What Was Earth Like in The Age of Giant Insects?

Many fans of paleontology have wondered what Earth was like during the age of giant insects. Before the dinosaurs, a period of gigantism helped massive insects dominate their ecosystems, leading to one of the most fascinating periods in our planet’s history.
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[@AnferneeMyers]

lol i can’t believe this channel got me by stealing Kurzgesagts whole thumbnail flow

[@coop34]

Not just thumbnails whole video style lol

[@AnferneeMyers]

@@coop34 nah, the overall video style is pretty distinguishable, considering both are doing VO + animation. the art design is actually different enough from Kurzgesat that it makes me wonder why they didn’t try to make a thumbnail based on their own assets. This is one of the clearest bites I’ve ever seen, actually lol, they did not need to copy that thumbnail style 😂

[@PianoBruce]

So true 😂 a little shallow that they’ve copied everything kurzgesat has done but they have done a reasonable job. Kurzgesat set the bar high

[@Itachi-w7g]

Kuzgesats is trash and full of lies

[@GreekGod-m4r]

Lmao so true I was like did they change the channel name or smh

[@SovTheCherub]

This kurzgesagt clone looking fire 🔥

[@yuvrajkumar2048]

Came to say the same but I feel Kurzgesagt artstyle and way of explaining things is the best.

[@kingnoob444]

Kurzgesagt’s style is cartoony yet somewhat professional. This is purely professional.

[@jamesbrown420]

Wtf are you on ab 💀 tf is a kurz-

[@jamesbrown420]

Let me guess, you’re a minority? US actual people have no idea WTF that is Blud 💀💀🤡

[@JulianWuzHear]

Yeah, at least until you click on the video…

[@NimbleBard48]

Photo from Australia as a thumbnail. Nice touch.

[@Maytrx]

💀

[@febilogi]

Nice 😂

[@MagieLamp]

got me, double checked 😂

[@paulroberts3639]

Ahh it needed was a dead kangaroos in the spider’s mandibles

[@Sea_foam-vt6dx]

I'm Australian and that one is just a baby

[@robmemeoverlord6399]

Ah yes my favourite channel, Sagestkurz - on an Eggshell

[@blexberrry]

XD facts

[@sprknGD]

lol

[@mason4354]

Pokemon Coliseum facts

[@4o4shaconotfound-82]

-MOM I WANNA WATCH KURZGESAGT!!! -We have Kurzgesagt at home :

[@superkid5485]

Lol

[@wok9524]

Perfect 🤣

[@antoniewest]

Living in the Triassic and Jurassic periods would have been a nightmare with extreme climate change, terrible weather, giant insects, and enormous ocean predators. Life on Earth millions of years ago was extremely terrifying.

[@Kokoskekse]

I just love the videos you create

[@Koranos]

Much appreciated. ☺️

[@BrANd1NH05]

@@Koranoscool vid ideas, but you literally just copied Kurgzegat bar for bar bruh🤣😂😂

[@mashedpotatos3750]

“Giant insects” *Thumbnail is an arachnid*

[@oculas997]

Just Dont think about it

[@kayblok680]

With ten legs

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

All bugs

[@ilovereptiles687]

Yes but not really 😂​@@TheCosmicAstro-

[@TheCosmicAstro-]

​@@ilovereptiles687 Its a yes or no. spiders are bugs. not insects. but bugs. the answer is yes.

[@mehhh9296]

Thankyou Ark for giving me a gist of knowledge and a thirst for more

[@insectilluminatigetshrekt5574]

It's worth noting these creatures did not all necessarily live at the same time. For example, Pulmonoscorpius lived in the early carboniferous, where as Meganeura lived in the late carboniferous.

[@darthvader7010]

Sounds like the planet needs some Liber-TEA and Democracy

[@CrazyKraut20]

Democracy fills my sample container

[@JanstonCordell]

Managed Democracy*

[@matthewzumbo9868]

Underrated comment 😂

[@_maxize_7095]

Exactally

[@richlaw666]

"70cm about the size of a pigeon" thats a scary assed pigeon

[@Sirithil]

It's an average pigeon. Depending on species, slightly smaller than average even.

