Hey, I want to clarify what we say about bactrian camels around 7:35. There are two different species of bactrians -- the so-called "wild bactrians" (camelus ferus), and "domestic bactrians" (camelus bactrianus). "Domestic bactrians" are descended from a species that is now extinct in the wild, and they are distinct from what we now called "wild bactrians". And the ancestor of domestic bactrians and what we call "wild bactrians" diverged 700,000 years ago, according to DNA evidence. So, they diverged BEFORE camelus bactrianus was ever domesticated. Domestication didn’t CAUSE the speciation, which is how some viewers were hearing what I said. I hope this clears things up. Sorry for the confusion! (BdeP)

@_gerbilrancher4074

5 жыл бұрын

similar to domestic horses?

@actionwd

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clearing this up, I was wondering what was up with a species domesticated 700k years ago

@matthewcassem8359

5 жыл бұрын

DO ICHTHYOSAURS!!!!

@davewilson7092

5 жыл бұрын

Hyenas. I want to see a show on hyenas.

@sparklingwater925

5 жыл бұрын

Please do the Monitor lizard family

Can you do an episode on grass itself? I know It sounds like a boring subject the the appearance of grass changed everything and it's hard to find a good source of information about just how much of an effect it had on ecosystems

@akbarshahzad5780

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing boring about grass, my friend. You are the voice of reason

@fandomguy8025

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't grass a major factor in our evolution?

@rubenskiii

5 жыл бұрын

Great idea, needs to be done! It shaped _our_ world: we began to walk upright to have better vision accross the plains, horses and cows came in to be and most of our staple foods are grasses.

@silvertheelf

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, because a lot of people think it wouldn’t be interesting but if you do your research the history of grass is surprisingly interesting.

@PizzaManager101

5 жыл бұрын

Fandom guy we arent fish though

I like how camels have that relaxed chilled face with a slight smile.

@marccolten9801

4 жыл бұрын

They are smiling because they're thinking about spitting on you.

@jabby6709

3 жыл бұрын

this is why they remind me of surfer dudes or hippies. their faces just scream that "go with the flow" attitude

@nbkawtgnobody

2 жыл бұрын

That's because they smoke relaxing and refreshing Camel 🐪 brand cigarettes. You can to feel relaxed and refreshed like your buddy the camel, by switching to Camel 🐪 brand cigarettes today! 😎 😂😂😂😉

@CaraTheStrange

Жыл бұрын

@@nbkawtgnobody Nine out of ten docters prefer camel 🐪 🚬 The past was crazy

@LysolPionex

Ай бұрын

Cause they smoke

I wish each Eons episode was a 2 hr documentary! Every video is so interesting. I just want to hear more about each subject!

@MegaMementoMori

5 жыл бұрын

Right now it's really condensed - many people would not have time to listen to so many 2 hr films...

@JamesonNichols

3 жыл бұрын

That would be dope. Especially with the Corona going on

@derekbauer2125

3 жыл бұрын

Duuuuude yes

@isaisvargas

3 жыл бұрын

Chicks dig the long ball ⚾

@CaptainUnikitty

3 жыл бұрын

Same

There are feral camels in the American southwest. Several populations have started up and then diminished since the mid 1800's. I've seen a solitary bactrian camel from a distance while hiking in the high desert in California. My dad was doing some night field herping and stumbled into the middle of a herd of dromedary camels. Sometimes they escape captivity. Sometimes they are set loose. Sometimes they are semi-feral (technically owned but given free range over a few 100 acres). There are never enough of them to really take hold and establish lasting populations. Especially since ranchers and homesteaders tend to round up the loose ones (feral camels are easily bribed back into captivity).

@jasonjones8183

2 жыл бұрын

After ww2 the government killed off supposedly all the wild camels. That's how it handled the problem, and yes the US government did have camels before the civil war. They turned them loose as the civil war started.

@spockbetter

9 ай бұрын

must've been such a surreal distance to see camels out in american deserts. especially bactrians. i wish there existed some videos of that.

while my grandmother lived in Florida she found a fossil that turned out to be a prehistoric camel jawbone. After being told it was a rare fossil (one of the first camel fossils found in Florida) she donated it to the Smithsonian museum.

