"eight year old me wants to throw a saddle on one and rid it into battle" This phenomenon has been well documented at all ages not just eight

@helenel4126

3 жыл бұрын

Senior citizen me had that thought before he even mentioned it. It would be so cool!

@reedkellner6447

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I appreciate when a scientist doesn't lose sight of one of the most salient characteristics of the subject that they're studying being that: it's friggin sweet.

@GideonGleeful95

3 жыл бұрын

@@helenel4126 Forgive me but I can't help but imagine an 80 year old with a cane atop an Ankylosaurus yelling "Charge!"

@sjonnieplayfull5859

3 жыл бұрын

Go watch the old cartoon series 'Dinoriders', and imagine being there.

@Opalstorme

3 жыл бұрын

It may not be the same thing but when he said that I thought Oh someone else who plays Ark Survival Evolved. You can tame Anky and saddle them and virtually ride them. wonderful gatherers of metal nodes :)

Ankylosaur: "Lets go clubbing!" Gobisaur: "I can't."

@miquelescribanoivars5049

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, you can handle it ;)

@jerichopz2620

3 жыл бұрын

Dont worry gobi for every mace that has shattered a skull so has a basball bat

@maguffle

3 жыл бұрын

Well played

@bossprime5798

3 жыл бұрын

Gobisaur in my language means cauliflowersaur.

"Even a stiffened tail alone, could still have delivered a painful blow". I had an Iguana for 18 years and If an adult Iguana get you with its tail, it hurts and will leave a decent wilt and can even break the skin. Even when they are hatchlings it feels like someone snapping your skin with a rubber band.

He came to us in the “Birds with Teeth” Episode and stopped donating before the Ankylosaur Episode. Steve, you are a legend for giving to Eons for so long. Even if you stopped donating they should read your name at the end of every episode. Nobody knows why you left or where you’ve gone but you’ll always be mah boy

I think it’s fascinating how the Glyptodonts evolved a very similar body plan even though they were mammals

@delivanov252

3 жыл бұрын

It was a good body plan.

@pansepot1490

3 жыл бұрын

Convergent evolution.

@shionkreth7536

3 жыл бұрын

Evolution: That seems like a good spot for a weapon. >:)

@damyenhockman5440

3 жыл бұрын

Edwyn Brown asides from the very few sauropods mentioned, all animals that had clubs had armor, probably because if you have armor, you can't move very fast, so a ramming attack with horns isn't very effective. The sauropods' armor was being really big, also slowing them down.

@sspsp6545

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda like how dolphins adopted a very similar body shape to ichthyosaurs, other than the horizontal tail, because well they're mammals and thats how mammal spines function.

Ankylosaur tail clubs had to be some of the most devastating, non-toxic, defensive weapons to ever evolve, and I say that as a Stegosaurus fanboy. A puncture wound from a spike, horn, or tusk could be "easier" to recover from depending on whether it gets infected, where it hits, the size of the animals, etc. A tail club could shatter bone or rupture organs, so that's more likely to cause potentially fatal or permanently crippling injuries if it hits anywhere ahead of the tail.

@sephikong8323

3 жыл бұрын

Even if it lands on the tail it is brutal, a shattered tail means that the theropod loses it's balance on top of the injury to the bone and the potential shrapnel in the flesh, meaning that even hitting the tail could be extremely detrimental to a predator

@llantup

3 жыл бұрын

The Stegosaurus' tail club was named the "Thagomizer" in honor of a cartoon by Gary Larson called "The Far Side." Source: www.amusingplanet.com/2020/07/thagomizer-why-stegosaurus-spiky-tail.html

@pablolongobardi7240

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the massive internal bleeding

@purpleemerald5299

3 жыл бұрын

A spike is precise and centralized. A club is indiscriminate and and wide-spread. *You could lose an organ to a spike.* *_You could lose your chest cavity to a club._*

@demonboy7777

3 жыл бұрын

Internal bleeding isn't so bad since all the blood stays inside.

