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The Forgotten Prehistoric War That Killed 19 Out Of 20 Men Feb 15, 2025

7,000 years ago something happened that was so severe that it permanently left a scar within our DNA...

The T. Rex's Savage Older Brother Feb 08, 2025

We all love and know the T. rex, but have you ever asked yourself, where did it come from, and what ruled before it? Well.. here's the answer.

The Most Brutal Deaths Ever Preserved In Fossils Feb 01, 2025

To scrape by back in the old days you had to be extremely tough, but as these 9 Fossils show, sometimes being among the toughest animals to ever exist, still gets you nothing but a painful ending.

When Thalassophobia Kept You Alive Jan 25, 2025

When you go swimming in the ocean or seas, the last thing you want to swim into is a shark... but what happens when everything is a shark?

The Giant Humans That Hunted & Cannibalized Neanderthals Jan 19, 2025

Ice age Europe wasn't exactly the most welcoming of places...

The Only Predators To Dominate The Dinosaurs Jan 11, 2025

When you think of the biggest and baddest group of animals to ever live, you likely imagine the dinosaurs. And why wouldn’t you? They were the largest land carnivores and herbivores to ever live. So, it may then surprise you that dinosaurs were actually at one point in their existence ruled by a much less famous group of animals…

The Absolute Worst Dinosaur You Could Get Caught By Jan 04, 2025

We usually think that dinosaurs, namely theropods, are scary based off of how big they were. And while this can be true to an extent, size can sometimes be deceitful, as there was a secretive family of theropods that once existed, which proved that sometimes its not really the big ones you need to fear.

The Hidden Timer That Kills Every Species Dec 29, 2024

The hardest game ever is the one we are forced to play & that's life, and within it their seems to be a number that only 1% make it past, which begs the question...why?

26,000 Years Ago Europe Was Hell Dec 21, 2024

"Am I cooked?" - Cro-Magnon (c. 26,000 BCE)

The Moment Thalassophobia Was Born Dec 15, 2024

Water, especially deep water, a big no no for many. And this is for good reason, but once upon a time, the oceans and seas of Earth were actually pretty chill, so how did it go so wrong? When was Thalassophobia born?

Earth Once Had Hobbits & It Absolutely Sucked To Be Them Dec 08, 2024

Hobbits have cozy lives right? True, until you put them in the real world and on an island with giant reptiles, then you got yourself some brutally awful experiences.

The Time When Sharks Were The Least Of Your Worries Nov 30, 2024

Some 150,000,000 Years Ago, before the Bull Shark, the Great White, or the Megalodon, there was... the Pliosaurus

The Worst Time To Have Ever Been A Human Nov 23, 2024

We all go through ups and downs in life, but for this particular human species, it was only downs.

The North Pole Had Its Very Own ‘T. Rex’ Nov 17, 2024

Santa Claus had some competition during the Late Cretaceous...

If This Prehistoric Hyena Was In Lion King Scar Would've Won Nov 09, 2024

In Lion King, Scar used an army of Hyenas to try and uh..."remove"...Simba, but as we know, this didn't turn out so great for him, well I am here to tell you that things would have panned out quite different, if he had just hired this prehistoric Hyena instead.

The Closest Life Has Ever Come To Going Extinct Nov 03, 2024

Of the 31 extinctions (give or take) that life has faced, you may have only been taught in school about the kt event, aka the extinction that took out the dinosaurs. And you might've been led to believe that it was the worst day for life ever... you've been lied too.

The First Super Predator To Emerge After The Dinosaurs Oct 26, 2024

Before the killer whale, or the barracuda, or even the great white, there was the king of lizards, or rather a whale, that looked more like a mosasaur or snake than any whale you or me is familiar with.

The World's Most Terrifying Island... Oct 19, 2024

Hey you! Yeah you, wanna take a sweet vacation to an Island? I got the perfect place for you...

Neanderthals Were Absolute Freaks Of Nature Oct 13, 2024

Harder, better, faster, stronger....Daft Punk really just made a song about neanderthals.

The Scariest Animal During The Jurassic Wasn't A Carnivore... Oct 06, 2024

The Late Jurassic Morrison Formation was one of the most brutal places to ever exist. You had giant sauropods and cannibalistic theropods roaming about, and still somehow, things got even crazier when you looked at some of the 'smaller' dinosaurs, with one herbivore in particular actually being more grisly then some of the predators around...

When Krakens Were Real Sep 28, 2024

Arrrr, here be krakens matey! Well, not really, but kind of... especially when you look at prehistoric waters.

The Only Time In History That Water Was Safer Than Land Sep 21, 2024

You know how I've reiterated that you shouldn't get into the water, no matter how bad things get on land, well... there is ONE exception to this rule.

