The Insane Evolution of: Flight

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  • čas přidán 28. 10. 2022
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  • @cleanerben9636
    @cleanerben9636 Před rokem +607

    I'm glad this includes insect flight because that is barely ever talked about and pretty much unknown

    • @youtubestudiosucks978
      @youtubestudiosucks978 Před rokem +10

      Flies and misquitos are true flies as they only have 1 pair of wings unlike other flying insects

    • @bikesgoodgasbad
      @bikesgoodgasbad Před rokem +29

      @@youtubestudiosucks978 their rear two are just extremely reduced in size making it appear like they only have two, they’re adapted to act as counter weight gyroscope for balance iirc

    • @bikesgoodgasbad
      @bikesgoodgasbad Před rokem

      @@youtubestudiosucks978 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halteres?wprov=sfti1

    • @justincraig398
      @justincraig398 Před rokem +14

      I knew that insects could fly since I was a little kid. Not unknown at all.

    • @cleanerben9636
      @cleanerben9636 Před rokem +14

      @@justincraig398 you know what I meant

  • @MaikelRonnau
    @MaikelRonnau Před rokem +900

    Could you add measurements in the metric system as well?

    • @ONI_002
      @ONI_002 Před rokem +69

      yeah i always fing myself calculating the conversions in my head half the video

    • @peterfireflylund
      @peterfireflylund Před rokem +178

      Even better: instead of?

    • @char1211
      @char1211 Před rokem +100

      @@peterfireflylund Why not both? Only using the metric system is more in line with the scientific praxis but it would make the video less accessible

    • @peterfireflylund
      @peterfireflylund Před rokem +5

      @@char1211 Qu’ils mangent de la brioche! ;)

    • @char1211
      @char1211 Před rokem +5

      @@peterfireflylund Idk man, I don't think I'm strong enough to deal with ignorant peasants. At least they're tolerable if you educate them :/

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 Před rokem +59

    I've struggled for so long to understand how breathing works with birds. Thanks to your animation now I finally understand.

    • @robinsonray6766
      @robinsonray6766 Před rokem +1

      Pterosaurs, and dinosaurs in the theropoda and sauropoda clade all had the same method of breathing, so they all had phenomenal stamina.
      Other dinosaurs [ornithischians] and crocodilomorphs [including todays crocodiles] all have the same breathing method but with no airsac.
      Yes: crocodiles have extremely efficient respiration. For this reason it is believed that the ancestors of crocodiles {from the triassic} were warm blooded terrestrial animals. Another characteristic that points to this is that crocodiles are the only ''cold blooded'' animals with a 4 chambered heart. Aside from crocodiles, only birds and mammals have 4 chambered hearts.

  • @polymathpark
    @polymathpark Před rokem +433

    This channel always puts out 10/10 content. Great production.

    • @Em4gdn1m
      @Em4gdn1m Před rokem +11

      Always. Great video production, excellent narration, and fascinating topics.

    • @atmafj
      @atmafj Před rokem

      I agree

    • @stefan_popp
      @stefan_popp Před rokem +3

      I'd give a 9/10 for the inaccuracies, pointed out by others. I have spotted some in about 1/3 of their videos.

    • @polymathpark
      @polymathpark Před rokem

      @@stefan_popp dang, oh well. I'll have to watch more scrutinously

    • @marekdg
      @marekdg Před rokem

      @@stefan_popp ahhh thanks, already got a bit suspicious after seeing the credits list and not seeing a researcher or at least a fat checker role in the team 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️🤓

  • @CountCocofang
    @CountCocofang Před rokem +71

    Being able to condense such a complex and far reaching topic into a roughly 15 minute presentation is a phenomenal skill. Not a second wasted, every small tangent fits into the overarching theme and it all flows so naturally.
    Your incredible dedication and passion is awe inspiring. And you cultivated an increasingly amazing community with a wealth of knowledge where even minor mistakes get explained, so even reading through the comments on your videos is worthwhile.

  • @khango6138
    @khango6138 Před rokem +315

    Excellent video!
    Although I do have a correction for the section that compares the leg segments of insects, crustaceans, and "arthropods" represented by the horseshoe crab. This comparison is confusing, because both insects and crustaceans *belong* to the phylum Arthropoda. For the horseshoe crab, they are members of the subphylum Chelicerata (which includes arachnids, and also belongs to Arthropoda). I believe the video's creator meant to compare the legs of insects, crustaceans to those of more basal arthropods? Or to those of Chelicerates.
    Second correction: birds are still dinosaurs, nothing has stopped them from being dinosaurs. The asteroid did not kill all dinosaurs, but neither did it spare all birds as seen with the extinction of Enantiornithes (the 'Opposite Birds'). :)

    • @morkovija
      @morkovija Před rokem +14

      thanks for sharing didn't know about the opposite birds :0

    • @Hollylivengood
      @Hollylivengood Před rokem +16

      Also, birds don't beat their wings up and down, they beat them like swimming through the air. You can see a lot of videos slowed down so we can see how they move. It's like a butterfly stroke. like she described the old flying dinosaurs

    • @Ratty524
      @Ratty524 Před rokem +6

      @@morkovija the K-6 extinction event was a blow to almost all life on earth. Even among mammals there was an entire lineage that was wiped out. Crocodile species used to be diverse but got reduced in the aftermath, and so on.

