Who made the great and weird decision of making the cryodrakon look like a canadian flag??

@pigeonshit440

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing!

@arlingtonhynes

4 жыл бұрын

Either Ricky or Julian

@Wildicon19

4 жыл бұрын

He is a patriotic Pterosaur!

@Princess2Warrior

4 жыл бұрын

*It being smaller than a Human is disappointing - I thought flying Dinosaurs were supposed to be huge.*

@edzejandehaan9265

4 жыл бұрын

@@Princess2Warrior 1. Not a dinosaur. 2. Actually pretty huge for a flying creature.

*Sees Canadian flag on the back of this flying reptile* "Most Canadian pterosaur ever."

@ANTSEMUT1

4 жыл бұрын

Only if it like to always apologise and say aboot 😜😜😜

@enriqueramirez0615

3 жыл бұрын

I like the pattern and also the pterosaur body color, white with red tips.

@Simon_Augustine

3 жыл бұрын

@@enriqueramirez0615 it's a good color scheme, Pridak wore it well.

@Simon_Augustine

3 жыл бұрын

It's a very good design.

@vfmc77

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what was thinking! Frozen dragon of the north.. CANADA!

“Frozen dragon of the north winds” sounds like a boss in some fantasy video game.

@mysteryman9641

4 жыл бұрын

That looks like a pokemon and you like pokemon don't you?

@terdragontra8900

4 жыл бұрын

"Cryodrakon" definitely sounds like a fantasy video game boss

@mr.spider6859

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysteryman9641 More like something from Monster Hunter.

@mysteryman9641

4 жыл бұрын

@@mr.spider6859 tbh I said that from the first picture, looks like something from alien vs predator.

@DarDarBinks1986

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something out of Skyrim.

Ah yes... the first Canadians.

@yukiomarco5288

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@anon9579

3 жыл бұрын

So they would have said “Look out eh.” Long before Canada geese did lol

@wyatt1339

3 жыл бұрын

Same mouths

@liamLoonietoons

3 жыл бұрын

I remember those old days

@mechwarrior13

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

I love how the drawing of the flying Cyrodraken ( at 0:05) has a maple leaf in its back, making it look like the flag of Canada! Super cool, considering it was found in Canada. Props to the artist!

@stegotyranno4206

4 жыл бұрын

I saw that too!

@RusTsea196T

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that made me laugh! Was going to make the same comment but you're too fast!

@christosvoskresye

4 жыл бұрын

Sort of an inverse Canadian flag, though: a red maple leaf on a white field.

@timothyj.bowlby5524

4 жыл бұрын

It's nice that a bit of artistic license is being employed, for sure.

@daddyleon

4 жыл бұрын

@@stegotyranno4206 Lovely touch, not at all intrusive :)

Pterosaurs on land are just the weirdest looking things

@MichaelDeHaven

4 жыл бұрын

So true. Part of me wishes it was possible to see one in person. Then the rest of me realizes this would likely be a very bad idea!

@travisfoster1071

4 жыл бұрын

Almost doesn't look real. But most dinosaur remains look like a prank animal.

@3_up_moon

4 жыл бұрын

UWO's Unidentified Walking Object

@3_up_moon

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelDeHaven the last thing you ever saw haha

@zenebean

4 жыл бұрын

Beaked giraffes fused with tent flaps and a taste for blood. Nature is beautiful

"It was even suggested that the species' name should be Cryodrakon viserion, after one of the dragon of Game of Thrones, but eventually boreas , or north winds, was settled upon." Paleontologists hate GoT season 8.

@ingwiafraujaz3126

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad.

@blondbraid7986

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they didn't name it after GoT, it's far better to give an animal species a timeless name than something out of pop-culture.

@SpectrumDT

4 жыл бұрын

@@blondbraid7986 : I disagree. "Boreas" is so generic and clichéd and boring. I would rather have it named for a creature in an obscure story (past or present) that no one remembers. That's way more interesting.

