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@swimdownx6365

2 жыл бұрын

What was the experiment that proved darwinism over Lamerkism. Was it epigenetics was it eugenics. Was it Sparta. Was is kids of athletes was it the mice trained to fear the smell of flowers having ofspring afraid of the same smell was it the conditions in the womb affecting rest of our lives was it Sprm epi genetics

@petergaskin1811

2 жыл бұрын

Bone-crushing Cats please.

@drts6955

2 жыл бұрын

I would love a video on the various hand gestures used by presenters. Is it all freestyle? Do they get training? Is it more nature or nurture? A breakdown of some of the more complex moves would be fascinating. Also, I am an avid gesturer. Would this be enough to get me a job with yous?

@hydrolito

2 жыл бұрын

Civets and hyenas have dark on faces reminding me of Raccoons.

@chenoalynn1

2 жыл бұрын

The link in the description for the podcast doesn't seem to be working, at least not for me 😭

Plenty of people actually look down on hyenas as being revolting scavengers but hyenas are actually very important predators in their ecosystems. They prevent diseases from carcasses and carrion to spread by eating them.

@matheussanthiago9685

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, disney's african monarchy progapanda did them dirty

@kade-qt1zu

2 жыл бұрын

@@matheussanthiago9685 That's the greatest description of the lion king I have ever heard. You sir have won my respect. 👍

@feraldelight

2 жыл бұрын

I love hyenas. One of my favourite animals.

@Shaw4123

2 жыл бұрын

They're menaces.

@Samsen_

2 жыл бұрын

also if you ever seen striped hyenas, they are gorgeous and actually a bunch of goofballs

I've always considered hyenas to be to cats, what bears are to dogs; a distant relative that is also a top predator, but has an extremely different lifestyle.

@sharondornhoff7563

2 жыл бұрын

Nice analogy. And, by the same reasoning, mongooses are to the cat/hyena/viverrid group what weasels are to the dog/bear/mustelid group. :-)

@DanGamingFan2846

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharondornhoff7563 Yes, you get the idea.

@Seadalgo

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanGamingFan2846 I get that Viverrids can match up with Procyons pretty well, but I don't think the linsang is an adequate opponent for the Walrus

@DanGamingFan2846

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seadalgo What about a linsing compared to a red panda? They're both singular members of they're family that live in trees.

@samrizzardi2213

2 жыл бұрын

@darknightoftroy In their hunting behaviour maybe, but they betray their cat-like heritage in their grooming behaviour and the way they mark their territories.

There was another massive hyena called Dinocrocuta which is estimated to be an bulky animal like short faced bears. Hyena evolutionary history is fascinating, they had a glorious past.

@jacaliber

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say PBS Eons should follow up the hyena video with a dinocrocuta video. From What I understand or recalled they weren't exactly in the hyena family but cousin of hyenas.

@samrizzardi2213

2 жыл бұрын

I think the consensus is that Dinocrocuta was a relative of hyenas rather than a true hyena, a bit how Barbourofelids aren't true felids.

@douglasthescottishtwin3989

2 жыл бұрын

@@samrizzardi2213 "Barbourofelids" are really a subgroup of nimravids according to recent studies.

@indyreno2933

2 жыл бұрын

@Douglas The Scottish Twin, actually, Barbourofelidae actually belongs to the superfamily Feloidea and are not closely related to nimravids, nimravids evolved before both members of the infraorders Aeluropsia and Crocutopsia.

@richardhill6949

2 жыл бұрын

Dinocrocuta was a feliform, not a true hyena.

My dream is that one day they'll find an intact cave hyena carcass in the Siberian permafrost. Those buggers were literally _everywhere_ in Eurasia.

@spritemon98

2 жыл бұрын

That would be super cool

@drts6955

2 жыл бұрын

I first became fascinated by Hyenas when I found out that they lived in my country (Ireland) in the Ice Age! Crazy 🤪

@mnkash2007

2 жыл бұрын

cave hyenas were subspeices of spotted hyenas so yets those thick bois in the eurasia

@bubbykins4864

Жыл бұрын

If the spotted hyena is any indication, any given cave hyena would have a small chance, no lower than 5%, of deciding to eat said carcass.

