We Discovered Something Truly INCREDIBLE Deep in the Florida Swamp! Fossil Shark Teeth & MORE!

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  • čas přidán 21. 05. 2024
  • This was an unforgettable adventure, my friends! ‪@PaleoCris‬, Bri, and myself set out on an epic canoe journey through one of Florida's most primitive and un-touched creeks. Not only does this location yield an assemblage of rare and unique fossils, but it's simply one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Hope y'all enjoy!
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Komentáře • 148

  • @LoneWolf-479
    @LoneWolf-479 Před měsícem +32

    I've said it a bunch over the years......hands down, my favorite friendship on CZcams. 🤜🤛

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +3

      Thank you my friend ❤️

  • @meganrodger7282
    @meganrodger7282 Před měsícem +14

    I know I have said this before, but it is GREAT to see the boys back together fossil hunting. You can actually feel the love you all have for each other, and you make me laugh so much that I cry. Bless you guys xxx

  • @AvalonDreamz
    @AvalonDreamz Před měsícem +20

    Yes you all are the best group on CZcams! You have such a wealth of knowledge between you all on fossils and plant life! And you continue learning daily to share with us. I love it. Thank you all for being such an inspiration in such really heavy times.

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +3

      We love to hear that we can help inspire y'all! That's what it's all about! Thank you ❤️

  • @christinemcleod6694
    @christinemcleod6694 Před měsícem +18

    Omg.😂😂. Paleocris looked like the inventor off Despicable Me when he pulled his hair up around his goggles strap.😂😂

  • @lisawilson3759
    @lisawilson3759 Před měsícem +16

    My favorite CZcams friends!!!!!

  • @largent45
    @largent45 Před měsícem +4

    I had watched paleocris's video of this hunt the day before but you three are such good friends, I had to watch your video! I love the camaraderie between you three. It just makes my heart swell! Don't ever change and don't ever lose this. It's so special! Thanks Kyle!❤

  • @shepherd4406
    @shepherd4406 Před měsícem +5

    It was fun watching your version and Chris’s version of this trip on the same day.

  • @ERNurseMeme
    @ERNurseMeme Před měsícem +10

    We love you, Wild Kyle!

  • @WhiteHorseAcres
    @WhiteHorseAcres Před měsícem +8

    I watched paleocris yesterday and was waiting for your video. I always look forward to your adventures. ❤

  • @audraacklin9826
    @audraacklin9826 Před měsícem +9

    I watched Paleocris yesterday. I'm excited to see your version of the fossil hunt. Thanks for taking us along. 😃❤️

  • @artsharkstudios
    @artsharkstudios Před měsícem +5

    The best at what you guys do! Always incorporating the wonders of nature that surround us while on the hunt.

  • @gjerde56
    @gjerde56 Před měsícem +4

    OMG!!! So much fun seeing ya'll back together. Thank you for the fun, laughter and exciting adventure. ❤️✌️🤗

  • @ladyaqua4544
    @ladyaqua4544 Před měsícem +2

    I love watching you guys and these fascinating adventures but Bree is a very brave girl, not scared of bugs, snakes or anything gross. You Go Girl.

  • @wenditaylor9708
    @wenditaylor9708 Před měsícem +5

    Awww...great finds, but horrid little buggers!!! I have missed fossil stuff! I'm so glad you've done some!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +2

      Those flies are ROUGH! Glad you enjoyed us getting back to fossils. I was very happy about it too! :)

  • @juju-xx5xn
    @juju-xx5xn Před měsícem +5

    Awesome finds!! Always good to see Chris and Bri!!

  • @kirsiselei8703
    @kirsiselei8703 Před měsícem +3

    What a great day with cris and brie❤so beautiful out there 😍
    Love to c u all together

  • @ross.2003
    @ross.2003 Před měsícem +4

    You guys should get a license to make a business out of fossil tours! I'd totally pay for it. Also, can y'all do those calcite shell hunting videos again?

