Tracing Whale Evolution: Origin of Cetaceans

[@fahdrightone7428]

This is way too high quality for a 15k subs channel, it deserves 1mil subs.

[@flatwavelength]

the fact that an animal as enormous as a blue whale is a filter feeder is hilarious to me, but i'm also SO glad they aren't like orcas

[@FactorTrace]

If blue whales are like orcas, the ocean would be a nightmare 💀

[@bestuan]

@@FactorTrace It already is

[@TotallyRedMist217]

When you realize giant Ichthyosaurs like Ichthyotitan are apex predators...

[@cernunnos_lives]

It's an odd thing. A lot of filter feeders blow up from their ancestors.

[@laseriedeladilophosaure9246]

​@@TotallyRedMist217☠

[@ArshSharma-i6t]

The quality on these videos is CRAZY literally you could use these to teach classes. Please never stop

[@dier7144]

Hey mate, just gotta say I absolutely love your content! Keep up the great work, you are incredibly underrated

[@FactorTrace]

Mosasaurus would be very cool, that's a great suggestion! Thank you!

[@justineburger5137]

How about a video about titanosaurs

[@gustiaranda4789]

🦛🦛🐊🐊🐊🐬🐍🐬🐬🐳🐋

[@AntsCzech]

WTF? This is the type of videos I would like to create, but how come this doesn't have milions of views?

[@DilophoGuy]

Only 15k subs!? Underrated channel

[@joaquinglover]

These videos are so good, I'm so glad i got this on my recommended. Also, could you do a video on the Dromaeosauridae?

[@shmoese]

Awesome work as always. Have you considered making a video about pterosaurs? Every azhdarchid perhaps?

[@CassidyCamerons143]

Fun Fact related to this video: Andrewsarchus used to be connsidered as a important genus of the transition of Whales from Land living to Ocean dwellers. Later on it was now considered to be closer to Hippopotamuses than Whales and this was also a case to another member of its total claude, The Enteledontidaes that were thought to be close to Pigs but was later considered to be closer to Hippopotamus.

[@samuraispartan7000]

It’s crazy that this lineage went from mouse deer to crocodile to seal to sea serpent and then to apex predator within the span of just fifty million years.

[@FactorTrace]

Evolution really went on overdrive with these guys

[@baneofbanes]

@@FactorTraceI mean it was free real estate.

[@Sufi_Lyrics]

Oh my gawwwwd! You videos are sooooo good!!!! So informative and so visually satisfying. Keep it up. You might not have as large audience as the blue whale but whatever amount of subscribers you have, they love your content as much as the size of blue whales 😅

[@Allosaurus28]

Can you try making every Ceratopsian or Ceratopsid explained? I love your animations 💖

[@Urdangarin-lb1rj]

thats exactly what i am requesting

[@gojiberrii1261]

Awesome work as usually. Your videos are engaging and very entertaining. Keep up the great work!

[@dier7144]

psst, what happened? why did you block and ban me, i hadnt done anything since last we talked, i dont wanna join back but just curious

[@martoneduard]

Thanks a lot for this video. Your work is amazing!

[@FactorTrace]

You're very welcome and thanks for watching!

[@definitelynotnickiminaj5391]

This is my favorite evolution video on whale evolution keep it up!❤️

[@dinokaijumaster1254]

Indohyus: Pakicetus, don’t go into the water, pakicetus, the environment will force you to adapt Pakicetus: Shut up Indohyus, there are so many resources in there And the rest is history

[@Misp7423]

Once again, this video is made so incredibly well! You can really tell a lot of work goes into a video. Keep it up 💪

[@Rodanguyy]

Can you do every dromaeosaur

[@MeHereHallo]

This is AMAZING this guy def needs more subs and views for this video quality. and can request that you do a video about The Mosasaurs?? ty

[@pinkfridge6111]

You are probably my favourite prehistoric education youtuber right now !

[@princemihaelborna6053]

This channel is so underrated,this feels like a billion dollar documentary,also can you please make a video about Tyrannosauridaes biggest media rival,the carcharodonntosauridae,thnx

[@sauraplay2095]

Great video!

