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The Entire Animal Kingdom of Avatar Explained
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The fauna of Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Explained. A quick comprehensive guide and analysis of the animal kingdom of Pandora.
00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Surfshark VPN
02:13 - More Intro
02:33 - Land Animals
02:37 - Manducus Taurus
03:02 - Glow Worm
03:58 - Teylu
05:00 - Wolf Tick
05:41 - Arachnoid
06:38 - Fan Lizard
07:50 - Cuirass Crab
08:21 - Tapirus
10:00 - Saber Hog
10:39 - Prolemuris
12:45 - Austrapede
13:30 - Great Austrapede
14:40 - Hexapede
16:25 - Direhorse
19:13 - Viperwolf
24:33 - Sturmbeest
27:35 - Slinth
28:23 - Slinger
30:28 - Hammerhead Titanothere
33:37 - Thanator
36:58 - Aerial Creatures
37:00 - Shimmyfly
37:59 - Hellfire Wasp
39:31 - Tetrapteron
41:29 - Stingbat
43:47 - Mountain Banshee
49:24 - Forest Banshee
50:46 - Dorado Verde
51:44 - Medusa
54:56 - Great Leonopteryx
01:01:06 - Aquatic Animals
01:01:17 - Anemonid
01:01:59 - The Squid
01:02:56 - Gill Mantle
01:05:00 - Reef Tick
01:05:51 - Sagittaria
01:06:57 - Glider Fin
01:07:52 - Hammerbrow Fish
01:08:25 - Starbeak
01:09:21 - ?
01:09:29 - Syringil
01:09:42 - Feathertail Fish
01:10:22 - Flat Skate Fish
01:11:03 - The Otter
01:11:57 - Pincer Fish
01:13:08 - Dinicthoid
01:14:45 - Turtapede
01:15:55 - Ilu
01:20:19 - Skimwing
01:23:27 - Nalutsa
01:24:38 - Akula
01:26:04 - Tulkun
01:31:34 - Surfshark VPN Part 2
01:31:46 - Outro
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Sources:
The Art of Avatar The Way of Water (2022):
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Avatar The Way of Water The Visual Dictionary (2022):
play.google.com/store/books/d...
The World of Avatar: A Visual Exploration (2022):
James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide (2009)
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
Avatar Flight of Passage
Na'vi River Journey
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@marshalmarrs3269
Жыл бұрын
I wish the na’vi looked more like the pandoran animals than the sky people.
@mypanexogamouslineage965
Жыл бұрын
James Cameron must really love The Philippines and based the Slinger on the myth of the Filipino monsters named Mananganals, who detaches their waist and upper body to fly looking for prey while it's legs stand in a hidden place like a statue of a person's legs, crotch, and hips. It then reataches it's upper body at the waist to it's locked standing hips and legs before sunrise-it's a Filipino mythology monster that eats people but looks, acts, and eats like a regular popular local girl/woman during the day. Unlike the Slinger it does not look or act like a radiatioactive explosion mutant alien monster with six legs crawling around like a tarantula.
@dastark_3024
Жыл бұрын
If Avatar Reckoning releases, will you do a second part?
@mypanexogamouslineage965
Жыл бұрын
@@dastark_3024 Avatar Reckoning is already being played by some people these days
@dastark_3024
Жыл бұрын
@@mypanexogamouslineage965 I'm very excited for its release
Hey there, one of the creature designers from Way of Water here. Just wanted to say... this was pretty cool! (Also a Skimwing's wingspan is a little over 14 meters, but can vary slightly depending on the individual)
@lucyhi6521
Жыл бұрын
OMGGG you are sooooooo cool 🤩🫣🫣, I love your art creations 🫣🤭
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, that means a lot coming from the lead creature designer of Avatar: The Way of Water. Love your work! Also, thank you for providing the measurements for the Skimwing's wingspan!
@pleasantdashi7112
Жыл бұрын
awesome
@graceann147
Жыл бұрын
Your work is appreciated! Avatar has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid!
@GranPapaFrita
Жыл бұрын
Omg you’re awesome
What I find interesting about the Prolemuris is the fact that it shows how their four upper limbs fuse together and separate up to the elbows, showing that this is also how the Na'vi possibly lost two of their limbs by their bones fusing. A somewhat similar evolutionary path.
