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The 5 mass extinctions
Jan 3, 2016 5:32 AM
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TheFifthClockwatcher
The hell happened with the permian one? "Oh yeah, btw, FUCKING FIIIIIRE!"
Ellarial
This is gorgeous stuff. Which is a strange thing to say about most of the life on your planet being wiped out.
BabyInAStraitJacket
Watching the comet hit is so fulfilling.
Brodiesan
Slower, you extinct slut.
gayducks
http://giffage.com/gif.php?show=media2.giphy.com/media/bb0Xwo6UoHTPy/giphy.gif
MyBigMouth
Calling it now, the next one will be caused by Diet Coke and Mentos
PandaSamurai
All I see is the XCOM interface: http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/122/1226328/xcom-enemy-unknown-20121008034343327-000.jpg
BYERE
Me too
C0mtraya
The Ethereals must be pretty pissed, if they bomb us with a asteroid.
Perfzilla
Always upvote planetary catastrophes
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
So you're the guy who keeps upvoting selfies.
DrMalsain
The most fun you can have
clln86
The last fun you can have!
BlueSpaceLizard
*drinks martini*
visualvendetta
Keeping it real.
visualvendetta
Love 'em. Usually means you don't have to go into work the next day.
SpannJoel
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUes_NPa6M - pretty dang interesting! Scishow vid on extinction
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
Hank! :D
honeybadger314
I can't wait for the Yellowstone super volcano to rage
LetMePickMyTeethThenHaveMoreChips2
Where did you get this archive footage? Are there cameras on the sun?
putski
One of these was caused by that little ice age shit chasing am acorn.
irubmyrife
I was just watching the sequel with my 3yo and he was laughing his ass off at the "big tooth squirrel".
4Outof5DentistsRecommend
Scrat!!
fucktwat
I never knew his name. Thank you.
TrunkMonkey6
What about the Younger Dryas Comet Impact?
Kovfefe
But the Earth is only 6000 years old duh.
Notthefatjewishorfuckjerry
The scale is in millions
TheNinjaPervert
Oh honey....
fumble
Imgur will probably get a kick out of this https://answersingenesis.org/age-of-the-earth/how-old-is-the-earth/
hmzzz
2016*
MoistTowlettes
Who actually thinks this? Just wondering.
BhawbTheMagnificent
2016? Probably not many. 4k-10k years old? A really large percentage of Americans, not sure of other countries.
MoistTowlettes
Thanks :)
mrgoggles
Idiots
MoistTowlettes
This seems to directly relate to that whole Americans thing. We're pretty dumb.
Spanishzebra
Happy birthday earth <3
johncenainatubofchocolate
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND
LittleWinkyMoon
I've never met someone that didn't think Dinosaurs existed or that believed the Earth wasn't billions of years old.
Sprixxen
Defined as: "God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years"
Sprixxen
"The proportion of the U.S. population believing in a creationist view of human is currently ~46% "(Gallup).
LittleWinkyMoon
I have a hard time believing that and I'm Christian. Not saying you cited it incorrectly. Just that it's hard to believe.
LittleWinkyMoon
Unless that's assuming people that believe God created man are all lumped in with people that don't believe in dinosaurs and evolution.
Sprixxen
Here's the link. Kinda shocked me too. http://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/hold-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx
Sprixxen
The stat has changed little in 30 years. 44% in 1982 when Gallup first did it. It only addresses the age part (less than 10,000 years) tho.
FilmMagician
We're going through the 6th one right now.
HoverCatOne
FORE!!!
mashimaro
Missed the sixth (current) one
Flonaise
(Looks at watch) Any minute now. Some people have to work tomorrow.
AlwaysUpvoteHappyChickens
Well, favorited.
javierulf
This makes me dizzy
MashyC
This is a really amazing video.
neeks64
it's from a documentary called Racing Extinction. 5/7 would recommend.
ChocolateBearVanillaBear
Folder[Interesting]
laplance93
Well, stop doing it you fucker.
