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0:23 ladies and gentle sores welcome to
0:26 Creature Feature a sister series to
0:27 assessing survival where we take a
0:29 closer look at some of the spec Evo
0:31 creatures I've created for the assessing
0:33 Survival episodes today we'll be talking
0:36 about the Neo Raptor you guys were very
0:37 much fascinated with the idea of
0:39 petrosaurus and had a lot of questions
0:41 about them we'll talk about their design
0:43 alternate history as well as their
0:45 various breeds and color morphs but
0:47 before we jump into it do me a huge
0:49 favor drop a like on the video and leave
0:56 already I initially struggled quite a
0:58 lot coming up with the spec evos for
1:00 danicus in the Ice Age as geosaurus
1:02 already have a pretty unique body shape
1:04 I wanted to do something new but not
1:06 really different from the base body plan
1:08 something small as the other two Speck
1:10 evos were already larger than the base
1:12 creature but they needed a reason to get
1:14 so small so when looking for small prey
1:16 items in Alaska and Northern Canada My
1:18 First Choice was Lemmings making this
1:20 animal their preferred prey item would
1:21 not only give the Raptors a reason to
1:24 get smaller but also create some unique
1:25 Behavior plenty of animals like
1:28 burrowing owls European Badgers lion
1:31 fish etc etc will steal the Burrows and
1:33 nests of other animals and given the
1:34 lemming's habit of burrowing through
1:36 snow I thought it would be cool if the
1:38 Neo Raptors stole but also expanded the
1:40 Burrows of the lemings that they hunt I
1:42 mentioned that Neo Raptors enjoy
1:44 collecting things like sticks bones and
1:46 shiny rocks my thinking was that
1:49 dromeosaur being so similar to birds in
1:51 many ways would probably behave in a
1:53 similar fashion especially a small
1:55 dromeosaur many birds like corvids Boer
1:57 birds and starlings are known to collect
1:59 brightly colored or reflective objects
2:01 either as a way to court mates or just
2:03 because they find it intriguing to some
2:05 degree in terms of their coloration of
2:06 course going with all white was a
2:08 no-brainer as they're in a snowy
2:10 environment so when brainstorming how to
2:12 make them stand out I suddenly
2:20 video this is a rock Tagan in its winter
2:22 coat and as you can see they have funny
2:24 little fleshy red eyebrows on the
2:26 tarmigan both males and females have
2:28 these eyebrows but for the Nea Raptor I
2:30 thought it would work better as way to
2:31 tell them apart from the females because
2:33 I didn't plan on giving these guys
2:35 variations in their winter and summer
2:37 coats which is going to lead us into our next
2:43 section so the reason why Nea raptors
2:45 have just one year round coat is because
2:47 one I was in a rush to get the video out
2:49 before I went on vacation so I couldn't
2:51 take the time to design the summer coats
2:54 and two Nea Raptors much like snowy owls
2:56 will stay in areas with snow during the
2:58 summer and this means either moving into
3:00 Northern latitudes or into mountains
3:02 most often the latter as Neo Raptors are
3:04 not a migratory species they will change
3:06 in coloration a bit though becoming
3:08 slightly darker with gray accents often
3:11 referred to by experts as a snowshoe
3:13 coat Neo Raptors will mate and reproduce
3:14 at the beginning of winter which is
3:17 typically late September or mid October
3:19 depending on the latitude or elevation
3:21 they lay anywhere between 3 to six eggs
3:23 in their subian Burrows which will only
3:25 take roughly 28 days to incubate once
3:27 hatched newly born Neo Raptors will stay
3:28 in the nest room of the burrow while
3:30 their parents attended the for another
3:33 45 days newborn Nea Raptors are tiny
3:35 only 3 in long head to toe and for the
3:37 first 2 weeks their feathers will be a
3:39 bright yellow much like ducklings losing
3:41 this coloring in favor of white feathers
3:43 that help them blend in after this
3:45 45-day period they will be able to join
3:46 their parents on the surface to hunt
3:48 where they will help them hunt larger
3:50 pre items like marmots hairs beavers and
3:52 sometimes even young foxes at the
3:54 beginning of Summer around late or mid
3:57 June the mating pair will create another
3:58 clutch of eggs and their offspring from
4:00 the previous winter will go out on their
4:02 own usually taking another winter to
4:04 reach full maturity they are also very
4:06 fast being able to run on the surface of
4:09 snow at speeds of up to 30 mph or just
