Prehistoric Bug Extravaganza 

Why?

Cause they are small names not big

That's the joke

@@JAYWASGAMING well I guess I get an #r/whoosh.

@@mapoosianmakrak1487 woshgush

I'm a simple man who did the same, cheers

A woman of culture

That’s the kinda woman we like around here!!!

Hahah, my thoughts exactly

I'm complicated planet and did the same 🤘

I actually thought he said dickbug 😂

common stick insect W

cute pfp :3

They hacking 🤬

The Fall Factor! A concept that has astonished me my whole life and I think of often

They also unlocked farming millions of years ago

Some bugs do, the large ones. There’s some stick bug species that’s pretty thicc.

It’s just a small animal thing frogs can get small enough too

Also which side was the top and which side was the bottom.

Also how their only living descendants are velvet worms.

@@deadlydingus1138 which are also closely related to arthropods, so they would've totally fit in the video, at least as much as the radiodonts did.

At least they got a mention, what about horseshoe crabs?

@@revimfadli4666 I was going to also bring up those guys, but I forgor about them lol

Yeah, I dated him.

@@RaelNikolaidis and his name was john cena

cockroach named manipulator:

We need a song or a movie so entitled. 🙂

@@thelyricologist9568 Reminds me of an old horror movie. "Mimic" In the movie, they try to get rid of cockroaches because they are spreading a disease in the city that kills all children (in I think New York). The main character kills the creepy crawlies by making a genetically modified cockroach called the Judas breed that spread pheromones in order to lure other cockroaches to a chemical that increases their metabolism to the point that they quickly starve. She places them in the city sewers. At first this seam to be a great success. The cockroaches die and the disease can't spread, so it gets eradicated. The main character gets lots of positive recognition for her achievement and becomes a celebrity. But since it's a horror movie, good things don't last for very long... Thanks to the Judas breed being genetically modified, they grow lungs and as consequence they grow BIG. But just because they have grown big now doesn't mean they have stopped reproducing like cockroaches. Unfortunately, their spread still goes unnoticed because they live in the sewers. And On top of that, due to their increased metabolism, they soon get an appetite for a new abundant food source. Humans! The reason the movie is called Mimic is that the Judas breed evolve to look like humans when standing up in the dark alleyways of the city at night. So, to sum it up, it's a horror movie about cockroaches that manipulate people. Alto, they don't understand language and human intelligence. They just mimic humans like a stick bug mimics a plant, wish is creeper I think.

The table part really put it into perspective 😭😭

i know they are animals, but i mean, they don't really look like it on first glance... when somebody says animal people usually think of vertebrates like cats and elephants and stuff.

I have had the same argument with people who insist humans aren't animals. I hold that humans and bugs are animals whether people like it or not.

@danijelovskikanal7017 What exactly is an animal "supposed" to "look" like

@@madders1851 the reason why they said that is bc as a society we were told what an animal is supposed to look like and thus we created this false idea that animals are only cats, dogs, elephants etc. there is no right or wrong about how an animal should look like but there is a scientific reason that defines what an animal is

@@schnoz2372 that’s more out of arrogance than anything. How can I be an animal? I shit inside and watch anime porn! Animals don’t do that!

if ya wanna help realise how adorable critters can be, suggest ya check out isopods, they're crustaceans, but super cute lil critters

meanwhile theres me who just ended up finding crustaceans creepy through the same realization.

The more you go back in time, the more custacean-y they become

It’s the rats that scare me.

I love sea bugs 🐛

indeed, a spec evo project on bugs would be cool

Amen, brother!

imagine seeing a tarantula larger than you

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq it wouldn’t be larger; the arthropods were big, but “big” by Carboniferous standards was around the size of an Alligator; big, but not titanic.

@@TrinityCore60 ohh okay

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq I love tarantulas but that would be horrifying. The ones I own are killing machines

Imagine those spiders swinging in the trees with their tails 😂

​@@SatanenPerkeleEWWW HELP PLS-

​@@SatanenPerkeleBut then again those tiny spiders withbthe big eyes but with tails 🥺 Either that or a nightmarish horrific generic but unique manefistation of hell as a spider with multiple tails-

You FOUND a FOSSIL.

