The Evolution of Rhinos

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  • čas přidán 18. 05. 2023
  • There are currently only 5 living rhino species and four of them are endangered. However turn the clock back 5-35 million years ago and the rhino super family was considerably more diverse and widespread spreading to continents where they no longer live.
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Komentáře • 400

  • @douglasgorde5823
    @douglasgorde5823 Před rokem +1283

    The biggest takeaway I’ve gotten from this series thus far is the fact that most, if not all, mammals were friend-shaped at some point in their evolution

    • @post-leftluddite
      @post-leftluddite Před rokem +58

      What is "friend-shaped"?

    • @douglasgorde5823
      @douglasgorde5823 Před rokem +241

      @@post-leftluddite in the simplest terms possible, its appearance makes you want to go up and pet it and try to make it your friend

    • @cleanerben9636
      @cleanerben9636 Před rokem +69

      round a cute.

    • @douglasgorde5823
      @douglasgorde5823 Před rokem +19

      @Its me or whatever not in way too long but yes I love drawfee

    • @joeshmoe8345
      @joeshmoe8345 Před rokem +9

      What does that mean “friend-shaped”?

  • @fieldfrost4220
    @fieldfrost4220 Před rokem +347

    hats off to Dmitry Bogdanov for drawing every single species of animal to have ever existed !

  • @grey4904
    @grey4904 Před rokem +536

    if you want to be terrified, i highly suggest seeing a fossil of a paraceratherium in person. pictures just don’t do it justice, those things were HUUUGE

    • @peabrain6872
      @peabrain6872 Před rokem +17

      Its was gonna be HUUGE - paraceratrumpium

    • @johnortmann3098
      @johnortmann3098 Před rokem +27

      There used to be a full-sized, full-body reconstruction of one in Elephant Hall in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln natural history museum. It towered over the mounts of a group of African elephants.

    • @blarpnarp
      @blarpnarp Před rokem +38

      @@peabrain6872 “i talked to aaaalll the other megafauna… and they said i was yuuuuge, way yuger than any other megafauna… sleepy joes megafauna wish they could be like me”

    • @thatdogguy9838
      @thatdogguy9838 Před rokem +3

      Where did you see one? Please say somewhere in europe

    • @awepossum1059
      @awepossum1059 Před rokem +2

      i wish i saw one in real life, they should use its dna to bring it back to life

  • @bekakilov9656
    @bekakilov9656 Před rokem +21

    This channel cures depression. Makes me feel very human and connected with the world.

  • @zoltanperei4789
    @zoltanperei4789 Před rokem +206

    Elephants already look like they are gonna break under their massive size, so the fact that there was a mammal this big and capable for walk is beyond me.

    • @fredbloggs8072
      @fredbloggs8072 Před rokem +50

      And modern elephants are also dwarfed by some of their extinct cousins. It's astounding that Palaeoloxodon, the giant extinct elephant mentioned, probably weighed the same as 3 full-grown African elephants. Taller & far heavier than a T-Rex.

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen Před rokem +7

      @@fredbloggs8072 Makes me wonder if they had long lifespans to match

    • @rafexrafexowski4754
      @rafexrafexowski4754 Před rokem +20

      ​@@LimeyLassen Almost definitely, large animals almost always have long lifespans.

    • @jimsmith3715
      @jimsmith3715 Před rokem +1

      dinosaurs go brrr

    • @rafexrafexowski4754
      @rafexrafexowski4754 Před rokem +13

      @@jimsmith3715 Sauropods had hollow, air-filled bones, they were in a different league. They could have even grown about 20% larger than Argentinosaurus but there wasn't enough food to sustain such body mass. But, as I said, it's really impressive for an animal with non-hollow bones to reach the size of a small sauropod.

  • @Papastudder
    @Papastudder Před rokem +22

    Babe hurry, new rhino video dropped!