4:12 shy of 50 kmph their absolute highest
4:14 speed was recorded when a domestic Neo
4:15 Raptor was placed on a treadmill where
4:18 the Neo Raptor reached 41 mph though
4:20 this number is not considered achievable
4:27 individuals Neo Raptors established
4:28 themselves in North America during the
4:30 middle pla scene but did not cross the
4:32 bearing straight while it was frozen
4:34 over due to a lack of any migratory
4:35 instinct when humans crossed over the
4:37 bearing straight they encountered Neo
4:39 Raptors they were too fast and too small
4:41 of an animal for humans to hunt so for a
4:44 while they largely didn't interact but
4:46 Neo Raptors being the clever creatures
4:48 they are would often visit the perimeter
4:50 of human camps after noticing small
4:52 animals do the same early humans also
4:54 noticed the Nea Raptors sticking around
4:56 their camps but didn't bother to shoe
4:58 them off because they took care of small
5:00 nuisance animals it didn't take long for
5:02 the humans to start offering Neo Raptors
5:04 food directly in order to keep them
5:06 around these more tame Neo Raptors built
5:09 burrow closer to human settlements and
5:10 often brought their hatchlings along to
5:12 be fed by humans as well and those
5:14 hatchlings when they matured typically
5:15 didn't move very far from the human
5:18 camps either over the course of maybe 4
5:19 or 500 years the descendants of those
5:22 Nea Raptors became fully domesticated
5:24 mostly occupying a similar role to cats
5:26 domesticated in the Middle East around
5:28 the same time though unlike cats the Neo
5:30 Raptor takes commands more L like dogs
5:32 and were often taken on hunts with
5:34 humans in addition to being kept around
5:36 their homes hunting parties may take as
5:38 many as six well-trained Neo Raptors
5:40 along with them to take down small game
5:41 The Hunters would reward the Raptors for
5:43 these kills with small bits of cooked
5:45 Mammoth or bison which they much
5:46 preferred early Native Americans would
5:49 offer trained Neo Raptors as gifts to
5:50 other tribes as they were seen as highly
5:52 valuable a well- trained Neo Raptor
5:54 could easily be traded for a number of
5:57 Bison robes A month's worth of jerky or
5:59 an equally well-trained dog Nea Raptors
6:01 were found in the Villages of tribes as
6:03 far south as the Sha which brings us all
6:05 the way up to the colonial era and how
6:07 the arrival of European settlers changed
6:09 the Neo Raptor's presence in history
6:11 significantly the ne Raptor as an animal
6:14 was completely alien to the Europeans
6:15 nothing like them existed in the old
6:18 world European Merchants immediately saw
6:19 the potential and profits from selling
6:21 and trading these animals they offered
6:23 the natives domestic cats and exchange
6:25 for Neo Raptors which were much better
6:27 at The Pest Control job but not so great
6:29 in hunting parties often the merchants
6:31 would have to offer up two or more cats
6:33 or hunting dogs for a single Neo Raptor
6:35 in the old world they quickly caught on
6:37 as a high value exotic pet among Nobles
6:39 and Men of wealth and thus was the
6:41 beginning of a Neo Raptor pet industry
6:43 the pet trade brought Neo Raptors as far
6:46 east as Japan and as far south as the
6:48 Ottoman Empire back in the old world
6:50 however Neo Raptors slowly fell out of
6:52 use among native tribes not only because
6:55 of the rapid conquering of the Americas
6:56 but because the use of cats and dogs
6:58 acquired by European Merchants became
7:00 much more widespread than using Neo
7:02 Raptors as these animals were more
7:04 versatile in terms of climate and were
7:06 simpler to raise and care for though
7:07 they still persisted among tribes in
7:09 Alaska and Northern Canada well into the
7:12 modern day by the 20th century Neo
7:14 Raptors existed in a wild population of
7:17 roughly 800,000 in both Canada and
7:19 Alaska having spread to Europe and Asia
7:20 during the colonial period they
7:22 established populations in Nordic
7:24 countries the btics Northern Scotland
7:27 and Russia these invasive Nea Raptors at
7:28 this point have an estimated wild
7:30 population of roughly
7:33 150,000 by the 21st century the domestic
7:35 population of Neo Raptors reached
7:37 roughly 3 million across the globe being
7:40 most common in the United States the UK
7:43 Canada Germany Japan and South
7:45 Korea at the beginning of the 20th
7:47 century when the field of paleontology
7:49 was still in its infancy it didn't take
7:51 long for paleontologists to discover the