When they showed the size comparison between th huge camel and our host!! 😱😱😱😱

@GigawingsVideo

5 жыл бұрын

I'm more like "More meat for camel steak!"

The camelid explosion!

@5sallaround

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@VaultBoy1300

5 жыл бұрын

The humble nod to Bill Wurz

@ArloMathis

5 жыл бұрын

/r/unexpectedbillwurtz

@brianm.750

5 жыл бұрын

Its the cambrian explosion!

@botas5254

5 жыл бұрын

The sun is a deadly lazer

It says a lot when a 10 minute video about camels is well liked. Same as all the other videos on this channel, it's very well put together, informative, and not at all boring. They even communicate with the viewers in the comments, especially when they make a mistake in the videos and quickly clarify on the misinformation. Not something you see from a lot of KZread channels. Amazing work, to be honest.

@jiminmanoban1273

5 жыл бұрын

They can't breed because true Camels are in the Genus Camilus and South America camels belong to different family interbreeding is not possible

Currently, PBS Eons has my favorite content on all internet. Yep, that is right, favorite of ALL INTERNET. Even above PBS Space Time, top favorite for a long time.

@prinnoah5982

5 жыл бұрын

Check out Kurzgesagt. I love PBS Eons but Kurzgesagt is my favorite.

@dianamiller3307

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I've subscribed

The Eocene epoch was really hitting hard in its day

On second thought, let's not go to Camelops. It is a silly place.

@Carewolf

5 жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike

@kindafoggy

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes it sounds a bit bizarre but in Camelops that's how conditions are. The rain may never fall till after sundown. By eight, the morning fog must disappear...

@justashark776

5 жыл бұрын

*Giant country-sized camel with cities on it's back rises out of the earth.*

@slappy8941

4 жыл бұрын

It's only a model.

@shrimpisdelicious

4 жыл бұрын

@@slappy8941 SSSHHH!!!

*The Camelid Explosioooonnnn*

@Jagerr.

5 жыл бұрын

John DC bill wurtz is amazingly hilarious

@Magmafrost13

5 жыл бұрын

We could make a religion out of this

@titan133760

5 жыл бұрын

@@Magmafrost13 no don't

@VinxPlanilla

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's camels and stuff.

We also brought camels into the North American deserts during a war (cant remember which one) as they were more efficient at carrying supplies across it than horses, once the camels had outlived their usefulness they were set free on the desert, unlike in Australia though they didnt thrive and died out relatively quickly, sightings of "wild" camels became almost legend in small towns in places like Texas.

@CaraTheStrange

Жыл бұрын

It was during and after the civil war. These camels even sometimes turned to legend and monster stories

I am from the Island of Mauritius and I would love to learn about the evolution of the Dodo Bird. Where it came from and it's lineage.

I've noticed a theme over many episodes on this channel. Teeth seem to be often used as an identifier for relation between distantly related species. What is it about teeth that make them good at this? Do teeth just not evolve much?

@HuckleberryHim

5 жыл бұрын

Teeth are very, very durable, so they are often the only surviving remains of animals. Hundreds of extinct taxa are known only from teeth and other fragmentary remains. It is more out of necessity than convenience; other parts of the body are compared just as scrupulously when the chance arises. And actually teeth do evolve, a lot! This is part of what makes them useful to compare, the fact that they have a staggering number of shapes across taxa.

@patrickmccurry1563

5 жыл бұрын

A major characteristic of mammals is our specialized teeth. But as nearly every animal has numerous exceptionally hard teeth, it means they've always been common fossils.

@joschuaknuppe5849

5 жыл бұрын

Besides being very durable mammal teeth have often countless characteristics that can tell us about the lifestyle and evolution of a species, this has led to a certain tooth specialization within mammal paleontology, you often can read papers about extinct mammals where you ask yourself at the end: ok, and what about the rest of the animal? ;)

@Metalkatt

5 жыл бұрын

Enamel is harder than bone, so it often survives when bones don't. There's an old paleontology joke that mammalian evolution is teeth mating with other teeth to produce slightly different descendant teeth--so often, teeth are all we have.