  • @chheinrich8486
    @chheinrich8486 Před rokem +77

    I love how the few extinct rhinos that had 2 horns side by side on their nose still had smaller horns than arsinoitherium, one of my favorites mammels from the eocene

  • @jameskazd9951
    @jameskazd9951 Před rokem +44

    i really love these "evolution of" videos, hope you keep it going for a long time Moth Light

  • @gattycroc8073
    @gattycroc8073 Před rokem +33

    I'm sure many of you myself included where introduced to Paraceratherium in Walking with Beast. I really hope we get another documentory Oligocene Asia because one creatures that was not in the third episode of that series is Astorgosuchus.

  • @OdorGod
    @OdorGod Před rokem +25

    Let’s all take the time to praise the 1st single cell organism that fought to survive so we can all hit the like button today

  • @adreabrooks11
    @adreabrooks11 Před rokem +9

    Paraceratherium always reminds me of that old joke:
    "What do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino?"
    "'Ell if I know!"
    I'll see myself out...

  • @daniell1483
    @daniell1483 Před rokem +142

    Just yesterday I was telling a family member about Paraceratherium and how huge they were, so this is especially timely. I can't help but feel we humans missed contact with all the coolest animals just barely. If we'd evolved just a few thousand years earlier... oh well, no use pondering what might have been.

    • @eljanrimsa5843
      @eljanrimsa5843 Před rokem

      Paraceratherium went extinct 23 million years ago

    • @NawniColes
      @NawniColes Před rokem +29

      We might have missed paraceratherium, but humans were around to see a bunch of giant (post-dinosaur) animals. It's just that we also killed a lot of them off. We're kind of an invasive species.

    • @priyathammanoharkoka4300
      @priyathammanoharkoka4300 Před rokem +9

      Let us just stive to save those that we have atleast..... so that our grandkids dont like a comment like this

    • @GodlyAtheist
      @GodlyAtheist Před rokem +5

      You chase your family members down to talk to them about random extinct dead mammals?

    • @rafexrafexowski4754
      @rafexrafexowski4754 Před rokem +1

      ​@Its me or whatever It's now speculated that populations of humans would have been too small to hunt any pleistocene megafauna to extinction. Humans would have only been a nail in the coffin after a more natural mass extinction due to climate change. So let's not rush to blame everything on humans. We've only recently become so destructive for the environment.

  • @vermillion8249
    @vermillion8249 Před rokem +29

    Can you do a video on the evolution of arthropod exoskeletons?

  • @post-leftluddite
    @post-leftluddite Před rokem +12

    A new Moth Light video is a great thing

  • @ZombieChicken1310
    @ZombieChicken1310 Před rokem +19

    Please could you do a video on the evolution of the parrots? Messelastur need to be recognized

  • @MathiasEG
    @MathiasEG Před rokem +18

    I know the DNA is way too old. But i wish i could see a Paraceratherium in real life. The creature in the thumnail ❤

    • @Thulgore
      @Thulgore Před rokem +6

      This comment............but on everything. It's like having a riddle with no absolute solution. A movie/book/story where the ending is completely debatable........all of which annoy the shit out of me. I wish I could see them. I wish I could see them as they were. I can't, never will be able to. Hell, even if they were "resurrected" from extinction I would doubt the truth of their social structure as being "true".
      I shouldn't comment while drunk.

  • @kostasl1808
    @kostasl1808 Před rokem +21

    Great video. Original topic as well.
    Can you consider doing the "story" of the first fish? There aren't many videos around about this topic and the occurrence of chordates is a really interesting case.
    Thanks.

  • @marclytle644
    @marclytle644 Před rokem +15

    One of my favorite extinct mammals, Paracerathrerium.

  • @robrice7246
    @robrice7246 Před rokem +23

    I often wonder why those two Ice Age rhinos never made one last push into North America during the Pleistocene (were there various factors that may have restricted them)?

    • @AztecCroc
      @AztecCroc Před rokem +6

      Elasmotherium lived mostly in the Ukraine and Middle East and the surrounding area.
      The Wooly Rhino probably did, given how it's range stretched over most of Eurasia, but we've yet to find one in North America so they likely weren't too successful.

