The most TERRIFYING Prehistoric Animal you've NEVER heard of | Omnidens

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Everyone knows, or thinks they know, that Anomalocaris was the biggest animal in the Cambrian period - the "top dog" so to speak. But fragmentary fossils from China suggest that this terror of the early Paleozoic may very well have been dethroned. Meet Omnidens, an enormous lobopodian that could have grown to over one and a half metres long!
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  • @BugsandBiology
    @BugsandBiology5 ай бұрын

    Well, crap. It seems I flubbed the word “organism” in a most unfortunate way…

  • @maaaatt

    @maaaatt

    5 ай бұрын

    Or the most fortunate way? 🤔

  • @Jutltmn

    @Jutltmn

    5 ай бұрын

    lmao

  • @PrisPrivate

    @PrisPrivate

    5 ай бұрын

    Reminds me of the time AVNJ (a marine biology related channel) accidentally said “cervix” instead of “serval” lmao

  • @ellysejoann4806

    @ellysejoann4806

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 perfectly executed

  • @resurrectedhelicoprion

    @resurrectedhelicoprion

    5 ай бұрын

    dont you just love cambrian orgasms? so fascinating

  • @xavierwedel4691
    @xavierwedel46915 ай бұрын

    The fact that they could've named it Unicron never fails to dissapoint me.

  • @raymond4218

    @raymond4218

    5 ай бұрын

    “Behold, Galvertebrate. These orthocones shall be your minions. Now go, and destroy the Anomalobot Matrix.”

  • @xavierwedel4691

    @xavierwedel4691

    5 ай бұрын

    @@raymond4218 🔥🔥

  • @TheBestAround131

    @TheBestAround131

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@raymond4218beautiful

  • @drewlovelyhell4892

    @drewlovelyhell4892

    4 ай бұрын

    @@raymond4218 Nerds!

  • @Vizzixietii1010

    @Vizzixietii1010

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@drewlovelyhell4892 ladies love nerds, i know i do

  • @henrykkeszenowicz4664
    @henrykkeszenowicz46645 ай бұрын

    Having Anomalocaris be dethroned by an equally weird animal which is essentially a velvet worm god, is pretty cool, ngl. I got genuine education, you have my subscription.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    “Velvet worm god” is the best description of Omnidens I’ve ever heard haha

  • @DarlexGardenWarden

    @DarlexGardenWarden

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology To me he looks more like the love child of a Bobbit worm and a Velvet worm

  • @DarlexGardenWarden

    @DarlexGardenWarden

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology After doing some research google just called Omnidens a Penis Worm You learn something new every day

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    “Penis worm” is the common name for Priapulids, which Omnidens was previously suggested to have been.

  • @cathytice6370

    @cathytice6370

    4 ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @Strype13
    @Strype134 ай бұрын

    [3:00] Quite adorable when you start talking about how awesome a two-meter-long Anomalocaris would be, your spider buddy (who I named Octavius) stood on your glasses and streeeeeetched his legs out as long as he possibly could in an attempt to show you, "See? I'm awesome too!" in the only way he knew how.

  • @PrisPrivate

    @PrisPrivate

    4 ай бұрын

    This is the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while :’)

  • @julesgosnell9791
    @julesgosnell97915 ай бұрын

    "... a rich fossil assemblage of Cambrian orgasms ..." - had to rewind to check I'd heard that correctly :-) It really is amazing the things Science can deduce from the smallest traces ! Great content - Subscribed.

  • @mikeyunovapix7181

    @mikeyunovapix7181

    5 ай бұрын

    The oceans were full of swimmers back then.

  • @feristhunderwolf7286

    @feristhunderwolf7286

    4 ай бұрын

    I heard that at first too lol

  • @silver_tongue9644

    @silver_tongue9644

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm glad someone else hurt that too:D going to go play it a third time and giggle.

  • @MrGanon13

    @MrGanon13

    4 ай бұрын

    I went 'Huh that was interesting pronunciation of organisms" lol i thought i heard wrong

  • @ngcastronerd4791
    @ngcastronerd47915 ай бұрын

    The Cambrian truly was a Lovecraftian horror show.

  • @YwY-ct5yq

    @YwY-ct5yq

    4 ай бұрын

    Except they were small instead of bagglingly large ...

