Triumph of the Trilobites

Trilobites are one of the most successful animal groups to have ever existed on our planet, surviving for nearly 270 million years and dying out before the dinosaurs had even evolved.
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[@dennisvance4004]

After Revenge of the Sith, Triumph of the Trilobites was my favorite Star Wars movie.

[@The-kr9rb]

Emperor Trilobatine: Once more the Trilobites will rule the Ocean! And we shall have... peace.

[@The-kr9rb]

also Darth Walliserops when

[@mikeor-]

@@The-kr9rb In order to ensure the continuing biodiversity of our oceans, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Trilobite Empire!

[@mikeor-]

Here's my ranking: 1. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (We get the Imperial March and the "I am your father" reveal. The full cast is seen) 2. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Sets up the Original Trilogy so artistically) 3. Episode IV: A New Hope (A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...) 4. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (the Empire falls, and balance is restored) 5. Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (The only thing Disney did right) 6. Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Anakin begins falling to the Dark Side) 7. Episode VII: The Force Awakens (A decent sequel) 8. Episode I: The Phantom Menace (The weakest of the prequels, but is still interesting to watch) 9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Vader's scene is incredible) 10. Solo: A Star Wars Story (A forgettable film) 11. The Clone Wars Movie (An incoherent cartoon) 12. Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (A complete and utter cinematic failure, which spends too much time trying to subvert our expectation rather than telling a cohesive story, and is completely unnecessary)

[@djkelley6920]

Ryan Hussain aye bro fuck you

[@julzyboy8960]

If you feel bad that you will never get to see a living trilobite, just look at a horse shoe crab! They are somewhat similar looking and are just as fascinating!

[@hyperion3145]

Horseshoe crabs are on their way out too, we might not even have a substitute to look at pretty soon.

[@termiteconsumer7145]

Sea monkeys too

[@hyperion3145]

seadinos Horseshoe crabs are pretty badass. There are some massive ones here in Florida

[@altaccount9903]

@@Seadinos56783 well they're the closest living relative to sea scorpion or eurypterids.

[@Woolley_like_sheep]

What about Isopods

[@WhoElseButZane]

They all died Ain't that a kick in the glabella

[@BenGThomas]

RIP :(

[@artiyt9008]

Oof he said glabella as soon as I read the end of this comment

[@NoOne-sb4tc]

@Peteraba Gilliez that was probably a shoecrab.

[@differous01]

They had copper based blood (as do horseshoe crabs), they had calcite eyes (or maybe not www.sciencenews.org/article/fly-fossils-might-challenge-idea-ancient-trilobites-crystal-eyes ) and they all died (unless horseshoe crabs evolved from them).

[@KitsuneVoss]

Death is a fact of life - That a species died out after a long run is not a sign of an unsuccessful organism.

[@maxgreece1]

So Trilobites were basically on the way out before the Permian Extinction. That is definitely something I didn't know. Another won for this series. Loving it.

[@Vespuchian]

Max Goodman This is also the first I've heard of free-swimming trilobites. "Wonders only cease when you stop looking!" - an old teacher of mine who's name I can't remember (shame on me)

[@andrewgan557]

they were on their last legs when the biggest extinction event happens

[@Langkowski]

The same with ichtyosaurs. They actually went extinct before the mass extintion 66 million years ago.

[@dinohermann1887]

​@@Langkowski Yeah they started to go extinct during the early cretaceous.

[@Blunderbird]

When will mankind see the error of our rigid, two-lobed ways?

[@animationspace8550]

Don't we have three? Spine, and two ribcages? Sorry if he explains this later, I didn't watch it all.

[@MrBazzos]

@Kaung Khine Do you humour?

[@fraserhenderson7839]

It is so difficult to imagine the vast distances of deep time. These things were lost 50 million years before dinosaurs and 250 million years before hominins. There must have been trillions at one time.

[@purplehaze2358]

*hominids

[@MaxJNorman]

Hominins is fine is@@purplehaze2358

[@Shaden0040]

over their entire time on Earth, quintillions.

[@cadenrolland5250]

For a very long period of time they were the dominant life form of Earth.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Mind-blowing!