    • @peternyikos8020
      @peternyikos8020 Před rokem +2

      ​@@Ratty524 Could you tell me to what lineage of mammals you are referring?. There were lots of individual species and probably families that got wiped out within Mammalia, but I'm not sure which ones they were. There were lots of lineages of mammals that thrived during the Paleocene, including the multituberculates, pantodonts, tillodonts, and taeniodonts but these got wiped out somewhere near the end of the Eocene.

    • @peternyikos8020
      @peternyikos8020 Před rokem +1

      I might add that the iconic Hesperornis and Ichthyornis and their closest relatives (which were closer to living birds than the Opposite Birds) also got wiped out.

  • @xevious1538
    @xevious1538 Před rokem +69

    Insects, crustaceans, myriapods, and horseshoe crabs are all arthropods. Horseshoe crabs, along with arachnids and sea spiders are in a clade called Chelicerata. And at 1:53, the family tree shows bats being closely related to rodents, and more related to primates than they are to dogs and horses. Primates and rodents are Euarchontoglires more related to eachother than to bats. Bats are in the clade Laurasiatheria, and are a sister group to Ferungulata (a group that includes hooved animals, whales, carnivorans like cats and dogs, and pangolins)

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia Před rokem +1

      I appreciate the clarification. I had BVB read somewhere that bats are more closely related to carnivorans and pangolins than they are to rodents and primates

    • @Gustangela
      @Gustangela Před rokem +2

      Thank you. I multiple instances they were referring to arachnids (chelicerata) as arthropods, and I was like "hmmm I I think they did a mistake here because they are all arthropods lol". Like at 6:15

    • @thatoneduck3875
      @thatoneduck3875 Před 9 dny

      It also didn't include beetles as animals that can fly 1:54

  • @iceboorg9737
    @iceboorg9737 Před rokem +21

    Oh small criticism
    Id love to hear things like wingspan in meters as well
    I cant imagine anything when hearing feet

    • @craigb8228
      @craigb8228 Před rokem +3

      But it seems petty like a correction of grammar.

    • @nyko921
      @nyko921 Před rokem +7

      @@craigb8228 No, not really. It would be more like asking someone to stop using foreign words because they don't understand them.

    • @theflyingdutchguy9870
      @theflyingdutchguy9870 Před rokem +1

      1 meter is like 10 centimeters longer than 3 foot. this makes it a little easier over time

    • @teej008
      @teej008 Před rokem

      Do you give these small criticisms to male CZcamsrs? Seems like a dick move to me.

    • @iceboorg9737
      @iceboorg9737 Před rokem +1

      @@teej008 just women obv
      Male youtubers can not describe something in a way i wouldnt understand (:
      Brooo what are u thinking

  • @CHRB-nn6qp
    @CHRB-nn6qp Před 7 měsíci +6

    I've always loved the anatomy of Pterosaurian wings. The idea that their entire wing membrane was supported on just one finger is fascinating. Not to mention that it allowed for their hands to continue existing separate from the wings, which is the leading theory on why they evolved to be so much bigger than birds and bats; the Quad Launch theory. I wish they still existed, they were fascinating and unique animals :)

  • @Crakinator
    @Crakinator Před rokem +10

    I think it’s so cool that a group of dinosaurs survived the mass extinction event and still fly among us. Some of them bare a striking resemblance to dromaeosaurs, which makes sense since the two families are closely related.

  • @christophhanke6627
    @christophhanke6627 Před rokem +18

    8:00 when I was in my second-to-last-year in school I did a scientific Research paper in my biology class about this topic. There I also talked about the arboreal and cursorial theory and theropods. So this Video is such a blast to watch and to check in on this topic 6 years later

  • @highasheaven9239
    @highasheaven9239 Před rokem +63

    Really looking forward to the human series! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @Brambrew
    @Brambrew Před rokem +13

    I heard a theory that insect flight originally evolved from swimming paddles
    Insects evolved wings to help them escape water by paddling or gliding across the surface
    Some insects, like stoneflies, still somewhat show this behavior
    But evolving wings further for flight has much more utility than skimming across the surface of ponds or lakes