[@riley-m8d]

Please do every carcharodontosaurid explained

[@discobolos4227]

For money! :)

[@palmsa4363]

Can’t wait the the next video!❤

[@alicia8584]

Carcharodontosaurid’s next?

[@cheesiestmanalive1]

A Factor Trace video on Cetacean evolution? We're eating good tonight. Seriously though, love your content bro. Very glad I discovered this channel, this is the definition of "Came looking for copper, found gold." Keep the quality content going.

[@FactorTrace]

Appreciate it! Thank you for your support.

[@Jurassiccanonking]

Keep bringing this insane quality. Amazing video.

[@FactorTrace]

Thanks, will do!

[@ezekielrobinson1776]

While I personally don't support evolution, it is still really cool to think about.

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

- define what you think evolution means - state why you don't support it

[@Just_a_guy909]

why?

[@angelalawrence6220]

Bro, your voice is perfect for this

[@desghidorah1291]

I love your videos mate Perhaps in the future we can have a vid about entelodonts?

[@Velocir4ptor875]

Waharoa was a genus of cetaceans that possessed both baleen and teeth

[@Raphus_2001]

why is your username "Velocir4ptor" but your pfp is an austroraptor?

[@Velocir4ptor875]

@@Raphus_2001 idk man

[@Velocir4ptor875]

@@Raphus_2001 dodo bird eat

[@pinkfridge6111]

From indian racoons to global juggernauts. I love the story of life

[@lycartez]

Hi, I recently found your channel and your videos are very entertaining and informative. Thank you very much for uploading them. I loved the video about the spinosaurs and the Tyrannosaurus. Do you have a similar video planned talking about all the ceratopcids as well? Greetings and thanks again for the content. 😊

[@rh3465]

I love ur art!

[@TykkimiesREX]

Can you do every Carcharodontosaurid explained?

[@nangkorasiagtr6100]

informative and well produce video.... good english with "trace" of Indonesian Accent

[@Kappkumber]

I love the visuals! It’s so convenient for visual learners who want to learn more about phylogeny but cant read 20+ paragraphs on wikipedia! Also Ambulocetids are some of my favorite extinct animals! I just love their platypus like body with a long snout and tiny little eyes at the base of their head my dear crocodile and platypus like whale ancestor 💛✨ Im creating a speculative evolution project where hippopotamus end up doing the same thing as indohyus!

[@marafresi1202]

Hi factor trace I love the info and these videos how do you not have 100k subs anyway I have a series idea of animals that almost went extinct but came back because of humans. I think it should be called ‘extinction comebacks’ you can choose a different name if you want to change it. I think the first 3 videos should be the Eurasian lynx,American bison and the spix macaw.

[@JPOG7TV]

It’s crazy to think we are living in a time where the largest animals ever to exist are around the world.

[@AzwaadGD]

Please do argentavis documentary 😭🙏

[@Allosaurus28]

Would you do a every Ankylosaurid, Tylosaurid, Pachycephalosaurid or Anchisaurid?

[@yasaronur1119]

Can you make a video about Allosaurus?

[@UmbreonNintendo]

Can you please make a video about Crocodilians next? I love your content!

[@arashhallaj9471]

The production quality on these is ABSURD.

[@TheOwlHouseFan-c1q]

Hey, probably wont see this but can yoy do a video on every dromaeosaurid please? If you do, thanks!

[@claytonsaurine4243]

Next of the dinos explained will be i think carcharodontosauridae

[@carnotaurusboi1279]

You should do Carcharodontosauridae and cover a little bit of Allosauroidea too

[@daxbashir6232]

Carcharodontosaurids ARE Allosauroids!

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

do a vídeo about the bats or chiropterans

[@OtávioMiguel-s8e]

Vc poderia fazer um vídeo da família carcharodontossauridea Por favor =)

[@AncientWildTV]

great video! the visuals and explanations really nailed the complexity of whale evolution. but i have to say, i’m not fully convinced by the idea that all modern cetaceans descended from land-dwelling mammals. it seems like there could be other factors or species involved that aren't getting enough attention. what do you all think?