So cool! All I have found are pieces of crinoids, coral, a mussel looking bivalve, a snail, and lots and lots of petrified wood. I think all the rock layers I have looked at are from the Mesozoic. Edit: nope looks like the petrified wood is from the Cenozoic.

@@Cillana that's awesome! I have a family member who owns a few acres. There are definitely layers from multiple time periods. We find small snails and mussels, mostly a crapload of pieces of petrified palms. I also found a fossilized fish that looks similar to a zebrafish. Colorado is rich in fossils and minerals.

@@Cillana also, the anomalocaris was maybe 8" so I guess it wouldn't be considered large for that species.

@@mr.giggles4995 I can't get to bedrock here (gulf coast) but the dirt where I live now is a mix of sand, red/orange clay, pieces of petrified wood, rounded river stones, and chunks of red/orange sandstone. We get heavy rains so anytime there is exposed dirt due to construction, the sand and clay washes away and makes it easy to pick up petrified wood and pretty rocks. All my other fossils are from gravel roads, driveways, and parking lots.

It helps that there's very little overlap between terrestrial and aquatic invertebrate groups. It's like they signed some kinda peace treaty.

I would.

so worms arnt bugs now?

Or "any terrestrial invertebrates", to include worms and snails

we should call them that

it has always been my dream to ride an arthropluera

​@@derpychicken2131Probably wouldn't be that different from sitting on a roomba.

man, i love bugs! i am not even an entomologist...

i wanna be friends with a griffinfly :D and giant mantises i'll have a tea party with them

Fun fact: Anomalocriis is a weakling an overrated. There is evidence that its jaws where actually very weak and could onky consume soft bodied animals or mostly mush. So nope Anomalo is no apex predator. If anything the trilobites are more of a predators as they hunted worms and ate them savagely.

@@Thunderblock7889 you're missing the fact that most animals in this period were "soft bodied," and that the "tusks" of the anamolocaris were flexible and had "teeth" on the underside, giving it shell-cracking ability. "apex predator" also does not mean what you probably think it does. an "apex predator" is a carnivorous animal that is not preyed upon by another carnivore. nothing more, nothing less. a blue whale is an "apex predator." yet, all it eats are microscopic plankton.

​@@Thunderblock7889 they were an apex preditor if there isn't anything to top it

​@@Thunderblock7889 it ate animals and trilobytes it was strong enough to eat trilobytes could mean trilobyte shells are weak

​@@Thunderblock7889 also wtf does this have to do with the comment there's a lot more comments about thst guy than him

"No cost too great, no mind to think, no will to break, no voice to cry suffering. Born of God and Void, you shall seal the blinding light that plagues their dreams. You are the Empty Vessel. You are the Hollow Knight."

Snails and Worms are COMPLETELY different from bugs, wtf??

​@@user-bf6gz8ej4o "Bug" is not an official term and is often used for creepy crawlies as a whole. 'Insect' is the scientific term. That's why 'bug' often includes arachnids and myriapods - it is an umbrella term

At least they are not toxic, so no need to be afrait of them (as long as you watch out for your fingers).

Thats some dope character development. Respect

@@molybdaen11 No shit, majority of spiders are not dangerous. I'm still afraid of them

@@realdragondon’t be, try letting one crawl on you, as long as you make no sudden movements or antagonize it, you will see true of beauty of spiders

@@OzaMusikTV jUsT doNt bE aFrAId Wow, why I didn't think of that earlier

Petition for a scuttlebug jamboree because omg that sounds amazing.

Hey, thanks for the feedback! There's always like one or two things I get wrong in my videos, so thanks for the corrections. The oxygen theory I knew was a bit outdated, but it was also the most popular theory wherever I went and had a paper backing it up. But oh well, just goes to show because something is published and popular does not make it fact. As for those arthropod species you named, I had really scoured the web looking for some unique arthropods while researching. I had a feeling I was missing a few, and man I really wish I had heard about the two you brought up.

:) wow

@@ardentlines814 I see those rarely and they move at the speed of light

u seem really knowledgeable on this topic and i’m rly rly interested in it, do you have any books on prehistoric arthropods that you recommend? or any other pieces of literature or info on them?