    • @BlessingsMate
      @BlessingsMate Před rokem

      EVOLUTION designed this?? A basic summary of what that means...
      In the beginning was nothing but then it somehow became as big as the universe. Then there was dirt and water but then somehow it became alive. Then there was an organism but somehow it had the structure and information to reproduce. Then one decided to be a male and somehow another organism became female and somehow at the same time, with fully functioning structure and information, they reproduced. Then they grew branches, then arms, then fins, then legs, then wings, and breathed water and then air and now we see them all perfectly mutated to flourish in their ecosystems!
      Seriously, Have you considered how a butterfly came to be? What came first, the egg? caterpillar? chrysalis? butterfly? What mutation could cause a crawling creature to suddenly hang upside down, dissolve its organs and appendages and 2 weeks later emerge as a flying creature? And then find another butterfly to reproduce? Truly a fairy tale!
      How did the grub get these incredible organs? Mutations don't give new information, they corrupt existing information.
      It is glaringly obvious we are part of creation. The world around us is so incredibly complex that design is the obvious, logical and scientific conclusion. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be God. He also confirmed that he created the world and was coming back a second time to reward and judge the world. He proved this by rising from the dead and fulfilling many prophecies. He also foretold what would happen before he would come again. These things have been coming to pass more and more. He loves his creation and has a purpose for everyone of us! But the evil we see in the world is not from God. We have a cruel enemy and you can see the devil's handiwork more and more. Please look into this urgently and with honesty. God is not a policeman in the sky, nor is he a genie that grants wishes, he is a loving Father who is caring and merciful and rewards those who seek him. Do not decide who God is by looking at religious people, you must decide who God is by reading what he says about himself in the bible. Then you would have judged fairly. Start with John or Luke. These are eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. There are many resources to answer your many questions. Especially on creation and evolution see creationdotcom.
      Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near (Isaiah 55)
      For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
      To realise that your life is precious, you are loved, and you have a purpose, is real freedom and responsibility. There is an epic heavenly battle for your soul! You're never alone, reach out from wherever you are, Jesus is there, trust Him.

  • @brandophiri3618
    @brandophiri3618 Před rokem +23

    I learn a lot from this channel. Keep up the good work

    • @yahdonisrael3883
      @yahdonisrael3883 Před rokem +1

      Well u learning wrong she said land animal to sky animal, evolution evolved from sea ta sky den land🤦🏾‍♂️Dis world is dun 🔥

    • @alexfox2038
      @alexfox2038 Před rokem +6

      @@yahdonisrael3883 Dude, where are your citations at? Any basis for your claims?

    • @nighteule
      @nighteule Před rokem +1

      @@alexfox2038 Either a bot or a troll, don't give it attention

  • @Mike-oz4cv
    @Mike-oz4cv Před rokem +7

    Small creatures have such a high surface to mass ratio that flight is actually quite easy for them. On a breezy day it can actually be hard for them to stay on the ground.

    • @JesseP.Watson
      @JesseP.Watson Před rokem

      Interesting point, so rather than developing flight, in their case it may have been more a question of a means to control flight.
      With that said, to be quite honest, I do think there is something missing in the theory of evolution as it currently stands, much as I try, I find there are just too many cases where an incomplete mutation will give no advantage or actually act as a hindrance against selection and no more so than in development of the wing. Add to that the behavioural changes that must accompany those physical mutations and, aye, there's just too many very serious issues there without any satisfying answer for us to be able to treat evolution as a working theory that describes how species are created in its current form.

  • @kaitlynboss3497
    @kaitlynboss3497 Před rokem +7

    Thank you for finally explaining how air sacks in the bones helps birds fly. It’s because with them they can constantly take in air which makes sense why that would help.

    • @BlessingsMate
      @BlessingsMate Před rokem

      EVOLUTION designed this?? A basic summary of what that means...
      In the beginning was nothing but then it somehow became as big as the universe. Then there was dirt and water but then somehow it became alive. Then there was an organism but somehow it had the structure and information to reproduce. Then one decided to be a male and somehow another organism became female and somehow at the same time, with fully functioning structure and information, they reproduced. Then they grew branches, then arms, then fins, then legs, then wings, and breathed water and then air and now we see them all perfectly mutated to flourish in their ecosystems!
      Seriously, Have you considered how a butterfly came to be? What came first, the egg? caterpillar? chrysalis? butterfly? What mutation could cause a crawling creature to suddenly hang upside down, dissolve its organs and appendages and 2 weeks later emerge as a flying creature? And then find another butterfly to reproduce? Truly a fairy tale!
      How did the grub get these incredible organs? Mutations don't give new information, they corrupt existing information.
      It is glaringly obvious we are part of creation. The world around us is so incredibly complex that design is the obvious, logical and scientific conclusion. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be God. He also confirmed that he created the world and was coming back a second time to reward and judge the world. He proved this by rising from the dead and fulfilling many prophecies. He also foretold what would happen before he would come again. These things have been coming to pass more and more. He loves his creation and has a purpose for everyone of us! But the evil we see in the world is not from God. We have a cruel enemy and you can see the devil's handiwork more and more. Please look into this urgently and with honesty. God is not a policeman in the sky, nor is he a genie that grants wishes, he is a loving Father who is caring and merciful and rewards those who seek him. Do not decide who God is by looking at religious people, you must decide who God is by reading what he says about himself in the bible. Then you would have judged fairly. Start with John or Luke. These are eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. There are many resources to answer your many questions. Especially on creation and evolution see creationdotcom.
      Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near (Isaiah 55)
      For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
      To realise that your life is precious, you are loved, and you have a purpose, is real freedom and responsibility. There is an epic heavenly battle for your soul! You're never alone, reach out from wherever you are, Jesus is there, trust Him.

  • @danielrose2146
    @danielrose2146 Před rokem +19

    I'll bet the feathers on the raptors are used for sharp turns and braking....and perhaps that eventually led to smaller raptors that expanded on those early concepts. 🤔

    • @SillyNep
      @SillyNep Před rokem +3

      that and probably temperature regulation the same way mammals have! Like Yutyrannus which lived in colder regions and was covered in like a feathery fuzz.