Laminated
This made my life
Karlinator
Cock
Essla
What's the green one??
Odb718
I would think algae. Like one type just TOOK OVER. That'd probably cause all types of problems. But this is just my guess.
ash020
Earths teenage years...total pot head
Douglas747Tristar
An upvote
denigreur
Someone forgot to take care of the pool
Sakkura
Famennian faunal stage, around the late Devonian mass extinction.
BhataktiAtma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Devonian_extinction
SpannJoel
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUes_NPa6M
PearDeer
Burning Legion invasion
BushiestCream
Late Devonian
TeenageMutantNinjaAbortedFetuses
Too much gamma radiation by wild Hulks.
Jupman
Basically why we had dinosaurs O2 was so high it supported big mammals. Also why jurassic park could not be done in today's O2 levels.
djuliet
chloroblasts evolving.
Yeorge
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
Your mom's yeast infection
manslut
Plants pretty much erased CO2 and produced mass amounts of O2, completely changing the atmosphere. We're currently fucking things similarly.
TheWhiteBarry
No, we're really not though. Not arguing the levels are rising, but highly prepared to argue that humans are not causing it.
DJTesla
Am I wrong in assuming we're fucking things inversely? Serious question.
railgap
Plants vs. Animals: FIGHT!
Passw0rd
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Devonian_extinction This is the green one if you're interested
ICallPeoplesBullshit
Seems another mass extinction ended that mass extinction. Ironic.
fen4
Always up-vote actual answers.
AwwYissMothaFuckinProcrastination
The reef part was interesting
mrlorax
Hot house, basically too much oxygen for anaerobic bacteria to survive. I would suggest watching SciShow's Climate episode, Hank covers it
TheFenceJumper
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graehall
Fuck yeah SciShow!
FiatLuxIam
HANK!
TongueTiedLabourerfromtheLandoftheLittlePeople
Plants. plants killed 99.99% of all life
sigmaecho
Episode: https://youtu.be/dC_2WXyORGA
DigitalGuru42
Thanks!
Ponder361
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Guzinator
Does anyone know what each one was? I can see the comet and ice age.... What about the others?
railgap
No, no one knows.
neeks64
watch the documentary Racing Extinction (on Sci channel, aka sauce of this gif). teaches all about this stuff.
avlin
Thanks :). I found a lot of documentaries like this one on topdocumentaryfilms.com > environment.
blarkknight
I'm assuming mass volcanic eruptions for two of them.
LeiZhenBang
The Deccan traps
TwoHookersAndAnEightball
Likely a combination of several forcings for the K-T event. Dinosaur egg shell fragments found in the palaeosols between Deccan flows...
trace501
We did a video about them on DNews (now Seeker). Search Youtube.
benknives
Have fun this is an interesting topic to learn more about. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event
Guzinator
Awesome, thanks!
UH60Mechanic
Welp, I didn't need to sleep tonight.
Aydeniscool
Whoa, I didn't know there was actually a name for the current mass extinction being cause by us...that's pretty depressing.
kerms
It started in 10,000 BC with the spread of humans, so extinction is just in our nature.
kerms
But yeah, it's really interesting. It mostly has to do with the overhunting of megafauna at the end of the last ice age.
kerms
Apparently woolly mammoths kept grasslands from becoming forests, and humans hunted them to extinction, causing forests and
andyskeels
It's being sponsored by Pepsi
hailinghydrate
We continue to do nothing. A good bit of people really don't care. Sad actually.
BhawbTheMagnificent
Its not really our "fault", we're just really good at life, which happens to involve killing everything around us.
HerpestonMcDerping
1. Global ice age. 2. Low oxygen levels. 3. Massive volcanic eruptions. 4. Continental breakup. 5. Asteroid/comet.
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PeteVenkmann
Please excuse my blatant ignorance, but what is there to stop at least numbers 4 or 5 happening nowadays?
HerpestonMcDerping
#4 - Nothing, it's already happening in East Africa. #5 - We...perhaps?
surfvvax
The continental break up one. How/why did that cause mass extinction?