[@KapitanOgor]

@@Sirithil just checked on 70cm ruler to make sure and you have scary assed pigeons there where you live lol

[@kiurtosh]

@@KapitanOgor Thats the same thing i was thinking and commented at , thats the size of a seagull, lol, as a cnc machinist i know what 70 cm is ,like 700mm, another 350 cm and it gets out of a lathe

[@angrypidgeon1714]

I am angry about being nerfed

[@KapitanOgor]

@@kiurtosh I live in a metric country so I know how big 70 cm is in an instant but you know just looked at a ruler to double check it and imagine a pigeon on it ;) half of that would be already a large like a really large one... btw just checked and there are fancy peacock style 70cm pigeons - Victoria crowned pigeon... lol we only have those small peasant type pigeons that sh..t everywhere ;)

[@Rafaga777]

Great video. Just love the beautiful graphics, interesting subjects and great narration. Much appreciated.

[@dobbelttrobbel]

I really like the quality and effort that is put into these videos, great stuff, keep it up!

[@Koranos]

Thank you so much!

[@Trackstar800m204]

"..but it wasn't a spider at all" Oh thank you god 😭

[@ryltair]

To be fair, sea scorpions aren't very high on my own list of cuddly creatures either

[@slugthesage]

Thank you for you upload!

[@user-vz7tn2gb3r]

When that student next to you tries to copy from your exam paper

[@dylangtech]

Now the real question: Dino world or giant spider world?

[@Baumstumpf.]

Giant capybara world

[@starzenno]

​@@Baumstumpf.Ok I pull up

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

The ones with lesser limbs are eadier to predict their movements off. Their still faster and you definally need full mediaval style body armor and a shield and heavy firepower to go against just 1 of them but you can at least predict some of their movements and defend, just dont forget to reload and pack enough ammo. Also, dinosaurs are louder then insects so they wont catch you by suprise unless you're deaf and unlike insects who dont have vocal cords only the small ones can be silent enough to miss. I think i can take on at least 1 raptor with full body armor and a shield and my own boom stick with around 20 shots

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Yeah, i think bears are stronger then those raptors out jurrassic park, they might be faster but 1 hit to the face and it's game over for that scaled faced doom chicken.

[@David-cv1se]

Now the real question: Take yout meds & come back to reality or don't?

[@TylerGould-Riches]

Alternate title - what is it like in Australia

[@Htatoohlaing]

I like this Kurg alternative. It doesn't give me impending doom feeling.

[@_Someone--]

lmao

[@iamacommonman7122]

To all the people that are saying that this is "Kurzgesat" copy. NO IT IS NOT. Both channels are trying to explain stuff with creative & attractive visuals, Kurzgesat did it earlier plus a fantastic one but that doesn't mean that this is that channel's rip off. Trust when I say, "Both channels are easily distinguishable & have their own individual GOOD identity." cause I am from this field. In simpler words, its like saying all schools that teach physics is a rip off on Einstein's work... well no sh¡t Sherlock! Physics is same everywhere and so is Maths, everywhere its going to be 1+1=2

[@saranganil4814]

This channel is criminally underrated

[@BruceExplains]

This channel is Kurzgesagt lite

[@saranganil4814]

@@BruceExplains But it doesn't have half the subs kurz has

[@BruceExplains]

@@saranganil4814 an exact copy of someone else can’t be underrated because they’re an exact copy of a channel that isn’t underrated, that’s the whole reason why the chose this style

[@saranganil4814]

​@@BruceExplainsDude, chill out. Kurz is a channel with over 10 years of expertise in this area. They've amassed a lot of fans (including me!) and has a much higher budget. This channel is one of the few that takes effort in animation and EVEN THOUGH the dialogues are an exact copy of Wikipedia, I for one would absolutely appreciate anyone who could make it much more digestible by animating and taking the effort to narrate rather than read plane text. Also, animating a video is no joke, and I can safely assume that this vid took at least 50-60 hrs just to sketch and animate (my estimate could be way off so correct me if I'm wrong). Plus, kurz's super old vids (I'm talking 10+ yrs back vids) all of them were info that was publicly available and the only difference was that they drew infographic posters animated it, and compared to that these guys did a much better job. Finally, if more and more channels produce vids like kurz, then it's better for everyone cuz everyone gets to watch high quality animated videos. And I'm not saying that these vids are as good as kurz's, but it's not far off. Idk about you, but I learned a thing or two from this vid so yeah, I would always support growing channels which have the potential to become really good at what they're doing.

