How the World's Largest Lake Killed the World's Smallest Whales | The Paratethys

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Around 12 million years ago, a giant sea was disconnected from the world's oceans. Spanning across southern europe and northwestern asia, the Megalake Paratethys was the largest lake to ever exist. This giant lake was home to a variety of marine mammals, including the worlds smallest baleen whale! Watch this science animation video to learn more about this forgotten ecosystem and it’s interesting inhabitants!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:38 History and Size of Paratethys Megalake
1:37 Animals of the Paratethys
2:09 Cetotherium riabinini's feeding style
3:12 Extinction of the Lake
4:12 Outro and Credits
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@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Hello everybody I hope you all are doing well! While this is a much shorter project it still feels wonderful making videos again nonetheless! Let me know in the comments below which animal featured in this video was your favorite!

@paleoph6168 3 года назад

It doesn't matter how short it is, I'm glad that I learned about an ancient gigantic lake and some of its unique animals. 👍

@julianshepherd2038 3 года назад

Measurements in proper units not British Imperial or American football fields

@UnwantedGhost1 3 года назад

Man, Earth used to be a beautiful planet with amazing biodiversity during the Cenozoic era before Homo Sapiens Sapiens took over. 😭

@otodusb491 3 года назад

Your Videos are truly great but this one was sad and good

@jessegartung294 3 года назад

This should be a pbs eons video

@dinomation 3 года назад

It's a shame all the unique isolated ecosystems usually perish when theres a drastic change in the environment.

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

A shame, but kinda expected since isolationism leads to over specialization and over specialization leads to an increased vulnerability towards change

@wildsideofthings7733 3 года назад

It’s a bit disappointing. This lake could have had so many interesting animals that are now long extinct because it no long exists :(

@UnwantedGhost1 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium If only this mega lake & central American seaway were still around. I'd be taking a selfie in my floaties. And in a bigger boat & shark cage.

@UnholyWrath3277 3 года назад

If ya think about it life is always evolving towards perfection or immortality in another term. It's always about the best way to maximize survival so while a shame it's almost inevitable that isolated places and species end up perishing when an eventual change does occur. Life needs to constantly be adapting

@jerilee5057 3 года назад

I mean they had about a 5 million year run. That’s pretty good if you ask me.

@axolotlmafia 3 года назад

I can't imagine the sadness and pain these creatures suffered before their end. Whales bond so heavily with their pod members and are highly intelligent. They had to have realized something was going wrong over time, but could do nothing to stop it. How very sad. Also, this animation was incredible and I really appreciated the extra details, like the whale songs. Just excellent.

@josiahponce1814 3 года назад

Nah, it was a while back so think cave man but whales

@HajileMalach 3 года назад

@@josiahponce1814 thats not how it work

@WraithLK 3 года назад

@@HajileMalach I mean yeah, that is how it works. Humans aren’t the only animals to have grown in brain capacity over millions of years

@averyhostiletrout9077 3 года назад

@@WraithLK “cavemen” still had feelings if whales evolved to be as intelligent as they are now they still wouldve noticed something just not to the same effect

@HajileMalach 3 года назад

@@WraithLK if we are the only ones to have grown then the animals have always been the same, therefore, I'm right. Thanks for proving my point

@UnwantedGhost1 3 года назад

At least these small whales didn't have to live in constant fear with bigger predatory whales & sharks. Awesome video as always, NC. 👍

@sakmadik69420 3 года назад

Yeah,instead they suffer a slow and painful death.

@sakmadik69420 3 года назад

@@igorche8163 12-9M years ago?

@sakmadik69420 3 года назад

@@igorche8163 I would've stayed in the primordial soup too.If i knew there were gonna be days like this.

@returnofhorusthegalacticor9704 3 года назад

Animal lovers are dumb

@benwyness148 3 года назад

@@igorche8163 someone had to say it 🙄

@coopernoble6139 3 года назад

Baby teeny weeny cetotherium riabanini Well at least he’s having fun

@RedKoopaPlumber 3 года назад

Awesome that brackish lake baleen and beaked whales once existed.

