Mega-Beasts: Terror Bird Part 1

[sonbuhitsunei]

Honestly, you'd think ONE bird somewhere along the line that had lost the ability to fly and grown large on the ground would re-evolve teeth, clawed hands, tough skin, and a long tail like their ancestors. They are next to defenseless against large mammalian predators, so one would thin it'd offer a massive survival advantage to be able to fight back and kill them.

[sonbuhitsunei]

I can't help but think they'd still be around (assuming modern humans hadn't eventually killed them off like we love to do to everything, being the virus we are) if they had developed the grasping clawed hands and teeth of their dinosaurian ancestors. All birds have a serious disadvantage when faced with a similarly sized mammalian predator -- primarily because they have given up any form of offense for light weight. Why no ground running bird has claws or teeth is puzzling.

[mrlogicalman1]

if these youtube turds were sent back in time to terror bird age they wunt open ther arse then . they wud be crying fo ther mummy

[CanadianBaconPwnage]

Lol, it's like incredibly mean versions of Tweety, Sylvester, and Hector. Who gets that reference from the golden age of cartoons!

[Ashleya1231]

ANGRY BIRDS!

[Ashleya1231]

ANGRY BIRDS!

[Ashleya1231]

ANGRY BIRDS!

[Pilgrim1411]

These dates are all wrong,invented by the white man. Earth is just a few thousand years old.

[wratched]

@Pilgrim1411 Invented by the white man? That's gotta be the weirdest YEC justification I've ever heard. You know that most YECs are A) white and B) racist, don't you?

[Creaturelover18]

@Pilgrim1411 It's called Geology! Dumbass...

[spiderlime]

the terror bird and similar flightless birds were an equivalent to predatory dinosaurs

[TopRapter]

11:25 -11:40 i've never seen a lioness spazing out to stay alive between 2 horns like that

[weyghrwyjdtjhjerhjwr]

poor pit

[Anacondas101]

good thing there dead, or else we're have even fatter people

[evar136]

9:31 <-------Don't forget to click to see Titanis vs Dogs!

[evar136]

I swear every time i see this,it reminds me about angry birds!

[YourPainfulMEMORIES]

in thanks giving.. we are the ones that'll be eaten

[356butch]

really Really REALLY broad assumptions.

[TheShadow1357]

*prehistoric chiken*

[d1nofactory]

EPICO

[funnyguyagency]

wow. chopping melons. graphic

[SitaraAleu]

They borrowed some of this footage from Dinosaur Planet

[FilmForceStudio]

Angry birds...They are real!

[prettymeanscowl]

i swear i've seen this thing in that 10,000 BC movie

[SitaraAleu]

@prettymeanscowl

You probably did. Humans only barely missed this thing as far as scientists can assume. It's reasonable to assume that humans may have run into them from time to time.

[rexon31]

why is every 1 like its a big chicken? thats like saying we look like a small horse , where both mammals after all.

[farmer29200]

long ago many birds terrorized the countryside then along came a colonel with a big ass gun

[lucasart328]

poor dogs kill terror birds

[lucasart328]

if they real today they bell strong as bears but they might be extink for money

[kiraofthewasteland]

this is what the colonel warned us!!!

[TheOtherNeutrino]

It's a walking/running battle-axe! Colonel Sanders wouldn't stand a chance.

[jason7456]

Isn't terror bird an ostrich, right now?

[michaelwhittet]

Just did these at school for radiative evolution, really interesting. They're related/similar to the kiwi, ostrich, elephant bird and that lot. btw the elephant bird is called that for a reason; SO BIG!!!!

[BrainstormerXV]

What predator, they wouldn't survive a single shot in the head with an AK 47. Let alone a tank.

[Wolftent561]

when i saw how they made a fake one to show the biting power i would have usded bone not mental as metal is stronger then bone so the wasnt very good

[matthbouch]

@Wolftent561 In fact bone is several time stronger than steel pound for pound

[Wolftent561]

@matthbouch wow i never new that well that thx for the info

[TheGarand01]

There is no "somehow" about the success of this thing, just look back a few million years and look at the carnivorous Theropods.

[shakespearewhiskers5]

i never felt so bad for sloths before

[TheInsaneJaguar]

Ostrich from Hell... o-o

[Shinzon23]

Hmmmn... if these still existed, we'd be fuked without a really big caliber gun...

[DreamersVision]

My bad, they just weren't specific with dates at all.

[DreamersVision]

Um, true cats and dogs didn't exist yet...