With my girlfriend we always used to shout STEEEEEVE together when his name appeared at the screen, we were shook to can't do it for the first time :( We will miss you Steve

@sarcasmo57

3 жыл бұрын

He's gone to a better place.

@franzi5119

3 жыл бұрын

Did he really die? 😢

@LivingParadox87

3 жыл бұрын

I know! I especially liked in some episodes in which they referred to him as “mah boy, Steve!” It won’t be the same without that and I hope he’s alright.

@EmeraldLavigne

3 жыл бұрын

Eh, Steve

@pokoirlyase5931

3 жыл бұрын

@@franzi5119 Kinda of late : No one knows. Hopefully not

Everyone is asking "Where's steve?" But nobody is asking "How's steve?"

@akula6352

3 жыл бұрын

Or the obvious "Who is Steve".

@adrianortega1431

3 жыл бұрын

I'll do you one better: Why is Steve?

@macaryl95

3 жыл бұрын

@@adrianortega1431 But when is Steve?

@lucididead

3 жыл бұрын

even better, what is Steve?

@PFbigfan447

3 жыл бұрын

....is Steve?

Aw man, I'm going to miss the excited "And STEVE" at the end of the videos! Best wishes to whoever Steve is/was, they've played a huge part in enabling all of your subscribers to learn about the history of the natural world through their patronage!

@nolanwhite1971

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm going to miss it as well. What happened to him? Does anyone know?

@rainydaylady6596

3 жыл бұрын

@@nolanwhite1971 I'm hoping he's moved on to be a patron of another channel, but I don't know.

@DanielHur

3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to mentally "And STEVE" the end of every video regardless. Who's with me?

@planescaped

3 жыл бұрын

With how the world is now? It's probably that they just canceled their patreon pledge. That's 150$ a month for that shoutout after all. Only someone who -has- had a job maintains that for years.

@sjonnieplayfull5859

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the exclamation sign at the end of his name. Quite sure it is part of his tag, and also the reason he was always the last one mentioned.

Humans in world war 1: look we made a tank Dinosaurs: we did that 100 million years ago.

@mrshootinputin7251

3 жыл бұрын

What about Hussite war wagons?

@attemptedunkindness3632

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrshootinputin7251 It is unconfirmed if smaller dinosaurs rode the ankylosaurs, firing projectiles as they went, but this is why we do research.

@cerridianempire1653

3 жыл бұрын

@@attemptedunkindness3632 anythings possible

@TheSaneHatter

3 жыл бұрын

"Hold my cycads."

@cerridianempire1653

3 жыл бұрын

copycat

Man, I actually came back from a later video to look for when Steve disappeared, I was flabbergasted... Guys, let the community know what happened, please.

Here to raise a glass to Steve; I hope he is well in body and mind, and prosperous in all his future endeavors ❤️

I will miss hearing "Steve" at the end of each video. I hope he is doing alright in these crazy times. (As always, a wonderful and informative video.)

@jessicaminnen7757

3 жыл бұрын

same. what’s going on with Steve???

@LimeyLassen

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicaminnen7757 He's in Smash bros now, too busy for Eons

@Ppaintkiller

3 жыл бұрын

I CARE FOR HIM =(

@GingerOtter13

3 жыл бұрын

I hope Steve is okay.

@melskunk

3 жыл бұрын

I'm invested in knowing about Steve ;_;

WHAT HAPPENED TO STEVE.

I’m glad so many people in the comments are also concerned about Steve. I hope he’s okay.

"...and Steve!" is as important to Eons as green screens! Thank you Steve!

We're not gonna hear "...and Steve." at the end anymore? :( Hope he's ok

@scaper8

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought. Man, Steve was the man. He was our personal in-joke/mascot. Gonna miss him.

