The biggest turtle ever described wasn’t an ancestor of today’s leatherback turtles or any other living sea turtles. But it looks like there are some things about being a giant, skin-shelled sea turtle that just work, no matter where, or when, you lived.
Thanks to Ceri Thomas (nixillustration.com/), Nobu Tamura (spinops.blogspot.com/), and Dmitry Bogdanov for allowing us to use their excellent paleoart in this video!
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What about Nile soft shelled turtles?
Another unnecessary change by the devs. Come on guys!
I like the information about where the fossils are being found in relation to the indigenous people who live/lived there.
I like turtles We need to monitor beaches for a turtle nest so that conservationist can prevent to rest from donking around and hurting the eggs
I like turtles
I love that PBS Eons recognizes and mentions the Indigenous peoples whose land many discoveries are found on, but I think it would be even more awesome if the shout out was made at the beginning of the video! :)
i love this videos thanks all incredible profissionals from this chanel
Please do a video about the evolution of legless lizards like the sheltopusik.
Always great videos coming from Eons.
CLIMATE CHANGE! All those damn suvs of the Cretaceous.
Thanks for adding a statement of recognition at the end of the video to address indigenous people!
Pennywise disliked the video
I hope that they make a episode about diplocalus or as I like to refer to it as fluffy the boomerang head
So giant sea turtles arent back? Thanks for the clickbait. You bought yourself a thumbs down!
Could you do one on when birds first sang?
It was great to watch! I dream of ever having the same audience on my channel as you do. I would be honored if you would come over to see me on the channel and rate any of the videos! :)
So 15% survived the first extinction, of that 15% you have to eliminate 75%, of what you have left, eliminate 95% again, of that rest eliminate 80% again, of that rest eliminate 76% again .... tell me if your evolution math makes sense?
So... no evolution for turtles ... they only appeared because they magically appeared.... nice...🤣🤣🤣
@John Thumble don't worry, I understand perfectly why your education is so mediocre
@John Thumble ok .. late Ordovician, 85% of all animals are eliminated ... 66 million years and a second extinction , of the 15% that survived the first this time 75% are eliminated, 349 million years later it is eliminated 95% again of all the animals on the planet, ... 50 million years and of that only 5% survived in Permian, 80% in the Jurassic disappeared... another extinction and another extinction ... can you tell me if the animals had accelerated growth in evolution ... because you are playing with several extinctions starting from the first one that only left 15% ...
@John Thumble please, you don't have to cry
@John Thumble So 15% survived the first extinction, of that 15% you have to eliminate 75%, of what you have left, eliminate 95% again, of that rest eliminate 80% again, of that rest eliminate 76% again .... tell me if your evolution math makes sense?
@Aeshma oh you're a canaderpian...now I understand why you're so slow ..
Question: why do they refer to the circular bones as “ossicles” and not “scutes?” An ossicle is just any small bone, so why not be more specific? Are those bones not considered scutes?
So there IS hope for this world? Awesome!
Don't diss turtle speed. They go way faster than you expect. Tortoises are pretty slow though...
Tortoise
Tortoise ≠ turtle
My favourite part is when he *didn't* go "Know what's more badass than the Archelon? THE NEW FREE CHAMPION IN RAID SHADOW LEGENDS"
Return to turtul
I'm waiting for cimolesta episode
I notice there is lots of great art PBS Eons use. I assume you work alongside the artists & have their permission as I cant see anywhere that notes the creators of the many forms of art you use?
Suggestion:ediacaran
love the turtle videos
Where's Steve?
I would love to have a couple in my salt water aquarium. 👍
Suggestion for an episode, when/how did hearing develop?
We love a channel who speaks on indigenous respect
HI PATRICK, YOU'RE AWESOME!!!
Asking again for a closer look at the former "prosauropods" and how we think they're actually related now. Or, perhaps, a rundown on all major prehistoric aquatic reptiles (including whatever Nothosaurus was, or mostly just Nothosaurus).
!!!!!!CONVERGENT EVOLUTION!!!!!!
Another great video.