[@MrGhjkl63]

>if they hadn’t declined they could still be around today Well great now I’m depressed I’ll never have an aquarium full of trilobites in my living room

[@stormbringer717]

Well the giant isopod , the horseshoe crab , and the trilobite beetle are the closest things to trilobites we have today , you can get one of those as a pet if you want .

[@henriquesantarem5565]

dont be depressed, just create a time machine.

[@flameendcyborgguy883]

@@stormbringer717 It is not the same... Even tho horseshoe crab technicly is closest relatives to them... The thing is, Trilocites were basicly what crustatians are now, and to be honest, some speacies looked so dope! Like, the free swiming one presented in this video! This in the aquarium would be great change for shrimp of any kind!

[@williamsalaets6884]

Honestly if you want the easiest thing to keep as a pet resembling a trilobite i'd suggest triops. It's a primitive crustacean that has a fossil record dating back around 350 million years ago. They have a short lifespan (around 3 months) but they're quite easy to keep as their lifecycle is the same as fairy shrimp aka sea monkeys.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

Absolute tragedy, really

[@travisg1518]

So we got to genetically grow calcified armor on our skins, so humans can survive more catastrophies.

[@SheepWaveMeByeBye]

and put our bellies where our heads used to be.

[@WiseSnake]

I'm a simple man, I see trilobites, I click _like._

[@osmosisjones4912]

Could horesshoe crabs be trilobites

[@purplehaze2358]

Remember kids, the best way to tell if it's a trilobite or not is to make sure that it looks like a horseshoe crab from hell. If it does, than it's a trilobite!

[@zitools]

@@purplehaze2358 yeah no kidding. thanks for the nightmare(s) Ben G Thomas

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Osmosis Jones from what I've heard, i think they're only distantly related. Don't take my word for it because I'm not very confident of that knowledge. I also seem to think ben g. made a video on horseshoe crab history as well.

[@zddxddyddw]

@@osmosisjones4912 No, horshoe crabs are chaelicerates (like arachnids), so they're in a completely different taxonomical Class. Trilobites have their own class, Trilobita.

[@elizabethpemberton8445]

These are absolute masterworks of fossil preparation. Amazing.

[@swayback7375]

Yea no joke! Even the flat embedded ones here are stunning but the ones with long thin protrusions coming out and especially poking up as well as twisting… tedious work but the end result of some of these is unreal

[@Britishhick]

Trilobites were so amazing. I only recently learned just how many species there were (over 15,000 if I recall).

[@ToddRickey]

Trilobites were always my favorites. They are the State Fossil of Wisconsin. I had the opportunity to vote for them.

[@diannadiatz1140]

I never realized how many diverse shapes and species of Trilobites there were! So adaptable to new circumstances in their lives. Incredible how long they lived on Earth. Thanks for showing this video! Dianna

[@thewolfgirlexpert]

Triumph of the Trilobites sounds like a Doctor Who episode.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Utter Respect for this slinky of the sea...

[@reddirtroots5992]

Another great video! I'm using these vids as a learning tool for my disabled clients as fun science homework after thier day programs. I mostly point at the cool photos and give simple comments on what's being said. It keeps me quite interested because of the depth of research and the graphics keep us all interested from start to finish. Again, we love Your KZbin channel

[@purplehaze2358]

*their

[@jessicar4536]

Thumbs up, specialized lessons and instruction make such a difference, keep up the good work.

[@johnirby493]

At Long John Silvers, or Red Lobster?

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Oh... They're not trilo-bites, they're tri-lobites!

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Depends on whether you have drawn butter or tartar sauce.

[@geyotepilkington2892]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 That was good.

[@chrysopylaedesign]

More like.....tri-lob-ites

[@Shimada.]

Are horseshoe crabs descendants of the trilobites?

[@treasureisland3778]

@@Shimada.*Yes they are they are distant cousins..actually horseshoe Crab's are not Crab's at all..but Arthapods. The modern Nautilus is a cousin to the extinct Ammonites.*

[@deanwirth3627]

So beautiful so resilient and long lasting. Their eyes alone were amazing.