    • @Andianco
      @Andianco Před rokem

      @@SillyNep That´s probably right since pterosaurs had some type of feather covering as well, so they probably evolved in some ancestor for temperature regulation.

  • @heidirabenau511
    @heidirabenau511 Před rokem +10

    Congratulations on 1M Subscribers, I have watched the first episode of the Nebula Original and can't wait for the next one!

  • @anaran4811
    @anaran4811 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I just love this channel. As someone who's into science but doesn't have a background in biology, it's a great starting point to satisfy my curiosity.

  • @sneedfeed7204
    @sneedfeed7204 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs* Avian dinos are still thriving

  • @michaelfutch2598
    @michaelfutch2598 Před rokem +8

    Thanks for the info on insects and pterosaurs. It's been incredibly hard finding anything on their development of flight.

  • @zy9662
    @zy9662 Před rokem +4

    This video is truly amazing, honestly I didn't expect you will cover so much depth and breath since you also covered pterosaurs, whose info is not so easy to find. Would be interesting to research which kind of breathing they had. The insect segments part was also a nice inclusion as was the microraptor mention and the nice touch on the timing of the Archeopterix discovery and Darwin's book. Congratulations

    • @thewisefool4049
      @thewisefool4049 Před rokem +2

      "Would be interesting to research which kind of breathing they had"
      They had unidirectional breathing like birds. All archosaurs use the same breathing system outlined in this video, so that includes pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including modern birds) and crocodilians.

  • @Shaggleforder
    @Shaggleforder Před 5 měsíci +2

    I would include also the family of flying fish... I've read that they can glide for distances of few hundreds of meters spending close to 1 minutes outside of the water, and I find that amazing for a creature unable to breathe air!

  • @cesarvidelac
    @cesarvidelac Před rokem +43

    We live in times when information is widespread as never before, yet ignorance reigns as never before. People openly believe in such things like plain earth and creationism. We need this science to be shared more than ever. Thanks so much for sharing. Subscribed.

    • @theflyingdutchguy9870
      @theflyingdutchguy9870 Před rokem +5

      awesomely religion is declining. wich is logical sinds we know from history that religion isnt a good way to explain things. much better to ask questions instead of just assuming things. first step towards knowledge is realising what you dont know something.

    • @cesarvidelac
      @cesarvidelac Před rokem +6

      @@theflyingdutchguy9870 True! It's a shame spirituality doesn't work that way. A faith without question is just fanaticism.

    • @thegameranch5935
      @thegameranch5935 Před rokem

      What is plain earth?

    • @7inrain
      @7inrain Před rokem +6

      @@thegameranch5935 A translation issue. He probably meant flat earth.

    • @baraamando8115
      @baraamando8115 Před 5 měsíci

      It’s so funny how people can watch this video and believe in evolution. Literally every single thing that was said disproved it lol. Oh yea wings developed randomly and it happened on 4 different occasions.

  • @differentfins
    @differentfins Před rokem +3

    Very well done! Entertaining and educational. BTW my favorite part was the dragonfly casually getting out of the way from the frog. Swing and a miss lol.

  • @Subfightr
    @Subfightr Před rokem +5

    Omg, my beautiful pterosaurs. How incredible it would be to see them today.

    • @Subfightr
      @Subfightr Před rokem

      That mega finger just kills me

    • @theflyingdutchguy9870
      @theflyingdutchguy9870 Před rokem

      @@Subfightr 😂😂 yeah bat wings seem very normal compared😂

    • @theflyingdutchguy9870
      @theflyingdutchguy9870 Před rokem +2

      would be pretty scary tho. maybe we would have never made it out of the jungle then. altho giant eagles did hunt our children in the past

  • @kowloonbroadcast
    @kowloonbroadcast Před 5 měsíci +1

    seriously y’all, this is probably the channel with the best accompaniment music in all of CZcams

  • @dondraper3871
    @dondraper3871 Před rokem +18

    For f**** sake... Can someone give the Real Science team a pulitzer prize for the insane clear and insightful work they do on such complex questions I did not know I had!

    • @alexisgrey6469
      @alexisgrey6469 Před rokem +2

      True. I think i learned more here than my 6 yrs in highschool.

    • @robkirchhof133
      @robkirchhof133 Před rokem +2

      absolute full endorsement 💯

  • @asjenmensink2740
    @asjenmensink2740 Před rokem +4

    One thing though horseshoecrabs are arthropods but so are insects and crustacheans, chelicerate is the word for the subgroup.

  • @louisrobitaille5810
    @louisrobitaille5810 Před rokem +4

    11:40 Birds are dinosaurs. Dinosaurs didn't go extinct.

  • @thomaswade3072
    @thomaswade3072 Před rokem +2

    "where no creature had gone" Bacteria beat your birbs by a few hundred million years.

  • @IzUrBoiKK
    @IzUrBoiKK Před rokem +1

    Aaah, a new vid. Thanks guys, I've always loved your videos.

  • @cleanerben9636
    @cleanerben9636 Před rokem +9

    also on birds and maybe even Pterosaurs; perhaps sexual selection of the best jumpers played a part? Higher jump=more attraction so staying in the air longer to transmit the display could be beneficial.