  • @executioner_ecgbert884

    @executioner_ecgbert884

    4 ай бұрын

    What's funny is it was his book Mountains of Madness that made me really start researching the old time periods

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    4 ай бұрын

    The opposite is true imo. During the Cambrian, you'd have been the biggest, baddest thing around by far. Now there's plenty of animals that can rip you apart easily, and there's whales that fit dozens of you into their mouths.

  • @ngcastronerd4791

    @ngcastronerd4791

    4 ай бұрын

    @@MrCmon113 true. But i am used to those shapes and body types. Its the strangeness that defined lovecraftian horror and what i was referring to in the cambrian.

  • @anouaraja7256

    @anouaraja7256

    4 ай бұрын

    Not all mass-extinctions were created equal ;)

  • @Kroggnagch
    @Kroggnagch5 ай бұрын

    You got a critter on ya.. just thought I'd let you know lol

  • @IstandonFaith

    @IstandonFaith

    4 ай бұрын

    What gets me the most is that he knows!!!!!!!!

  • @Ag3nt0fCha0s

    @Ag3nt0fCha0s

    4 ай бұрын

    I thought it was a filter

  • @lancerevell5979

    @lancerevell5979

    4 ай бұрын

    That Spider Hat is disturbing. 😱

  • @PrisPrivate

    @PrisPrivate

    4 ай бұрын

    An adorable little huntsman :)

  • @dangheathen

    @dangheathen

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah I was sitting here going aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

  • @joshuaashton1929
    @joshuaashton19295 ай бұрын

    Bro, I thought that spider was a Snapchat filter…

  • @fantomghost6213
    @fantomghost62135 ай бұрын

    Hey mate, not sure ur aware but there appears to be a large arachnid hunting for food on ur head...Lol. Great vid. I learn something new from ur channel every time I watch it. Keep up the great work!!

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Really? I though I felt something crawling around on me... Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @johannageisel5390

    @johannageisel5390

    4 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology I wonder if one could use personal spiders to combat external parasites like lice and fleas. I don't think there are spiders who hunt these, but if would be awesome if there were. Maybe there are some generalist species who would also hunt lice and fleas.

  • @molybdaen11

    @molybdaen11

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@johannageisel5390If they manage to catch one they will but usually they become the target of mites.

  • @robmccord2583

    @robmccord2583

    4 ай бұрын

    Help keep down the flys

  • @TricksterModeEngaged
    @TricksterModeEngaged5 ай бұрын

    I love learning about the discovery and classification of Cambrian fauna because of how often it takes several tries over years and dozens of specimens to figure out what it is, what parts go where and sometimes which side is "up" or what end is even the head. And the end result is often the weirdest looking arthropod your fever dreams could supply

  • @PrisPrivate
    @PrisPrivate5 ай бұрын

    I’ve been anticipating this one for a while, I love your narration style and this is a creature I knew very little about before watching this. And it was so cool seeing how you incorporated community feedback while creating it too… shows how much you care!! :) Also at 1:30 did you intend to say this? 😭😭

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I’m honestly surprised at how little Omnidens has been discussed, especially given there’s quite a lot of paleo channels on YT that routinely cover obscure taxa.

  • @quantumparodox

    @quantumparodox

    5 ай бұрын

    i can hazcambirian orgasms..? @@BugsandBiology

  • @proxidize5738

    @proxidize5738

    4 ай бұрын

    Bro really said cambrian orgasms

  • @prestoncraven814
    @prestoncraven8145 ай бұрын

    I love the fact that you have a huge spider nonchalantly crawling across your face during narration lol. The content was great and very informative. I also couldn't help but giggle when you slipped up on organism lol, definitely gonna like and subscribe, keep em coming brother!

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks! The lengths I'll go to hide my extreme awkwardness on camera seem to know no bounds - even using a giant spider as a distraction.

  • @AntoniTolwinski

    @AntoniTolwinski

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology Loads of respect to you - I really admire your creative approach to tackling your own self... you're the sort of person I'd want to include in a feature film, even if just to preserve your unique nature.

  • @tikaalik
    @tikaalik5 ай бұрын

    We need a whole new “Walking With”. And Burgess Park.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    A Prehistoric Planet-type documentary set in the Cambrian would be a dream. But I can't see it becoming a reality given the limited marketability of early Paleozoic animals.

  • @independentnature295
    @independentnature2954 ай бұрын

    I vote for more public figures speaking with giant spiders on their heads.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Haha, the lengths I’ll go to hide my awkwardness

  • @Peusterokos1
    @Peusterokos14 ай бұрын

    Upon starting this video, I am immediately offended that you'd allow a spider to casually just crawl on your face like that as you calmly proceed with the subject. You have earned a subscription.