@gododoof

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpectrumDT Hell no

@ObsidianKing

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpectrumDT Fortunately you weren't asked in this instance.

My favorite description of Azhdarchids remains "Giant Prehistoric Death Storks".

Wow they found a new giant pterosaur in upper North America, I wonder what it looked like? Some random person: Canada

I can honestly appreciate the amount of research and studying that goes into these videos, it’s insane.

My man you spelled CRYOCRYODRAKON, one CRYO to spare

@dogepasta6974

4 жыл бұрын

@Pleoryo damn, you mad corny

@gamwpanagia

4 жыл бұрын

@Pleoryo hahahaha!

Hmm. A video about a Canadian azhdarchid, portrayed with a red maple leaf on its back, premiers the day after Canada Day. Coincidence? ... yeah probably.

2:57 I just realized, the red and white patterning on it, looks a lot like our Canadian Maple leaf flag.

@camramaster

4 жыл бұрын

Most canadian pterasaur.

@pupyfan69

3 жыл бұрын

its intentional on the part of the artist :)

“Known for being mostly head and neck” 😂

I would like to see a video of where and when exactly hair and feathers originated. In the Triassic, reptiles had already developed hair and feather like structures, even before the first dinosaurs appeared on earth. I think reptiles may have already evolved hair in the Permian period, when mammal-like reptiles were dominating Pangea. I've been researching this topic a lot lately.

I lost a life long pet last month and your videos are one of the only things that help me focus and sleep. I love these videos and the content and your voice is very soothing. Thank you so much for making them.

I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE ANCIENT PEOPLE HAD SEEN THESE BONES AND DECIDED, 'DRAGON. IT IS REAL.'

We probably also found Cryodrakon fossils in Montana's Two Medicine Formation, which is very close in both time and proximity to the Dinosaur Park Formation (Mid-Late Campanian), and shares some of the same dinosaur taxa. Fossils of these large azhdarchids (the biggest of the specimens having an estimated wingspan of 8 meters) were historically also lumped into Quetzalcoatlus, but likely represent Cryodrakon.

Cryodrakon may just be the most badass sounding pterosaur name I've heard

I love how cryodrakon carries the Canadian flag on its back, when mammals were still rodent-sized.

"Quetzalcoatlus sp." literally means "Quetzalcoatlus species", it's not the name of any particular, smaller species of Quetzalcoatlus lol

@FirstDagger

4 жыл бұрын

And spp. would be used when describing several species.

@kevinkelly2736

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@TheYvesL

4 жыл бұрын

Whomever written the script of this video likely never had a college biology class. Most people don't know what sp. means

@aussiejjdude3066

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it can be used to denote a species that hasn't been formally identified. :) It's incorrect, but sometimes this nomenclature is used.

@levihuttner3260

4 жыл бұрын

"sp." can be used as a label for a specimen that has not yet been formally described and has only been assigned to a genus. Until the Quetzalcoatlus specimen is formally described, the species can be referred to by "Q. sp." So he's not wrong, but he should have been more clear

I love seeing this channel grow it definitely deserves all the attention it gets

I came across your channel last night; your videos are so good and you deserve way more views

One of the coolest names they gave to an animal

So dinosaurs and humans did coexist! Creationists are right! (2:46 some campers in the woodline on its left, a the height of his back.)

@milot7954

4 жыл бұрын

brb im gonna go convert

@3_up_moon

4 жыл бұрын

Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs. They were reptiles but not dinosaurs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@DarDarBinks1986

4 жыл бұрын

If you want a human-coexisting dinosaur, look at a bird.

@thephenom724

4 жыл бұрын

Now that's all I can see...

@playbackgame9596

3 жыл бұрын

Explain

You are doing good work with these videos. I am glad to see your channel finally growing.

"mostly head and neck" I dont know why that made me laugh so much, I mean we all thought it but we dont say it !

