Velociraptor 0.5: YDAW Synapisode

/ ydaw -- This is not the full Velociraptor episode, but rather a small taste of what's to come. The awesome folks at Everything Tiny (who previously sent us the teeny T. rex from the skeletal episode), we kind enough to ship us their Velociraptor model for Steven to look at! So we decided to make a shorter episode focusing on it, and trying to represent a creature at such a small scale.
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[@jaimel88]

Dude, man - I know you focus your series on toys, but is there any chance that you could devote an episode or two to books/comics/illustrations/video games? For example, I distinctly remember my Jurassic Park Nintendo game having T. rex lips, myJurassic Park comics representing Velociraptors as pretty much carnosaurs, and my Dino Crisis game being tossed in the trash when my last save point was precisely at the moment that I was about to get chomped on by a T. rex.

[@jessicamagle2991]

Hey, @Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong, I actually have an old toy dinosaur that I would like to send to you guys - Plateosaurus model in case you wanted to know beforehand - but I'm unsure if you guys have switched addresses at all? I found you wrote an address in your older videos but not in your most recent ones, so I'm somewhat unsure if that is still your current address or if you still accept donations of this kind. Also, if the Grand Rapids address is still accurate, Hi Neighbor! :D

[@YourDinosaursAreWrong]

@@jessicamagle2991 Hey there. Our current address for sending things to is: Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong Attn: Steven Bellettini 1765 3 Mile Rd. NE #150248 Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Thank you for thinking of us! :)

[@leocarioshiny]

**breaks down door in a panic** I came as soon as I heard

[@_veronica_r]

**gasps** have i found a fellow hamilfan??

[@sveandful]

All the way from London???

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

I cannot explain how satisfying it is to watch the "wrong" dinosaurs slowly transition into the "right" dinosaurs in the little animations.

[@eaglelord145]

"I kept breathing, which it turns out is a bad thing to do..." Good to see the wit of the show (and Steven) is still intact

[@danielled8665]

I get it, I make that mistake all the time. It's such a hard habit to break.

[@t.b.cont.]

I want to see a reverse “your animals are wrong” where they get a perfectly accurate toy and then reverse the process of its anatomy and bring it back to how we thought they looked 150 years ago

[@elipse371]

Maybe they’d call it “Your Animals Are Right”

[@wadespencer3623]

"Your dinosaurs are actually pretty decent but for understandable constraints based on medium" really isn't as catchy, is it?

[@timothymclean]

Interesting how Iguanadon went from quadrupedal to tripodal to bipedal, then back to quadrupedal.

[@xenotundra3346]

I believe it was half bipedal, half quadrupedal.

[@Gasmaskmax]

@@xenotundra3346 All the more interesting

[@GumaroRVillamil]

And we now have a nearly hour-long Iguanodon episode, yeah!

[@hhleo2632]

He do be dancin' doe

[@jupiter1390]

"funnybone, the humerus" lol

[@mathiastwp]

rofl

[@2Cerealbox]

You're editing out the awkward pauses in your cirticism, which I feel like was part of the charm of the show. ):

[@brianlevine871]

I like how you critiqued this little Velociraptor skeleton while also understanding the limitations of this model's size. It's a nice balance between respecting the artist's work and discussing the (in)accuracies of the piece itself. Btw I absolutely love the new animation in the end credits!

[@Demokingmsb]

Well, this is a pleasant surprise! Time to go make some tea and then come back and watch it.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

It tickles me how much a little more information can change our entire outlook on a critter. 😊

[@DarthZiZi]

I like the animation at the end showing the "evolution" of Iguanodon :)

[@thegreatgoldfilms6311]

15:35 the animation on that iguanadon is beautiful

[@hadorstapa]

8.30am and you’ve already made my day; welcome back. This episode made me think: dinosaur toy producers should send their toys directly to you for critiques on the show as part of their development process.

[@pseudonym9599]

So glad to see anew episode. I have missed this show.

[@mayajade6198]

Your dinosaurs may be wrong but for 16:22 today, everything else in the world was right! I'm so happy you're back at it, and I hope everything goes well! I noticed the music is different this episode. Is all the music going to be new? The old music was really cute but I understand it might have been one of the things that went down with NSI.

[@brycevo]

They've done such an amazing job, and it wasn't run-over

[@Texas240]

I was watching vids on the old channel before finding out there was a new channel for you two. In 2020, we need an update to the Spino vid, with the recent discovery of the tail bones that showed it was very well designed for propulsion in the water. Such an enigmatic character!

[@groque1654]

I love the outro credits at the end

[@jek__]

It was neat watching that shadow model transition from the one which reflected the physical model to the idealized version. There was a point where it really started to look a lot more like a bird

[@TheBottegaChannel]

I litterally Shanghaied my girlfriend's attention when I saw you produced a new episode so we could watch it together. Keep up the awesome work, we are addicted to your show.

[@yamiyomizuki]

how did you knock out your girlfriend's attention and put it to work on a ship going to and from Shanghai?

[@lexibyday9504]

Some day you've gotta do an episode where you take an inacurate dinosaur you've already corrected and speculate how it's lifestyle and environment would have been different to that of the actual dinosayur. It could be a side series called "If Your Dinosaurs Were Right."

