Top 3 Prehistoric Sharks

[@carnotv6136]

3:59 Good mercy he’s tiny. I, for my entire life thought it was at least human sized.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

lil anvil boi

[@kenopofficial7]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj I'm dying lmfaoooooo

[@chieckenman4432]

@Ferris Bueller lol

[@MirelurkMaster]

@Ferris Bueller they always ask what is the shark but not how is the shark

[@TheGoreTheorists]

thats what she said

[@stanfordwillis4841]

I'm a scubba diving instructor, just wanted to say that sucker fishes will attach to you too, a beautiful experience

[@siervodedios5952]

Why do sharks get such a bad rep man? I find sharks to be quite beautiful and fascinating.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

Because of Steven Spielberg.

[@milesfrisby1928]

because not saying all sharks do but it's the aggressive behavior they shown towards humans and other sea creatures. I have to say a bull shark and a tiger shark would most likely attack a human just based on their behavior

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

@@@milesfrisby1928 People are ignorant, period. Sharks detect your heart rate and then respond to it. Their prey animals' heart rate does the same thing as ours often do when close to sharks, and that is why they sometimes attack people. Your fear is what excites them. In truth, sharks are particular feeders. Most eat fish and some eat seals. So with sharks like bull sharks or tiger sharks you defintely want to avoid looking like a fish. And with great whites you really don't want to look like a seal for any reason, for example by paddling on a surfboard at the surface. Because that is their natural prey. What happens in most shark attacks, of which there are very, very few, is that they bite more to figure out what you are and if you are a fish to be eaten than to actually eat you. Great white attacks are a little more dramatic, if even rarer, because they are ambush predators that can do great damage to a human even if it makes a mistake. But, once the shark realizes its mistake and that you were not actually a fish or a seal they will retreat and leave you to either swim back to shore or die from blood loss. A great white does not want to eat people. It wants to eat seals. When it realizes that a human they have bit is not a seal it never eats them. Like I said: I blame Steven Spielberg. Evil, man eating sharks with vendettas against people only exist in his horrible movie. But people are dumb and believe what they see I guess.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

@@Fireshark I like the peaceful ones best. Whale sharks and basking sharks. A basking shark actually once swam into me off the coast of Norway. Luckily they swim slowly and don't really have teeth, but man was it big. It was like a swimming bus, and it gave me a large bruise on my leg just from ramming me very slowly. Never seen one before or since in real life. If you want to learn more about shark senses and behavior, there was a French biologist who did a lot of reasearch on why sharks bite. I can't remember his name, but he made a documentary which was partly his research and partly why sharks were endangered because Chinese people want to eat of their fins. Not sure if it can stil be found, but it was amazing. He started with normal, 2 meter sharks and by keeping his heart rate low he was able to basically pet them like dogs. But he quickly worked his way up with tiger sharks, hammerheads and finally great whites. The dude was free swimming with a great white circling around him at the end of the doc, and all he did was focus on keeping his heart rate down and not being afraid. The shark never touched him, which proves all by itself that all the Spielberg created hysteria is just that. Irrational fear based on ignorance. Sorry I can't remember the name of the man or his doc, but if you can somehow find it you should.

[@DankDaHerbalist]

They are but also I aint jumping in shark infested waters so there is ur answer hahha

[@nyairorokidul2000]

Won't it be funny if we find out that the megalodon was actually a shark that had a huge mouth but very small bodies?

[@umjammerlammy9993]

LMAO For real though a skull has been found recently and although crushed its fucking massive.

[@papaidoceuteamamuito5975]

haha ha ha. Don't ruin my childhood plz

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

...or, alternatively, its mouth was really, really tiny compared to the rest of its body, and it was actually as big as a blue whale.

[@chrisd2051]

@@passthebutterrobot2600 thats terrifying

[@andrewlee7755]

@@dexgod7633 That's wrong, whoever says that isn't caught up with modern day.

[@geoffreystuttle8080]

The shark with the anvil shaped dorsal fin looks like it was eager to shine your shoes.

[@Dman9fp]

Better hope the shark isn't swimming in the ocean somewhere, might pull a Goodfellas moment on you for saying that xD

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@Sharknerd04]

@@ginam5497they’re still related.

[@Santosificationable]

Otodus was nearly as terrifying as the Megalodon. It's like the Megalodon but smaller. Still, at up to 40 feet long (the max size of Whale Sharks), it is one of the gargantuan sea monsters. It proves that the prehistoric seas were FULL of giant sharks (not just Megaldon).