  • @liberatek36
    @liberatek365 ай бұрын

    2 years ago I did presentation about Omnidens and I see that nothing has changed. It would be amazing see more papers about this gigantic creature Video is excellent

  • @PaleoEdits
    @PaleoEdits5 ай бұрын

    Lol, I love your spider and, as ever, your dry sense of humour. But seriously, this was great all around! Looking forward to more paleo invertebrates on the channel. By the way, if you do your own reconstruction of Arthropleuridae, wouldn't it be interesting to give it a different colour pattern from the red and black that it always gets? I realize this is pretty typical of millipedes but, I don't know. Most reconstructions feel kind of samey in that regard, don't they?

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I’ll definitely do a video on Arthropleura, and I’ve already decided against the classic red/black colour palette. The thing’s second only to Carnotaurus in terms of how much that same colour combination is used in reconstructions.

  • @trilobite3120

    @trilobite3120

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@BugsandBiology Could you cover the Chasmataspids?

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for letting me know about those! They seem really interesting. Definitely a good topic for a future video.

  • @tobiasware
    @tobiasware5 ай бұрын

    A well presented video, and I love your use of a co-host. I can tell you get extremely excited about the Cambrian explosion, as evinced by your faux pas at 1:30

  • @Loganopterix
    @Loganopterix5 ай бұрын

    I am a binger of all things zoology and you are hands down my favorite KZread right now along with mywildbackyard. You both do content that is fun to watch and educational. Cool to see you diving into ancient life now. I love anomalocaris

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks! I’ve done a couple videos on prehistoric inverts a year or two ago, but they both terribly underperformed. However, it seems my recent review of Life on our Planet has brought me an influx of new subscribers who are interested in paleontology. Which means I’ve now got incentive to make paleo content a more regular part of my channel.

  • @Briggsian
    @Briggsian4 ай бұрын

    The T-posing huntsman cracked me up so much 😂

  • @ichthyovenator3351
    @ichthyovenator33515 ай бұрын

    WOOOO!!! Always great to see a paleo-video here! And the huntsman was a great touch.

  • @euantheyutyrannus

    @euantheyutyrannus

    5 ай бұрын

    How's that bary going?

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    The huntsman was a very radical form of diversion to hide my unavoidable awkwardness on camera. The fact that I'll use a giant spider to mask my nervousness of being on film says a lot about me...

  • @patriciaroysdon9540

    @patriciaroysdon9540

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@BugsandBiology Awww, that nervousness only makes you more human and relatable. Many of us can understand that tension.

  • @ichthyovenator3351

    @ichthyovenator3351

    4 ай бұрын

    @@euantheyutyrannus just finished it actually!

  • @euantheyutyrannus

    @euantheyutyrannus

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ichthyovenator3351 YAHOOOOOOOOO

  • @eybaza6018
    @eybaza60185 ай бұрын

    ,,There's always a bigger fish" -Qui-Gon Jinn

  • @samuelluc132

    @samuelluc132

    4 ай бұрын

    一山還有一山高

  • @reuireuiop0

    @reuireuiop0

    4 ай бұрын

    _You're going to need a bigger boat_ Chief Brody / Roy Schneider, Jaws, 1975

  • @erikiacopelli451
    @erikiacopelli4515 ай бұрын

    DUDE DONT DO THAT!!! U HAD ME THINKING I WAS TRIPPING WITOUT EVEN TAKEN ANYTHING!! LMFAO!! 🤣 🤣

  • @karenlee3198
    @karenlee31985 ай бұрын

    Love your narration and for your lovely guest presenter/producer making an appearance

  • @alexwhite6554
    @alexwhite65544 ай бұрын

    Going from this to velvet worms is just about the biggest glow down in all of history.

  • @The_Story_Of_Us
    @The_Story_Of_Us5 ай бұрын

    It's not unlikely that it could have been a large animal, there were certainly plenty of trilobites and radiodonts for it to feed on. For size, 1.5 - 2 meters is of course not unheard of for early arthropods, even if you set aside the giant sea scorpions like Jaekeloptyrus, there was a filter feeding radiodont called Aegirocassis that got even bigger than Omnidens though I suppose it did appear in the early ordovician.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Agreed, though if I recall correctly, Aegirocassis was from the Ordovician, not the Devonian.

