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Episodes
Life On The Bottom Of The Ocean
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The lower you go, the only weirder things become...
Things About Dinosaurs That Sounds Impossible But Are True
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Prepare to have your mind blown by the absurdities that were the dinosaurs.
The Largest Dinosaur To Ever Fly
11 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 pterosa...
Bees Have Unlocked Meat Honey...
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ewwwwwwwwwww
How Crocodiles Survived The Ice Age
04 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How Crocodiles Survived The Ice Age
Why Animals Are White In The Arctic But Not In Antarctica
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If convergent evolution has taught us anything, its that some designs work over and over again, which is why its a bit strange that two places, the Ar...
This Was The True Rival of the Spinosaurus
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The T. Rex was the sworn enemy of the Spinosaurus, we all know this of course. The only thing is... it wasn't, and the two never even met, being s...
If Neanderthals Were In The Olympics, We'd Be Screwed (Here's Why)
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Neanderthals, we just can't get enough of them, and I am sure some of you have wondered what it would be like if these guys suddenly came back to ...
The Worst Animals To Be Born A Dude
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You know that term, Saturdays are for the boys? Well in nature, for some animals, it turns out that no day is for the boys, just 100% suckiness.
When The Earth Went Full Subnautica
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The moment when you realize subnautica is basically Earth's prehistoric past :O
Strange Extinct Animals Found In The Himalayas
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you think scaling the himalayas is crazy now, just wait until you hear how it used to be...
When Antarctica Was A Jungle
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Antarctica now, can seem a bit bleak, I mean its mainly a lotta of ice, on top of ice, on top of ya know. However, it wasn't always like that, and...
The Extinct Nightmarish Creatures You've Never Heard Of
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of the prehistoric times, we often imagine the giant ferocious animals that stomped around. And don't get me wrong, the giants are c...
The Deadliest Place On Earth 250,000,000 Years Ago
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Soviet Russia, Bear Hunts You. In Permian Russia, Bear Is Screwed.
The Prehistoric Giants They Don't Teach You About In School
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Whenever you watch a documentary about prehistoric life, you expect to see some giants. However, have you ever noticed that the giants your shown, are...
The Strangest Human Discoveries We Can’t Explain
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Giant balls, great jars, and prehistoric doodles? Confused by this? You should be, but clickity here and let me explain my child.
The Apocalypse That Turned Dinosaurs Into Monsters
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Enough of this dinosaur - space rock slander, I'll have you know the dinosaurs survived plentyyy of apocalyptic events.
When You Trap A Fish In A Cave Forever, This Happens
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If Finding Nemo was on hard mode
The Largest Flood Ever That Actually Happened
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Don't you just hate it when the Mediterranean Sea dries up, and then proceeds to have a water explosion on a scale never seen before? Yeah me too....
T. Rex Had A Rival And Nobody Talks About It
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Move over T. rex, mister drippy is coming through
Hippos: The Animal That Just Doesn't Make Sense
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out Looney Tunes was missing a few things...
When Summer Lasted For 10,000,000 Years
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people would take a sunny-blue day after a rainy-gloomy one any day of the week. Yet, after watching this video, you might just change your mind ...
What Happened When Two Continents Collided
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You ever play one of those games, where you can pit animals you shouldn't in a battle royale to see what happens? Well turns out that mother natur...
The Most Brutal Prehistoric Injuries Ever Survived
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To you and me, these wounds are fatal, but to prehistoric animals that were simply built diff, it wasn't anything but a flesh wound.
Why Water Dinosaurs Never Happened
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A man can dream...
What Happened When It Rained For Millions Of Years
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A bit of rain here and there is no biggie, and actually kind of cozy. Now over a million years of rain on the other hand... then things start getting ...
The Most Terrifying Discoveries Made By Archeologists
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Love your neighbor is apparently a saying that didn’t get around in ancient times, as we humans did some pretty messed up things to our own kind bac...
The Only Marine Mammals That No Longer Exist
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marine mammals are all around us, whales, seals, manatees, the list goes on and these lot have been a staple of the earth for tens of millions of year...
Prehistoric Animals Preserved So Well They Look Like Roadkill
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You ever day dream of what it would be like to travel back in time and see exactly what prehistoric animals looked like? Well me too, and unfortunatel...
Titanoboa Wasn't The Largest Snake Ever... This Was
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that the Titanoboa was the king of snakes and largest to ever live...but was it really? Lemme introduce you to the new King...
When The Amazon Was A Mega Lake
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’d never want to get lost in the Amazon, BUT you really really would not want to get lost in the Prehistoric Amazon, as it was a giant cesspit of...
What Earth Was Like After The Worst Extinction
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Present day Earth might not always be the easiest place to live in, but let's just say, be glad you don't live during the Induan...
This Cat Is Evolving Into A Fish
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know the story, cats hate water, but this is really a great lie that has been pushed onto you, as in Asia, there is one cat species that has not o...
The Fossils That Shouldn't Exist
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Didn't have two headed marine reptiles and dinosaur mummies on your bingo card, did ya?
