What If Cryptids Were Realistic Animals?

[@longlethanh7780]

i love how the hoop snake is literally just a hoop snake with practically zero contrivance added in.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

Out of all these cryptids, hoop snakes are the least implausible.

[@Ami-jc2oo]

Our boi the hoop snake be like: *"Rolling Rolling Rolling--"*

[@alvianekka80]

They see me rolling

[@hunterkage2842]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj Keep telling yourself that if it helps you sleep at night 🐍🐍🐍

[@WhatDillionYT]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj i actually get happy when i find out about a cryptid that is not even near scientifically plausible there is just a charm and i love it

[@yidielsuarez]

I love that when Curios Archive calls an author he doesn’t say hello and just starts asking questions, truly a based interviewer

[@FishIronLung611]

Curious*

[@spino4247]

I just noticed lol 💀

[@tmlawson751]

Maybe he edits out the hello lol

[@thedango6890]

Based on what?

[@Gryphonzwing]

@@thedango6890 It is just a saying I have idea what it means but sounds kinda dumb to me. People say it and drives me nuts. I think it is meant to be a good thing. 😒

[@robwalsh9843]

Steve Alten, who wrote The Meg, also wrote a novel called The Loch. It's not a great novel, but he reimagined Nessie as a type of giant predator eel that migrates back and forth between the Sargasso Sea and inland freshwater habitats.

[@WhiteRose2002]

We have cryptid like that where I’m from, it’s supposedly a 6 meter long eel with black skin, we call it Cressie after the lake that it was sighted in Crescent Lake

[@dudotolivier6363]

"The Loch" is a good novel ! But it's true that he is an obscure one compared to the novel series The Meg. With several books, this latter franchise is very well known and popular ! Even more since the eponym movie adaptation (and a sequel is officially in production ! And if somebody here have read the books, you already known that we will likely have more than the Megalodon... 😉)

[@warriorbug35]

Rob it’s funny you mention those, I have read all of those, starting with reef of death, then Loch when I was in middle school, and the Meg in my teenage years, you are the first person I’ve ever seen or heard in my existence know of this, thank you, also sorry, I’m extremely intoxicated.

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@WhiteRose2002 Gamefreak should make a Zuiyo Maru monster into a pokemon perhapse a water ghost or dragon ghost type maybe a regional variant hydreigon or lapras or dragalge

[@austintrousdale2397]

I checked out of _Meg_ when one of the titular creatures ate a T. rex 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@TheCreativeNick]

This definitely deserves a part 2, I think it would be cool to cover even more cryptids like the Mothman.

[@rosetownstumpcity]

i would be happy with a part 5, 10, 20, etc. such a great video

[@patchyworx]

I want explanation of mothman

[@nickstav08]

@@patchyworx maybe like a giant bat species that evolved to live in the large cold caves of west virginina, that could also explain why it was seen around the bridge as bats are known to roost under them

[@patchyworx]

@@nickstav08 maybe, but eyes that large are difficult to explain for a land and air dwelling creature, also the antenna things would make very useless ears for a bat

[@nota13xxsweaponsupplier7]

@@patchyworx a very big owl

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Rhedosaurus being an original dinosaur and not a mutant really makes it's evolution a true mystery. Like how it evolved to be able to not get crushed by it's own weight and how it became able to roar.

[@robwalsh9843]

It looks less like a dinosaur and more like a related pseudosuchian reptile.

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

@@robwalsh9843 True. It looks more like it came from the paleozoic than the mesozoic.

[@godzilla_fan_13]

friendly reminder that both birds and crocodiles are able to produce open-mouth vocalizations, it's just very understudied.

[@mtreding]

What's that

[@godzilla_fan_13]

@@mtreding open-mouth vocalizations are just any sounds that are just what they say on the tin, such as roars.

[@WalkinStereotype]

I personally love to imagine that the idea for hoopsnakes came from a guy spooking a sidewinder on a steep desert hill, it tumbled a bit as it tried to get away, looking like a floppy loop at times, and the guy went “yeah, it meant to do that”

[@SeraphimCramer]

Are there sidewinders in the Americas? I thought they lived somewhere around Egypt?

[@hedgehog3180]

Isn't it literally one of those cryptids that were made up to make fun of those dumb enough to believe in them?