  • @gecko-saurus

    @gecko-saurus

    5 ай бұрын

    Since Anomalocaris was probably an open water, soft-bodied animal hunter, maybe Omnidens filled the niche attributed to Anomalocaris in Walking With Monsters and Life On Our Planet - hunting armored trilobites on the seafloor.

  • @The_Story_Of_Us

    @The_Story_Of_Us

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology mistype, i got the two confused

  • @Pseudoscience-is-a-scam

    @Pseudoscience-is-a-scam

    5 ай бұрын

    I’m pretty sure jaekelopterus was a Devonian exclusive.

  • @The_Story_Of_Us

    @The_Story_Of_Us

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Pseudoscience-is-a-scam yeah my mistake, they were early devonian, though there were still some pretty big sea scorpions preceding it in the Silurian

  • @stuartyablon7184
    @stuartyablon71844 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed your presentation very much. Thank you for sharing.

  • @katherinekoza6536
    @katherinekoza65365 ай бұрын

    Love the way you carry on with your dialogue with a spider crawling all over you face and glasses . Brilliant . It was a bit distracting to what you were explaining 🙂 Not sure i could do that ,even though i like spiders . Your video today was really good and the explanations of Prehistoric creatures was very informative . Even though i cannot get my tongue around some of those names .

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    The spider was just a little distraction from how awkward I look on camera. Not sure if I'll ever be able to present naturally and confidently.

  • @katherinekoza6536

    @katherinekoza6536

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology You did extremely well . The more you present yourself on video the more confidence you will get over time ,and eventually you will think nothing of it and it will just become second nature to you with out even thinking about it . I am sure , even Sir David Attenborough had first time nerves doing a nature presentation for the very first time on camera . .I bet even Spencer Hoffman ,of My Wild Backyard felt a bit awkward . the first time . Would love to see more of you ,and now i can put a face to the voice ,that did all the commentary on all the videos that i have watched so far . A job well done .

  • @bobbyhumphrey199

    @bobbyhumphrey199

    5 ай бұрын

    I love spiders but i'm not much for handling the bigger ones, jumping spiders seem smart enough to be reasoned with so they don't bother me at all

  • @conlangknow8787

    @conlangknow8787

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiologyyou got this 🔥

  • @jaideepshekhar4621

    @jaideepshekhar4621

    5 ай бұрын

    Why did that spider look so fake?

  • @Chickenandfriends-dj4vt
    @Chickenandfriends-dj4vt5 ай бұрын

    Awesome video dude! Continually striving for perfection. Great work! I have an idea though, can we have a tour of your animal collection?

  • @AdventureswithAmbrose

    @AdventureswithAmbrose

    5 ай бұрын

    💡Great idea! I'd be interested to see the collection as well.

  • @dragontemplar4561
    @dragontemplar45615 ай бұрын

    I had wondered if there were larger predators during the Cambrian period.

  • @sitarnut
    @sitarnut4 ай бұрын

    Stumbled on here seeing thumbnail.. Subbed immediately.. love the content..a big Anomalocaris fan and Burgess in general...spent our youth in a woods below the house seeing true Bugs and other critters like false Scorpions, legless lizards, Velvet Ants (don't ever touch one) Wish your show could be seen by thousands of school students..so much better than some of that stuff masquerading as knowledge. Your research and documentation speaks of your care with details and proper study. Peace out.

  • @puttiplush
    @puttiplush5 ай бұрын

    This video on a lobopodian which I had never before encountered was fascinating! But from lobopod to chelicerate... I kept worrying that your pretty yellow spider friend would fall. I hope they enjoy crawling so bravely on your head, as I enjoyed watching them while learning about the Cambrian.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! As for the spider, huntsmen have a good grip, and are also very lightweight for their size, which makes falling pretty much a non-issue for them.

  • @puttiplush

    @puttiplush

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology Thank you for allaying my fears! I wish you and all your buggies the best. :)

  • @dukethespider
    @dukethespider4 ай бұрын

    Sych a fantastic and intriguing subject, and a fascinating creature. I really enjoy your narration and choice of music gives this a great vibe. I dont know what other word to use.. but great work! Also, awwww at spider friend!

  • @HATECELL
    @HATECELL5 ай бұрын

    Imagine recording almost an entire video without noticing that there's something in your face. How embarassing

  • @user-oj1wd2xi4f
    @user-oj1wd2xi4f5 ай бұрын

    Imagine going to the beach and seeing that crawling towards you menacingly. Also nice spider

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    To be honest I don't think any Cambrian animal would be especially dangerous to humans (unless they possessed weapons we don't know about, like venom). Either way, I reckon it'd give most people a good ol' fright!