7:53 correlation between Neo Raptors and
7:56 dromeosaur from over 66 million years
7:57 ago even more perplexing was the
8:00 discovery of danicus danicus remains
8:02 found in Montana were anywhere between
8:06 100 to 125 million years old while donus
8:07 remains discovered in Northern Canada
8:09 and Alaska were dated to be only 2
8:11 million years old along with this came
8:13 the discovery of transitional species
8:15 between danicus and Neo Raptor as well
8:18 as two other species of Pine geosaurus
8:21 cryon nikus and fendulus not only did
8:23 this lead to a better understanding of
8:25 how dinosaurs may have looked earlier on
8:26 but it also threw the field of
8:29 paleontology into a mass debate some
8:31 began dismiss the theory of evolution
8:33 entirely and some believed that a few
8:35 dinosaurs must have persisted far past
8:37 the Cretaceous but a select few saw it
8:40 for what it really was a true anomaly
8:42 donus didn't belong in the place to
8:44 scene and these other dromeosaur came
8:46 from a necessary rapid Evolution that
8:48 may have come from being suddenly placed
8:50 in a new environment this was a very
8:51 Fringe theory that was looked down upon
8:54 for decades that was until another
8:55 anomalous Discovery was made in Hell
8:57 Creek years later this time remains of
8:59 African bush elephants and specialized
9:02 descendants just like with the danicus
9:03 again this pattern repeated in the
9:05 Morrison formation grizzly bears and
9:07 Eurasian bores in the Jurassic period
9:09 massive gorillas and orangutans with
9:11 Spears in Cretaceous North Africa this
9:14 was just plain unnatural some began to
9:15 wonder if there is a malicious force
9:17 behind it when it was brought to the
9:20 attention of the US government in 1961 a
9:22 very Catholic President John F Kennedy
9:24 was intrigued with this phenomenon and
9:26 commissioned the creation of the US
9:28 Department of biological anomalies an
9:30 agency of paleontology and biologists as
9:31 well as some of the brightest Minds in
9:33 the world to discover the origin of
9:35 these misplaced animals Kennedy believed
9:37 that these anomalies would either one
9:38 support the idea that the Earth is much
9:40 younger than the current scientific
9:42 understanding therefore leading more
9:44 people to God specifically the typically
9:47 atheist Communists or two the sudden
9:49 appearance of a species from another era
9:51 in the modern day could raise concerns
9:53 about an unknown phenomena or entities
9:56 capable of manipulating time or biology
9:57 Kennedy aware of the potential
9:59 implications established the Department
10:01 as a way to investigate and control
10:02 these anomalies before they could be
10:05 exploited by adversaries but that that's
10:06 that's enough about that let's get back
10:13 Raptors the following is a PSA put out
10:14 by the US National Park Service
10:16 regarding Neo Raptors in Denali National
10:32 hey there folks my name is Ranger Tad
10:35 Woodvine and I work as a conservation
10:37 specialist as well as a wildlife and
10:40 Trail Guide here at Denali National Park
10:43 in the great state of Alaska and today
10:44 I'm here to tell you all about our
10:46 Park's most Elusive and adorable
10:50 residence Nea Raptor lemon better known
10:53 as the leming Hawks in the lower 48 this
10:56 here is clouse he's an ambassador animal
10:58 that lives with us at our Sanctuary here
11:00 at the park when people come to visit
11:03 our Park seeing a wild leming Hawk is
11:06 often at the top of their wish list Nea
11:08 Raptors are popular pets and many wish
11:10 to see them in their native
11:13 habitat this is a pretty rare occurrence
11:15 as more often than not they don't go
11:18 anywhere near our Trails or
11:20 campgrounds however if you do cross
11:22 paths with a leming hawk it's important
11:25 to know the park rules and federal laws
11:27 regarding interaction with them when
11:29 driving on our roads or riding on the
11:31 bike and ATV trails you will notice
11:34 several Raptor crossing signs that
11:36 feature the silhouette of a leming hawk
11:37 with two
11:40 hatchlings it is crucial that you avoid
11:42 going over the posted speed limit and
11:44 watch out for all Wildlife including
11:46 leming Hawks while traversing the park
11:48 not only will speeding get you a ticket
11:50 but if it results in the death of a
11:53 protected species you could face massive
11:55 fines and possible criminal charges from
11:58 the Department of Fish and Wildlife on
12:01 rare occasions leming Hawks may approach
