Nothing says nightmare fuel like a giraffe sized pterosaur with a good vertical jump
if you’re ever at the Chicago Field Museum, they have some full size statues of these things. you really need to stand next to one to get a sense of just how uncomfortably massive they are
Kudos on being educational and NOT boring. I have guardianship over my niece and nephew for the next couple weeks and I wanted to find a few channels for them to watch but a lot of these dinosaur channels have 1h-2h long videos that are all fluff with no meat and the person talking makes me want to exit out the nearest window just so I can feel something. So, truly, good job.
Its really amazing to me how alligators/crocs have been roughly unchanged for millions of years and survived all these extinction events. They are truly one of natures perfect designs.
I will always say this; Hatzegopteryx and it’s cousin Quetzalcoatlus would make fantastic horror monsters in a horror game or movie setting, especially if it’s in a forest.
8:16 imagine being maulled by a funkopop whose body looks like a cooked chicken with wings
I'll never forget how confused I was when I saw those huge things gobbling up a Sauropod on a Discovery show back when I was a kid. I was genuinely baffled seeing how FREAKING MASSIVE these monsters were.
I like the spongebob thumbnail, it's the funniest one so far.
this part of Europe is spooky without question a flying creature the size of a small jet the height of giraffe and the wieght of a grizzly bear a big head the size of a horse body.. the dinosaur world is a beautiful nightmare
"The lack of food." This is why the possible extinction of honeybees is absolutely terrifying. Colony hive collapse needs WAY more attention that it's getting.
I was visiting a zoo in san diego a while back and there were a ton of little baby ducks in a pond just seimming around being adorable. Out of nowhere, a blue heron slaps into the pond, grabs one, shakes its head to snap the ducks neck, points his head in the air and swallowed it whole, and flaps back into the air. Thats how i picture these things eating tiny dinosaurs. Absolutely terrifying
I just can’t wrap my head around those giant pterosaurs. Of all the bizarre creatures I’ve learned about, past or present, I think they take the cake. Terrifying.
"Stand proud, you are delicious." - Hatzegopteryx to the mini dinosaurs, probably
We’re used to seeing huge theropods and sauropods, but seeing giant pterosaurs tower over them is just unnerving in a terrifying way.
This would make a fantastic Jurassic Park one-off movie. Sailors going missing, fishing boats being attacked by flying monsters. Researchers trace them back to a tiny island between Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna, where they find pygmy dinos ruled by giant pterosaurs. Could say they came from Isla Sorna sometime during the second and third movie. Maybe from that birdcage they left open during the third.
7:44 Quetzalcoatlus: Oh hey you are almost as big as me Giraffe: Cool awkward silence Giraffe: Down for some chess? Quetzalcoatlus: Bet
Ahh yes. Tropical fruits, pleasant weather, awesome friend-sized dinosaurs, and giant flying carnivores that you'd need anti-aircraft cannons to deal with! What a deal, can't wait to book my vacation in Hateg Island!
11:43 bro this promo setup is crazy
I actually feel bad for the dinosaurs of Hateg Island. One day you could just be grazing with your family in a clearing, and then one these monsters walk up to you menacingly, gobbles up your friend and leaves. These monsters were literally unchallenged tyrants.
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