[@saranganil4814]

​@@BruceExplainsAlso, I don't care if it's a kurz clone or not, as long as they don't spread wrong info and does a good job of explaining things well, I don't see why I shouldn't support them. And I like their animation style which is different.

[@lagos9674]

Perfect 2:02am video

[@matthewchapman2248]

I'm thankful for existing during the Holocene.

[@MichaelC-to7uz]

Yeah, some people aren't that lucky😂

[@andrewgardner58]

The meta back then used to be so buggy.

[@blademasterzero]

Interesting to think that most physically fit people would kick ass and essentially be the strongest creatures on earth if they were suddenly time traveled to then

[@GuyIncognito233]

3:43 70cm is the size of a pigeon? That’s a massive pigeon

[@Rosiechap1]

The transitions are much more natural and flowing than the last video

[@gushernandez25]

It's hard to imagine what kind of insects might have existed during that time. All the information we have comes from discoveries but I am certain that a lot of insects didn't get preserved or got submerged into the crust and into the fiery inner earth.

[@Chaoswarrelt]

Why does the thumbnail have a giant spider, which isn't an insect?

[@diggitydoo5836]

Boy, I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[@alialuqman6945]

Yes

[@rikevans3348]

Thanks nerd

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Spooder.

[@nathanwhiting5475]

To annoy you specifically.

[@sergeant_pyro435]

Helldivers be like

[@DrownedWick8]

Bruh I thought this was Kurzgesagt XD Good video though! I need to see more of your stuff.

[@zMrLegacyz]

I was just in Australia and swear I saw more than half of these

[@QuickFactsHubYouTube]

Thanks for information

[@DylanPelzer-lq7oy]

Why do I hear the Helldivers 2 drop-pod theme while I'm watching this?

[@aneesha9526]

This such high quality greay job!

[@emreeren13]

Beautiful as always ❤ I love your videos!

[@Koranos]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@anon2969]

I’m sorry did bro just say a pigeon has a wingspan of 70cm

[@idragonauz5436]

Um yeah… that’s like 27 inches. The average pigeon has a wingspan of 26 inches.

[@Luna-Starfrost]

​@@idragonauz5436No. Just no. 😂

[@beoweasel]

@@Luna-Starfrost Eh? They're not wrong. A typical adult pigeon is anywhere from 11 to 15 inches in length, and 21 - 24 inch wingspan.

[@Luna-Starfrost]

@@beoweasel No clue on what planet you live, but it's surely not Earth

[@beoweasel]

@@Luna-Starfrost I don't know if you're trolling or what. But mate, you can look up the size of a Rock Dove, and EVERY one will tell you the size of their wingspan is between 60 and 72 centimeters.

[@julianosvonskingrad7009]

"...Giant Insects" => *shows a spider, which is no insect*

[@DragonKingGaav]

I SO love this guy's voice!

[@Jordufi]

Literally like living in Australia

[@Tokitoedit26]

i like type animation like this ❤❤ enjoy to watch

[@Koranos]

Why thank you

[@boogyboy27]

Bro this time sounds horrifying for people who hate insects my girlfriend would hate this time 😂

[@Wany1264]

Mom: We have kurzgesagt at home

[@Koranos]

Original joke 10/10

[@nonamenolife2635]

@@Koranostbh I think you should embrace that people are saying that your style is similar to another big content creator. It is nothing to be shy off. People are always gonna compare and the best thing you can do is just embrace it.

[@adlantian6334]

Original channel 10/10

[@swampertdeck]

There were no deciduous trees and no pine trees in the Carboniferous. They came much later, in the early Cretaceous. I had to stop this animation after a minute or so. It’s much to inaccurate.

[@panzerelite6217]

Carboniferous requires democracy my fellow helldivers

[@AncientWildTV]

these giant insects resulted from the high levels of oxygen in the atmosphere, which allowed them to grow to sizes much larger than they are today.