@WMVKMBN
10 ай бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking.😮
@SordidusFellatio
5 ай бұрын
Probably to compensate for the increase in brain capacity, they lose more of the “useless” part of their body, kinda like how we lost our tail and our bodily strength
@starrfrujt
4 ай бұрын
how would na’vi get hair tbh??
@warmdown5379
4 ай бұрын
@@SordidusFellatiowe didn’t haven’t had tails for a very very long time we aren’t monkeys if that is what you had in mind plus we traded strength for the ability of more precise muscle control in order to be more intricate (ie making tools) we have limiters on our muscles pretty much to avoid injury (adrenaline can remove most of the limiter)
@duyhungle9375
4 ай бұрын
Doesn’t explain the nose
This is my evening entertainment 1 hour and 30 mins thank you Bryce you legend.
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
If you are enduring the full hour and a half tonight, you have my respect
@marshalmarrs3269
8 ай бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrownI personally call the ilu the “pandoran waterhorse”
This is absolutely incredible, so much work and detail went into this. We all appreciate it so much, keep up the avatar videos 😊
James Cameron: so, ya know how a kangaroo grows a baby in its pouch? I'd really like to make a predator like that. Artist: interesting, that'll be pretty cool. JC: except I want the baby to basically be carried on the head. Artist: alright... so like a pocket in front of, or behind the neck? JC: well actually inside the neck... because the child is the head, connected to the parent-body by the tsaheylu bond. So you have 2 animals... one is blind with no way to eat, but it can hear and move and stuff... and the other can see and eat, but has no way to move, so it's a perfect symbiotic relationship. Artist: Sir? JC: oh, one last thing... in order to hunt, the head detaches itself from the body, and the body launches it at the prey where it injects heaping amounts of venom into the unsuspecting animal. Then the child/head calls for the mother/body, who can silently home in on the signal. Artist: ???...???... this one goes in the Fandom wiki, right?
@myklepr82
11 ай бұрын
This comment needs way more thumbs up 😅
@vincentmasih
10 ай бұрын
😊
My favorite animal on Pandora will always be the Toruk due to its beautiful color and basically looking like a dragon, but I love that the Tulkun looks sort of like a whale but with crustacean characteristics (like the armor plating). I also like that they're so intelligent that they can communicate with Na'vi through language, and that the Metkayina consider them to be people (because, I mean, if the tulkun are literally smarter than humans and have their own language, philosophy and songs I think it's safe to call them 'people').
Thank you for talking about this, I tried to talk to my family about how these animals would fit in the environment but none of them listened to me 😭
at first, I was like freaking 1 hour and a half?!?? and then I proceed to binge watch the whole thing and got amazed by the details. Thank you so much for the effort and work you put into this. really appreciate your dedication, you deserved so much more recognitions!!!
We need a nature doc on Pandora, but narrated by David Attenborough xd
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
I'm here for it
@kylietravers3466
7 ай бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown Fish Are Friends Not Food- Nalutsa
All these avatar videos are amazing it doesnt get appreciated enough
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much @joshisasjoshdoes8760!
Can’t tell you how fast I clicked this video! I’ve been waiting for someone to make one like this for so long.
your na’vi pronunciation has improved so much
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 💙
I think the star beak is based more on lion fish, which have similar looking fins, so they rely on their bright colours and venom to avoid being eaten. The Skimwing is looks to be inspired by an alligator gar and flying fish. It’s kind of ironic that the Ilu were depicted as plesiosaurs that act like dolphins, since fossil plesiosaurs would have filled similar niches to cetaceans today, minus the sonar.
knowing how massive the creatures of pandora are. i kinda expected to see something similar to the reefbacks from subnautica, or a massive living island (search up images for the island reefback as an example). but then again, the planet is technically already alive.
My favorite part was the volcano footage.
@BryceEdwardBrown
8 ай бұрын
Mine too
Bryce realizing that he'll have to make a part 2 part 3 and maybe part 4
This level of lore is the reason why this franchise is worth billions.
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
It's so rad!
