Ah yes, the four Fs: fighting, fleeing, feeding, and coupling up.

@chubbrock659

2 жыл бұрын

Fornicating haha

@Early2000sCringe

2 жыл бұрын

F...abricating new dinosaurs

@AdamSeiler

2 жыл бұрын

and fishing photos. lol

@michaeljames5936

2 жыл бұрын

As the Celts, (almost certainly, never, )used to say..'Flax, Fodder, Fire and Fr*gg'.

@rainydaylady6596

2 жыл бұрын

Nice save on the four Fs. Keeping it family friendly although anyone with kids knows they'll ask what coupling up means. 😂🤣😂🤗🖖💕

" _....and at this stage in the specie’s mating ritual, the male will present itself to the female and begins a vigorous and physically intensive mating dance known as "Throwin It Back"._ "

@aryatejc8067

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀

@iansteelmatheson

2 жыл бұрын

**species* you don't need apostrophes unless you're putting two words together (you+are, do+not, it+is) or you're talking about possesson, which is all "dave's cloaca was engorged" about it. for plurals or whatever you don't need em. and species is a word that just ends in *s* whether it's a plural or not, so you'd never put an apostrophe there anyways.

@Im-Not-a-Dog

2 жыл бұрын

@@iansteelmatheson "..the specie's mating ritual..." As in "The mating ritual of this species". Its a possessive. The mating ritual belongs to the species. Hence "..the specie’s mating ritual.." is the correct grammar. Dont be incorrect while attempting to correct people.

@vickypedia1308

2 жыл бұрын

@@Im-Not-a-Dog Well, there is a mistake here, but the person above corrected the wrong thing. It's actually "the species' mating ritual", not "the specie's". You're right about the apostrophe needing to be there though. It's just at the wrong place.

@Im-Not-a-Dog

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickypedia1308 Thank you. In all honestly, the placement of that was something I was unsure about, though I knew it belonged. I also have a similar issue with names like James when it comes to this.

currently laughing really hard imagining a t. rex with a brightly colored, baboon-looking butt. so majestic

@Orthosaur7532

3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@jamesmcgarity2985

3 ай бұрын

Dude! You just made me *literally* Laugh Out Loud 😂

@pootsieman

Ай бұрын

holding a fish

Okay.... now I'm just imagining a T-Rex doing the shuffle.

@catvanbrian9470

2 жыл бұрын

That also looks like a giant chicken

@mariab509

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@sciencewolf7775

2 жыл бұрын

To the left! Take it back now y’all!

@KOKO-uu7yd

2 жыл бұрын

Dinosaur train had dancing dinos😆

@rainydaylady6596

2 жыл бұрын

Electric slide

Spinosaurus would totaly be the fishboy posting pics of his fish if he had the chance

@killdozer7792

2 жыл бұрын

If Spinosaurus took a selfie, he'd just cut half of his head out of the picture. Tyrannosaurus wouldn't even get that far and probably just take a picture of his neck or chin at best. Carnotaurus wouldn't even be able to press the camera button. Mononykus wouldn't even be able to pick up the phone.

@Inno4138

2 жыл бұрын

Probably, especially since it’s such a specialized predator lol

teach your kids about dinosaur dances before they learn about dinosaur dances on the street.

@TragoudistrosMPH

2 жыл бұрын

😁 did you ever see the episode of the mating dance on The Dinosaurs sitcom?!

I have loved the mental image of dinosaurs doing something like a hooded grebe courtship dance for AGES. The idea of these gigantic "bad-ass" creatures looking like dorks for the sake of the opposite sex is hilarious. :-) Although my own species invented the inflatable bra and truck nuts, so I shouldn't judge, really.

@catsjacinto

2 жыл бұрын

Just want to let you know I like your comment, but you’re at 69 likes at the moment and I feel like I shouldn’t change that. 😂

@jcortese3300

2 жыл бұрын

@@catsjacinto I'm at 78 now, so go right ahead. :-)

@catsjacinto

2 жыл бұрын

@@jcortese3300 Well, don't mind if I do, then. :D

Dinosaur tango would be a sight to see, just imagine a massive T-rex swinging its tiny arms and scraping the ground

@dallanledford6364

2 жыл бұрын

Or pushups like lizards

@Devon_Howell

2 жыл бұрын

Dinosaur Tango, dibs new band name

To join in on the speculation: The bites marks are just dinosaur's having a little extra fun while at it.