  • @ericfairchild5431
    @ericfairchild5431 Před měsícem +4

    Up here in TN , Mississippian/Pennsylvanian! Love seeing the stuff your finding! Feel a road trip coming on! Thank you!

    • @kaboom4679
      @kaboom4679 Před měsícem

      Same here . An interesting boat trip , if you know the route , will take you to a tiny spot all the way back in the Ordivician, surrounded by a few square miles of Silurian and Devonian strata .
      Truly impressive if you know how it came to be , especially since this is the only exposures of Silurian and Devonian age this side of Nashville , and , the Ordivician is only seen even further to the East in the Valley and Ridge , unless you can somehow obtain access to the mines in Gordonsville .

  • @firechicken455adventures
    @firechicken455adventures Před měsícem +4

    You all have some much fun together. It is great to watch th adventures and to see your finds.

  • @kathysmith4261
    @kathysmith4261 Před měsícem +3

    The little spider with the leaf was awesome. What an amazing flower. Those yellow flies are awful bug repellent doesn't work and they bite little chunks out of you. That giant shark tooth is so cool. Love all your videos with your besties Chris and Bree but where is Natalie? 😊❤

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      Yeah they just drink the big spray 😂😂. Natalie was at work on this day sadly 🥺

  • @AlphaGatorDCS
    @AlphaGatorDCS Před měsícem +2

    love seeing you three hanging out and finding cool stuff!

  • @lynnscott8286
    @lynnscott8286 Před měsícem +3

    I love watching you guys. You are so knowledgeable and fun.

  • @lisacassells3828
    @lisacassells3828 Před měsícem +3

    Fun video. Very beautiful place. THANKS.

  • @sandorcseh6699
    @sandorcseh6699 Před měsícem +3

    I'm so happy about your new video together
    I love you both

  • @teeteepalooza
    @teeteepalooza Před měsícem +3

    it was totally worth watching to the end! 🤩

  • @mcchuggernaut9378
    @mcchuggernaut9378 Před měsícem +5

    Kyle, the back of that tooth has what looks like rodent damage! Ever find a deer antler with mouse or squirrel chew marks on it? Looks just like that. My guess is this tooth washed up some time before it was fossilized, and a rodent chewed on the root, leaving those marks. Hopes that was helpful! :)

    • @pezdiablito
      @pezdiablito Před 16 dny

      I would agree with you as far as scavenger feeding on whatever flesh was available, but would certainly have to be a sea bottom dweller, imo.🤔

    • @mcchuggernaut9378
      @mcchuggernaut9378 Před 16 dny

      @@pezdiablito No, not really. That species of shark lived during the Palaeocene-Eocene epochs, about 60-45 million years ago. The oldest rodent fossils are roughly 160 million years old, so the time period overlap is right - we had these sharks and gnawing rodents alive at the same time. Portions of the Florida peninsula have been above or below sea level at least four times. It takes a really long time for something to fully fossilize, and this tooth could very well have been left high and dry in the middle of present-day Florida, for a rodent to find and gnaw on the root. It all fits, and I have never seen any marine animal leave marks like that on bone, but I have seen rodent damage EXACTLY like that on other terrestrial fossils, mammoth bones, and modern-day bones a thousand times. That's rodent damage, I'd bet my life on it.

  • @MichaelaC531
    @MichaelaC531 Před měsícem +3

    You three make me laugh so much. Love that sharkie tooth Kyle! You definitely need to go back there soon.

  • @cynthiaswearingen1037
    @cynthiaswearingen1037 Před měsícem +3

    Awesome explore, Kyle. That Angusteiden tooth is so cool!❤

  • @user-gw9dy2nc2v
    @user-gw9dy2nc2v Před měsícem +3

    I love it when you guys can get together for a trip! your videos always make my day and I love the hidden history, like where you guys talk about the "black drink". oh and the snake may have ben a water thresher they are related to the common garter snake.