12:03 campgrounds in search of food if one of
12:06 these animals does come to your campsite
12:08 it is important that you do not feed
12:11 them this means you cannot approach them
12:14 with food in hand toss it towards them
12:17 or leave food out for them on purpose it
12:20 is also your responsibility to shoe away
12:22 any leming Hawks that get into your bags
12:25 or coolers we don't want them thinking
12:27 it's okay to steal food from people
12:30 usually loud noises will do the trick to
12:32 scare one of these Raptors off but if a
12:34 leming hawk does not respond to your
12:36 attempts to scare them away contact the
12:38 park office or speak to your
12:40 campground's Ranger and they will take further
12:41 further
12:44 action it is against the Park's rules to
12:46 touch these animals while you may have
12:49 your own pet leming Hawk at home wild
12:51 Neo Raptors are not adjusted to
12:54 interacting with humans and May respond
12:57 negatively in attempts to touch them if
12:59 a leming hawk feels cornered they will
13:02 not hesitate to use their claws or teeth
13:05 to defend themselves these defensive
13:07 bites or slashes can be quite painful
13:10 speaking from experience and can easily
13:13 require a trip to the emergency room now
13:16 here's the real important part NE
13:18 Raptors are considered a protected
13:20 species and it is a federal felony to
13:23 steal them or their eggs from the wild
13:25 this could land you up to 3 years in
13:30 jail or a fine of over $80,000
13:31 the severity of these punishments will
13:33 increase depending on where you take
13:36 them and how many state lines you cross
13:38 before being caught if you'd like to
13:40 come meet a Nea Raptor while you're at
13:42 the park feel free to come down to our
13:45 Wildlife Sanctuary where you can meet
13:47 clous alongside lots of other cool
13:50 Ambassador animals of different species
13:53 WALL-E the black bear may be my
14:08 Neo Raptors come in the following color
14:11 morphs Cupid Snowshoe duckling and
14:13 melanistic the cupid morph was bred to
14:15 express the red coloration seen in the
14:17 eyebrows on males throughout the body
14:19 they have an intense blood red at the
14:20 top of their head which Fades into a
14:23 Rosy pink going down to the body with
14:24 more brightly colored feathers on their
14:26 arms and Tails both males and females
14:29 can be Cupid morphs though naturally
14:31 female Cupid NEOS are most often just
14:32 pink without the intense red the
14:34 Snowshoe morph are NEOS bred to keep
14:36 their summer coats year round giving
14:38 them a unique Boot and glove look that a
14:40 lot of people find very cute this is
14:42 generally the most common type of morph
14:44 more common in pet stores than even the
14:46 Bas wild type morph the duckling morph
14:48 is a naturally occurring mutation of Neo
14:50 Raptors who never lose their yellow
14:51 colored feathers from their nestling
14:54 phase this was never seen in the wild
14:56 because as you can imagine being bright
14:58 yellow in the snowy Tundra wasn't
14:59 exactly a recipe for for survival these
15:01 Nea Raptors that never turned white were
15:03 bred together until their offspring were
15:05 mostly or entirely yellow throughout
15:07 adulthood then there is the melanistic
15:10 morph this morph is often the result of
15:12 inbreeding because even when breeding to
15:14 melanistic Nea Raptors there's only
15:16 about a 20% chance for a resulting
15:19 hatchling to also be melanistic many of
15:21 them have green eyes which are believed
15:22 to be a mutation resulting from
15:24 excessive inbreeding their behavior is
15:26 often erratic and much different from
15:28 other Neo Raptors more like cats than
15:30 the typical dog or birdlike behavior
15:32 they're very antisocial with others of
15:34 their species and often prefer the
15:36 attention of one human owner even then
15:38 having the tendency to lash out
15:40 seemingly at random all these color
15:42 morphs can be bred together to exhibit
15:44 unique coloration and patterns but these
15:46 are the ones officially recognized by
15:48 the lhbs or the lming hawk Beauty
15:50 Society often referred to as the leming
15:53 hawk Society by many Neo Raptor
15:55 owners then there are the officially
15:59 recognized breeds teacup XL Bully and th
16:01 feathered teacup Neo Raptors are as the
16:04 name suggests neotenic Neo Raptors that
16:06 maintain their hatchling size and never
16:08 develop adult traits teacup NEOS are
16:10 pretty expensive and were bred purely
16:12 for cosmetic purposes they fit perfectly