@lochness5524

Жыл бұрын

And a real pain for the Neanderthals + Cro-magnon

I like how despite their look hyenas are more closely related to felines than they are to canines.

@br3nnabee

2 жыл бұрын

Odd evolutionary quirks. Same goes for foxes haha.

@Gildedmuse

2 жыл бұрын

@@br3nnabee Even though I know foxes are canines and that you mean "the reverse is true of foxes" I still just had the longest brain dead moment where I was like, "foxes are related to cats!?"

@sunspot42

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gildedmuse I heard someone say that foxes are dogs running cat firmware.

@pansepot1490

2 жыл бұрын

Not really surprising. Cats and dogs as well as their various cousins share a common ancestor.

@derrickthewhite1

2 жыл бұрын

Feliform diversification is centered in africa and south asia, while Caniform diversification is centered in north America and northern Eurasia. There are some exceptions to this rules, but they are just that: exceptions. So there is a fair amount of convergent evolution between the two, because they evolved partly separated... though with this weird pump effect where they would occasionally have a clade that did really well and crossed territory.

So excited for this episode! I love hyenas; they are amazing creatures with dynamic matriarchal hierarchies. Their birth process is terrifying. They can digest bone. Their bite force is 1,100psi. What's not to love?

@Killerwhale760

18 күн бұрын

Not all are matriarchal

Hyenas often get a bad reputation and you can kinda thank the Lion King for that. But they're actually awesome animals with equally awesome ancestors! Hyenas will always be awesome to me, whether it's their extinct relatives or modern day species, they're all awesome!

@lakrids-pibe

2 жыл бұрын

It didn't start with the Lion King but they reinforced an old stereotype.

@wilhelmtan5301

2 жыл бұрын

it is funny cause lions have been known to steal food from hyenas and spotted hyenas get most of their food from the meals they catch

@CaraTheStrange

2 жыл бұрын

I actually have a phobia of heyenas probably because of lion king.

@sharondornhoff7563

2 жыл бұрын

Hyenas' bad rep is more the fault of our own bad night vision. Hyena clan makes a kill at night; lion pride hijacks the carcass; humans wake up at dawn and see hyenas having to swipe or scavenge bits from the kill *they* made; humans think lions are mighty hunters and hyenas are freeloading scum. It took night-vision photography to teach us we had it backwards.

@douglasthescottishtwin3989

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaraTheStrange Hyaenophobia/Crocutophopia

After watching this video, I immediately went and googled aardwolves. What a strange and unique animal. It's literally a tiny hyena that only eats termites.

The idea of hearing hyena laughs echoing across the Eurasian steppe is unsettling.

Hyenas are so underrated, and are actually quite cute. I love them as honorary dogs.

@CarrionCrow993

2 жыл бұрын

@@KonradvonHotzendorf not when the lips are peeled back and the eyes are on you, granted. 😆 Its a look that would make one sh** their soul.

This story reminded me of my homeland's fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox). I would love if you guys can do a breakdown on it. The only thing it's known for outside of Madagascar is for a mediocre DreamWorks franchise. But it's a fascinating animal.

@markvickery5894

2 жыл бұрын

Hey now Madagascar is a great franchise😤

@HerosBane2854

2 жыл бұрын

I love fossas! A video on the Malagasy carnivorans would make a great video~!

@pierreabbat6157

2 жыл бұрын

There's a version of Ubuntu called Focal Fossa. A Focal Fossa is an Emmetropic Euplerid.

@paytonallen1027

2 жыл бұрын

Mediocre??

@MrWillcapone

2 жыл бұрын

I said what I said. I'm from Madagascar, I think we get to have an opinion on this one. It is a mediocre franchise.

I feel like this episode comepletely misses the fact that spotted hyenas HUNT the majority of their food. Up to 95% of their food is hunted. This episode completely subscribes to the trope that hyenas are only scavengers, but rather we see that the spotted hyena stayed more generalised and was able to compete with the big cats and dogs through sociability. Very interesting video but so many of the points made miss the fact that hyenas are hunting animals first

I would love a video about the evolution of lungs, specifically how and when did unidirectional flow appear, and why is it so heavily associated with birds, flight and being endothermic when we have flightles, ectothermic reptiles that share that unidirectional air flow. As usual, amazing content, I can't get enought of your vids.