[@Shoyro]

I will love a second part for this, focused on more unknown cryptids like the Ropen. They're described as pterosaurs with glowing bellies and are strong enough to break into concrete coffins to feast on the human corpses within.

[@rosetownstumpcity]

i want a 5th, 10th, 20th part for this.... love this video

[@CoralReaper707]

that is wicked cool

[@KrisRN23935]

Ahh my favorite Cryptid.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Odd thing was the Van Meter Monster having similar abilities.

[@Shoyro]

@@dubuyajay9964 where is that one found? The Ropen Is found on New Guinea Island.

[@PaleoAnalysis]

Love your stuff CA! ❤️ I actually just started to dip my toes into the endless possibilities of Speculative Biology on my channel today! You're channel is actually a huge inspiration behind my decision to do this.

[@dr_schneeplstein2637]

bro seeing two of my favourite creators interacting is so cool

[@stoatsarebetterthanbeavers]

@@dr_schneeplstein2637 mood

[@leoornstein3963]

Hey, you are here!

[@bigmonke7661]

Was not expecting you here

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

Without the Cryptozoologicon, my YA horror series (Jackie and Craig) could never have happened. Thanks for covering, Archive. Hope this video goes far and wide 🐲

[@callumcooper2113]

Awesome stuff! What’s the premise??

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

@@callumcooper2113 Jackie and Craig is about two kids who find out Cryptids are real and set about hunting and killing them. Chupacabras are giant flightless bats, rods are airborne velvet worms, Mothmen are from another timeline in which armored fish, not tiktaalik, evolved into terrestrial animals, etc. The Cryptids are put into the background for the second book, but their presence is objective everywhere and evidence of them in meat and skins pervades the series. If you liked Cryptozoologicon, check it out!

[@Patch2112]

@@thoughtfuldevil6069 Sounds super interesting!

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

@@Patch2112 Thanks so much! They're available on Amazon if you feel like supporting me. Either way your kind thoughts are appreciated! Cheers 🤟

[@jacobjandoc9041]

@@thoughtfuldevil6069 curious archive should have done seashine

[@MrFish9117]

Video idea: A documentary about unkown Celtic myths from Scotland.

[@jimbojo-ik6bu]

I agree

[@GatesOfAvalon1]

7:13 This photo is setting off my primal fear responses badly. Props to the artist!

[@tommybohland3051]

This one and the bat ahool creature did that for me

[@carolynallisee2463]

4.40- CA said that the re-imagined Zuiyo Maru monster's tassels and strands would help camouflage it and hide it from predators, but there's another possibility, A lot of fish and sea creatures with this type of camo are hiding not from predators, but prey. In act, the cryptid painting reminds me of the Wobegong, a kind of shark that is flattened a bit like a ray or skate, and has s fringe of weed-like tendrils around it's face. It's an ambush predator, and blends in well with its surroundings. As for Zuiyo Maru, well, if it looks like a rotting carcase, perhaps it preys on scavengers!

[@Anon26535]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure eating scavengers was the idea. It's great because it actually gives a plausible justification for how it managed to survive while other plesiosaurs died out. Scavengers prospered in the post-apocalyptic wasteland after the asteroid impact so eating them would have allowed them to take advantage of the disaster.

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

@@Anon26535 Zuiyo Maru monster needs to become a pokemon Gamefreak should make it water ghost or dragon ghost regional variant of hydreigon or lapras or dragalge

[@sharondornhoff7563]

@@Anon26535 Kind of hard to maintain the ruse of being a corpse for long enough to fool your prey if you have to surface to breathe, though.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

IMO, unless you're going for the Gigantopithecus angle, the best speculative bigfoot lineage would be the Robust Australopithecines, because they're bipedal and part of the human lineage but also distinct and occupy a different niche, that could differentiate into a more bigfoot-like niche.

[@michaelmenei5403]

Agreed. That or as some takes on DeviantArt has shown a species of bear that evolved bipedalism or surviving ground sloths.

[@jonozoom]

I gotta say, you only make hits dude. This is such a great channel, I'm always excited for a new video. And I love how dedicated you are to helping artists spread their stories. Fantastic video, I love cryptids and I love speculative biology!

[@giovanninarvaez1407]

I like how the videos are like kinda taking a the spooky vibe for October. Maybe not intentionally, but it is very great.