    • @JrIcify
      @JrIcify Před rokem +5

      They didn't think there would be dandelions

    • @Jdne199311
      @Jdne199311 Před 9 měsíci

      @@JrIcify hahahahaha I got this reference!!!! U are amazing

    • @usmanya5110
      @usmanya5110 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@JrIcify maybe the sloths ate them all. 😂😂😂

  • @--INDIGO--
    @--INDIGO-- Před rokem +5

    First time being relatively early with a new video. Been subbed for over a year and haven’t seen a single bad video from you. Hope you keep at it and thanks so much for all the work you’ve put out. 👍

  • @shingshangshong2745
    @shingshangshong2745 Před rokem +6

    You will probably never read this but
    i have watched every single one of your videos and I love all of them.
    Your style of presentation, the structure, the amount of details and, above all, your soothing voice made you my favourite channel on all of CZcams.
    I hope you keep going forever and please don’t change your style. It is perfection!

  • @Eye_Exist
    @Eye_Exist Před rokem +5

    This is the best animal and paleontology related channel on this site, thank you very much again for your upload.

  • @justinwilliam6534
    @justinwilliam6534 Před rokem +20

    Could you do a video on the evolution of ducks please.

  • @gabrielkessler6363
    @gabrielkessler6363 Před rokem +7

    Absolutely love this series. It would be great though if you could do a rapid recap at the end of each video to summarize the key events/lineages.
    The effort you put In is amazing

  • @nickzaytz5712
    @nickzaytz5712 Před rokem +4

    Moth Light Media, thank you! Great video as always😍

  • @rat_dragon
    @rat_dragon Před rokem +5

    Hey bro! Glad to see you uploading again!

  • @Jan_Koopman
    @Jan_Koopman Před rokem +6

    I always love your videos. You have such a calm voice and such a beautiful way of explaining things. I feel like I'm in a biology class¹!
    ¹I love school and I love biology, so this is in all the good ways

  • @jonathandentler7158
    @jonathandentler7158 Před rokem +1

    Hey, love your channel - aside from the content, I gotta say that I love the music, it’s very calming.

  • @kanealoha
    @kanealoha Před rokem +5

    So happy to get a new video! Loving it!

  • @ulalaFrugilega
    @ulalaFrugilega Před rokem +3

    It's such a lovely channel, this, both meditative and informative. In other words: perfect!

  • @bramstedt8997
    @bramstedt8997 Před rokem +2

    I love your content and your narration. Touched on a lot here. Honestly though, it seemed you were just scratching the surface and this could’ve easily been a 20 min video. I certainly wouldn’t mind some videos at a length similar to your Madagascar video

  • @angelalewis3645
    @angelalewis3645 Před rokem +1

    Amazing video! Super high quality, and fascinating!

  • @sassa82
    @sassa82 Před rokem +1

    Its always a good day when Moth light Media uploads a new video!

  • @louisboyum3461
    @louisboyum3461 Před rokem

    I love your channel and your videos, I’ve learned so much!!! Please keep doing what you’re doing :)

  • @hsdinoman2267
    @hsdinoman2267 Před rokem +3

    nice to have you back man

  • @CHRB-nn6qp
    @CHRB-nn6qp Před rokem +7

    The fact that Paraceratheriidae were once the size of horses makes me imagine an alternate history where we domesticated and rode around on them instead

  • @marcelogaea1064
    @marcelogaea1064 Před rokem +1

    Been waiting with bated breath for this. Worth it. Thanks, MLM.

  • @JorginCarlos
    @JorginCarlos Před rokem

    love your vids man. pls don't stop uploading

  • @tylerball665
    @tylerball665 Před rokem +1

    IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS INSTALLMENT . thanks hottie!!!

  • @TheJuwailes
    @TheJuwailes Před rokem

    Great video! The sources are the for the past video I believe. I hope you can update them soon as I'm eager to read more!

