Perucetus colossus | The Ultimate Prehistoric Chonk Whale!

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Perucetus was published and described on August 2nd, 2023 and is the largest fossil vertebrate discovered to date. In this video filled with beautiful and fun animations, we will learn more about this animal's discovery, wild size estimates, and what it's role in the prehistoric ocean's ecosystems may have been. "Nature's Compendium" has officially surpassed 50,000 subscribers and I hope that we can all end the year on a good note with a fun video on such an amazing animal. Thank you all for supporting me and my channel over the years and I hope you enjoy the video!
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Discovery and Description
1:42 Basilosaurids
2:28 How Big was Perucetus really?
3:30 Perucetus ecology
4:26 Animals of the Paracas formation
6:45 Conclusion
7:26 Outro
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References
►Perucetus Discovery: www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
►Perucetus Weight, Diet, and Ecology: www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
►Tutcetus: www.nature.com/articles/s4200...
►Ocucajea: www.researchgate.net/profile/...
►Mystacodon: bioone.org/journals/geodivers...
►Peregocetus: www.cell.com/current-biology/...
►Icadyptes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
►Paracas formation sawfish: repositorio.ingemmet.gob.pe/h...
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@NaturesCompendium 7 месяцев назад

Be sure to comment #Perucetus below for a chance to win a copy of Prehistoric Kingdom! This time around I'll be picking TWO lucky winners so be sure you comment for a chance to win! If you enjoyed this video and would like to help me make more of these videos faster, please consider supporting me on Patreon. Patreon supporters will also get the added benefit of Patreon Exclusive videos: smaller projects that I won't be publicly releasing until I've finished my current batch of Jurassic World themed: videos www.patreon.com/Natures_Compendium

@chillinqq3079 6 месяцев назад

bro giving away pehistoric kingdom when i just bought it a week ago :(

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

@@chillinqq3079 ooof a tragedy 😭

@pyrotron22 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus

@PikachuIno 6 месяцев назад

@@NaturesCompendium Thank you

@PikachuIno 6 месяцев назад

@@NaturesCompendium I like Basilosaurus

@paleopal 6 месяцев назад

That T-REX poster was painfully accurate. I've seen everything from crocodylomorphs to pterosaurs to bony fish said to resemble T. rex in headlines...

@AmericanAdvancement 6 месяцев назад

I can’t really fault the article writers for referring to T-Rex all of the time. When you really think about it, T-Rex is the general public’s most recognized point of reference for the scale of prehistoric life and for good reason. When pressed further, some may know about the ice age or about other creatures like dimetrodon, triceratops, stegosaurus, allosaurus, etc, but that’s about the full extent of the average person’s knowledge on the topic. Paleoenthusiasts have to recognize that prehistory in general is a niche topic that few people are interested in. Some IP’s like Jurassic Park and Ice Age have given prehistoric life more attention, but that’s usually the most exposure that the general public will receive about the topic.

@Scarshadow666 Месяц назад

Shows why things like Prehistoric Planet and various paleontology RU-vid channels, like this one, is really important (and that there should be more adult programs at museums to get people excited about paleontology, beyond the kid/family-friendly ones)! Now we just need algorithms to be able to get lesser-known paleontology facts out to the public, instead of showing too much stuff about T Rex over and over.

@jochemjojo 6 месяцев назад

The fact that #Perucetus was only described so recently while it was such a huge animal just shows how hard it is to find fossils.

@parth8548 6 месяцев назад

Hats off to the penguin standing on the whale.

@gattycroc8073 6 месяцев назад

I really hope more expeditions are made to the Paracas Formation in order to learn more about the environment Perucetus lived in.

@bkjeong4302 6 месяцев назад

The idea of Perucetus being too slow to be an active predator and having to rely on scavenging ignores that all other slow-swimming basilosaurids were dedicated shallow-water ambush predators, often raptorial predators too.

@evanlephrog7337 6 месяцев назад

Imagine being like, a shark or something, and thinking you're the most powerful creature in the ocean, and then getting bodied by a giant sea sausage.

@Scarshadow666 Месяц назад

Yeah, makes me wonder if they could hunt similar to how some fresh-water dolphins do, or when orcas push themselves up on land (like if that's the only time they have a quick moment of energy)?

@bkjeong4302 Месяц назад

@@Scarshadow666 Only one pod of orcas can beach themselves like that so probably not.

@UnwantedGhost1-anz25 6 месяцев назад

*I LIKE EM BIG, I LIKE EM CHONKY.* Thank you so much for covering this prehistoric early cetacean. Happy early New Years. Hope you make more videos like this.

@PaleoGeek 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus here to give us a whale of a time. Dope work on this! Love the patterns and colours you chose for all the critters featured.