@comlitbeta7532

2 жыл бұрын

Rawr XD

@Gameboy-Unboxings

2 жыл бұрын

Lol exactly what I thought too..

@iansteelmatheson

2 жыл бұрын

*dinosaurs. it's just a plural so no apostrophe needed.

@amymeyers9682

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! Love bites…..

@smurfyday

2 жыл бұрын

@@iansteelmatheson That's so wrong. If it's plural you add apostrophe without an s. a dinosaur's cloaca, two dinosaurs' eggs.

Am I the only one who still kinda misses hearing Steve's name with the patrons at the end of eons videos? No? Just me?

@anotherdrummer2

2 жыл бұрын

There are dozens of us!

@rafadono

2 жыл бұрын

We miss Steve!

@PatandSponge

2 жыл бұрын

Who's steve?

@anotherdrummer2

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatandSponge he was the last name on the eontologist roll call for a long time. Just had a certain ring when they thanked them "... And Steve." We miss him.

@dinolover8214

2 жыл бұрын

I was sad when Steve stopped being mentioned

Dinosaurs are sooo much cooler looking these days, than when I was kid.

@GabiteEditz

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelaplicador5754 not all dinos had feathers

@GabiteEditz

Жыл бұрын

@@nikolazabunov6797 no, lmao I like the feathers more. Just saying not all had feathers. In the original movie the raptors and gallimimus and maybe dilos were the only dinosaurs to have feathers in real life.

@AspireGMD

Жыл бұрын

@@GabiteEditz The majority didn't have feathers, only a couple lineages of theropods are confirmed to have had them.

Nothing quite like the dopamine rush of not knowing who the host is going to be and hearing Blake’s voice

@theonebman7581

2 жыл бұрын

I k r

Cool. Do the Dino Dance. "Open the door, get on the floor Everybody walk the dinosaur. Boom boom acka-lacka lacka boom Boom boom acka-lacka boom boom."

@lizzyvally6076

2 жыл бұрын

I had just managed to forget this song existed.

@Beryllahawk

2 жыл бұрын

OMG someone else remembers that song hahahahaaaa

Now all Jurassic World: Dominion needs is a Dilophosaurus doing the Cupid Shuffle

Hearing blake give "the talk" is something I didn't know I needed on my bucket list

Back when dinosaurs were dancing for their mates they called it "Disco". Yeah, the 70's was a silly time indeed.

@Alex-fv2qs

2 жыл бұрын

And there there was that awkward intermediate phase, the disco duck age

@burnerjack01

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-fv2qs Geez, I forgot! No wonder they're extinct...

I wanna see a dino rave. I bet the music is T-riffic.

@JoeMandell-

2 жыл бұрын

LoL...I'm not so sure. Their fossils seem tell us that they were into Rock. 🦖🪨🎵

Eons: the evolution of birds and bees

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Enos???

@anaseissa643

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 damn it

The twinkle in Blake's eyes throughout this video was just a gem Well handled topic! This one in particular makes me reeeeaaaaallllllyyyyy want blooper reels though. I want to know just how many takes were needed before folks could halt the giggles!

“When Dinosaurs Danced for Mates” I mean, a lot of them still do. 🐧

@justcallmedaddy6977

2 жыл бұрын

*happy feet theme plays*

"...cloaca, but I'll get back to it in a minute." And no laughter from the Konstantin Haase Studio camera crew. We're getting awfully jaded.

@placidpond

2 жыл бұрын

Cloaca but no cigar?

@puncheex2

2 жыл бұрын

@@placidpond Sometimes a cloaca is just a cloaca.

"Tyranosaurs are terrifying! Nothing keeps me awake at night quite like the thought of 2 T-rexes engaging in a cloacal kiss."

Dinosaurs be like: Oi, mate! This dance is for you! Fancy it, eh?

@guy6390

2 жыл бұрын

*proceed to moonwalk*

I just love to think that T. rex would bow and coo like a giant pigeon.

@mortified776

2 жыл бұрын

Omg that's actually kind of adorable. The cooing would be in low frequency ultrasound too!

@Zaxares

2 жыл бұрын

Given their size and bone structure, it would probably have been closer to geese. So imagine the T-Rexes just making LOOOOUD honking noises during courtship and mating. ;)

@annabeinglazy5580

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zaxares why Not both. The adorable bobbing and twirling of a pigeon mating... Is it a dance? ... Combined with deafening honks.