16:14 in the purses of a rich middle-aged
16:16 woman and are the subject of probably
16:19 the most intense Neo Raptor accessory
16:21 marketing teacup NEOS are often played
16:22 with health problems like short
16:25 lifespans obesity excessive aggression
16:27 various types of cancer joint issues
16:29 cataracts the list goes on breeding of
16:31 teacup Neo Raptors is banned in most
16:33 European countries but still persists in
16:36 China Australia and most US states
16:38 ownership of these Nea Raptors is often
16:41 frowned upon Excel Nea Raptors are also
16:44 as their name suggests Neo Raptors bred
16:45 to be much larger initially the desire
16:47 for this breed was for the purpose of
16:49 utility in hunting Raptor hunting
16:51 despite being Niche was still decently
16:53 popular and many Hunters saw the benefit
16:55 of keeping these animals to take down
16:57 bigger game they reach about 2 m or 6
16:59 and 1/2 ft long and stand around 2 ftt
17:01 or over half a meter tall this size
17:02 allows them to take down animals as
17:04 large as red stags and mule deer with
17:06 the occasional moose takedown being
17:08 reported extra- large NEOS are pretty
17:10 popular as pets because their size
17:12 allows their owners to cuddle with them
17:13 without the risk of rolling over and
17:15 crushing them though this is dangerous
17:18 because XL naos whose claws haven't been
17:20 filed down have accidentally killed
17:22 their owners in their sleep then there
17:24 is the bully breed which were bred from
17:26 XL NEOS for illegal Raptor fights they
17:28 have much bulkier Stout heads with
17:30 strong bites equivalent to that of
17:32 spotted hyenas they have larger sickle
17:34 claws as well as a generally more
17:36 muscular build in the late 20th century
17:38 Neo Raptor fighting surpassed the
17:40 popularity of dog and fighting in
17:42 most illegal animal fighting rings with
17:44 bully Neo breeders as well as trainers
17:46 making millions a year on average the US
17:48 government outlawed this practice along
17:51 with dog fighting in 1976 but bully NEOS
17:53 remained popular as pets due to their
17:55 more rugged look and were often trained
17:57 to fulfill guard roles with limited
17:58 success as you can imagine the these
18:00 NEOS are more prone to aggressive
18:02 behavior and ownership of them is
18:04 unfortunately banned in many states
18:05 countries and provinces throughout the
18:08 world thin feather NE Raptors are a
18:09 breed that were genetically modified in
18:12 the early 2010s to suppress many of the
18:13 genes responsible for the growth of
18:15 feathers as well as enhance their
18:17 tolerance to heat and humidity in order
18:19 to expand the Neo Raptor Market to
18:20 countries with hot or tropical
18:22 environments these Neo Raptors maintain
18:24 feathers on their arms and Tails as well
18:25 as along the top of their backs and
18:27 heads but are otherwise mostly covered
18:29 in scales and scal skin like many
18:32 non-avian dinosaurs many people in
18:34 countries like Australia China South
18:36 Africa and India could finally own Neo
18:37 Raptors without the fear of their
18:39 dinosaur friends dying from respiratory
18:41 illness or heat stroke however many
18:43 governments quickly either banned or
18:45 restricted their citizens from acquiring
18:47 these animals Neo Raptors of any breed
18:49 had already been banned in the USSR as
18:51 well as the preceding Russian government
18:53 due to the invasive population in
18:55 Siberia New Zealand the home of many
18:56 critically endangered species like the
18:58 two Atara immediately banned the sale
19:00 these animals before they could even
19:02 reach their Shores secondly was East
19:04 African countries like Kenya Tanzania
19:06 and mosm Beek for similar reasons
19:08 shortly thereafter countries like
19:10 Australia India China and many Southern
19:13 US states required licenses as well as
19:14 Home Inspections to buy thin feathered
19:17 Neo Raptors all of these breeds and
19:18 color morphs can be cross spread to
19:20 create a variety of unique looking Neo
19:23 Raptors if you're curious as to how to
19:25 take care of your own Neo Raptor check
19:26 the description as well as the pin
19:28 comment for a link to an official Neo
19:29 Raptor care
19:32 sheet a month or so ago I asked you guys
19:34 in the community tab on the channel as
19:36 well as the Discord to submit and draw
19:38 pictures of your own pet Neo Raptors and
19:39 I'm going to close out the first
19:41 Creature Feature with a little Montage
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