@abdulazizrex 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely love the Dreadnoughtus pun!😄

@ExtremeMadnessX 6 месяцев назад

In fact, mosasaurs also evolved quite quickly after the extinction of ichthyosaurs. The "rapid" evolution of whales should not be so surprising.

@AmericanAdvancement 6 месяцев назад

And yet icthyosaurs managed to do it faster with cymbospondylus growing to over 17 meters in length just 5 million years after the great dying

@areallyshortbrontothere 6 месяцев назад

4:32 THE FULL SCALE OF "GET OFF ME BACK"

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 6 месяцев назад

As I said before Perucetus is now easiest one of my favorite newly discovered prehistoric animals, and you've done a great job on this amazing animal and it's relatives. Hope you had a great 2023 and continue to soon have a great 2024 ❤😊

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much! Happy new years man 🎉

@dino_drawings 6 месяцев назад

I love how so many people criticize about them using sirenians, when it was using them that got to the lower estimates of 65 ton, and estimate using whales that got 300+ ton. The weight estimates where very rough, because they didn’t have much material, so they used expected skeleton weight, and what that would be proportional to the rest of the animal. Sirenians have a high skeletal to body weight, so the skeleton takes of up more of the total weight. Baleen whales have relatively light skeletons, so that’s what gives the higher weight estimates. Also: #Perucetus

@bkjeong4302 6 месяцев назад

The issue is that other basilosaurids with dense sirenian-like bones didn’t have nearly as much bulk as the official Perucetus reconstruction assumed, which massively cuts down on its mass.

@dino_drawings 6 месяцев назад

@@bkjeong4302 they also didn’t have quite as dense bones.

@PaleoSteno 6 месяцев назад

I wanna travel back to the eocene just to see what these early whales were like.

@robinator789 6 месяцев назад

OH LAWD HE'S HERE, HE'S BIG, HE'S CHONKY!!! Seriously though you have been improving! I love your videos, they're so interesting and informative while also being fun to watch. Your art is awesome.

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!!

@robinator789 6 месяцев назад

@@NaturesCompendium you're welcome

@legogodzilla 6 месяцев назад

I kinda want an animated background of those eagle rays and sawfishes swimming in the shallows now.... Maybe toss in a few other critters so it doesn't get stale, it'd be pretty good.

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

I definitely want to make something like this when I get to spinosaurus! Would love an onchopristus scene in this style down the line

@luryyn843 6 месяцев назад

Man i can't wait to watch the video when i get home! #Perucetus

@tm43977 6 месяцев назад

A new cenozoic beast wanted into the spotlight

@areallyshortbrontothere 6 месяцев назад

It ps so big, even if it's not at the biggest size, to always be in the spotlight hpno matter where it is

@JaxanOBirdy 6 месяцев назад

You mean "Wandered?

@dinomation 6 месяцев назад

I really love this giant whale!

@jeanclaudejunior 5 месяцев назад

me too

@chadgorosaurus4898 6 месяцев назад

Perucetus truly is the coolest whale discovered this year.

@NextToToddliness 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful artwork and animation!

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Thank you very much!

@shanicestella2226 6 месяцев назад

Really Gigantic Chonky Whale of Peru , Love this Giant Mammal

@PatataChip_Alt 6 месяцев назад

Majung now has competition from le whale #Perucetus

@DemitriVladMaximov 6 месяцев назад

Now that is a whale of a tale. Bad jokes aside, great video as always.

@awesomeproductions7755 6 месяцев назад

Seriously, marine animals can't come to Prehistoric Kingdom soon enough! I sure hope this *_MEGA_* thicc boi gets in when or if that happens, given all the buzz around its discovery! Heck, Tutcetus might even be worth considering , being so tiny for a prehistoric whale.

@DawnRiseCheetah 6 месяцев назад

I like how you put the “animal” ambient at the end

@evanlephrog7337 6 месяцев назад

I've heard someone describe it as a "Giant Sea Sausage." They mentioned that it might have been the heaviest animal ever, and the sentence was something like, "That means the largest animal to ever exist might have been a giant sea sausage."

@areallyshortbrontothere 6 месяцев назад

Absolute chonk level creature right there

@imdliamdragonlucha6827 6 месяцев назад

*OH LAWD HE COMIN'*

@tybulsombut 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus

@areallyshortbrontothere 6 месяцев назад

Damm this place is awsome, we gotta get nigel in here

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Getting Nigel Marvin to narrate one of my videos would be a dream come true!

@cemilhan725 6 месяцев назад

This video is pretty underrated. Fake and outdated Paleontology channels (A.K.A Top 5 channels) get more than they deserve, but keep what you are doing!