  • @indianasmith8152
    @indianasmith8152 Před měsícem +2

    Lots of great stuff in this vid!! Great finds.

  • @DavidJones-smiley
    @DavidJones-smiley Před měsícem +3

    Y’all are so funny🤣🤣😂🤣🤪

  • @TheAdventurousRealtor
    @TheAdventurousRealtor Před měsícem +2

    Lol I just watched Paleo cris' video lol but I love it.. watching yours too!

  • @jaklyncraft666
    @jaklyncraft666 Před měsícem +2

    Another video 😊love it! I simply love watching you guys & always wish I were there hunting with you

  • @rebyj
    @rebyj Před měsícem +3

    I do love seeing the flowers and snakes. I like the history of the bottle and marble hunts but fossil hunting trips are my favorite so I am so happy you 3 got to take this trip and filmed it for us! Also I am a bit re traumatized at seeing the demise of the wrap again. Hahaha

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +2

      Hahahahahaa I think we are all still traumatized from the attack of the flies 😂😂😂

  • @susanzsoka7059
    @susanzsoka7059 Před měsícem +1

    Thank y’all for showing the flowers. They’re my favorite thing to photograph when I’m out exploring. I love your adventures and the awesome friendships you share.

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      Thank you Susan ❤️

  • @Theresa6121
    @Theresa6121 Před měsícem +3

    I love watching you all together it just seems right, It would be even better if Natalie was there also. Much love from Maine💜🧡💚❤

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +1

      She had to work this day sadly 😭😭😭

    • @justjulee9135
      @justjulee9135 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@WILDKYLEI'm so glad someone asked because I was missing her, too!

  • @AAAAAeeeehnnnnn
    @AAAAAeeeehnnnnn Před 15 dny +1

    I ❤❤❤love seeing the three of you !!!!

  • @mirkatu3249
    @mirkatu3249 Před měsícem +2

    Wow, nice tooth at the end! Thanks for braving those biting flies to bring us a fun video! :-)

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +1

      Of course! It was worth it! ☺️

  • @kimberlypost4718
    @kimberlypost4718 Před měsícem +1

    Happy to see you searching for fossils in a beautiful creek instead of trudging through pollution finding garbage.

  • @loripretti843
    @loripretti843 Před měsícem +1

    Great Find Kyle!!! Thank you for sharing your adventure with us!!! I truly appreciate it!!! God Bless Us All!!!

  • @GREEKEXPLORERS
    @GREEKEXPLORERS Před měsícem +1

    Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @danamosley
    @danamosley Před měsícem +1

    Kyle, I'm in love with that spot, too!💜💜💜
    So jealous!!
    Awesome video, again!!!!🥰🥰🥰

  • @ERNurseMeme
    @ERNurseMeme Před měsícem +3

    I love seeing your perspective versus paleocris! 😅

  • @intertec9mm
    @intertec9mm Před měsícem +2

    You folks are so lucky to have those fossils, all of ours are Devonian and Silurian. Other than a few random ice age remnants which are ultra rare. Still love my Paleozoic fossils but keep showing us your cool Florida and southern finds. Regards, Bruce County Ontario.

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      I feel like you're lucky to have Devonian and Silurian fossils! 😂 So yeah I totally understand how you feel. I always wish I could find a little of everything here, but gotta travel for certain things haha!

  • @Berndaddie
    @Berndaddie Před měsícem +2

    You guys are crazy and I love it, ha.😂

  • @savagesquirrel9828
    @savagesquirrel9828 Před měsícem

    Thanks for braving the flies. I hope, someday, you go back to where you and your dad got fossil coral. That was so beautiful!

  • @justjoy4239
    @justjoy4239 Před měsícem +2

    Ok shark tooth blew my mind! Great find!👏🏻👏🏻😻

  • @bridgetbowman2229
    @bridgetbowman2229 Před měsícem

    This is actually amazing how much fossils you guys found. Absolutely incredible!