  • @jimmij3894
    @jimmij3894 Před rokem +6

    So did spiders start making webs to catch flying insects or were they catching something else like pollen?

  • @benjaminlessard8710
    @benjaminlessard8710 Před rokem

    I love this channel. I am always waiting for the next video, I am hooked.

  • @gefginn3699
    @gefginn3699 Před rokem +1

    Great post my friend. I always enjoy tuning into your newest post. 💛

  • @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667

    Awesome channel. I love this kind of content. 🌍💯 Good job

  • @shannonmcdoobins3105
    @shannonmcdoobins3105 Před rokem +6

    I feel like bats are the mammal versions of pterosaurs

  • @joshuaspiceland
    @joshuaspiceland Před rokem

    This was AWESOME!!! great content

  • @kerrykrishna
    @kerrykrishna Před rokem

    Outstanding doc in every way.

  • @mrtianflo7728
    @mrtianflo7728 Před rokem +5

    I can hear Meg Griffin

  • @Anuchan
    @Anuchan Před rokem +14

    Excellent content. I'm looking forward to your next series on humans.

  • @mariyaandriyanova5299
    @mariyaandriyanova5299 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Small note on 5:08 - the front leg pair by lions and elephants is not homologous to human legs (it would be human arms). But I´m very excited by the chanel!

  • @joeshmoe8345
    @joeshmoe8345 Před rokem

    Your content is really really good. Thanks for sharing it with us G.

  • @mux2000
    @mux2000 Před rokem +10

    Please add verbal or on-screen metric equivalents when mentioning measurements in usian units. The internet is international and some of us don't know what a foot is, or it takes us a while to calculate what it means and makes it hard to follow the narrative. Thanks!

    • @dancingnature
      @dancingnature Před rokem +1

      A foot is about 1/3 of a meter . An inch is about the length of your longest fingertip . A yard is about the same as a meter but a meter is longer by about the length of your index finger. To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius. Subtract 27 from the F temperatures and cut the remainder in half. This only works between or 32F - 104F and isnt completely accurate but will tell you if you need to take a sweater ( jumper) with you😊

    • @mux2000
      @mux2000 Před rokem +5

      @@dancingnature see, this is exactly the sort of thing that doesn't help. If I have to stop the video and take out a calculator I've already lost the plot

  • @sadwest1
    @sadwest1 Před rokem +3

    wild that they were able to find the homologous structures between insects, arthropods, and crustaceans through observing phenotype +investigating genotype

  • @glaz5220
    @glaz5220 Před rokem

    Congrats on 1 mil subs🎉

  • @halluminium
    @halluminium Před rokem

    amazing video as always

  • @varunprakash6207
    @varunprakash6207 Před rokem +7

    0:52 Bird flying visuals ♥️ mind blowing Evolution of Flight ✈️ Insects 🦋 wings Charles Darwin - The survival of fitness The transformation from ground to sky 13:06 Bat climbing tree 🌳 15:21 Eagle 🦅 largest wings

  • @MrEnte3000
    @MrEnte3000 Před rokem +6

    Why is the Horseshoe Crab labeled as Arthropod when all three of them are Arthropods?

  • @thenaiam
    @thenaiam Před rokem +2

    I was thinking of what to listen to next. Reached the end of the video, and I'm opening up the Nebula app now to listen to the Becoming Human series.

  • @stoneyjonez
    @stoneyjonez Před rokem

    this is seriously my new favorite youtube channel

  • @Dionyzos
    @Dionyzos Před rokem +6

    Would be cool if you would at least show metric dimensions in the video if you don't mention it.

    • @leonstevens1382
      @leonstevens1382 Před rokem +1

      flight is flight whether self-propelled or not. Again I refer you to Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary p. 1023, which defines “wing” among many other things as “any of various organic structures esp. of a flying fish”. Don’t try to reinvent the English language. There is no such thing as a “true wing.”

  • @dice3000
    @dice3000 Před rokem +14

    As an average person who's not that interesting in biology I always end up fascinated

    • @greenguitarfish
      @greenguitarfish Před rokem

      Examine the counter perspective so your not just hearing from one side. Here are 15 PH.D scientists with a very different opinion. czcams.com/video/sCK1qFnB_zU/video.html

  • @doglabdogtraining-gus.8873
    @doglabdogtraining-gus.8873 Před 9 měsíci

    This channel has some of the best content, thank you.

  • @chheinrich8486
    @chheinrich8486 Před 11 měsíci +2

    now that i think about it, maybe pterosaurs got so large because birds drove them out of the smaller niches

  • @glennbabic5954
    @glennbabic5954 Před rokem +3

    Air is just another medium like dirt, another fluid like water, it's not surprising life would evolve to move through it easily. It just seems miraculous to us because we are earthdwellers

    • @andytheindividual3862
      @andytheindividual3862 Před rokem +1

      So aliens are evolved humans that adapted into space ?

    • @markzuckergecko621
      @markzuckergecko621 Před rokem +1

      I remember in one of the old Ratchet and Clank games, one of the planets has flying whales. At first I kinda laughed at how ridiculous it was, but after I thought about it for a minute I was like hold on..... I guess that could actually be possible, on a planet that has an atmosphere with the same viscosity as water on earth.

