The Oddest Couple in the Fossil Record
Ғылым және технология
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To figure out how Thrinaxodon and Broomistega became entombed together, scientists looked at the burrow itself, along with their fossilized bones. And it looks like their luck ran out, when a behavior that usually would’ve helped them survive just didn’t work.
Special thanks to Julio Lacerda ( / juliotheartist ) for the excellent Thrinaxodon and Broomistega illustrations for this episode!
And thanks to Fabrizio de Rossi ( / artoffabricious ) for the Thrinaxodon illustration that originally appeared in our episode on synapsids: • When the Synapsids Str...
Here is the study we primarily discuss in this episode:
Fernandez V, Abdala F, Carlson KJ, Cook DC, Rubidge BS, Yates A, et al. (2013) Synchrotron Reveals Early Triassic Odd Couple: Injured Amphibian and Aestivating Therapsid Share Burrow. PLoS ONE 8(6): e64978. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....
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Imagine taking a nap and some guy with busted ribs walks in and sleeps next to you and a tsunami kills both of you
@Nando-wz8hc
3 жыл бұрын
Oop🤣🤣
@zlyntudteam2394
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's deep
@batspidey7611
3 жыл бұрын
Goodness gracious...
@steveharrison3007
3 жыл бұрын
A bad start to anyone's day, such a thing would be a shock. Fancy waking up dead with busted ribs and a snout full of tsunami droppings. Absolutely dreadful.
@ballzfrog
3 жыл бұрын
Ghost bro’s
Let us all pay some respect to that Amphibian who finally grew up and got a pair of lungs and then drowned to death.
@FahadParvez11
3 жыл бұрын
|Underrated hilarious comment bro|
@hfc2x
3 жыл бұрын
F
@oscarstaszky1960
3 жыл бұрын
*really sad and miserable OOF noises*
@zyctc000
3 жыл бұрын
hfc2x F
@wouldyouliketomeetkenbamba9495
3 жыл бұрын
Axolotl : "That's why we refuse to grow up."
Scenario 6: they were both aware of the flooding waters and cuddled each other for comfort
@betterthanbutts_9457
3 жыл бұрын
**cough** headcannon **cough**
@gray_without_the._.r4649
3 жыл бұрын
✋🥺
@tiggyvolts9076
3 жыл бұрын
Ouch, nooo you just hit me in my feels
@n.ramthilak4475
3 жыл бұрын
Titanic in animal world
@Red_Alixx
3 жыл бұрын
I feel san now
They're in a forbidden relationship, hiding and sneaking under to hide their affair.
@davidmolloy126
3 жыл бұрын
I know that one.
@hassanalkhalaf1115
2 жыл бұрын
So basically me prehistoric
@frosta1184
2 жыл бұрын
Ew wtf?
@anthonyrodriguez6757
2 жыл бұрын
sex?
@dashat3938
Жыл бұрын
but Poseidon had other plans...
Imagine having broken ribs and struggling to breath, so you go into a random hole. Then 250 million years later there’s people drawing you and this random guy sleeping next to each other
@robertpryor7225
3 жыл бұрын
With no chance to explain
@robertpryor7225
3 жыл бұрын
... kind of like that boss that walks in the one time you put your feet on the desk
@rubylee4704
3 жыл бұрын
Hangover
@cailun1824
3 жыл бұрын
LOL
@annajohnston9528
3 жыл бұрын
Ppl from Pompeii: “first time?”
Real Reason: They in love
@hannas9638
3 жыл бұрын
Yes finally thank u dear
@tij5823
3 жыл бұрын
I ship it
@notsolegitusername
3 жыл бұрын
Otp
@bonjovisfamclub
3 жыл бұрын
But they didn’t say goodbye....
@randominternetperson5978
3 жыл бұрын
Agree
Their love was forbidden by other tetrapods, but in the end they were immortalized for eternity in stone.
@fakecreatinerm9948
Жыл бұрын
you got sc?
@MoonLunar677
Жыл бұрын
@@fakecreatinerm9948 Sc?
During the severe bushfire season we had in Australia last summer, Wombats were observed allowing other animals to shelter in their burrows, including animals that were typically predetors of other animals that were sheltering. So it doesnt really surprise me that this could have been the case here.
I feel bad for them both now. I feel sad for two animals that died millions of years ago.
