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Brachiosaurus Is Not The Brachiosaurus You Think

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Brachiosaurus is a well-known animal, being especially iconic in Jurassic Park for how imposing, but at the same time majestic all at once. However, what the animal was actually based on is a pretty interesting story, and the animal's appearance in the film is not based on the genus Brachiosaurus, but a whole other one. I hope you enjoy.
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@Grand_History Год назад

Ever since titanosaurs got popular the Jurassic sauropods stopped getting as much attention

@mhdfrb9971 Год назад

Especially the middle jurassic one like Shunosaurus. The only sauropod with bony club tail with spikes.

@Grand_History Год назад

@@mhdfrb9971 when I was a kid the only sauropods we knew were the ones from the Morrison

@altithoraxperotorum5133 Год назад

@@mhdfrb9971 shunosaurus isn't actually the only tail clubbed sauropod. There's another one called spinophorosaurus

@mhdfrb9971 Год назад

@@altithoraxperotorum5133 yeah I forgot that. Thanks for remind me!

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Agreed. Titanosaurs are truly incredible, though these guys are certainly close. :) Seeing one of these in person would be the closest thing to a kaiju we could witness, aside from blue whales.

@qwertyuiopgarth Год назад

The sauropods are fascinating, please feel free to discuss them as much as you like.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

I most definitely will! There is a ton of awesome things to learn about!

@AeroSlayer74 Год назад

One of my favorite sauropods out there and definitely the most iconic. Great video with even better information!

@madderhat5852 Год назад

Mmmm, identity theft is an insidious crime. 🤔

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Likewise! I'm glad I was able to do so. :)

@joshuaW5621 Год назад

Our vision of dinosaurs never stays the same.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Always more to learn!

@johnelliott7850 Год назад

I always have a lot of trouble 'understanding' how the largest sauropods (and pterosaurs) managed to operate. Apart from their sheer size and weight, it's those unstable-looking dimensions and postures. Interesting video, HTPG.

@magnarcreed3801 Год назад

The shapes and dimensions were actually the best for what was trying to be done. There is a reason outside of food that we’ve never got as big length wise birds or flying mammals. They had less but used it better.

@johnelliott7850 Год назад

@@magnarcreed3801 Oh, I realise that those sizes and shapes were 'needed' for those ecological niches; it's just the alien nature of it all to my sensibilities. I have been gawping at pictures (and later print) of prehistoric ecosystems since primary school, and it still all seems so fantastical to me.

@magnarcreed3801 Год назад

@@johnelliott7850 Ahhh I see. I am that way about humans XD

@johnelliott7850 Год назад

@@magnarcreed3801 Ha! Ha! Ha! Indeed.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Sauropod skeletons are heavily pneumatized, essentially having a ton of air-filled cavities throughout their skeleton that brought their weight down. Their necks would have only been about 1/10 of their weight, so holding it up wouldn't have been a problem. Hope this clears things up. :) Thank you for the comment!

@seanmckelvey6618 Год назад

Always thought Giraffatitan was a better name than Brachiosaurus anyway, even though Brachiosaurus still makes sense in context.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

In some ways, I'm inclined to agree, although Mike Taylor himself doesn't really like it, personally, lol.

@seanmckelvey6618 Год назад

@@HenrythePaleoGuy Fair enough lol. I think Giraffatitan is perhaps more immediately descriptive of the animal as a huge, long-necked herbivore. Although, I'm also someone who prefers the name Brontosaurus to Apatosaurus for similar reasons.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

@@seanmckelvey6618 Having titan in their name helps. Same here regarding Bronto and Apato for me.

@seanmckelvey6618 Год назад

@@HenrythePaleoGuy Thunder lizard is just 👌 *chefs kiss*

@ecurewitz Год назад

2:46 James Hetfeild as a size comparison for Brachiosaurus, well done, Gunnar Bivens (paleoartist)

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Always makes some great reconstructions. :)

@Archangelm127 Год назад

So... these are not the brachiosaurs we're looking for? ...I'll see myself out.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Lol. :)

@abdulazizrex Год назад

4:40, The most notable differences when looking Scott Hartman’s sketch of both skeletons are the shape of the skull, size and shape of the scapula, as well as the bumpiness of the neural spines on the back.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Indeed. Hartmans skeletons in terms of posture aren't as accurate as Gunnar's, from what I've seen discussed, though definitely true there.