@diesirae8954 2 года назад

@RealSweetKid Lmao no

@stefanbesendorfer1323 3 года назад

It's always hard to believe, though even it was a REALLY GIANT lake, that these whales could exist without inbreeding. But i'm probably just underestimating the size of the lake. Life found a way… until it doesn't anymore.

@WingyLalka 3 года назад

The Black sea rn holds three isolate populations of dolphins (not very big ones tho) of the same size as tiny whales, so I don't think inbreeding was a problem

@hijisfriend9030 3 года назад

It's still has a chance but if we look cheetah case, size of environment can cause inbreeding

@tomasvrabec1845 3 года назад

Well. The lake was larger than the Mediterranean and likely, at least by the map, had area of what at the time was Europe. Plus these whales were as big as a dolphin so not that big.

@ReadObituaries 3 года назад

Lots of species (snakes are the first that come to mind) don’t really react to imbreeding like humans do. Tho, honestly I’m not sure if it’s a different between being mammal or not.

@ReadObituaries 3 года назад

Now that I think about it... it may be dolphins that are mammals and not whales.

@vincentx2850 3 года назад

Please tell us more about the other fauna in the lake. What kind of seal was it? Are there any sharks?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Sadly there's not a lot we know about animals of the paratethys lake aside from Cetotheirum riabinini 😞 We do have a lot of awesome fossils outside of the lake and before it became landlocked. This made it especially difficult for me to reconstruct the animals like the seal and heterodelphis since the remains of both are very fragmentary. I did my best to reconstruct them based on the related kentriodon for the heterodelphis and looked at modern seals like the baikal seal which also lives in a lake. There also was a stingray that was found in the paratethys but it unfortunately was from before the area became a lake

@shafqatishan437 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium ask some eontologists

@therealveridicalyt497 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium ahhh, it would have been nice to know because want happened to them is the equivalent of a part of our planet being sent to outer space

@kellydalstok8900 3 года назад

Sharks’ skeletons are made of cartilage, which doesn’t preserve well.

@therealveridicalyt497 3 года назад

@@kellydalstok8900 teeth?

@robrice7246 3 года назад

Well one thing's for sure, they're all safe (I believe) from everyone's favorite giant shark.

@britneyspheres7yearsago11 3 года назад

Trevor?

@seiyuokamihimura5082 3 года назад

Too bad that isnt still around. Seeing a sea that is also a lake would be dope.

@bilbobaggins5938 3 года назад

We can still see the Caspian Sea.

@Thunderstar7 2 года назад

Loved this so much, I love marine life and such so this really scratched that itch, definitely subscribing

@NaturesCompendium 2 года назад

Welcome aboard!

@AidanMartin 3 года назад

I always wanted to see someone make video on what Europe was like during the miocene when megalodon was still around.

@DanPalcu 2 года назад

Wow!! Great work. I am soo happy to see you our work and the work of our colleagues got featured in this great video. I really enjoyed how you developed the narrative. Great work!!! I will broadcast it on my networks because it is an excellent outreach story. And I am looking forward to supplying and inspiring new videos and maybe future collaborations. Dan V. Palcu

@imaredwhale2thenotsoelectr916 3 года назад

This is actually really interesting! Finally something I didn't know much about! (Although I don't remember ever going extinct In a lake so I was bound to not know about it)

@petergriffintv6027 3 года назад

I just wanted to say how much i appreciate your content, its onestly some of the best ive ever seen. The atmosphere in this video especially is incredible, and i feel like im there swimming in the paratethys. Your videoes have helped me appreciate all life through the ages not just mesozoic stuff i just love and appreciate all you do so, thank you!

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Glad to hear! I appreciate your kind words :D

@closmasmas9080 3 года назад

I just discovered your channel, and I’m really loving your content. Keep it up!

@bumbahakunamatata7846 3 года назад

Thank you for making these! This is amazing!

@tylowren2005 3 года назад

This was a really good video covering the paratethys sea. Great job 👏 👍

@derdinohorst 3 года назад

really cool video! Love your animation mixed with the science!

@aborawk4154 3 года назад

Just found this channel and I'm not disappointed. Looking forward to binging your older videos

@galligaruga 3 года назад

Wonderful video as always Jack!