@coryman125
3 жыл бұрын
I know :( I click these videos to learn about science, and I leave feeling bad for this poor ancient froggo with broken ribs and its friend who dug a little pit to live in
@lefleurdulmal
3 жыл бұрын
Hold onto that empathy bro; it's valuable.
@SoulDelSol
3 жыл бұрын
Ya it's super sad. They're gone forever ugh
@valinorean4816
3 жыл бұрын
@@SoulDelSol At least we know about them
@SoulDelSol
3 жыл бұрын
@@valinorean4816 i wonder if someday someone will know about me. Maybe ill become a fossil that is discovered 80 million years from now by next sentient being that develops on this planet, maybe a reptile, bird, cetecean, or cephalopod - or maybe I'll be found by a future alien visitor to this planet mining for resources. They will probably have to shut down their mining operation. They'll make all kinds of wrong assumptions about me and pridefully conclude that i have feathers and was likely a king or a soldier who swallows live animals whole, as I'll be the only fossil discovered of our kind...but over time they might find you too
“Hey Broomistega, you hear that outside?” “Yeah Thrinaxodon, it kinda sounds lik- *DEAD*
@rbvfeehfbudenrj
3 жыл бұрын
Fish: Crap there dead
@alphaundpinsel2431
3 жыл бұрын
underated comment lol
@ImYourIchigo
3 жыл бұрын
*cue Astronomia*
@G4m3G3ni3
3 жыл бұрын
Im also of the opinion their were caring friends ;w;
@angeloportugal8899
3 жыл бұрын
You forgot the *guligulugulugulgulgulguulglgulug* then *ded*
Bruh. It's so easy. They were friends. No death will seperate them apart. That's the true power of friendship.
@hassanalkhalaf1115
2 жыл бұрын
There's a disney movie which needs to be told about those two
@microwavedspam919
Жыл бұрын
There's no scientific evidence of that, tho. Therefore, it can't be an answer.
@Ronja_the_fairy
Жыл бұрын
"never thought i would die side by side with a cynodont" "what about side by side with a friend?" "aye. i could do that"
@michaelfritts6249
Жыл бұрын
Sesame Street aired when i was a kid.. that was a long time ago too!! 😉 "Why can't we be Friends" was released 6 years later.. These fossils prove that the concept is not new.. 😁 Be Well!! 😀
"Brooms, what happened to you?!" The amphibian flinched at the voice. He stopped walking--well, trying to walk--and looked away. "I-I'm fine, Thrix, just a few bruises." Thrix wasn't convinced. The proto-mammalian looked over his friend who was clearly struggling to even breathe. "Did someone try to eat you?" He asked his friend. "N-no..." Brooms anwered, "Well, yeah..." Letting out a sigh, Thrix walked to the amphibian. Brooms squirmed a bit, trying to hide the fact that his chest hurt. "Where does it hurt?" There was no use lying to him, though. He trusted Thrix to keep him safe, so it was his own fault to wander off while the mammal was estivating. He expected to come to the mammal's burrow while he was still out, but Thrix was awake instead. Brooms could only whine as Thrix nudged his chest softly. "M-my chest hurts." "Damn, I can't help you with that." Thrix said with a concerned face. "I-it's fine. I'll recover, I just..." He flinched a bit as pain suddenly shot up his spine. "I just need time to rest." Thrix nodded, then walked away from him and lay down on the floor. "Come here." Slowly walking towards his friend, Brooms let out a relieved sigh when he lay down next to him. Thrix's fur was coarse, but it was comfortably warm. He sometimes wondered how does it feel like to have fur like him. However, that would mean he couldn't just jump into the water and swim like he liked to do. For now, though, he appreaciated the fact that here was colder than outside, but still comfortable, especially with his friend next to him. "Don't wander off again, 'kay? I know you just came of age recently, but you can't just do that. There're many animals out there to get you." The amphibian sighed. "Yeah... I'm sorry." Thrix shifted a bit and smiled. "Don't worry. I'll protect you." He said, then closed his eyes as he prepared to go back to estivation. "Yeah." Brooms smiled back. "Thanks, Thrix." "Anytime, buddy."