[@heather_foreather]

Holy smoly youre that guy from pokemon 🤯🥶

[@cyrealism]

I think it's worth noting that orangutan, phonetically, can be translated as forest people (the actual spelling is a bit different) whereas orang pendek literally means short people in the Malay language. A small detail, but interesting to note!

[@austintrousdale2397]

_Homo_ _floresiensis_ : “Guys, I’m right *here* “ 😤

[@sargentgullible2794]

@@austintrousdale2397 Homo Floridansiensis wouldn't last long at all.

[@hrpang]

Man, now I wanna know if there's one for Yokai. Imagine a biological take on how Yokai can exist if they were real animals. A lot of them can work as candidates since some are animals turned yokai or resemble real life animals already.

[@felipecosta-kv2fx]

How would that justify onis or human made yokai, like ghosts?

[@SleepySloth2705]

@felipe costa I imagine a real Oni as a species of great ape whose horns and thick skin being the result of convergently evolving like rhinos

[@felipecosta-kv2fx]

@@SleepySloth2705 Interesting theory. What about ghosts?

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I mean I think you'd struggle for things like Tsukumogami, but what about Kappa or Tengu?

[@hrpang]

@@moritamikamikara3879 You could argue Tsukumogami are animals akin to Hermit Crabs. They find abandoned man-made objects to serve as camouflage and/or protection. Maybe they possess a certain degree of intelligence by being able to decorate their homes by painting on them, giving rise to the illusion of eyes and mouths to make their item of choice more imposing to potential predators.

[@captainidiot4301]

This is more interesting cause the guy is a proper scientist, so it feels more realistic and I love that.

[@historyreader37]

It would be cool if you could cover the chinese mythology creature record called the "山海经” or "records of mountain and sea" there are so many cool creatures in there.

[@athiefinthenight6894]

please

[@pendragon0905]

OH YES YES YES!

[@StoniTheOni]

Yeah... "Cool"... upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Shanhaijing_illustration_of_N%C3%BCwa.jpg

[@MilQuetoastMushrooM]

Awesome job making these cryptozoology videos dude, I love this kinda stuff and your one of the main persons I listen to on this topic !!!

[@raimonrossitto9705]

I like to think that the Chupacabra is actually a type of venomous vampire bat, but rather than flying it hops. It would have two fangs that inject a fast acting paralysis venom that would immobilize prey and then it's tongue which is similar to the humming bird's acts as a straw so the Chupacabra can drain the victim of it's blood. The Chupacabra may have some remnants of wings that it might use to glide short distances.

[@pennyforyourthots]

That was my first thought. Maybe some sort of giant bat that's lost the ability to fly, but can glide short distances and climbs trees or burrows to avoid detection.

[@raimonrossitto9705]

@@pennyforyourthots Same, but despite most depictions of the Chupacabra being hairless, I like to think it has fur that acts like owl feathers, as in dampens sound. Also, Chupacabra probably also probably uses echolocation and maybe has an infrared sense like snakes.

[@Reader999]

ironically enough, one of the depictions of the chupacabra that were made by witnesses accounts on a similar design with a medium size "bi-quadreped" like kangaroo + bat looking thing with a canine face and remnants of scales on the body. Pretty interesting.

[@demonique7424]

This is a fantastic video. I love your documentary style and true passion for speculative biology. Add cryptids and this is a true slice of heaven.

[@vde1846]

Hoop-snakes are actually the American version of a creature from Scandinavian and German folklore called lindorm/lindwurm. The German version is basically a wyvern, though sometimes without wings, but the Scandinavian version (also called hjulorm, manorm or ormkung) is almost exactly like a hoop-snake. They are said to live in burial mounds amongst linden trees, have a frill or mane behind their head, and can roll like wheels to chase after people or even split them in two. Sometimes they are the result of magic: either as an evil wizard who has turned himself into a king of snakes, or as a punishment for reckless and greedy people who have tried to use sorcery to gain wealth.

[@jacquelineking5783]

Might have gotten started by immigrants from that region. If one YT video I watched is accurate the largest ethnic background of Americans is German.

[@leeiif]

Imagine years from now we find out one of these creatures is real, and this book was actually an accurate description.