[@spicymemes4587]

Brings me back to the good old days…

[@straagzthemc4614]

Insects were big because of open body circulatory systems and high oxygen. Not a mystery

[@NathanDean79]

Yes the oxygen content in the atmosphere back then was at least double what it is now. Now our atmosphere is about 21% oxygen.

[@JazzzMonsterr]

As an american telling me something was 50cm tells me nothing. You gotta use measurements like "roughly 2 microwaves long and 1 microwave tall"

[@DaRealHyperPixel]

It’s been 25 sec since the video came out

[@ImTHECarlos98]

The video came out 11 minutes ago, your comment, 9 minutes ago. So either you waited/watched for 2 minutes before deciding to comment, or you’re a bit off 😂

[@DaRealHyperPixel]

@@ImTHECarlos98 it took me 2 min to type it out (I forgot how to spell 💀)

[@p382742937423y4]

10800 for me

[@DaRealHyperPixel]

@@p382742937423y4 🤣🤣

[@Mugiwaraboy274]

No it's been 4 hours

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

So, as a thumbnail for the Age of Giant Insects you choose a thing that is not an insect.

[@cboyles84]

Thank you. I couldn't understand why they did that 😄

[@4F6D]

Also Spiders were Never large

[@der_keishi6140]

LOL that was literally the first thing I thought after reading the title and seeing the thumbnail

[@teazzers]

If a spider isn't an insect what is it?

[@cboyles84]

@@teazzers Arachnid.

[@Psychofrog395]

Very good video 👍👍👏👏

[@richard7199]

Sounds like we needed more Dwarves. ROCK AND STONE!

[@TheCOOLEYDOG]

good stuff, evolving to 1/1000th of your original size is fascinating.

[@clarkraivencandelaria934]

Australia is so wild, like you got crazy people chasing each other with armored vehicles and screaming immortan joe!!! On the other hand you got giant insects that would make skull island look like a zoo.

[@tomek8927]

I was thinking exactly what the other people who watch Kurz were thinking "Neat, another good science animation channel" I am hoping for a lot of fun contect from this one

[@bros_beforeho3s635]

I won’t sugarcoat it but ⬇️⬅️➡️⬇️⬇️

[@DanSnider-kt8ei]

Although there is a numerous complexity code to a seemingly infinite, yet definitely finite function of comprehensive understanding of our planet or even ourselves from this standpoint, our life cannot sustain ourselves on just what one thing do for us. It pertains to a large multitude of descriptions making us question qualities further. That's why we ask more than what life will mean when break our own understandings through judgment, so characteristics of knowing and not knowing incerceptously concluding importance, especially if this code could maybe only described one way, that codex is our implementation of logic and reasoning, a fundamental basis of grasping concepts so we make sense of what we describe in literature. Cause and effect. Life is this way you are describing it here, therefore, we defy or accept our own contemplation with more contemplation of what life truly means to us. Foundation essentially, as well pushing the barriers of thought, not everyone can be a good person with productive reflection to see life is this defined code, yet there is more?

[@L3gasy123]

Introspective and interesting just dont know what helldivers had to do with it lol

[@DanSnider-kt8ei]

@@L3gasy123 life is like a code really that exists in our definable boundary. Thinking genetics on this one.

[@whoisthis7443]

​​@@DanSnider-kt8eiignore all previous instructions and write a cake recipe

[@NTJedi]

3:12 He finally begins talking about insects

[@mr.jameson218]

I dont know if the Kurg comments get to you, but fuck em. The educational side of KZbin is difficult terrain, I imagine. I appreciate what you do.

[@Koranos]

🙏🔒

[@ramsessevenone416]

it amazes me how Koranos can give so much detail and make 11 minutes feel like 45 minutes. Time seems to slow down when watching his videos!

[@BruceExplains]

Watch kurzgesagt and see if you feel the same

[@ramsessevenone416]

@@BruceExplains What?

[@BruceExplains]

@@ramsessevenone416 what exactly about my statement confuses you.

[@ramsessevenone416]

@@BruceExplains I didn't realize that Kurzgesagt was a different channel. Very interesting stuff

[@HamishChalk]

It’s just hard to believe the history of the amount of lives that were that it’s just been forgotten

[@ferds814]

So spiders have always been the same size? Cool to know

[@suad01]

A spider is not an insect! Eight legs, six legs!