Can you make more videos about evolution of species in one habitat like the Madagascar episode? That was my favourite video and I would love to see more like that. Also this video was awesome

1:18 Chemistry question: What temperature of absolute *chad* do you need to achieve to call this thing *"Frosty-Frost Dragon"?*

I love how it has a huge maple leaf patch in it's back, lol

I became a subscriber to your channel a'couple weeks ago and just wanted to say keep up the good work. You're videos are absolutely amazing! Looking forward to seeing your future videos!

The abbreviation "sp." indicates an unknown or unidentified species. For example, if a fossil can be identified as a big cat, but is too fragmentary to identify which big cat species it came from, it would be labeled "Panthera sp." The specimen labeled Quetzalcoatlus sp. was anatomically similar enough to Quetzalcoatlus northropi to be placed in Quetzalcoatlus, but smaller. This could be because it was a smaller species, but it could also be a juvenile, a small individual, sexual dimorphism, or something else.

@greeenjeeens

10 ай бұрын

is 'sp.' then pronounced as 'species' in speech?

Excellent video again man. Keep up the great work it’s fascinating stuff.

Your videos are actually the coolest. Just sitting here at three am watching as many as I can

one of my favorite paleontology channels on KZread, keep it up

Oh hey, there’s my art in the thumbnail! Cool

Honestly such a cool name for a prehistoric animal, usually it's something boring like being named after the geographical region a fossil was found in.

@alvarosoares3530

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Albertosaurus isn't a very attractive name

@Oinker-Sploinker

11 ай бұрын

@@alvarosoares3530 Getting killed by something called albert would be pretty lame

Hi moth light media! It would be absolutley brilliant if you could consider doing a video about the evolution of ratites, and their flighted ancestors.

This is some quality content my friend

They look so top-heavy. I’d be stunned if I saw a giant living creature like that fly.

Just found your channel, I love your channel. It's so relaxing. Love the content, channels like PBS eons have got it as well but damn do they grate on you after a while. Easily binge watch your vids man, top stuff.

Wow that animal looks amazing, those artists have gotta be proud and I’d hope to see more videos on the azdarchids!

Good that they didn't stick with C. viserion. Imagine: as a reward for their bad, lazy writing, the rich kids Benioff and Weiss had a pterosaur named after their derivative work. A story that befits this year 2020.

@AztecJester93

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, more than a year after GoT ended and the salt is still being mined.

@timy.9512

3 жыл бұрын

A testament to the fact that some screw-ups stick with you permanently.

@Gandalf-The-Green

3 жыл бұрын

@@AztecJester93 You mean the salt is still in our wounds

@painy6588

3 жыл бұрын

Dumb and Dumber didnt come up with the name tho.

0:46 is that a Canadian flag. Did you put a Canadian flag on the cyrodrakon because it was in the north

@zobblewobble1770

4 жыл бұрын

That is really silly, but after learning about smiley face spiders I won’t say it is impossible that something could evolve a Canadian flag pattern.

@raminagrobis6112

4 жыл бұрын

@@zobblewobble1770 And even better: as I mentioned, historically, it should have displayed an early Canadian flag, which didn't show a maple leaf but rather showed a Union Jack in the upper left corner.... Much like the first Australian or New Zealand flags

@the6ix72

3 жыл бұрын

@@zobblewobble1770 What The Fuck Is a smiley face spider

Happy Canada Day to all of our northern brethren!

Great video dude. Love it

How could this thing fly without nosediving into the ground? I appreciate that it was lightly built, but how did it manage to get it's centre of gravity between it's wings ?

@caviramus0993

4 жыл бұрын

They used a catapult like technique that mainly used their front limbs. Similar to what vampire bats do.

I hope in 50 years time, the pterosaur-shape/body-plan is what we think of as one of the types of dragons in fantasy stories.