@mr.jglokta191 Год назад

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that the size comparison was with _JAMES_ _HETFIELD_

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Gunnar does a lot of stuff like that, haha. Also a lot a lot of anime ones too. :)

@The_PokeSaurus Год назад

I always knew they were different, but now I know HOW they are different.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Finding out more about them was really interesting, so i'm glad I got this out there. :)

@awesomearchivist1705 Год назад

Brachiosaurus was my first favorite dinosaur its still my favorite saurapod.

@rileyernst9086 Год назад

A Jurassic classic if ever there was one. Last I heard they had chisel like teeth, seems pretty intuitive, shearing off the ends of branches; Where the leaves and cones generally are.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

You're right on with that. :)

@rileyernst9086 Год назад

I imagine camarasaurus would be giving a bit more of a savage pruning. It would be really fun to do a 'truth about killer dinosaurs' style experiment trying the dentisitry a d jaws of different sauropods being employed with their calculated bite strength against the green branches of modern relatives of common mesozoic foliage.

@minted1841 Год назад

Appreciate all the hard work you put into your channel :)

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

I appreciate that!

@Mr.Wetherilli Год назад

This information never fails to not be interesting, great video man.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

I'm glad you think so! Always aiming to get the most interesting info out there. :)

@rickharold7884 Год назад

v cool oh to go back in time and see them walking around. thx for sharing

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Sure would be!

@Alberad08 Год назад

Interesting matter! BTW "altithorax" actually means "high chest/ribcage".

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Gotcha.

@Scarlet_Soul Год назад

Well what did brachiosaurus expect, always a risk when you put your neck out there.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

XD. Good one there.

@LeoTheYuty Год назад

Definitely an interesting topic

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Sure is!

@laseriedeladilophosaure9246 Год назад

Le brachiosaure de jurassic park est basé sur giraffatian.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

@arldsouza8463 Год назад

Brachiosaurus is my favourite dino ... Thnx for the great video !!! Will subscribe :⁠-⁠)

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Awesome! It's really appreciated! Such awesome animals. :)

@purplehaze2358 7 месяцев назад

There are few places you can find scientific debacles as absurd as those in the field of paleontology, I think.

@pauls5745 Год назад

I love all sauropods! I think there may be some more yet to discover. it was a very good form to survive and thrive with

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Same here! There sure is a ton more to find out even amongst the animals we do have remains of, and the ones remaining unstudied in museum drawers. :)

@G0DSFACE-s3s 3 месяца назад

4:44 the paleoart here is actually by joschua knuppe

@pencilpauli9442 Год назад

Their teeth don't look to be well suited for chewing vegetation. Are they seen to function primarily as "branch strippers" or have other diets been suggested?

@tonyevans9999 Год назад

add that to the extreme elevation and you're left with an animal existing in a very small niche once reaching adulthood

@zobblewobble1770 Год назад

Yeah a lot of sauropods have been found with gastroliths in theirs stomachs, so it appears those rocks were doing the chewing instead of the teeth.

@curious5887 Год назад

Well, they have gastroliths to facilitate chewing instead of the teeth

@pencilpauli9442 Год назад

@@zobblewobble1770 That makes sense. They were used as machinery in stone age quarries after all. The Flinstones was a fly on the wall documentary series lol

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

They were mainly used for stripping. Very efficient eaters, though. All the digestion and processing was going on in their stomachs.

@azhdarchidae66 Год назад

this will definitely never ever be used by smartasses

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

This is more so a fun fact and an interesting bit of knowledge. You’ll get smartasses regardless.

@melvinshine9841 Год назад

Not gonna lie, I still have a hard time telling which animal is which from looking at reconstructions.

@rileyernst9086 Год назад

Look at the shape of the end of the snoot. Giraffatitan is boxy, brachio has a curved end.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

You'll get there the more you look. :)

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Exactly. Brachiosaurus has more robust verterbra as well.

@rileyernst9086 Год назад

Let me just adjust my xray vision...😝

@theprehistoricconnection Год назад

Great video man!