@xbjrrtc
3 жыл бұрын
This is so sad, knowing what eventually happened to Brooms and Thrix. 😔
@BenajaBoxy
3 жыл бұрын
Then the flood came and killed them both. End of story
@BenajaBoxy
3 жыл бұрын
Nice writing tho
@tired4892
3 жыл бұрын
I STAN THIS
@maya_moo9565
3 жыл бұрын
This is my headcanon
"And they were roommates" "My god, they were roommates"
@remiquinzel1584
3 жыл бұрын
*tombmates
@henryemily375
2 жыл бұрын
@@remiquinzel1584 "tombmates"
@hassanalkhalaf1115
2 жыл бұрын
Historians be like;
@beatrixbabi62245
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
When you find two Animal Crossing villagers in the same house and you’re like “they’re in love"
@KnowNot_Name
3 жыл бұрын
Then a historian comes along any say “they’re just roommates” and “times where different back then”
@snowsong7108
3 жыл бұрын
@@KnowNot_Name Oh my god they were roommates
@KD6-3005
3 жыл бұрын
@@KnowNot_Name no no the butt plugs were for industrial use, helped with diarrhea
@sector916
3 жыл бұрын
But what you really witnessed was an animal crossing home invasion lol
@fennten8338
3 жыл бұрын
no
Sometimes two animals get along, even though they're different species. Maybe they were friends.
@veitongowarriorjml440
3 жыл бұрын
Probably had a mutual ecological relationship, meaning that they probably didn’t care that much as the other didnt pose much a threat. That’s just my theory though.
@kristingallo2158
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe they died while he was gonna eat the lizard.
@jasmincayanong5569
3 жыл бұрын
True. I've seen a lion and a zebra hanging out. I was like is diz real? Is Madagascar exist?
@swalihmm
3 жыл бұрын
@@jasmincayanong5569 Ive seen a lion, warthog and meerkat get along well together.
@epauletshark3793
3 жыл бұрын
@@swalihmm there is a lion, tiger, and bear that are all friends. They live together at a wildlife rescue place in Georgia. They had been trafficked together and were then rescued and kept together. I got to see them In person, the lion started locking the tiger and bear. It was quite cute.
Bro these two got me *sobbing* I personally feel like they felt empathy for eachother and died while asleep
When she said bromastega was likely injured and in pain ☹️
@izzyxblades
3 жыл бұрын
That made me so sad
@clairechampetier4450
3 жыл бұрын
I felt super sad too :,(
@sahaab.imran1
3 жыл бұрын
Why
@ready_get_set_go
3 жыл бұрын
Awhhwhwhwh NOOOOOOO BROMASTEGA DIED IN PAINNNNNN
@nebu1a_118
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be THAT person but its actually broomistega BUT NOOOOO
I really feel like it’s a case of both animals realizing something is deeply wrong, Thrinaxodon running to the safest place it knew: its burrow. Broomistega follows it inside because it seems like a safe area. Animals have an uncanny sense for natural disasters and if they sensed something was up but couldn’t tell what they’d try to get out of there as fast as possible. Unfortunately, they both choose the exact wrong place to be.
@dcleaner1885
3 жыл бұрын
this makes more sense than the scenarios that she mention
@nickyaraza7176
3 жыл бұрын
And this supports the theory that even if the world ends, they'd choose to be together.
@Vrangelrip
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting theory, but that carnivore was in sleeping pose. You could be right though, this should be the 2nd likeliest theory
@everkade
3 жыл бұрын
I mean we are animals too... Species lower on the food chain definitely have to rely a lot more on instincts and follow caution more often than not to survive. Smells, sounds, temperature changes and vibrations are all things animals have to be a lot more in tune with than humans to survive. Ok, sorry for arguing semantics, I generally agree
@BentleyS6336
3 жыл бұрын
This is what I think happened. It would also explain why the predator didn't eat the prey. They were both awake and conscious, but both knew something above ground was wrong. Idfk how to spell their names so I'm calling them Trex and Broom. Trex hides in his burrow, Broom follows, both are far too stressed to care that they're with arch nemesis, both just wanting to survive. And when faced with a flood, food isn't on your mind. You want to live, not feast
It feels comforting reading through the comments and realizing that I'm not the only one who feels sad for them. Had felt the same emotion watching documentaries when I was a child, I genuinely thought I was the only one.
"This is it, baby. Hold me."
