The Moment Thalassophobia Was Born

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?

Awkward biology lessons here @LivingZoo

If you want more ExtinctZoo 🦖:

0:00 When Did Oceans Become Scary?
1:38 A True Water World
2:31 Geography & Climate
3:30 The Original Sea Monster
4:48 Dunkleosteus’ True Size
5:44 The Most Powerful Bite Of All Time?
7:12 The Dunk Had Siblings You Know
7:57 Dunk’s Bigger Brother
9:00 The Dunk Lookalikes
10:18 Giant Fish With Built-in Spears
12:46 The Shark Copycats
14:39 Monstrous Cow-sized Sea Scorpions
18:00 The Earth’s First River Monsters
19:57 Fish/Amphibian Hybrids
21:46 What Da Land Doin?
22:52 Mother Nature Nerfs Thalassophobia

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[grimtea]

"There's always a bigger fish"

-Qui-Gon Jinn

[dragodracon]

One of my favorite predatory prehistoric fish is Xiphactinus. Mostly because we actually have a famous fossil of one choking and dying due to trying to eat a 6foot relative called Gillicus. Poor buddy’s eyes were larger than its stomach in that moment.

[KatonRyu]

It will never cease to amaze me just how wildly different our planet was in the past. No matter how many alien worlds I see in sci-fi, they'll never hold a candle to our own planet's evolution.

[panaceiasuberes]

1:33 "The Devnoian"


I just love how you come up with amazing ideas for new vids. This one is amazing.

[Ben-mw]

I wonder if these animals tasted different than todays

[a.s.raiyan-]

So a fish as big as a Great White, heavier than it, covered in thick bones, it's mouth having literal bone plates with more power than a glock, and a jaw that opens at twice the speed of a need an adult.

[Randomguy-hg]

Dunkleosteus is such a scary predator despite its small size

[sibowang]

Love that you included footage from Nigel Marven's Sea Monsters. That series was awesome.

[lewatoaofair]

22:54 “Mother Nature decided to nerf life…”
Tier Zoo calls her “the devs”.

[Afrologist]

Thalassophobia isn't a legitimate phobia because it's completely reasonable to be afraid of deep open water as a land-based organism.

[joaopedrobaggio]

The best channel about extinct animals in the entire Youtube, cheers from Brazil.

[Zeppathy]

1:50 Imagine the strength of hurricanes in a world covered by that much warm water, with almost no barriers to slow wind speeds. I bet being on land was Awful!

[colterhall]

If Dunkleosteus had a shorter bulky body like a Bluefin Tuna, what if it was as FAST as a Bluefin Tuna ... That thought is horrifying. Imagine one of these things taking your head clean off at the speed of a sports car.

[cheeto]

you should cover all prehistoric extinction events I think they’re interesting

[beyondfubar]

I don't have thalassophobia, but I fear deep open waters. That's a rational fear. If you fear being killed in a car accident, avoiding drinking and driving isn't a phobia, it's sanity.

[Brandon-ilon]

Jeremy Wade would’ve had a field day with those river monsters

[g.h.milanboseblut]

I have UNHEALTHY Thalassophobia.

I like the empty space. Id like to be left alone in a spaceship for 50y completely alone staring into nothingness, but Completely different story. Even if there are no dangerous creatures. Even if i was on a (tall) island, so i can't be submerged, id fear the endlessness

[Tomberculosis-qi]

I don't have thalassophobia. My problem is shipwrecks and man made things sitting in the vast empty void abandoned, forgotten, also underwater mines. Those terrify me, think of the diseases, getting lost down there. Etc.

[NoiseMarines]

Oh another ExtinctZoo video! Please, sir, regale me with tales of the times of real sea monsters and horrors beyond our modern reckoning!

[burnedsmackdown]

I like how he starts off with the size change as he knew that would the best talking about due to how recent it was, smart