I love it when Blake makes a joke and then giggles to himself 😁

Good job on acknowledging the native owners of the land! PBS Eons is the best channel out there.

I personally love the idea of ceratopsids having similar mating behaviors to grouse/birds of paradise. The thought of these giant herbivorous dinosaurs having insanely colorful heads (not just the frill, the whole head) and utilizing them in ridiculous dancing displays is simultaneously amusing and fascinating to me. I also like the idea of some male ceratopsids meticulously cleaning their chosen 'dance floor', like some birds of paradise, do.

@owli-wankenobi3727

2 жыл бұрын

@@injunsun Heh... I can't say the same, regarding the bird-dinosaur connection. However, once I mastered reading, I quickly figured it out. I even wrote a research paper on the subject in high school. I'm still quite proud of that paper. I can't really say that I have a favorite, although if I had to choose, it would probably be tied by dromaeosaurs and therizinosaurs. Those two groups have always been particularly fascinating to me.

Tbh I would love to see dinosaurs dance in more documentary’s.

@horse14t

2 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt did a short animation of a ceratopsian dancing in their dino video and it's so freaking cute!

@mfaizsyahmi

2 жыл бұрын

watch any birb documentary

@PrimalBoos

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Dinomation! Love your vids!

@dinomation

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrimalBoos thanks

@PrimalBoos

2 жыл бұрын

@@dinomation No problem 😉

Massive respect for the reference of which people’s ancestral homelands the fossil evidence discussed were found on

I'm a longtime fan and want to say I really appreciate the land acknowledgement of indigenous peoples land at the end of every episode.

@Popcornchicken42

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@MaddoxLightning

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this so much also! This is a good, reoccurring act. I am in gratitude.

Something I (and probably many other Dino-nerds) would really love to see would be stegosaur mating, or at least a speculation. Could you guys please do a vid on that?

Great description of proper e-reptile function

The Blake glow-up continues

I would really watch a movie about dinosaurs with a more accurate depictions (Data gathered by paleontologists) right now.

As someone who has spent a lot of time in the wilderness I have seen many of birds scratch in like dogs including pigeons and Doug

Thank you dad. This "dinosaur sex talk" was really helpful, and I, too, was glad to have it with you rather than on the playground.

Imagine the trex doing the salsa

@ericsuarez834

2 жыл бұрын

Lambada the dirty dance

Speaking of Kakapo mating rituals, there is a Stephen Fry video that *everyone* must see.

Sigh, I know more than I should: Actually, male crocodilans (and other reptilians such as turtles, snakes) have a phallus that retracts into their vent, so they don't technically do cloacal kissing (the definition is generally accepted as when cloacas just rub and the male drops sperm within). Some birds do have phallus as well (waterfowl like ducks most infamously), depends on the species. So even though we may be able to determine from fossil evidence for cloacas, we can't also assume that reproduction was by cloacal kissing. Obviously a retracted phallus doesn't fossilize well, so we may never know.

6:01 - that paleoart of the dino looking at the other's cloaca LOL

Ok had to word it a bit weird due to what KZread allows, so bear with me. Since some birds like Ducks and Ratites either just have "boy bits" or have the ability to grow "boy bits" during mating season, and Roosters have vestigial "boy bits", is it possible that their non-avian ancestors and relatives, like T-Rex, had "boy bits" or the ability to grow them during their mating season?

@tec-jones5445

2 жыл бұрын

That got me thinking as well. Many ratites and ducks tend to be sexually dimoprhic and reproduce in a way where males try to court multiple females at a given time. Perhaps there's a selective pressure for "boy bits" to be grown due to competition? If so, could sexually dimorphic non-avian dinosaurs be similar? Additionally, there are some species with large body size, tails, and defensive structures that would make mating difficult, and which might also increase selection for larger "bits".

@Eloraurora

2 жыл бұрын

I think ducks are supposed to be the most basal group of modern birds, which would lend credence to your theory. Also, the logistics of cloaca-to-cloaca become impractical in some of the spikier species. The book All Yesterdays includes a depiction of a speculative dinosaur appendage (maybe Stegosaurus? Can't recall) which suggests that at least some paleontologists are with you on this.

@juncohill

2 жыл бұрын

Some reptiles like snakes and some crocodilians also have "bits", but they have two instead of one, so it's possible these structures have co-evolved. I think it's probable that some dinos might have had them.