@the_gaming_hyena 3 года назад

WOW!!! Just saw this channel and instantly subscribed!

@dynamosaurusimperious2718 3 года назад

This was a great video on the largest lake to ever exist and the smallest whale that inhabit in this lake,also the animation is great too,and I wish y'all a great day Also great job to everyone working on this video

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Thank you! Right now it's only just me behind all the animations, but I'd love to expand and grow a team of artists and animators in the near future 😀

@rayvnekieron8587 3 года назад

This is so cool! Thank you for making this video! I had never heard of the Paratethys lake. I'm excited to hear more about it as more discoveries are made. :)

@jw4798 3 года назад

Hooray!!! New video, looking forward to this

@couldntthinkofayoutubename6498 2 года назад

Its great to see this video thriving

@robertgotschall1246 3 года назад

I knew the Gray Whales were different and would like to know more about how they fit into whale evolution.

@smokecity6889 3 года назад

Really good video! I learned a lot!

@jimmyjonnas5105 3 года назад

Glad to see you posting again

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Glad to be posting again :D

@notoriousbigmoai1125 3 года назад

Unfortunately, we have doomed the Aral sea as well. Such a shame.

@UnQuacker 3 года назад

Yeah :c USSR made a HUGE mistake...

@combativeThinker 3 года назад

Damn communists.

@Kruegernator123 20 дней назад

*The Soviet Union

@Spacekid_Productions 3 года назад

I just found your channel because I saw your comment on edges channel and damn you deserve far more subscribers I’m so happy I found your channel this is some quality and interesting content!

@pedrotadeu5048 3 года назад

fantastic video!

@rorymercury9458 3 года назад

Very good video! Cetotherium was my favorite!

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy 2 года назад

Imagine if it was around today, we would have one of the biggest fresh water supplies with some of the most awesome organisms not only in Europe but in THE WORLD.

@richardhall1667 3 года назад

Awesome video!

@sleepycats5311 3 года назад

Great work!! Please continue!!

@theharris7207 3 года назад

First video of yours I have seen, this was good shit mate

@dragonlord4194 2 года назад

Too sad that giant inland sea dried out, Seeing the smallest Baleen Whale would have been awesome and a very unique creature in general

@otodusb491 3 года назад

I just love your Videos you are awesome nice Video but a sad story of extinction good job :-)

@treavy-n1d 3 года назад

a fun educational video snack for all that wanna know history without an hour to get to the point

@Guzman1611 3 года назад

Here from Stated Clearly, great channel!

@GustavoLadeira42 2 года назад

Just got a new subscriber. :)

@masotan152 3 года назад

Nice work

@kaypopmorelikekpoop 3 года назад

great video:))

@eliletts1680 3 года назад

Wow! I have done lots of research on past life during the Cenozoic era, but this is the first time I have ever heard of this lake! Thank you for uploading this video! I found it very informative!

@robrice7246 3 года назад

I just realized, this is like the Cenozoic/Neogene/Miocene version of the PBS Kids show Arthur episode "Cast Away".

@pumaconcolor2855 3 года назад

Very interesting!

@matthiasfloren2610 3 года назад

Never knew it existed amazing

@toxiweb4435 3 года назад

wait, so thats why the black sea has so much salt in it? i always wondered why the black sea was so salty

@victor-vr9px 3 года назад

The black sea isn't even that salty, Mediterranean sea is has almost twice the salt content

@azrielmoha6877 3 года назад

Didn't know that the Tethys Sea what made the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Good stuff! Also it's sad that this is what awaits the Mediterranean sea. All those coral reefs and countless organism perish.

@DISTurbedwaffle918 3 года назад

It might not due to the Suez Canal bringing in water from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

@lohfert86 3 года назад

I wonder what if the lake and whale species still existed, what they would be called? But I fear if it was the case we humans would have hunted the whale to extinction.

@seiyuokamihimura5082 3 года назад

No if ands or buts about it.

@yanaskhoir3657 3 года назад

Freshwater dolphin is endanger because human trow trash in river

@diesirae8954 2 года назад

@@seiyuokamihimura5082 wut

@Annihilator27 3 года назад

Welcome back

@guy_thing435 2 года назад

I love this content

@timsedmunds 3 года назад

I particularly liked the tick on the elephants right ear. Thank you.