@Blockheadfun

4 жыл бұрын

Wyverns are very close in shape, and physical attributes to pterosaur remains.

@selthafour6948

4 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome to see!

Great work

Frozen Dragon of the North Winds? I guess someone's a fan of anime 😂

@Master_Yoda1990

4 жыл бұрын

You are already dead.

@konstantinstrau5310

4 жыл бұрын

Yu-Gi-Oh

@Master_Yoda1990

4 жыл бұрын

Idk for some reason it reminded me of Fist of the North Star. A better anime in my opinion, but 4kids is how I was introduced to Yu-Gi-Oh.

@Slapnuts9627

3 жыл бұрын

Skyrim* "DOVAHKIIN! DRAGON OF THE NORTH!"

I would like to point out that the badlands of Alberta are not really that "icy". They are at about the same latitude as London and temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius are not uncommon in the summer.

@sorryifoldcomment8596

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, are you referring to present day climate? The climate was different millions of years ago. 😅

@nutyyyy

Жыл бұрын

​@sorryifoldcomment8596 No, he means that people think it's much colder today than it really is. And in the late cretaceous it was a lot warmer.

Its a cracking channel this great stuff

Great video, your videos are always calm and relaxing, but also informative and worth listening! You should do a Rhino Evolution video next, or sooner.

Very well done. Of course had to look up pterosaur tracks. thanks for your insights.👍🦕🦖👍

thank you for introducing me to my new favourite pterosaur!

2:55 That’s clever that they made it have a maple leaf pattern on its back.

Legend said if you are this early, Mr. Moth will give you a thump ups. Edit: that Canadian symbol though.

@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote

4 жыл бұрын

nice save lmao

@dashcroft1892

4 жыл бұрын

CF-001 Cryodrakon

Great markings!!😊🇨🇦

Somehow I doubt that it had the Canadian flag over it's back and wings.

Alternatively (or I suppose additionally to the "smaller prey" theory), these animals could've fed like gigantic pelicans. They would snap up a large prey and digest them slowly in an expandable gullet. This would explain the preference for larger size, especially as regards neck length, as well as the tendency to spend a significant portion of time on the ground.

@caviramus0993

4 жыл бұрын

They were not really suited to any type of skim feeding or diving. Pelicans are pretty clumsy on land.

Very strange coincidence that, according to the artist, the animal that soared over Canada millions of years ago had colors and patterning identical to the modern Canadian flag! ;-)

Hearing it pronounced as "Kwetzalcoatlus" brings me physical pain. Still good video, that's my only gripe

You have no idea how much I wanted to see the tracks

This thing probably drank maple syrup and played hockey while everyone else was doing their dinosaur stuff.

Hey! I live in Alberta! Specifically, Edmonton. And that is the coolest name for a dinosaur ever!

@Wildicon19

4 жыл бұрын

I'm live in Edmonton Alberta also!

Love the distorted red maple leaf on its back. Impressive!

Due to Appalachia being home to only 2 mid sized Tyrannosauroids, whilst North American Tyrannosauridae lived in Laramidia, it’s possible it flew into Appalachia and was an apex predator like Hatzegopteryx was in europe over Hateg Island and Ibero-Armorican Island filling and empty niche.

I love watching your videos while beading or sewing😁

enjoyed!

These animals look so funny to me. I feel like they would topple over on their face with that huge neck and head, making the center of gravity kind of weird. Great video and 10/10 animals!

1:24 That would've been so cool (get it?) but sad at the same time. Let's hope book Viserion doesn't end up like that. Amazing vid tho 💙

Beautiful bird

I wish pterosaurs were still alive, that would be so cool

I live in oregon, born and raised. And most of Oregon is a desert. Only a small part is a temperate rain forest. (The vally) but the rest is shrub land and desert.