@Sofie424

2 жыл бұрын

Bats & insects fly just fine without it, so it's just that birds happen to have both.

Crazy to think hyenas were much more diverse. Thank you for that pbs eons!

I love how educational this channel is, always a treat watching something very interesting!!!!

Hyenas are very cool. Striped hyenas are gorgeous and I would love to see one in person one day.

The Hy's and Lows of being a bone-cracker. It's no laughing matter.

@lukejones7164

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Jondiceful

2 жыл бұрын

Well-spotted😜

@KimberlyGreen

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jondiceful I see what you did there. 😂

All of the art in this episode is incredible!

I always thought they were closely related to dogs, how cool!

Eons makes me wish I had been a paleontologist, with the ability to look at a single bone and infer an entire skeleton, and the ability to look at a skeleton and infer the ecological niche and likely behaviour of the extinct animal.

Got a cuteness overload while looking up images of an aardwolf 😍

Kudos to the guy that named chasmoporthetes, that is a badass name! it roughly translates to " conqueror of the divide" from greek

Never heard off the Aardwolf before, now checked out its Wiki page. It is a cool animal!

@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei

2 жыл бұрын

I like how they live as pairs in a territory, but they have like 10 dens in that territory and usually don't even live in the same ones at the same time and ignore each other most of the time. And when it comes to procreation, they don't necessarily have pups togethers, it's very likely that the female will be impregnated by another male and the male will probably impregnate another female.

Hyenas still exist in India too. They are called striped Hyenas. you can find them in the deserts or even in hill stations. Edit: They look Much more menacing than the spotted hyenas with their (what I think is a ) mane.

@karthikshari3517

2 жыл бұрын

I never knew Native Hyenas were in India i always thought they were found in africa

@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei

2 жыл бұрын

They may look more menacing, but striped hyenas are the second-smallest hyena species after aardwolves and don't live in big clans, so they are probably not that dangerous.

@hoshangiyengar5407

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei Interesting, though from my experience, having seen both species up close. I remember them both being of comparable size.

@beastmaster0934

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei Although they are known to dig up human corpses to eat them, so some people put stones over the graves to prevent them from exhuming and consuming them.

@petr79

Жыл бұрын

India has also Asian lions limited in one small region that exist nowhere else

A hyena is what you get when a Cat tries to Dog. (Conversely, a fox is what you get when a Dog tries to Cat.)

So hyenas are like the opposite of foxes? Cat hardware running on dog software instead of dog hardware running on cat software

@tijanamilenkovic3425

Жыл бұрын

Bat is basically a rodent hardware running on bird software

The way they give birth is extreme.

@Samsen_

2 жыл бұрын

@Leo The British-Eurasian Well actually only the spotted hyena have that. The brown hyena, striped hyena, and aardwolf do not share that trait and give birth normally.

@setonacademyyena4893

2 жыл бұрын

@@Samsen_ what about Cave Hyena and Giant short-faced Hyena? Do they have pseudo-p like Spotties? or give normal birth like Striped and Brown Hyenas?

@beastmaster0934

2 жыл бұрын

@@setonacademyyena4893 Since cave hyenas were a subspecies of spotted hyenas, then they probably had the same birthing system. Not sure about Pachycrocuta though.

Hyenas are some of my favorite animals

Hyenas in trees, now that's scary.

@petergray7576

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Protictitherium was only the size of a modern civet.

@DanGamingFan2846

2 жыл бұрын

@@petergray7576 Sorry. I was imagining modern hyenas that could climb trees. Or at least hyenas with the same bite force.

@theangryholmesian4556

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of 'Nam...

This is just what I needed. I’ve been trying to research more into prehistoric hyenas so thank you.

These extreme hyenas... They never last. Sooner or later they just... stop lasting.

Loved this vid! Hyenas are one of my fave animals so this was great. Didn't know any of this stuff 😮

loving the podcast! more Eons will never be a bad thing ❤

you talked about extinct and spotted hyenas, but what about the striped hyenas?