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@jybrokenhearted Год назад

Oddest New Zealand bird I've ever seen

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

The moa would be jealous.

@HassanMohamed-jy4kk Год назад

Why don’t you get to make a suggestion creating a RU-vid Videos that’s all about an Extinct Parrot Species, called the Norfolk Kākā Parrot (Nestor productus) on the next New Zealand Bird Of The Week coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

I certainly will be covering more parrots. I talked about the Norfolk birds way back in my Kaka video. :)

@kaltneta6704 Год назад

One is iconic and the other is seen a lot but little know it's name.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Exactly! :)

@tomc8617 Год назад

Very interesting. And thanks so much for all your great research and effort in making these videos. Only criticism I have would be you're talking a bit too fast to easily follow.

@danielwatson4864 Год назад

Did these dinosaurs sleep standing up? Were the brachiosaurus able to stand up on its hind legs?

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

They could lie down, though standing up as they sleep like giraffes do today isn't out of the question. And from biomechanic studies, yes, though not for too long.

@goatsandroses4258 Год назад

I found it very culturally interesting that the narrator had to introduce the concept of the evils of colonialism into a paleontology video. Right or wrong, before swallowing a world-view or meta-narrative, step back and truly look at the issue dispassionately, and do not make moral assumptions about either side. This is not to defend colonialism (which in some areas was too barbaric even to describe) but to be careful in being swayed simply by current opinion and mass stereotypes. Question everything.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Wether you like it or not, a lot of the practices going on there, and to an extent today weren't good, at all. Paleontology and politics, as with practically all science fields, intersects. Current opinion and mass stereotypes as you put it don't factor in, regarding this case. Centrist takes on things often don't address the issue, and just perpetuate the negative elements. Questioning everything is often just used by people who want to excuse and defend their own wacky beliefs, btw. Some things are more simple than you'd think.

@greyideasthetheliopurodon4640 Год назад

The best part was when one paleontologist decided to synonymize brachiosaurus with astrodon. 😂

@bustavonnutz Год назад

I wouldn't even put my neck out there to talk about taxonomic placement until more remains are discovered. I still think what we have of these beasts is still too fragmentary & low sample size.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Considering how different all of the bones we do have are from each other, its from a very confident point of reasoning. Giraffatitan has a good amount of remains.

@bustavonnutz Год назад

@@HenrythePaleoGuy Understandable, but we don't fully understand how sexual dimorphism, climate, or individual variation during the growth cycle affects these Sauropods because of the relatively low number of specimens we've uncovered. If we got more juveniles or complete Brachiosaur remains we could more confidently assert that the species designation can be made. For example, I went to a paleo seminar at Cal Poly Humboldt last semester where the dissertation focused on the different morphologies & adult sizes of Coelophysis. There the main argument in his defense was mostly honed in on the morphological species concept & how much we could infer solely from hard tissue remains. I'd love to see more data from Sauropods in general, so there's also that level of bias. There's just too much still to discover really; I don't think this will be the end of the story with Brachiosaurs.

@minutemansam1214 Год назад

@@bustavonnutz Genus distinction, not species. Brachiosaurus and Giraffatitan are genera, not species. And given their geological isolation and skeletal distinction, I think there is a strong case for both of them being distinct genera.

@bennettssciencechannel2563 Год назад

Cool

@vladline1882 Год назад

Did Brachiosaurus or it's look alike relative survive in cretaceous? 🤔

@greyideasthetheliopurodon4640 Год назад

Brachiosaurids persisted till the start of the late Cretaceous. While brachiosaurus died out 145 million years ago, some brachiosaurids existed till 90 million years ago.

@DixtunBabyAngel Год назад

I wish I could watch this and understand it, but you speak so fast and not clearly enough, it's *very* hard to understand what you are saying!

@dootyboot-t Год назад

Your accent is hard to understand through the tv

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully it's better on other devices.

@boobio1 Год назад

You benefited from colonialism henry, please do your part and give all your money back to Africa.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Год назад

Just like how one person who feels strongly about dealing with homelessness, dealing with situations like this requires a lot more than just individual effort, especially if the systems that cause it in the first place are fundamentally institutional and self-perpetuating. You can look at the situation with the Irritator holotype to see more of where collaboration and collective action is useful, and has a benefit.