@ravenbeastofancient

2 жыл бұрын

It's very likely that dinosaurs had "boy bits". A while ago, I watched a video about the evolution of "boy bits" that came to the conclusion, that "boy bits" evolved once in early reptiles, and that tuataras and birds lost them over the course of millions of years. Since, as you said, some birds do have "boy bits" this change must have occured for birds after the birds split off from the rest of the dinosaurs, so T-Rex and the others very likely had them. (Tuataras are very distantly related to any other living reptiles, so we don't need to look at them). Add to this that the body shapes of dinosaurs are very bad for "cloaka kisses" (look at the long, thick tails for example, or as others had pointed out, size, body armor, etc.). Now some others have mentioned that some reptiles (like snakes) have two "boy bits" instead of them. I haven't heard of any bird with two, so dinosauars probably only had one.

@Verballygreeky416

2 жыл бұрын

Sort of summarizing a bit of what@@ravenbeastofancient already said, It's generally accepted at this point that the phallus is the "base state" (for vertebrates at least, I don't really know about invertebrates) and animals like many birds and tartuaga lost them during their evolution. Whether the loss occurred within birds or earlier and encompassed some dinosaurs as well, we will likely never fully know.

Confirmed. Blake is Responsible Dino Dad ❤️

It’s amazing how much more we are learning about dinosaurs this days ! I love figuring them acting somewhat like birds and displaying beautiful colors and soft tissues/ feathers !

Pretty awesome that you mention Native lands in the end

This was a really interesting episode I was waiting for it to come out ! Great stuff

This is really interesting! Thank you! Just imagining how LOUD this mating dance might have been. 😀

Gives a new meaning to the funky chicken

Birds in my part of Australia skirmish a lot during mating and nesting season (the last few months). They can be very territorial, with smaller species being visibly aggressive to larger birds - willy wagtails, noisy miners, magpie larks coming to mind. Some have elaborate tactics to confuse egg-hunting predators - noisy miner families spread out and make decoy chick chirps in the canopy making it hard to locate the nest. I wonder if therapods did similar things.

@spindoctor6385

2 жыл бұрын

I am on the Vic/SA border. The tiny honey eaters attack anything that goes near the tree with their nests in them. Even the Wattle birds are not safe, neither is my (small) dog.

Open the door, Get on the floor, Everybody walk the dinosaur. 🎶😁❤️ The dinosaurs are sitting on your roof and eating off your bird table and singing in the trees. You're also eating them and their eggs. 🦕🦖🦜🕊️🦢🦩🦚🦃🦆🐧🦅🦉🐦🐥🐤🐣🐔🐓❤️ Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because it was in Jurassic Park. 😁❤️

Someone agree with me they this is the most pleasent eons narrator

Reminds me of my chickens scrapping the same spots to look for bugs. Dinosaur behaviors are so unpredictable people wouldn't know. If a rooster was fossilized no one would even know it crowed or has a comb on its head.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, paleontologists know that they can never be 100% correct but that doesn't stop them doing their work. All they can do is apply what they see today towards those from the past.

@stinew358

2 жыл бұрын

they would know if a rooster fossilized in a condition that preserved skin and some soft tissue. They would see the beak and evidence of its posture in its bones. Might take them a few hundred years to make a good picture of it

I suddenly have this crazy image of a T-Rex doing the cha cha cha to impress a mate lol

We've come a long way from overturned tour vehicles

Thank you for acknowledging indigenous lands. I love this Show and scientists, and what you all brings.

I was sitting here boiling mad, about as angry as I've ever been. Then you told that terrible, terrible joke and it was so bad that the agony cracked for just a second and half of my frown went away. I chuckled at the irony. Thanks PBS Eons, that terrible joke made my day.

@ 2:00 it's the newest Harry Potter Wand from "the middle country". The wand is called "Nutticus Expelioso"

6:28 - yes and no. You are forgetting about Ducks. So probably there was diversity amongst dinosaurs where some had the usual McChicken, whilst others had the Accordion-like DuckDuckPasta.

@Verballygreeky416

2 жыл бұрын

Also other multiple species of birds & crocodilans, and a variety of other reptiles (e.g. snakes, turtles). It's really kind of funny because I recently attended a lecture on crocodilan repro at my school, so now now I know slightly more than most people would be comfortable knowing 😅

I mean when a daddy dinosaur and mommy dinosaur really loves each other ...