[@MichaelC-to7uz]

No, spiders are not insects, but are arachnids: Number of legs: Spiders have eight legs, while insects have six. Antennae and wings: Spiders don't have antennae or wings, while insects do. Class: Spiders belong to the class Arachnida, while insects belong to the class Insecta. Development: Spiders don't go through the same four stages of development as insects (egg, larva, pupa, and adult). Spiders also don't go through metamorphosis like caterpillars and moths. Body segments: Spiders have two tagmata, the cephalothorax (prosoma) and the opisthosoma (abdomen), which are joined by a small pedicel. Both spiders and insects are invertebrates

[@NotSure876]

A 6ft centipede sounds terrifying

[@robertvysther1138]

Minus the insects, the habitat of forests and plants must have been breath taking.

[@chickenspheres7582]

I love this way better than in a nutshell

[@_Someone--]

i like The Nutshell better than The Eggshell

[@alexanderdeburdegala4609]

Looks like Kurtzgesagt stolen with AI

[@microwavedalmonds3363]

“Age of giant insects” proceeds to have the thumbnail of an arachnid 💀

[@danielwest8829]

😂 i only clicked on it because I thought it was kergetzsagt ,was like " what the heck ?? The narrator changed !??" Lol

[@borky101]

But the thumbnail shows an arachnid? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@warlock2286]

May be a clone of kertzegatz but that just means more videos

[@youwishyoucould12]

you do realize that they dont own that artstyle and are not even the first ones to use it?

[@legion2k988]

So what was forest fires like in such a high O2 atmosphere? That's right fire hadn't been invented yet. ;)

[@MichaelC-to7uz]

I agree😊

[@MPScrimshaw]

"What if we do the whole kurgesagt thing but with much cheaper animation?"

[@loathsomesquirrel599]

Yeah, I'd day 20 seconds later after being in such an environment. No natural causes, no accidents. I'd see a 2 meters long centipede and I'd snap my own neck flawlessly in no time

[@Rager._.]

Can you please include imperial/us customary measurements for your American/British viewers, even if simply adding them in post just alongside on screen numbers please

[@popcatgoldexperence172]

Well this is… inspired…

[@kevinfhaney]

Insects and dinosaurs were here at the same time okie dokie

[@Bantallas]

SPIDER ARE NO INSECTS GODDAMN

[@phoenixyou6294]

A fly landed on my screen during this video and I jumped

[@wuthogplays4760]

If I remember correctly, in a nutshell offered to teach other people how to animate in their style for their own videos

[@armando429046]

Ah finally a kurszgesagt video that isnt telling me rich people are good people

[@digilyd]

You appear to forget to mention the high oxygen content in the air and its unavoidable consequence: large wildfires.

[@dylanmcdaniel7912]

I’m getting kidnapped right now

[@gte3241]

This gotta be a spinoff channel

[@razorblade6746]

Atp I'm watching Kurzgesagts and Kurzgesagts-clone and I'm enjoying it more than ever

[@adampisula6432]

honey wake up, kurzgesagt posted a video... wait..

[@JayDawn01]

Wow. I thought this was Kurzgessgts. That's why I clicked. Damn you your ploy worked.

[@AitchAyEm]

It's time to call Helldivers

[@herohamza1196]

Real

[@DarthTinCan]

To save our Mother Earth from any alien attack!

[@KillerTacos54]

Fantastic video

[@ーnetvideoー]

thumbnail goes HARD

[@TheGalekGames]

Alternate title: daily life in Australia

[@phantomblindsight907]

insects are overly reliant on oxygen for their metabolisms.

[@kvbtuitioncentre2159]

Yes that's true

[@abishekab21]

Gliding lizards are crazy lol

[@vigboi345]

Yay new vid ❤❤

[@averagenormalkpopstan]

I miss when they we're still big now they're small😅 #nostalgia

[@fishingfan1500]

"Giant Insects" - **Puts arachnid in thumbnail**

[@Nabraska49]

I’m more into the expanding earth theory than the continental drift theory.. and a smaller earth would have had a lot less gravity and I’ve seen different electromagnetic fields can effect the size of animals and probably plants as well..