[@TufteMotorsport]

This is edutainment. I stopped watching TV channels and instead put videos like yours on the screen. I learn something from it and it is no drama. Keep up the good work.

[@Chris.Davies]

Trilobites survived for more than a galactic year! WHOA!

[@JoeyVol]

6:54 Inspiration for the armor sets in Oblivion. Lol

[@JoeyVol]

All those random spikes lol

[@lightningboltt5437]

They should make a whole movie on the triump of the trilobites

[@droopsmoop]

Trilobites: We survived through multiple extinctions, we feel blessed by God☺ Every other creature: *Nah it sound like he tryna kill you*

[@peiranzhang4283]

@@michaelskywalker3089 Gaint bugs might taste better than fish.

[@halogen5580]

octopus are actually super smart creatures

[@williamjordan8603]

@@peiranzhang4283 crab legs!

[@Sunokanse]

@ForestofTooMuchFood only to some.

[@davidamajako961]

@@halogen5580 their ancestors where before dinosaurs so yeah. They still here

[@daphneloose5880]

Trilobites were an interesting group of lifeforms. it's too bad that they went extinct.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

They left their stupid cousins, the horseshoe crabs, to keep us company.

[@davidamajako961]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 yet survives, now you prince.

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

They always reminded me of sow bugs.

[@whytry4682]

@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 a woodlouse?

[@michaelskywalker3089]

I have always thought that the horseshoe crab is the spookiest creature on Earth. It seems to embody like a ghost, the anatomy and behaviour of it's distant but mighty ancestors merely for us to remember that many species before humans and after dominate this planet as well.

[@jackthompson3048]

1:29 imagine getting fossilized and preserved for hundreds of millions of years just to get discovered and called basic.

[@sandysimon7313]

Trilobites are my all time favorites! I can never seem to get enough of them. There’s always something new!❤️

[@franceslambert8070]

I just found your channel last night and subscribed right away. Why, you may ask, would a 70 year old woman want to do that? The answer is quite simple, really. I LIKE SCIENCE & BIOLOGY!!! Plain and simple, I love to learn about "stuff" even tho I am retired. Thank you, young sir, for doing what you are doing.

[@JoeyVol]

Never too 'young' to learn about trilobites.... hehe.

[@Woolley_like_sheep]

This comment really cheered me up

[@miguelitojones8252]

My father would take me fossil hunting as a child. We found many trilobites in central Texas. He even had one made into a gold pendant.

[@j.lahtinen7525]

"Triumph of the Trilobites" - now there's a good band name! 🤪 Given that so much of the seas is still poorly known, might it be within the realm of plausibility that some descendant species of trilobite might still survive, perhaps as a deep sea bottom burrower? Triolobites are so interesting!

[@the4thtomato138]

The giant isopod is similar, but yes, a trilobite could still be alive

[@paleoleft]

its highly unlikely since there's not been fossil evidence of trilobite's after the Permian extinction, but there's a possibility

[@anomalocaris7238]

dont give me false hope :(

[@zoomertoast3703]

I hope so. I don't care about megalodon or the dinosaurs, I just want the Trilobites back!

[@EvilSnips]

Trilobites were on their way out well before the Permian extinction, so it is unlikely they survived that, but also the Cretaceous extinction to make it to today. It'd be the most well-hidden ghost lineage of all time, and just so unlikely that it is almost not worth discussing. That being said, I would love if we found out they still existed!

[@midamulti-tool]

I've loved these since I was a little kid and have 2 of these fossilised creatures

[@LordZero666]

That must be cool. I only have ammonites myself.

[@nicosmind3]

No edit mistakes this episode. I dont know whats happening to this channel any more!

[@brianriley9426]

They have always been one of my favorite creatures though it's sad they are not still present.

[@carlchristianv299]

Just came home from a trip were I found some trilobites 😀

[@BenGThomas]

Very nice! I've never actually found any Trilobites myself sadly.

[@lithostheory]

Where did you find them? I've once searched from them in Normandy, but unfortunately only found segments, no whole specimens.

[@jonstfrancis]

I have a fossil trilobite from the Wren's Nest, near Dudley in England. It is broken up but shows a red colouration. The eye seems to be present too.

