The Croc That Ran on Hooves

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    In the Eocene Epoch, there was a reptile that had teeth equipped for biting through flesh, its hind legs were a lot longer than its front legs and instead of claws, its toes were each capped with hooves. How did this living nightmare come to evolve?
    Thank you to these paleoartists for allowing us to use their wonderful illustrations:
    Ceri Thomas: / alphynix
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    Nobu Tamura: spinops.blogspot.com/
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    Stanton Fink: www.deviantart.com/avancna
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  • @droopsmoop
    @droopsmoop Před 5 lety +5511

    Therapist: Don't worry, cursorial hoofed crocodilian doesn't exist, he won't hurt you
    Cursorial hoofed crocodilian: *clop clop clop clop*

  • @_Stalc_
    @_Stalc_ Před 5 lety +6733

    Everyone saying how scary it is, not saying what kind of saddle it would need.

    • @abhishekparmar6702
      @abhishekparmar6702 Před 4 lety +368

      Presumably it'll be made me left over human skin from it's last meal.

    • @kayseek1248
      @kayseek1248 Před 4 lety +373

      They should put this in Ark.

    • @James3-5
      @James3-5 Před 4 lety +153

      @@kayseek1248 we've already got two crocs what they need in ark is more tlcs we don't really need more dinos just more dinos that are useful

    • @what2a8guy
      @what2a8guy Před 4 lety +53

      Sebastian Brooks-Baker they’ve already got the kaprisuchus or how ever you spell it, i think it’s basically the same thing

    • @xxlrick
      @xxlrick Před 4 lety +42

      Any ramshackle or journeyman should do

  • @Schinkenspeckomat
    @Schinkenspeckomat Před 4 lety +1822

    Narrator: "It had long legs and could run on land."
    Me: Yeah thats kinda creepy i guess
    Narrator: It only ran on two legs.
    Me: NO

  • @kenshirolucario2836
    @kenshirolucario2836 Před 4 lety +802

    Even if it wasn't bipedal, this is the closest thing to yoshi we have in anicent history

  • @desquivel2439
    @desquivel2439 Před 5 lety +11196

    Everybody gangsta til the croc starts galloping

  • @purpleemerald5299
    @purpleemerald5299 Před 5 lety +6884

    **sees crocodile lying in river**
    “Don’t worry! We’re too far away for it to catch up with-“
    **crocodile stands up and sprints on hooves**
    _”OH, WHAT THE FU-“_

  • @jabby6709
    @jabby6709 Před 3 lety +191

    1:38 I never realized how chubby the Nile crocodile looks compared to the others. absolute unit

  • @mcthrull7417
    @mcthrull7417 Před 4 lety +246

    *Trot trot trot*
    Hunter: Aha! Horses! A high price!
    *Crocodile appears*
    Hunter: Aha! Im dead!

  • @lukatrdina5108
    @lukatrdina5108 Před 5 lety +4197

    When you notice all the t-rexes are gone so you pretend to be one

    • @reenatai75
      @reenatai75 Před 5 lety +61

      🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 5 lety +174

      Boverisuchus And I probably could have pulled it off if it wasn't for that pesky cold.
      If these guys had regained endothermy I wonder if we might once again have returned to a world dominated by archosaurs?

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 Před 5 lety +50

      Dragrath1
      We already have a world where there are twice as many theropod species as mammal species....

    • @viridisxiv766
      @viridisxiv766 Před 5 lety +71

      rawr! im a t-rex!
      dave, what are you doing?
      im a t-rex!
      ffs dave...

    • @tonyorob
      @tonyorob Před 5 lety +3

      Lol

  • @joytothemarshmellows5330
    @joytothemarshmellows5330 Před 4 lety +6252

    You got bear-dogs, pig-wolves, and croc-horses. Palaeontology makes my childhood animal combos realistic.

    • @LuckyBird551
      @LuckyBird551 Před 4 lety +435

      Avatar The Last Airbender fauna makes much more sense now

    • @arceuslordofcreation8824
      @arceuslordofcreation8824 Před 4 lety +265

      Next we’ll dig up Man Bear Pig

    • @willbedford8381
      @willbedford8381 Před 4 lety +38

      @@LuckyBird551 I was just going to comment that and you beat me to it

    • @teawrecks1243
      @teawrecks1243 Před 4 lety +176

      beaver-ducks, anteater-porcupines, tiger-wolves and dinosaur-turkeys
      just another day in australia

    • @ChubbyTeletubby
      @ChubbyTeletubby Před 4 lety +72

      We also got hobbits and dire wolves. Next they're gonna be diggin up orcs and elves.

