One thing that always puzzled me about Yutyrannus reconstructions is how they always give it a short pelt when the fossils actually show really long feathers.
Just a design choice I suppose. That said, I have watched a documentary about the evolution of birds which depicted the yuty with quite long protofeathers.
Realistically if the feathers were 8 inches they would lay back to deflect wind and other debris meaning they would have been pretty flat up against the skin unless it was ruffling its feathers to make itself look a lot bigger or if it had very dense feathers which I doubt because it lived in a 50 degree climate which means it would probably have thinner feathers to reduce weight.
Yutyrannus is now in ark and its one of the most powerful and beautiful dinosaurs in the game and it has 2 roars which scare enemies away (making them crap them selfs literraly) and buff allied dinosaurs adding a dmg boost
Today we start a new series called: Paleo Profile, where I examine the lesser known but still very interesting prehistoric creatures! Today we have Yutyrannus, the largest feathered dinosaur and relative of T. rex! Can you guess the creature at the end?
To quote someone I saw on DeviantArt: "In the Mesozoic, there was a word for mammals who weren't afraid of feathers: Lunch!" I like to imagine Yutyrannus with striped feathers, to blend in with the trees, and that they seasonally change to white when the winter comes so they can blend in with the snow. Basically like a mix between a tiger and a rock ptarmigan.
In my mind, I like to imagine Tyrannosaurs and other therapods as giant, elephant sized birds that had teeth. Every time they would take a step, I would hear a "thud" type of stomping.
Here's MY theory. When yutyrannus reaches breeding season, male feathers turn bright and flamboyant for display (like how the arctic fox's fur changes color).
Quite likely. Many male birds develop brighter plumage, beak and skin pigmentation during breeding seasons. Look at birds of paradises; all the flamboyant ones are males.
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Aside from the fact that it's a slightly smaller fluffy Tyrannosaurus (which is frankly reason enough to like it), it's also a good creature to bring up when arguing with people who don't think feathered dinosaurs sound scary. Edit: So apparently it's alittle more distantly related than I thought, but it's still defopants a tyrannosaurid.
"This dinosaur is my favorite because it has feathers!" >Proceeds to briefly mention direct evidence of group behaviors in large tyrannosaurids Can we like the same dinosaur for totally different fascinating discoveries?
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Was it cold and snowy year-round where and when Yutyrannus lived? Would it have been far enough north that winter would have long nights without sunrise?
Ah, the second Paleo Profile, what a throwback! Also, adult females and all babies probably were dull colored, and adult males brightly colored for attracting mates, at least during mating season, if they had one, and couldn't mate any time of the year. They most likely had a mating season, however. This conclusion has been made by many including the famous paleontologist, Jack Horner, due to Birds being Dinosaurs, and Birds close relationship to other Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs probably attracted mates using show rather than force like Mammals do. So, pretty much, it's likely both ideas were right. Not sure if you know this by now, but whatever, here you go!
Just because birds are dinosaurs does not mean all dinosaurs acted like birds. Sure, they likely had some similarities to birds, but birds could have easily evolved those traits after they split from other dinosaurs.
Yutyrannus very quickly became my favorite dinosaur, it's very interesting and I wonder if there are more dinosaurs like it we don't know about and possibly other species of yutyrannus
Good video, great sountrack. I didn´t know there was evidence for packing behaviour on yutyrannus. And I completly agree with the feather evolution proposed...
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T rex: hey there shrimp whatchya doing here? Yutyrannus: I-i-i was j-just c-coming h-here f-for v-vacation from the s-snow. (He's stuttering because he's scared of the t rex.
Cool new series I really like it. Do you know of any recent documentary style videos on dinosaurs like the one that has the large feathered theropd squaring up against the ankolasaurs? Also Keep up the good work!
Never heard of the Yuryrannus before, but I have seen some of the artwork featured elsewhere - presented as how T-Rexes might have looked with feathers.
Wow u changed my point of view of dinosaurs completely I went from a unknowing noob to a interested viewer. I never like dinnorsaurs at first but I like ur explaination :D
3:17 That was not Yutyrannus, that was gorgasaurus from the documentary "March of the dinosaurs." Regardless, nice video. The facts were very nice. And I loved how you used "Walking with Beasts" music, it's a very nice soundtrack.
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If you are going to do this I would LOVE to see For example Deinocheirus, Ambulocetus, Barsilosaurus, Euparkeria or Gigantoraptor. Nobody talks about these great creatures and would love to give them little SHOUT-OUT.