@Spongebrain97
2 жыл бұрын
Make sense since Johnson was a mammal and that Elite is a reptile like creature
Scenario 6: they were friends
@anamariemustain
3 жыл бұрын
and they were ROOMMATES
@thebubbleking5317
3 жыл бұрын
oh my god the were roommates
@INTERNERT
3 жыл бұрын
**perfect strangers theme song**
@cyrlllzz__ed
3 жыл бұрын
Fish
@coconoisette_
3 жыл бұрын
@@anamariemustain oh my God they were roommates
What if they didn’t wanna be alone in their final moments🥺
@nonbeliever5027
Жыл бұрын
Aww..❤️
@lkctom2546
Жыл бұрын
This is my truth idc what scientists say
@Prairie.Rose.
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think that’s how it worked
@warrentheeagle7456
Жыл бұрын
@@Prairie.Rose. your correct
Theory number idfk: friends who secretly had a crush on eachother and died right after confessing their love for each other
@Iainttrynadoxxmyself
3 жыл бұрын
😭🤧that’s so sad!
@idiosyncraticmushroom3030
3 жыл бұрын
@@Iainttrynadoxxmyself ikr
@babyzegeek5435
3 жыл бұрын
Paleo Romeo and Juliet?
@idiosyncraticmushroom3030
3 жыл бұрын
@@babyzegeek5435 perhaps
@user-um2vl9tv6x
3 жыл бұрын
tragic
A cuddle set in stone is probably one of the most adorable, yet sad finds
aww, now i'm getting sad about animals that live 100s of millions of years ago :'(
@Tabuleiro.
3 жыл бұрын
F
@Neenerella333
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@angeldroidcs4962
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@AbhishekKumar-ry9ls
3 жыл бұрын
Technically about ~250million years ago
@ashtasheran6970
3 жыл бұрын
@@ArawnOfAnnwn i feel like super heavy muddy water hitting it might have woke up it
They do be lookin' kinda cute tho
@alexe7012
3 жыл бұрын
Another sad attempt at aave
@leelee0505
3 жыл бұрын
sis- 💀
Imagine having some stranger walk into your house and sleep next to you
@Sashazur
Жыл бұрын
Plus then you drown
nobody: gen Z on tik tok: cries over thrinaxodon and broomestiga
@larrycantdraw8995
3 жыл бұрын
As one should
@dreamscoressystem2928
3 жыл бұрын
but its sAD-
@marcoqueme2868
3 жыл бұрын
They just wanted to rest
@KM-gr2ri
3 жыл бұрын
At least I’m not the only one 🥺
@dsfsfsdfs3292
3 жыл бұрын
tik tok sucks get a life
Hipothesys 6: they were buddys.
@bryanyakimets2235
3 жыл бұрын
That was actually my thought! Like frogs and tarantulas
@avariceseven9443
3 жыл бұрын
Nice try Disney. We're not gonna watch that movie.
@TheHellishFrog
3 жыл бұрын
...and maybe they there in love...
@theasinclaire52
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheHellishFrog Oh my God...they were burrowmates!
@1224chrisng
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheHellishFrog r/SapphoAndHerFriend
It's fun to imagine all their adventures and comedic misunderstandings
@Melospizia
3 жыл бұрын
And their theme song.
@crunchyfrog63
3 жыл бұрын
The Odd Couple.
@robertpryor7225
3 жыл бұрын
What, your parents are visiting this weekend?!
@bornanagaming3329
2 жыл бұрын
Like a buddy cop movie
@demonofreason7574
Жыл бұрын
I'll make a manga about them...someday i promise
I can’t believe one of the theories wasn’t just…fear? My grandma had a possum run into her house during a hurricane. We also see modern wild animals like meerkats, run into strange burrows in desperate times. Broomstega likely ran into the burrow due to the severe storm, even though usually it wouldn’t due to the possibility of a predator being inside. Thrixadon was either alseep like the video said, or weakened from also being in the storm and didn’t attack Broomstega. The storm quickly became a flash flood and both animals drowned. The current was so strong in pushed them into the end of the burrow against eachother until they drowned in their positions.
oh god i've literally been crying over this for half an hour... in their last moments, they chose not to fight. them against the water... they didnt want to die alone...
Scenario 6: they were FWENDS 😢
Scenario 6: Don't question how love works.
Broomistega: "Finally, after having my ribs crushed a bit awhile back, I get a break and find a place to safely rest..."