  • @aerinpage
    @aerinpage Před 4 lety +435

    me: scrolling through recommend
    this video: "when crocs ran on hooves"
    me: scrolls past, does a double take
    me: "did I read that right?"

    • @heretyk_1337
      @heretyk_1337 Před 4 lety +7

      Me scrollig through the recommended:
      Battle of Kircholm.- Huh interesting, but i alreday know that...
      The Croc, that ran on Hooves.- Very Interesting, lets give it a watch in a minute, what else...
      Doom 2 H Ultra virile Map.- What the fu...?

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer Před 3 lety +1

      Ok

    • @alphascorpii3757
      @alphascorpii3757 Před 3 lety +1

      My rec:
      Crabs trade shells in the strangest ways
      Two lynx in Ontario having intense conversation
      Gabbie Hanna dancing to doja cat’s verse in make that cake
      Straight people need to stop
      Why blue whales don’t get cancer
      Is water bear OP
      Lololol

    • @Twinklethefox9022
      @Twinklethefox9022 Před 3 lety +1

      Up next:
      When whales had legs

  • @lilper3134
    @lilper3134 Před 4 lety +306

    Me: is that a trunk? In the water?
    Trunk: “starts swimming”
    Me: oh thats a croc ill better back of a little bit
    Croc “starts running”
    Me:FU-

    • @FelisTerras
      @FelisTerras Před 3 lety +27

      Several members of the croc genus actually are still very good spinters; you might want to go for the high branches. Actually, alligators are known to jump out of the water and, even if on land, attempt to leap up to reach prey dangling from the lower branches of trees.
      You're welcome^^

  • @xin2943
    @xin2943 Před 5 lety +3651

    Scientists: "The Earth holds so much beautiful and amazing secrets of a species past, I wonder what we'll find next."
    Earth: *croc horsey*

  • @lotusfomalhaut9950
    @lotusfomalhaut9950 Před 5 lety +4080

    The title: the croc that ran on hooves
    My brain: *the croc that ran on crocs*

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc

    Thanks for covering these guys. The "crocs on hooves" have been one of my favorite terrifying extinct animals since I first discovered them on Wikipedia. I'm still having trouble understanding what's a hoof and what's not, though. In most of the artist renderings, it just looks like normal reptile toes, with big claws. Same thing as with the Mesonychid "wolves on hooves".

    • @spankynater4242
      @spankynater4242 Před 2 lety +15

      Hooves are just toenails.

    • @Harrier42861
      @Harrier42861 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Rule of thumb - if it's blunt and for walking on, it's a hoof. If it's sharp and for grabbing things, it's a claw.

  • @geogutierrez6671
    @geogutierrez6671 Před 4 lety +113

    The two scariest things that ever lived.
    A horse that can do calve raises, and a Crocodile that *gallops.*

    • @OneStarRating
      @OneStarRating Před 3 lety +14

      Don't forget the Haast Eagle that could pick up children, kill adults, and became extinct around 1400 which is just 600 years ago.

    • @joosoo
      @joosoo Před 3 lety +4

      Some crocodiles nowadays can gallop up to 11 mph

  • @starwarfan8342
    @starwarfan8342 Před 5 lety +2276

    The real question is...
    Can I ride it into battle???

  • @variantangled
    @variantangled Před 5 lety +2300

    don't worry guys, this glitch was patched in the latest update

    • @whosthis5471
      @whosthis5471 Před 4 lety +138

      The current crocodile builds are to op hopefully they get nerfed by the next update patch.

    • @mistachicken5507
      @mistachicken5507 Před 4 lety +42

      Humans need to get nerfed,

    • @Gorandius
      @Gorandius Před 4 lety +30

      @@mistachicken5507 *nuked

    • @joshua_prime3743
      @joshua_prime3743 Před 4 lety +30

      Humans needs a balance update
      Nerf our their brains and buff their physical bodies

    • @ObsidianSnake12
      @ObsidianSnake12 Před 4 lety +29

      Is that a tier zoo reference

  • @legacyoflore1597
    @legacyoflore1597 Před 4 lety +85

    Finally, an Eons presenter that pronounces niches the way I want them to 😂

    • @User18277
      @User18277 Před 3 lety +2

      How else would someone pronounxe it

    • @legacyoflore1597
      @legacyoflore1597 Před 3 lety +9

      @@User18277 the two pronunciations I've heard are "neesh" and "nitch"

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b Před 3 lety +3

      Niiiiiiiiiiicshe

    • @User18277
      @User18277 Před 3 lety

      😂

  • @Zeuseus6609
    @Zeuseus6609 Před 4 lety +127

    ...note to self, recommend this for a fossil Pokemon in a future game. Still waiting for a region based off Australia.