@JulieReizner

5 жыл бұрын

It's really only useful for mammals. Dinosaur folks don't rely on teeth as much, for instance.

This is the best prehistoric channel on KZread. You have a way of finding and bringing to life so many obscure yet extremely interesting animals.

Honestly the whole of the ice age was like Africa in terms of diversity, camels,horses,bison,bears,big cats,smilodons,hyaenas,humans,giant slothes the diversity was amazing sadly we lost it

@averyjenson

5 жыл бұрын

+Lute The Mage much of it also had to do with the changing climate as well and possibly other currently unknown possibilities

@Moribax85

5 жыл бұрын

@Lute The Mage sorry to burst your "self-blaming bubble", but it's not always human's fault. scientist are still debating the matter, and it was most probably a mix of different factors, from human intervention to climate changes, to increased competition for food, to who knows what else

@ilo3456

5 жыл бұрын

@Lute The Mage Actually Mega-fauna are not well suited for the more temperate climates of the post ice age world, that is the main reason why a lot of animals are actually a lot smaller, simply put the preferred ecosystems changed and became rarer, which lead to a die off of mega-fauna, animals go extinct when they can't adapt to new environments, we simply turned out to be particularly effective at adapting, thanks to our use of tools and fire, we were able to adapt far better to the changing climate, and could survive in pretty inhospitable conditions for most species.

@kanamesuzaku1138

5 жыл бұрын

Noah William Great Argument

@fenrirgg

5 жыл бұрын

@Lute The Mage Nah, blame climate change, ticks and the stupidly effective feline hunters. Maybe felines exterminated everything.

Please do a video on the fascinating history of hypercarnivorous canids (represented today by the African wild dog and the dhole). This lineage was apparently widespread in both Eurasia and North America, before being outcompeted by the true wolves. It even produced a few dwarf forms in Sardinia and Java. I believe the ancestor of them all was Xenocyon, if memory serves me well.

Could you cover the evolution of blood. Please?

@averyjenson

5 жыл бұрын

+Turmunhk Ganba ooooh that would be really interesting.

@nolanwestrich2602

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I hope they cover exotic types of blood, like the blue, copper-based cephalopod blood.

@Peusterokos1

5 жыл бұрын

Highly requested by a and many vampires

@doctorken2k

5 жыл бұрын

GigawingsVideo the future is wild.

@RyGuyMemes

5 жыл бұрын

Yo they actually did it nice

This is the kind of stories that make this channel so great, I really enjoyed it.

You should do each north American megafauna

@averyjenson

5 жыл бұрын

+captain thunderbolt same with Australia. In fact, they should do an episode on the convergent evolution present in Australian fauna.

@TheGreatAuk

5 жыл бұрын

@@gerardosalas9477 the Columbian mammoth, homotherium,mastodon

@Hello-qd3uy

5 жыл бұрын

Megafauna are the most interesting

@fghsinging

5 жыл бұрын

Geese

hit me with that knowledge, Eons

@tigercow

5 жыл бұрын

Ivar bruh there isn’t a way for you to have watched the whole vid when you made this comment...

So you've done the ancestors of domesticated dogs, horses, and now camels. What other domesticated animals can you give us a lesson on? Personally I'd quite like to see you revisit cats seeing as the only cat episode I'm aware of is the sabertooth episode.

@OOOOOO-dx7zu

5 жыл бұрын

pigs, cattles

@kevinsocks

5 жыл бұрын

I think they just did bone-crushing dogs and dire wolves, but not the more recent domestication of dogs?

@spirited_stories08

5 жыл бұрын

There was also the guinea pig episode. I want to see domestic cats as well. And maybe an episode about sheep and their relatives

@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely want to see goat and sheep episodes. There are still a huge variety, domesticated and wild.

@deathblade111

5 жыл бұрын

I really want a pig episode

I loved that transition using the strange squid thing from one of your earlier videos, and I LOVED your bill wurtz reference. Keep up the great work!! I love this channel.

That's why I love this channel! Intriguing content, lovely presentation and greatly informative experiences.