@FishCatsHistory

3 жыл бұрын

John Davison Ng has some big shoes to fill

@staytuned2L337

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if any of the community can help find out n see if he's okay

@franciscohuber5264

3 жыл бұрын

@@scaper8 hey! I'm new to the Chanel, can someone explain who Steve was? Haha Thank you:)

@scaper8

3 жыл бұрын

@@franciscohuber5264 Just one of the first patrons. He became something of a "thing" because his name, being last in the list that they say on air, would get a bit of flourish. Eventually we got things like, "and my man, Steve," or "and everyone's favorite _Homo sapien,_ Steve."

You will be missed Steve

@SoulDelSol

3 жыл бұрын

Who is Steve

Many thanks to Steve for supporting the show in high level for so long. He's helped this incredible informative and amusing outlet stay on for quite some time, your name won't be forgotten soon

So long, Steve. You were not the hero we needed, but the one we deserved.

This is probably one of the most interesting facts that I know now

Steve :( I’ll miss him ever so dearly, I always fall asleep to this videos and I would always say Steve along with them :(

@shelleys

3 жыл бұрын

I wish him all the best for the future

@zekejeager2451

3 жыл бұрын

Whos steve? And whats his role on this channel

@shelleys

3 жыл бұрын

he was one of their top donors on patreon for a very long time, so when they listed them at the end of the video they’d always finish with saying “[...] and steve!”

Steve, wherever you are, thank you for everything you've done to support SciShow for so long! Whatever your reason for the change, I wish you happiness, joy, and that you never stop learning!

This video is awesome for two reasons: 1) Ankylosaurus has been my favorite dinosaur since I was like 4 2) I've never seen a land acknowledgement on a video like this, and to be amongst the peoples included in it is heartening

@thepubknight6144

Жыл бұрын

Mine too I had a Ankylosaurus stuffed pillow and a Ankylosaurus remote control toy that moved and a stuffed Ankylosaurus animal 😃

@mzmadmike

11 ай бұрын

At the same time, there are indigenous people all over Europe, and they never get a mention about their land that was usurped by some government or other. Saami. Euskari. Bretons. Votians. Krymchaks. Mari. Circassians. Many others.

I feel like every time a dinosaur or any other prehistoric organism has something weird sticking out of it, scientists are like “Ah, must be for sex”.

@arthurvilain7270

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, that's often the case in living animals. So it's a pretty logical hypothesis.

@drewfisher1619

3 жыл бұрын

T-Rex's disproportionately small foreclaws were only used for sexy time, according to scientists.

@Riceball01

3 жыл бұрын

It's not like other disciplines don't do pretty much the same thing. In archaeology, things that they have clear idea of what purpose it served is often said to be used for ceremonial purposes.

@carissstewart3211

3 жыл бұрын

Shows where the scientists' heads are at.

@aribowman

3 жыл бұрын

Well the ability to pass on traits is dependent on having sex

10 year old me with my toys "Let me put two cannons beside my Ankylosaurus"

@TheEggoEffect

3 жыл бұрын

And that, kids, is how Blastoise was made.

@T3sl4

3 жыл бұрын

For some reason, Cassius Marcellus Clay riding a dinosaur came to my mind first

@shaider1982

3 жыл бұрын

I think they did that in the Dino Riders show. Ah, memories.

@WormholeJim

3 жыл бұрын

Lego. That was what I was building. Lego stock cars to ram-crash staright in to my friend's lego stock car to see which was the stronger build. Or a kind of ballista that would shoot A-batteries into my kid brother's lego castle and scatter it everywhere. Only one model of a Tyrannosaurus which I assembled, painted and then blew up with a firecracker.

@mho...

3 жыл бұрын

DinoRiders 4 Life!

It won't be the same without hearing Steve at the end of each video. But these are tough times hope he's doing well

Everyone needs to pour out some of their forty and say a prayer for Steve.. Sending you good vibes

Considering it's biggest threat was a bipedal Carnosaur the evolution of a knee level club makes sense.