    • @gpaull2
      @gpaull2 Před rokem +2

      Even earthdwelling evolutions are miraculous to me

    • @glennbabic5954
      @glennbabic5954 Před rokem +1

      @@markzuckergecko621 Yep, water and air aren't just different density fluids, we and whales are buoyant in water because we are less dense. Flying whales would need very dense atmosphere and low gravity.

    • @adamplentl5588
      @adamplentl5588 Před rokem

      @@andytheindividual3862 what a retarded question.

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold Před rokem +3

    The macro shots in this video are just GORGEOUS. If only they had fossils for every 50-100,000 years, I bet they would know exactly how everything evolved. I have Nebula and Curiosity. Guess what I'm going to watch next?❤

    • @BlessingsMate
      @BlessingsMate Před rokem

      EVOLUTION designed this?? A basic summary of what that means...
      In the beginning was nothing but then it somehow became as big as the universe. Then there was dirt and water but then somehow it became alive. Then there was an organism but somehow it had the structure and information to reproduce. Then one decided to be a male and somehow another organism became female and somehow at the same time, with fully functioning structure and information, they reproduced. Then they grew branches, then arms, then fins, then legs, then wings, and breathed water and then air and now we see them all perfectly mutated to flourish in their ecosystems!
      Seriously, Have you considered how a butterfly came to be? What came first, the egg? caterpillar? chrysalis? butterfly? What mutation could cause a crawling creature to suddenly hang upside down, dissolve its organs and appendages and 2 weeks later emerge as a flying creature? And then find another butterfly to reproduce? Truly a fairy tale!
      How did the grub get these incredible organs? Mutations don't give new information, they corrupt existing information.
      It is glaringly obvious we are part of creation. The world around us is so incredibly complex that design is the obvious, logical and scientific conclusion. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be God. He also confirmed that he created the world and was coming back a second time to reward and judge the world. He proved this by rising from the dead and fulfilling many prophecies. He also foretold what would happen before he would come again. These things have been coming to pass more and more. He loves his creation and has a purpose for everyone of us! But the evil we see in the world is not from God. We have a cruel enemy and you can see the devil's handiwork more and more. Please look into this urgently and with honesty. God is not a policeman in the sky, nor is he a genie that grants wishes, he is a loving Father who is caring and merciful and rewards those who seek him. Do not decide who God is by looking at religious people, you must decide who God is by reading what he says about himself in the bible. Then you would have judged fairly. Start with John or Luke. These are eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. There are many resources to answer your many questions. Especially on creation and evolution see creationdotcom.
      Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near (Isaiah 55)
      For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
      To realise that your life is precious, you are loved, and you have a purpose, is real freedom and responsibility. There is an epic heavenly battle for your soul! You're never alone, reach out from wherever you are, Jesus is there, trust Him.

  • @keith8554
    @keith8554 Před rokem +2

    Love when you and real engineering drop on the same day

  • @benjamindover5676
    @benjamindover5676 Před rokem

    I'm so glad I'm subbed!
    Thank you.

  • @beinleif524
    @beinleif524 Před rokem +4

    Why not mention flying fish? Seems highly relevant and yet another branch

  • @theflyingdutchguy9870
    @theflyingdutchguy9870 Před rokem +6

    flight has evolved such a crazy amount of time. its such a succesfull adaptation.

  • @winkipinky
    @winkipinky Před rokem

    Great documentary and I like your voice too. Thanks

  • @KooriPlays
    @KooriPlays Před rokem

    HUGE congrats for reaching the 1 MILLION subs!!!

  • @Raylor
    @Raylor Před rokem +3

    Honestly, you are educating so many people. I sometimes wonder, Isnt CZcams enough to live and enjoy life? arent the ads on youtube enough for this channel to just release content instead of locking it behind a paywall.
    the content is amazing. just let everyone who wants to learn through your creation, this video, its only way is to consume it now.
    why lock it, if youtube doesnt pay enough, then, perhaps we need to just Subscribe to help out with the content.
    I wont pay just to see the video, i want to pay so that everyone else can see it. education is important for all of us.

    • @luedog8385
      @luedog8385 Před rokem

      It didn't happen no such thing as evolution

  • @victoriaeads6126
    @victoriaeads6126 Před rokem +3

    My beloved Emma, A Black East Indies duck, is excellent in flight, even though she has never had reason or opportunity to fly more that a few tens of meters. Flight is AMAZING. I find myself fascinated by Emma, our peafowl Charming, Fred, George, Rani, and Reggie, and how different their flight is to both Bonnie and Claudia (our coturnix quail) and that of local bats and insects. Excellent topic!!

  • @justinhoward6384
    @justinhoward6384 Před rokem

    Really glad I found this channel

  • @mathmusicandlooks
    @mathmusicandlooks Před rokem +1

    Fascinating content, but it also makes me grateful I’m not an archaeologist or paleontologist. It seems that all of our best hypotheses for most creatures’ origins necessarily rely on correlation implying causation and are fully vulnerable to survivorship bias. It might be the best we could do in those particular fields for now, but I’d find that insanely frustrating.

