Hi everyone! Happy New Year! My community tab hasn't been activated yet so I thought I would leave a quick comment here in the meantime. I just wanted to say thank you for all of the comments you guys have left on the previous videos (I was trying to respond to all of them initially but I can't keep up anymore!) the feedback has been so useful and encouraging. Initially, I was making the videos for myself but now that the channel is growing and I have some feedback, I am making these videos for you. I've included some diagrams in this one to show the relationship between the families, let me know if this is interesting and if you can think of anything that would further improve the videos, please let me know. I'll be working my way through the animal kingdom in 2022, I have a list of 50 videos I think are the most compelling so this is going to be a busy year! As soon as the community tab is active I'll post some polls there to gauge which order to make them in. Thank you again, really, it has been a dream of mine for many years to create content like this and the recent growth of the channel has shown me that this is possible :)
Fun fact: it is thought that pronghorns evolved to be so fast because there once were cheetahs in North America that pronghorns had a bit of an evolutionary arms race with! The cheetahs went extinct but pronghorns didn’t and the result is an animal way faster than it needs to be given the predators in their environment!
Fun fact about the pronghorn: they actually evolved to be so fast because of an extinct predator, the American cheetah. They easily outrun any extant predators other than humans.
This is not true, Unlike today's modern African cheetah the American cheetah was larger and more bulkier and wasn't as fast as the African cheetah. The American Cheetah also had retractable claws which crippled it's ability as a fast pursuit predator instead it is more closely related to the cougar and was probably an ambush predator. As for the pronghorn nobody really knows why they are so fast😅.
This is not true, Unlike today's modern African cheetah the American cheetah was larger and more bulkier and wasn't as fast as the African cheetah. The American Cheetah also had retractable claws which crippled it's ability as a fast pursuit predator instead it is more closely related to the cougar and was probably an ambush predator. As for the pronghorn nobody really knows why they are so fast😅.
1. Cetaceans are ungulates??!?!? I never knew that, fascinating 2. Mouse deer are the most adorable things I've ever seen As someone who is incredibly interested in animals and the natural world, I love these videos!
I have a degree in zoology/conservation biology and these videos are brilliant, teaching me a lot and providing an overview of the taxonomy of species. Loved the snake one. 🐍
You have no idea how much this comment means to me! It's really important to me that the information in these videos is accurate and although I wanted to be when I was younger, I'm not a zoologist so these videos are just my best interpretation of the research I can find. I was quite nervous releasing this one but your comment has made me feel much better! Thank you and happy new year!
As a certified horse person (it’s been my special interest since I was a wee kid) I thank you so much for getting your facts right about the two species of horse and mentioning that Przewalski’s horses are the only wild ones! For anyone who may be wondering about American horses: they are in fact feral! Meaning they were horses that were either released or escaped from human captivity. “Horses” (their ancestors) originated in the Americas, but died out at some point and were left only in Asia at that point. They were then “reintroduced” to the Americas through humans! :)
I believe you have it wrong America wild horses are reintroduced native horses. They may have originated in Eurasia, but evolved for millions of years in the North American continent, before becoming (possibly) extinct here. Long enough to be considered indigenous -in my opinion, of course.
I was perplexed as to how I've been missing your videos until yesterday, but I now realise your channel is only new - so happy I found it, excellent videos! Especially enjoy the longer ones. Thanks for all your hard work!
Thank you, Edgar! Ok, that's good to know; I wasn't sure if people would prefer shorter videos released more quickly or if the longer ones are worth waiting for
Recently I have been reading wikipedia and finding more and more interesting facts about subspecies and connections between species that I never knew, which I found so interesting I though about starting to make videos about it. But today your channel showed up in my recomended and you are already doing just that! I am very glad I'm not the only one that finds this interesting! I'm really looking forward to seeing more videos like this (I've already binged all your uploads). Especially a more indepth look into Bovidae would be interesting, as its such a diverse family (which I never realised before this video). Keep up the work! Especially now with the maps these videos are amazing!
Thank you! Yes, absolutely, I hope to get to Bovidae soon (there are so many families!) I would encourage you to make videos too if it's something you want to do. I wish I had done it sooner, I can't tell you how enjoyable it is, especially reading comments like this!
Wow, this is so cool! I’m an aspiring wildlife biologist (sophomore in college right now) and this is so cool! So excited for all the information that will be provided from this channel! Thank you!
i love these videos so so much and i'm so excited for the more in-depth videos about ungulates!! I'm learning so much and i get a lot of inspiration to make art from the beautiful photos and clips included in the videos. I also appreciate the inclusion of maps and the diagrams of the relationships between families is super helpful as well. thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos, i really love them :D
i love these videos, they're really entertaining while being informative! i have a good feeling this channel will blow up someday. thank you for these wonderful videos and all the care and research you put into them!
It always amazes me that cetaceans are most closely related to artiodactyls, especially hippos. It’s not too surprising that hippos are the artiodactyls their most closely related to give that hippos have somewhat similar heads and are highly aquatic
Such a wonderful video. Ungulates are really cool animals, and the way you explained each major group was very well done. I have a little suggestion though: maybe next time you need to refer to central and south america you could use the concepts of "neotropical" or "the neotropic". Calling all of that region as "south america" is highly misleading, as for example tapirs inhabit Mexico though Mexico is certainly not in south america. It also reinforces wrong ideas relating to the delimitation of continents, as in the english language the countries from Mexico to Panama are all North American as an example. The use of the word "Neotropic" could also be more accurate in this particular context, as it describes this particular region formed by a shared animal and plant life.