@isen2619

2 жыл бұрын

don't forget the brown hyena! at least the aardwolf got a mention!

@vituperation

2 жыл бұрын

Right? Striped hyenas are amazing.

I love your show. Watching it is the best escape I can think of. I really wish I could gain the courage to go back to school and do what you guys do. But I feel like that ship has sailed away. Thank you for taking the time to educate every one of us of our home's history

excellent as always...and that aardwolf....so cute. There are so many animals I would love to scritch.

"as survivors, they got the last laugh." Amusing😆

That was absolutely fascinating. A major mammalian clade I knew almost nothing about. I was familiar with Aardwolves. However, finding out that they are actually the last of the "dog like hyenas" at the end was a M. Night Shyamalan twist. I spent the whole video up until that point thinking what a shame it was that none of them are left, especially when that long legged runner made it to within a million years of the present.

Love this! By the way, if you hadn't already, could you go into detail about Potoos and why they look so creep.

Can you Make a Video on how much time the Non-Avian Dinosaurs actually take to go extinct after the Asteroid impact. How many years or thousands of years?

@scaper8

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! It's hard to see geologic time in a day-to-day way. I'd love an, educated guess obviously, breakdown of just how slow/quick it was.

"Extreme Hyenas" is going to be the name of my soccer team ⚽ Thank you very much 💡

It's strange that dogs out competed hyenas when today hyenas dominate over African wild dogs unless an entire pack of African wild dogs is arrayed against one or two hyenas.

Wow! Hyenas were a evolutionary Pow, Zam, and fizzle as they sizzled. I appreciate all who did the research to help Eons to bring this to watch in an awesome video! 🥰🐱 And they were closer to kitties! Powerful!

Evolution is so full pf surprises, maybe some day Hyenas will go back to the ocean and become the new whales 😅

@Minish4rk360

2 жыл бұрын

Or at least the new seals Ngl i want to see hyena seals

@w0tch

2 жыл бұрын

@@Minish4rk360 ahah definitly 🤣 Hear them laughing on the beach 😅

I thought hyenas did case down their prey I always was told that they’re opportunistic they both scavenge and hunt

@sharondornhoff7563

2 жыл бұрын

Practically every predator does both.

@Bitchslapper316

2 жыл бұрын

Hyenas hunt and kill about %90 of their diet.

@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the video kinda miscommunicates how spotted hyenas get their food. They hunt like 60-90% of their prey themselves, so it was wrong to imply they wouldn't chase animals. Striped hyenas and brown hyenas are the scavengers of the family.

that was a lot of information about hyena evolution I never heard of until now... really interesting how many different hyena species adapted to different evolutionary niches used to exist all over the planet

My absolute favorite branch of carnivores! I had no idea that they shared such a close history with civets.

My mind is blown. I always assumed hyenas were a type of dog not civets.

Another excellent job. Thank you.

Hyenas are more closely related to Cats, wow mind blown only 2 minutes into the video. Love Eons

I love hyenas. And also cheetahs. Cheetahs chirp in the cutest way, are amazingly chill and friendly, and their babies mimic honey badgers to deter predators.

@tijanamilenkovic3425

Жыл бұрын

How about making a video about American cheetah it would be so cool as it is a really underrated prehistoric cat

Id love to see an episode about toucans or hornbills!!!

love the artwork in this episode!!!

I would like to live in the timeline where humans domesticated hyenas, please and thank you!

@samrizzardi2213

2 жыл бұрын

Not likely. Their pregnancies are too long and they grow really slowly compared to canids. They're not worth the effort.

@Foolish188

2 жыл бұрын

Bone crushing hyena bites would have been far, far worse than modern dog bites.

@b.a.erlebacher1139

2 жыл бұрын

We like to laugh at the cute antics of our pets. Pet hyenas would be laughing at us. Too much for human egos? ;-)

@nyves104

2 жыл бұрын

@@samrizzardi2213 maybe not worth the effort to you, but I'm okay with that and no one invited you to this timeline anyways

@nyves104

2 жыл бұрын

@@Foolish188 yeah and almost all of those bites are preventable by listening to the dog's body language and warnings, so I'm sure that those of us willing to put in the work will find it worth it. Besides no one invited you to this timeline anyways

"Extreme Hyena" is gonna be my next band name

There is also the Aardwolf no? Doing the specialty niche thing!