  • @Jaggerbush
    @Jaggerbush Před rokem

    I NEED a two hour drive episode. I NEED this in my life!

  • @sixthousandblankets
    @sixthousandblankets Před rokem +1

    I wish you would post more often. I always look forward to your videos.

  • @rankcascade9627
    @rankcascade9627 Před rokem +1

    Wake up babe, Moth Light Media just dropped a new Vid

  • @Ph4ntomHourGlass
    @Ph4ntomHourGlass Před rokem +1

    I was literally thinking yesterday, "There hasn't been a Month Light Media video in a while" and now I wake up to this notification 😁

  • @glenngilbert7389
    @glenngilbert7389 Před 10 měsíci

    Another excellent and succinctly presented video on this amazing group of animals

  • @GodlyAtheist
    @GodlyAtheist Před rokem +1

    That zebra rocking out in the background at the end.

  • @Okayzy
    @Okayzy Před rokem +1

    I love your videos so much can you do a video on the evolution of humans?

  • @camacakegd3714
    @camacakegd3714 Před rokem +2

    Wonderful video!
    Although it is a little odd hearing you miss a syllable in the name of Paraceratherium every time you said it.

  • @therealzilch
    @therealzilch Před rokem

    Another great video, thanks.
    cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott

  • @zionne2716
    @zionne2716 Před rokem

    Very soothing voice and great infos.

  • @user-eh6th9wj5k
    @user-eh6th9wj5k Před rokem

    Fantastic content!

  • @Arktic06
    @Arktic06 Před rokem +2

    Holy shit new Mothlight Media video :o

  • @normancocksmell
    @normancocksmell Před rokem +5

    It's amazing that paleontology has come this far where we now know the names that these animals used to refer to each other as.

    • @Thulgore
      @Thulgore Před rokem +2

      I assume you have pseudo human-centric social political opinion you want to expand upon? (I could be wrong)

    • @normancocksmell
      @normancocksmell Před rokem +1

      @@Thulgore No. I just smoked a joint to my face and that popped into my head while watching the video so I figured I would share my stupid thoughts.

  • @untitledpornstar5530
    @untitledpornstar5530 Před rokem

    Love this video

  • @BinroWasRight
    @BinroWasRight Před 9 měsíci

    This was lovely as always. Paraceratherium beggars belief in how large it is. Were there even bigger terrestrial mammals? Time may yet tell.

  • @thelaughinghyenas8465

    Thank you very much for the video.

  • @krantidasud1385
    @krantidasud1385 Před rokem

    The video was very very nise and ypur channel is very good and I suggest you make a video on palaeoloxodon.

  • @Peepeepoopooman420justblaze

    YES, RHINOS, LET'S GOOOOO!!!! 🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏

  • @solaireofastora4091
    @solaireofastora4091 Před rokem +3

    The northern white rhinoceros is functionally extinct; there are two females left in captivity. In the next decade we will see the end of this animal probably forever.

  • @johnkelly7757
    @johnkelly7757 Před rokem

    Fascinating video.

  • @account-yi2cn
    @account-yi2cn Před rokem

    how have you not run out of video ideas yet, nice

  • @bnwstudios9040
    @bnwstudios9040 Před rokem

    Would love to see a video detailing the evolution on Pachycephalosaurids.

  • @martykitson3442
    @martykitson3442 Před rokem +1

    Thanks always interested in new information about extinct species

  • @andrewsarchus4238
    @andrewsarchus4238 Před rokem +1

    Could you please do a program on the evolution of the passerine birds including the little song-birds (robins, bluetits etc.)

  • @teotlxixtli
    @teotlxixtli Před rokem +9

    Many people have what I call protagonist’s disease… they think the story of the universe began when they were born and that their life contains the climax; everything before their life was prologue and everything after is just a bunch of sequels. Watching your videos reminds me what a minuscule and amazing slice of existence we (and I) occupy

    • @DenisK21
      @DenisK21 Před rokem +4

      Reminds me of a quote from "Red Vs. Blue".
      Grif: The world is not ending. Everyone thinks the world's gonna end in their lifetime, but the truth is, none of us are that cool or interesting so just get over it.