Thank you for making these videos! They are so informative and incredibly interesting! You must do tons of research and hard work for them, we’re all looking forward to whatever else you create!
My latest D&D character is a satyr whose spirit manifests itself as an American Bison. It was only AFTER watching this video that I learned goats and bison are both of the same family; Bovidae. What started as just "something cool" has now ended up being zoologically correct and also taught me something cool about the animal kingdom. Keep up the awesome work, I am loving this content!
I randomly stumbled across these videos while bored, and at first I thought this was a huge, multimillion subscriber channel. The quality, organization, and research in these videos is fantastic and makes for a really enjoyable watch for anyone. I can't wait to see this channel grow!
I would love to see a more in dept video on the different species off ungulate. Also fun facts about reindeer: While it is well known that males loose their antlers after the rut, in november, younger males, 1-3 years old, will lose them between november-april. Non pregnant females will lose them in april, and mother reindeer will lose them 2 weeks after the calf is born. Castrated males will also only lose their antlers between november-april.
New subscriber here.... keep up the good work for real brother!! Don't get to big headed because we all know your channel is gonna blow up.. one love 🧛🏾♂️🦇🤙🏾🖤
Thank you, Richy! I am for sure! I spent Christmas going through the animal kingdom and have a list of 50 videos I want to make in 2022 so I will try my best to get through all of them! All the best to you too
@@Textbooktravel That's brilliant, you could drop a video a week all year although that's quite some work. Looking forward to your future work, see you soon buddy take care.
I love this video and your enunciation is perfect which makes it really easy to understand! I wouldn't mind if you make more detailed videos breaking down genus(es?) and each if their species
You should also make a video on each ungulate family. You have covered Equidae, Rhinocerotidae are well-covered in this video, Tapiridae would also be short. But especially for Bovidae and Cervidae, but a video on Moschidae and Tragulidae would also be lovely!
This is an incredibly educational channel! So simple, information organized well, and keeps things interesting with relevant clips and pictures. Thank you!
Great presentation. I was surprised nothing but a passing mention about reindeer, or cariboo , or about musk ox; both are the arctic specialists. No other ungulates live at this high latitude. Mountain goats and sheep also live in extreme environments. One interesting aspect of deer in my region ( British Columbia) is hybridization: coastal blacktail deer (a 75 pound buck would be a big one) often hybridize with the much bigger mule deer where their respective coastal and interior ranges overlap. I believe whitetail of the Interior also cross with mulies. The gigantic Roosevelt Elk (really a species of cariboo, or wapiti) was introduced to Vancouver Island (where I live); they get up near moose size (I ran into six bulls standing nose to nose in a circle when I accidentally stumbled into their conference: their noses were over my head. My ridgeback was between my legs as we struggled through thick salal between two massive red cedar stumps, making lots of noise but apparently not to any annoying degree for the elk. We popped out of the snarl right into this circle of huge bulls. Me n my hound just froze, virtual surrounded by tons of breathing meat-both our pairs of eyes about the size of pie plates. The elk just calmly turned and walked away one at at time until they got into a single file-the big lead elk about 80 feet now from us-when they suddenly bolted. The ground rumbled. We could hear them crashing through the forest for quite a way, and see 130-foot tall tree tops whip in the distance, glanced by these massive beats as they ran by. I sat down for a smoke at that point.)
Hi, i love animals, and i really enjoyed watching this informative video.. And may i know whether elephants come under ungulates, or they have any specific group?
Im a pretty new subscriber and i loved the bear one your videos are high quality and your narration is very professional which is very matchable with your type of content which are really informative and useful i think its gonna attract a lot of viewers i think your gonna have a succesful career PS-Please make a breakdown on amphibians or reptiles
Pronghorn’s speed are an evolutionary anachronism, evolved to be so fast and with great stamina to out run, American Cheetahs, American Lions, Jaguars, and short faced bears. However once those species were moved out or died they keep their absurdly high speed because is was still useful. If they evolved just to outrun wolves they would have similar speeds to deer and elk.
@Textbook Travel, Pronghorn might owe their speed to Miracinonyx, an extinct animal that is similar to the Cheetah (And is related to that and modern cougars)
This is just fantastic, I want to keep on learning about r boss world an the belter creatures what live among us, u should do some videos on birds an the weasel family 👍🏻
I'd like to recommend you the book "Bovids of the world" (and also felids, and canids of the world) by José R Castello. They're remarkable. Keep the videos comming, really nice and informative channel!
a fun theory, the last truly wild horse are actually rumoured to be feral! they were supposedly domesticated for a short period! i assume they spilt off evolved from modern domesticated horses when horses were getting domesticated which makes sense for how they slipped through the cracks! all of the other 'wild' horses are feral so it would make sense if this domestication just happened a while ago!!
13:46 Fun fact about caribou/reindeer In the UK they are a category 2 animal, which means they're likely to injure you but not cause any life threatening damage. During their rutting season, they are classed as a category 1 animal which means they will kill you. This category includes animals like lions, bears, cobras, etc. Don't mess with a rutting caribou
The photo you show and call a Chital deer is actually a Manchurian Sika Deer. They usually have 8 antler points while the Chital or Axis deer have 6 antler points.