All 5 Types Of Sabertooths Explained
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Step aside Vampires, your teeth are no match for the sabertoothed...cats. But did you know the cats weren't the only ones to evolve saber-teeth? Nor w...
The Scariest Dinosaur You've Never Heard Of
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to dinosaurs, bigger always means scarier right? No, and not even close, as this one family of theropod has proved, who might just be ju...
Why Islands Turn Animals Into Giants
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out that skull island really isn't that far fetched...
The Sunken Continents That History Forgot About
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out the story of Atlantis is more realistic than you once thoughtIf you want to support the podcast consider checking out my merch :) https://st...
The World's Most Unknown Apex Predator
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They too like to move it, move it
If Jaws Had Been A Crocodile
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Du du du du du
If Dinosaurs Faced Off Against Mammals
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Animals are pretty metal today, and of the many kinds that exist, we mammals are pretty cool, but how do we stack up against the 'coolest' group ever,...
The Crocodile That Shouldn't Exist
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought the Nile crocodile was scary, wait until you hear about the Cuban crocodile - hunter of megafauna, and galloper of lands.
Why Sharks Get Scarier The Deeper You Go
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought great whites were bad, just wait until you hear about these guys...
The Most Bizarre Things Discovered In Amber
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amber might not be able to bring back dinosaurs, but what it can do might be even more impressive...
The Animal That Just Doesn't Make Sense...
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Looks like Simba's got some explaining to do
The World Right After The Dinosaurs Died
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaurs may have fallen 66 million years ago, marking the end of an era and ushering in an age which would eventually come to be known as the age of...
Everything You Know About Camels Is Wrong
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think you know camels? Think again. They didn’t come from deserts, their humps don't hold water, and they're certainly not the boring pack a...
The Most Bizarre Deaths Ever Discovered In Fossils
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought 1000 ways to die was bad, wait until you hear about these prehistoric guys...
Why Evolution Keeps Making The Same Animals
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beneath Germany’s shale, workers uncovered fossils that shouldn’t exist...or at least it would seem so. Instead what was found was proof of evolut...
The Human Species That Shouldn't Exist
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deep in a South African cave, scientists uncovered a human species unlike any other - small, strange, and seemingly out of place in time. Who were the...
The Most Impossible Animals Ever Discovered
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immortality, wouldn't it be nice? Well, for some animals out there, they don't actually have to wonder, as thanks to some nifty evolution, the...
20 Minutes of Dinosaur Facts You Didn't Know You Needed To Know
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All your perfect first date icebreakers in less than 21 minutes, what more could you ask for?
Shark Attacks So Brutal They Became Fossils
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dun dun… dun dun… dun dun dun dun
The Last Time Earth Was Iceless
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Warm breeze, palm trees, and good ol crocodiles, just some of the things you might imagine when picturing a tropical paradise, and yet I am talking ab...
The Strangest Mouths Ever Discovered
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Say cheeseeee
Extinct Animals That Might Still Be Alive
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When an animal is declared extinct, we generally think that's the last we'll ever see of them. And most of the times this is true, but there are a han...
The Discoveries That Prove Humans Are Absolutely Insane
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are a wild wild bunch, I am sure you know that, and even so I guarantee that these archeology discoveries will have you scratching your head on...
This Island Turned Animals Into Monsters
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's just something about islands, that goes hand in hand with spookiness, especially when it comes to animals. And of all the islands to have ...
Prehistoric Animals Scientists Got Horribly Wrong
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To figure out what animals millions and millions of years old were like through some bones, is breathtakingly difficult, which is why it may not be su...
The Giants Found In The Deepest Parts Of Our Oceans
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone! Made a poll a few weeks back about uploading bonus episodes about animals that still exist, and over 90% of you said you wanted it - so ...
When Florida Was On The Wrong Continent
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out that Florida man wasn't always Florida man
Extinct Animals The Polynesians Saw
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you believe me that during the crusades, their still existed on earth not one but multiple giant animals that were the stuff of legends, and the...
The Strangest Extinct Creatures Ever Found
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Extinct animals are weird, but only handful are weird enough that we have no clue what in the world they are, despite our current technology and knowl...
The Earth's First Known Plague
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've watched some of my recent videos, then you'll know that the neolithic kind of sucked, it just wasn't fun, well turns out that somehow it was...
The Ice Age That Killed Over 80% Of All Life
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all heard of the Dinosaurs extinction, and if you're a slight nerd like me, then maybe the Permian’s great dying too, however do you kno...
When A Sea Dried Up And Left Hell Behind (literally)
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a place where the deadliest waters laid, and then imagine that in the exact same spot the deadliest land also rested, well turns out that real...
The Worst Deaths Ever Discovered In Prehistoric Humans
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If pain was a business, then humans have created a monopoly out of it, just ask our early ancestors, who sadly for them, have left us some pretty pain...
We're Evolving Backwards
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
300,000 years isn't exactly a long time in the grand scheme of things. And yet it was long enough for us to go through some pretty peculiar "changes"....