  • @Funkiotologist
    @Funkiotologist Před rokem +2

    YEEES when paleocontent creators upload it’s a great day

  • @injunsun
    @injunsun Před rokem +2

    @Moth Light Media, just a pronunciation point: Paraceratherium, you keep missing the middle "ra." You keep pronouncing it as if it is spelt, Paracetherium. It should be, "Peh-rah-Seh-rah-THII-RII-uhm," not, "Peh-rah-seh-THII-RII-uhm." Para means around, and Ceratherium, the ending just means an individual group of Ceratheres, whatever that is in Latin. Perhaps grass eaters? But it is definitely "Seh-Rah-thiirz," not, "Seh-thiirz."

  • @tyranitarxd2819
    @tyranitarxd2819 Před rokem +2

    If they're closely related to horses, then does that mean unicorns really existed

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 Před rokem

    Wonderful, thanx big G

  • @mrmanmanmanmanman537
    @mrmanmanmanmanman537 Před rokem

    babe wake up moth light media posted a new video

  • @malthesse
    @malthesse Před rokem +1

    Paraceratherium inspired George Lucas when creating the AT-AT Imperial Walkers for Star Wars. The similarity really is striking.

  • @vanishingfolklore
    @vanishingfolklore Před rokem

    love your vids

  • @SpiceWyrm
    @SpiceWyrm Před rokem

    I knew today was gonna be a good day.

  • @neoream3606
    @neoream3606 Před rokem +1

    This is my favorite prehistoric animal.

  • @bird-watcher-91
    @bird-watcher-91 Před měsícem

    How cool would've it have been to see Paraceratherium alive? I also find it amazing how rhinos can distribute their weight even better than an elephant.
    My favorite living rhino species are the black rhinos. I don't know why but I find their prehensile lips more aesthetically pleasing than the flat, square lips on the southern white rhinos. People did a great job bringing the southern white rhinos numbers up; now the critically endangered black rhinos need help more than ever (same for the Javan and Sumatran, and the Sumatran rhino is the closest living relative to the woolly rhino).

  • @christysank7705
    @christysank7705 Před rokem

    that is so cool

  • @Andy_Hendrix_9842
    @Andy_Hendrix_9842 Před rokem +1

    Nice.

  • @HassanMohamed-jy4kk
    @HassanMohamed-jy4kk Před rokem +3

    Why don’t you think about making a suggestion and creating a CZcams Videos that’s all about the Evolution Of The Pliosaurs on the next Moth Light Media coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

  • @agathoklesmartinios8414
    @agathoklesmartinios8414 Před rokem +1

    Hey, Moth Light Media, it appears you accidentally pasted the sources for your previous video on the evolution of insect flight in the description of this video. Could you please correct this?

  • @Charles36.
    @Charles36. Před rokem

    They are so cool

  • @michaelholly4866
    @michaelholly4866 Před rokem

    Please do one on the evolution of annelid worms.

  • @urmwhynot
    @urmwhynot Před rokem +1

    The no background sound or music makes your videos more easily consumable

  • @Croationman
    @Croationman Před rokem +1

    Rhinochads…are we gonna make it?

  • @ulalaFrugilega
    @ulalaFrugilega Před rokem +2

    Does anyone know why DNA wants to copy itself?

    • @AMC2283
      @AMC2283 Před rokem +8

      It doesn’t want anything, these are chemical reactions

  • @afrikanoalg3551
    @afrikanoalg3551 Před rokem

    A Very intresting and fun topique 🗿

  • @edwardfischer2628
    @edwardfischer2628 Před rokem +1

    Finally!