[@Phantryx]

A fun fact about the Wolpertinger: The Wolpertinger originated in Bavaria in Germany since after the Unification of Germany a lot of Tourists from Prussia came to visit. Because the local hunters wanted to fuck with the new guys, they started taking random parts of animals and putting them together, normally a rodent body with antlers as the most basic form, sometimes with duck feet or wings. A very funny and fascinating piece of history

[@joshprice4855]

I had a lot of meaningful things I wanted to comment but the Deloy's Ape 😧 looking face utterly wiped it from my mind. 10/10

[@erinkarp]

Omg it's so cool that they included the beast of gevaudan!

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

Honestly beast of Gevaudan just needs to be a pokemon maybe a dark, dark normal or dark fighting type pseudolegendary

[@richardbourton4523]

It’s such a cool cryptid, because it actually existed! Like, even if it was multiple animals, it was still real and the high drama and mystery of it is just so exciting.

[@fabriziobiancucci7702]

14:21 That stegosaurus should be even more than asteroid-proof... stegosaurids were already extinct almost 90 million years before the KT event😂

[@Raven-yk7lg]

Yea, they didn't get to the cretaceous period, quite unfortunate.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Also between stegosaurus and asteroid is 90 millions of years, and between asteroid and us "only" 66 millions of years.

[@namegoeshere5220]

And yet still, a stegosaurus somehow surviving its own extinction and then the global extinction to living on now millions of years seems less fantastical than what the dudes came up with to scientifically explain that creature. "Creature that once actually existed? Nah, unbelievable. They died off. Must be a car sized fish with stegosaurus features that can telepathically communicate with its spines and can move with flipper legs and breathe on land." Not hating but like I could understand maybe a species of crocodile that grew a bit larger and gained spikes for protection against hippos or something over a psychic type kaijuu mudskipper.

[@finnbakker]

@@Raven-yk7lg some did en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthodon

[@teathesilkwing7616]

There is some evidence that stegosaurids could have survived that late, but it is still very little. However, the youngest confirmed stegosaurid fossils are from like ~120 mya, or ~60 million years before the extinction, as opposed to 90

[@zhcultivator]

Please consider making speculative biology videos on Phoenixes, Three-legged crows and Qilins. How could realistic Qilin biology and Phoenix biology look like?

[@arshu_parshu1999]

Birds with spiky red and yellow feathers with nearly burning body temperature

[@cadenlikespigs]

Fresno Nightcrawlers are my favorite cryptids because of your video.

[@doorknob7420]

i love writing a book about speculating the biology of famous cryptids and then getting a phone call from someone named Curious Archive and them immediately starting asking me questions about the book without even saying hello or telling me how they got my number

[@cryoking5025]

I’ve done projects on myths before, and my friends occasionally say “What’s the point they aren’t real?” And my answer every time is, “What if they were?” In fact your videos have inspired me to get back into some of that, making more stuff on dragons, Loch Ness monster, etc… So thank you for the inspiration

[@RoRoGFoodie]

After seeing this there really isn't a way to describe how BADLY I wish Hoop Snakes were real. Shits hilariously rad.

[@teathesilkwing7616]

You can make them real. Learn genetic engineering and how to train snakes. Do God’s work. Make Him proud.

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

If it makes you feel any better, there is a species of spider that curls up into a ball to roll away from predators

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

Man this channel is great, introducing me to amazing speculative biology artists I would’ve never heard of. Thank you

[@purplehaze2358]

"Such terrors of the deep would certainly make swimming more nerve-wracking." Me, a thalassophobe: *Bold to assume it isn't already!*

[@mrreyes5004]

100% agreed. Just imagine that you are a scientist in a tiny one-man submarine steering through the pitch black abyss of the deep sea... and then a gigantic whale-sized shark with albino white skin slowly moves out of the darkness and locks on you in your vehicle. Hell naw, thank you very much.

[@solarflare4047]

Love how fast this channel is growing. Hope to produce a work that gets featured on here someday!

[@MontBlank88]

I just wanna say thanks for the dedication that goes into each video you post! I have a phobia of monkeys and apes so having sections on all your vids lets me enjoy thinking about all the 'what-ifs' without having nightmares 🥹

[@johncase1353]

Love how this team imagined everything just to be monkeys. Goatman, monkey, lost dinosaur, monkey offshoot, hoop snake, thin monkey, and Loch Ness Monkey, you better believe it's a monkey that has evolved to live underwater.

[@bigboy2281]

Return to monke

[@LilDragonkaijufan]

The Hoop Snakes give me that "Rollin, Rollin, Rollin" meme vibe.