[@Blurr1d0.]

I thought the otodus was the megalodon

[@dizzyrose1809]

@@JoMama___735 well there are many different otodus sharks including megalodon. Otodus: Megalodon Chubutensis Angustidens Obliquus Many others

[@Zombie_en]

@@dizzyrose1809 Auriculatus

[@JoMama___735]

ototdus is a genus of mega carnivorous sharks, with megalodon being the last and largest member of this genus. The oldest living ancestor of otodus possible lived during the late cretaceous period, and it was the size of a salmon shark. Check it up!

[@asherdavon7347]

helicoprion was not actually a shark, it was a close relative to the ancient chimaera fish, like the goblin shark.

[@Chris-rj6vh]

That was a very recent discovery so he couldn't have possibly know that during the time he uploaded this vid.

[@dom9300]

Asher Davon goblin shark is a shark dumbass

[@morgansboobies]

if its not a shark then why do they have shark pin LOL

[@Quintinohthree]

Toast !!! And guinea pigs are pigs, sure.

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

@@morgansboobies whales have fins but they aren't sharks hAha

[@varanid9]

That wasn't an erroneous artist's conception, that was a Cretoxyrhina chomping down on a baby Mosasaur.

[@filipliljekvist2902]

Way to few people know about this channel, sadly. This is some real quality content. :)

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you for the kind words, I'm happy to know that you enjoy what we make :)

[@elainecarpenter1267]

Filip Liljekvist morning

[@anthonystewart2525]

I enjoyed it

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@shannahan7]

Great Video, though Helicoprion has since been reclassified as a rat-fish, a close cousin to sharks, and some speculate it actually could have eaten shelled animals by using the whorl to grapple animals like ammonites and suck them out of the shell. In any case, a great video nonetheless!

[@scarystuffscarystuffscarys3780]

Very well done, informative video. Don’t normally comment but just wanted to let you know so that you keep making more of them!

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you so much! I'm very happy to hear that you like the video, and I definitely will keep making more :)

[@Blitzc2]

ScarystuffScarystuffScarystuff Ding that look when you leave your wallet at a store

[@chrispysaladfry459]

ScarystuffScarystuffScarystuff Ding I love the name

[@gregodonnell1570]

Come back anytime, bring your friends! (Cue that profile pic)

[@jakev3453]

Hi Pennywise :)

[@brixitbiscuits8632]

2:20 that is ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!

[@Tekrothebountyhunter]

I swear if number one is Megalodon... God damn it

[@kathryncarter6143]

Great job. I've looked at many shark books & have never seen or heard of most the animals you describe. Very fascinating.

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@Aaron_Lesse]

This video is put together quite nicely- in timing, illustration, narration, vocal tone, and information structure. Well done and thanks!

[@soundwave8466]

I am surprised of how tiny stethacanthus is.

[@syedjeffri5767]

Yep,i thought it was that big.

[@alexandralittle3915]

I found your channel yesterday and I’ve already watched most of your videos. All your videos are so amazing and I’m so excited for more to come

[@kaiokendo]

4:09 and if these spikes are some kind of lure for kill land prey??

[@justalilsalty3545]

Me: the second one is scary *sees size* LOL ITS SO CUTE

[@stevenidolxx5723]

Same lmao so cute riding the turtle lol

[@MirelurkMaster]

@Ferris Bueller it's used to defend itself

[@eddiesalt2276]

Ikr!

[@vstrong4324]

I'm absolutely terrified of sharks, I really don't know why I decided to watch this but I'm glad I did tbh. Great video, very informative :)

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@jahimuddin2306]

​@@ginam5497, At the time that this was made, they were classified as such. Classifications change.

[@onions700]

Meg had the strongest bite of any animal ever

[@katiemaige4275]

Megaladon is My favorite

[@omniexistus]

get in line

[@budmeister]

My favorite movie, too

[@letsplay8009]

i just had 2 fried Megalodon for lunch..

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

@@letsplay8009 no u didn't

[@Wesnat2412]

The megaladon biggest bad boy of the ocean

[@yaboioof3229]

Always thought Stethcanthus was like 15-20 ft or something, damn. It looks more cute than scary

[@NicolaKaye]

Nice video, you have a good narrative style, informative but not intrusive or distracting. Thanks! 👍🙂

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks, glad you like our style :)

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@TheLinguist612]

Very informative & well presented. Thanks.

[@paulmartinez992]

That was a great video I love learning about Megalodon!