@Kargoneth

2 жыл бұрын

@7:29 Aardwolf

@rickybryan1759

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kargoneth dang!

A carnivoran is any placental mammal that belongs to the order Carnivora, there are over 328 extant carnivoran species within 25 families, making carnivorans one of the largest orders of mammals, with 25 extant families, carnivorans overall have the second largest number of extant families that they are divided into, only being surpassed by the rodents List of carnivoran families: 1) Canidae (Dogs (contains 20 genera: Urocyon, Atelocynus, Speothos, Chrysocyon, Bassarilupus, Pseudalopex, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Vulpes, Neocyon, Alopex, Fennecus, Otocyon, Nyctereutes, Lupulella, Lycaon, Flavocyon, Cuon, Prolupus, and Canis)) 2) Ursidae (Bears (contains 5 genera: Tremarctos, Melursus, Helarctos, Euarctos, and Ursus)) 3) Ailuropodidae (Giant Panda (contains 1 genus: Ailuropoda)) 4) Phocidae (Seals (contains 12 genera: Leptonychotes, Ommatophoca, Hydrurga, Lobodon, Neomonachus, Monachus, Pusa, Pagophilus, Histriophoca, Erignathus, Halichoerus, and Phoca)) 5) Cystophoridae (Hooded Seal and Elephant Seals (contains 2 genera: Mirounga and Cystophora)) 6) Otariidae (Sea Lions and Fur Seals (contains 9 genera: Callorhinus, Arctophoca, Cynophoca, Arctocephalus, Eumetopias, Zalophus, Neophoca, Phocarctos, and Otaria)) 7) Odobenidae (Walrus (contains 1 genus: Odobenus)) 8) Mephitidae (Skunks and Stink Badgers (contains 4 genera: Mydaus, Conepatus, Spilogale, and Mephitis)) 9) Procyonidae (Raccoons, Ringtail, and Cacomistle (contains 2 genera: Bassariscus and Procyon)) 10) Ailuridae (Red Panda (contains 1 genus: Ailurus)) 11) Nasuidae (Coatis, Olingos, Olinguito, and Kinkajou (contains 4 genera: Potos, Bassaricyon, Nasuella, and Nasua)) 12) Melidae (Badgers (contains 7 genera: Mellivora, Melogale, Bassaritaxus, Helictis, Taxidea, Arctonyx, and Meles)) 13) Mustelidae (Weasels, Ferrets, and Minks (contains 12 genera: Leucictis, Neogale, Neoputorius, Neovison, Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, Mustela, Putorius, and Mesovison)) 14) Lutridae (Otters (contains 12 genera: Pteronura, Hydrictis, Lutrogale, Lutra, Afrolutra, Pilosorhinus, Amblonyx, Aonyx, Enhydra, Lontra, Neolontra, and Hydrogale)) 15) Ictonychidae (Zorillas, Muishund, Shulang, Huro, Grisons, Wolverine, Tayra, Martens, and Fisher (contains 10 genera: Pekania, Charronia, Martes, Eira, Gulo, Galictis, Lyncodon, Vormela, Poecilogale, and Ictonyx)) 16) Felidae (Cats (contains 20 genera: Herpailurus, Puma, Acinonyx, Panthera, Uncia, Jaguarius, Neofelis, Leptailurus, Caracal, Profelis, Pardofelis, Badiofelis, Catopuma, Otocolobus, Lynx, Leopardus, Oncifelis, Oreailurus, Prionailurus, and Felis)) 17) Protelidae (Aardwolf (contains 1 genus: Proteles)) 18) Hyaenidae (Hyenas (contains 3 genera: Parahyaena, Crocuta, and Hyaena)) 19) Nandiniidae (African Palm Civet (contains 1 genus: Nandinia)) 20) Prionodontidae (Linsangs (contains 1 genus: Prionodon)) 21) Poianidae (Oyans (contains 1 genus: Poiana)) 22) Genettidae (Genets (contains 1 genus: Genetta)) 23) Viverridae (Civets (contains 12 genera: Civettictis, Viverricula, Viverra, Hemigalus, Chortogale, Dipogale, Macrogalidia, Cynogale, Arctogalidia, Arctictis, Paguma, and Paradoxurus)) 24) Herpestidae (Mongooses (contains 16 genera: Herpestes, Xenogale, Atilax, Ophiovora, Cynictis, Galerella, Paracynictis, Rhynchogale, Bdeogale, Ichneumia, Crossarchus, Suricata, Dologale, Helogale, Liberiictis, and Mungos)) 25) Eupleridae (Malagasy Carnivorans (contains 7 genera: Mungotictis, Galidictis, Salanoia, Galidia, Fossa, Cryptoprocta, and Eupleres)) There are also nine extant superfamilies: 1) Canoidea (Dogs and Fossil Relatives (contains 1 family: Canidae)) 2) Ursoidea (Bears and Giant Panda (contains 2 families: Ursidae and Ailuropodidae)) 3) Phocoidea (Seals, Hooded Seal, and Elephant Seals (contains 2 families: Phocidae and Cystophoridae)) 4) Otarioidea (Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Walrus (contains 2 families: Otariidae and Odobenidae)) 5) Procyonoidea (Raccoons, Skunks, and Relatives (contains 4 families: Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Ailuridae, and Nasuidae)) 6) Musteloidea (Weasels, Badgers, Otters, and Relatives (contains 4 families: Melidae, Mustelidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae)) 7) Feloidea (Cats and Fossil Relatives (contains 1 family: Felidae)) 8) Hyaenoidea (Hyenas and Aardwolf (contains 2 families: Protelidae and Hyaenidae)) 9) Viverroidea (Civets, Mongooses, and Relatives (contains 7 families: Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae, Poianidae, Genettidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae)) Here are the two major carnivoran groups (suborders) which are defined by mostly the auditory bullae: 1) Caniformia (Dog-Like Carnivorans (contains 15 families: Canidae, Ursidae, Ailuropodidae, Phocidae, Cystophoridae, Otariidae, Odobenidae, Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Ailuridae, Nasuidae, Melidae, Mustelidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae)) 2) Feliformia (Cat-Like Carnivorans (contains 10 families: Felidae, Protelidae, Hyaenidae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae, Poianidae, Genettidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae))