When you decided to grow a pair of lungs and give up your gills just to die because of a flood; oof
Hi all. We wanted to make sure to include a quick clarification on topor vs sleep along with this episode: in this video we say that Thrinaxodon was sleeping or in a torpor. Now while estivation and hibernation are similar to sleep, they technically are different. Torpor is a deep state of rest where animals lower their metabolism to stay alive during stressful times. Sleep is a much more active, where breathing remains normal.
@jonnynihilist7786
3 жыл бұрын
Isn't it just as likely that the flood flushed the amphibian into the burrow?
@Attackbow1566
3 жыл бұрын
@@jonnynihilist7786 obviously didn't pay attention to the part of the video when they said that was unlikely
@jonnynihilist7786
3 жыл бұрын
@@Attackbow1566 nope, you're right I wrote the comment before finishing the video 😎
@cosmicwakes6443
3 жыл бұрын
PBS Eons This is so sad how these two died.
@KellyClowers
3 жыл бұрын
@Lochness Monsta they do, every night
Let’s face it, we’ve all had worse roommates than this
@edwardcamp3376
3 жыл бұрын
Had a guy that did heroin in the bathroom... that was different...
@cbowd
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I mean, at least the broomistega came in quietly.
@sodaunderthesink9014
3 жыл бұрын
Had to mace a roommate before
@edwardcamp3376
3 жыл бұрын
@@sodaunderthesink9014 What happened?!? :)
@sodaunderthesink9014
3 жыл бұрын
@@edwardcamp3376 He came home wasted, came into our room and attacked my ex boyfriend lol
_"In the Kwa-Zulu Natal province of South Africa."_ Me: wait that's where I'm from-
@TheVoidIsBees
3 жыл бұрын
Well, now you can say that you were neighbors with the oddest fossilized couple in history.
@JJ-hi2zh
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, same here mate!
plot twist they just became friends and later on lovers they feel asleep next to each other to be drowned together
Thrinaxodon: “you know, we’re kind of like the original odd couple. You’re the messy one and I’m -“ Broomastega: “Shut up!” Thrinaxodon: “oh... yes. Very well...”
@somecuriosities
3 жыл бұрын
Classic 😂😏
@kristingallo2158
3 жыл бұрын
I think the predator was trying to eat the lizard.
In the Australian fires early this year it was shown that wombat burrows, which can be extensive, were used by a wide variety of animals for refuge.
@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
10 ай бұрын
Same with tortoise burrows. Many animals take shelter inside them when wild fire occur
It's so beautiful to have their stories be told so long after their death. It's very special.
That’s actually amazing, when the fires hit Australia, lots of animals helped eachother out kinda like this by sharing burrows. So to think that creatures did that back then is really cool!
Theory 6: Probably they were really drunk, one of them forgot to close the door and then the flood came killing them both.
@adityamohan1773
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Friends episode
@Thejghostodst
3 жыл бұрын
how could they get get drunk
@gellagz9009
3 жыл бұрын
@@Thejghostodst they've both ate fermented antelope
@Roboprogs
3 жыл бұрын
Choked on their own vomit like rock’n’roll dinosaurs. That’s my theory
@MarkSmith-tu9qr
3 жыл бұрын
hahaha
A proto-mammal and its temnospondl: a bond as old as time itself. (or at least the Triassic)
@dylanmccallister1888
3 жыл бұрын
The land before time takes place in the jurassic period so this is older than time.
@cintronproductions9430
3 жыл бұрын
@@dylanmccallister1888 Actually The Land Before Time takes place in some fictional, ambiguous time period seeing as there's dinosaurs, pterosaurs and other animals from all three time periods of the Mesozoic era, plus a few Permian creatures, and the tv series even had the Cenozoic mammal Epigaulus in one episode. LOL, I sound so nerdy. XD
@INTERNERT
3 жыл бұрын
beauty and the beeeast
@ambulocetusnatans
3 жыл бұрын
It's just like the old saying; Boomistega is a Thrinaxodon's best friend.
i feel sorry for that amphibian he broke his ribs in the hot sunny triassic landscape had to painstakingly wade his way to the cynodont's hole get drowned by muddy water and finally get shipped by the thrinaxodon he died alongside with
I find it kinda sad that we’ll never see these creatures in their living state, only fossils, models, and other representations.
I'd like to believe they just wanted to comfort each other before they died. But they definitely weren't.