0:00Nature’s Unspoken Rule And The Period That Broke It 00:45Geography & Oceanography 02:15What Lived In The Oceans & Seas 03:56What Caused Life In The Water To Be So Unscary? 04:35The Opposite Story On Land & Earth’s Old Rulers 05:11Earth’s Original Sabre-Tooths (Gorgonopsids) 06:30The Largest Predator & Gorgon Around 08:45Permian Russia Was A Problem 09:18The Giant Gorgonopsids That Ruled Africa 10:47More More More Gorgons 11:27The Gorgonopsid’s Nemesis (Therocephalians) 12:18First Animals To Evolve Venom? 12:50Jaguar Sized Predator With A Lion Sized Head 13:35Largest Non-Gorgonopsid Land Carnivore 14:25Other Late Permian Carnivores 15:20Amphibians 16:30Herbivores & The Largest Animal On Earth 18:28Prehistoric Skies WITHOUT Pterosaurs 19:21Mother Nature Wanna Kill You Too (The Great Dying)

Extinct Animals The Ancient Romans & Greeks Saw Sep 14, 2024

The ancient Greeks & Romans did a lot during their times, spreading far and wide, which also led them to seeing a lot too. These sights included landscapes, other civilizations, and even exotic animals too, some of which are sadly no longer around today….

How Long Did The Dinosaurs Actually Survive After The Asteroid? Sep 08, 2024

People often ask about how bad the asteroid that struck the dinosaurs was, or what would happen if it hit earth today, but no one's really asked just how long the dinosaurs survived after d-day...

The Worst Creature To Run Into During The Ice Age Aug 31, 2024

The Ice Age was no doubt one of earth’s most questionable phases, being a very brutal time that led to brutal animals, and sometimes these animals were so ferocious that they made other monsters seem a bit dull, one such animal that did this was the Smilodon.

If Jaws Had Been A Whale Aug 24, 2024

Jaws, the most iconic shark film of all time, is likely the source of thalassophobia in millions of people worldwide. And it's not hard to see why, cause… well sharks just look really scary, far scarier than whales, but there was one whale, now far gone, that actually would’ve made for one terrifying jaws, the Livyatan.

This Was The Real Planet Of The Apes Aug 20, 2024

Quick, someone tell Caesar

This Prehistoric Ocean Was Thalassophobia On Steroids Aug 13, 2024

If you thought Jaws was scary, wait until you see what prehistoric sea monsters lurked in the depths of this ocean...

The Strange Dinosaurs No One Talks About... Aug 10, 2024

Dinosaurs in general are pretty weird, but just how weird did they get? Well it turns out, pretty dang weird...

The Whale-Sized Dinosaur That Used To Roam America Aug 07, 2024

Can it get any more American? Supersized, comeback story, the name - Alamosaurus has it all!

The Prehistoric Snakes That Would’ve Given Titanoboa Ophidiophobia Aug 03, 2024

Titanoboa ain't top dog anymore

The Brutal Endings Of Four Recently Extinct Animals Jul 29, 2024

Everyday it's estimated that over 100 species die, that's quite a lot, but let's face it most of these species we never hear of, so we don’t really think often about this stat. Yet, once in a while a species well-known to people disappears, causing us to stop for a minute and ponder…

The Spinosaurus Had A Twin Brother Jul 22, 2024

I wonder who was the favorite child...

Extinct Animals The Native Americans Saw Jul 15, 2024

10,000 years ago of all kinds of titans roamed America, and I mean ALL KINDS, we're talking giant beavers, mammoths, wolves and more... Thankfully for us we no longer have to worry about a not-so friendly Smilodon jumping us while out running, but the same could not be said for the Native Americans, who not only lived alongside them but also managed to thrive.

This Killed All But 1,000 Humans 900,000 Years Ago Jul 08, 2024

Our ancestors had it ROUGH. On the bright side, there was a good chance you would've been the world's best at something...

The Only Dinosaur Known to Have Injured A T. Rex Jul 02, 2024

"Not so tough now are you tyrant king" circa 66 Mya

The King Kong Insect Scene Wasn’t Far From Reality Jun 24, 2024

If you hate bugs, or any other type of creepy crawlies, you probably shouldn't listen to this

Africa Was Once Ruled By Bears Jun 10, 2024

Yup, your reading the title right, Africa wasn't always the land of giant cats, rather big fuzzy wuzzy bears.

Prehistoric Dolphins Were Absolutely Terrifying Jun 03, 2024

Flipper wasn't so nice and wholesome back in the day. For some reason it seems like every animal we all adore was at one point quite monstrous as demonstrated by the Ankylorhiza, a prehistoric nightmarish dolphin.