Steve, SR, & Sam... thank you all for keeping these channels I love alive. Eons, Space, & healthcare triage

So for camels, we humans were *THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK?*

@jamessparkman6604

2 жыл бұрын

Metaphorically speaking

Great episode eons! I'd love to see an episode about some of the wierdest and most niche features and adaptations that evolved during the eons of life! wierd horns, absurd bodies, and just other over the top stuff! Keep up the good work!

KZread "camel eats cactus" its amazing! They eat it with thorns and all!

@chiggsytube

5 жыл бұрын

Sucks having no thumbs.

@John77Doe

5 жыл бұрын

David Si Camel peak diversity. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

@Peusterokos1

5 жыл бұрын

Chowing down cacti be like for those animals: *LIFE IS PAIN, I HATE*

@mazvita18

5 жыл бұрын

@@Peusterokos1 clip that

@asdfghjklzxcvbnm6874

5 жыл бұрын

well camels are a giant middle finger to desert

I love this channel so much, I get so excited and happy I stop working and shout "everyone leave me alone, I'm watching EONs!"

Loved every second of this! Thank you!

Now it's a great time to make an episode about south american Ungulates! Awesome video, as usual!!

@HuckleberryHim

5 жыл бұрын

I've been requesting this so long

@somedude140

5 жыл бұрын

For such a large and diverse group of animals there's almost no information I can find on them. Seriously, not even finding specimens so well preserved we can do genetic testing on them and finally solving a nearly 200 year old mystery of what animals they were most closely related to apparently isn't even worth a mention in PBS Eon's can we extract DNA from ancient fossils video. I swear, it's a conspiracy at this point to keep these things as unknown to the public as possible.

@HuckleberryHim

5 жыл бұрын

@@somedude140 Most of the public just doesn't care, but you're right, the paper you reference was absolutely thrilling to read (it was published in Nature maybe 3 years ago?), and Meridiungulata is a massive group, with multiple large and unique groups within it (Litopterns, Astrapotheres, etc). They were also around only 10k years ago meaning, like almost all recent megafauna, they should still be alive today (if humans hadn't arrived in SA). It's bizarre that an entire huge slice of large mammal diversity is erased from the world and people's minds.

Camels are like off brand horses

@calimerohnir3311

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface so the knock-off has become more successful than the original? Kinda like Oreo and Hydrox in a way

@crispykernal2971

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface or i should say horses with accessories

@davidozab2753

5 жыл бұрын

Now Alice. Is a. Horse!

@averyjenson

5 жыл бұрын

What’s even more impressive is that they were able to find niches in almost every single biome

@johnsantos9108

5 жыл бұрын

A camel is what happens when you leave a horse out in the sun. It gets all lumpy and melty looking.

Genuinely informative and captivating as well. Thank you.

Thank you so much for doing these videos.

Great episode, thanks. Camels are one of my favorite animal. They are super tough and adaptable yet super calm and friendly. They eat and drink very little compared to their size and can walk for hours under super harsh conditions. They are slow but unstoppable. And I have read that they produce one of the tastiest and rich milk, which unfortunately I have yet to try.

Excellent video, I learned a lot and I will never look at camels the same way again. By the way, my jaw dropped when I saw the size of Megatylopus (a species that I never even knew existed). I had no idea that some ancient camels were that massive. I FREAKING LOVE PALEONTOLOGY

That was facinating! You hear a lot about species coming over the land bridge to the Americas but not the other way around.

i think this is my most favorite presentation yet. Good job. Also, the piano music was a nice touch :)

Every time megafauna get mentioned in these videos, my first thought is "Oooo I wanna ride it!"

@redheadedstepchild5432

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

I really like these. They are narrated so well!!!!

Thanks again, Steve!

Great material! And I really appreciate citations in the descriptions under the video.

Love this one! We would love to see a video on the history of dog and cat domestication!

@kevinsocks

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Would be very interesting.

Thanks! I like learning natural history a lot. Keep it coming and I'll be watching. Dave ☺️

awesome vid! Thanks lots for sharing.

I love watching all of your videos but for whatever reason hearing “and Steve” at the end always cracks me up.