Hello my name is Alejandro and I have to say I love ur channel fanally a dinosaurs channel with lots of information. I would really like to see more of this. My favorite dinosaurs are t-rex, giganosaurus and spinosaurus.
We can't say for certain yet. What you're saying is definitely possible, but we don't know. Wooly mammoths and yutyrannus lived in very cold climates and elephants live in very hot climates. Temperature estimates of T-Rex's home are temperate, so really it could swing either way. But we don't know yet, so we can't really say anything with absolute certainty.
Elephants are semi aquatic. Oily fur and feathers are adaptations to the cold. They waterproof the fur and feathers, but that doesn't work in hot environments. There are no shortages of birds that die if they fall in water, due to lacking oily feathers. Being in a warm environment means that elephants can't have waterproof fur. They use their ears to cool themselves and cover themselves in mud. Also under and overcoats are seen in cold environments. The under layer radiates heat to itself causing an insulation effect with the overcoat acting as a barrier. You see lots of fur and feathers in warm environments, but there is a single layer of the same length. The cooling effect of fur doesn't increase with length, so you see short fur in the heat. The heat radiating quality of fur and feathers didn't need to evolve, rather the insulating quality did.
In mammoths the woolly ones and hairless ones were different species. I don't know a single species that could be both woolly and hairless. T-rex is a single species however, so your comparison doesn't work. We also know only one confirmed species of Tyrannosaurus. So we have to look at the bigger group, Tyrannosaurids. It's possible some of them had feathers, but there's not much evidence to back that up, most evidence goes towards scales. The even bigger group of Tyrannosauroids however does have evidence of feathers, as seen in Yutyrannus. So the most likely answer is that some groups of Tyrannosauroids had feathers, but Tyrannosaurids probably didn't.
if the yuty lived in cold climates and was feathered to (presumably) keep it warm, wouldnt that suggest yutyrannus to be warmblooded? this is so interesting also greetings from the future! yuty is in ARK :P
this is only a guess from the limited knowledge I have, but as far as i know only the theropod's had feathers. So, even though Anklyosaurus is awesome, it probably didn't have feathers.
PMW3 A few primitive ornithischians have feathers, and possibly even a couple very derived ones. This, and the pycnofibres, or fuzz, of the non-dinosaurian, related pterosaurs, indicates that far more than just feathered theropods existed in the world of dinosaurs. Did Ankylosaurus have feathers? Probably not.
Jonny Ly might have but I doubt they would have been very numerous or showy they might have been only on its belly and probably resembled the fur of a musk ox
Jamie Joberns lol I was jking dude and actually I cant remember the name but I know there is one endangered species of crocodilian that has the snout long like that.
I feel like it really depended on the environment the dinosaur lived in, Yutyrannus lived in a cold environment just like Velociraptor. If Yutyrannus had feathers that does not mean T-Rex had them. They maybe related but we still need fossil proof in order to find out. Right now we can only theorize that it did, along with other dinosaurs. I believe that the larger dinosaurs that lived in a warm environment did not need feathers. Maybe when they were young they did, but when they where a young adult they lost them. But for the smaller dinosaurs they needed them to stay warm because they couldn't control their body temperature. But then again we still are not sure all theropods , or all dinosaurs had them. Ah what ever there is no reason to argue with a 9th Grader like me anyways, I still don't know that much yet.
There is a fossil of a close relative of the T-Rex showing feathers (altough i belive not even close to covering his entire body) So it's very possible that the T-Rex had SOME feathers, Trey has a video on that :]
DarkiLordito Well I did see the video, it maybe a close relative. But again haha, we aren't sure she had em because we haven't found fossil proof, As you said we can only assume she had em. It goes the same for some other dinosaurs.
yutyrannus is one of the fiercest dino ever... i just understand why some people cant accept that dino have feathers too... :) i made a custom of this in my channel (lego like figures only..) more customs to come soon... i love dinosaurs i love your channel
I'm a avid player of ark survival evolved, and it's really interesting hearing the inaccuracies of the animals. Ever thought about making a video about that?
T-rex: Ha,your different,and smaller from me,and I'm the beast. Yutyrannus: Well,at least I have arms. T-rex: (cries) Yutyrannus is also my 4th favorite dinosaur.
Hey a just have a question not sure if u can help me. I'm trying to do some research about the t-rex name sue. But I keep getting difference sizes. The last book that I got "dinosaurs the grand tour. "Says that sue was 12.80m and the pdf that I got from the Chicago museum says the same. But then there many that says that sue was only 12.30m long I just wanna know ur opinion thanks. Love ur channel