[@cadenrolland5250]

@@BenGThomas Did Trilobites lay eggs are give live birth? I never heard of anyone finding fossilized Trilobite eggs.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

I found a few small ones at a fossil bed in ohio. They were all curled up indicating they weren't buried suddenly, and were already dead at the time of burial.

[@aa-to6ws]

When I was young I thought Pillbugs were just small trilobites, so I put them near any source of water thinking they were dying. Oh boi why hands feel guilty now.

[@davidamajako961]

You do know there are sea pillbugs. Big ones Pillbugs still need water to breath. Your choice is much better than ppl thinking a land turtle can be thrown in water. They drown right away. Pillbugs still have a chance to escape.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@davidamajako961 Rather doubt a land turtle would immediately drown. They can hold their breath for a bit and swim.

[@waffletop1018]

fun fact: pillbugs are a type of crustacean, meaning they are related to crabs

[@robertfletcher3421]

That is so interesting it gave us a lot more insight to this wonderful creature. Thanks.

[@purplehaze2358]

Trilobites are probably one of the most famous non-dinosaurian prehistoric organisms.

[@jessfrankel5212]

5:14 mark...ancient shrimp. Amazing, really, the variety among the species. Excellent feature, and thank you!

[@paulamiller7667]

Beautiful specimens. I’ve always wondered at the patience it takes to remove the fossil from the matrix.

[@pgtmr2713]

Imagine finding something like these around your house. Or crawling over you while you sleep at night.

[@JoeyVol]

Sea vegetables know that story all too well..

[@oerlikon20mm29]

imagine if they lived to this day, we might have seen some land dwelling Trilobites

[@lishark843]

New pet then

[@willbilly8738]

Finally a video on trilobites

[@thomasgeschke9553]

Great job on this! I've never learned so much about Trilobites from one video. It's basically a crash course on the group! They are so fascinating.

[@GreatBoneStructure]

I always thought The Trilobites were a Doctor Who villain. Live and learn.

[@KnivesTV]

I got my first trilobite (Elrathia) through a trade I made at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario at the age of 12, and have been fascinated in trilobites ever since. My trilobite collection has grown up until the point I reached 18, when the local trader retired at the museum. I've kept my trilobite collection for 27 years now, ever since I was that young 12 year old boy. Thank you for making this video!

[@moosepocalypse6500]

"Cephalon Sark has no idea what happened to previous announcer *shifty eyes*" Fascinating video, though I admit I didn't know why they were called trilobites... I thought it was head thorax and tail. Also fascinating to learn where the word cephalon comes from having become part of my vocabulary thanks to Warframe lol.

[@Spongebrain97]

Could you talk about horseshoe crabs? I first saw them in walking with dinosaurs as a kid and my mind was blown when I discovered that they were still around and look relatively the same

[@pieceofship2116]

Roses are ,violets are blue I like trilobites and so do you!

[@mininudoalem7950]

how do you know!

[@shanerooney7288]

Violets are Blue, Roses are Red, Although you may love them, Trilobites are dead !

[@kittycat-sc7je]

@@shanerooney7288 did you even try to Ryhm

[@kezkezooie8595]

Some may have been red Some may have been blue Were trilobites coloured? What say you?

[@lollypopnarcy7585]

@@shanerooney7288 🤣😂😅👍

[@iamabbadon9421]

Trilobites fell but their triumph lives on.

[@mayday6916]

If they were still around, I would have a huge aquarium with trilobites. I love them! Thank you for a very interesting video! :-)

[@jaibhimadevi5805]

Horseshoe crabs and giant isopods are pretty snazzy, too.

[@xlihxssxn5524]

dear ben, thank you for your videos, not only are they educational but they also help me fall asleep. youre a legend.

[@NV..V]

One of my favorite topics! Thank you for another great video.

[@daddyaf945]

It’s possible that these animals spent their time foraging in the accumulated detritus of plant and animal material near shorelines. Sea scorpions may have also fed in these fertile zones developing their tail stingers as passive defense against opportunistic attacks from behind and not as the offensive stingers we see in their descendants.