Savkate
I guess the continental plates were moving too fast, causing all the lava coming out the cracks, which makes the atmosphere shitty
HerpestonMcDerping
Volcanic eruptions caused climatic instability and shifting in weather patterns. Triassic was still suffering from the P/T extinction event.
H8UsCuzTheyAnus
2. High oxygen levels*
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HerpestonMcDerping
Devonian extinction mainly effected marine environments due to widespread anoxia. The geological remnants are the 'Kellwasser' facies
HerpestonMcDerping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Devonian_extinction#The_Kellwasser_event
Corarium
2. Extremely fucking high oxygen levels*
HerpestonMcDerping
Extremely fucking wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Devonian_extinction#The_Kellwasser_event
CrescendoMyInduendo
Why were they so fucking high? :O
TheManInTown
probs a bunch of green stuff was shitting it out a lot more than they are now, just a guess
CaptainAsshole
Holy shit! How'd u get this video?
ATLandNerdy
Stolen TARDIS
ChickenBLickiens
"Let me see that camera" - MItch Hedberg
terracottanubbins
Gahahsj
whyaretheresomanysongsaboutbatman
Superman with a GoPro.
MrCurramba
you win for today
CaptainAsshole
Points!
zigbigidorlu
+1 for @Midnight
mavi222
..and a lot of patience
epenna
Traveling near to the speed of light, relativity would make it pass fast for him?
Crazymustard
This is the right answer
awesomeweirdness
And I have never laughed harder.
awesomeweirdness
And I have never laughed harder.
brownbag
So that's why the Earth seems to be round.
Crumpus
I remember that video!
stolencanofrusto
He used google ultron to ask nasa
Mechlai
Time Travel
HamboneHFY
Time machine, duh.
ArcticDragon0
The Sun
MoralRectifier
FWIW, this is from the documentary "Racing Extinction"
CaptainAsshole
...username..
ASycophanticPropheticSocraticJunkieWannabe
..username..
Riddiculous
Absolutely ridiculous
MustntSleep
*riddiculous
LeafofGreen
Made me laugh wine out my nose. OW
CaptainAsshole
Don't waste wine!
Dominian
Flying faster than light and then turning the cam on his iPhone on. Obviously!
ac112
God's killcam.
ac112
G-g-g-genocide.
extremedarksoulsbutthurt
They were there filming the whole thing man.
Aridez
He sent a camera millons of years away from earth and recorded it from there.
MrButtersox
Obviously friends with the Doctor, CaptainAsshole
Comfortblynumb2
It's probably CG bruh
empoweredpotato
Discovery's "Racing Extinction" It's a must-watch!
asman24
Cosmos
Logancox
Scientology
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EverythingISeeIsAJojosReference
I want to see a counter-religion rise that blatantly worships everything scientology is against.
CassandraCurieux
Like paying taxes?
LlamaWithNoMittens
I want to upvote but you have 123
CaptainAsshole
Idk why I found this funny...
LeafofGreen
Made me laugh wine out my nose. OW
betogilardino
You did it twice! I bet each time the wine went through a different nostril
CaptainAsshole
At first she did it back to back too
Ivesoiledmytuniccompletelybychoice
The Doctor.
imnotinprisonhidingaphoneinmybutt
I think I love you.
Ivesoiledmytuniccompletelybychoice
So glad you said so. Let's elope.
CaptainAsshole
Found river
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Doctor... who?
rockinjoey
Exactly
CaptainAsshole
Good on you
diregamer
I could see 9 setting up his camera and 12 finding it.
UnstableProductions
Aliens!
mobiusm1
You can tell by the blur in the background they were circling the planet fast enough to go back in time.
IsaiahPascoe
Reddit
ArdvarkRoticeryChicken
time lapse camera and a shit load of AA batteries.
ac112
At least 30.
ArdvarkRoticeryChicken
bare minimum.
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
rechargable lithiums?