[@uncanny_i3752]

Your channel is truly a blessing. I'm so glad I found this

[@gypsydanger1013]

I just found this channel and I am OBSESSED

[@rookbirdblues]

This is endlessly fascinating. What an amazing project!

[@hashly8521]

i would love if they did something similar with mythological creatures, although it would probably be much harder, it would be very cool!

[@SaurianStudios1207]

It’s quite interesting seeing a more scientific and speculative biological perspective from Darren Naish, John Conway etc. on cryptids. One thing I will say is that I’d argue that some of these cryptids do have a chance of actually existing despite what the cynical skeptics may say. Of course, we still can’t be 100% certain, as there is a lot of folklore and myth that surrounds these legendary creatures, but it’s not entirely impossible either for some (not all) of them to be real, undiscovered animals.

[@dudotolivier6363]

It's true ! They are both really and highly viable cryptids that could exist or have existed to a certain close point to us, and both the one who have zero chances either by being biologicaly unviable or being clearly mythical animals created by ancient people (such dragons).

[@Granad784]

They probably don't, with such big animals it is highly improbable that we would not already have some actual evidence

[@christinejones6065]

Thank You Very Much for Your interesting video pieces, I always look forward to them!☺️

[@TheBronJaime]

The description of the goat man is essentially what I’d see a dog man type creature being if they were real

[@benmcreynolds8581]

The Mongolian death worm 🪱 Would be such a crazy creature to actually have a real version of it exist.

[@trampoline11x]

There is one thing about crypto zoology I've concluded after years going back and forward to just how weird documented nature can be. The weird bit is not that XY exists or could exist. No, the weird part is learning what it does for a living. Sea spiders being my most recent favorite example.

[@saraseifert6005]

The Kelpie! That’s absolutely genius!

[@Goldtiger142003]

Cryptozoology can be the most unusual thing. When people come up with their own fantasy creatures, they try so hard to make them stand out. Cryptozoology though? IT'S A BIG MONKEY! IT'S A BIG BAT! Having a sort of template to start from gives the creators more creative restrictions, meaning that they'll come up with something that resembles the inspiration while not looking like what we expect. I "expect" a totally fictitious speculative fish to look like abstract art that even a museum wouldn't want, but I sure as hell didn't expect the Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu to be a big fish that just looks like a stegosaurus from a distance. Now THAT is creative thinking.

[@maxleroux]

My favourite cryptid is the Thunderbird, a legendary creature in Native American mythology said to create thunder by flapping its wings and lightning by flashing its eyes. Since there are already real animals able to generate their own bioelectricity, like the electric eel and catfish, it's not too far of a stretch that the same ability could evolve within another species. 🌩🦅

[@SeraphimCramer]

Bioelectricity isn't an effective weapon outside the water, though, since air doesn't conduct electricity nearly as well as water. It could potentially be a good defense mechanism if an organism could shock anything that touched it, but that's about the extent of its usefulness on land (& I don't know enough about electricity to say whether or not that might be more dangerous to the animal than its attacker with it being grounded on land). Realistically, a Thunderbird would likely be basically an enormous condor, but wouldn't possess any extraordinary abilities like bioelectricity.

[@austintrousdale2397]

@@SeraphimCramer Darth Sidious: “I find your lack of faith… IRONIC 💀”

[@julioalbertoherrera1339]

I think it may be an unknown large bird. Probably a surviving Teratorn.

[@estek02]

you know when koseman does something, that gonna be terribly realistic

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Hoop Snake, my beloved.

[@GreatAukEntertainment]

I need to get a copy of this book!

[@eotorpex2694]

We need another video like this

[@rhys1264]

Pleaasssee make a part 2 with Jersey Devil and Mothman!

[@Hannezia]

Just want to add that Hoop Snakes aren't a 17th century American thing. In Northern European folklore we have the Lindorm/Vitorm that date back to medieval times that sometimes is described as being able to roll as a wheel.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

When you mentioned about thinking of giant reptilian beasts....it was crocodiles I thought of. I love cryptids, and I am thrilled you showed the original Chupacabra.

[@ghostshirt1984]

Krakens are really giant squid and giant octopus!! I saw a small Kraken in the Seattle aquarium in a form of a giant Pacific octopus! I saw a model of a Kraken in a shape of a giant squid in a natural history museum.

