The Most Tragic Fossils Ever Discovered
19 min
Have you ever found yourself tearing up over extinct animals before? Well, here's your chance!
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Your one stop shop for all things dinosaurs, paleontology and extinct animals. Kickback, relax and learn all about the amazing creatures that once existed - welcome to the digsite!
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The Only Maggot That Feasts On The Living Has Arrived
25 min
Yeah...I learned about this so now you have to too
The Evolution Of The Largest Things To Ever Live
28 min
ExtinctZoo examines the evolutionary milestones that allowed plants to conquer the land, from early symbiotic relationships with fungi to the development of vascular systems, roots, and seeds. This exploration highlights the diverse adaptations that enabled flora to survive extinction events and become the dominant life forms on Earth today.
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The Most Tragic Fossils Ever Discovered
19 min
Have you ever found yourself tearing up over extinct animals before? Well, here's your chance!
The Only Maggot That Feasts On The Living Has Arrived
25 min
Yeah...I learned about this so now you have to too
The Evolution Of The Largest Things To Ever Live
28 min
ExtinctZoo examines the evolutionary milestones that allowed plants to conquer the land, from early symbiotic relationships with fungi to the development of vascular systems, roots, and seeds. This exploration highlights the diverse adaptations that enabled flora to survive extinction events and become the dominant life forms on Earth today.
The Largest Animal From Every Period
36 min
Wake up, its time to meet the largest animals to ever evolve!
The Deadliest Place To Ever Exist
27 min
ExtinctZoo explores the Kem Kem Group in Morocco, a geological formation from the late Cretaceous period. This river delta ecosystem supported an intense concentration of giant theropods, massive crocodilians, and colossal fish, creating a uniquely competitive environment where nearly every species was adapted to be a formidable predator.
Putting Cheetahs In Australia
24 min
Maybe Cheetahs will get a kick out of living in Australia...and I mean that literally.
Every Time Something Has Evolved Into A Snake
22 min
Carcinization is so 2025, say hello to Serpentization, the phenomenon in which non-snake animals keep turning into danger noodles.
Every Creature That Lives In And On You
17 min
Meet all the friends you've always had, but never knew you had!
Pangea Never Got Deadlier Than This
20 min
Pangea was never really a safe place to begin with, but this one moment, jeez lemme tell ya...
Prehistoric Human Deaths That Make Stubbing Your Toe Seem Pleasurable
17 min
After watching this video, you'll thank your furniture for stubbing your toe!
The Insane Science Of Electric Eels
24 min
Spiderman wasn't so off with eels turning you superhuman after all...
The Science Behind What Happens When A Whale Swallows You
25 min
Whale's may be the gentle giants of the oceans, but if one accidentally swallows you, it ain't gonna feel too gentle.
Earth's Scariest Flying Predators From Each Period
31 min
Look out Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, y'all got some competition
When The Sahara Was A Jungle
19 min
The Sahara might just be the harshest (hot) desert on Earth today. But just a few thousand years ago, it was a lush green paradise filled with lakes, rivers, savannas, and massive herds of wildlife.
The Most Isolated Ecosystem On The Entire Planet
13 min
The greatest time capsule ever made, came from mother nature's own hands.
How Boring Was The Boring Billion Really?
13 min
Do you ever find yourself wondering what your 70 millionth great-grandfather, Slime Sr. would think of you?
This Channel May Not Exist In 2 Years (Update)
7 min
To some this thumbnail may seem familiar, to others it may be brand new. A few weeks ago, we launched our patreon along with this video, sadly less than a week into our patreon journey, our account was temporarily taken down due to some....reasons you will hear about in the video. But we are back now, and that is all that matters! Please consider supporting us!
I Simulated What The K-T Extinction Would Have Felt Like In Real Time
18 min
How can a world go from wonderous giant reptiles, and sprawling forests to a desolate wasteland in just 24 hours? Find out hereeeee
Tasmanian Devil: The Animal Going Extinct Because Of Cancer
23 min
Turns out Looney Tunes was missing a few things...
The Ocean Has An Amazon, And It's Insane
17 min
Subnautica, its a pretty cool game with a pretty cool ecosystem, and it can make one wish that space travel was a real thing, allowing you to visit such places. Yet, don't fret, because in the meantime there's actually a few real places on earth that rival it in wonder.