@redheadedstepchild5432

3 жыл бұрын

Same😂

3:40 That Bill Wurtz reference has been seen and appreciated 👌

@fallingasleepaswespeak

2 жыл бұрын

i thought i was the only one who noticed!!

Is this why llamas and camels can breed?

@thenutella8846

5 жыл бұрын

Yuh

@itacom2199

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, they can?

@jabby6709

3 жыл бұрын

​@@thegloriousquran1208 llamas kinda scare me tbh... I don't know why

@davell1078

3 жыл бұрын

@@jabby6709 because you never met a guanaco...

@farishope6540

7 күн бұрын

@@davell1078 🤣🤣🤣

Really love this channel!! Thanks 🙏

I didn't think I would watch the whole video, but it was very engaging and interesting, nice work :)

I'm a simple man, I see a video on camel evolution, I like.

3:46 is that a Bill Wurtz reference? We can make a religion out of this

@cinquine1

5 жыл бұрын

no, don't Ok but like actually do, I just wanted to make the joke

@titan133760

5 жыл бұрын

@@cinquine1 how about we do anyway

These videos are the prime example of great content.

Your channel gets me through my job while entertained, thanks guys (:

This was way more interesting than I initially thought Camels are super rad

Mega “Ty Lopez” there in his garage with his snack pack

First heard about this in an episode of Death Valley Days. They outrun (Indian) ponies. Pack camel can haul 1000 lbs., can travel 90 mi./day, need practically no water, can survive for weeks from humps, four stomachs (one stores water), one or two humps, require almost no sleep, can eat a cactus. - Yes, I jotted down some of the notes.

i loved the tone of this episode

3:40 nice reference to bill wurtz

The subject of speciation reminded me of the case of the Italian sparrow . It would make for a good episode, given the hybrid nature of that species. It's quite a nice example of speciation and a fascinating one to me (the fact that they originated from hybrids).

@oddpotato4038

5 жыл бұрын

i would love to see that too. sparrows are really fascinating animals

I just love this channel :)

This is an amazing channel. Revelations every day!!!

Could you make a video why mammals began giving life birth instead of laying eggs? And also why some reptiles give life birth instead of eggs.

@Dragrath1

5 жыл бұрын

The trait has also appeared in Sharks And even extinct animals like Mesozoic sea reptiles, and Placoderms fossilized while giving birth...

Youre my favorite one to to these videos! Be part of more!

Great video guys!

i know of this but you are great putting all the info in one place.

Love eons

Another interesting video I would like to see done by PBS Eons is one of the evolution of Pronghorns (Family: Antilocapridae) and discussing why only one species (Antilocapra americana) is left, despite the abundance of genera as recently as the Pleistocene.

Great episode!!!

Thanks Steve!

So what were camels like back in the day? *Bigger and there's more of them~*

“Come on camelids, let’s go eat grass!” “Nope, can’t eat that. And there’s soft fruit here so i don’t care.”

Really love the illustrations of the North American rainforests camels evolved in, beautiful, awesome vid, life rarely takes the path that seems apparent 💓

Could you make a video about how monitor lizards became mosasaurs?

@gillesackermans2520

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface okay, I have learned something new, thanks

@averyjenson

5 жыл бұрын

I think they may have mentioned during the snake episode, to which also may be related to Mosasaurs.

@joschuaknuppe5849

5 жыл бұрын

Problem with mosaurus is that it is not quite settled who they evolved, even at this years SVP meeting there were talks that could challenge everything we know right now about them and their evolution.

@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078

5 жыл бұрын

@@joschuaknuppe5849 There seems to be quite a bit up in the air. As I study biology... Really love your Paleostream Sketch Compilation. For those not familiar. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hq2glY-HqqqtZNo.html

@GigawingsVideo

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface How about Komodo Dragons?

CAVE HYENAS!! Please. :3

@galkepic9229

5 жыл бұрын

Wait this was a thing? I've heard of cave lions and bears. Cave hyenas are new to me. That would be neat.

@travelers8607

5 жыл бұрын

@@galkepic9229 yeah, they were pretty big creatures... There also exists some cave paintings of them that are pretty neat. 😊

Possibly ome of my fav eons episodes. So many fun twists and turns in the history of these animals!!

