciting! Keep it up. Im subscribing. 👍

[@eliotoole4534]

Perhaps the giants have reclaimed their ancestors

[@buzzbuzz2691]

Oooooo I've been waiting for this one another great vid mate your doing great! Happy holidays yall!

[@Gyarren]

Biology of a Tengu, for a future video, maybe? Or Jorogumo? Gashadokuro? Yamata no Orochi?

[@Ivys-Garden]

This series is one of the most creative and imaginative series on KZbin. It's a wonderful exploration of mythology through a scientific lens and has inspired me to begin to think about how other creatures would function within this world, of all of them, there is none I want to see explored more than the scourge of Scandinavia, The Troll: My idea for a Troll in your world would be a giant bear that has evolved rudimentary bipedalism, the bear is slow and lumbering and is inactive for the first half of the year, leading to its grey fur to become moss covered and green like some sloths (thus explained the grass covered depiction of rock trolls, perhaps some even.grow saplings on there fur). It's fur is matted down with a secreted oil that hardens the fur, leading to stories of trolls being made of stone and turning Into rocks in delight. Trolls, for a mix of reasons such as predation, lack of camouflage and lack of prey, will shy away from Daylight and are most active during winter when the days are at their shortest. Trolls hibernate during summer and spend most of their lives in caves, come winter they feast on the food stores and animals that hibernate through the cold winter months, as well as the occasional unlucky Human traveller as an occasional food source.

[@jennyfeare1702]

bears seem to fit yeti more bth, Trolls seem *too* distinctly primatey, like those funny-nosed monkies

[@clairegolder3683]

I need you to do one of these in centaurs, I need to understand how their organ systems work and you seem the only person capable of making it make sense

[@RuinedTemple]

I find it interesting that in eyewitness reports of Sasquatch, people commonly mention the breath being unusually loud, clearly audible from such a distance that they are regularly assumed to be closer to the witness before a visual could be detected than they actually were, & often sounding extremely congested... as if suffering from fluid in the lungs or some other kind of respiratory illness- & here you've said that you might expect the occurrence of such an affliction in at least some members, I presume, belonging to a population of giant humans or giant humanoid-shaped bodies. Yet, I suspect that the average person who has & perhaps even the majority of those who have allegedly experienced seeing/encountering a Sasquatch are likely entirely unaware of why the large humanoid they claimed to have seen exhibited such a characteristic that may make a fair amount of sense to someone who's familiar enough with relevant fields of biological science.

[@danielbaldwin8930]

This makes me excited for a bigfoot n yeti episode now!

[@franconullo4228]

one possible explanation from were these creatures may have evolved could very well be in the period in which the humans and the mermaids have split, perhaps a third group began to move in northen lands near the coast, and might aswell be the ones that shared their habitat with the sirenus, the increase in size could actually be an adaptation to better survive encounters with the latter: a larger frame and thicker bones allowed for more striking power without causing that many troubles in the costal waters, were the encounters between the 2 species happened, the increase in white muscolar fibers might have been advantageous to fight back or outrun the attackers in the land, after all the sirenus anatomy doesn't allow for particularly effective movement on land, and even though they presented a lower mobility than most humans they were still far more efficient than the sirens. eventually, during the ice age they probably moved out from the water to better handle the cold and some might have even redeveloped a thick fur, becoming the widely known Yeti. this of course is all speculation, further evidence is required to prove said hypothesies, but it is still intriguing to think about the topic

[@MrPink-qf1xi]

Ohhhhh this is becoming a part of the bigger story. Lovely. By the way, I think Chalicotherium would be a good inspiration for a scientifically plausible Minotaur.

[@NoMoreMrNicheGuy]

I've been watching this channel for a long time and only just realized I hadn't subscribed! Could hardly believe I wasn't getting notifications from my favourite KZbinr.

[@malegria9641]

Being from the deserts of the southwest, thanks for keeping me up at night for just a little bit longer!

[@BlackRaptor77]

Seeing videos like this makes me want to create my own. You're an inspiration!

[@ananslator3655]

I can think of so many that you could do for a Christmas episode or special krampus,gryla,Yule car or cats,elves,Hans trapp and more

[@mrsnatural2368]

This series is so great. I'd love to see your take on a Yowie or a Bunyip!

[@Traplock1]

The allele for Polydactyl is actually dominant, its just that the allele for 5 fingers is more common

[@Unnecessary_pie3003]

Don't know why, but each and every time I hear anything about Giants, all I can imagine is Wendigoon.

[@PlaceriasIF]

This is incredible, I simply love the legends of primitive Giants, to know if they are still "There", I need a second part, more information :D

[@AncientMaaz]

Please I beg you to make a speculative Biology video on The Hulk.

[@wolfroninxd4226]

This KZbinr answers is all my scientific biological questions on mythological creatures of all shapes and sizes I love to contact and I love your videos keep going

[@darkestwilightt]

Girlfriend, "I bet he's out with another girl." Meanwhile, me with the boys "BOYS TOUGHT POTATO JUST UPLOADED!"

[@Nicolebee7272]

Love these videos, the attention to detail and world building is phenomenal!❤

[@davidfletcher6703]

Sounds almost identical to the accounts that US soldiers encountered a red haired giant in a cave in Kandahar, it is said that it also had 6 fingers on each hand, and 6 toes on the feet, I've also read that these giants were the inspiration for the stories of Nephilam giants in the bible

[@headgames3115]

Thanks to the internet, that hoax will never die

[@davidfletcher6703]

@@headgames3115, I believe it DID happen, but it was swept under the rug like a lot of other things

[@headgames3115]

@@davidfletcher6703 and your proof is...?

[@davidfletcher6703]

@@headgames3115, if sightings happen is all parts of the world by many cultures throughout history, wouldn't it make sense to believe that there could be some truth to the stories?

[@headgames3115]

@@davidfletcher6703 or that these cultures simply share similar folk tropes in their stories

[@soreneverhart3396]

This is a very good mockumentary. While shorter, I'd easily compare it to the Mermaid incident where people truly believed it. I'd appreciate a disclaimer at the beginning or end just to clarify that this to be taken as entertainment and speculative biology. Nonetheless, I'm impressed by the amount of thought and details put into this!

[@tommytoon_stories]

It's there in the beginning

[@nucleartoaster01]

Wendigoon approved

[@emrakul267]

Oooh boy, i bet Wendigoon would enjoy this

[@josephmurphy7980]

Perfect to sleep to after a night out always on time god bless you

[@motivatedpotato6604]

I know my comment is late to the party but considering the crossover series you recently started with werewolf's, vampires and zombies maybe you could include a Giant Wendigo too? Both exist as a part of Native American folklore that the ever mysterious "researcher" looked into so maybe you could even tell a story of one that's been found in the wild. Vampire Strigoi would be cool too as I'd essentially make nosferatu xD, anyway great video fellow potato. Can't wait for the next one

[@Ozzy08018]

This is amazing, but you know that some people are gonna try and use this as scientific backing for the existence of the cryptids and myths covered.

[@Maddtommy2025]

Very well put together