  • @thundersheild926

    @thundersheild926

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@BugsandBiologywould venom developed in the Cambrian even be effective against modern animals? I feel like evolution may have eliminated or changed most of the pathways ancient venoms would have used. Then again, i could see some ancient venoms targeting essential universal parts of your cells, like ATP production.

  • @allocke9446
    @allocke94464 ай бұрын

    I'm glad that I found your channel.

  • @chadgorosaurus4898
    @chadgorosaurus48985 күн бұрын

    Bro, that spider is terrifying 💀💀💀

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 күн бұрын

    He's chill though

  • @chadgorosaurus4898

    @chadgorosaurus4898

    4 күн бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology true

  • @Virtualblueart
    @Virtualblueart5 ай бұрын

    The canbrian really had a thing for lovecraftian bodyplans.

  • @tigertoxins584

    @tigertoxins584

    4 ай бұрын

    personally, I’d wanna see if I could take one in a fight

  • @ZizixxSamurai

    @ZizixxSamurai

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@tigertoxins584 Of course You'd beat it, the poor thing was not fit to fight a Goliath with incomprehensibly smarter brains, enhanced limbs mobility and limbs fitting to use other objects as weapons. It probably didn't even have complex hunting strategies like using other limbs or wrapping around the victim, so the only things it would have would be weak. But why would You want to fight it in the first place? If it was still around today, I highly doubt it would be aggressive towards humans, since they're way out of it's league, but even if it was, the best it could do is a bite or two, so most of the time it would just move around looking for more fitting prey. It's also somewhat cute in a weird way, so having as much as a thought of fighting it is unacceptable and cruel.

  • @Brakvash

    @Brakvash

    4 ай бұрын

    I wouldn't be surprised if Lovecraft was inspired by the first illustrations of ancient sealife.

  • @ManuelArmenta-qw1cu
    @ManuelArmenta-qw1cu4 ай бұрын

    You & your team bring very interesting information for us on this long gone creatures that inhabited our world.Keep doing a great job & be safe out there !!!

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks very much! Though I don’t have a team as of yet; all filming/editing is done by me.

  • @andrewsmallacombe9468
    @andrewsmallacombe94685 ай бұрын

    Cambrian Park... I can't see that being a particularly scary movie. Looking forward to your next reading of incomprehensible comments.

  • @pauljones8054
    @pauljones80545 ай бұрын

    Jackson you really had me there on the thumbnail I said (some kind of water bug) it didn't occur to me that it is extinkt well played mate

  • @Darth_Niki4
    @Darth_Niki45 ай бұрын

    I found this topic truly fascinating. It's interesting to follow updates on the discovery of new fossils and the meticulous reconstruction of bizarre (by modern standards) Cambrian flora and fauna.

  • @marcpoletti9511
    @marcpoletti95114 ай бұрын

    Quite interesting, TY.

  • @rhoff523
    @rhoff5234 ай бұрын

    Excellent content and presentation! Did bring back memories of showing my saltwater tank and fish off to my two 7th grade science teachers (dates me, teachers would never venture to a student's home now, probably get fired). I was explaining the filtration and mentioned the "microscopic orgasms" in the substrate, to my immediate horror. Microscopic orgasm, sounds like something a "film star" named Stormy may have, allegedly, had to deal with.

  • @FleshWizard69420
    @FleshWizard694204 ай бұрын

    *guy talking about the Cambrian* The Huntsman spider on his head: "ain't nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna hold me down"

  • @coolcosmic4351
    @coolcosmic43514 ай бұрын

    This was a very educational video, thank you for telling me about something that the "Anomalocaris" had to watchout for because I never new about this thing. This is the kind of stuff I wished my high school teacher would of talked about, instead of teaching me the same stuff I learned about in freakin middle school.

  • @TransAmDrifter
    @TransAmDrifter4 ай бұрын

    Imagine being able to time travel and see these creatures with Your own eyes.

  • @randomshooter
    @randomshooter4 ай бұрын

    As a person with severe arachnophobia, being greeted with the sight of a giant spider crawling on his face startled me more than I'd care to admit- 😅

  • @quickestscoped7603

    @quickestscoped7603

    2 ай бұрын

    more than the giant sarlacc-like velvet worm monster he talked about in the video?