  • @LetsTakeWalk
    @LetsTakeWalk Před 5 lety +2456

    *Trotting sounds*
    Oh no, a horse!
    *Boverisuchus appears*
    Wut?

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +83

      Feed it carrots and sugar cubes

    • @ironsnowflake1076
      @ironsnowflake1076 Před 5 lety +83

      You reminded me of that old medical school joke a doctor told me once...when you hear hooves, you think horses not zebras (about symptoms usually indicating well-known diseases) who the heck thinks *crocodile* ?!

    • @godzilla_fan_13
      @godzilla_fan_13 Před 5 lety +12

      Cronch

    • @danz9507
      @danz9507 Před 5 lety +21

      *NANI*

    • @ShaulDawg
      @ShaulDawg Před 5 lety

      😂😂😂

  • @petegriswold
    @petegriswold Před 5 lety +1214

    Running Crocodiles too OP, nerfed in the update

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 Před 5 lety +21

      petegriswold
      They were brought back later and lasted for some time until humans killed off the last ones on New Caledonia.

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 Před 5 lety +40

      The meta change

    • @hoidthings5728
      @hoidthings5728 Před 5 lety +9

      @@bkjeong4302 yup, but these last ones were quite cute and small

    • @rexoni2512
      @rexoni2512 Před 5 lety +34

      Humans needed some nerf soon too. They pretty much too OP now, making all others extinct xD

    • @viridisxiv766
      @viridisxiv766 Před 5 lety +36

      @@rexoni2512 the human community is pretty toxic, the server population is heading for a crash. so while they may not be nerfed, there will probably be far fewer of them around to break the matchmaker.

  • @lanun696
    @lanun696 Před 4 lety +449

    Other people: Giant crocodiles will eat us
    Me:I want to ride one

  • @jimmyhernadez6185
    @jimmyhernadez6185 Před 4 lety +62

    Steve Irwin: “I’m gonna touch it”

  • @Fullychargedevil
    @Fullychargedevil Před 5 lety +901

    Some topics doesn't need clickbait titles
    This is one of them

    • @terra_727
      @terra_727 Před 5 lety +35

      Ikr, the concept of the animal alone already brings in viewers.

    • @_Katzenberg
      @_Katzenberg Před 5 lety +8

      clickbait titles or stupid red circles pointing something not in the video.

    • @wintershock
      @wintershock Před 5 lety +5

      Fullychargedevil don’t*

    • @ratsiiaratr24
      @ratsiiaratr24 Před 3 lety

      How is this clickbait?

  • @miquelescribanoivars5049
    @miquelescribanoivars5049 Před 5 lety +1156

    Yet another reason why we need a full Walking With reboot...

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +27

      Nope cause remember the 2015 Walking With Dinosaurs movie?

    • @zalenahquaddy4354
      @zalenahquaddy4354 Před 5 lety +61

      Ikr and they should use the same mechanisms they used in walking with Dinosaurs, Monsters, and Beasts. For a outdated dinosaur film it really had good graphics compared to Cgi.

    • @miquelescribanoivars5049
      @miquelescribanoivars5049 Před 5 lety +29

      @@ksoundkaiju9256 "Full WW reboot" implies a full on "remake" of The Trilogy Of Life.

    • @bryanrodriguez6875
      @bryanrodriguez6875 Před 5 lety +31

      A more accurate one would be amazing

    • @CloudsGirl7
      @CloudsGirl7 Před 5 lety +49

      So long as they don't toss out the facts from the experienced scientists they sought out in favor of false, sensationalistic, clickbait-y garbage, sure. **looks to the exaggerated Liopleurodon**

  • @colinsmith1288
    @colinsmith1288 Před 2 lety +3

    I FIND EVOLUTION BOTH FRIGHTENING AND AMAZING ALL AT THE SAME TIME. TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.