@shionkreth7536

3 жыл бұрын

Those are some nice long legs you have there... it'd be a shame if... something happened to them.

@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y

3 жыл бұрын

T-Rex's needed to learn the Crane Kick.

@vengefulspirit99

3 жыл бұрын

Ankylosaurs were capping foos before it was cool.

@pablolongobardi7240

3 жыл бұрын

I used to be a predator like you, until i got a club to the knee

@TheSaneHatter

3 жыл бұрын

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y They can't do it: their arms are too short.

I will miss the "and Steve"

@LuinTathren

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. 😢

@VeteranVandal

3 жыл бұрын

We'll all miss Steve.

@good7bad138

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to Steve?

@ihcfn

3 жыл бұрын

Hope Steve is ok.

@siyacer

3 жыл бұрын

@@good7bad138 ended patronship

“the chonkiest of these bois were not messing around”

Thank you for including information about the indigenous peoples who currently live where these creatures used to roam! It’s a small thing, but a meaningful step forward. Love the video, the channel, and PBS Virtual Studios in general!!! ❤️

Dude, what happened to Steve? He’s been a mainstay of SciShow and Eons for so long. Is he okay?

@Roboprogs

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the guy who narrates “Journey to the Microcosmos” now?

@KamEKazE15

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roboprogs No, that's Hank Green

@lynniewood

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm worried, is he just not supporting them anymore or did something happen?

@lutilda

3 жыл бұрын

Steve is the OG! I hope he's okay!

@albatross1688

3 жыл бұрын

@@lynniewood It's possible that he just can't support the show anymore for whatever reason. I hope that's all it is.

Yo, I hope "and Steve" is okay

@paleposter

3 жыл бұрын

My boi And

@asralyn7339

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to And Steve? :(

@kismet8010

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@yeossoyabean9965

3 жыл бұрын

Steve should be fine he is a trooper after all

@jenshedoesit

3 жыл бұрын

I know Steve has been a staple

Very cool acknowledgment of indigenous lands at the end. Makes me love Eons even more!!

Loving the end Card about indigenous people’s lands. You rock Eons!

You're a real one Steve

This is so sad,it was always so cool to see Steve at the end of the videos.

This episode was kind of like the red wedding from Game of Thrones, where for the whole duration it’s business as usual and at the very end there’s carnage. Why Steve? He was my favorite character!

He’s finally wearing a shirt with sleeves wide enough for his arms. 💪

Eons: Ankylosaurus are literally tanks. Gajin: Primal Thunder!

Thank you for recognising the relationship of First Nations peoples with the land on which you work. I hope it continues. Such recognition is common in my new home of Australia.

Thank you again for including the part about the Indigenous people whose land these were found on. It's much appreciated.

My man Steve finally gets some widespread recognition Edit: Oh my god, no, this is so sad. i will miss hearing the Steve at the end of each video. I hope he is alright, wherever he is

Sorry to hear about Steve! And also, I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!🙂🙂🙂🙂

Steve my boy!!!!!!! Good Job man! Thank you!

“The chonkiest of these bois” that made my day.

This one had the very last Steve shoutout. Well done Steve. Thanks for making the world a little better!

Hears names of eontologists. Steve is not on that list. 'we will miss you steve.' ....DAMNED YOU 2020! In all seriousness though. We lost Steve?

@luis3950

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same...

@thecrippledpancake9455

3 жыл бұрын

I sincerely hope he’s okay. 😓

@avalanchas336

3 жыл бұрын

@PBS Eons how can you drop such a message without clarifying 😱

@alannabanana6255

3 жыл бұрын

this comment ^

Hi! I wanted to make this suggestion again Incase it was never seen. I would love an episode on Horseshoe Crabs one day! They're one of my favorite creatures

@Emmett_7321

3 жыл бұрын

+ !

@abyssstrider2547

3 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure they have that documentary

Best wishes to Steve.