  • @mateuszbanaszak4671
    @mateuszbanaszak46714 ай бұрын

    8:08 God : "Hey, Satan. How is your project goin- *dEAr ME!!!* "

  • @3characterhandlerequired
    @3characterhandlerequired5 ай бұрын

    First 20 seconds earned you a sub. Rest was for confirmation that you actually deserve it.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @AdventureswithAmbrose
    @AdventureswithAmbrose5 ай бұрын

    There are so many prehistoric mysteries waiting to be solved by a detective like you!

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    Indeed! Although I can't take any credit for solving this one - I am but a mere communicator.

  • @AdventureswithAmbrose

    @AdventureswithAmbrose

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology Communicated well! You could write an article piecing all that information together and have it published!

  • @sitarnut
    @sitarnut4 ай бұрын

    Thought of one other hero Biologist William Beebe - whose books we read like crazy as teens. Besides being the first Biologist to descend to the deepest dive in a Bathysphere in the 1930s he did so many other amazing things. Following his Bathysphere dives, Beebe returned to the tropics and began to focus his study on the behavior of insects. Whilst hurrying to board ship for return he asked a fellow member to just dig up a bucket of earth to study. He opined that the animals found within that lump of dirt took more than a year to discover.

  • @dinohall2595
    @dinohall25954 ай бұрын

    The Cambrian Period may never be as popular as most of the following periods, but it is a uniquely weird and fascinating chapter in the history of life on Earth. Very interesting video 👍.

  • @-TheUnkownUser
    @-TheUnkownUser5 ай бұрын

    The huntsman: _“strolling on the head 🎶✨ Chilling in my way”_

  • @Hammzly
    @Hammzly4 ай бұрын

    I like how you just stand there so relaxed with a huntsman in your face 😂

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    I get nervous and awkward on camera, and I guess the spider serves as a way to distract viewers from that fact…

  • @dannyhilarious
    @dannyhilarious4 ай бұрын

    You're such an unbellievable chad! I mean, how big balls one would need to stand in front of an camera and lecture the viewer seemingly effortless about ancient lifeforms, while a freaking spider crawls over ones face. Chapeau!

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Haha, whatever it takes to distract viewers from how awkward I am on camera…

  • @dannyhilarious

    @dannyhilarious

    4 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology But at the end you look bold.

  • @GjoobAndSkarmory
    @GjoobAndSkarmory4 ай бұрын

    OMG FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT IT THIS THING IS SO UNDERRATED

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah I was kinda surprised that no big paleo channel had ever discussed this species, even channels that quite often cover little-known taxa. Guess that gave me an opportunity to fill in the blank, so to speak.

  • @procow2274
    @procow22744 ай бұрын

    Them pre cambrian graboids though

  • @thegeneralist7527
    @thegeneralist75274 ай бұрын

    Great video. Love the facehugger.

  • @RHEMEMES
    @RHEMEMES4 ай бұрын

    I really like the video even if my arachnophobia make me look away from the screen every time the video change to you it was like playing a terror game from me and even after that your narration keep me in the video 10/10

  • @Vicus_of_Utrecht
    @Vicus_of_Utrecht4 ай бұрын

    Hey it's also nice to see you getting 5 digit views in a short time. Been with you for years and YT definitely hates you lol

  • @garymccammon6696
    @garymccammon66964 ай бұрын

    spider just hangin' out, doing its tai chi exercises

  • @Notnorml555
    @Notnorml5554 ай бұрын

    0:08 sadly, anomalocaris isn't the answer to that question, but it is the answer to what is the best creature of the Cambrian is

  • @Ezekiel_Allium
    @Ezekiel_Allium4 ай бұрын

    As a certified Kerygmachela enjoyer, I am both deeply pleased one of it's close relatives is the largest cambrian animal, and deeply disappointed in myself for never realizing that. I've definitely read the name Omnidens, but I don't think I ever looked into it enough to realize how big it was.