  • @Lishadra
    @Lishadra Před 4 lety +99

    You say nightmare fuel, I say “battle mount”

    • @mikelavelazquez3393
      @mikelavelazquez3393 Před 4 lety +7

      Croc with hooves: exists
      Humans: what are we going to do now? 😦
      Me: Now... We ride... 😎
      czcams.com/video/Vbn_lEQDXuA/video.html

    • @adamfair1976
      @adamfair1976 Před 3 lety

      you say battle but i say turtle

  • @Kbd972
    @Kbd972 Před 5 lety +742

    I'm not usually scared of crocodilians, but the mental picture of one with hooves running down prey on land is terrifying.

    • @MrAranton
      @MrAranton Před 5 lety +55

      Keep in mind: You share the planet with the descendents of the creatures that out-competed hooved crocodiles.

    • @DreamStepper
      @DreamStepper Před 5 lety +25

      @@MrAranton Well you can easily outrun a modern croc on land, I have to say one that can chase you down is much more terrifying.

    • @MrAranton
      @MrAranton Před 5 lety +19

      @@DreamStepper Modern crocs were not what outcompeted the hooved ones. The ancestors of wolves, bears and big cats did. And I don't think many humans can outrun those. And assuming hooved crocs are as poikilotherm as their living cousins, they're not something to worry about in the climate I live in; they would't surive a winter and would take a metric shitton of climate-change to change that. Wolves, bears and big cats are warmblooded and perfectly capable to surive a winter where I live.

    • @DreamStepper
      @DreamStepper Před 5 lety +37

      @@MrAranton I don't think that makes the idea of being chased down by a semi-bipedal croc less terrifying which is more the point I was making, but okay.

    • @Smug924
      @Smug924 Před 5 lety +8

      DreamStepper I mean if u swimming with a croc in a lake you’d be scared asf but they ain’t that scary on land

  • @boomstar1564
    @boomstar1564 Před 4 lety +2352

    Steve Irwin: Crickey! look at this beauty!
    *giant croc gets up and starts running full sprint towards him*
    Steve: "..... oh no."

  • @DG123z
    @DG123z Před 4 lety +15

    "Which is.. NOT HOW I WANT TO GO." lol

  • @joseph7972
    @joseph7972 Před 4 lety +86

    6:03 Ancient Crocodilian Naruto running. 15 million years ago -colorized

    • @CommanderCrocky
      @CommanderCrocky Před 4 lety +7

      We have been training for the raid for years.But no one trusted us and left us behind :( .We are waiting to support your country in the war.See us as allies Not as enemies.

  • @slappy8941
    @slappy8941 Před 5 lety +407

    Crocohorse, also known as _equussuchus nopi._

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion Před 5 lety +35

      It would make an interesting fantasy mount, but given the shape it might be hard to use it as anything but a draft-horse equivalent. I could see that kind of thing in a Dinotopia-like setting.

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 Před 5 lety +12

      Honestly the best use of this thing is as a hunting partner (you can train crocodiles, though they still can’t be trusted with your personal safety afterwards)

    • @okatori795
      @okatori795 Před 5 lety +3

      Why did this get so little likes?
      Oh wait they don't know what an Equus is

    • @erinrow399
      @erinrow399 Před 5 lety +1

      Oh gosh this is epic lol

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 Před 5 lety

      @@okatori795 That makes the likes I did get worth so much more.

  • @abtl1154
    @abtl1154 Před 5 lety +663

    **Clop clop clop**
    Friend: When you hear hooves, think horses, not ze-
    Me: *_C R O C ._*

    • @solaireofastora4888
      @solaireofastora4888 Před 4 lety +34

      Imagine You turn around and just see this unit of a gator sprinting at you

  • @zyechartorisky9879
    @zyechartorisky9879 Před 4 lety +7

    Fun fact a few years ago a type of crocodile was discovered in the Nile it was pretty much a cross between the skeletal structure of a dog and that of death it’s self, so it was somewhere between a meter and a meter and a half it could swim fairly well and was more than capable of getting out of the water and sprinting full pelt at it’s target

  • @dustinharvey5393
    @dustinharvey5393 Před 4 lety +16

    Title: The Croc That Ran on Hooves
    Me: THE WHAT?!

  • @WAMTAT
    @WAMTAT Před 5 lety +531

    The real question is ... Could you ride it?

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +131

      It's Steve Irwin's signature Mount

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 5 lety +35

      @@macmcskullface1004 Steve also has a Kaprosuchus farm where he feeds them fresh pigs

    • @frodobaggins6684
      @frodobaggins6684 Před 5 lety +25

      You can ride a similar species in Ark: survival called Kaprosuchus!

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 Před 5 lety +6

      You can train crocodilians, but riding one is still not going to be safe at all.