Thank you for the funnies! :)
WhY DiD EarTh cOPy ark SrVIvaL11!!1!!1!!1!1!1!1!!1😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠🤬🤬😠🤬😠
Archelon's outline in 0:22 looks like the adamantoise in ff4
*I like turtles.*
I don’t get it
i thought they came back from extinction :( thats y i clicked on the video
May be megalodon was specialised to prey on such turtles and giants prehistoric seals. With his food source extinct, so did megalodon.
Thank you convergent evolution
I miss Steve :(
It's not a TURTLE!!!
@nineball039 i can't tell you
What is it then?
I like turtles
i love this dude
Are these turtles big enough to ride?
How about an episode on the extinct Bluebuck antelope? I feel like there aren’t many high quality videos about this extinct species. You could relate it too how we can determine the genetic relationships of extinct animals with living species.
I dont even believe in sea turtles
(Please don't drink seawater)
they are there, trust me, this is just a testing time on your faith, drink seawater to help
Have faith in the turtles, the turtles won’t let you down.
I bet crush from finding Nemo would have said Right on dude you rock bro
Interesting. Thank you.
Giant turt.
🐢
BACK???!!
1200 meters is a long way to dive.
the tully monster transition is actually really cool props to the editor
it's turtles all the way down
turtally XD
where do i know this actor from?
I would love a video following every ancestor or possible ancestor of humans to show, in a straight-ish "line," how we grew from prokaryotes to what we are now, with each step in between.
For giant leatherbacks still around visit Galibi, Suriname. You can observe them nesting at night. Just make sure you visit during the nesting period (obviously)
wow! its almost as if the climate changes
I love watching the show it makes me feel like a kid all over again
Fun fact baby sea turtles shells are really soft, kinda like thin leather gloves... also sea eagles eat all of a baby sea turtle except the shell...
@Boras Raven I assume, that would be a no.
Lol sure the same way bald eagle is another name for seagull too.
I assume “sea eagles” is another name for “seagulls”.
"Body plans that just work" ah yes like crabs
Bring back the pbs eons shirt with the pocket. I wasn't a fan and had no money at the time! Also 10 bucks for a pin is a bit steep, but I collect pins so whatever
I miss hearing "...And Steve..." At the end of names. Hope he's doing ok...
Crap
You drop something? About 21 hours ago?
I'm assuming this thing has elephants on it's back. Also I think this triggers Pennywise the Clown
Anyone else remember that walking with dinosaurs episode where he tried to swim with one and almost died?
Man sea turtles are awesome!
That’s a fact, not an opinion.
You wonder why there was an explosion of population animals always find a way to survive. Their first shot at this was as you say the late Cretaceous period when smaller turtle expanded to fill the niche left behind when the big ones are gone. It's sort of the way coyotes filled the niche the wolf left,when it was almost eradicated from the lower 48. They have been almost completely wiped out in the eastern US. Everywhere there are coyotes there were once wolves. Same with the sea turtles.
Steve! The jeans and jacket look is a very hip but classy look for you.
I wonder if in the distant future another animal will take a form similar to humans.
Nature likes to reuse things alot! 'This worked here, so let's try here!' Lol.
Big bois
Blathers told me all about this fine turtle.
I’d your fossil section of the museum complete?
im fascinated by bodyplans that come up again and again but it always makes me wonder about what the most unique bodyplans in the animal kingdom are/have been
Heroes in a skin shell Turtle power
Sometimes I look up at the stars at night and wonder if jellyfish taste spicy to sea turtles.
Huge respect for acknowledging native peoples rights
It's really nice you recognise first nation's rights to their lands.
Today's phrase is, "convergent evolution."
Still covering those guns, eh?
Hope people didn't illegally throw away their giant straw
A friend
I miss "and Steve".
Eeey I know those from animal crossing
I’m always so happy when you are the host of the videos. You’re my favorite
This reminds me of dinosaur train. The cadance, the visuals, the old animals, dang
That dino joke was amusing.
I love sea turtles. Ty
to quote that boy that became a meme, I like turtles
Yeah today journals are sort of endanger sea turtles like the letter back should be protected all cost fascinated by these prehistoric turtles days to be big
i like turtles turtles ma favorite nothing beats a jelly filled turtle
Deffently turtley enough for the turtle club
POG THE NEW TURTLE UPDATE LETS GOOOOO where the patch notes
That's a lion turtle