  • @quickestscoped7603
    @quickestscoped76035 ай бұрын

    I first learned about this creature from wikipedia a few months ago; I've been waiting for so long to see someone talk about it! I never heard of this channel before but you have my subscription now! This animal is really fascinating; it's such a strange monster from a time of major "experimentation". I mean I guess, compared to a theropod dinosaur or a megalodon, this animal wouldn't be able to do much more than bite your finger off, but it's just so alien in appearance...really impressive creature. There's a lot we don't know still, but Omnidens probably takes the cake as my favorite animal overall. Wow. It's also worth noting that apparently spine-like fragments have been found near the mouth fossils, which may belong to the animal's frontal appendages. These were probably used mainly to help the animal feel around (it probably didn't have eyes) but they still add to the terrifying appearance.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! I found it kinda strange that none of the big paleo channels I watch seem to have ever discussed this species, even though they routinely feature other obscure animals. I haven’t done many videos on prehistoric animals cause they have a history of performing very poorly for me, but the tides have changed somewhat lately, and there’s a much bigger incentive for me to make paleo-content on a more regular basis than I used to.

  • @scottbruner9266
    @scottbruner92665 ай бұрын

    I’ve never seen someone “accessorize” with a spider like that before. Props…..

  • @stadtbekanntertunichtgut
    @stadtbekanntertunichtgut4 ай бұрын

    Sir, I think a small bug landed on your glasses!

  • @Orionuki
    @Orionuki4 ай бұрын

    I just recently learned about these monsters. These creatures are so cool

  • @RSAgility
    @RSAgility4 ай бұрын

    I like how I'm listening to this video while doing something and when I decided to look at my phone at around 3:06 i'm like tf is on his face, until I get closer... 😂

  • @maaaatt
    @maaaatt5 ай бұрын

    B&B: You include huntsman spiders in videos about terrifying creatures. I include huntsman spiders in videos about terrifying creatures. We are not the same. *adjusts tie*

  • @Cult-of-the-sun
    @Cult-of-the-sun4 ай бұрын

    Yay omnidens finally gets recognition

  • @johannageisel5390
    @johannageisel53904 ай бұрын

    I am so glad the spider could save itself onto your head and did not accidentally step into your mouth and injured its foot. Imagine having to climb over a vertical moving surface with a giant maw in it. The horror!

  • @Vicus_of_Utrecht
    @Vicus_of_Utrecht4 ай бұрын

    Creatures today are enough to deal with, but all the shit in the past is ungodly.

  • @azevol216
    @azevol2164 ай бұрын

    Bro the creatures of the Cambrian era look like they came off a certain gibli movie

  • @kevinchristensen84
    @kevinchristensen844 ай бұрын

    My dude! I love the content, your delivery, and all. It's fascinating and unusual, and your delivery sounds genuine, by which I mean it sounds like you found information on these animals, and seek to lock us on as well. The ONLY suggestion I have is for you to get a little sun. Ten minutes in a tanning booth twice a week. That's it though.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    That’s just the lighting in my room. I spend a lot of time outdoors.

  • @The_Pixel_Pirate
    @The_Pixel_Pirate4 ай бұрын

    Hogswallop! I've been from Edinburgh to Cape Town, and seen everything from vile sea serpents to fair princesses, and ne'er have I laid eyes on a beasty liken the one in yer moving picture. Nay, it doesn't exist!

  • @PrisPrivate

    @PrisPrivate

    4 ай бұрын

    Excuse me?

  • @The_Pixel_Pirate

    @The_Pixel_Pirate

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@PrisPrivate Very well, I'll excuse you this once. But don't try my patience, ye leprous lamprey!

  • @The_Pixel_Pirate

    @The_Pixel_Pirate

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@PrisPrivate Very well I'll excuse you this once, but don't try my patience, ye leprous lamprey!

  • @The_Calcium_King
    @The_Calcium_King4 ай бұрын

    Me: Oh wow cool video, this surely wouldn't affect my arachnophobia. * Doesn't pay too much attention to his head * Me: ... * Realizes and almost has a heart attack *

  • @skilledwarman
    @skilledwarman4 ай бұрын

    I dont think i've ever decided "this channel is not for me" faster than 0:02 seconds into a video xD im sure the channel is amazing, but i know i cant handle it

  • @filipberger2979
    @filipberger29794 ай бұрын

    This video is amazing and somehow I want to play Spore rn

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    I have so much nostalgia for that game

  • @OfficialApex2002
    @OfficialApex20024 ай бұрын

    Bruh the beginning is just not chill… how is he that calm and unbothered by that spider

  • @ericfaith2810
    @ericfaith28104 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing very frightening illustrations of these when I was young.

  • @zacharyshaw8243
    @zacharyshaw82434 ай бұрын

    I saw the spider and was like “ nope” Too scary 😅

  • @intorsusvolo7834
    @intorsusvolo78345 ай бұрын

    Qui-Gon Jin has entered the chat: “There’s always a bigger fish…”

  • @LimeyLassen
    @LimeyLassen4 ай бұрын

    It's amazing that fossils from the dawn of animal evolution are so well preserved we know what they were eating. Like those rocks were in the box, mint condition for the entire goddamn Phanerozoic Eon.