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

Why are you not convinced.

[@Just_a_guy909]

examples?

[@UnknownChannel338-y4x]

Request: Every Megaraptoridae, explained.

[@Tydozerdinotruxgods]

Do you think you can do the triceratops family or the allosaurus family?

[@discobolos4227]

💙 💙 💙

[@marcospinheiro352]

This is another great natural history video. And I love the cetacean evolution! This video is very well edited and well explained about it. As always, love the animation, the skeletals, the sketches and the animal illustrations. Bravo, Eric! :D

[@FactorTrace]

Thank you very much! Much appreciated

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

do a video about monotremes

[@잡학박사_스피노]

Another great video! Thank you!

[@FactorTrace]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

do pinnipeds and sirenians

[@rmanMMVII]

whalevolution

[@daxbashir6232]

Lol!

[@daxbashir6232]

❤ ❤ ❤

[@Amplexius117]

Keep it up dude! Maybe the next one is the allosaurs and carcharodontosaurs?

[@FactorTrace]

They're on the roster! Coming in the future

[@FirstnameLastname-bv8ke]

The quality of your videos are unreal. Had only watched your video on tyrannosaurids the other day and this gem comes out. Keep up the amazing work

[@FactorTrace]

Thanks, will do!

[@dereguejhonson3068]

talks about the Abelisaurus

[@mukhrizzzcookies]

I love your videos and the way you explain them and present facts and research!

[@FactorTrace]

Thank you!

[@PaleoCatus]

You make a really good content! I love watching your videos, good luck! And could you make a video about all the hadrosaurids? Please❤

[@FactorTrace]

Thanks! Hadrosaurids in the roster of my every dino family list, it's coming in the future!

[@RampagingGuanlong]

the amount of effort that clearly goes into your videos is insane, you deserve more subscribers! love it

[@AKayani559]

5:53 no it doesn't it looks more like a wolf morfing into a whale

[@luciusfucius]

Fantastic as usual 👌🏼

[@Urdangarin-lb1rj]

when every ceratopsian explained???

[@discobolos4227]

In 2027. :)

[@Anonymous-ul4xt]

I still wonder if the massive toothed whale lyviatin was still alive I wish some extinct species still live with us today

[@baneofbanes]

It’s such a huge animal that would need to come up to the surface to breath we’d have seen it by now.

[@jakubgrono9070]

​@@baneofbanesthey don't say that it does exist, the person just wonders what if it didn't go extinct, what would happen then? How would people interact with it since it is a predator?

[@tymekzagorski9689]

I love these videos. So captivating

[@guancho9142]

OMG those skeletals are great! Is that your art?

[@FactorTrace]

Yes they are, but I referenced them from other artists' works.

[@kearsargeyt8848]

This video, absolute masterpiece.

[@yuvrajbhatti-p6w]

I love you

[@moel8230]

Great work, love from Germany

[@FactorTrace]

Thank you! Cheers from Indonesia!

[@FredericMartin-ws1ui]

Please dot you want every ceteacean explained

[@mlgodzilla4206]

Ayo why is your mom not here

[@TheFoshaMan]

I have a question, who makes these artworks?! and where can I watch them on glorious HD? is there an Instagram or Twitter we can follow?

[@FactorTrace]

Thanks! I made the artworks myself, I will post them HD on my Patreon page

[@TheFoshaMan]

@@FactorTrace Amazing! do u have an Instagram where we can follow u or just the YT channel and Patreon? O.o

[@MdHaji-gd7yf]

Just in case please tell me is Every carcharodontosaurid explained in early access or going to be next video bcoz this kind of videos have become your most popular videos

[@FactorTrace]

The every dino family explained series will continue! And the carcharodontosaurid, among many other families, are on the roster, coming in the future!

[@t1sk1jukka]

@@FactorTracewill you make one about alvarezsaurids?