[@Dragrath1]

While some probably did there is evidence that or the most part the core of trilobite diversity was in deep water environments with deep species repeatedly adapting to recolonize shallower lineages

[@daddyaf945]

Yes. Perhaps even a combination like todays horseshoe crab that lives in relatively deep water while coming to the shore to spawn in the fertile tidal zone.

[@yoo7289]

Yess finally a video about Trilobites

[@itakpowiem]

is that 8 trilobites = 1 trilobyte?

[@JoeyVol]

1,000,000 trilobites = 1 megabite.

[@brandyrose9997]

*Great* video! Your enthusiasm for this organism was evident in the narration. 👏💝

[@johnlinley4375]

Sixty years I have had these trilobite questions. At last they have been answered. Thanks

[@midnightsoftware1904]

Always love your videos Ben :) would totally love to see a Herpetogaster or Wiwiaxia video one day! Great upload brohan, always appreciate the details you put into your videos. Stay sound dude!

[@franceslambert8070]

It has been 10 months since I subscribed, and today I was in a state park gift shop, and bought a Trilobite fossil. When I got back to my motel, I opened my Chrome Book, went to YT and low and behold what should pop up? Your channel, and Trilobites!!! So I rewatched the video while looking at my new prize. Thank you again, young sir, for teaching me even more about these creatures. P. S. I just turned 71 on June 11th.

[@Ivan-cv4dl]

I love trilobites and have loved them since I was a kid! thank you for this!

[@lithostheory]

Fascinating creatures, shame they're not around anymore.

[@johnkelly7757]

The Horseshoe crab, a surviving cousin, still lives and gives an idea of what a living trilobite would have been like...

[@Silkendrum]

@@johnkelly7757 -Horseshoe crabs are not related. They look sorta like they might be, but, uh, no. Horseshoe crabs are in the spider/scorpion line.

[@Vespuchian]

[imagines the 'ways to eat shrimp' gag from Forrest Gump with 'shrimp' replaced with 'trilobite']

[@k_god7207]

@@Silkendrum arachnid*

[@nekuhunter8348]

@@Silkendrum Well I do think they have a common ancestor, also, arachnomorpha comes from the Arthropoda phylum. And Arachnomorpha did spawned two clades, the trilobite clade and the chelicerate clade. Horseshoe crabs come from the chelicerate, indeed a different group but they both originated in the same clade, arachnomorpha.

[@historycenter4011]

Was this triumph during the Roman republic or empire?

[@JoeyVol]

Yes and no. And yes. And no.

[@danielchequer5842]

The trilobite held 2 triumphs in Rome and was actualy elected dictator of the Antlanticvs and the Mediterranevm for life, the lands he conquered. Caesar emulated his career as much as he could but he knew deep in his heart he would never come close to reign like the trilobite did without angering the senate. His biological and molecular reforms brought stability to the planet for millions of years and are still efective to this day. Ave Trilobitvs, the great ancestor of the romans.

[@The-kr9rb]

@@danielchequer5842 AVE TRILOBITVS

[@madderhat5852]

I love having a day when I learn something new. Thanks again.

[@evodolka]

a great video on one of the most hardy organisms ever always great to learn about these amazing creatures, well done

[@AnastaAnam28]

Yay Trilobites!! Another great video and one of my favorites!!!!

[@reinatycoon3644]

I am so fascinated by Trilobites. I love seeing pics of them and watching videos about them. I feel the vibes of ancient, primeval Earth when I see them and imagine the ancient Earth seascape with them crawling in the depths. An ancient primeval Earth with barely any oxygen and no plants just fungi stack colonies next to beaches with these beautiful creatures in the oceans. I'd love to have a time machine and go back 528 million years ago with a space suit that provides oxygen of course. Thanks for the video!

[@alecknathan2357]

Amazing quality fossils images. Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@Johnny-Thunder]

I've never thought of trilobites as predators. How do you suppose they hunted without pincers or mandibles or big jaws and all that?

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

I think they would have been somewhat like the horseshoe crab. They have really tiny legs and are extremely slow, with pincers that are really weak but good for gripping onto slippery prey such as worms and clams.

[@calessel3139]

The diversity of trilobites is amazing. Also, the detail and completeness of the various ornate fossil specimens is quite incredible!