@douglasthescottishtwin3989

2 жыл бұрын

Copy+paste from Wikipedia lol

@indyreno2933

2 жыл бұрын

This was independently typed down.

@alvaronavarro4895

2 жыл бұрын

@@indyreno2933 sure about that?

@indyreno2933

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is independently typed down.

But what about the aardwolf? Where did this strange myrmicophagous variety of hyena come from?

Thank you Michelle!!!!!! very interesting video!!!! Love it!

Love this series and would love to listen to the podcast. Could you start putting it on Himalaya?

I love the podcast so well done definitely recommend it to everyone

Ahh, I've been researching hyenas lately! What excellent timing, this was a fantastic review + some new information for my mental database. 🤗

I love the history of the bone crushing dogs! You explain it so well for someone who wasn't well versed in their lineage. It's such an interesting chain of evolution, and I think it's funny how the long legged 'hyena' ended up being our modern day aardwolf that now consumes termites.

I love how this channel shows how every predation has so many levels of contributions to the nutritional ecology!!!

Look at these bigass prehistoric hyenas. PBS Eons always got my back with all the bigass prehistoric animals.

Hmm. Seems Hyena evolution has gone to the dogs.

i love hyenas! this was a great episode

You guys should add hoodies and shirts to the shop, I’d really like to have one and hope allot of people would as well

Love this channel

I wonder how did the competition with the various species of amphicyonids went. And the miocene also had the rise of the enormous machairodont cats.

1:47 I always wondered we don't just call them mongeese

Such a shame that, for many people, hyenas are those dumb animals that laughed during The Lion King. They are incredibly fascinating and beautiful animals

This is fascinating ‼️

Could you make more videos about the Ediacaran Period, it would be cool to learn more about those strange animals :)

Watching this channel always makes me think about all the animals that existed and just didn't have what it takes to survive. If so many species have died out, why do we think humans can stop that from happening today? I understand not totally destroying every habitat, but sometimes things just go extinct. I doubt humans can do much about it without basically ceasing to exist ourselves. Sad things just happen sometimes.