[@juanisol8275]

The Cryptozoologicon 🤩👍 👽🛸🦖🦕☢️☣️ Waiting for a second Part and beyond!! ♥️👍

[@cyborgparrot1996]

I honestly hope that another Volume of this great book is made.

[@gaius9240]

I love this book so much. I really hope they do more ones like this

[@rosetownstumpcity]

this is a fascinating, great video. love it!

[@DSW79]

Hi! I love your videos! Please make a video about either Minecraft or Terraria - those two games have very interesting monsters.

[@NOTAUXIUM]

Agreed

[@muckyesyesindisguise3854]

Yes

[@Axol_N_Krimm]

I have the theory that someone millions of years before made a portal and pigs and mushrooms entered in it and thrived and evolved in the nether with the mushrooms as their source of food

[@nateberens5963]

Agreed

[@HippoEnjoyer]

Isn’t there a book on the physiology of Minecraft mobs? Can’t remember than name. Wasn’t it something like the mobporium or the mobopedia or something

[@Jqscys]

Big bats with monkey heads walking around the forest trying to pick up things with their bat wing hands would be really funny. Definitely the best one

[@cookedcandy3]

CA, never stop searching for these gems!! Also, I am dying for Cryptozoologicon vol 2.

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

This makes me curious about hoe the Loch Ness monster and other "lake pleciosaurs" are re-imagined in the _Cryptozoologicon_ ... are they snake-like fish or are they reptiles that became aquatic? Really cool stuff

[@raphlvlogs271]

Giant Mustelids could have existed in remote islands due to island gigantism

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

*Laughs in New Zealand Stoat's*

[@alvaronavarro4895]

Heeeey! My favourite creator's back :)

[@godzillabebravethetrexretu1381]

Id love to see more cryptids like the kasai rex and burrunjor as realistic animals

[@mrreyes5004]

I love the sheer range of how unique an animal can be in speculative biology. Some works have really complex and intriguing hypothetical creatures like the Arrowtongue (Darwin IV) which uses sonar and a murderous proboscis, and the Necromancer Bees (Codex Inversus) which utilizes complex energy signals to use dead animal bodies as mobile fortresses... and then there's just _HOOP SNAKE._

[@paleospino4956]

Brings me back too why I love dinosaurs so much. And animals in general really

[@bittersweet7145]

I'd like to see a speculative take on the Fresno Nightcrawler 😅🙂

[@beauciferous]

The hoop snake not being just a skinny armadillo was a missed chance lol

[@JabbarMuhammad-s5h]

This is a really good interesting concept about cryptid animals

[@shaderax_storm6165]

I have never heard of hoop snakes before! That is awesome, I'm stealing that for DND. One of my favourite cryptids, probably not very well known, is the dragon St Leonard killed. A priest fighting a dragon isnt unheard of, but the in depth description of the dragon is well worth a read.

[@SeraphimCramer]

That Chupacabra drawing is gonna give me nightmares.

[@complex314i]

Despite the hoop snake being a snake, the design of a creature that travels by rolling should have been based on a Goron.

[@Velan_141]

please make more of cryptid series curious archive !!! I love them

[@Salty.Peasants]

You should do a video on Cryptids with a small probability of being real; like Washington's Eagle (possibly now extinct but documented by a highly respected ornithologist), the marozi-mysterious-spotted-mountain-lion (possible hybrid felid), New Guinea Thylacine, giant Anacondas, Giant Spiders, etc.

[@OtonashiIo]

I love how they used convergent evolution for some of them, gotta wait for the Tsuchinoko one

[@benmcreynolds8581]

What if the myth around Bigfoot came from people in the past who suffered from "Werewolf syndrome" and were shunned by society and were forced to live feral in the wilderness because people didn't understand their medical conditions? Then add breeding and the possibilities of living feral in the woods over many generations.. it's just a random thought i had about the possible origin of the Bigfoot myth...

[@gnbman]

Thanks, Chills. Great video as always.

[@picolascage7953]

yo love the vids keep up the good work 👍

[@ironiccookies2320]

Let's be real here. Even if all known cryptids existed, we'd still make up even more cryptids

[@spacegolbfish]

Dang no flying rods, woulda liked to see their interpritation of that little critter!

[@Mr.W.Megalodon.]