@urbaby2546
3 жыл бұрын
No one can say so tho
@jelly5664
3 жыл бұрын
well it could be, maybe the little guy needed comfort. animals have a really weird sense of danger and when things are wrong. they could have knew
@juliaguevara4512
3 жыл бұрын
@@urbaby2546 it’s still an animal that that would eat them in a sparse area, just use common sense
I’m way late to the party but I just got chills when you said about them being found 250million years later... I understand that is basically the same for all fossils but it has just hit me again how incredible that truly is. Seeing their skeletons curled up there, skeletons of creatures that haven’t existed for hundreds of thousands of years is just astonishing. I think a lot of us forget how unbelievable that is. I certainly did! Humans may be responsible for the demise of many creatures, but we are adding new ones that were lost in time to our knowledge base every day. More creatures “exist” now than ever have before because we are here to understand and remember them; and that fact will be true almost every day from now until our species dies too.
@nathanilemiller7750
3 жыл бұрын
I need you sir
@slinkerdeer
3 жыл бұрын
Reading your username after the comment fitted so well
@ssbothwell
3 жыл бұрын
Wow...I had the exact same feeling as I was watching, but you expressed it so...accurately, it's a little unnerving... thank you
@chironOwlglass
3 жыл бұрын
That's what I love about this channel so much, it has totally changed my entire outlook on life and the world in general. I used to feel so alone all the time. I have very severe allergies and have been "social distancing" and "quarantining" my entire life. But from all the Eons videos I have learned that I am intimately connected to all life, and that we have a shared history. Seeing how earlier animals lived has helped me to make sense of the trauma response in humans and to see that, just as this video shows, sometimes the adaptations a species develops for survival backfire and end up harming them in the long run. The human instinct for violence has obvious roots in when life was less civilized. We wouldn't have survived without the ability to kill and consume other organisms. But now our predilection for violence is threatening to destroy us all.
@bonjovisfamclub
3 жыл бұрын
Clay Owlglass same here. I have a lot of trauma in my life and struggle with cPTSD, and a lot of the time I can’t tell if anything is real and can’t tell if I actually exist. But Eons and their videos have given me a new perspective. It doesn’t matter what you do, or doesn’t matter what you say, it doesn’t matter. Because in a million years you won’t exist in anyone’s memory, the only trace of your existence is perhaps your fossil, buried in the earth and forgotten. So many creatures have lived and died without knowing what came before them, and so many more will come and go the same. We exist in places that prehistoric animals have wandered, separated by time but connected by place. Time doesn’t care, it doesn’t wait, and it’s beautiful to think that one day I’ll be the same as the prehistoric creatures that we unearthed- forgotten and at peace. It’s very grounding yet freeing, at the same time.
They were actually the two main characters in a forgotten prehistoric romantic comedy
"You two are bit of an odd couple, I see, couldn't have one of your own so you decided to adopt." "There is no us!"
Such a amazing friendship, that lasted millions of years.
@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574
3 жыл бұрын
friends till the end
@MossyMozart
Жыл бұрын
@@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 - ....of time.
So, in essence, tough times can produce odd bedfellows. You have to admire how paleontology pulls its cues from so many fields, anatomy, geology, ecology, animal behavior, and in this case even a little forensics analysis...
@CJCroen1393
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It makes me sad that the field doesn't seem to get the credit it deserves--most people either assume it's full of a bunch of childhood killing fun haters or conflate paleontology with archaeology.
Thrinaxodon: come over. Broomistega:
"And they were roomates"
@moneytree8963
3 жыл бұрын
Tombmates
@polnareffisfrench7142
3 жыл бұрын
"oh my god they were roomates"
nature was the first being to ship two different species together... permentantly
@-haiuxxy7420
2 жыл бұрын
Permentantly
@-haiuxxy7420
2 жыл бұрын
Love it
@Lolibeth
2 жыл бұрын
permian-antly
@Hobo-Dragon
Жыл бұрын
@@Lolibeth I hate it here
The real solution is actually in the species' name: The temnospondil was Thrinaxodon's BRO-omistega. *Runs into borrow*
@LastSliceOfPie77
3 жыл бұрын
BRO,-ME-STAY-GUY?
@RickRando001
2 жыл бұрын
*Temno-spoon-dil
It could also be a case of symbiosis, like how a goby fish and a shrimp share the same burrow. The shrimp makes the burrow and the goby helps keeps an eye out for predators in exchange for sharing the burrow.
