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The Story Behind Australia's Weird Animals
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sailing south through the maze of tropical islands across Malaysia and Indonesia will lead you to an invisible barrier between two worlds. What in reality is a relatively small distance, is a huge gulf between two vastly different ecological regions. Why are the animals so different on either side of this line?
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo
    @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo 14 годин тому

    Didelphodons tells us that having a pouch doesn't means you can't be aquatic.

  • @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo
    @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo 14 годин тому

    Mammals can evolve feathers if monotremes take many niches.

  • @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo
    @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo 14 годин тому

    Mammals have many advantage than dinosaurs, mammals can have air sacs and hollow bones, but dinosaurs had four chambered heart and a strange respiration, but mammals advantage is, they have ears and BOOBs.

  • @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo
    @ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo 14 годин тому

    Mammals will go extinct if that asteroid didn't hit because dinosaurs will outcompete them but if some survive, the dinosaurs will be doomed, mammals in some point will have osteoporosis, and they're adaptations is to grow flesh on it, and to expand the flesh, add some air, some need to get some air sacs like gorillas had, after some years, these mammals will be unstoppable and will drove dinosaurs to extinction.

  • @The_Movie_Thieves
    @The_Movie_Thieves 22 години тому

    That we know of.

  • @AlienInvader
    @AlienInvader 23 години тому

    Good to know, scimitars leave fossils

  • @Dell4834
    @Dell4834 День тому

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Andrews_Sandy
    @Andrews_Sandy День тому

    Should humans inventing tool assisted flight count? If so then it's five times

  • @SinusPrimus
    @SinusPrimus День тому

    🖖😎👍

  • @tigrecito48
    @tigrecito48 2 дні тому

    if they think that they might be fossils of the removed outer skin of the millipedes, how do they know that the bits on the sides werent actually the stomach protection? and that they have just been folded outwards as the millipede removes its old outer skin?

  • @renacleerican7824
    @renacleerican7824 2 дні тому

    It is a priviliege to be on the same earth of such mythical, creatures: they are absolutely gorgeous.

  • @samuelclark1095
    @samuelclark1095 2 дні тому

    Thats not true at all orange ice cream is the most dangerous.

  • @randomsht-gw1fy
    @randomsht-gw1fy 2 дні тому

    aint no way kangaroos travel to Australia from the Noah's ark 😂😂😂

  • @randym.7238
    @randym.7238 2 дні тому

    Whenever you read “The Evolution of”, you know you’re about to be lied to.

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect День тому

      Rather, the commenter is doing the lying.

  • @FuneFox
    @FuneFox 2 дні тому

    Do not sort by new. It'll basically be Chernobyl for your brain.

  • @Andrews_Sandy
    @Andrews_Sandy 2 дні тому

    Sperm whales sucks

  • @seth.gravity
    @seth.gravity 2 дні тому

    What the fuck was that dog

  • @randym.7238
    @randym.7238 2 дні тому

    Nonsense. 👈

  • @jadhal6649
    @jadhal6649 2 дні тому

    Sir this is evolution of body parts. But what about brain.

  • @alpacaofthemountain8760
    @alpacaofthemountain8760 2 дні тому

    Calamari every day? Sounds nice

  • @MarcelDerLPer
    @MarcelDerLPer 2 дні тому

    there was an aquatic dinosaur that looked like a alligator/crocodile with fins like a turtle

  • @rawrxd3723
    @rawrxd3723 2 дні тому

    wow, this guy looks cool, I wish someone would post a tribute to him

  • @user-lb8bg6kj9m
    @user-lb8bg6kj9m 2 дні тому

    Imagine trying to knock this bug out with a newspaper 🗞️

  • @samuelmiensinompe4902
    @samuelmiensinompe4902 2 дні тому

    I just learned that crickets have wings but can't fly. I think they are a very good example of how wings evolve. They use the same area where their wings are to make noise. The wings might help release pheromones or their scent into the air. So this is Amazing!! The prof is in a live insect, not a fossil! How come no one has seen this fact!🥳🎉🔥💢💥YAY!😄!

  • @Oreki2459
    @Oreki2459 3 дні тому

    Cats also hunt a variety of big and small prey depending on the situation. But the decline in big cat population is mostly the cause of the increasing number of humans as for all species.

  • @Andrews_Sandy
    @Andrews_Sandy 3 дні тому

    Deinosuchus part 2: Purrusaurus

  • @joshmckearney4884
    @joshmckearney4884 3 дні тому

    moving eggs around the nest, to help open the eggs maybe.

  • @Andrews_Sandy
    @Andrews_Sandy 3 дні тому

    If the current climate change happens more slowly and assuming the orcas doesn't wipe them out we would be seeing marine bears lineages evolving to become more and more adapted to ocean life, it's interesting to speculate how would a a true sea bear would look like

  • @jerrychacon8814
    @jerrychacon8814 3 дні тому

    There is a huge gap between a warm blooded bird and a cold blooded reptile. Dinosaurs are reptiles. Birds insides are way different than a reptiles. 1 birds have hollow bones. 2 birds have a 4 chamber hearts reptiles do not.3 birds feet are for grasping and perching. 4 birds can breathe air with less oxygen reptiles cannot. 5 birds are warm blooded. 6 birds incubate, care, and feed young, reptiles don't. 7 birds sing 8 birds eggs are hard not soft.9 birds migrate.