I absolutely adore the amount of work and effort that has gone into every one of your avatar videos!!! They mean a lot to me and I really love that you go above & beyond for every video :) I love the amount of detail in every creature, even when it's not strictly about the creature itself!! The backstory behind taming an Ikran was especially interesting- I thought it was so cool that each rider handmakes their own harness for their banshee
I was just saying how much I would love a documentary of the animals + plants of Pandora and here you are with this! Absolutely made my day! Thank you for working and sharing this with us after 3 months of work/research!
1:09:21 I'd call it a Silkfin also I'd call the Otter a Selkidomus and the Squid a Canary Squid
If any of the creature designers from these films are still looking at this video. I personally would like to say something I've wanted to say for years. Thank you. The wildlife and people of Pandora have always been and will always continue to be a source of inspiration for me. They are the reason why If I were given the option to cybernetically or surgically augment my biological body for free, I would want a second pair of arms, a second pair of eyes, and a tail. But, the exact form I take would be dependent on the amount of time it would take, and the amount of creative liberty I had opposed against the risk it my pose to my continued ability to live.
This really surprised me in the best way. It's informative and entertaining, almost like you're talking about real animals, but it's also hilarious. I imagine it took a long time to make this, so thanks for the work, I've subscribed!
There's no reason to fear the Slinger, because it makes no sense! 1. What if the Slinger misses when it throws the child and it flies down the cliff or inside the powerful jaws of another animal? 2. What if the prey crushes and kills the child while in panic or defense mode? 3. What if some children are born stillborn, sick or deformed? They've doomed their parents to die! 4. How are Slingers making sure they won't die out due to inevitable accidents? Every parent can only carry one child for a head, and the previous parents most likely die of starvation before they can give birth to new patch of kids. With every accidental death the populations shrinks down, which kills the whole kind overall in the long run. Maybe if this creature was like a Hydra or Medusa, it could have multiple heads/children to carry, which would give it wriggle room in case if they lose some due to the accidents. Also, what if the parents keep few of their children until they produce new clutch?
At around 1:29:00, the Na'vi throwing kids into water at such a young age is actually something we do too! babies can inherently float and making sure they don't lose the ability to turn on their backs so they can breath has to be done young. Doing this also helps prevent children from drowning! Even if swimming isn't kept up as we grow, that basic instinct stays with us! Please don't throw your babies into water without a swim teacher or other professional present, some kids don't grasp it as quick as others and an un-diagnosed learning disability that isn't prepared for can lead to death or severe damage. The more you now✨
I loved the video! You explained things so well I never thought I would pay max atention for 1h 30' and 25"! You also made It entertainig with your comments. I enjoyed It a lot, good job ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👋👋👋
It took me a week to watch this. Awesome job, by the way! You might want to split it up. Maybe do videos of land, air, and water animals separately. There is a huge animal added to the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora that I can't remember if you said anything about them? But, it seems new, so maybe there's nothing about them added to the books or internet?
You gotta update it now with all the frontiers of pandora stuff there are so many new creatures to see in detail
My gosh this is amazing, I can't imagine how long it took to put this together with the research, filming, illustrations and editing! What I really want is basically a documentary with a Na'vi David Attenborough to take us through Pandora and explain all the creatures, and have several seasons for different regions and everything. But they'll never allocate the budget to something like that, so your video is definitely the next best thing. Also, great structure, the habitat and food chain organisation is super fluid and flows naturally. Your humour is also nice and keeps it from being to descriptive and sterile. Thank you for your hard work, I'll definitely revisit this every now and then!
Omg thank you so much for this video break down of all the creatures and wildlife of pandora Bryce, you have no idea how much this means to me!! ❤️❤️❤️
When i saw the length of this video I literally GASPED! 😲 bruhhhh!!! Kudos to you holy crap.
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Haha I'm so happy to hear that, so glad to have your support!
IVE NEVER CLICKED A NOTIF SO FAST I LOVE THESE AVATAR VIDEOS OMFG
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
I APPRECIATE YOU!
OMG!!!Thank you!I’ve always been fascinated by the rainforests on Pandora but never found something so specific and expansive about the creatures
The Tipani Armor of is Atlas beetle .