  • @chaser107
    @chaser107 Před rokem +5

    At least put on a graphic for metric if you insist on using feet

  • @afhdfh
    @afhdfh Před rokem +3

    I'm a little confused. Why do you differentiate between insects, crustaceans and arthropods? Arthropods encompass the two other groups. This doesn't make any sense at all!

  • @unstoppableExodia
    @unstoppableExodia Před rokem +1

    About bipedal locomotion i really want to mention that for all the benefits we humans got from freeing up our forelimbs for using tools and such it did have the downside of opening us up to back problems that quadrupedal animals don’t deal with. Overall it was a worthwhile tradeofff but back pain really sucks especially after standing for too long.

  • @deivclayton
    @deivclayton Před rokem +2

    Great video. I wish it would have done a better job with answering the question of how mutations adapting for flight can go from the awkward and not helpful stage of evolution to the advantageous stage. It's always been my biggest question about evolution. But it is amazing the various adaptations for flight that do exist.

  • @bobtibet3954
    @bobtibet3954 Před rokem +5

    i love your content. i have a little critik point. could you use also the metric system. its totaly okay to say feet etc beause amaricans cant imagen better. but only 3 countrys use that system and the rest of the world dont know what 6 feets are.

    • @gpaull2
      @gpaull2 Před rokem +2

      Most of the world is fluent in both, or at least able to figure it out. It’s the imperial countries that need all the help they can get. 😂

    • @beyond-journeys-end
      @beyond-journeys-end Před rokem +1

      Thought the same except i belived there to be more then 3

    • @DustyHoney
      @DustyHoney Před rokem +2

      Idk if you’re actually American, but most Americans do know the metric system. It’s taught to us in school from the time we’re in first grade lol.

    • @gpaull2
      @gpaull2 Před rokem

      @Hannah Winterhalder Is it the imperial that you can use without your head 😮😂

  • @bjarnes.4423
    @bjarnes.4423 Před rokem +4

    Please use metric. Especially since you have "science" in your channel name

    • @DustyHoney
      @DustyHoney Před rokem

      It really bothered me when they didn’t talk about how birds have pneumatized bones.

  • @iracingrookie3301
    @iracingrookie3301 Před rokem

    Hands down my favourite channel

  • @jakemj03
    @jakemj03 Před rokem

    Some of the best content on youtube!

  • @FlushGorgon
    @FlushGorgon Před rokem +3

    A lot of mistakes make this video unreliable.

    • @senghkawn315
      @senghkawn315 Před 3 měsíci +3

      can you make a list of mistakes from this video please?

  • @Last6_Months
    @Last6_Months Před rokem +3

    The video made me believe in creation more than before, to be honest

    • @FreedomAnderson
      @FreedomAnderson Před rokem +2

      How?

    • @Last6_Months
      @Last6_Months Před rokem

      @@FreedomAnderson I don't remember the specific parts of the video, but defects, which the early forms of adaptation would be, would usually be eliminated from a population, rather than proliferated. The assumption that the theory of evolution makes is that every single micro mutation had to be beneficial, which I don't believe to be possible. Also, evolution is also studied as fact rather than what it is, a theory - so a lot of inductive reasoning is used. It's like a detective who assumes someone committed a crime and only looking for facts that confirm their assumption. I know microevolution happens, but macroevolution leaves me skeptical.

    • @ericpeterson9110
      @ericpeterson9110 Před rokem +3

      @@Last6_Months "evolution is also studied as fact rather than what it is, a theory" Evolution is both a fact and a theory, they arent exclusive terms. Evolution is the phenomenon that we factually know has occured, and the theory of evolution is the mechanism and esplanation for that phenomenon.
      The theory of gravitation doesnt mean that gravity's existence is some unproven assumption.

    • @Last6_Months
      @Last6_Months Před rokem

      @@ericpeterson9110 I said micro evolution is a fact. Macro evolution is still theory. Gravity is a fact, the mechanism by which it operates is a theory

    • @ericpeterson9110
      @ericpeterson9110 Před rokem +3

      @@Last6_Months Exactly. You understand what the therm theory means but refuse to use it correctly. When you say Macro evolution is "still a theory" you might as well say gravity is "still a theory".

  • @Goregreet
    @Goregreet Před rokem

    This channel is absolute GOLD

  • @cliffhall5602
    @cliffhall5602 Před rokem

    Excellent work.

  • @AGO1896
    @AGO1896 Před rokem +6

    As a scientific channel, start using the Metric System, please

  • @adondiklon9217
    @adondiklon9217 Před rokem +1

    Didn't see the video yet but it seems like it's gonna be amazing!

  • @mostlyokay
    @mostlyokay Před rokem +2

    Please include metric units as well, even if just in a graphic. I can't picture 11 feet

  • @cupriferouscatalyst3708
    @cupriferouscatalyst3708 Před 7 měsíci

    I love the clip at 0:30, because I like to imagine that it's actually real footage of the first creature casually skipping onto land 440 million years ago (and then immediately becoming a frog).

