The Giant 'Egg Thief' - Gigantoraptor

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Published 2019-09-08

Oviraptorosaurs are an amazing group of dinosaurs, and there's one species, which grew to giant sizes, that has some particularly fascinating mysteries surrounding it.

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Sources:
www.nature.com/articles/nature05849
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantoraptor
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701234/
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gigantoraptor-i…
www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/g/gigantorapt…

All Comments (21)

@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 4 years ago

Imagen them being as evil as geese,swans ans turkys
@Lucius1958 4 years ago

"In Mesozoic, turkey carves you!"
@somerandofilipino6957 4 years ago

These bois don't steal eggs, THEY STEAL YOUR LIFE.
@Wookie546 4 years ago

The only thing they stole was my heart.
@christosvoskresye 4 years ago

If Gigantoraptor is basically a big bird, does that mean Big Bird is a Gigantoraptor?
@thedoruk6324 4 years ago

I genuinely liked how BBC's planet dinosaur depicted them, also as a genuine parents. These guys were huge, like scaring the tyrannosaurids away - huge!
@duk6157 4 years ago

Gigantoraptor is so underrated no one really talks about it and it's my 3rd favourite dinosaur
@imin2461 4 years ago

Why is this oviraptor so large? Gigantoraptor: I eat 2 dozen eggs every morning to help me get laarggee
@purplehaze2358 4 years ago

Imagine if they actually had the aggression of a lot of modern-day ground-dwelling birds. That'd be a nightmare.
@NathanSavageDamage 4 years ago

This video was Eggcellent
@leocarioshiny 4 years ago

Whoa that's my paleoart at the end! Also, great video. I didn't know much about these fellas, but I always wanted to know more
@anantbijolia8415 4 years ago

2:18 Gigantoraptors may have been carnivorous or may have supplemented their diet like hadrosaurs ( now known to eat crabs, crayfish, etc) to sustain a fast metabolism required for fast growth. Meat is usually much more calorie dense.
@dracodracarys2339 4 years ago

Jurassic Park kid: "That doesn't sound very scary! More like, a 15-foot turkey."
@superdupergrover9857 4 years ago

There also might be aerodynamic benefits to arm feathers NOT related to obtaining lift, like how ostriches use their wings when turning, both to alter balance and differential drag.
@jokuvaan5175 4 years ago

I'll always remember these raptors because "ovi" means door in my mnative language Finnish. Doorraptor
@Brutaltronics 4 years ago

The original big birb
@mr.jglokta191 4 years ago

6:09 When you're so large birds nest on your back
@user-lf2ui7mn1f 4 years ago

6:09 looks like giant cassowary
@aryaltos 4 years ago

it's those damn KULU-YA-KU again
@Vulcano7965 4 years ago

Imaging riding into battle with such a biest! :D