I needed this! Thank you for making this! 😋I also keep trying to compare the size of these animals to myself 😭And the slinger...
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
I CAN'T EVEN with the Slinger
@libkereetey236
10 ай бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown the hellfire wasp is honestly worse
Thank you for not wasting my time this was absolutely lovely to watch. I’am so hyper fixated on Avatar’s world this information is an absolute blessing, thank ya 😊
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Haha glad I could waste your time! 💙
I loved this!! Thank you!! I would honestly LOVE a flora version of this! The plant life is just as if not more imaginative and incredible!
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Hopefully I can make something about that soon! 💙
I loved this video, would love to see a part two with the addition of the fauna from frontiers of pandora
This is an incredible resource, thank you so much for making this. Can I convince you to do one of these on the plants/fungi/corals as well?
im so glad you do what you do cause i had no idea about most of this stuff and the hunger games video was good cause i didnt know much aboout that either
I've watched all your videos and this has to be my 3rd favorite...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 😁😁😁
I have a feeling that Kiri is gonna become the next Toruk Makto considering her strong connection with Eywa.
I just want to know one thing. Where do the navi get feathers for the fletching on the arrows???
@tylersoto7465
4 ай бұрын
Probably from bird feathers that come off or hunting them
@lars7747
14 күн бұрын
From birds, you can't find birds in the books but there are words for them in the na'vi language
Thank you so much for this video! I just started a fanfic following a xenozoologist, and this is an incredible resource for all their expertise I need to write, and all in one place too! Thank you so much!
Wow, to say I loved that video is an understatement. The way how much time You spent on doing research for every animal is outstanding. You also made sure to use moth metric systems and used them interchangeably which is at least so important, as it doesn't make anyone feel left out. Your prononuciation is also beautiful and shows how much heart You put into this video, and when You didnt know something You simply admitted it. And lastly but not least is Your humor which made me laugh numerous times wjile watching it. Thank You for making this video, which both eductaed Us and brought smile to Our faces
Fun fact: in 2106 I’ll be 100 years old which is quite close to when avatar films took place
This video is well done. You earned my subscription with your quality work
Hi! I was wondering if you would ever make a new video about the new creatures from frontiers of pandora that you didn't cover, I really loved this video!
This is amazing, I am a zoology and biology geek/nerd and also love science fiction so avatar is just so fascinating to me, I've also done a lot of research on pandora over the past few years just as a form of occupying my adhd. Great video. Ps: my favorite creature is the banshee/ikran
Listening to this like i have an exam tomorrow on the subject. All so fascinating.
Vi el video completo mientras jugaba kerbal space program, realmente sacaba mi atencion de ahi numerosas veces la cantidad de datos imprecionantes que tiene la luna de pandora. exelente video
now i want to see you tackle the flora of pandora.
finally i found this video, for the first time i watch avatar i wonder about the animals biology.. and i feel fantastic thinking about it 😊
This is probably my favorite video on KZread
37:58 i wish disney DID make breather packs that you could buy/ disposable breather masks to make the ride just a bit more realistic
loved this so much thank you for making it, im a huuuuuge avatar and speculative evolution fan
Thank for posting another video of Avatar. I think your the best youtuber who does Avatar vids. I know the Tsu’Tey vid didn’t get that many views but its nice to see you still upload.
@hdhdhrjhdje7557
Жыл бұрын
Auto correct made it ever instead of best
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, that's so nice of you to say!
35:19 it may have also been sleeping nearby and woken up by all the noise the hammerhead was making.
This is brilliant thankyou been looking for a vedio like this for awhile
Now that the Avatar Frontier of Pandora is out you have a lot more animals you can explore. Luckily a lot of them already have descriptions
your intro was spot on as a result i subbed
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Thank you @msizinhlabathi8161! 💙
Thank you so much for your hard work ! That was an amazing video, super fascinating and interesting
“When this walking deli sandwich is constantly getting attacked” really got me 😂😅
Well, there goes my attenention span for the afternoon. Bravo, sir you have my attention ❤
this is so great!! thanks!
Love your vids keep on making them
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
Will do, thanks for watching!
You should do one about all the plants on Pandora!