CaptainAsshole
Clearly it's solar powered
Playinlax
It's a series called Breakthroughs on NatGeo (I think)
donkeymoney
Commenting for Science.
Sittingonabigblueboxlolwtfmars
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ivancestoni
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FreudIsMe
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paleblackfish
Wanna check this out
difficultdifficultlemondifficult
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scmrph
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colinsoup
PopcornTime search found this and not the NatGeo version. Fuck you PPT....
PandaSenpaiii
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godverdomme
(_)_)::::::D
MoistTowlettes
donkeymoney
Documentary "Racing Extinction" per comments below.
MrCurramba
punto
eleventeen111
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Playinlax
Dammit, guess it was racing extinction.
buzmeister92
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ifallinlovewitheveryboyibang
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PrunkMasterFlex
I guess if you follow the numbers, we are due for an extinction. It must be Trump 2016
MrBananaBeak
We're already in it.
MoistTowlettes
Meh, there were too many people living already.
IronicUsername
The Trumpocalypse.
seliqui
Source? :)
MoralRectifier
This is from the documentary "Racing Extinction". I just watched it tonight, so I recognized it immediately.
ChevyNova1973
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nesticRAW
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poilck
dut
mirrarrow
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GenitalJoust
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neeks64
best documentary I've seen in awhile. left me with so many feelings.
Noob3rts
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IAnswerYesToDumbQuestions
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Akumaka
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BonzuPippinpaddleopsicopolisTHETHIRD
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seliqui
Thanks! :)
avlin
Thanks :). I recently found a lot of free docs like this on http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/category/environment/
TriggeredPrivilege
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avlin
... I watched a few... don't expect good news, they actually changed my view on the near future, it doesn't look good at all :(
BellerophonM
What about #6, the Anthropocene extinction?
HerpestonMcDerping
Trump said it's just a hoax.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
And my mama said alligators are ornery because they have no toothbrushes.
surrealist17
This...
TheHeroOfTwilight
But it's hardly a mass extinction. What, a hundred or so species? It's not any significant percent. Still bad, but not the 25%+ these are.
BellerophonM
Current rate of extinction over time is between 10 and 100 times that of previous mass extinction events.
fatlittletree
300+ in only the last 500 years. And there's no way of knowing how many we wiped out when we first spread out from Africa.
Drafi
You seem to be under the impression that it's already over rather than just beginning
avlin
It didn't end yet... but in a few years it might. The next intelligent species on Earth (if one develops) will take it into account.
Kimpes
'in a few years'. buddy, it's going to take much more time for this extinction to be over. im no scientist but id guess a few million years
Kimpes
correction to my previous reply. not a few million years but a few tens of thousands of years. you were still off by a lot but not millions
avlin
well, I listened these days to a lot of scientists talking about climate change, things aren't looking that good, we'll just have to see :)
Kimpes
i just hope for inventions to get to the point where we don't need to destroy the environment for our own sake
gggu
We are in the midst of the 6th
twfeline
The only thing that will be left will be people and cockroaches. And I'm not sure about people.
norill
so i heard. i wonder how much truth is in it
avlin
well... this is actually a scientific fact, google it if you're interested
visualvendetta
People seem to actually want the world to end.............
TheManInTown
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. I mean, you're not wrong
visualvendetta
Because people get butthurt when I step on their fave theories (which usually involve apocalypse). Happens a lot. Aussies will upvote later.
avlin
1. To be honest, I'm one of them. Why? Take a look on how we treat each other and what we've done on this planet.
visualvendetta
So what? we could inject cyanide into the atmosphere and hit ti each over the head all day, the earth will still be around. And life, too.
avlin
Earth will still be around... maybe life (it seems to be pretty tough),but we won't, our job was to keep everything in balance and we failed
avlin
2. Of course I would have liked to live in an organized and beautiful society, but at this point... it's kinda to late to make that happen.
avlin
3. From what I understand, we already passed the point of no return. Climate change will spiral out of control and destroy our habitat.