America Might Soon Have A New Big Cat Species
13 min
Watch out mountain lions, there's a new cat in town
The Triassic Was Earth's Strangest Period By Far
18 min
Everyone has that certain time in their life, where they are just trying things out and experimenting, and perhaps those things are not exactly the most logical or flattering. And just like how we have these phases, earth has had them too, with one of its phase being so strange it single handedly created a plethora of the strangest creatures to ever walk, swim, or fly on this earth.
The Deadliest Sea Animal From Every Single Period
41 min
The oceans and seas of earth have long been home to some of the most nightmarish creatures, and when you include every aquatic animal ever, the list of thalassophobia inducing animals is pretty long, which made me wonder, what just was the deadliest sea animal from each of earth’s periods?
Skull Island Was Based On A Real Place
14 min
King Kong may be rooted more in reality than you would thunk.
The Strangest Fossils Discovered Beneath The Earth
20 min
Caves kinda freak me out, so I am glad other people are brave enough to explore them leading to some pretty metal discoveries over the years.
When Prey Became Scarier Than Predators
21 min
We always talk about the big bad predators of old, namely carnivorous dinosaurs, but we don't give enough flowers to the herbivorous dinosaurs that went far and beyond the norm, to turn into killing machines of their own (in a sense).
When Earth Got Microwaved
23 min
You probably think the age of mammals is all cold and grey right? I mean we are in an ice age and all. Yet, this belief would be FOOLISH, cuz guess what, it was actually during the age of mammals, that earth experienced once of its hottest moments ever.
The Most Dangerous Rabid Animal To Exist
12 min
Rabies in animals is always scary, but a rabid wolf is a whole other ball game, so much so that its often been dubbed the deadliest kind of rabid animal...let me explain.
Prehistoric Animals That Make No Sense
18 min
Ever wondered what you'd get if you combined a Gorilla with a Horse? No? Well evolution has and over the years it has created hybrids of sorts, prehistoric animals that seem to have been straight mash ups of various creatures.
Piranhas: The Animal That Just Doesn't Make Sense
19 min
Terrifying, blood thirsty, lethal. These are just some ways I am sure many people describe piranhas, who over the years have built a pretty respectable reputation built off fear, yet in reality, these guys are much more chill and crazy in other ways than we've been led to believe.
Ice Age America Was Basically Africa On Steroids
27 min
If you think about Ice Age America, you may picture a bunch of snow, ice, and cavemen. However, that would be wrong, and you would be much closer to reality if you simply pictured, an unlikely place, the great plains of Africa, as that is what America essentially was during the Ice Age, only it was a whole lot crazier.
When The Sauropods Just…Stopped
15 min
Once upon a time, the largest animals to ever walk were in the height of their golden age, but then rather suddenly they vanished, just like that. Why?
The Biggest Land Mammal To Ever Live
17 min
There's a new king in these parts...and it ain't a dinosaur.
The Shark Deadlier Than Jaws
11 min
Great white, tiger shark, and bull shark. These three are what many consider to be the deadliest shark out there, to humans. However, there is a relatively unknown shark, that might be responsible for far more deaths than the big 3 combined...
When Dinosaurs Almost Made A Comeback
18 min
If you ask the average person when the dinosaurs rule ended, they would say 66 million years ago when that big ol mean asteroid struck. But in truth, this may not really be all that right...seeing that not so long after their demise a new group of dinosaurs emerged, that caused their own share of terror (pun intended).
The Largest Savanna On Earth Is Not In Africa
18 min
Brazil’s Cerrado might be the stranger, wilder, and more overlooked savanna hiding in plain sight.
The Largest Lake To Ever Exist
21 min
The great lakes are probably the most famous group of lakes in the entire world, named for their...well great size. And yet these guys are tiny compared to an ancient lake that used to exist, that wasn't just bigger than them each, but also bigger then all of them combined (80 times over).
These Giants Were Alive Just 300 Years Ago
33 min
Earth used to be packed with giants, and somehow, in just the last few centuries, humans still managed to delete a shocking number of them.
What Actually Lives At The Bottom Of The Ocean
16 min
The lower you go, the only weirder things become...
Dinosaur "Myths" That Are True
16 min
Prepare to have your mind blown by the absurdities that were the dinosaurs.
The Largest Bird To Ever Fly
12 min
Dinosaurs are well known for being absolute units, so it may not come as too much of a surprise, that the largest animal to fly that was not a pterosaur, happened to be a dinosaur, go figure.
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