Hippos can’t swim, sweat a red sunscreen, open their jaws to 150°, and spray dung in each other’s faces. Meet the world’s most heinous mammal, from its pig-like ancestors to the Moo Deng craze, and learn why it’s quietly being hunted toward extinction. Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and […]
Some people love spiders, most people hate them. Journey down the spider iceberg, from adorable peacock spiders to the cordyceps spider disguised as zombie fungus, the Brazilian wandering spider with brutal venom, and the Goliath bird-eater, the biggest spider that’s ever lived. Plus, camel spiders and whip spiders aren’t even […]
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Rats aren’t just pests they’re one of the greatest success stories in the history of life on this planet. Trace the full evolutionary journey of rats, from the rat-like proto-mammals that survived the dinosaurs, to the rise of true rodents, to how brown rats hitched a ride on human civilization […]
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Dive into the origins of the Cat lineage! From the first true Cat Proailurus 30 million years ago, through the mysterious “Cat Gap” in the fossil record, to Pseudaelurus and the major split that gave us both modern cats and saber-tooths. Discover how these early felines evolved from civet-like ancestors […]
For decades, the okapi was treated like a myth, spoken of in whispers, dismissed by scientists, and lumped in with cryptids like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Yet today, this mysterious striped “forest zebra” is very real and its story is way deeper than a simple discovery. Keep watching […]
Hello! Welcome to the fourth episode of EXTINKED, where I get 5 of my favorite extinct animals tattooed on me by one of my favorite tattoo artists, Angel Rose. Today we’re doing Sahelanthropus tchadensis: the earliest hominin in our lineage, and possibly our common ancestor with chimps…Enjoy!! A huge thanks […]
Hello! Welcome to the fifth and final episode of EXTINKED, where I get 5 of my favorite extinct animals tattooed on me by one of my favorite tattoo artists, Angel Rose. Today we’re doing Paraceratherium: one of, if not the, largest land mammals to ever exist; that we know of. […]