As a Native American, watching your videos has always been such a fun pastime. And seeing your message towards the end of the video just absolutely made my day, from the Kichwa-Kañari Paltas tribe, thank you ❤️

@wenthulk8439

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh nice

@chir0pter

3 жыл бұрын

Any clue who your tribe kicked out to take those lands, or do you think the patchwork of tribal lands has remained peacefully static since the Pleistocene?

@rubadux

3 жыл бұрын

​@@chir0pter so sad PBS never acknowledges the Roman Empire, or, better yet, the Alamanni tribe, when presenting fossils excavated from the Messel Pit.

@waynethegreat23

3 жыл бұрын

Same as a tribal citizen from the Pokagon band of potawatomi

@charlesroberts3650

3 жыл бұрын

@@chir0pter European history is a blood bath. Europe is SOAKED in mostly innocent blood. Just as a tiny, little bitty SLIVER of an example, how many Irish do you think the English murdered while taking over their homeland? How many ethnic groups were wiped out, driven into extinction by various groups that they, themselves, no longer exist? Oh, and it was not well enough to keep it there, they had to come here to do the same to the Natives so that you could ask the stupid, asinine question you just posed. It wasn't even a question, you were just saying that you hate Native Americans and that you are oh so superior, you stupid, ignorant, ungrateful excuse for a human being. Have a nice day!

I think it's actually really cool that they have been acknowledging the native american tribes who's land was the site of these discoveries

@julianshepherd2038

3 жыл бұрын

Site

@Allopexx

3 жыл бұрын

Not just native Americans, but natives from all over the globe

@Dragongirl06

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

@tsopmocful1958

3 жыл бұрын

@@Allopexx Except for indigenous Europeans.

@m.corethrellidae2589

3 жыл бұрын

Except those lands often belonged to other previous tribes who in turn had that land taken from them. It's pretty silly.

I hope you're well, Steve. Take care of you! I am also very happy with episode; I like learning more details.

The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid! *jumps on Ankylosaurus*

Prehistoric Turtle: who you? Dyoplosaurus: you,but STONKER.

Is Steve ok?

Love that Blake got to just have fun with an episode about his favourite dinosaur

It puts a big smile on my face, seeing somebody talk so much about how much they love Ankylosaurids as much as I do. Such a beautiful video. :)

THANKS STEVE. I hope you are ok. :)

So the Ankylosaurs used to swing their knobs at other dinosaurs. Must... Resist... Kenneth... Williams... Impersonation!

@Pilltechre

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh Kenneth Williams, one of the best comics of the Jurassic. Carry on Colepiocephale was my favourite

@rbb9753

3 жыл бұрын

“Hello! I’m Julian and this my friend Sandy. Welcome to our fossil shop, Bona Parts.”

Anky has always been my favorite. Thank you for this, it has warmed my heart.

@Gameboy-Unboxings

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too. I just commented above how it makes me really sad how the herbivores are always depicted as such calm creatures just foraging for plants to eat and then you have the carnivores hunting and massacring them constantly.. but that's nature I suppose..

RIP 'And "My Boi" Steve'

What I'm taking from this is that they probably didn't wag their tails when they were happy

@TragoudistrosMPH

3 жыл бұрын

Unless they were sadists...

@whyamihereagain84

3 жыл бұрын

@@TragoudistrosMPH Oh god, the destruction

@Dirtbag-Hyena

3 жыл бұрын

@@whyamihereagain84 Imagine a puppy wag after being gone all day. Deforestation.

I'm so excited for any new PBS Eons video that I click like before it's even finished.

I love PBS Eons so much it almost makes me emotional. It feels like such a labor of love. Thank you, crew, for bringing me such joy.

I will miss our favorite hominin STEVE. Whoever you are, I wish you all the best things life could offer. Thank you for enabling eons team to educate and entertain us all this time.

Wait what happened to Steve?!?