    • @KaminariHouse
      @KaminariHouse Před 5 lety +6

      Into battle? Certainly!... Ok maybe not.

  • @ionavram4002
    @ionavram4002 Před 5 lety +673

    Imagine if those were around when humans were a thing,the Romans would make gladiators fight em, knights would bring their heads as trophies,cults would revolve around them as the descendants of dragons

    • @cryptozoology505
      @cryptozoology505 Před 4 lety +13

      There is millions of records of such things and not imagination. The only imagination is these silly theories of billions of years old and dinosaurs died out millions of years ago To that they are birds now. All this is theory not fact. In ancient rome much evidence exists and mention of huge dragon like beasts fighting in events. If you look at my dragon piece you will see tons of history showing that. All these theories again are theories. The reality is that humans killed off most of what we call dinosaurs today and the flood. History mentions this in our historic records thousands of thousands of times. While all of these are just theories with no backing.

    • @frankteng5476
      @frankteng5476 Před 4 lety +87

      crypto zoology There is backing you just don’t want to read any of it and refuse to accept it with any kind of backwards logic you can think of.

    • @cryptozoology505
      @cryptozoology505 Před 4 lety +5

      @@frankteng5476 No backwards logic full fact a flood happened and it is the cause of what you call dinosaurs. However many survived and still do from ancient rock rats to the celocanth many species of this so called millions of years still exist. You create a imaginary time line per year of layer and anyone can make machine to match this equations. Also the fact of hundreds of fossils found with human and dinosaur foot prints in same layer let alone the thousands of cave drawings let alone tons of temples with everything from diplodicous to tyrannosaurs depicted on their walls exactly as we claim they look like today. Imagination is what you follow not reality. Just in one museum there is over ten thousand examples of pottery and stones all from 200 to over 3000 years of age showing many species and how they even interacted with them,
      Keep believing in darwins imagination. It all happened because darwin had smoked some majot ti stick and it got stuck to his beard and caused him illusion and then when he made his big speech all the others smelling the smoke off of his infested beard then caused their brains to fry and then the theory became fact.
      And if you keep making new papers of theory you get lost over time and think is all real but reality is all theory and sort of silly. If you want to think you come from a chimp then that is your right. I tend to think we come from a higher power then that.

    • @cryptozoology505
      @cryptozoology505 Před 4 lety +1

      @Jacob Masten My oh my watch video on my channel dinosaurs you can clearly see a tyrannosaurus attacking a horse to many examples.
      There is tens of thousands .You can find them all over the world. That is a ridicules answer and whom ever told you that is leaves on it also thinks peter pan is real Lol These scientist cannot except the facts and try all kinds of silly things to debunk but they are laughable often and rarely accurate. Science has been wrong tens of thousands of times making statements from no new animal be found of any size that was 1800s with thousands since found . To fossils dating only thousands of years many of them of so called extinct dinosaurs including dna and bone tissue If people really think bone tissue can survive millions of years then again peter pan must be real as well. All kinds of evidence shows hundred percent some forms of dinosaurs lived with man.
      Whether they really were around millions of years ago is irrelevant they for sure some species lived to at least early times with humans.

    • @bosknight7837
      @bosknight7837 Před 3 lety +76

      crypto zoology I have no idea what you smoked,but I definitely want some

  • @Olivia-vp1xj
    @Olivia-vp1xj Před 4 lety +4

    When you showed the picture of the Smooth-Fronted Caimán I about died from the cuteness

  • @silentsoulsoldaccountlol7973

    6:04 Damn, he be naruto running

  • @bigpapao8889
    @bigpapao8889 Před 5 lety +227

    Mrs. Frizz takes the kids to the eocene and whoops, ralph just got mauled by a naruto-running crocodile with f r e s h hooves

  • @godvin9160
    @godvin9160 Před 5 lety +821

    Bear Grills - See those hoofs marks it must be of a deer.
    Boverisuchus appears
    Bear Grills - Wut

    • @user-td3ke9st9m
      @user-td3ke9st9m Před 4 lety +33

      And that's why bears rarely attack deers

    • @thrace_bot1012
      @thrace_bot1012 Před 4 lety +9

      @@user-td3ke9st9m The conundrum here I am faced with being - that I can't discern whether you are joking or simply lacking awareness about who Bear Grylls is.