They are actually covered in book

[@kubonsdl9609]

another epic video

[@nunyobidness2358]

* the Valley of Gwangi Oops, my bad... different equally awesome movie Dude, your research is spot on! Basking shark, brown hyena etc. Thanks for including facts when so many others strictly sensationalize for clicks. I approve 👍

[@colepatterson5772]

Could we please get another episode of monster hunter 🙏

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

God my love as a child for the "crypid hunters" book series and "The Secret Saturdays" have a close part of my life and i think are the huge factors that got me into speculative evolution. This is like homage for me. I need to pick this book up

[@fileoffish1403]

Was the cryptid hunters series the one where the two kids find a dinosaur in the jungle after falling out of a plane?

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

@Fileoffish yeah and there's uncle was a famous animal conversationalist who bestfriend daughter was their mom and he cloned her because she died and he was really petty AF. Yeah same book series

[@keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934]

Fascinating video!

[@treebush]

wth Chevrotain are soo interesting looking never knew animals like this existed. So many animals I wished i knew about

[@Skorpychan]

Damn, I bought this book a while ago and haven't read it yet. Time to remedy that. EDIT: I read it! Nice to see the video about it with some of the images brightened up a bit.

[@21stcenturystops59]

Gigachad Gorilla 1:47

[@CeratosaurL]

Rehdosaurus is my favorite kaju!!!

[@kirbgameing]

fun fact, some horses do take annual migrations through water... not that that makes them aquatic

[@aussieroadkill725]

something I find fascinating is the rep that cryptozoologists get, people tend to forget that cryptozoologists are the main people disproving cryptids. It's about researching unknown organisms, so when a weird mangled carcass shows up it is a cryptozoologist's job to make sure it's a known species. As species die out they become increasingly more rare, to me cryptozoology is about making sure we find these animals before they're gone. If we don't know about the existence of an animal we don't notice it disappear, we don't see it we don't research it we don't learn from it and we potentially erase a vital leg in a given ecosystem. I think the cryptid part of it gets a lot of focus, as well as individuals with potential agendas (eg some outspoken young-earth creationists, which if you're here you probably have heard of)

[@jointcerulean3350]

There needs to be more zoological expeditions to find Cryptid species of animals such as he thylacine in New Guinea, persisting dwarf land croc mekosuchus on New Guinea and it he r remote South Pacific islands, the urufere of the South American Amazon in Brazil likely a sebecid, and the gbahali of Liberia,

[@GUNUFofficial]

Hoop snakes are just a pokemon.

[@leonicle4473]

3:31 _Scratching_ the surface, heh. I get it

[@HappyMatt12345]

The thing about the Orang Pendek specifically that I really find fascinating and want to comment about is that they, or a being remarkably similar to what is described as the Orang Pendek anyway, actually existed in the same region where the legend originates at one point. For those of you who aren't as nerdy about worldwide folklore/cryptozoology as I am, the Orang Pendek is the Bigfoot of Indonesian folkore, and it's described as a short humanoid creature, roughly half of the height of a normal person, sometimes they're even described as having orange fur which is probably due to misidentified orangutan encounters. The thing that really interests me isn't the legend itself, it's the fact that a similar creature exists in the fossil record in that region. Has anyone ever heard of a fossilized hominid specimen found on the island of Flores, Indonesia named Homo Floresiensis? It's often dubbed "The Hobbit" because of it's most striking characteristic: It's small size. The living creature would have stood just over three feet tall. There's evidence that they may have used tools and survived as long as 100k years ago which means they'd have encountered modern humans when they colonized Wallacea before ultimately being driven extinct by competition with us, just as basically every other hominid was. The reason this is so cool to me is because, even though H. Floresiensis is DEFINITELY extinct, it's a tangible parallel to what is described as the Orang Pendek, and it's entirely possible that the ancestors of the native population of Indonesia would have encountered them when they first arrived on the island of Flores and presumably other islands in Wallacea where similar fossils have been found, and since humans have an incredible ability to keep information around for future generations, the original stories of the encounters and possible confrontations between humans and H. Floresiensis could have been retold through the generations and inspired the legend of Orang Pendek and similar legends in surrounding places.

[@teathesilkwing7616]

It’s also possible that people found the bones of florensiensis and then were like “that dude is short” and then the cryptid came from there

[@rivelinorahmadyanirawanpra1469]

7:42 Thats a big doug