Arctic Dinosaurs

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[StefanMilo]

I had no idea dinosaurs lived in cold climates like that. Brilliant video! Love the idea of a polar t rex

[kaiden]

I'm thirteen and hoping to become a biologist, and you are my favorite science YouTuber. Keep up the good work!

[celtofcanaanesurix]

I wonder if such dinosaurs had summer and winter coats of feathers and if they could shed them like modern mammals can fur

[lunaris]

I suppose that having feathers and being mesothermic played a big role in their adaptation to the cold. Since we see plenty birds-of-prey surviving in arctic and frigid temperatures, the dinosaurs could have also used feathers as an advantage to survive the cold.

[raf]

This has got me thinking, these polar dinosaurs would be in the best position to survive the KPG extinction. They were far away from the impact zone and were used to spending months in total darkness and this is also true for the plants and trees of the area so the food chain would not totally collapse. Perhaps this is where the last of the dinosaurs lived and died?

[jeffreywilliams]

Its always fun to hear stuff like the "dwarf" tyrannosaur still being 6 meters long, man these things were big

[MARK-viyg]

I love whatever track you quietly play in the background. It just feels very nostalgic and distant, slightly haunting. Which is great for the subject matter.

[isrisentoday]

Polar dinos, especially the predators, are so cuddly and adorable.

[JoeJoeTheCapybara]

This was awesome! I didn't know there was a polar tyrannosaur!

[macnutz]

It is remarkable how life finds ways to inhabit so many different niches in so many different places and conditions.

[JackScrot]

For reference, these are the climate conditions of much of Southern Canada/Northern Denmark (Both are "Warm Summer Humid Continental Climates" on the Koppen Climate Classification System): coldest month averaging below 0 °C (32 °F) (or −3 °C (27 °F)), all months with average temperatures below 22 °C (71.6 °F), and at least four months averaging above 10 °C (50 °F). No significant precipitation difference between seasons.
I can say from experience that these zones do not become frigid hellscapes unless a heavy blizzard occurs (in my case, a Nor'easter).
Either way, great video. I just wanted to throw in some climate reference, since people who are not familiar with the climates of Canada and Denmark tend to associate them with the subarctic regions of Northern Canada and Scandinavia respectively.

[nickyv]

Could the dinosaurs have migrated to the south during the winter like modern birds?

[Brorca]

I used to be obsessed with biology; I still am, really. I used to want to be a paleo-entomologist, but my goals have shifted to game design. Honestly, you remind me of myself, Moth; I almost see you as my opposite; someone who pursued biology instead of technology. Keep up the good work!

[concept]

Considering how spooky Polar Bears are, imagine how terrifying Polar T-rexes were.

[matthiasfloren]

I love polar dinosaurs they are good evidence for dinosaurs being warmblooded. I can imagine herds of Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum like muskox.

[justalittleoff-grid]

I was about to correct some discrepancies in the narrative of the the paleo-climate analogue, but kept watching and as always this channel's information is accurate and current to accepted models . Good job mate. Geologist here, by the way.

[classicrockcafe]

1:32 and stop. I would like a copy of this map. Highly detailed.

[danielhernandez]

Wow crazy first time I think about a white dinosaur makes sense

[Relyt]

Thank you for these awesome vids, they’re captivating, interesting, and informative.

Now I can’t stop imagining dinosaurs living in the arctic, and in similar roles to the mammals of today. Triceratops living like a buffalo, raptors filling the role of wolves driving prey into deep snow, a smaller species maybe hunting small burrowing game with good hearing and possibly stabbing it’s head through the snow.
I also wonder if the crest on the ceratops was possibly used to shovel snow side to side to dig up vegetation.

And I wonder how a Tyrannosaur hunted in this environment, I would imagine it would be a resourceful, and adaptable predator/scavenger. I’m curious if it was smaller than other tyrannosaurs due to traveling across and/or hunting on ice?
Maybe ambushing aquatic dinosaurs coming up for air? I can only imagine.

[RobtheAviator]

The content of this channel is incredible. Keep up the good work!