When Crocodiles Swam The Oceans

Crocodiles are good swimmers and often live near river mouths near the ocean and some of them even make brief excursions into the ocean. This means they are always at a tipping point of becoming marine animals. This is known because it has happened on several occasions throughout prehistory but in the jurassic one group of crocs called the thalattosuchians would take this a step further in following whales and other marine reptiles in becoming fish like.

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[mothlightmedia]

Last vid was about otter-diles seems only fair this vid should be about croco-whales and next week is about croco-birds. Actually no its not, it’s about the evolution of bats because that won the patreon poll, and croco-birds don’t exist.

Also, most of you probably know this but for those that don’t. Although these animals are known as marine crocodiles they are not true crocodiles but crocodilomorphs, as they are not closely related to any living species.

[lukeevans]

Shout out to dimitry bogdanov the guy who drew most of those sick illustrations.

[paularmson]

Modern salt water crocodiles do in fact have a salt gland, located on the tongue.

[markusbovarsson]

"When crocodiles swam the oceans" Saltwater and American crocs: hold my fish

[vitordarksider]

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[robwalsh]

I think competition with mosasaurs also might have played a role in the disappearance of the marine crocodiles. The mosasaurs arrived like a storm and managed to become the dominant marine reptile group for the rest of the Cretaceous.They did what marine crocs and pliosaurs could do, only they possibly did it even better.

[satan-pmer]

"When crocodiles swam the oceans"
Salt water croc: *leaves the chat*

[LeonardoDaSquishy]

Can you do a video on parasites? I've always been curious how organisms adapt into parasitic lifestyles, since these lifestyles are so extremely specific.

[galacsinhajto]

I love how many forms and niches crocodiles and their close relatives filled in in the deep past. We think about them as slow lurking predators, and I sometimes wish other, different forms survived. I have one other thing to comment on tbh. I know it is strange for English speakers but the 'gy' in Magyarosuchus is one letter, and signifies one sound (it is usually hard for you guys to pronounce tbh)it is close to how you would pronounce the beginning of due or during.

[zanthraxnl]

I love that Ken Ham is a patron on this channel. Or that someone signed up in his name.

[scene]

I've always loved stuff about evolution and prehistoric creatures, nice to to find a channel that does this type of content

[adamrodgers]

3:03. Not known if they actively hunted that Dino. I'd honestly say scavenged. Crocs these days are known to eat already dead animals near or in water. The sheer size of the dino would be a hard kill, so I imagine they scavenged off a dead one.

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[pattonramming]

I'm glad this channel exists we need more content about prehistoric marine ecosystems

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[incanusolorin]

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[shua]

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[dunzek]

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[nevillejames]

Hello Moth Light, could you make a video about the evolution of the beak and its many varieties in modern birds, from their dinosaur ancestors?