    • @user-td3ke9st9m
      @user-td3ke9st9m Před 4 lety +5

      Well back then when I made this comment I didnt know who he was but rn I know

  • @spookyplaguedoctor5714
    @spookyplaguedoctor5714 Před 4 lety +13

    The croc that *WHAT*

  • @captainfatfoot2176
    @captainfatfoot2176 Před 2 lety +3

    It’s fun to see that the birds and crocks both made a play at being the top predator after the Cretaceous extinction.

  • @FreakyFeline88
    @FreakyFeline88 Před 4 lety +104

    Every time I binge watch PBS Eons episodes, makes me want to own a time machine

    • @adity.atiwari
      @adity.atiwari Před 3 lety +6

      nah bro seeing this i desperately don't want one

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 Před 5 lety +387

    Last time I was this early cats, bears and dogs hadn't evolved yet.

    • @roccomarcy
      @roccomarcy Před 5 lety +7

      Why did this comment make me laugh.

    • @invisiblejaguar1
      @invisiblejaguar1 Před 5 lety +10

      @@roccomarcy memes, gotta love them 😁

    • @MrTimurLP
      @MrTimurLP Před 5 lety

      damn you hilarious

    • @rimmipeepsicles1870
      @rimmipeepsicles1870 Před 5 lety

      Actually yes, at least not until the point that they can challenge crocodilians for the top of the food chain.

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 Před 5 lety +1

      Rimmi Peepsicles
      But there were other predatory mammals that actually coexisted with Boverisuchus in North America, like oxyaenids and mesonychids. This thing didn’t get ousted by mammals, it rose to the top alongside mammals.

  • @frederickhargro5153
    @frederickhargro5153 Před 3 lety +5

    Could you imagine a crocodile that lived on land and ran at the same speed as a dog being alive today.

  • @fr0z3n33
    @fr0z3n33 Před 3 lety +7

    There is one animal that's still alive that is as scary as a croc running on land and that is a hippo

  • @Halbairn
    @Halbairn Před 5 lety +662

    _I'm gonna take my crocs to the old town road..._

  • @Darkzro317
    @Darkzro317 Před 5 lety +161

    Nightmare fuel. Sterling Archer would not be pleased with this discovery.

  • @lydiahall7346
    @lydiahall7346 Před 4 lety +1

    I work at the museum that has the Deinosuchus at 1:41. I was WAY too excited when I recognized it!

  • @BlackRabbit007
    @BlackRabbit007 Před 4 lety +4

    Imagine if this still around today, while you are on safari sudenly a galoping croc run beside your car and the guide just "yeah its happen here alot"

  • @Buildosaurus
    @Buildosaurus Před 5 lety +196

    Well technically there are still crocodiles that can hunt down prey on land, as the wise Danny Bhoy once said:
    "'Over the first 100 metres, crocodiles are faster than horses. I don't know how many horses it took to prove that.''
    (also please please please make the shirt in more colours!)

  • @Amadeus8484
    @Amadeus8484 Před 5 lety +105

    Captain Hook: "I thought Ticking was scary!"

  • @volksmann
    @volksmann Před 3 lety +6

    If there was a bipedal walking croc, surely human would've wrestled it like how we wrestled bears.

    • @WhiteChocolate74
      @WhiteChocolate74 Před 3 lety

      Have any humans actually wrestled bears?

    • @volksmann
      @volksmann Před 3 lety

      @@WhiteChocolate74 Yes they have, you should search it up. If you can't then use this keyword: "Wojtek the bear"

  • @Wynters01
    @Wynters01 Před 4 lety +1

    There is something satisfying about imagining that thing running at you, while flailing its arms like a basilisk lizard. I would be so confused while running for my life.

  • @stegosaurus6654
    @stegosaurus6654 Před 5 lety +293

    Wow the new Pokémon looks great!

  • @Nmethyltransferase
    @Nmethyltransferase Před 5 lety +37

    Paleontologist: "Why are you..?"
    Boverisuchus: "Deal with it!"

  • @601salsa
    @601salsa Před 4 lety +2

    Nice, bite size documentaries, packed with info. Really enjoy these vids

  • @ajla_k3640
    @ajla_k3640 Před 3 lety +6

    Why doesn’t school teach about this kind of stuff, it’s interesting and we can learn a lot lol

  • @Ninjaananas
    @Ninjaananas Před 5 lety +597

    3:33
    That vegetation looks really interesting. Could you do a video about the evolution of forests?

    • @novaoak7297
      @novaoak7297 Před 5 lety +69

      yes more videos on plants!!!