I love that one pic that makes the ankylo look like a happy puppy with a very deadly tail lol

Ankylosaurus is my favorite dinosaur for the same reasons. It's a tank with a blungeoning weapon for a tail, that is just so cool.

YES! My favorite history channel discussing my favorite type of dinosaur ! My day is made !

Shout to the og Gary Larson and his comic strip the far side for naming the spikes on these clubs "Thagomizer"

@richardhaselwood9478

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out... I was going to say it :)

@eons

3 жыл бұрын

actually that was on Stegosaurus!

@cardboardmannequin4069

3 жыл бұрын

Poor old Thag Simmons

@Infernoraptor

3 жыл бұрын

@@eons are they not considered analogous?

@bladeofveng

3 жыл бұрын

@@Infernoraptor nope, ankylosaurs do not have spikes on the end of their clubs, they are as described, clubs, not spiked clubs

THIS is an episode topic. 12 year old me is so happy right now.

the Ankylosaurs is by far my favourite, im literally obsessed with how cool they aare like????? aawesome dino

I near had a panic attack when I did not see Steve's name.

I have Ankylosing Spondilitis, I find myself sympathizing with these beautiful dinosaurs :)

Miss Steve? Where's he going?

... I've been saying "ankle-o-saur" for 40 years.

@chemieju6305

3 жыл бұрын

Well considering where they would have aimed with their clubs thats pretty reasonable

@TheHeston83

3 жыл бұрын

same here

@0BucketMask0

3 жыл бұрын

Dinosaur books really should have a guide on how to pronounce the names correctly

Looking back, I'm fairly sure my knob and handle evolved together, although I didn't clue in that the handle part was actually a handle until I was eleven.

I LOVE how they acknowledge the fact that many paleontological finds have been made on indigenous lands.

Wait what happened to Steve

til I've been putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable for my entire life edit: AND I metathesized the into

Someone needs to tell this man to go buy Tamora Pierces Immortals series. At least the first 3. It’s young adult fantasy and was from pre-Harry Potter so the books are short and easy reads. I got hooked when I was 12 (the new books are much longer). At the end of the 3rd book, this girl is given the ability to wake the dead by a vindictive goodness who uses her to teach a nation a lesson. One of the first things the girl does is goes straight to the palaces Hall of Bones and bring back all of the dinosaur skeletons. They can move like they still have flesh, so they help her tear down the palace. It’s pretty epic and definitely worth reading the whole series for!

what happened to steve?

Okay kinda sad Steve left, I wish him the best.

@n.g.s1mple29

3 жыл бұрын

I didnt know he left...

@501thtrooper4

3 жыл бұрын

Who the hell is steve??

Can I just say I love the music that is selected for these videos every single time. In these normaltrash times it does a heart good to hear beautiful music while learning about life on this planet. Thank you to the person responsible.

7:35 This little message at the end sets this channel appart from others... Well, that, and it's amazing quality in everything they do!

Oh no, what happened to Steve?

Miss Steve? What happened to him?

Always fascinating to see an American channel use images from an ankylosaurus in a museum in Frankfurt, Germany

You got me fanboying all over ankys now!!!! I wish i could make this my career paleontology is just absolutly metal!!

My guess is that they got their clubs because of shared interests and hobbies. But IDK, I haven't watched it yet.

Yes I took the survey, yes I said Eons is my favorite PBS show, yes it's true. I mean, when I first found this channel I binged episodes for 5 hours straight

KALLIE!!! Don't ever stop sneaking puns on Blake lol

This channel is so under-rated!

What happened to Steve?

This episode was actually amazing, really interesting and you educated well in how to draw logical conclusions and understand evolutionary connections. I also loved how you explained new concepts or words that the audience might not understand, so that everyone can follow along and learn about these fantastic animals!

I think it is cool you are acknowledging the indigenous people, thank you. 👍

That limerick was the absolute best joke.

The club was actually used to knock at the door after delivering an amazon package. I think it was used to bring down trees so it could feed on the vegetation.