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll be doing another video on Megalodon at some point in the future (probably for shark week)

[@Davidovar34]

Same, thanks for the video :)

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@jeromem.evardome10_kr15]

Megalodon is the strongest vertebrate animal in history But in the game hungry shark evolution it can be eaten easily by a MOSASAURUS

[@isacnava7951]

Not terrifying just magnificent and beautiful

[@TheNightTyrant]

Nice video always a huge fan of Helicoprion

[@ajpringle03]

what about the one that hunted mosasaurs, the Ginsu shark/cretoxyrhina (idk how to spell it)

[@octodude6815]

The illustration at 5:02 - 5:07, during the showing of which you talk about "erroneous reconstructions" - thereby implying that this illustration is one such - is an illustration of a Cretoxyrhina mantelli shark from the Cretaceous, not a Megalodon. Hope that helps!

[@syedjeffri5767]

Cretoxyrhina eating a small Mosasaur.

[@nathankayjr6137]

I just found this channel and already love it.

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! :)

[@Conbools]

great job man this video was very informative and interesting!

[@chefsu11715]

Nice video, well done!

[@MikeDesertHunterHale]

Again a very nice video, thanks.

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks for watching it :)

[@lordgiles1841]

First two seems like bugs in the matrix...

[@chockyman3858]

is it me or the Stethacanthus really looks like an AWACS airplane?

[@stelioskoukourakis8483]

MEGALODON: king of seas

[@gox717]

levyathan melvillei better

[@Zz-id5qp]

Well it a leviathan that is king of the sea

[@josephoso]

Yeah right, Mosasaur would bite tf outta that fish

[@Markzilla214]

Share- aids, even though its 8ft shorter than megalodon and livyathan

[@fortitude9.8]

Share- aids 1- Mosasaurs didn't exist during the Megalodon's timeline. 2- The biggest Mosasaur, Pilosaurus was 10-15 feet shorter than Megalodon 3- Pilosaurus has a weaker bite force compared to the Megalodon. Megalodon>>>>>>>>>>>a Mosasaur

[@charlieapples9373]

Male Stethacanthus were clearly masters of foreplay, and used their bumpy parts to get the lady sharks in the mood

[@hungryfilms3707]

Nice video mate I understand why you messaged me you need more viewers.

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you, again sorry for advertising like that but I'm glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@DaveLennonCopeland]

Just found this channel... Excellent video! :)

[@demigod5219]

I’m a fan of stethacanthus (ironing board shark), hybodus (horned shark from Jurassic) & cretoxyrhina (ginsu shark) from the Cretaceous

[@Dylan-hc2lu]

How do they know the second shark had a huge plateau on its head if shark skeletons dont preserve?

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Look it up….

[@shibolinemress8913]

My last information was that Stethacanthus and Helicoprion weren't true sharks, but rather cousin species. Has this changed?

[@isaacbailey3681]

No, this is an old video.

[@shibolinemress8913]

@@isaacbailey3681 Ah, ok. Thanks! 😃

[@Zeniitha]

I would have thought the shark with the circular jaw may have had it work where it would uncurl and be used as a whip, or like an arm of a praying mantis idk

[@redpillnibbler4423]

That’s silly.It’s obvious they were used to cut down small trees at the edge of the water to better ambush prey.

[@thomasv9760]

It was a very nice video but one thing confuses me. The first shark with its buzz saw teeth and megolodon both only left teeth and a select few vertebrae so how could they possibly have all the information they say they have on the second shark. If sharks preserve so badly than how could they know it had a weird find on its back or the whip like structures coming off of the other fins, how could they possibly know that only the males had them and how could they know that the shark had spike like scales on the top of the weird dorsal fin ?

[@breimalislobodnoime]

Yeah. How do we know that?

[@JohnSmith-pw1gf]

70 centimetres? that’s not very terrifying

[@athing7543]

I was expecting a 30 foot long killing machine!

[@cleverusernamenexttime2779]

At least hoping for!

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

yea, I always assumed that stethacanthus were huge. Disappointing

[@ggittins4097]

He showed it next to the diver and now I can only see it as adorable and dopey

[@russell9378]

Thats not what your mom said

[@Morganational]

Very cool, Thanks for this!

[@rejeenarasheed1818]

Meglodon is the kaiju of sharks

[@eddymetal]

Nice video, but a misleading title. Stethacanthus isn't the least bit terrifying.

