Prehistoric Bug Extravaganza

Prehistoric Bugs; impressive, long lasting, and forgotten. Let’s give extinct bugs some love at a lightning fast speed, where I try to cover the most impressive and important bugs of prehistory

Wikipedia Articles for the animals if you want to learn more about them:

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[nettlel]

"The stick insects would also show up to vigorously... sit around and look like plants" classic stickbug.

[alannabanana]

"Big names in the insect world like "ant" and "bee"" had me chuckling.

[kinnoyu]

Bruh, bugs unlocked flying literally MILLIONS of years before anything else. That's crazy insane. Also, I am somewhat jealous that they take no fall damage

[Catfishuwu]

4:59 “You may also be able to tell them apart from scorpions by the fact that they grow as large as tables.” Why does that get me

[formersamonellaclone]

He really did my boy Hallucigenia dirty. Man didn't even bring up the actual paleontological debate over which side of the animal was the front and which one was the back.

[sableunavailable]

"a cockroach named manipulator" is a FANTASTIC combination of words, oh my god

[vylore]

“it would only be later when bugs would reach new levels of bugness”

best line

[Nightwing]

I wish there was more media like this on the ages before the dinosaurs. Not that dinosaurs aren’t interesting creatures, but I’d love to know more about like the giant insects and the crazy looking animals from the Permian Period.

[Justin]

I’ve had people passionately argue with me that bugs aren’t animals. I was flabbergasted.

[swagilyph]

I have a phobia of bugs that I'm actively trying to get over. I realized they're just no different than crustaceans, which I love. Also, I LOVE prehistoric arthropods Make videos about all of them please.

[thesaltysnail]

11:02 I love the way he says so many different and difficult names then just ✨manipulator✨

[rilakkuma_lita]

"So next time, maybe humble yourself when thinking of bugs..." - I think I need this on a shirt.

[bepis]

I love it when people talk about the carboniferous period. Its so cool thinking about all the huge arthropods

[mr.giggles]

The first fossil I found in Colorado was a big anomalocaris. Very cool.

[ralfraggeldraf]

I love how bugs are like an empty vessel from what they once used to be. They were like the armored tanks of the animal kingdom, and due to a change in atmosphere shrinked in size. It sounds like such a sad backstory

[strawberrysoupiii]

as a fellow bug enthusiast, very pleased to see the love for post-cambrian bugs. I usually don't like to define "bugs" as arthropods because the category excludes non-shelled softies like snails and worms (iconic bugs fr!) but i realized that in a prehistoric sense that definition totally makes sense, especially during the cambrian era! thanks for the lovely video on bugs !!!

[joesmithe]

Bugs are like mice or snakes for me. I think they are cool as shit if I KNOW where they're at and they aren't trying to get into my shit.

[rileyates]

Entomologist here! 🙋🏻‍♀️ love this video and think your “bug” definition is great! (Would totally love to live w/huge swamp bugs btw) Great info with the perfect mix of the Latin and common names. Great work!

[lasarousi]

The dry humor and simple edition is appreciated.

[maxrgo]

"Although small, no matter what, bugs rule"
A quote for the ages.