Another great video. I think a point should be made about reconstructions of walking or standing azdarchids. To maintain balance, they would have had to extend the neck and the arms forward to the same degree in order to avoid toppling beak first into the ground. Some of the illustrations in this video, although fantastic, look somehow wrong because of this.

wait, alberta actually got a significant prehistoric discovery? My day has just been made

SO glad other people went “Wait, who decided to paint this beast like a Canadian flag?” 😂🤣

@baalsbastards6341

3 жыл бұрын

Virtually every long extinct species depicted is just a guess...

fascinating,accurate,and erudite

These kind of discoveries makes me wonder how many species of dinosaurs might be waiting to be identified stored in cold and dark museum deposits (I am not sure if “deposits” is the right word but I assume you get it)

@foxhound963

4 жыл бұрын

If we don't get on that, future archaeologists will have a lot of fun studying paleontology.

@lordsrednuas

4 жыл бұрын

A new 'missing' link of wombat and koala evolution was recently discovered, in a draw in a US museum, ~50 years after being dug up. www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-06-26/giant-extinct-cousin-of-modern-wombats/12386834 So my money is on 'a lot'

@Jon.Alexander

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know about museums of natural history, but in lots of museums of cultural history the basements are filled with finds waiting to be identified. And bugs. 99% are of almost no interest though, and being done by the student assistant. It's probably not that bad with archo/dinosaurs, but still I bet a lot of the finds are just the ones we know and perhaps even in poor condition so that they'll spend a lot of time on less exciting stuff. Still there's probably a lot of interesting things to say from new findings of already known species like distribution and so on!

@nutyyyy

Жыл бұрын

There will be a lot. Most material hasn't been described. But most will likely be similar to already known taxa.

Thanks

One small correction, sp. is just an abbreviation for species and is used when the genus is known but the species is not

0:47 Is it Cryodrakon or Cryocryodrakon?

LOVE PTEROSAUR AND PTERANODON!

something to be said about the drawings where as the cryodakon is walking upright, it looks all wrong. This creature is very much shaped like a bat. and i would assume such a shape would lend itself to similar ways of managing its mobility. Bats perch themselves hanging upside down And this creatures body legs and arms by no means look strong enough nor positioned in terms of center of gravity in a way that bests balance its self. when bats land on an animal to eat, they do look very awkward translated upright. This creature has a very thick seemingly heavy and elongated neck. Birds with long necks usually have a much bigger body proportionately and a much slimmer neck thats often semi coiled. In these illustrations the cryodrakon would fall face forward do to the weight of its neck, and the lack of weight from both its body and legs, and it certainly would pivot about its wings. Its only means maintaining balance would be for its head and neck to coil above its body like a swan. And still that would not make for an easy way of walking about.

Original upload gang where you at

Don't let their looks fool you. According to paleontologists pterosaurs walked with style.

Okay, who was the artist that decided to make it look like the Canadian flag? Genius!

Everybody gangsta until the cyrodraken with a Maple leaf paintjob shows up

Gracias

Canadian Dinosaurs be like: "Oi'm going to have to eat you noow, soorey aboout thaht"

@kurosuclips7674

3 жыл бұрын

English goes brrrrrrr

Nice touch with the Canadian 🍁 on its back! 😁

The cryodrakon has a giant maple leaf on its back - likely to differentiate itself from its southern cousins when it goes travelling.

Canada day special? Nice

Finally, an awesome name paired to an awesome creature

Cool stuff. If you’re open to some constructive criticism- It’s kind of weird how the aerial animation you used abruptly changes speed midair. Fantastic video though! I love azhdarchids. Thinking of joining your Patreon

What a interesting name for a Flying Reptile,like Cryodraken.

Man, how awesome would it be to see these creatures alive in the world today! Though I suspect if they had survived until the dawn of mankind and civilization, they would quickly become extinct, if for nothing else, their intimidating size.

That an awesome name.

Almost a maple leaf on its back! Artist's sense of humor.

I like how they put the Canadian maple leaf on that. Anyone else notice?