[@BenGThomas]

I guess it depends on what you find scary. Still, if I were to come face to face with a Stethacanthus in the depths of a prehistoric ocean, I might be a little concerned. Glad you enjoyed the video anyway :)

[@psychosaurus1554]

its.. 2 feet long

[@tristanhalbert5813]

Kinda my reaction whenever one of my friends sees a spider and proceed to lose their damn minds...

[@id_ursus4455]

I think it looks kinda cute but still, depends the way ya look at it

[@mikeferster7966]

and im preeeettyyy sure this video is wrong, or they found this out yesterday. there aren't spikes on its stupid head piece bs

[@Enzo012]

I'm liking the buzz-saw shark there.

[@ritomsen2294]

The Megalodon's teeth size isn't scary. It is the force with which it used them. Its bite force was over 50 times of a lion and 3 times over that of a T-rex!

[@spicylizards4714]

Lions bite isnt really that remarkable

[@StaviKay]

Thank you for making this video.

[@BenGThomas]

No problem, I enjoyed making it :)

[@rotodexthepaleontologist2267]

Absolutely in love with this channel. I’ve been binge watching your videos. Definitely subscribed.

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@ginam5497]

the first two aren't sharks this is clickbait

[@naioo9495]

my boii magelodon is always the best shark 😚☺

[@jasonlyle3818]

Shark Tales is low key Will Smith's best movie.

[@dejLoaf22]

The second one was cute lol

[@Jklopoppcorn]

I’m pretty sure that first shark was proven to have a normal jaw, it was crushed by something and fossilized in a weird way so scientists thought it was like that at first.

[@Darknight4434]

I tought that recently was debated if helicoprion was a shark in facto, or another type of fish

[@Santosificationable]

I can think of only one ocean predator that can singlehandedly match a Megalodon; the Livyatan melvillei. And it lived at the same time and the same place as the Megalodon, and was likely smarter.

[@whatisoatmeal5602]

Megalodon gang?

[@Scazoid]

Nonononono.... The Megalogang

[@jamesheyworth3566]

If I found that shark swirled tooth structure in the south of England fossilised I'd probably ignore it, thinking it was an ammonite.

[@isaacbailey3681]

Some actually did think it was an ammonite fossil at first.

[@spicylizards4714]

Wouldve been the weirdest looking ammonite I've ever seen

[@jennyfire-kirinnguyen1331]

.__. Should I dress as these for Halloween 🎃 and scare little kids? 😂

[@Inigosebastian0401]

Sure why not?

[@cobracorporal6738]

I'd say change the movie title from Jaws to Bigger Jaws or Giant Jaws 7:52

[@redpillnibbler4423]

They should have named the film Megalodon “Bigger Jaws” 😂

[@vassa1972]

Cool stuff

[@xXToraKobayashiXx]

The sharks in this list are so predictable. They are on every list

[@spicylizards4714]

But did anyone else tell you stuff that's in this video?

[@joannamaria1353]

Fabulously entertaining chanel... Looking forward to seeing your subcribers soar

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you so much! Happy to hear you find it entertaining :)

[@leeab2824]

joanna maria very attractive and your fabulous as well

[@joannamaria1353]

Lee Ab (blushes)

[@leeab2824]

joanna maria greetings from Lancashire you're gorgeous first time I seen you was attractive to you like funny guys 😜

[@joannamaria1353]

Salutations from Colchester Lee Ab ... Your too kind 😶

[@gianrodriguez6157]

Megaladon is 60feet

[@sm4carnageihope]

Wait, the Ironing Board Shark was actually tiny? Damn, how did BBC screw that up?

[@Just_R4ve]

Who knew no.1 was gonna be megalodon?😂

[@brightblight4441]

The helicoprion isn’t a shark I think it’s a eugeneodontid holocephalid fish

[@slouches5962]

The video was awsome

[@ahel4523]

Stethacanthis: we don't know why they developed these adaptations lets call it mating display.

[@FlyingDwarfman]

It's a safe guess. Most odd features in animals today are at least mating displays at least in part.

[@syedjeffri5767]

Stethacanthus isn't a Shark. It was a Holocephalian.

[@johnphillips9774]

killer whale's are just as ruthless as any megalodon

[@samueltillery7604]

If animals and people lived hundreds of years before the flood it could just be a old 200 year old shark that kept growing.

[@carlchristianv299]

Thank you so much for uploading this video Please do more

[@BenGThomas]

Thank you so much for watching :D

[@M3Power666]

Maybe the helicoprion had a prehensile type bottom lip? The excess teeth and flesh might have stayed rolled up when not in use. Their maybe have been a certain prey or evolution that we don’t understand yet.