[JRDShamrock]

Imagine riding one.....

[Replicaate]

@JRDShamrock Battle chicken!

[Unknownrulesall]

7:50 Because wolves work together unlike most animals, dumbass.

[MitchellFriars]

these birds are cool but they cant be as unstobable as this says no arms? no teeth? cant fly? no claws? i tihnk that the wolves and sabertooth made this thing go extinct real quick i dotn think it even had a chance against them

[JRDShamrock]

@MitchellFriars it had talons and claws

[shadowtitan9]

Dang!!!! Did anyone see that kick? Ultimate terror talon Technique: Kick!!!!

[MrJordanio0825]

KFC.........of DEATH!!!!

[abissdemon]

these birds are something else, they can run faster then a horse and have a lot of stamina. They are incredible raptors that may evolve again

[MegaSlashProductions]

It is probably the Modern Day Turkey becasue they are just as vicious.

[MegaSlashProductions]

Oh really what is it??

[AchievmentsOrNothing]

I think its a shame we lost the Terror Birds. They would be unique species in South America and North America. But we do have a living terror bird today.

[DraganGrazic]

the terror bird had different heights some where just one foot

[sonbuhitsunei]

Ah, the terror bird. History's Chocobo. :)

[ex59neo53]

Why should it be funny to imagine dinosaurs and birds like this are still alive ?

I don't think i'd love to live in a land where i could meet spinosaurus ,Sarcosuchus ,terror birds ... that would be a nightmare , not a funny moment :p

[worthyhands]

a terror bird is like a chocobo in final fantasy

[xXBCARLXx]

thats like something you see on world of warcraft

[planetary109]

What's dumb about this is they said only wolves came out on top, the saber tooth tiger also stayed but evolved for smaller teeth but a bigger body.

[LaStriata]

What evolutionary advantage does replacing teeth with a beak have?

[Creaturelover18]

@LaStriata more durable, hard to break, and easier to reach things in a tight environment.

[redventrue1]

@LaStriata A beak is much harder to break and MUCH sharper than a toothed mouth.

[Lelouch799]

1:28..........BOOM HEADSHOT!!!

[trixzter03]

i want that bird FRIED...!

[kokomokokoko19]

terror bird has very short legs.

[archuletarox321]

@kokomokokoko19 wings are EVEN SHORTER :O

[thephenon724]

Poor doggies

[BIGBOSS1983100]

I want one of these in my backyard. :D

[MsDjessa]

That titanis is lot more robust than phorusrhacos.

[venian646]

This documentary is so inacurate, the closest living relative is the seriema and how do you know they were solitary? And im sure Terror Birds had a metal beak.  Stupid shit

[FANTOMTRON]

you guys should check out ropen. its a terrosaur thats still alive today

[MrMaxlockhart]

@FANTOMTRON

yeh like the yeti or nessie

[brennenmyers]

@jacarandas82

Gastornis was in europe, but was still big,mean, and deadly.

[brennenmyers]

if these bireds had hunted in packs, the couln't it have hunted anything they had wanted, i mean there were some species that got 10ft tall and around 450lbs and were thought to be able to run at approx 45-50mph, w/ those stats w/just 1would have scary a pack/flock could have terrorised the plains of SA

[nexuzmanta]

Good thing that we eat birds and that birds don't eat us.......

[restlesspride666]

It should have evolved into a dinosaur again.

[restlesspride666]

its a Chocobo! :D I WANT ONE

[Sskiss]

Phororachids, a nasty lot indeed...

[666spawnofsatan666]

well..if the terror bird was 7 feet tall could it fuck have swallowed a dog whole. good programme.

[xemnasishot]

chocobos <3

[restlesspride666]

@xemnasishot yea <3

[gsd767]

im  shit scard of this lol thts shit pit are not guard dogs

[gsd767]

im  shit scard of this lol

[TheSincubus]

Prehistoric animals are even cooler than the dinosaurs! But I don't believe giants sloths were being hunted by Phororacos/terror birds, they are strong but those are simply to big to be hunted.

[GoGojiraGo]

@TheSincubus Young sloths, possibly. But nothing could take on an adult sloth, 20 feet in length (and height when it stood on its hind legs), armed with huge claws and covered with bony nubs in its hide.

[planetary109]

Too bad birds had become flying animals, it would be awesome if birds like a terror bird still existed, or even better, dinosaurs! :D

[LuigiRulz324]

@planetary109 while it would be cool to have dinos still around every time we left our house we would have to be packin A LOT of heat.