@takenname8053 6 месяцев назад

What an ABSOLUTE UNIT !

@dennisgill4871 6 месяцев назад

Love it! #Perucetus

@skitsfossil16 6 месяцев назад

What a nice and informative video as always! Keep it up! #Perucetus

@valentinfejes 6 месяцев назад

Icadyptes' sound reminds me a bit of the scream of the injured T. rex baby from JW2... Happy New Year in advance! Many thanks for all of your hard work!

@helenashellhouse 6 месяцев назад

YAAAAYYYYY

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy 6 месяцев назад

Though a lot of hype was build around this animal, it is an incredible achievement of evolution. I wonder what else lurks in the Eocene’s fossil record!

@KinshipCadet 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus: Absolute Unit

@pedrovianadesouza2585 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus Let's gooo the CHONK is here baby!!!

@bibia666 6 месяцев назад

Great video..., I liked... But the audio quality could use some improvement 😉. Greetings and thanks 👋🙏 bibia.

@mistydragonfan1008 6 месяцев назад

Cool!

@naturalworldexplored 6 месяцев назад

Really interesting video! #perucetus

@maozilla9149 6 месяцев назад

nice video

@1998topornik 6 месяцев назад

The mighty chongus!

@Dantae2612 6 месяцев назад

I think #Perucetus would look more like an baleen whale because of its HUGE size compared to other basilosaurs (i know its a strange guess)

@macwelch8599 6 месяцев назад

Finally!

@eybaza6018 6 месяцев назад

I love how #Perucetus was essentially a giant marine roomba whale,just sucking copious amounts of hard-shelled prey into it's mouth😅 It's your 1st video in a while,but it was sure worth the wait.The new animals look amazing,and I love the sound design,something I didn't really notice before in your videos,good job as always!

@theangryholmesian4556 6 месяцев назад

Oh lawd he swimmin'

@LLCL2012 6 месяцев назад

I love that a lot of artists draw #Perucetus as chunky as possible. XD

@ChrisMayfield-nh1nf 7 дней назад

I saw a bird from the Cretaceous period and it looks Cool And it's called Hesperornis regalis a bird with teeth

@triplestrikero6392 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus this creature is new but is one of my favorite(don't kwon why)

@KalugaOfficial 6 месяцев назад

I'd personally love to see a video on Ornimegalonyx

@shelhawke7206 6 месяцев назад

That's a lot of speculation without a complete skeleton

@TheHannahcast 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus this thing is massive

@parkerpshebnisky1051 6 месяцев назад

I love this whale! 🐋

@demetriouskenrixdelmundo218 6 месяцев назад

He should go in the whale chonk chart

@mirandahelman9372 6 месяцев назад

Can you do a video on carcharodontosaurus please!

@pedrogabrielduarte4544 6 месяцев назад

Make a vídeo about Australopithecus

@Demeter2004 6 месяцев назад

I’ve got an idea for a video!

@Elephant-Puppet 6 месяцев назад

What’s your idea

@Demeter2004 6 месяцев назад

@@Elephant-Puppet Scientifically Accurate ICE AGE. If the 2002 animated film was much more accurate at representing the environment and the time it takes place in (if I’m not mistaken, it’s a North America 20 000 B.C.). Redesigning some animals and replacing some of them with those that did actually live there during that time.

@Elephant-Puppet 6 месяцев назад

@@Demeter2004 That’s actually a good idea

@posticusmaximus1739 5 месяцев назад

I wonder what pre-pakicetus whale relatives looked like

@Mich289 6 месяцев назад

So many biga animal like whales and others

@SandManOnTop 6 месяцев назад

Hey can u make a video about Sauropods I don’t really care about what sauropod u pick I just want to watch one of ur videos about my fav type of dinosaurs sauropods It can be about regular sauropods or Titanosaurs

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Amargasaurus is coming out next year!

@RaptorFH 6 месяцев назад

@NaturesCompendium looking forward to it!

@SandManOnTop 6 месяцев назад

@@NaturesCompendiumthanks bro

@Onefilipinokid 6 месяцев назад

This video is really cool btw mobile

@pasmorgan7609 6 месяцев назад

Can't wait for the ark update

@MrEmilable 6 месяцев назад

i wonder if an Eocene Version of an Orca(not talking about basilosaurus it´s kinda Sticking to the shallows right?) will be found sooner or later now we did find an animal as big as Perucetus colossus. Like im talking about a Super Predator whale that is capable of three-dimensional swimming during the Eocene Epoch here, like imagine a Dorudon acting like a killer whale or livyatan melvillei.