The Giant Frog That Probably Ate Dinosaurs May 27, 2024

Everything was messed up and more dangerous during the Mesozoic. You had theropods, titanic sauropods, fortified ankylosaurs, giant crocs, and frogs. Yes, that's right even the frogs were messed up as demonstrated by Beelzebufo the dinosaur eating giant, that may have been the largest frog to ever live.

The Worst Period To Time Travel To... May 21, 2024

150,000,000 years ago the Earth was a completely different place. Dinosaurs roamed the lands, pterosaurs ruled the skies, and all manners of nightmares lurked in the waters. But this barely does justice in describing the wonder that was Earth during this time period, which was also known as the golden age of dinosaurs, i.e the late Jurassic!

Extinct Animals The Ancient Egyptians Saw May 13, 2024

When people think of Ancient Egypt, we often think of mummies, pyramids and hieroglyphs, in other words, the human-y things. But did you know that despite only being 2,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians also lived alongside many different animals that are no longer around? We're talking giant lions, massive cows, 2-meter birds, and more...

The T. Rex’s Brutal Asian Older Brother May 06, 2024

During the Late Cretaceous, a giant Tyrannosaur lumbers about looking for its next victim. It has one of the most powerful bites ever seen and outsizes nearly every predator be it on land or in the water, sounds a lot like the T. rex right? Wrong! This is Tarbosaurus!

Prehistoric Australia Was Pure Nightmare Fuel Apr 29, 2024

You’ve probably heard that the country down under, Aka Australia, is the land of nope. Well, its kind of true, as Australia does have way more lethal animals that the average country does, but in true Australian fashion, it turns out that in the past it was 100x worse.

The Largest ‘Dog’ To Ever Walk The Earth Apr 22, 2024

Cats vs Dogs - a debate as old as time itself. Unfortunately for dog lovers, felines always seem to have the upper hand when it comes to size. But once upon a time there was a dog that could give even the big cats a run for their money. Meet the Epicyon, the lion sized, bone crushing canine of North America.

Why Birds Rule The Sky And Pterosaurs Went Extinct Apr 15, 2024

Birds and Pterosaurs...they both flew and they both had beaks, but only one made it out of the late cretaceous. What gives?

The Human Species That Built Houses 1,750,0000 Years Before Us Apr 08, 2024

It may come as a surprise, but the first human species to build proper houses was not us, Homo Sapiens, but instead another species of human that lived almost 2 million years ago. And the crazy thing is, that's only a small list of "firsts" that the they accomplished...

The Only Dinosaur That T. Rex Was Scared Of Mar 27, 2024

The Tyrannosaurus Rex is known as the king of the dinosaurs and ruler of Cretaceous North America. However, there was another king that lived along the Rex, and it was no carnivore, this was the Ankylosaurus

The Dinosaur That Movies Always Get Wrong Mar 20, 2024

Velociraptors = Human-sized scaly reptiles that lived with T. rex right? WRONG! They were tiny! And lived in…wait for it…MONGOLIA! Who would’ve thought?

The Bear That Was As Large As The Allosaurus Mar 05, 2024

Through old studies and numerous paleo media depictions, the Andrewsarchus has gained a reputation of being the undisputed largest mammalian land predator and carnivore ever. However, this is almost 100% not the case, as another lesser known mammal has a much more solid claim to the throne, Arctotherium sometimes known as the giant short faced bear

The Forefathers Of Humanity Feb 27, 2024

This is the story of the last non-human ancestors of humanity

The Only Dinosaur More Terrifying In Real Life Than In Movies Feb 20, 2024

To many people, the Dilophosaurus is a small, venom spitting dinosaur that played a minor role in Jurassic Park. However, in reality the Dilophosaurus was actually much more impressive, as it wasn't just one of the first dinosaurs to become an apex predator, but it was also the largest dinosaur and animal on land in North America during the Early Jurassic.

The Largest Predator To Walk During The Cretaceous Wasn't A Dinosaur? Feb 20, 2024

If you to travelled back to North America, anywhere from 83 to 77 million years ago, you would find the lands covered with dinosaurs, many of which were giant. However, they wouldn't be the largest things you could 'run' into, as during those times that largest creature in North America was not a dinosaur, it was a.....

What the Earth was like 250,000,000 years ago Jan 13, 2024

There was a point in time, when the world was pretty much like Mad Max, but instead of humans and crazy looking cars, there was crazy looking bobble-headed predators, pig like reptiles everywhere you looked and mega hurricanes, this was Earth 250,000,000 years ago.

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