Scenario six: they were in love 😻
Scenario 6: maybe they befriended each other and The Thrinaxodon was just like hey Broomistega you hurt why don't you come rest at my place Edit: My original theory was crossbreeding by looking at their fossils
@planescaped
3 жыл бұрын
I mean, Beavers openly share their lodges with muskrats and other aquatic beasties.
@deetheottsel
3 жыл бұрын
I like this theory, this is now my head canon for our universe
@graphite2786
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite scenario, a little heart breaking, but definitely the best 😁
@majorfrostbyte7022
3 жыл бұрын
A little Mudflix and chill?
@thethirdjegs
3 жыл бұрын
That was my inference due to the title. 😂
And I thought my roommate was weird!
@yourstruly4817
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my, they were roommates.
@averagestarwarsenjoyer5058
3 жыл бұрын
i snorted, good one man
@a.j.kimball1240
3 жыл бұрын
@@yourstruly4817 omg they were roomates
@elemental-gamingmore9005
3 жыл бұрын
@@a.j.kimball1240 OmG ThEy'Re RoOmAtEs
@saloni22815
3 жыл бұрын
Kl
Every time I watch one of these videos I'm just blown away by the length of time they've been there, that their remains are intact, that we can discover so much about these creatures from so long ago. It's so cool 😭
THRINAXODON: Nice working with you, Dr. Venkman. BROOMISTEGA: See you on the other side, Ray.
Theory 6 : They were Netflix and Chilling
@md.hasibulislamvlogs7689
3 жыл бұрын
Spoken like a true snowflake
@mar2d258
3 жыл бұрын
@@md.hasibulislamvlogs7689 got'em!
@a.j.kimball1240
3 жыл бұрын
@@md.hasibulislamvlogs7689 bruh wtf that have do with anything
@hankd6351
3 жыл бұрын
Ha lol
@ssbothwell
3 жыл бұрын
Bahahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 may be, may be 😂
"Dude, can we move now?" "Shush, they'll crack us open soon." (human advanced to 3D scanning technology) "Oh come on!"
@epauletshark3793
3 жыл бұрын
You made me laugh hard enough that I started dying. Well done.
@sirinatiwari3528
3 жыл бұрын
Omg😂😂😂 underrated comment
Scenario 6 Forbidden Love. Thrinaxodon was like, "Hey baby I know we are not even the same species, but it will be fun and no one will ever find out...wait that sounds like water."
I like this Lady's Narration... Awesome and soothing to the ears... Kudos to the Team!!!
That’s kinda a sweet ending though... locked away together for millions of years, untouched and unchanged by the passing of time. The world goes on and you’re left undisturbed.
I thought it was going to be some sort of symbiotic behavior and I was really excited to find out how they came to that conclusion. A proto-frog taking advantage of a sleeping murder weasel does seem more likely though.
@CJCroen1393
3 жыл бұрын
I heard that symbiosis actually was suggested by some, but it was deemed unlikely (not impossible, but unlikely) due to the fact that, if that were the case, it'd probably be represented by more than one fossil. Still an interesting speculation imo; I could picture it in the context of, like, maybe Broomistega keeps bugs out while Thrinaxodon provides protection or something. (also, "murder weasel" is a great description for Thrinaxodon XD)
@foxgaming76yt24
3 жыл бұрын
CJCroen1393 but considering how uncommon fossils itself are, maybe all we need is just time to find some more.
@sixfeetundertheradar6080
3 жыл бұрын
CJCroen1393 there are cases of unlikely animal friendships/relationships so it is possible
_"There is a snake in my boot!"_ - Woody
Wanna give a big shoutout to my boy Et Al. He's involved in ALL the research.
When the oldest couple ever found actually had a date and you haven't Press Y to pay respects
@theluftwaffle1
3 жыл бұрын
Bro’s for life, and death.
@rstriker21
3 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna Carbon date you
@KnowNot_Name
3 жыл бұрын
You know Just gal’s being pals
@th0tslay3r44
3 жыл бұрын
F
@abirfahimfahin
3 жыл бұрын
F
What a sad 3nding for broomistega. Struggling to breath, a streinous trek across the landscape only to be killed when finally got to rest.