@@loukenny5245 Oh, I get most of my information from scientific articles rather than books, but there is some cool stuff you should check out. Like a recent study revising the phylogeny of barnacles

+1

A bug typed this.

so what is a human? humans are maybe.. hmm fungi? plants? but if humans aren't animals they can't be fungi hmm... humans = plants. *does not photosynthesis*

It's really weird to think that we're still just apes. Like, we have societies and science and everything, but evolutionary speaking we're still as much of an "animal" as any of our primate cousins. Human society has only existed for a few dozen thousand years at most, that is NOTHING in the vast evolutionary history of our species. The human species has spent most of its time frolicking in fields and chasing mammoths. All our history, culture, and sophistication is merely the latest chapter in a grand epic that has spanned millions of years. We're animals, we've been "wild" far longer than we've been cultured.

That’d be a cool experiment

That'd be simultaneously cool and horrifying. Let's do it

Oxygen isn't the only limit to how large insects can grow. 5-meter bee can't exist because it would need an internal skeleton to maintain its form. Even if it could work, it wouldn't look much like a bee, having to adopt a much more aerodynamic bird-like shape to remain capable of flight with its much larger weight.

I think we've done that already, and yes, they do grow bigger. Obviously, you can't go beyond 100% oxygen and you would have to do it for a couple of million years before you see big evolutionary changes.

@@eljanrimsa5843 Not even close, you could manipulate the environment (i.e make food extremely abundant, but have a high densitet of insects) and you would see great results within a couple of years depending on the rate of reproduction of the species.

Why do bugs need love? And you do realize most arthropods in the vudeo are not bugs as their not in Insecta.

@@Thunderblock7889 stop seeking the attention your parents never gave you from random people online. We don't owe you shit.

Sadly, Arthropod populations have been declining due to urbanisation. The fact that you see more of them is likely because your field of vision expanded to include the lovely little creatures that share their habitat with you

I had dragonflies mating on my shoulder once

Why do you think it's a baby? It's most likely fully grown. Don't humanize animals

@@SatanenPerkele "Baby" as in small and endearing, not a literal baby, you nihilistic killjoy

That's adorable

Proud of you bud, you should def get yourself an mothfarm

@@Sebastianator01 yes absolutely, I was going to get a pet moth but I live in the middle of nowhere and I’m nervous to buy from online

@@krill_god I'm a big moth fan as well! I like to find cocoons in the forest and watch them hatch :)

i love moths! the one in my pfp is called Mollofi, hence the username.

bugs are one of my special intrests too i just love them sm theyre so intresting and magkagwkwje

"No wonder they died out - They did not even had a protective shell."

LONG LIVE THE BUG

@@sqrt2295 dawg I know that’s why I put cryptids in quotes; the point is just to illuminate weird animals that were believed to be more fantastical than they actually were 👍🏽🙌🏽

Fun fact : panda bears were thought to be cryptids when they first were discovered

The okapi was thought to be an African myth by Europeans since they're so hard to find in the rainforests they live in

The Komodo dragon being thought to be a cryptid doesn’t seem surprising. It’s pretty rare that you find some truth to all of those endless tales about dragons.

@@sqrt2295 hence the "misidentified" part of the comment

Paleobotany is probably a bit more underrated just cause it's hard to find plant fossils :(

@@BerGODmo yeah

Bugs dont rule as they get constantly eaten by vertebrates. Also there is no evidence of bugs living in nuc plants. Not all arthropods are bugs. Learn taxonomy.

@@Thunderblock7889 Here, have some attention. Judging by your spamming comments, you're desperate for it.

@@stevenschnepp576 Am just aavoiding people from being misinformed. You cringe 8 year old.

Ew no squash it bugs are gross!

@@platinumencasedpenile4812 😐

So glad the AoT community is here lmaooo

@@lucygallagher6747 of course we’re here, we only move forward

Tatakae!

I like that the halluiginea is like jojo musical references for aot fans

Yea

LOL

Most arthropods in the vid are not bugs since their not in Insecta. Learn taxonomy.

@@Thunderblock7889 they're not their. Learn grammar

Plot hole: Not all arthropods are Insects. Learn taxonomy.

@@Thunderblock7889 Wait... What did I say to merit that response?