  • @graemero5532
    @graemero5532 Před měsícem +1

    GREAT video 😁 Thanks WildKyle & the Paleocouple 😁

  • @melissalease5476
    @melissalease5476 Před měsícem

    The ending line HAS to be “Bree, What Did You Do”.😂😂😂

  • @jencasebolt3321
    @jencasebolt3321 Před měsícem

    Huzzah! Another episode of The Land of the Lost with Rick, Will and Holly 🎉 Love this show !

  • @lavonneknifley112
    @lavonneknifley112 Před měsícem +1

    Great video as always. I bought lost it at the end with all the flies. Lol😂

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      We are traumatized forever 😂😂😂

  • @marykaystreasures
    @marykaystreasures Před měsícem +2

    The river your in looks like the creek near me in WCC FL ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️⚒️🗝️🇺🇸 Funny I ducked the whole time with you 😂😅😉 The yellow flies are so vicious where I live as well 🥺

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      Hahahaha don't wanna hit your head! 😂

  • @ismewhat1234
    @ismewhat1234 Před měsícem +3

    Woohoo hunting👍

  • @NikkiSchnoor
    @NikkiSchnoor Před měsícem +1

    lol that was the coolest little “worm snail” apartment complex! How many units you think that thing had?

  • @Juls716
    @Juls716 Před měsícem +1

    If it had taken you so long to get there and it was late when you arrived then it had to be nearly midnight by the time you made it back to your house.
    With you all being so young and adventurous I know that your poisonous snake/biting yellow fly trip was so well worth it!
    Way to go and congratulations on your amazing finds!! ❤❤❤

  • @Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears

    "Look at you bottoms up like geese." LOL

  • @geoWhite
    @geoWhite Před měsícem +1

    Another great video with 3 friends ,maybe the next time it will be 4 friends. Take care ,be safe.

  • @mikepetrucha2774
    @mikepetrucha2774 Před měsícem

    That sounds like the title of your next song Kyle, "I Don't Want No Kiss From No Yellow Fly". As I posted on Cris's video, It pained me deeply when you casually pushed aside the piece of fossilized ivory. It's nice to get 2 perspectives of the hunt. The Yellow Flies look nasty.

  • @kathleenstraube5356
    @kathleenstraube5356 Před měsícem +2

    Hahahahahahaha you could have been killed hahahahahahaha. What a hoot! Glad you found good stuff.

  • @55basham
    @55basham Před měsícem

    I know exactly where y'all are at in this one, and its undoubtedly my favorite hunting spot in the area. Great video!

  • @michellewaldvogel3221
    @michellewaldvogel3221 Před měsícem +2

    I wanna know more about the caffeine plant Chris and Kyle.

  • @catherinewilliams3850
    @catherinewilliams3850 Před 15 dny

    Love to see you guys out together having fun and finding amazng things, what a beautiful place, love the clear river and wildlife but couldn't cope with those flies. I love nature but have a terrible phobia of anything with more than four legs, your canoe needs a mosquito net😂

  • @keithtracey2856
    @keithtracey2856 Před měsícem

    I enjoy your videos,I'm originally from Pennsylvania, but live in Freeland Maryland, awesome finds you and your wife finds

  • @JimFry
    @JimFry Před měsícem

    What a hoot of an ending! If you run out of flies, please feel free to head to Whitefish Point in Michigan's UP in June!

  • @killjoy1523
    @killjoy1523 Před měsícem

    25:48 "it's getting turkey aww yeah"

  • @cordula5233
    @cordula5233 Před měsícem

    9:29 into your video I think you missed a green marble in the top right corner. ;D I really have enjoy watching your outings. You are fortunate to live in such a great area to explore.

  • @dianacroy4579
    @dianacroy4579 Před 3 dny

    It is the common waters nakedness. They sometimes scare people miss it up with it's deadly cousin. I have been where you are.I am 84 and remember going where you are and other rivers, creeks and lakes.