@AmericanAdvancement 6 месяцев назад

Maybe, but I think that role was filled by the ancestors of Megalodon and other giant prehistoric sharks. There’s a good reason why the basilosaurids stuck to the shallows and that’s because of the megatoothed sharks.

@HungrySharkGamerthesharkojira 6 месяцев назад

Perucetus = sausage I N C R E A S E

@ashleymesser6792 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus.

@presidenttogekiss635 6 месяцев назад

Wait wait wait? So semi-aquatic land walking whales survived THAT long? I assumed they went extinct as soon as the main fully aquatic family developed. That is WILD

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

So Peregocetus is from the same formation but at least 4 million years older then Perucetus. However, it's one of the youngest members of Protocetid and is the first one known to live near the Pacific Ocean!

@spicyboi8535 6 месяцев назад

#perucetus

@2ndJB 6 месяцев назад

The most interesting discovery of 2023 #Perucetus

@turtlecroc 6 месяцев назад

#peucetus

@AnkanBob 6 месяцев назад

penguin beak evolution

@DrBidoofenshmirtz 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus It’s honestly really cool that we finally found an animal that even kind of matches the scale of the Blue Whale. I’ve always wondered why something that large only came about relatively recently

@unleashthekraken7548 6 месяцев назад

Great video I haven't heard of any of these animals before, ocucajea has me wanting to see more information about. #Perucetus

@MrFossil367ab45gfyth 6 месяцев назад

Some illustrations of this animal make it look like a chonky sausage with a small head and fins.

@DreadEnder 6 месяцев назад

Me whenever a new documentary comes out: PLEASE STOP COMPARING EVERYTHING TO TYRANNOSAURUS!!!

@billyr2904 6 месяцев назад

In my opinion, Perucetus colossus has a name as cool as Tyrannosaurus rex. Like T. rex, it has a cool meaning, 'colossal whale from Peru'. Pretty self-explanatory, but still a cool name. I imagine that most people in the foreseeable future, will refer to it by its full binomial name, like Tyrannosaurus, and not just being called Perucetus.

@Ledinosour673 6 месяцев назад

GIGACHONK

@CoolersAndUttpSmokers 6 месяцев назад

Aight bet

@UnwantedGhost1-anz25 6 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, most of these Eocene whales still had to beware of the large mega tooth sharks, which includes the ancestors of Megaldons. But at least they still thrived for a long time.

@valentinfejes 6 месяцев назад

also, #Perucetus 🐋

@user-ks8fq6jp1c 6 месяцев назад

next can you put How Scientifically Accurate is Jurassic World's SPINOSAURUS?

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Im making that video for the end of 2024!

@user-ks8fq6jp1c 6 месяцев назад

@@NaturesCompendium what?!?!😱😵

@mlgodzilla4206 6 месяцев назад

Big Chungus Whale

@Society.263 Месяц назад

Bro it’s Caseoh

@TheMegAxolatl4836 Месяц назад

Update: My boy Perucetus lost some weight

@Saurus619 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus is Big

@areallyshortbrontothere 6 месяцев назад

Lowrd chonkerton

@sansundertale4943 6 месяцев назад

* whale whale whale, this is a very whale done video. * I had a whale of time watching this video about #Perucetus.

@porquenao7822 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus big whale goo

@Redonns_mCstudios Месяц назад

Pericetus looks like a mosasaurus

@Ons_TV 6 месяцев назад

Ok be honest how many times did u have to try to pronounce the name at 4:40😂

@NaturesCompendium 6 месяцев назад

Maybe like 12 times 😅

@CosmicCaribbean 6 месяцев назад

Perucetus is to mammals like how Argentinosaurus is to reptiles, you the biggest thing on Earth by damnit can’t we get your entire body to stay in one place in time 😭😂

@LegeFles 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus hope to see extinct marine mammals in PK some day.

@jukeman9291 3 месяца назад

I thought Perucetus was a giant seal

@DreadEnder 6 месяцев назад

#PERUCETUS is big boned

@AifDaimon 6 месяцев назад

BOLSTER WHALE

@tafhimulhossain 6 месяцев назад

Big Chungus

@hilalramad5974 6 месяцев назад

Whale evolution are really unique, it's remakable to see that back then early whale can grow into colosal size and diverst even before modern gigantic whale arrived

@AmericanAdvancement 6 месяцев назад

Here to remind everyone that the icthyosaurs did it first and did it faster than any other vertebrate group. Combospondylus achieved enormous sizes just five million years after the great dying

@deinocheirusgaming6920 6 месяцев назад

#Perucetus was a beautiful scientific failure. I remember laughing at the 340 ton estimates and reconstructions like my depressed ass hasn't for years. Like how tf is it even feeding itself?!