@williamjin9540 3 года назад

:O wahoooo upload

@Spacekid_Productions 3 года назад

Hey mate how do you make these videos do you animate them? they look cool

@maozilla9149 3 года назад

good show

@Brubarov Год назад

How/why did the big lake disappeared? Thank you for the video!

@awesomeproductions7755 3 года назад

Nice to have you back, Compendium! Looking forward to Jurassic World Evolution 2?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Yesss but I'mma keep my expectations low until we see gameplay 🦖

@awesomeproductions7755 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium Think you’re gonna be making anymore design accuracy videos anytime soon?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

@Awesome Productions Very soon, hopefully 😀

@robrice7246 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium I want to ask you this. You've seen any of the JWE mods? Are they (for the most part) faithful to what we know from the fossil record (along with studies and paleo-art). I'm mostly referring to ones that have existed, not any crazy/fantastical hybrid or goofy mods.

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

@@robrice7246 sorry I missed this comment. I have seen a lot of the mods for Jurassic world evolution and the community is super talented. I haven't seen every single mod but a lot of the ones that I have seen did a great job recreating the dinosaurs is more anatomically accurate, such as the ones by jagged fang designs and digital duck. One of my good friends "Joe's Ventures" has a whole series showcasing all the accurate Jurassic world evolution mods and I would recommend watching his videos because he goes in depth as to what each modder got right or wrong

@tarikmehmedika2754 7 месяцев назад

This is very interesting, too bad it does not exist today in its maximum volume.

@squashbird9426 3 года назад

Rip tiny whales 🐋

@sharkchaos5160 3 года назад

I really love these videos and my favorite is the small whale.

@Ons_TV 12 часов назад

2:59 you just had to do it 🤣🤣😂😂

@NaturesCompendium 10 часов назад

🙈🙈🙈

@robrice7246 3 года назад

I just realized, you may have two different animation models/designs for C. riabinini.

@robrice7246 3 года назад

1:45 I believe that (according to Fossilworks & Wikipedia) (if you trust them) Heterodelphis is a Kentriodontid, not a Ziphiid.

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

I used kentriodon as a base for my reconstruction 👍🏽

@robrice7246 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium Fair enough and very fitting.

@sfoxperdue 3 года назад

I would really like to see a video on the vaquita and its decline

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

I haven't given any modern animals attention in a while, so I'll take that into consideration

@BlueRGuy 3 года назад

**Pedro Pascal crying meme**

@ManuelGarcia-qc1it 3 года назад

I feel bad for cetotherium 🥺😔

@datto240z 3 года назад

I wonder what kind of predators were in there....

@jimmyjonnas5105 3 года назад

When are you going to live stream prehistoric kingdom again?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Next week ☺️

@adamsfamily5241 Год назад

Do a video about the smilodon

@robrice7246 3 года назад

3:50 Stegotetrabelodon? What species?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Yes. It's based on S. syrticus tho it is meant to represent the Pakistani species S. maluvalensis. It's also important to realize there there are teeth found near Iran but they aren't confirmed to belong to Stegotetrabelodon, so this was mostly speculative on my part.

@TQK_28 3 года назад

Plz do a video on only livayatan it's my favourite animal

@TQK_28 3 года назад

Thx for the heart I love this channel, also the megladon video was great

@robrice7246 3 года назад

2:23/2:28 Is that present in this genera, Cetotheriidae or just C. riabinini?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Yes

@robrice7246 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium So it's all three?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

@@robrice7246 if you're asking if it's a part of the Cetotheriidae family, then yes it is.

@robrice7246 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium I was referring if that also occurs within the genus Cetotherium as a whole (not just C. riabinini).

@robrice7246 3 года назад

Also, that might explain why the Pygmy Right Whale is poorly known and rarely/infrequently seen if it lives a similar feeding lifestyle.

@samuelc.sthecapybara6618 3 года назад

Thumbnail: Stegotetrabelodon: ay what's that whale skeleton doing there

@dirandrous7682 3 года назад

3:50 he looks so sad

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

He either got sad about the whale bones or sad there was no water at the lake

@monsoon_magic2874 3 года назад

Cetotherium had the opportunity to make it back to land and become a new Pakicetus all by itself....