Maybe for some dinosaurs, mating was a violent act. Maybe some of the bite marks aren’t because the animal was fighting for a mate but because of their mate? Sometimes the animal kingdom is violent; within the archosaur line, ducks are notably notorious. However, I like to think that the gentler behavior of courtship dances were far more common across species

Omg, imagine burrowing dinosaurs! *Imagines each individual possibility*

The thought of a T-Rex or some other huge angry theropod strutting around scraping the ground like a turkey is just so funny to me

This was a pretty relaxed but straightforward presentation. Well done!

Thumbs up for your excellent script writing again. Fantastic stuff.

Great episode guys. Punchy, funny, informative. Love the presenter’s candidness and charisma.

0:10 blake woke up and chose violence and i'm here for it

Can confirm: have posted pictures of fish on social media. Mates attracted: 0. Cormorants attracted: 999+.

In the notifications: "When Dinosaurs Danced For Mates" Actual video title: "How Dinosaurs Coupled Up" DAMMIT, PBS EONS!!!! MAD SUSSSSS

I only learn the English language, but despite that, I love your channel very much, and your videos make my knowledge most strongly with every new information, thank you all a lot.

Wow. Thank you for the representation at the end. It is rare to see acknowledgements for indigenous people. Love Eons

how fitting it is that a turtle cloaca looks like a inviting smile, but the crocodile one looks like the eye of sauron

the science of courtship is always a blast to dive in to

I need to see this with my own eyes. Somebody needs to invent a time machine now!

Amazing as always eons

@gaywizard2000

2 жыл бұрын

Attitude.

@Karthonic

2 жыл бұрын

Sauropods and any other non therapod dinos are non-avian dinos, but some therapods are like coelosaurs. So somewhere later in the theropod lineage is that line. :)

@montanamike7948

2 жыл бұрын

Umm Google it? You're that dense?

@leeleaman8057

2 жыл бұрын

@@montanamike7948 I was interacting with the content. Please don’t be so rude.

Other dinosaur documentaries: Talks about dinosaur bones. This episode: Talks about dinosaur boning.

Amazing as always. Thanks guys x

0:09 caught me completely off guard, almost laughed the bar off my shoulders mid-squat 🤣🤣 (Oh and I heard that giggle too 😆)

i really love the paleontological disclaimer

The paleo art at 6:02 really needs more attention 😂

In David Armsby’s dinosauria series show a tyrannosaur scratching and presenting prey to a mate which reminds me quite a bit of modern roosters tidbiting

As always love your stories! It's not surprising that Dinos and birds share mating behaviors, since their brains have many similarities. But I wonder if they also share the Murmuration behaviors while in migrations, food searching, and predator evasion. Any insight on Dino Murmuration, or even on the evolution of the Murmuration phenomena, Eon?

Hypothesis Five: "Ew! Get it off my foot! Get it off!"

Seeing dinosaurs do a courtship dance would’ve been amazing to see! Hard to imagine such big and powerful creatures doing something something so elegant and gentle

T-Rex really knew how to throw it back for a real one!

This sure was a pretty great video about dinosaur courtship.

I love his attitude, it's so freaking cute as it is informative

That scraping or scratching the ground is done by chicken too, for attracting mate and getting insects out to eat them.

Hypothesis. The Third. Never heard that. Now stealing that. Thank you for being so freckin kewl☺

Blake you look like the protagonist of a badass detective movie.

1:12 Dinosaurs be like: "I HAVE A CLOACA BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND I'M TOO SCARED TO LOOK IT UP"

Man, the mental image of two enormous therapods doing a dorky waggle-dance like those terns is just...too much for my puny human brain.

Honestly I never questioned this...but this has intrigued me in dinosaurs again!!

I have to say I appreciate you being honest about the quality of the joke rather than pretending like they're all fives out of seven.

Ummm…. Did anybody else think the fossil they showed as “footprints and mudcracks” looked like a facehugger? 👀

Wow! This is fascinating!

So we not gonna talk about that cute chuckle at 0:14 ??😂😂

Good stuff, thanks as always

"You have good videos." Joey (age 5; Cleveland, OH)

Now I can really get on the floor and do the dinosaur!

It feels like Eons since I got to watch this channel.

I heard that laughter at the beginning