  • @justjoy4239
    @justjoy4239 Před měsícem +2

    Hey Kyle! Just a little information, they just found the dead remains of a young dire wolf on skinwalker ranch! Really interesting episode. Ps I saw your friend from adventure archeology just pulling hutch after hutch out and I thought about you! 🤣

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      Oh wow! That's incredible. And yes, Brandon be finding the hutches hahaha!

  • @ericfairchild5431
    @ericfairchild5431 Před měsícem +2

    Run away! Peppermint extract mixed with 90% rubbing alcohol has been working great for me with mosquitoes! They will swarm but not land , and seems to hold up better when sweating than conventional sprays. Not sure about fllys! Might want to give a try!

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      Definitely need to try that! Thank you!

  • @TheAdventurousRealtor
    @TheAdventurousRealtor Před měsícem +2

    Please educate us on poison ivy and poison oak more 🙏

  • @supposedlygreg
    @supposedlygreg Před měsícem +1

    What happen to the mysterious swamp children’s ? Did they find out were they hindering its been a while since Kyle and Criss have seen foot prints of them haha :)

  • @garyroseberry3578
    @garyroseberry3578 Před měsícem +2

    First comment 😅
    Love your videos, awesome stuff

  • @darlenesanders9750
    @darlenesanders9750 Před měsícem

    Waterbabies sunblock will help repel the yellow flies.. I live around Panama city Beach Florida and we've used it for years now..trust me it helps

  • @joedadbod8450
    @joedadbod8450 Před měsícem +1

    Great video, Kyle! I just finished watching @PaleoCris and @PaleoBri in their video, and it's nice to have more footage of the landscape and finds from there.

  • @bimcanes100
    @bimcanes100 Před měsícem +1

    Looks like when the tooth fell out and the root was soft it was soft enough to create those intentions before it fossilized.

  • @TheAdventurousRealtor
    @TheAdventurousRealtor Před měsícem +3

    How far about is this from the Gulf? 😳

  • @manderson3231
    @manderson3231 Před měsícem +2

    Kyle, I can tell that Chris has had formal education in Paleontology. Have you also had formal education, or have you learned from Chris and experience? You also seem to be quite knowledgeable.😊

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +2

      Neither of us have had a formal education in Paleontology! We're just both very passionate about learning!

    • @manderson3231
      @manderson3231 Před měsícem

      Well you are certainly doing a wonderful job at it!!! Including teaching all of your viewers!! Thank you!!

  • @cynthiabrewer952
    @cynthiabrewer952 Před 15 dny

    Arrrrrr! The dreaded yellow flies! A beautiful but deadly addition to Jurassic Park. lol
    As a native and resident of the Florida panhandle (north of Panama City) i feel your pain when dealing with those biting hell flies! They barely even graze you and youre left with swelling, redness, pain, and itch that lasts for days!!!
    Im sure God made them for a reason, although what that is, exactly, ive never figured out.
    Point to ponder:
    Did all those palms and other trees that impeded your progress grow across the river naturally?
    Or, when no humans are around, do the flies band together and place them there then lie in wait for their feast to float by perhaps??? lol
    P. S. that brought to mind what my uncle said when i was young and that i think of every time i see one today......he said, "fireflies are just mosquitoes with flashlights".
    And even though they dont bite, the visual it creates in your mind never fails to make me chuckle.
    Great video, guys. Take care😊

  • @ducaticanine
    @ducaticanine Před měsícem +1

    awesome stuff. what part of FL are you guys in?

  • @triple_A_rockhound
    @triple_A_rockhound Před měsícem +2

    🤔so if it has to sides points its anstor to a meg huh
    37:42 im gonna have to look at mine🤔

  • @scdirtsquid9522
    @scdirtsquid9522 Před měsícem

    Have y'all heard of Thermacell insect repellents? i hate biting insects too. They work incredibly well.

  • @BigMamaCat
    @BigMamaCat Před měsícem +1

    You need a really heavy duty bug repellent out there. Great finds with the teeth. Awesome adventure. Did you make it out of the river before it got really dark?