    • @callusklaus2413
      @callusklaus2413 Před 5 lety +13

      @@Ezekiel_Allium is joke. r/woosh

    • @zack7122
      @zack7122 Před 5 lety

      uses!!!!!yassssssss

    • @Tunir007
      @Tunir007 Před 5 lety +3

      @@Ezekiel_Allium are you 12?

    • @Tunir007
      @Tunir007 Před 5 lety +5

      @@Ezekiel_Allium stop with the damage control and just take the L

  • @martismartiis813
    @martismartiis813 Před 5 lety +73

    "dog sized horses" I WANT ONE

  • @colekammler2355
    @colekammler2355 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks Steve.

  • @alexstauffer3359
    @alexstauffer3359 Před 3 lety +4

    Eons: *shows picture of Smooth-Fronted Caiman*
    Me: kitty!
    My friend: You're an idiot.

  • @CalamityDiamond
    @CalamityDiamond Před 5 lety +181

    Imagine seeing a Crocodilian in the distance, "That's a long way away, I'm safe."
    But then it stands up on two legs and starts running at you.

    • @CommanderCrocky
      @CommanderCrocky Před 4 lety +12

      *SCP-682 spotted*

    • @user-zt8sm2uc5z
      @user-zt8sm2uc5z Před 3 měsíci

      Right?
      The thought of being chased down by a crocodile is terrifying and there's genuinely little if anything you could do about it unless you've got a vehicle to just "nope" out of there with.
      Also, how hasn't Sci-Fy made a movie series about these things yet?
      Maybe a land invasion of massive crocodiles?

  • @aminahmahmood1737
    @aminahmahmood1737 Před 5 lety +154

    "[...] Which is...not how I want to go. [...] Which is...not a better option."
    These two lines made me laugh! Educational, hilarious, and enjoyable to listen. Thank you to the Eons team.

  • @AstroPC96
    @AstroPC96 Před 4 lety +1

    Man, just discovered this channel recently! Have been binging since! Awesome content.

  • @samguapo4573
    @samguapo4573 Před 4 lety +1

    I absolutely love this channel. You guys are freaking awesome.

  • @RichterBelmont2235
    @RichterBelmont2235 Před 5 lety +164

    Crocodile on hooves?
    It's game over man. GAME OVER!

  • @davidmorris6226
    @davidmorris6226 Před 5 lety +87

    Crocodilomorphs... yes... always want more of those

  • @jokolelono4606
    @jokolelono4606 Před 4 lety

    this channel makes me happy

  • @alexandermartinez1318
    @alexandermartinez1318 Před 4 lety +1

    This. Was. AWESOME!!! Thank you!

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao Před 5 lety +225

    The crocs before extinction: Winter is coming

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 Před 5 lety +4

      And then winter arrived.

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 Před 4 lety +2

      @JASSON REYES Of course! Those filthy reptiles didn't have the regulatory sy of temperature ll mammals have...

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 Před 4 lety +3

      @JASSON REYES When Winter arrives there is no reptile, amphibian, fish, or bug that can survive. We, mammals and birds, are kind of graced with fur, feathers, and a circulatory system way different.

    • @cristiamjulianayalapena3190
      @cristiamjulianayalapena3190 Před 4 lety

      @TheGreaterGood80 I know of a cricket...Seriously, THAT cricket...

    • @aaadj2744
      @aaadj2744 Před 4 lety

      Yet, some species, specifically which had long leg are extinct 😭

  • @StarboyXL9
    @StarboyXL9 Před 5 lety +290

    Plot twist: the croc was actually tricked into trying on a pair of pre-historic high-heels and could never get his feet out.

  • @DrevorReal
    @DrevorReal Před 2 lety

    He can't get over how cute that croc is. I want one.

  • @MichaelSHartman
    @MichaelSHartman Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks for the interesting video. When I saw those rear legs under its body, I thought that baby can run, and how it could catch me. Belly scrubbing crocodiles, and ilk that stay in the water constantly make me wonder why they didn't evolve flippers like liopleurodon.

  • @waouighaeoua541
    @waouighaeoua541 Před 4 lety +152

    Why is it when I see the image of the croc running on its hind legs, my first thoughts were "Oh my god it's doing the naruto run"

  • @kanserthecrab899
    @kanserthecrab899 Před 5 lety +91

    *goes to the farm to hear galloping but can’t find any horses*
    Me: *AHHHHHH*

  • @sydposting
    @sydposting Před 2 lety

    Hey, I know Dr. Brochu! I took a paleontology class with him at the University of Iowa when I was a student there. My ears perked up immediately!