[@Maxalfredbrown]

I LOVED THIS VIDEO AND LEARNED SOMETHING NEW THANK YOU!

[@lorraineharris243]

As always you have presented an outstanding upload, very interesting content, very clear photos and plenty of them, also clear well paced narration,thankyou for all the hard work and long hours it must have taken you to produce such a fascinating documentary, :-)

[@BenGThomas]

Thanks so much :D

[@graphite2786]

I don't know which i liked more, the informative content or the astounding fossil pictures!

[@veggieboyultimate]

I guess you could say these creatures invented dominance of the planet, while it is true that the trilovites were decreasing as the Paleozoic proceeded, they still manage to live longer than the dinosaurs.

[@theharbingerofconflation]

Anyone here remember the Pokémon episode where a whole cave is full of Kabutos? As a kid me and a bunch of other swimming beach tourists ended up in a cave very similar to that full of fossilised Trilobites in Spain. The cave was only accessible when the water was low. Good memories.

[@murockey7512]

Wow, such a good video. I'll look different on the trilobite fossile I own now. With more fascination.

[@annxdablaze9722]

Great job! I love these videos! That spiny one needs to be a Pokemon

[@KevinMurphy0403]

Great video. Thank you.

[@Mydarkarts23]

WOW!!! Learning about trilobites is so awesome.

[@KaldonisPondo]

Trilobites had some wild Spore mods.

[@obenrob]

the world needs more videos about trilobites

[@ivechang6720]

It's fascinating to think of the variety of behaviors this long lived and hugely diverse group may have evidenced. So educating.

[@utegorgens1407]

Fine video. Very interesting. Lot of Information. Good pictures. Like it. You´re on my list now.

[@omni3406]

"That Trilobite didn't know an oboe from elbow."

[@airstar8799]

Always wanted to hold a real living Trilobite in hand I find it very sad that they don’t exist anymore

[@vivekbarnvasynanndi3439]

ABOUT TIME YOU TALKED ABOUT TRILOBiTES!

[@davidwelsh9511]

This is an awesome video...very informative...very interesting...

[@Grand_History]

Another great video Ben. Btw if you’re interested in crinoids as well, Elegantocrinus hemisphaericus is the name of a crinoid found only here in Indiana, and I know the people trying to get it passed as Indiana’s state fossil. It’s the only known species with a twisting stem

[@JoeyVol]

1,000,000 trilobites = 1 megabite.

[@MrArtiomdey]

Great video! I wonder how did they do those trilobites' casts - they look amazing (something like a work of art from an H.R. Higer's catalogue)!

[@thhseeking]

I thought the ones at 0:27 and 3:37 looked like something associated with the Shadows (B5).

[@MargoSki1959]

I have seen most of your videos and I love them!!! I love trilobites and pterodactyls also. Thank You ☺️ for your work. 👩‍🍳 🇵🇱 🇺🇸

[@ChienandKun]

When I was a kid, I was always reminded of Pill Bugs when seeing trilobite fossil pictures. Good to know that some actually did 'roll up'.

[@WhiteNucklin]

Dude, very nice video.

[@reshi606]

Truly interesting animals.

[@gusrangel3011]

Such a great video, I will say tho I work at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and most of the pictures used come from are collect. Again awesome video keep up the good work.

[@jeffery9543]

3:53 I have a fossil of one of them :D I IDed it not too long ago from a mineral and fossil book from the 1990s. It was the only one that had that really distinct shape on the top of it’s head.

[@Mycenae1200]

Thank you for the facts, I know more about trilobites now.

[@davidc5191]

Fascinating creatures - I even have a fossil of a small one.

[@TheRolemodel1337]

0:15 cephalopods are even more impressive, they were around in the cambrian and still are today about 480 Ma

[@dirtfloorengineering]

I love my lil trilobite, hes got bubbly eyes and perfect form. Hes my boi.

[@OnTheRiver66]

Great video! I love these creatures but didn’t know how many varieties there were, nor how long they existed. We know so little about the ocean floor perhaps there are some still in existence.

[@globalSchelmuffsky]

yeah, make more!