  • @keef78
    @keef784 ай бұрын

    Just another reason i love video games, Hidetaka Miyazaki's in particular had clear inspiration from such creatures in his games.

  • @alphinjoseph1536
    @alphinjoseph15363 ай бұрын

    just realised the spider in his face is not a filter lol

  • @revi.talose.8643
    @revi.talose.86435 ай бұрын

    Quite the intro you got there

  • @mel0dymak3r
    @mel0dymak3r5 ай бұрын

    cool channel! does the little guy crawling on your face have a name?

  • @rochrich1223
    @rochrich12235 ай бұрын

    I missed the introduction of your co-host(the spider). Does it have a name?

  • @neatwheat
    @neatwheat5 ай бұрын

    "Um, there's something in your ... nevermind!" 😊

  • @jojofarley4511
    @jojofarley45114 ай бұрын

    Im just waiting for the spider to bite him....*shiver*

  • @DataDownLynk
    @DataDownLynk5 ай бұрын

    A minute and a half in and your pinned comment have gotten me good. Am still smiling like a giddy school girl thinking about your mishap. You have earned a like comment and subscribe from me my good sir.

  • @davidberger9488
    @davidberger94885 ай бұрын

    i cannot stop laughing at 'cambrian orgasm'.... thought i'd heard it wrong xD subbed

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    I could not believe I made that mistake. But it was too funny to cut.

  • @Blitnock

    @Blitnock

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology Well, now we know what was really on your mind!

  • @Didymus20X6
    @Didymus20X65 ай бұрын

    Dude, I hope you have an Elvish dagger and a bottle of starlight handy.

  • @carolynallisee2463
    @carolynallisee24635 ай бұрын

    I don't like spiders, so seeing one walking all over this guy's face made watching this one hell of a big "NOPE!" for me! Please, for the sake of your arachnophobic viewers, don't let your pets do this again!

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    To be fair, if you’re arachnophobic, my channel’s name and profile pic alone should be enough of a sign that the content may not be suitable for you.

  • @ElLenadorLA
    @ElLenadorLA5 ай бұрын

    How do you get your huntsman so chill?? Mine are crazy wild.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    5 ай бұрын

    It seems to be a species thing. Beregama aurea in general are really chill as adults.

  • @bobbyhumphrey199

    @bobbyhumphrey199

    5 ай бұрын

    I was wondering that too, first time i've seen a huntsman move without teleporting

  • @ElLenadorLA

    @ElLenadorLA

    5 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology Ah darn, I have no access to the Aussie species.

  • @ZooTycoon2witchdoc1
    @ZooTycoon2witchdoc14 ай бұрын

    it made me go woah but its a nice touch

  • @urrywest
    @urrywest4 ай бұрын

    I feel like it is a mistake to see the Cambrian piriod through the eyes of the fossle record because I feel as if the bulk of life during that time was soft bodied creatures that don't fosslilize.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Well, yes and no. A lot of soft-bodied animals are preserved in sites like the Burgess Shale and Chengjiang. But you’re right that there’s a strong preservation bias in favour of animals with hard body parts.

  • @urrywest

    @urrywest

    4 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology The vast amount of bio power in the ocian is held in unicellular creatures and many of those don't got no exoskelleton... My impression is that in the Cambrian there was an even higher percentage of these creatures and an even higher percentage of these ain't got no exoskelleton.... I am not even sure how you can discover these creatures in the geo record...

  • @theforesttroll
    @theforesttroll4 ай бұрын

    I love your lil friend!

  • @Fredministrator
    @Fredministrator4 ай бұрын

    @BugsandBiology Did you notice that your sound mixing is off? Just in case you don't know how to fix it. Here is a tutorial (on YT) that helped me: The Loudness Secret to Mixing KZread Videos with DaVinci Resolve It can be quite painful for ppl listening on a headset, when an add kicks in and anyoing for everyone else. I hope you don't take this the wrong way. I mean no harm.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    4 ай бұрын

    Hey, I really appreciate it. I have noticed there was something a little off about my audio, especially when the volume is high.

  • @Fredministrator

    @Fredministrator

    4 ай бұрын

    @@BugsandBiology I am glad I could help

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