This episode made me really sad. Even shed a tear. Poor lizard. He was hurt and just looking for a safe place and given a horrible death. He was already struggling to breath in pain. That is really sad
You know your PMS is out of control when 'broomistega was probably in a lot of pain' makes you cry
Yo dude can I crash on your couch? Yeah man it's cool top 10 scenes before disaster
I'm a graphic designer, but I wanted to be a palaeontologist when I was younger. I love this channel. Keep up the great work!
@swalihmm
3 жыл бұрын
Im a management accounting researcher, and wanted to be a zoologist when I was younger. I love this channel as well.
Maybe they had a mutually benefitial relationship. That scenario is fun to imagine anyway as unlikely as it is. Like coyote and badger
I can hear Broomistega, "No one must know of our forbidden love". But then there was that flood.
Theory 6: ancient doggo had a frog pet 😊😊
The fossils: And they were roommates The scientist: Oh my gooood they were roommates
@onewayticket2148
3 жыл бұрын
Nah it would be the other way around lol
Not gonna lie I want a whole fic about them
Dang it i was hoping that they were friends or a sad love story.
That poor Broomistega just didn't have any luck.
Me and the homie chilling before a flood just murders us.
Literally just saw an animation for the amphibian and mammal one and it made me tear up honestly XD
"thank you for preserving our history" as thrinaxodon and broomistega souls watching from above..
@flyingspacebrainedidiot
3 жыл бұрын
the shipping tho lol
This shows us that every single animal has a story to tell.
I guess self-isolation was not an effective option for these poor guys.
@cassiopeaknack
3 жыл бұрын
I mean they sorta broke self-isolation by being in there together
@sungjin-woo391
3 жыл бұрын
@@cassiopeaknack not if they were married 💀
I love these kinds of narrations and stories of fossils. I can really imagine what it could have been like to see those animals
Another awesome ep! I loved you showing the discounted possibilities. I often wonder about other possible explanations that have likely been discounted by researchers for good reasons, so it was cool to hear those.
Nobody: Broomistega: It's free real estate!!
I love these prehistoric stories. Lots of thought from the historical data. Whether the experience is wrong or right, it’s amazing based off our knowledge now. The composition and thought, filled with fantastic imagination, is stunning. I love this channel. If Eons could pair all the guesstimated stories, it would rival the fantastical first Jurassic Park. Keep it up Eons! You’re channel is so awesome.
If the fossil was created from a flash flood, my guess is that broomistega ran into thrinaxodon’s burrow when it was trying to escape the floodwaters, causing both animals to become entombed.
@thisisgangadhar
3 жыл бұрын
Good guess
Eons got me crying over some long-dead critters. They should have been safe! ;-;
imagine you died today and 250 million year later "somebody" found you. can you imagine what humans in the future looked like? and what would they have thought about you? mind boggling.
@TragoudistrosMPH
3 жыл бұрын
We found a plastic xbox controller in their hands... being so ubiquitous, the leading theory was that they were either educational tools or an occupational tool.
@malayneum
3 жыл бұрын
@@TragoudistrosMPH but plastics would already dissolved and decomposed after 1 million years.
@ihcfn
3 жыл бұрын
Nah, they'd think it was for rituals. :-)
@werwolf6746
3 жыл бұрын
@@ihcfn Then wait for the Nokia
@0hellzya0
3 жыл бұрын
If its 250mil years from now it ain't humans finding us chief
I honestly thought it would have been because of a symbiotic relationship. It sounds far fetched but tarantulas have been known to keep tiny pet frogs. The frogs eat insects that prey on the spiders eggs and the spider protects the frog from predators. They both live in the spiders den so theoretically they would be fossilized together.
I like how some of the oldest stories we know of are just tales of people living life, its highs and lows. One of the oldest clay tablets was a complaint letter regarding being ripped off on copper ingots in the Bronze Age. A man in the alps was killed defending his friends from attackers in the Chalcolothic and was mummified. These two species died sheltering together in the Triassic.
Secnario 6: these two species lived in a symbiosis (you help me - I help you), like so many animal species do.
@hassanalkhalaf1115
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder what they did for eachother. thrinaxodon has fur so broomistega probably helped him to get ticks out. But what would Thrina do for him?
@goober7597
Жыл бұрын
@@hassanalkhalaf1115 thrina would probably dig burrows and hunt / defend for broom
@08.axeljuliansutanto49
Жыл бұрын
@@hassanalkhalaf1115 provide burrow and protection