[@FactorTrace]

It's not in my plans yet but I can't say I won't in the future

[@Allosaurus28]

@@t1sk1jukka Alvares is my Surename! How did you know?

[@TheOwlHouseFan-c1q]

​@@FactorTrace can yoy do dromaeosaurid

[@din0boy1studios56]

Another banger episode

[@laseriedeladilophosaure9246]

J’aime tellement vos vidéo car elle sont tellement de qualité même si sertaine fois je suis pas toujours d’accord avec vous 🙂👍

[@ProtiumPower]

Your presentation of the evolution family tree is the best I have seen.

[@GpupOnTop_]

YEAH! ANOTHER BANGER!

[@abdulazizrex]

Really hope we get videos like these every month.

[@hollylucianta6711]

It's honestly amazing how clearly the transition from terrestial to fully aquatic can be seen and traced throughout the fossil record. If only hominids were so lucky!

[@peterjones819]

You should do "Every Dromaeosaurid or Troodontid, explained", considering how many are being discovered these days

[@FactorTrace]

Dromaeosaurid is in the roster, troodontid can be interesting. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@huunghiangofficial2040]

bro's transition is so smooth

[@nir8618]

Amazing video! I hope our channel rises high in the future.

[@debargh543]

Im here!!!

[@Fletch.]

There were also many more transitional fossil forms :)

[@FactorTrace]

Correct! Mentioned here are only the known families and inside those families there are more genera and species.

[@x1mpressed]

"Tracing Shark evolution: Origin of Chondrichthyes" would be a banger of a next vid imo

[@x1mpressed]

or even just evolution of lamniformies. i just want a shark video tbh

[@FactorTrace]

That sounds like an interesting idea for sure! But the sharks have gone a long way back in the Devonian, that'll be a long story and a long video...

[@x1mpressed]

@@FactorTrace always love high quality content regardless of length

[@formersamonellaclone]

@@FactorTracethat depends on what you consider a shark, though. if you mean just the chondrichthyes then yeah, it stretches back to the devonian, but if you’re referring to modern selachimorphs then you’re looking at like ~200 million years

[@michaeleisenberg7867]

Dear Eric, Excellent video 🎬. Extremely well constructed and produced. I love your background music 🎶. The graphics 🖌️🎨 are spectacular.

[@FactorTrace]

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it!

[@laseriedeladilophosaure9246]

1:42 ichyotitan et les autre ichyosaur géant 20 + m rentre dans le chat.....💀

[@NeilDegrasseTysonWithAKatana]

The study that suposedly showed that saltasaurids such as Ichtyotitan could get bigger than blue whales is still heavily speculative and contested

[@parkerredeker5216]

I'm from Vashon Island, where orcas are common. I used to call them "whales" until I heard they were actuality "dolphins." Now I'm being told from this video that they're "toothed whales." Arghhhhhhh

[@jaylcb]

"whale" has multiple meanings. It can be used as a synonym of 'cetacean', which would include dolphins and porpoises, in which case there's a distinction between toothed whales and baleen whales. More commonly, it is used to describe the largest members of the group. Although in that case it doesn't hold up taxonomically since sperm whales, which are in the same side of the family tree as dolphins, are grouped together with the baleen whales. Anyway, it's fine to call orcas whales, although they're technically just large macropredatory dolphins.

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

Can’t we find some scientific loophole to rename Basilosaurus to Basilocetus ? King Whale is a much more fitting & accurate name.

[@FactorTrace]

Someone should start a petition and get everyone on board 😂 But let's hope it doesn't trigger a cascade of petitions to change every scientific misnomers...

[@DefinitelyA_Person]

I say everyone just starts calling it Basilocetus

[@felinenation3568]

What about seals & walrus ancestors?

[@NeilDegrasseTysonWithAKatana]

Pinnipeds are part of order carnivora (along with cats, dogs, bears etc) unlike cetaceans who are part of order artiodactyla (along with sheeps, cows, deers, hippos etc) so they're completely unrelated despite being both marine mammals

[@subraxas]

Thanks a lot for all these amazing videos!

[@FactorTrace]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!