@dungeoneerofphilosophyphd172

2 жыл бұрын

Things go extinct, but we are hyper-accelerating it. There's plenty that can be done to stop it, but the leaders of the globe choose nothing

@sullafelix649

2 жыл бұрын

@@dungeoneerofphilosophyphd172 Yea we have an impact on many species, but we are just as much a part of nature as anything else. We used to be creatures that lived in trees and nature's will propelled us into what we are today. I don't see us as being wrong by doing what we can to survive, every living thing does what it must. It's not like I want everything to go extinct, but I think it's more important that humans thrive in any way we can.

@dungeoneerofphilosophyphd172

2 жыл бұрын

@@sullafelix649 nature has no "will," no plan nor desires. Human prosperity is directly contingent upon stopping what we are doing. Furthermore, oil, gas, monoculture farming, and urbanization aren't about "survival." Their continued use is tied directly to the bank accounts of different global oligarchs.

If I were an arboreal hyena, I would have moved to Madagascar and told those fossas to take a hike. 😂

@douglasthescottishtwin3989

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you do that?

I always learn something when I watch a eons video. Time well spent

Y'all just made my day! Thanks for the video

Wow! Hyenas are the best!

So the extreme hyenas had the last laugh and went extinct. What a plot twist!

Spotted hyenas have basically unlimited endurance, running down prey over long distances is usually how they hunt

This is so interesting! Sure hyenas may be below species like lions but they are still incredibly tough, especially together.

Hyenas have better clans than wolves do packs too, imo. Plus I find them adorable.

@gattycroc8073

2 жыл бұрын

I used to look up pictures and videos of hyena cubs all the time because I just find them so cute.

Even now modern hyenas have the strongest bite force of any land predator other than polar bears, Tasmanian devils, jaguars, and crocodiles/alligators.

Yay, Hyenas are my favourite animals

Love hyenas!!! Very interesting to hear about the other kinds 👍

I find it interesting how hyenas and canids mirror eachother in the fossil record. They both evolved into two different branches, one specialised for sprinting pursuit (I.e. modern dogs and Casmaporthetes) and one specialising in bone-crushing (modern hyenas, and Borophaginae), except only the sprinting dogs and the bone-crushing hyenas survived to today. Same evolutionary histories, but different results. They're a great example of convergent evolution. And when we today see spotted hyenas and wild dogs competing over prey and territory it's like watching two alternate versions of the same story collide.

Man I love this channel. Keeps my ADD in check ✔

@chubbrock659

2 жыл бұрын

Squirrel!! 🐿

For some reason KZread said this was a adult content and made me click yes to watch it before I was able to watch it

Wow those buggers we're everywhere!

wait, did they just casually throw in the end that the aardwolf is a descendent of the dog like hyenas? I feel like that should have been elaborate on

good show pbs eons

Hyenas are such wonderful, unique creatures. They have even inspired a fantasy culture I am writing about, with their complex matriarchal packs and their total consumption of carcasses.

0:53 Did anyone else see that picture of a civet and immediately think of Oy from the Dark Tower books?

3:00 Am I the only one who think that this bone-cracker is so adorable And 6:03 I think they should rename him into "Pachycro-cutie"

Yay Hyenas! One of my favorite animals. In my Animal Studies class at university, we had to do two book reports from a series of books about animals, each book is an animal family. One of the reports I did was on the Hyena book, so much fun. Fun seeing all the surprised faces of students asking "You wanted to do Hyenas?" too.

can you please do an episode of eons about sebecidae or the notosuchians as a whole.

Cool video! The announcer is fine. And Extreme Hyena is the name of my new metal band.

Hyenas are on the cat-side! Who knew? Thank you for this.

@setonacademyyena4893

2 жыл бұрын

They're feliform but that doesn't mean they're cats or on side with cats, because they often attacks lions and leopards that are on the cat-side.