A New Giant Predatory Ichthyosaur The Size of a Whale | 7 Days of Science

In this week's episode - it's the 200th episode of 7 Days Science! A real special occasion so we're celebrating it with talking about the last seven days in science news, including a resurrected fish species, a giant telescope and also some paleo stuff.

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Sperm whale sized ichthyosaur (Cymbospondylus youngorum):

[evaceratops]

man, it’s wild seeing that cymbospondylus skull in the video, i volunteered at the LA natural history museum before the pandemic and got to see it being prepared in the dino lab, and i had no idea it was so significant! congratulations on 200 episodes of 7DOS, guys!

[Mr-DNA_]

2021 was truly a remarkable year for paleontology. I can't even count the many amazing discoveries we've made in the field in the last 12 months.

[marinanguish]

Gotta love how they backloaded two major discoveries this year with this ichthyosaur and the Dino embryo both being announced this week

[loganzimmerman]

It's great seeing Goodeids get the spotlight! The story behind these fish is incredible. Most of these fish are critically endangered, and are being kept alive by aquarists. I'm one of them! I have a breeding colony of Z. tequila in my fish room, along with 3 other critically endangered goodeids. And before I get a comment, the fish are endangered due to invasive species being brought in and their waters being polluted/diverted/drained. They were brought into the aquarium hobby to save them. And it worked!

[_will]

7DOS is something I always looks forward too. You guys are crushin it

[harrietharlow]

I really like your 7DOS. I always learn something new. Glad you have this format that allows me to keep up with what's new.

[The_Story_Of_Us]

With such massive Ichthyosaurs so early, the eventual blue whale sized Lilstock Shastasaurus seems more and more plausible.

[thedoruk]

Ichtyosaurs are underrated prove me wrong!
I seriously wonder even if one relic lineage managed to exist until The Infamous Extinction event

[Andrey.Ivanov]

Congrats on 200 episodes of 7DOS and I just noticed that you are about to reach 500, 000 subscribers, which is awesome as well.

[RRamey]

I love hearing about icthyosaurs, mainly cuz i grew up in Nevada and the first dinosaur fossil i ever saw was an icthtosaur. Needless to say theyre still my favorite lol

[DavidMendoza-wxcq]

Yup, saw the ichthyosaur skull almost two months ago at LA

[kinglyzard]

The Tequilafish story stands out the most, though I came for the Ichtheosaur.
I like Goodeiids Splitfins) and their relatives the Cyprinodonts (Killies) and Poecillids (Livebearers).

[peika]

No matter how shity the world and society become over the year, science always done well. Thank goodness

[puggumpus]

200 Episodes already? It's wild to see how they've grown from the first episode

[chiaroscuroamore]

Congratulations on the 200th episode of 7DOS!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[DardSBr]

I got to see the Cymbospondylus skull in person 8 days ago and it was the coolest thing ever! People were walking past the display without even glancing at it, and I was like “THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC STUDY MADE TWO DAYS AGO. WHY YOU IGNORE”

[tolbaszy]

Nice finish Doug! All decorated and superb diction to boot! Thanks for the the year of great videos! The teaser at the end showing "The Studio", which appears to be the hallway of an apartment building, hints at a housing crisis where videos are produced in random public spaces or Doug has a cooking show that speculates how dinosaurs could be resurrected to alleviate world hunger. Whatever, it will be fantastic!

[flightlesslord]

0:05 ah that gave me a genuine chuckle. Congrats guys, love to see how much this channel has grown.

[dorabrooks]

Congrats on your 200th episode! Here's to the next 200! Hope you all have a happy New Year!

[AlexRirera]

2:45
i really wanted Ben to just say _Very_ and then Doug continues with other news