@d3in0nychu5 3 года назад

So does this mean I can use a Safari Toob Gray Whale as a Cetotherium riabinina? 🤩

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

The world is your oyster! 🦪

@bonefetcherbrimley7740 3 года назад

Poor Mini whales D: May they rest in peace. Rad AF vid though.

@henrytoledo4103 3 года назад

Does a lake have to be fresh water or can it also be saltwater? If it was salt than wouldn't it be a sea?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

The Paratethys lake was brackish water, not saltwater. Some scientists do classify it as an inland sea however.

@joshuaspain6789 2 года назад

I’m very sad now, I would have loved to have seen a small whale, but now I know I can’t.

@NaturesCompendium 2 года назад

We still have pygmy right whale's which are the last surviving relatives of cetotheriums!

@craigverrilli1 3 года назад

Good video, but more use of maps would be better.

@UnwantedGhost1 2 года назад

Imagine if this mega lake was still around today? What do you guys think what would have happened to it along with many animals?

@professorsimosuchus7954 3 года назад

I have 3 questions: 1. What is the name of the seal species 2. Did the marine mammals live during the brackish period of the lake? 3.where can i find more info in the fossil faiuna of this lake?(like the fish and molusks ans stuff)

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

1. The seal species is based off of fragmentary remains found in Ukraine fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=52073&is_real_user=1 2. Yes 3. There aren't a lot of papers on animals that lived in this region unfortunately but the paper I linked mentions the presence of crustaceans that cetotherium may have eaten. There are also some papers on different gastropods that lived in the region: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825215000197

@professorsimosuchus7954 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium thank you very much

@im_the_end 3 года назад

4:03 that proboscidean looks sad

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

He walked all this way to a lake only to see no water 😔

@im_the_end 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium :(

@woodybrando9665 3 года назад

new vid????

@mbvoelker8448 3 года назад

Tiny baby baleen whale babies!

@lightningboltt5437 3 года назад

Were there any sturgeons in it?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Not that I could find sadly

@saucepirate8970 3 года назад

Is this a form of island dwarfism?

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

Not sure if this counts as insular dwarfism since this occurred in a lake and not an island haha but it is a form of dwarfism yes

@imaredwhale2thenotsoelectr916 3 года назад

Isn'tland dwarfism

@malnutritionboy 3 года назад

Foster's Rule

@woodybrando9665 3 года назад

Say number 15, burger king foot lettuce

@NaturesCompendium 3 года назад

What about number 16, krusty krab sea lettuce?? 😳

@woodybrando9665 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium interesting.....

@woodybrando9665 3 года назад

@@NaturesCompendium but sir this is a wendy's

@FandomLurker 3 года назад

Aww, I would've loved to see a living tiny whale baby. That mental image is so stinking cute... I wonder how they sang their whale songs?

@lock_ray 3 года назад

I really thought the whale was going to eat that duck...

@badartgallery9322 3 года назад

Guy rocks and probably smells great too!

@soupinhyperspace3179 3 года назад

Intriguing. Now let's save the vaquita.

@majorcheirus77 3 года назад

No!!!! Not Cetotherium!!!!

@c.megalodon6315 10 месяцев назад

Cetotherium This 6 Metres Baleen Whales Was A Favorite Prey For Giant Predators Including Leviathan Melvillei and The Giant Great White Shark Carcharodon Megalodon

@Beefaroni_Bert 3 года назад

Why are all the coolest animals not alive anymore? Watching this stuff makes me depressed that theres literally no possible way in the age i live in to view these creatures the way they looked when they were alive.

@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment 3 года назад

Wait so does this mean the deserts of Central Asia used to be ocean/sea bed???

@Sketchy_Dood 3 года назад

What a wee whale, adorable

@wolfgolden1789 3 года назад

The salt content went so high it later formed a another sea after the lake started to go down called the black sea which is known to be having high amounts of salt content in it's waters. The amount is so high you can float a bowling ball.

@victor-vr9px 3 года назад

The back sea isn't that salty, oceans have twice the salt amount