  • @yanni-barimwald834
    @yanni-barimwald834 Před rokem

    Thank you for your videos

  • @JTRumpet491
    @JTRumpet491 Před rokem

    Great video. I lol'd at "shrimp-like guy" though.

  • @JeffreyShao
    @JeffreyShao Před rokem +1

    This video is very well made ngl

  • @MOHAMMED-gi2uh
    @MOHAMMED-gi2uh Před rokem

    your channel is under rated I didn't even feel bored even for a sec

  • @Shootskas
    @Shootskas Před 10 měsíci

    This channel is outstanding!

  • @MxIzmir
    @MxIzmir Před rokem

    That was fascinating

  • @Overthought1
    @Overthought1 Před rokem

    Wow, I nominate this as the best Real Science vid ever made! Well done!

  • @TRUE_GAP
    @TRUE_GAP Před rokem +1

    would you be willing to make a video on the chrysopelea ornata/flying snake its one of my favorite animals and it would be cool to learn more about it

  • @poltec8386
    @poltec8386 Před rokem

    These videos are great

  • @jamiepender6667
    @jamiepender6667 Před rokem +1

    I love this channel

  • @TomTurbo-wh6op
    @TomTurbo-wh6op Před měsícem

    Being a geologist and hobby palaeontologist for >30 years now,, my interest always was the evolution of the feather and then flight.
    I have never been able to see any sense in the running-flapping-takeoff-theory. Evolution usually doesn't go the hard way.
    So, it was always the tree down theory, that made far more sense to me.
    Feathers surely did not start as aerodynamic flight feathers, but first there were filament feathers, that then split up and became downs", that made a very good thermal insulation, esp. for younger and smaller animals.
    Problem obviou"sly was, that dinosaurs did not only live in desert like environments, but also in much higher humidities.
    And, although downs also give some thermal insulation when wet, dry down works way better.
    So, over time, the reptiles developed cover feathers, even learned to make them more waterproof by covering them with fat.
    And, as best method to cover a body and still have some reserves for movement, the shindle-like layer worked best.
    This meant, that the cover feathers had to become asymmetric and which then lead to the development of flight feathers.
    That is, how I still see it...

  • @Awakeandalive1
    @Awakeandalive1 Před rokem +2

    I'm curious as to why your evolutionary chart showed crustaceans & ticks as forming their own off-shoot while other arachnids were lumped in with insects...

  • @nicholauspalmer7177
    @nicholauspalmer7177 Před rokem

    This is awesome... can you do an episode on the fossil record/evolution of the platapus?? It's like a beaver and a duck and scorpion all in one!! It's weird!!!!

  • @tylerdixon5629
    @tylerdixon5629 Před rokem +1

    It's crazy how we see things like a bird, insect, or bat flying a don't think anything of it it. What a lot of us do not realize how much trial and error they had to through to perfect flight. The story of flight is so interesting to me.

    • @BlessingsMate
      @BlessingsMate Před rokem

      EVOLUTION designed this?? A basic summary of what that means...
      In the beginning was nothing but then it somehow became as big as the universe. Then there was dirt and water but then somehow it became alive. Then there was an organism but somehow it had the structure and information to reproduce. Then one decided to be a male and somehow another organism became female and somehow at the same time, with fully functioning structure and information, they reproduced. Then they grew branches, then arms, then fins, then legs, then wings, and breathed water and then air and now we see them all perfectly mutated to flourish in their ecosystems!
      Seriously, Have you considered how a butterfly came to be? What came first, the egg? caterpillar? chrysalis? butterfly? What mutation could cause a crawling creature to suddenly hang upside down, dissolve its organs and appendages and 2 weeks later emerge as a flying creature? And then find another butterfly to reproduce? Truly a fairy tale!
      How did the grub get these incredible organs? Mutations don't give new information, they corrupt existing information.
      It is glaringly obvious we are part of creation. The world around us is so incredibly complex that design is the obvious, logical and scientific conclusion. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be God. He also confirmed that he created the world and was coming back a second time to reward and judge the world. He proved this by rising from the dead and fulfilling many prophecies. He also foretold what would happen before he would come again. These things have been coming to pass more and more. He loves his creation and has a purpose for everyone of us! But the evil we see in the world is not from God. We have a cruel enemy and you can see the devil's handiwork more and more. Please look into this urgently and with honesty. God is not a policeman in the sky, nor is he a genie that grants wishes, he is a loving Father who is caring and merciful and rewards those who seek him. Do not decide who God is by looking at religious people, you must decide who God is by reading what he says about himself in the bible. Then you would have judged fairly. Start with John or Luke. These are eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. There are many resources to answer your many questions. Especially on creation and evolution see creationdotcom.
      Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near (Isaiah 55)
      For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
      To realise that your life is precious, you are loved, and you have a purpose, is real freedom and responsibility. There is an epic heavenly battle for your soul! You're never alone, reach out from wherever you are, Jesus is there, trust Him.

  • @andregustavocarneiro
    @andregustavocarneiro Před rokem

    Thanks!! Is amazing

  • @jessemcfadden9706
    @jessemcfadden9706 Před rokem +1

    Apparently in a paper published only 18 months again, it states that mice use echolocation. So that's very interesting in terms of the bat flight vs echolocation debate.