  • @jerrychacon8814
    @jerrychacon8814 3 дні тому

    Your saying evolution moved backwards? Theoretically this is not supposed to happen. So a fish came out of the water became a small four legged mammal then went back to the water and became more fish like????

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 2 дні тому

      evolution is the process of hereditary change, not the process of moving from water to land, there's no backwards.

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect День тому

      jerry; you're clueless

  • @lukesalazar9283
    @lukesalazar9283 3 дні тому

    Aaannnddd Jeffrey Epstein and John McAfee didn't kill themselves

  • @user-ub5cl1lv4h
    @user-ub5cl1lv4h 3 дні тому

    You could almost say it was a great leap forward

  • @henryhondo8421
    @henryhondo8421 3 дні тому

    Science fiction at best

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 2 дні тому

      some rational objection or just against your religious superstitions?

  • @thor1063
    @thor1063 4 дні тому

    It’s amazing how much imagination goes into these evolutionary theories based on zero evidence , just slap on a “millions of years ago” sticker and you can claim anything you want I guess 😂

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 2 дні тому

      aka you have no idea what you're even criticizing, it's just against your religious superstitions

    • @thor1063
      @thor1063 2 дні тому

      @@AMC2283 I guess my atheist pro evolution biology professors in college didn’t understand it either 🤷‍♂️

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 2 дні тому

      @@thor1063 why, what is it you think they were trying to say? You verified the religious position of all your professors? You have a problem with atheists and not people of other religions-Wanna convert if it makes no difference? You want to make the fact that genes mutate synonymous with atheism?

    • @thor1063
      @thor1063 2 дні тому

      @@AMC2283 they consistently made the mistake of thinking the breakdown of organisms over time was proof for evolution . Evolution requires thousands of instances of organisms becoming more complex, dna gaining information but this has never happened and there is only evidence showing the impossibility of that happening . Even Darwin’s finches have been shown to be cyclical changes of beak structure depending on weather that affects plant life . There is now less evidence for evolution than when Darwin was first writing his thesis.

    • @thor1063
      @thor1063 2 дні тому

      @@AMC2283 They consistently made the mistake of thinking organisms breaking down and losing complexity over time was proof for evolution, an example would be a group of fish being separated from their population and losing fins based on predators , not realizing evolution requires organisms becoming more complex and adding information through dna which has never been observed and is impossible . Darwin’s finches have also been debunked as being cyclical changes according weather, not changing into a new or different animal.

  • @toxicperson8936
    @toxicperson8936 4 дні тому

    Anomalocaris is probably the first prehistoric animal I’d choose to actually be able to truly see what it looked like & how it acted in its environment. It’s just so fascinating.

  • @stevenisidore5094
    @stevenisidore5094 4 дні тому

    I enjoyed this video because I am a history lover, and geography lover. The World has millions of chapters of history, each chapter of history is 100 years long. United States’ history is 3-4 chapters long, that’s so insignificantly short compared to the rest of history.

  • @saifmadni12
    @saifmadni12 4 дні тому

    Thank you!

  • @liamschulzrules
    @liamschulzrules 4 дні тому

    We're not weird. You're weird

  • @Languslangus
    @Languslangus 4 дні тому

    🦈

  • @rdongart
    @rdongart 4 дні тому

    You seriously make some of the best animal/biology/nature videos I have seen on youtube. Not all this crazy voice over sell click bait stuff. Your videoes are just packed with interesting information from start to end covering a subject in an easy to listen to way with relevant visuals instead of the "10 (random) facts about..."-style. Pure quality!

  • @the_bello
    @the_bello 4 дні тому

    Beware the Qu

  • @Topkoky
    @Topkoky 4 дні тому

    Stupid theory, look monkeys at the zoo and see if they turn into humans

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 2 дні тому

      now is there some problem criticizing even one thing the theory of evolution actually predicts, or you just want to keep making up premises like the ignoramus you are?

  • @fuckugplus
    @fuckugplus 5 днів тому

    Wake me up inside

  • @adamdc2449
    @adamdc2449 5 днів тому

    So you’re telling me the fallout giant salamander was real

  • @josephalison12
    @josephalison12 5 днів тому

    Xxxx millions years ago there was no milk then the earthly mamals miraculously and out of grass started to produce milk containing all the nutrients needed for survival!!

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 5 днів тому

      no, only the religious believe in miracles. mammary glands evolved from other sebaceous glands. oops.

  • @joebidome384
    @joebidome384 5 днів тому

    Holy shit its the pinnacarid from subnautica

  • @derrickhiler3446
    @derrickhiler3446 5 днів тому

    you tellin me theres a chance caveman was made an orphan, then adopted the symbol of Anurognathus in order to strike fear into other caveman criminals ?

  • @mickshaw555
    @mickshaw555 5 днів тому

    A classic case of overintellectualising with controversial Darwinian biology theories. And most are nodding "Bravo bravo!" . Next century, Darwinians will testify through bones and fossils, that humans are evolving into marsupial platypus in about 5 million years. And most will be nodding "Bravo bravo!"

  • @eamonahern7495
    @eamonahern7495 5 днів тому

    0:45 that's what a unicorn really was.

  • @miguelisaurusbruh1158
    @miguelisaurusbruh1158 5 днів тому

    4:44 whistle lol