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +1

      It was completely dark when we made it back to the truck. Luckily we had flashlights 😂

    • @BigMamaCat
      @BigMamaCat Před měsícem

      @@WILDKYLE I'm so glad you were safe 🙂

  • @triple_A_rockhound
    @triple_A_rockhound Před měsícem +2

    🤣what BANE 24:10 🤣

  • @Canned_beef
    @Canned_beef Před měsícem

    ‘Tis a banded watersnake

  • @Eltanin24
    @Eltanin24 Před 23 dny

    Kyle needs to learn that bags with holes in them lead to sadness. :)

  • @supposedlygreg
    @supposedlygreg Před měsícem +1

    What kind of fly do sting like this ? That’s look like its going to be very itchy

  • @judymarkel8029
    @judymarkel8029 Před měsícem

    Great times. Except for the biting g flys. Nice teeth

  • @janvafa9959
    @janvafa9959 Před měsícem +1

    I always wonder why when it takes you so long to get to your target location, why you don’t bring a tent with you so you can camp at the location and get some extra time the following day at the site?

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      I'm sure we'll do that sometime soon!

  • @user-oc9hd3hu2v
    @user-oc9hd3hu2v Před měsícem

    What river are you on or what part of Florida are you in ..❤

  • @gregoryvesey2851
    @gregoryvesey2851 Před měsícem

    New kyle song: I Don’t Want A Kiss From A Yella Fly

    • @gregoryvesey2851
      @gregoryvesey2851 Před měsícem

      Im imagining a fast toe stepper song with your country style soul to it.
      O ME O MY,
      I DONT WANT A KISS FROM A YELLA FLY!

  • @BigMamaCat
    @BigMamaCat Před měsícem +1

    Does it sometimes boggle your mind how things that were alive millions of years ago turn into stone and become part of the world around us today? In the end, we're all stardust. That was a big snake (and snake skin).

  • @haseo8244
    @haseo8244 Před měsícem

    Not turtlehead. They are much later. Penstemon species.

  • @AAAAAeeeehnnnnn
    @AAAAAeeeehnnnnn Před 15 dny +1

  • @gracewashburn8276
    @gracewashburn8276 Před měsícem +2

    My goodness kids you guys are awesome when you go out doing stuff like this your friendship is incredible and I just enjoy everything you do and you get your girlfriends interested into it and they find better things than you do sometimes and Kyle I’m sorry but you got a hole in your butt on your suitand it really shows when you turn around. Sorry sweetie😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem +1

      Hahahahaa I knew somebody was gonna see that on my wetsuit 😂 I was laughing at that while I edited the video. Thanks for all the kind words, Grace! ❤️

  • @tnydragon
    @tnydragon Před měsícem

    wait, why are you guys videos mirrored?

  • @Ehtizan-Editor-001
    @Ehtizan-Editor-001 Před měsícem

    Hey Kyle,
    I just watched your video and I must say it's really helpful and well made.
    I was wondering if I could help you design your thumbnails for better CTR? Wanna try out a free one?

  • @glennhales7302
    @glennhales7302 Před měsícem

    Was it Sasquatch that smelled bad?

  • @NikkiSchnoor
    @NikkiSchnoor Před měsícem +1

    Also what kind of fly gave Bree that armpit boob? Ouch!!!

    • @lorihanlon2525
      @lorihanlon2525 Před měsícem +2

      They are called yellow flies in Florida. Similar to a deer/horse fly up North, but worse.

  • @kriscan6231
    @kriscan6231 Před měsícem

    Kyle you have to stop living in fear buddy .. you notice everything that could “get you” lol

    • @WILDKYLE
      @WILDKYLE  Před měsícem

      Haha, I think it's the opposite for me, actually. I'm not afraid, but I am aware. I even made sure to say the snakes are NOT out to get you, contrary to what some folks believe.
      If I lived in fear I wouldn't be out snorkeling in alligator and snake territory. 😉