Japan Once Had Real Kaiju
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today Japan is known for anime, good food, and everything kawaii, but once upon a time not only was it not kawaii, it was also one of the worst places...
The Most Brutal Human Deaths Ever Preserved In Fossils
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life hurts, but seems like in the past it hurt so so much worse... and these real skeletons prove it.
The Largest Animal To Ever Walk On Two Legs
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sauropods were the largest dinosaurs to ever live... but what was the second largest? Its an animal you have likely never heard of AND it also happens...
Antarctica Before It Froze
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Antarctica today is ice on ice on ice, with a few penguins sprinkled in. But once upon a time, not only was there no ice or snow, yet palm trees, gian...
When Evolution Made The Same Animal Twice
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you take a look through time you will come to the realization that we are all the same, but different... let me explain.
The Extinct Animals The First Humans Saw
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever imagined what the very first modern humans would have saw on their journeys in late Pleistocene Africa? Well imagine no further, here's the answe...
When Australia Had A Sea
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To keep it short... Australia has no chill and had no chill...
The Forgotten Prehistoric War That Killed 19 Out Of 20 Men
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
7,000 years ago something happened that was so severe that it permanently left a scar within our DNA...
The T. Rex's Savage Older Brother
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all love and know the T. rex, but have you ever asked yourself, where did it come from, and what ruled before it? Well.. here's the answer.
The Most Brutal Deaths Ever Preserved In Fossils
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To scrape by back in the old days you had to be extremely tough, but as these 9 Fossils show, sometimes being among the toughest animals to ever exist...
When Thalassophobia Kept You Alive
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you go swimming in the ocean or seas, the last thing you want to swim into is a shark... but what happens when everything is a shark?
The Giant Humans That Hunted & Cannibalized Neanderthals
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ice age Europe wasn't exactly the most welcoming of places...
The Only Predators To Dominate The Dinosaurs
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of the biggest and baddest group of animals to ever live, you likely imagine the dinosaurs. And why wouldn’t you? They were the large...
The Hidden Timer That Kills Every Species
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The hardest game ever is the one we are forced to play & that's life, and within it their seems to be a number that only 1% make it past, which be...
26,000 Years Ago Europe Was Hell
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Am I cooked?" - Cro-Magnon (c. 26,000 BCE)
The Moment Thalassophobia Was Born
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Water, especially deep water, a big no no for many. And this is for good reason, but once upon a time, the oceans and seas of Earth were actually pret...
Earth Once Had Hobbits & It Absolutely Sucked To Be Them
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hobbits have cozy lives right? True, until you put them in the real world and on an island with giant reptiles, then you got yourself some brutally aw...
The Time When Sharks Were The Least Of Your Worries
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some 150,000,000 Years Ago, before the Bull Shark, the Great White, or the Megalodon, there was... the Pliosaurus
The Worst Time To Have Ever Been A Human
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all go through ups and downs in life, but for this particular human species, it was only downs.
The North Pole Had Its Very Own ‘T. Rex’
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Santa Claus had some competition during the Late Cretaceous...
If This Prehistoric Hyena Was In Lion King Scar Would've Won
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Lion King, Scar used an army of Hyenas to try and uh..."remove"...Simba, but as we know, this didn't turn out so great for him, well I am here to t...
The Closest Life Has Ever Come To Going Extinct
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of the 31 extinctions (give or take) that life has faced, you may have only been taught in school about the kt event, aka the extinction that took out...
The First Super Predator To Emerge After The Dinosaurs
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before the killer whale, or the barracuda, or even the great white, there was the king of lizards, or rather a whale, that looked more like a mosasaur...
The World's Most Terrifying Island...
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey you! Yeah you, wanna take a sweet vacation to an Island? I got the perfect place for you...
Neanderthals Were Absolute Freaks Of Nature
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Harder, better, faster, stronger....Daft Punk really just made a song about neanderthals.
The Scariest Animal During The Jurassic Wasn't A Carnivore...
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Late Jurassic Morrison Formation was one of the most brutal places to ever exist. You had giant sauropods and cannibalistic theropods roaming abou...
When Krakens Were Real
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arrrr, here be krakens matey! Well, not really, but kind of... especially when you look at prehistoric waters.
The Only Time In History That Water Was Safer Than Land
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know how I've reiterated that you shouldn't get into the water, no matter how bad things get on land, well... there is ONE exception to this rule....
Extinct Animals The Ancient Romans & Greeks Saw
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ancient Greeks & Romans did a lot during their times, spreading far and wide, which also led them to seeing a lot too. These sights included l...
How Long Did The Dinosaurs Actually Survive After The Asteroid?
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People often ask about how bad the asteroid that struck the dinosaurs was, or what would happen if it hit earth today, but no one's really asked just ...
The Worst Creature To Run Into During The Ice Age
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Ice Age was no doubt one of earth’s most questionable phases, being a very brutal time that led to brutal animals, and sometimes these animals w...
If Jaws Had Been A Whale
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jaws, the most iconic shark film of all time, is likely the source of thalassophobia in millions of people worldwide. And it's not hard to see why, ca...