@BryceEdwardBrown
2 ай бұрын
Soon!
when the game frontiers of pandora comes out will you also be going a video abt the new creatures shown there?
This video is so amusing! I've only seen the original Avatar movie; not the sequel, none of the apparent spinoff games. I loved the original, and I'm sure I'll enjoy the sequel, when I get around to it. But, until this video, I had no idea there was a Trekker level analysis in existence. Most of the critters discussed were apparently introduced in the sequel I have yet to see.
I mean panthers are known to hole punch caiman into the after life
I swear I'll probably just around the jungle admiring the artistry and realism, for the first 2 hours, like I did when Crysis first came out.
This couldn’t come at a better time, finished all your videos amazing love it!
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Yay, that's awesome, thank you!
make a new one now that frontiers of pandora realised, I need more information, I'm craving for it lol
14:10 The sort of proto-wings of the great austrapede remind me of the ikrans' much larger wings.
The moment where you whip out all your books, is such a mood 😂😭
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
LOL
Oh my god I cannot wait to start this video. Anything Avatar especially from YOU gets an immediate view and like from me.
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
You're awesome, thank you!
@Cactusfruitsquisher
11 ай бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown nah man YOU ARE! hope to see more avatar vids and more vids in general. Love the channel!
I've been waiting for this since I saw that comment thank you so much for making this 🙏🙏🙏
“Pretend like I have volcano footage” in a couple of years, you will 😏
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
SOON
You should do one of these about all the animals in Frontiers of Pandora
I love how the main lyal wainfleet is the main predator for so many of these
Man ! Avatar was already my favourite trans media universe, but you’ve made me appreciate it even more ! Most of those creatures may have been inspired by real animals, they are still beautifully designed with an awesome little bio. Truly an underrated science fiction world !
The Hexapede looks so beautiful to me!
LETS FUCKING GO!!!!! I’m gonna rewatch all the videos again just because I fucking can. Thank you for sharing all these videos with us, man! It’s always so great!
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
I'm loving the energy 🥳🥳
"night vision helps you see at night, because it gives you night vision to help you see at night." -bryce edit: "ruining their invisibleness by making them visible again" -bryce
Can you do a video on King Kong a natural history of skull island please And also I really appreciate your work on your channel
I absolutely love these informational vids!
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
So happy to hear that!
how would the tulkun bond with the spirit tree? im just curious
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Probably extending their queue somehow
Loved that you mentioned the microparasites! They check you for them at the Disneyworld Ride "Flight of Passage" and if they happen to find any in you, they make sure to clean you up before you link. It's a good bit of immersive world building.
@BryceEdwardBrown
Жыл бұрын
That sounds awesome, I can't wait to go on that ride!
I think I know why the Nalutsa don't eat fish; it's because they saw Finding Nemo and the shark scene, "fish are friends, not food"
I seriously find it hard to believe that with the absolute batshit insane genetic engineering abilities humans have displayed in Avatar that they can't just clone amrita.
Lmaooo am I the only one that chuckled at the rocket ship slinger child shooting out of the parents head at @29:58
19:58 me when I have a 700 word essay and I’m running out of words
One question I have, is what do all the animals actually use their quid neural connection body part for? The nav’ii use them, but the animals on pandora wouldn’t have evolved them specifically to connect with other species. The only explanation I can think of, is that they are all capable of connecting to ports throughout the environment, for what? Sensory information? Maybe they connect when sleeping to fulfill some sort of neural function. Similar to dreaming. Casting aside that it’s just fiction, maybe the purpose is just too alien for earth apes to understand fully.
I’d say the nalutsa reminds me more of a dunkleosteus! one of my fav marine animals 😊
I really admire the dedication you put in every video😄☺☺
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Thank you 💙
we needed this
@BryceEdwardBrown
11 ай бұрын
Glad I could help 🥳
Honestly, I think it would be interesting for you to do one with avatar frontier of pandora
You covering the comics would actually be super great! (I dont want to buy them and I like your videos)❤
Now i need an hour long video on pandoran botany
Finnaly had time to watch this, it didn't disappoint
@BryceEdwardBrown
8 ай бұрын
So happy to hear that!
@hiddentudor
8 ай бұрын
@@BryceEdwardBrown You actually replied