  • @Rubytuesday1569
    @Rubytuesday1569 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliantly presented.

  • @WickedWildlife
    @WickedWildlife Před 5 lety +253

    🐊🦖Thank you for covering this one! Crocodilians are one of the most fascinating groups of animals, but I might be biased considering I work with them every day 😂🐊

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife Před 5 lety +6

      Jacqueline Crone haha thank you
      Yes they are very cool animals

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 Před 5 lety +38

      “Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.” - Steve Irwin

    • @ericgrace9995
      @ericgrace9995 Před 5 lety +11

      I work in an office with colleagues like that too.....

    • @sr.alligator7569
      @sr.alligator7569 Před 5 lety +1

      Cuban crocs are my favorite

    • @ytanonymity3585
      @ytanonymity3585 Před 5 lety

      One of the species who survived in Dinosaur extinction

  • @gabriels.i.780
    @gabriels.i.780 Před 5 lety +149

    Please make a video on the evolution of multicellular life. How did it branch out from unicellular life forms?

    • @abyssinia4ever
      @abyssinia4ever Před 5 lety +11

      Check out ‎AronRa's channel, he has a whole series on evolution of life from unicellular to advanced life like humans.

  • @ZBxRaptor92
    @ZBxRaptor92 Před 4 lety

    Well that was bloody amazing.

  • @Mygfisawesone
    @Mygfisawesone Před 4 lety +1

    This helligator is absolutely terrifying

  • @Phlebas
    @Phlebas Před 5 lety +6

    A crocodilian that could run on its hind legs is a terrifying thought.
    5:57
    Okay, it's a slightly funny thought but still terrifying.

  • @conormcmullen6437
    @conormcmullen6437 Před 5 lety +12

    "Which is not how I want to go" Ah the real reason I come to this channel, the humor.

  • @saraqostahterra4548
    @saraqostahterra4548 Před 4 lety

    I just love this channel.

  • @koichihirose1792
    @koichihirose1792 Před 4 lety +7

    *Video:* Has 419 dislikes
    *Me:* "Oh yeah, it's all coming together."

  • @bocejo
    @bocejo Před 5 lety +15

    Thanks for using the metric system! I can finally imagine how big animals are without having to solve a freaking equation.

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 Před rokem

      Surely it can't be that difficult for you, smh

  • @DutchBane
    @DutchBane Před 5 lety +58

    Looking with a 1000 yard stare at my wall listening to this video i am suddenly hit with the vision of gandalf the white appearing at the top of the slope at the battle of helmsdeep on a prancing hooved crocodile

    • @Tanygopteryx251
      @Tanygopteryx251 Před 5 lety +6

      It’s a force vision...

    • @reyvilla8501
      @reyvilla8501 Před 5 lety +5

      NERDS!!!..... Now..where did i leave my GOT/Marvel/Eons fanfic?😁

  • @JohnSmith-op3qj
    @JohnSmith-op3qj Před 4 lety

    How are you going to convince me that this is scary when the thumbnail is the happiest crocodile I've seen in my life? Look at it! Look at its cute smile!

  • @jackburton8947
    @jackburton8947 Před 4 lety +18

    They really know their audience, a shirt with a breast pocket.

  • @darhaha3391
    @darhaha3391 Před 5 lety +41

    "Which is not how I wanna go!"

  • @westernstinkpig2143
    @westernstinkpig2143 Před 5 lety +1358

    Me: What can possibly be weirder than whales with legs?
    Eons: Hold my beer
    edit: wow most liked and replied comment ty

  • @TheRealGpixels
    @TheRealGpixels Před 3 lety +1

    If this ever replaces every crocodile, I'm moving to mars

  • @viktornenov8036
    @viktornenov8036 Před 3 lety

    Why i found this chanel just now? Interesting and educating, thank you guys! Keep up the good work!

  • @somuchsoul3041
    @somuchsoul3041 Před 5 lety +30

    weird animal combination *exists*
    PBS Eons: I'm about to give this man a whole career

  • @cadenrolland5250
    @cadenrolland5250 Před 5 lety +26

    I believe I made the suggestion for this video a year ago. Thank you for following my suggestion (or somebody else's) on this awesome subject!
    Even thoughit's been a while, it made me smile; to see your video on the crocodile.

  • @Thinkingface
    @Thinkingface Před 3 lety

    This video is still my favorite video from eons

  • @krissmonte6374
    @krissmonte6374 Před 2 lety

    Familiar with this creature like that you did a video 😃