[@skehptical]

As scientifically incorrect as the movies are, I must admit: Life finds a way. Wishing you all the best going forward, I love this show!

[@jeffreygao3956]

Red the books; They age a bit better scientifically and have really good plots and characterization.

[@KingofTheGojiras]

@@jeffreygao3956 I completely agree that and because it is a book you can imagine it all so Crichton does not really have to update the physical appearance of the dinosaurs.

[@megaraptora]

crichton is literally dead

[@danielled8665]

​@cryptosuchus don't you mean extinct? *insert awkward Malcolm laugh. "Ha ha haa. Ha haaaaaa!" Sorry if bad taste but I couldn't help it.

[@yenee94]

That is a very good model!! I had no idea it was made of flat wooden parts it looked very realistic

[@grahamsmith2022]

I'm pretty sure like with many other models and kits,the inaccuracies are due to practical and mechanical constraints of the material used and how the incredibly tiny pieces fit together and withstand handling, also the cost.It looks like a great effort by someone to craft a reasonably accurate kit.An interesting video,as always informative.

[@photospectrum3726]

Great raptor model and great Iguanadon animation!

[@germanshepherd2701]

My heart’s pounding. Finally a new addition to our collective fine collection of YDAW vids!!!

[@astroguy5364]

IVE BEEN BINGE WATCHING YDAW ALL DAY

[@manueldejesusrojassandi3919]

Aw yeah. Its starting

[@dinosaurdundeeog1462]

Random, unrelated comment, I did some thorough research and I may have "figured out" the niche of Dilophosaurus, based of it's spinosaur-like jaw and more conical teeth than other large early Jurassic preadators, I think dilophosaurus was pisciverous. As it's backward facing teeth and swooped jaw are common in pisciverous dinosaurs

[@8ballentertainment.885]

Ladies, gentlemen, and all other fellows of the world, we’re back

[@slumburger1145]

"We're Back: A (Your) Dinosaurs (are Wrong) Story"

[@zenandamadeusmenendez6372]

Awesome episode! I never realized velociraptor had such short feet. I'll be shore to remember that next time I draw it. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@timhyatt9185]

it was interesting to see how much more bird-like the model becomes with the corrections you discussed. I can see where some of the representations are limitations of the medium. Imagine how much more fiddly it would be if each bone were indeed represented; it's difficult enough to mount the actual skeletal remains, much less one crafted in another material...Some of your suggestions could probably be easily adapted into the patterning. (the breastplate and the hinge point on the mandible and modifications to the tail). Have to wonder if they'll produce a revised version..

[@UltimateVegetto]

LOVE the outro graphic. Such a cool little animation. PS: The shipping costs of the etsy store to Germany make me very sad. Two small products for about 30 bucks, just to get a delivery charge of about the same amount. =(

[@nittygritty7034]

Love the shelves so much

[@PaulJuser]

We have a Tinysaurus!! Your show is awesome!

[@themaximus144]

Hype! Excitement! Exchypement! Velociexhypment! Exchyperaptorment! Velociexchyperaptorment!

[@TheRunningLeopard]

So many episodes close together.

[@callmedavid9696]

New set up looks great! Glad you are back!

[@sataprescott7588]

What a delight! Thank you for continuing the show!

[@erincarter942]

Glad to see you back up, love watching your episodes.

[@yenee94]

OH MY GOD A NEW EPISODE

[@amberdamber7]

DUDE I am so glad you are back. And better than ever.

[@burgerzach]

I missed you guys so much! 💕

[@m_chupon5131]

Hey man, glad to see the show back up and running!

[@kamerlort]

Yay so glad to see this in my subscriptions!

[@dinosaurproductions7963]

YDAW is back, and its better than ever!

[@blackgumzz]

im so happy to see another episode i been waiting so long!!!

[@Waltham1892]

Reminds me of Sheldon Cooper and Fun with Flags, in a good way...

[@maxstringer4799]

I always enjoy your videos so much 🙂, thank you for all the awesome work you do!

[@TheDinoFeed]

These videos are great! Keep up the awesome work!

[@nathandupuis2565]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, these are so informative! That Iguanodon animation at the end was superb, you are very talented

[@kruggsmash]

I do not know how I ended up here, but I do love this!

[@PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

A wonderful review of an incredibly fine model.

[@panda1345]

I JUST FOUND THIS KZbin CHANEL. IM SO GLAD IT HAS ITS OWN AND STEVEN YOU FUCKING CHAMPION LOOK AT YOU. ALL IN YOUR SWEATER AND BEING SCIENCEY. KEEP IT GOING MATE!

[@katsisvi8097]

Can you look over the designs of the ARK: Survival Evolved dinosaurs?

[@CitySlicker34]

I don't think I have ever clicked on a video faster than I just did

[@jeffreygao3956]

My favorite Chinese/Mongolian dinosaur!

[@DanyalKhan-nz9lh]

Yay! Good work guys

[@darklordofsword]

Little trick, if you ever have to do a model like this again; you can remove the "I breathed and the parts blew away" problem by sticking the parts to a piece of masking tape.

