You’re Probably Wrong About Dinosaurs

I was wrong about dinosaurs. Are you?

I’m finally learning the truth about dinosaurs.

I’ve loved dinosaurs since I was a kid, but it turns out a lot of what I thought I knew is wrong… or at the least outdated. So, in this video, I’m gonna show you the cutting edge of dinosaur discovery. I’ll give you rare access into a warehouse full of dinosaur bones, try to find my own fossil, and show you something new these scientists just discovered…

Chapters:
00:00 What were dinosaurs really like?
01:08 Why is today a big deal for dinosaur discovery?
03:31 How big were dinosaurs, really?
05:49 When did dinosaurs actually live?
08:20 How many dinosaurs have we found?
09:26 What was the T-Rex like?
10:39 Did I find a bone??
11:55 What IS a dinosaur?
14:31 What did dinosaur skin feel like?
15:06 What color were dinosaurs?
15:51 Can you guess this modern animal?
16:54 How were dinosaur fossils formed?
17:34 Why did dinosaurs go extinct?*
19:14 Why do we study dinosaurs?

Bio:
Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, Huge If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular YouTube channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked.

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Gear I use:
Camera: Sony A7SIII
Lens: Sony 16–35 mm F2.8 GM and 35mm prime
Audio: Sennheiser SK AVX

Music: Musicbed and Tom Fox
Musicbed SyncID:
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Welcome to the joke down low:

Why did the Archaeopteryx catch the worm?
Because it was an early bird!

Use the word “bird” in a comment to let me know you’re a real one who read to the end!

[Threelever]

Take a minute to appreciate the production level

[uNails]

Shrink-wrapping animals is such a good analogy to how artists have drawn dinosaurs! The zebra, baboon and hippo examples were awesome!

[chessmyantidrug]

Chickens are dinosaurs. That means all chicken nuggets are dino nuggets.

[serpentine]

I'm a tour guide at an Australian dinosaur museum. This is SUCH a good overview of so many dinosaur FAQs! And I literally say "it's like the world's biggest jigsaw puzzle, but with half the pieces missing and we don't even have the lid of the box to look at" and compare internal bone to Aero Bars! 😁

[Shosara]

I like all your videos really as a general rule. But man, this video of them all, really encapsulates the "optimistic (tech) stories" mantra. Seeing your eyes light up when you arrive at the dig site, when you managed to dig up an actual dinusaur fossil, and any time you got to learn something new? It had me smiling along the whole time! thanks for taking us with you on this journey. I am sure many more that grew up with a land before time and jurassic park grew up loving dinosaurs, and i am kinda sad i never realized going into paleontology was something i could have done, working in IT now, i wish i was able to dig up dinosaurs insatead :D

[AnnieRose]

If you ever see this comment I just wanted to say that your videos are fantastic. I'm a field biologist (I study mostly carnivores now but lots of other critters) and I know a little bit more than average about this topic because I have a brother who is a paleontologist (he studied dinos in the past but now works on Pleistocene/Ice Age mammals in the Serengeti). The visuals and enthusiasm here are so great! I literally look forward to these more than any other on youtube

[jsweder]

Cool to see this video out! The parts filmed at a fossil site is at the Pipestone Creek Bonebed near Wembley Alberta where we find mostly Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai fossils and the lab/collections was in the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum.
It was awesome to have Cleo and the rest of the Huge If True team filming here a few months back. Thanks for a great video!

[jefffree]

I see Dinos, I click. I see Cleo, I click. Both together!? Double click.

[ImVeryOriginal]

>make a big deal out of explaining that not all dinosaurs lived at the same time
>mix and match animals from different periods when showing the extinction

Overall great video for a basic breakdown and the genuine enthusiasm is contagious, but the animators really dropped the ball there - Ouranosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Compsognathus and Pteranodon (at least that's what I think these are supposed to be in the background) don't belong in the end Cretaceous!

[DoktorTaiko]

This dog around all of those precious bones somehow makes me nervous.

[simonmueller]

I’m not sure how much of the recorded footage actually makes it into the episodes, but I imagine it’s a lot more than what we see on YouTube. Especially in episodes where Cleo gets directly involved, I’d love to see more of the details—like the actual process of working on the discovered fossil. The main videos are great for presenting a topic and making it accessible, but I think an extended episode would be a great way to let viewers experience more of the moments and experiences Cleo has during the production.

[roberttanguay]

She was in Alberta Canada for this video, so that would have put her in the Alberta Badlands down around Drumheller. The lab they went to would be The Royal Tyrel Museum in Drumheller Alberta.
In the Alberta Badlands, you could go hiking & camping to look for fossils yourself. The only area you can't go (without being on a tour of one) is an active dig site. It is an amazing feeling exploring the Badlands and even more so if/when you find an actual fossil. I found my first fossil in 1975 and more throughout the years.

[AceBadguy]

One thing that bugs me about dinosaurs in the movies is the sound effects . I've been around elephants and rhino's and when they walk and run they're quiet . Really huge dinosaurs didn't make stomping noises ( thunder lizards ), they were stealthy . The ground didn't shake under them .
We also know that they didn't roar but instead hissed and chirped . Their vocal cords were much different than mammals .

[amosdorol]

Yall the production for this video is really amazing! We're living the Cleo Cinematic Universe at this point

[padmoch]

Thanks for this episode, I have loved dinosaurs since I was a child and I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist, reading about their extinction always made me feel sad, like the death of a friend. To think that something lived on this earth millions of years ago is so abstract but also wonderful

[realtimfrancis]

Want to see (most of) what Cleo saw? The museum she went to is the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, AB. One of the best museums I’ve ever been to. Definitely check it out!

P.S. Cleo, too bad you didn’t give the museum a shout out. Missed opportunity to help your viewers experience the magic you did. Your channel exists to inspire your viewers, right?

[EyeKahnography]

that you told me most dinos were chonky makes me want to hug all of them. I'm so excited you got to go digging with a team. I'm seriously excited for you as my second grade self has always wanted the chance for this. Thanks for sharing all of this with us. Wooo science updates

[reubenbraganca]

Props to the dinosaurs for a new Cleoabaram video

[sofamiller]

It is worth noting, the “velociraptor” in Jurassic Park did exist. It’s actually called Deinonychus. Aside from the anatomy, they’re also found in North America, as we see depicted at the beginning of the film.

[Frequently_grumpy]

Did we all smile at Cleo’s glee at finding a bone and exclaims it was the coolest experience? Such infectious excitement!