[RocketHarry865]

@planetary109 : The predatory dinosaurs came back in the form of the terror birds. The closest living relatives of the terror birds are the seriemas. The way the the Red-legged Seriema behaves is a small scale template to their larger cousins

[xLeafs2012x]

@planetary109 ???? NO EVEN CLOSE TO AWESOME

[powerup3005]

@planetary109 well there are still flightless birds like ostriches but they are herbivores, of course there are smaller birds of prey that can fly but prefer to walk like the caracara or the secretary bird.

[inotaishu1]

@planetary109 bird did not "become flying" animals, based on the fossil record and the anatomy of flightless birds, birds had started as flyers and some later became flightless.

[sonbuhitsunei]

@planetary109 If that were the case, though, we wouldn't be here in all probability- the demise of non-avian dinosaurs is what allowed mammals to ever get a foothold in the first place! For those who doubt it....in the 160 million year reign of the dinosaurs...not once did mammals ever get much bigger than a raccoon. We were relegated to hiding underground or in the trees...only after they vanished did we ever start to evolve lol ...but yes, I wish so, too...but only if we co-existed! :D

[planetary109]

@sonbuhitsunei I would still love it to be here today, just admiring the animal is amazing, imagine the feeling when you see it in real life! But we would still be here, mammals have been evolving when the terror bird existed, so we would still probably be here.... in smaller numbers though :/

[dawnoftheblackwolf]

@planetary109 would you like to die?

[Mewrapter]

@dawnoftheblackwolf I agree with you i don't want to die because of a stupid ass bird.

[dadeskr]

@planetary109 there were flying birds around at the time there were terror birds, it wasn't as though the walking birds evolved directly into flying birds,not sure exactly how it was but maybe there were two different pathways from the original dino ancestor, or dinos became feathered became gliders became flyers, flyers thought sod this I'm going to be huge and walk instead and so on. I believe the reason we dont have large birds like this is that they were outcompeted by mammalian carnivores.

[Evilthought03]

@planetary109 If dinosaur still existed you can imagine thar our mammal ancestors would never had the change to rule the earth thus we humans we wouldnt have existed

[LPfreakGirl7]

@planetary109 It they would still exist everyone would call them "Chocobos" now xD

[trilobright]

@planetary109

I see wild turkeys aren't native to your homeland. Trust me, imagine driving to the airport in the grey light of dawn, and out of fucking nowhere one of those motherfuckers comes gibbering out of the woods right in front of you. It makes you wonder why it took science so long to link them to dinosaurs!

[workingstif1]

I haven't looked through all your stuff but I hope you have a mass of Documentary films about prehistoric life

[beegoodsam]

is the dog dead



[hanabifestival]

@beegoodsam

No, it's just taking a nap in the bird's mouth

[ceitiosaurus]

@beegoodsam Dude of course it's dead.

[1337Palkia]

@beegoodsam it was fake :P

[PhantomSephiroth]

No, this poly dosen't want your cracker.

[XjerichoX12]

lucky KFC isn't sround then

[demonslayer55555585]

The Mega Chicken!

[goodparley19]

did he really compare that bird to a serial killer?

[0000000NoName0000000]

the american documentaries are becoming full of crap and bullshit, instead of focusing on the skull by studying how the muscles have attached to it jaws, they keep saying imaginary scenarios , and repeating the same CGI scenes for over 20 time in some cases, and their metal model is pure bullshit no need to say more here

i will think carefully before watching american documentary crap again , what a time waste

[gbatemper123]

@0000000NoName0000000 They probably had low budgets. Don't be ignorant and judge all of the documentaries just because 1 or a few from a channel is bad.

[Muppephile]

@0000000NoName0000000 Metal models representing bone is not bullshit. Some bone is as strong as metal, if it is thick-walled and solid. Elephant leg bones are as strong as metal because they are solid.

[CandyBoyGavin]

Damn! Bird just smack that bitch.

[kokomokokoko19]

here tarror bird has very short legs see this predator in "prehistorik predators:terror bird"

[fullmetalmc]

terror birds ftw

[Spud13ify]

Ok, I absolutely love most animals, but I freakin hate pitbulls! That was so sweet seeing them get annilated!

[ceitiosaurus]

@Spud13ify why do u hate pitbulls? if it's because of dog fights or attacks on civilians it's not their fault they were made that way by.... MAN.