[@carmelosaurus7480]

you guys really fixed my bad morning into a good one Thank you

[@herbhoover]

Just became a Patreon. Keep up the great work!

[@eddyb1467]

Your back!

[@koroshghanbarzadeh1360]

Great content. I would love to see more videos specifically on locomotion and physics of dinosaurs, more in-depth on morphology, and theories on lifestyle. Thank you!

[@theredlindworm732]

I just noticed some of the dinosaurs on the earth map in the background from older episodes look different in a way that fits the newer discoveries like how most sauropods could raise their necks now and something like the brontosaurus/apatosaurus (he has not clarified which it's meant to be) would hold its neck in between straight out and up in the sky

[@Ostermond]

ITS BACK!

[@marcgorter8651]

THERE'S A SEPARATE CHANNEL, NOW?! Oh yeah!

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

*[happy velociraptor noises]*

[@mathiastwp]

*[happy precambrian rock noises]*

[@nittygritty7034]

Omg the etsy shop

[@lawlesscalculator1263]

Whoa your thumb looks exactly like my big toe. That's amazing!

[@ruraldog2617]

im so happy 🎉🎉

[@julienhalleux8659]

Wow I was thinking ''it's so sad they don't make any ore video, not knowing you had a new channel, I'm here to stay now!

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

That's a tiny dinosaur.... one might say it's a micro raptor

[@meganlukemo]

I just found this episode long after watching the other and I love miniatures and they are completely sold out of everything and I am heartbroken 💔💔

[@stegotyranno4206]

you know what, you should advise all the dinosaur companies like papo and safari on their toys

[@Percy1800sDetective]

So we're not going to talk about the fact that it's plantigrade? Alright...

[@bettifunfar1362]

oh how I've miss this.

[@D.Jay.]

Yessss

[@mathiastwp]

You should do a YDAW episode of a map of Papua New Guinea, which I recently realized looks sort of like a legless Parasaurolophus. Good april fools video.

[@MBRSims]

I relate hard to Velociraptor's nasals

[@utahraptor4729874]

You should do Dino movie reviews.

[@WireMosasaur]

Velociraptor comes in a little glass dome

[@PyroRaptor1]

Cool

[@PastelStudios]

I got a little worried when I saw that dinosaur in a glass jar.

[@PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

Would love to see you review the Lego dinosaur fossil set when they become available.

[@ultimulcretin5795]

If it would not fit in the glass dome because the tail is too long all they had to do is make a larger dome

[@darkhumour741]

Pennywise shouting *OH I MISSED YOU* - thats me

[@carsonpidgeon5024]

*bolts through door panting and dieing* I HAD WORK IM LATE!

[@Bengy.]

I'll take it.

[@ccarroll8899]

888th like. Pretty cool man I'm really not sure how I came across the video but it was interesting. You can def work on not carrying on for so long you kinda start to lose me but over all its pretty cool dude keep it up

[@eypick6987]

Would you ever make a video on the moa or the elephant bird? Maybe the dodo? They *are* dinosaurs.

[@timothymclean]

Maybe you should send in a moa toy. I say you, because I don't know where to buy one.

[@themaximus144]

You sir. You have just made a very good point XD

[@Elios0000]

you know you could make full sizewood kit of Velociraptor id buy one

[@YourDinosaursAreWrong]

Not sure if it's quite what you're thinking of, but we do sell a Velociraptor model that Steven designed in our Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/728982156/velociraptor-wood-puzzle-model?ref=shop_home_active_3&pro=1&frs=1

[@thiagojorgehr4445n3]

Ceratosaurus.

[@TeethToothman]

🖤💀🖤

[@diogonunes1865]

Just a question that came to mind: So humans all those problems from walking on 2 legs because of all the bones on the feet, all the pressure the spine has to take, so did theropod dinosaurs have any similar problems due to walking on 2 legs? Or is there any fossil evidence of such injuries?

[@specific3600]

Diogo Nunes probably not; the evolution of theropods bipedalism was a lot simpler than ours; for starters their backs remained parallel to the ground as they walked, allowing them to have different adaptations to accommodate for balance (namely their tails). Since our bipedalism ended with our spines perpendicular to the ground (which also comes with caveats of its own), we ended up very top heavy and all of our balance functions had to be put into feet that weren’t initially adapted for balancing our weight. Hope that helps :)

[@catsonmeth1]

A lot of the problems we have now are less common in foragers. We don't walk much, and tend not to engage some of the big ass muscles used to stride. That makes it harder on us when we do walk, and that's compounded by our hard surfaces, which is why we need stiff, padded shoes, which causes other stresses in the foot and leg, etc.

[@IcyHalo]

Can you do an Episode on Iguanodon

[@cl0ckw0rker]

i wanted to ask, here on the new channel: are you going to do an episode. or even a mini-series, on the bone wars? cope is one of my favorite historical figures in paleontological history. and how much would we have to donate to get an episode on waterhouse hawkins?

[@tipi5586]

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[@greggougeon4422]

Hey isnt your iguanadon wrong now. We have the hoof. Of a edmontasarus. So dont you think your end video should change