  • @JuicyJam
    @JuicyJam Před rokem

    DRINKING GAME!!!
    Take a sip of your drink when there is:
    - a time lineage
    - a genetic tree
    - a new illustration
    - a size comparison
    Take a shot when:
    - the narrator says "however"

  • @chheinrich8486
    @chheinrich8486 Před rokem +4

    Can you make video on other afrotheres besides elephants and sea cows

  • @hereitalkabouteverything

    Hey, your video is great, but can you please add subtile it? Its really helpfull for non-English speaker

  • @lauravansanten7804
    @lauravansanten7804 Před rokem +3

    Yay, finally a new MLM video ❤

  • @matthewlahaie8202
    @matthewlahaie8202 Před rokem +1

    Hey mothlight, would you consider making a video about the evolution of fresh water predatory fish? Such as northern pike or large mouth bass?

    • @MikeIsCannonFodder
      @MikeIsCannonFodder Před rokem +1

      You just want to hear him pronounce muskellunge!

    • @vincentx2850
      @vincentx2850 Před rokem +1

      The freshwater fishes of North America today is an interesting case, as the assemblage is almost completely constituted by lineages that moved in from East Asia. The sunfish family, for instance, are most closely related to oriental perches.

    • @MikeIsCannonFodder
      @MikeIsCannonFodder Před rokem

      @@vincentx2850 How do those two relate to North American perches?

    • @vincentx2850
      @vincentx2850 Před rokem

      Not very closely related. Yellow perch is in the same family as walleye and darters, while white perch has a marine ancestry.

    • @indyreno2933
      @indyreno2933 Před rokem

      @vincentx2850, actually, freshwater sunfish are more closely related to the serranids and icefish and are grouped with them under the order Serraniformes, whereas both oriental perches and true perches belong to the order Perciformes.

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 Před rokem +1

    If these things lived into modern or at least ancient times, you can bet the Romans would have put archers on them and rode them into battle.

  • @archwolfgamer5772
    @archwolfgamer5772 Před rokem +1

    Hello there

  • @indyreno2933
    @indyreno2933 Před rokem +5

    Off-topic discussion: Bovids are even-toed hoofed mammals that constitute the family Bovidae, there are over one-hundred-and-sixty-four extant species within seventy-two genera, ten subfamilies and three major clades, the major clades are the primitive clade, the cattle-like clade, and the goat-like clade, bovids are the largest and most diverse families of living hoofed mammals, they are recognized by the possession of a single sharp end on each horn, meaning that the horns of bovids do not branch, this is present in both males and females, males tend to have longer horns than females, living bovids are only found in Africa, Eurasia, and North America, living bovids range in size from the royal antelope to the gaur.

  • @forexbatman998
    @forexbatman998 Před rokem +1

    What’s the background music you use on your video sir

  • @SA-np5yy
    @SA-np5yy Před rokem

    Which songs do you use in your videos? They are quite pleasant.

  • @EzTheo
    @EzTheo Před rokem +1

    Finally

  • @Svensk7119
    @Svensk7119 Před 11 měsíci

    That rule also applies to languages.
    Overestimated. "Over exaggerated" is redundant, and thus self defeating.

  • @Thulgore
    @Thulgore Před rokem +6

    I absolutely HATE that rhinos are so endangered! Yes, they are dangerous. Leave them alone. I grew up around moose. The things I did as a kid I would be dead were I to do them now. Don't mess with moose either. (how my brother and I made it to adulthood is a mystery)
    Edit: There exists a huge difference! Moose can see very well what they go aggressive against. The two shouldn't even be compared. I did it so I am the one at fault. Maybe someone else can see the mentality though...........

    • @danielled8665
      @danielled8665 Před rokem +3

      They aren't endangered because they're dangerous. It's because rich people in China think the horn will make their peepee bigger or cure cancer.

    • @stormisuedonym4599
      @stormisuedonym4599 Před 7 měsíci

      You can thank Traditional Chinese Medicine (which isn't actually all that traditional, being invented in the 20th century) for the continued extermination of the rhino.

  • @Shadeem
    @Shadeem Před rokem +1

    i love my chunky horse