Lovely video guys. I love this stuff. Hey I think you should the evolutionary history of walruses and other pinnipeds.

Thank Mr. Steve.

What’s the evolutionary relationship between camels and giraffes? Do they just look similar or are they more closely related to each other than to other hoofed mammals?

@scranton8582

5 жыл бұрын

Purely Looks that make people think they're related. The closest living member outside the girafridae family is found in north america and is the Pronghorn. (a short antelope like animal) Even though giraffes and camels are both even-toed, this group includes everything with hooves that isnt a rhino. horse and tapir. What you've got to remember is that nature doesn't care much on if cousins look the same (take the elephant and hyrax) it just cares to what survives and works. Also another point to add is that people think the giraffe and camel are related due to the giraffe scientific name 'camelopardus' which yes does include the word camel. all you have to do is look into the original translations of the latin used and you'll find that camelus was used for creatures with long necks, like the ostrich ( strutheo camelus). The origin to the giraffes latin is long neck (camelus) and spotted (pardus). Pardus being used for others as well like cats. why do you think its called a leopard. (spotted lion)

This videos are amazing

I love your videos. thanks !!!!!

Which stomach evolved first, the one of the pseudo ruminants or ruminants, I've been asking this question for quite some time but got no answer.

@oddpotato4038

5 жыл бұрын

curious... what is the difference between the two?

@aliraza3936

5 жыл бұрын

@@oddpotato4038 the ruminants one has 4 chambers while pseudo ruminants one has 3 chambers.

@oddpotato4038

5 жыл бұрын

+verreaux thanks for the explanation I hope they do a video about your question

You need a better map projection.

Love your lectures!

Love these videos

Last time I was this early camels were roaming Canada Okay. I'll leave now

@wafflewarble2980

5 жыл бұрын

Camelda

i tell my friend this friend: Yea i know that Me: oh really Me in my mind: No you didnt

@bigfootsburneraccount9160

4 жыл бұрын

😂

I love that the background is Duria Antiquior!!

I love this channel.

Steve! #PBSEONSISLOVE

THERE WERE ELEPHANT SIZED CAMEL!?

@rmatt24

5 жыл бұрын

Would have been a sight to see!! O.O

I love this channel. Can you please make a video on the evolution of warm blooded vs. cold blooded metabolism.

Brilliant episode

9:08 Horses? realy? I think that will be some time later that they come to northamerica

@animalobsessed1

5 жыл бұрын

Well, he's showing the wrong species of horse, but America did used to have its own species...

@scranton8582

5 жыл бұрын

Horses and their cousins, the rhinos and tapirs all find their origin to south america. Once the land connected the 2 americas the 3 species spread out across the world as north america was still connected to russia.

@animalobsessed1

5 жыл бұрын

@@scranton8582 The "horses" of that time looked about as similar to modern horses as the "camels" of that time do to modern camels.

@pauldodds9646

5 жыл бұрын

Horses actually evooved there originally

@couchgrouches7667

4 жыл бұрын

@@animalobsessed1 That's not exactly true. Modern horses (Equus) likely evolved in North America and crossed over into Eurasia, only to cross back into North America.

Are camels obedient like horses?

@tec-jones5445

5 жыл бұрын

Typically, yes, because they are fully domesticated. When they do get angry, aggressive, or restless, it's easy to tell because they spit.

@thehuman2cs715

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface yeah like how they can't run or their legs collapse

@crispykernal2971

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface the most I know about camels is from Brendan Frasier in the mummy

@vinnie4538

5 жыл бұрын

@@crispykernal2971 Lol

@anatypicallyhumanperson7200

5 жыл бұрын

@Mac Mcskullface I volunteered at an exotic animal rescue for about a year in my teen and I remember a pair of camels( sisters if my memory is correct). They were so sweet and affectionate. But smelly and almost as stubborn a donkey. I loved feeding them

You finally got me, a thing that I had no idea about whatsoever.

Great episode.

The people who brought camels to Australia aren’t ”settlers”. They’re colonisers. Invaders.