I remember this one documentary, _Titanoboa: Monster Snake_ from Smithsonian. I loved it so much, I still have it in my RU-vid movies and shows list to this day.
I’d still like an episode dedicated to the haast eagle, the largest and most powerful eagle in history that managed to become the top predator of New Zealand. In my opinion it was a very unique predator of an already equally unique island ecosystem. Equally as interesting I’d like to see videos on either andrewsarchus, elephant bird, giant moa or deinotherium.
These drawings by Danielle Duffault are such a joy to watch with the videos. She gets every single plane from the scale su accurately. I would 100% buy a book of her work.
"The largest snakes today live around the equator, because the higher temperatures allow for development of bigger bodies." Basically the Earth: Stop making me hotter or you get giant snakes again.
I might steal that comment next time some idiot claims global warming is not that bad (and I will hide the fact I'd love to see such a snake, just not at that price!)
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!! My personal favorite scale buddy that has ever roamed our planet. I hope that one day we can know even more about them, as well as find more fossils.
I just realized what if there were animals that existed but we'll never know because they have no fossils or something leave behind to show that they were there
Congratulations on the legendary Titanoboa cerejonensis my friend! This gigantic prehistoric constrictor is indeed the largest snake in the world after Gigantophis garstini. Please continue more on other megafauna and other prehistoric creatures for the channel to grow. Also it made some appearances from Smithsonian's Titanoboa Monster Snake and Primeval New World too.
This was such an excellent docu! Thank you so much! Not only do you folks produce and edit very well, but you keep things so interesting and super informative. More like this! Cheers
I would love to see a video on the Megalodon, Entelodonts or Sarkastodon I think it would be a great learning experience for fans of those animals and people who have only just learnt about them. Another brilliant video. I love re learning about all these pre historic species. Keep up the amazing work
Can you guys please do a video on Katydids? Theirs not a lot of videos about them, yet their one of the most common species of insect on the planet. They're extremely successful and I'm eager to learn more about them and why their so well adapted.
Not at all related to the information of this video but just a random thought I had while watching it... Talia gives me hope that it's not too late for me to have a nice smile through braces or whatever. I'm in my early 30s and my biggest insecurity has always been my smile. I didn't get to have braces as a kid like is the norm, or seemed to me to be the norm. After college, I thought it was too late for me. I'd be going into the professional world and it'd be seen weird for me as an adult to have braces. In fact, I can't readily recall a single person I've met since college that did have braces. But seeing Talia in some of these videos makes it feel a little more normal and comfortable of a prospect. Thanks Talia. Hopefully one day soon I'll be able to afford it both in money and confidence.
This is such a wonderful comment to get! I've had braces since I was 24 and now I'm 27. The only person who has ever judged me for it or found it weird has been myself! There are so many options nowadays -- invisible braces, braces on the back of your teeth, etc, plus being able to pay in instalments over the course of a few years helped me a lot. I wish you all the best!
2:42 Isn't it likely that Titanoboa would've been outweighed before then by Barinasuchus? (And on that note, count this as my vote for a giant terrestrial crocodile episode!)
Danielle your painting skills are absolutely insane! And to the host of todays episode, very smooth outfit, I see what you did there clever snake girl. Very interesting episode!
I like to imagine the Animal logic team spent weeks convincing an employee at the museum Danielle works at to lend them his pristine prehistoric animal action figure collection so they could film this series.
Is there a theoretical limit to the size? If conditions were perfect for a snake like Titanaboa, climate, food and resources with few predators, is there a maximum size?
I have never been so fascinated about this ancient snake 🐍and terrified at the same time 😬 fantastic video Talia 👍 amazing information and graphic's. Learning made easy😊
@@Kat-y_L lollll, a snake that size would likely ignore a human; we wouldn't be a filling enough meal. It would have to be desperate. The largest anacondas could theoretically prey on humans, but it's very rare.
Is there actual documentation for this, or just something from his logbook/diary? A 60-foot snake doesn't seem plausible in today's climate (it's not warm enough for a snake of that size).
Do you know the mysterious giant snake in Congo in 1959? The pilot stated that the snake size could be 200 feet, he estimated it to the nearest giant termite structure of the snake
and (based on all the evidence so far) sane adults have no reason to think that the pilot was correct. magic is the least probable. then a 200 feet snake. Then literally everything is a more probable explanation for that story. F.e. a lie.
So for what I understand from this video, a Snake can keep growing if there enough heat to warm their bodies! Earth is heating up again! Does that mean a new Ver. of Titanoboa can emerge in the future!?