[@julesgosnell9791]

I think it is an "Ammonite-cracker": Ammonites swim vertically and "backwards" and probably not very fast (relying on heavy armour rather than speed). Unless they had their eyes out on stalks therefore, they would be pretty easy prey to anything with the correct equipment to crack them from behind. This means a lot of evolutionary pressure on something to evolve to be able to exploit this food source. Next question is - would Helicoprion have held them vertically or horizontally in its mouth whilst cracking... Vertically: Pros - seems to fit shape of mouth well, bulk of edible ammonite resides in largest chamber at bottom, single row of teeth focusses all bite force to very small point on keel of ammonite, perhaps, as Helicoprion closed its mouth the action would have rotated the ammonite backwards so that as the living chamber was cracked open the teeth dragged the animal out of its shell and pushed it down the throat..., you don't have to cock your head to one side . Cons: you would be more limited in the size of ammonite that you could eat, the keel of an ammonite is probably the most heavily armoured part (perhaps there is good reason for this), a single row of teeth is more likely to slip to the right or left, unless you are very highly evolved to prevent this happening... Horizontally: Pros - you could eat bigger prey, your scissor action would be easier, Cons: eating would be pretty messy, you would just be cutting and crushing the ammonite up and somehow getting the nice bits into your throat and spitting out the nasty bits... - in conclusion then I go with the vertical assault - Helicoprion was clearly a very specialist and successful feeder - the vertical action described above seems to fit the bill much better. Then the question becomes, what do we see in the contemporary Ammonite fossil record in areas where Helicoprion was known to live ? Can we find Ammonite shells with the signature damage that this feeding method would have left behind ? If we look at the co-development of Helicoprion and Ammonites, can we see evidence of an arms race with a thickening of ammonite keels and a strengthening of the Helicoprion whorl tracking each other.... - I would be v. interested to see a detailed article on this... Someone should model a helicoprion jaw and an ammonite and do some "experimental palaeontology" to see if exactly how it worked (or didn't - maybe it ate belemnites instead :-) )

[@rsuriyop]

I take it that your title was meant to refer to the Top 3 Most Interesting Sharks. Initially, I clicked the video thinking that it going to mention the top 3 most dangerous instead.

[@peterpzazz2441]

What about the ginsu shark?

[@andrewlee7755]

I feel like People just constantly make Megalodon bigger and bigger just to say "HAH! MY FAVORITE IS THE BIGGEST!". They averaged around 34 feet, and reached a POSSIBLE maximum of 59 feet, but even then that's rare and probably unlikely, since we have barely any fossils of the rest of its skeleton.

[@franciscobrito2156]

Gotta love 1st gen pokemon

[@puzzler1999]

Pterosaurs aren’t dinosaurs the list time I checked completely different group of reptiles

[@anikajain571]

Really cool vid, thank you! I learned about 2 new (to me), fascinating sharks, subscribing now..!

[@Voldycssm19]

Why is stethacanthus here but not cretoxyrhina? Also the helicoprion was a holocephalid

[@cinthialara386]

It is a fascinating video❤!by the way,what are the close or current relatives of the stethocanthus?

[@vejayortega9686]

This shark sure is clever

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Big clever shark he sure is 😀

[@liv1542]

They're not scales they're dermal denticles

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Placoid scales is another term used.

[@hellwithit]

That’s the AWACKS Velcro shark. (#2)

[@RyuusanFT86]

All are top bro.

[@metthew1846]

0:03 No when I heard prehistoric times what I think is prehistoric memes

[@magmacube8689]

Ah, I see that you are a man of culture as well!

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Duhhhh ok George 🤪

[@billycampbell854]

They eat because that's what they were created to do.

[@kayladennington9032]

Cool video

[@rundownpear2601]

Hungry Shark: Evolution

[@mynameisnotshort2736]

The way he said Helicoprion made me mad

[@WurstWasser617]

Love a bit o mega London

[@WurstWasser617]

That autocorrected weirdly

[@BenGThomas]

Close enough

[@seamaster5030]

11 'the prehistoric dinosaurs never lived in the ocean'.marine reptiles am a joke to you.

[@dwarflanternsharkfriend6713]

"Top 3 Prehistoric Sharks" *proceeds to show two holocephalians* For real tho, this is a good video :)

[@taliawtf6944]

You know sure as hell if megalodon's were still around humans would kill and eat them. xD

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

Buzz saw teeth were probably slightly retractable to aid consumption of prey through gripping g and feeding back into throat?