The Evolution of the Giraffe

Hey everyone (once again), If the vocals become hard to hear, I'd suggest lowering the volume of the YouTube video to about half or lower of the maximum. I found this to be more useful in hearing the vocals over the bgm. Apologies for audio related issues, I'll be working on optimizing volume in future uploads.

Never thought learning about giraffes could be this funky.

Hey everyone, I've read a lot of the comments on this video and others regarding both the volume of the background music as well as the speed at which I read my script. I appreciate all of the constructive criticism. I'm still a bit new to making more formal YouTube videos such as this but I'll try my best to address these issues in future projects. Once again thank you for the support and criticism, I appreciate everyone's interest in animal-related subject material and will try to upload more frequently in the future!

This dude is using what sounds like Sonic Unleashed music to explain the evolution of giraffes 😂 Keep up the good work

I remember being at a zoo when I was like 6 and thinking "that giraffe looks like if a dragon was trying to disguise itself as a horse"

1:54 Awwwww it 's sooooooo cute! It' s like a rat-guinea pig deer thig is like fantasy

I looked at the name "Camelopardis" and wondered if it was Latin for "Leopard Camel." Turns out "pardis" just means "spotted," so leopards are "spotted lions."

That touhou music caught me off guard

I never knew mouse deer were a thing...

I love to draw dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and this video is giving me so many new species to draw.

Didn't expect the touhou music.

I have adhd and this format with the jazz and the frequent background shifts is just chefs kiss thank you so much

Thanks Animal Origins. I liked the music and I heard you clearly. Good Job

Would you mind teaching me the evolution of the Platypus?

Can you speak more slowly and make the music lower? You're speaking so quickly it's hard to digest with the distracting loud music in the background.

You deserve more likes and views. 👍

What if the Okapi, although it has the shorter neck, is the descendant and the Giraffe is its ancestor instead. I notice this with the Bush Elephant versus the Forest Elephant, and the Emu versus the Cassowary. They all have a forest and grassland alternative. On another extreme case, the Kangaroo versus the Tree Kangaroo. The grassland relative seems to be more spread out and have a better distribution compared to those that live in forest. The forest relative seems to have become specialized in hiding, and foraging in smaller area. They seem to be like the more "advanced" version.

My pet theory is that the long necks came about originally for plant eating, but it also allowed them to spot predators from further away, and it allowed them to compete for mates as well. Sort of a Jack of all Trades.

Imagine your evolutionary game plan is to make one of the most vulnerable parts of your body the main part of it

Youtube suggested your page, and I'm so very glad they did!! I loved this video and look forward to see the rest of your work. I find it very informative, easy to understand, I love the graphics and the music as well (reminds of the background music on the PC game of monopoly I played in the 90s lol) Thank you so much for your hard work in bringing this to the public. The vocal were fine for me, I was listening on my PC with noise cancelling stereo headphones.