[Spud13ify]

@ceitiosaurus I agree in part. The abuse that people or animals get does scar them in many ways. But from my own experience and seeing and hearing so many stories about them the facts are there. They are by nature an agressive breed and can be very unpredictable. If they consider you part of their pack than yes they can be good family dogs but if not then they can get mean. And theres way too many instances of people and other animals getting bit without any provoking. It's undeniable.

[Hate3223]

Chocobo!! :D

[Muppephile]

@Hate3223 try riding that thing, and you'll never play video games again...

[Hate3223]

Chocobo!! :D

[ptango666]

BULLSHIT phorusracids werent related to the falconiformes, but to the gruiformes(Cranes) their modern relative is called cariama cristata...this series is so awesome, why are they spreading false information

[NoobfromANYWHERE1]

ima cereal killer..i just eat the cereal xD

[creatures0blood]

also known aas pherasaracos

[ptango666]

@creatures0blood phorusracidae is the family called



[creatures0blood]

@ptango666

soz , i think i spelt it wrong

[ptango666]

sorry i forgot the h behind the second r

[GamaScythe]

Hold the phone, isn’t there a major flaw in their experiment? They replaced bone with metal. Doesn’t the bone have a risk of breaking when smashing against more bone?

[TheProjektcc]

@GamaScythe

true but bird beaks are not made of bone they are mostly keratin which can be as strong as bone but much more flexible. I think extreme impact of the beak would cause it to bend alittle rather than break.

[GamaScythe]

@TheProjektcc Ah but it is still a basic flaw in their experiment.

[sukhoisown]

3 species? 3 alpha predators? only played once? wat about tiger vs bear vs wolf in russia?

[Junketh71]

@sukhoisown Terror birds didn't live in Russia, so Russian wolves, tigers and bears didn't count in this episode.

[sukhoisown]

@Junketh71 what i meant was that he sayd that there were 3 alpha predators for the only time on earth... im saying that hes wrong

[Junketh71]

@sukhoisown Oh. Well, fair enough, I see your point.

[GamaScythe]

@sukhoisown He's also wrong about the whole "Only time a bird dominated a continent." If you can say monkeys inherited the earth, you can say birds ruled for over 65 million years. It's all a question of how you classify dinosaurs, are they just dinosaurs as in protobirds, or are they flightless birds?

[TheProjektcc]

@sukhoisown

good point. I think this entire series is interesting and entertaining but in each episode they make wildly exaggerated claims and half truths. I'm american but I would LOVE to see something about the prehistoric animals of mother russia.

[Terrorane123]

GOD if these things were alive we wuldnt be able to watch TV without a gun

[titanosuarus]

Incredible Documentary, I'm Speechless!.

[BrontoSmilodon1]

So the terror bird has the hunting styles of both the saber tooth and the wolf

[Junketh71]

Hey, that's the same bird that starred in "Prehistoric Predators"! Guess it's a popular paleontological subject...

[BrontoSmilodon1]

I think they probaably used some of this episode for that prehistoric predators episode on terror birds

[BrontoSmilodon1]

your right this is a big file

[crazynesslaunching]

well if you think about it zilla tamer, at one point birds evolved from dinosaurs, so techniclly, that statement can be true, and great vid man

[zillatamer]

@crazynesslaunching ugh *facepalm*, i know, but its annoying, its as much of a dinosaurs decendant as a sparrow. There is no special connection between the early birds, and titanis.

[Tazy50]

@zillatamer Yes, but what's so special about the early ones, is that they still had very similar instincts as dinosaurs.

[zillatamer]

@Tazy50 titanis isnt an "early bird", its a 4 million year old species. About as big of a difference between it, archeopterix, and any other bird.

[Tazy50]

@zillatamer But technically it's still descended from a dinosaur. Or I shouldn't even have to say "descended from" :D

[crazynesslaunching]

@zillatamer Well at some point titanis evoled from other terror birds, and they evolved from earlier birds, and at some point all the way back, they branched off of the dinosaur family tree. thats how evolution works

[zillatamer]

@crazynesslaunching your not helping yourself ive stated my point and am in no way contradicting evolution. Your just making moronic rephrases.

[zillatamer]

thank you, but i have to say i get annoyed when he says its a direct decendent of the dinosaurs.

[Tazy50]

@zillatamer its not a descendant. it IS a dinosaur technically, since it;s evolved from dinosaurs :D

[zillatamer]

@Tazy50, has everyone on the internets powers of perception vanished? Read my other reply

[gu81singh]

thanks for the upload, very interesting to watch when you eat lol